ShoshanaR
@biblioteka0131.bsky.social
Librarian, supporting research & innovation in health and care workforce development. Formerly an anthropologist. Sometimes posts on Edinburgh, cycling, music, D&D. Not actually a cat. Personal account, all views are mine.
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Come join us on Sunday December 14th for a series of Trans Solidarity Rides!
Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Come join us on Sunday December 14th for a series of Trans Solidarity Rides!
Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
New analysis out from Full Fact on deepfaking of academics and health professionals to sell dubious supplements. Worth reading for health info discussions.
fullfact.org/health/acade...
fullfact.org/health/acade...
Revealed: how academics are being deepfaked on TikTok and Instagram to promote supplements – Full Fact
Strange videos of a professor offering cures for “thermometer leg” led Full Fact to uncover an army of social media accounts promoting wellness products with fake AI ‘endorsements’.
fullfact.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New analysis out from Full Fact on deepfaking of academics and health professionals to sell dubious supplements. Worth reading for health info discussions.
fullfact.org/health/acade...
fullfact.org/health/acade...
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Leith School of Art. Join us for a weekend full of ceramics, prints, cards, jewellery, paintings, textiles, and more - plus a hands-on activity stall for all ages! Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec | 10:30am - 4:30pm | 66 Albion Road, Edinburgh | Free Entry. www.leithschoolofart.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Leith School of Art. Join us for a weekend full of ceramics, prints, cards, jewellery, paintings, textiles, and more - plus a hands-on activity stall for all ages! Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec | 10:30am - 4:30pm | 66 Albion Road, Edinburgh | Free Entry. www.leithschoolofart.ac.uk
#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/1 Cow sign -- [UFO over cow]
Of course, it's gotta be:
[Pixies,
Motorway to Roswell]
youtu.be/nsotRi593ic?...
#SoundtrackThis
12/1 Cow sign -- [UFO over cow]
Of course, it's gotta be:
[Pixies,
Motorway to Roswell]
youtu.be/nsotRi593ic?...
December 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/1 Cow sign -- [UFO over cow]
Of course, it's gotta be:
[Pixies,
Motorway to Roswell]
youtu.be/nsotRi593ic?...
#SoundtrackThis
12/1 Cow sign -- [UFO over cow]
Of course, it's gotta be:
[Pixies,
Motorway to Roswell]
youtu.be/nsotRi593ic?...
There are many challenges involved when working with the evidence base on AI in education, and here's another one.
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
There are many challenges involved when working with the evidence base on AI in education, and here's another one.
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🗓️From November 26, library services across all sectors can begin testing a pilot Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework and audit their climate actions.
Sign-up now #GreenLibraries https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp
Sign-up now #GreenLibraries https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🗓️From November 26, library services across all sectors can begin testing a pilot Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework and audit their climate actions.
Sign-up now #GreenLibraries https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp
Sign-up now #GreenLibraries https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp
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Learn about lace at Central Library!
Drop in to see the beautiful display by the Edinburgh Lace Club or come along to one of their free lacemaking demonstrations.
zurl.co/5M8NX
Drop in to see the beautiful display by the Edinburgh Lace Club or come along to one of their free lacemaking demonstrations.
zurl.co/5M8NX
Learn about lace at Central Library!
The Edinburgh Lace Club is celebrating forty-five years of creativity and friendship. The Club has almost forty members, from beginner to expert, and of all ages. They share a love of lace and lacemaking, which (like any craft) has been proven to be meditative, de-stressing and creativity enhancing. It's also a great way to meet…
zurl.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Learn about lace at Central Library!
Drop in to see the beautiful display by the Edinburgh Lace Club or come along to one of their free lacemaking demonstrations.
zurl.co/5M8NX
Drop in to see the beautiful display by the Edinburgh Lace Club or come along to one of their free lacemaking demonstrations.
zurl.co/5M8NX
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Not only were the chatbots unreliable at correctly identifying retracted papers, they spit out different results when given the same prompts.
AI unreliable in identifying retracted research papers, says study
LLMs don’t reliably identify retracted papers, a new study finds. (Image: DALL-E) Large language models should not be used to weed out retracted literature, a study of 21 chatbots concludes. …
retractionwatch.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Not only were the chatbots unreliable at correctly identifying retracted papers, they spit out different results when given the same prompts.
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With the NHS plan positioning digital as default by 2029, @pifonline.bsky.social is running a survey for health information producers to find out how the sector is embedding health & digital literacy into their services. For anyone interested, the deadlne is 30 Nov. www.surveymonkey.com/r/DYL6FWZ
Patient Information Forum Health and Digital Literacy Survey 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
With the NHS plan positioning digital as default by 2029, @pifonline.bsky.social is running a survey for health information producers to find out how the sector is embedding health & digital literacy into their services. For anyone interested, the deadlne is 30 Nov. www.surveymonkey.com/r/DYL6FWZ
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Important piece of work at a time when public policy on media literacy is gaining traction. The study relates to sub-UK levels of government, but the conclusions relating to regional settings bear some resemblance to the challenges faced at the the UK-wide level. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Important piece of work at a time when public policy on media literacy is gaining traction. The study relates to sub-UK levels of government, but the conclusions relating to regional settings bear some resemblance to the challenges faced at the the UK-wide level. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The @ama-assn.org will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year.
AMA ethics journal shutters after 26 years
The American Medical Association will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year. The AMA Journal of Ethics, an open access, peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1999 und…
retractionwatch.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The @ama-assn.org will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
Edinburgh cyclists, if you see Voi cycles parked in a way that blocks the cycle parking, here's a campaign you can contribute to: edi.bike/projects/202...
🚲 edi.bike | 🔒 Keeping Edinburgh's cycle parking free of hire bikes
edi.bike
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Edinburgh cyclists, if you see Voi cycles parked in a way that blocks the cycle parking, here's a campaign you can contribute to: edi.bike/projects/202...
Bonfire night vibes
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youtu.be/_NywTcGOUkE?...
Life During Wartime (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Bonfire night vibes
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youtu.be/_NywTcGOUkE?...
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Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 - Environmental Evid...
1. Evidence synthesists are ultimately responsible for their evidence synthesis, including the decision to use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and to ensure adherence to legal and ethical...
link.springer.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Medical educators: please help your students develop their skills and knowledge to link patients to quality information sources. NHS Inform, Patient Information Forum, Right Decision Service, other decision support tools. Need help? Ask your library service.
Overheard a doctor telling their student “I just tell patients to ask the AI. It’s the cheapest and most reliable thing we can do.”
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Medical educators: please help your students develop their skills and knowledge to link patients to quality information sources. NHS Inform, Patient Information Forum, Right Decision Service, other decision support tools. Need help? Ask your library service.
For colleagues watching PubMed:
PubMed had some disruption in adding records this week, apparently recovering on Wednesday with over 9,800 records in one day. But if you have a Plan B for critical searches, maybe start using it... 1/2
Chart data: New daily records 2024/25. Some dip on weekends is normal. bit.ly/42MfAFM
#MedLibs
Chart data: New daily records 2024/25. Some dip on weekends is normal. bit.ly/42MfAFM
#MedLibs
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
For colleagues watching PubMed:
This programme looks great, and as always, Lighthouse does an excellent job with access.
Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair is less than a month away!
4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!
Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!
tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!
Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!
tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This programme looks great, and as always, Lighthouse does an excellent job with access.
Thu 23 Oct 2025 5.30-8pm. The Air We Breathe - an evening of talks exploring historical and current action to address air pollution effects on health. Royal College of Nursing 42 South Oswald Road EH9 2HH. Free event - hybrid.
Details: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Details: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
The air we breathe: Air pollution and health past and present (hybrid) | Royal College of Nursing
Join our speakers as they explore historical and current action to address air pollution effects on health.
www.rcn.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Thu 23 Oct 2025 5.30-8pm. The Air We Breathe - an evening of talks exploring historical and current action to address air pollution effects on health. Royal College of Nursing 42 South Oswald Road EH9 2HH. Free event - hybrid.
Details: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Details: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Good description of how extreme this situation is, and a wake-up call to challenge those who would argue for "an agency like ICE" and stop this now: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians
Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Good description of how extreme this situation is, and a wake-up call to challenge those who would argue for "an agency like ICE" and stop this now: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Spotted while descending the steps in the Grassmarket.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Spotted while descending the steps in the Grassmarket.
Definitely my #BestSongHeardToday
#MusicChallenge
Public Enemy
Hazy Shade of Criminal
1993(!)
youtu.be/70GSVowpIPg?...
#MusicChallenge
Public Enemy
Hazy Shade of Criminal
1993(!)
youtu.be/70GSVowpIPg?...
Public Enemy - Hazy Shade Of Criminal
YouTube video by HipHop Music
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Definitely my #BestSongHeardToday
#MusicChallenge
Public Enemy
Hazy Shade of Criminal
1993(!)
youtu.be/70GSVowpIPg?...
#MusicChallenge
Public Enemy
Hazy Shade of Criminal
1993(!)
youtu.be/70GSVowpIPg?...
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Escape Misinformation in the Library (ESC-MISINFO) will build the capacity of public #libraries across Europe, helping them to become active hubs for youth engagement, digital literacy, and democratic participation.
esc-misinfo.eu
esc-misinfo.eu
Escape Misinformation in the Library
esc-misinfo.eu
October 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Escape Misinformation in the Library (ESC-MISINFO) will build the capacity of public #libraries across Europe, helping them to become active hubs for youth engagement, digital literacy, and democratic participation.
esc-misinfo.eu
esc-misinfo.eu
This is an excellent (and research-based!) article about the problems with this terrible policy proposal: theconversation.com/labours-plan...
Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam
In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.
theconversation.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This is an excellent (and research-based!) article about the problems with this terrible policy proposal: theconversation.com/labours-plan...