AlanFricker
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AlanFricker
@alanfricker.bsky.social
Still growing stuff, running and generally interested. Probably library chat will happen.
So thanks @kraftylady121.bsky.social for writing it #medlibs 📚
Having seen OpenEvidence earlier this week as part of a presentation on AI in medical education this is a timely post asking important questions about funding, functionality and transparency
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Having seen OpenEvidence earlier this week as part of a presentation on AI in medical education this is a timely post asking important questions about funding, functionality and transparency
kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence...
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Great blog post! "OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing?" kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence... If there is any tool that locks out librarians, I'm immediately skeptical! What are you hiding, OpenEvidence?! #medlibs #canmedlibs
OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing? – Krafty Librarian
kraftylibrarian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Sometimes when there's not a class on, I go into the empty gym studio and re-rack all the body pump plates because I can't bear seeing them all mixed up on the wrong holders.
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years.

youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Nation of Language predictably brilliant at the Roundhouse. Less excited by Westerman supporting
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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A five year national strategy for public libraries www.gov.ie/en/departmen... Just imagine...
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Interesting new Google Scholar PDF button feature scholar.googleblog.com/2025/11/mark...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War.

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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Disappointed in Stamford Council not having an open metadata policy. Another duffer from Google AI
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The pain of having a screen grab of your website shared in some ones talk and it showing that the formatting has broken again
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I was just leafing through 1725 occult tome The Secret Magic of Abramelin the Mage in search of scary invocations for the BOOK, and I came across this list of subordinate spirits to the princes of Hell.
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Thanks for that Google AI - very helpful.

(I was checking the spelling of dephlogisticated air)
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#medlibs library resource transcription guessing game 1/n

"And that's me, TVs"
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Back on checking transcripts - fave this morning Chachi PT
a man in a leather jacket is standing in a doorway with the words `` correct-a-mondo '' written on it .
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is standing in a doorway with the words `` correct-a-mondo '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Got both the monitors working on my hot desk for the first time in weeks #SmallWins (from neither of them working when I arrived)
November 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Perfect. No notes.
just....enjoy this
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Wayback Machine Joint

Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it's a plugin I'd encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a…
Wayback Machine Joint
Automattic has been working with the Internet Archive to develop a plugin to combat link rot, and it's a plugin I'd encourage you to install. As the plugin says: When a linked page disappears, the plugin helps preserve your user experience by redirecting visitors to a reliable archived version. It also works proactively by archiving your own posts every time they’re updated, creating a consistent backup of your content’s history. I've been doing this manually on my old archives, fixing broken links and tending the garden. But we can make it all automatic. 🙂
ma.tt
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Looked up my town on the grok encyclopedia. Mixture of random inaccuracies with the odd bit of political editorialising. Won't be rushing back
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM