Library Hentut 💙⭐🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ She/Her
@emmahalford.bsky.social
NHS librarian in the UK. Hangs out with Mr Tetley. Heavily reliant on the music of Bruce Springsteen. Likes travel and wildlife, watches #WildEarth
Trans rights are human rights.
I ain't a beauty, but hey, I'm alright.
Trans rights are human rights.
I ain't a beauty, but hey, I'm alright.
📢 London/near London library people: would anyone like to be my stunt double on CILIP London's Festive Literary Pub Crawl (18:30 - 20:30) tomorrow (9th Dec)?
I have a bug and can't go. 😕
If you'd like my place, to have a whale of time/meet your soulmate (no pressure) please let me know.
I have a bug and can't go. 😕
If you'd like my place, to have a whale of time/meet your soulmate (no pressure) please let me know.
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📢 London/near London library people: would anyone like to be my stunt double on CILIP London's Festive Literary Pub Crawl (18:30 - 20:30) tomorrow (9th Dec)?
I have a bug and can't go. 😕
If you'd like my place, to have a whale of time/meet your soulmate (no pressure) please let me know.
I have a bug and can't go. 😕
If you'd like my place, to have a whale of time/meet your soulmate (no pressure) please let me know.
Copilot is completely unserious. It claimed today that there were no copyright issues if full text articles were uploaded to it for synthesis, because...it doesn't read them anyway.
Amazing.
Even AI can't be bothered to AI. Just makes up a synthesis based on vibes.
Amazing.
Even AI can't be bothered to AI. Just makes up a synthesis based on vibes.
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Copilot is completely unserious. It claimed today that there were no copyright issues if full text articles were uploaded to it for synthesis, because...it doesn't read them anyway.
Amazing.
Even AI can't be bothered to AI. Just makes up a synthesis based on vibes.
Amazing.
Even AI can't be bothered to AI. Just makes up a synthesis based on vibes.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Bunch of loud, foul-mouthed, misogynistic lairy teen boys at the back of the bus, but (the socially aware, reasonable) one of them is countering by being reeeaaallllly pedantic about criteria in a 'would you rather' game. It's taking the wind out of their fantasy sails, and it's glorious.
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Bunch of loud, foul-mouthed, misogynistic lairy teen boys at the back of the bus, but (the socially aware, reasonable) one of them is countering by being reeeaaallllly pedantic about criteria in a 'would you rather' game. It's taking the wind out of their fantasy sails, and it's glorious.
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this is potentially TMI but also *v useful information* so: did you know that (in the UK) if you start to feel you're getting a UTI on Saturday evening you can do an online form with eg Boots and be picking up your antibiotics by 10am on Sunday morning? and then start to feel better by 11am?
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
this is potentially TMI but also *v useful information* so: did you know that (in the UK) if you start to feel you're getting a UTI on Saturday evening you can do an online form with eg Boots and be picking up your antibiotics by 10am on Sunday morning? and then start to feel better by 11am?
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Enjoying Google Travel's options for flying from Edinburgh to Malta.
From the helipad at the hospital.
From the helipad at the hospital.
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Enjoying Google Travel's options for flying from Edinburgh to Malta.
From the helipad at the hospital.
From the helipad at the hospital.
The BBC experiment with AI for football text commentary is a mess. Blackburn's goal showed at the top of the page but the text commentary was 6 minutes behind. It's boring as hell to read, and late. This is not a winner, BBC.
December 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The BBC experiment with AI for football text commentary is a mess. Blackburn's goal showed at the top of the page but the text commentary was 6 minutes behind. It's boring as hell to read, and late. This is not a winner, BBC.
Hi, are you furious about everything? You make a good point. Do something with your rage. There are 3 days left of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, in which your donation to a good cause will be doubled by match funding:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hi, are you furious about everything? You make a good point. Do something with your rage. There are 3 days left of The Big Give Christmas Challenge, in which your donation to a good cause will be doubled by match funding:
donate.biggive.org/christmas-ch...
donate.biggive.org/christmas-ch...
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Apps give companies more power because users can’t modify them, block ads, or protect their privacy.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Apps give companies more power because users can’t modify them, block ads, or protect their privacy.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
The Championship isn't messing around today, is it? 🦉⚽
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Championship isn't messing around today, is it? 🦉⚽
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This is so true. Bring back computer rooms!
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is so true. Bring back computer rooms!
Praise Jesus.
Never again.
I can't wait for the next one.
#HiddenBooksGame
(Many thanks to those posted hints. That wretched mug one...)
Never again.
I can't wait for the next one.
#HiddenBooksGame
(Many thanks to those posted hints. That wretched mug one...)
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Praise Jesus.
Never again.
I can't wait for the next one.
#HiddenBooksGame
(Many thanks to those posted hints. That wretched mug one...)
Never again.
I can't wait for the next one.
#HiddenBooksGame
(Many thanks to those posted hints. That wretched mug one...)
Somewhat late to the party, but I've decided to ruin my evening with the #HiddenBooksGame
Beginning to wonder if I've just imagined being a librarian for the past 26 years.
Beginning to wonder if I've just imagined being a librarian for the past 26 years.
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Somewhat late to the party, but I've decided to ruin my evening with the #HiddenBooksGame
Beginning to wonder if I've just imagined being a librarian for the past 26 years.
Beginning to wonder if I've just imagined being a librarian for the past 26 years.
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Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
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Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Issue 2 available for (pre)sale now: unchcrosswords.com
Get your flu vaccines, people.
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Get your flu vaccines, people.
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
If you're in the UK you can get the vaccine at most pharmacies (in Tesco it's about £16) or check here to see if you're eligible for a free one: www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
Me, running: my body is a temple!
Me, not running: my body is a warehouse for snacks
Me, not running: my body is a warehouse for snacks
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Me, running: my body is a temple!
Me, not running: my body is a warehouse for snacks
Me, not running: my body is a warehouse for snacks
Hello from the bus stop, which I am somehow at, 7 minutes early despite waking up 30 minutes late.
Hoping your Friday is similarly rescued.
(Wait for me to discover I've forgotten my work pass, only put mascara on one eye, and the bus doesn't turn up.)
Hoping your Friday is similarly rescued.
(Wait for me to discover I've forgotten my work pass, only put mascara on one eye, and the bus doesn't turn up.)
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Hello from the bus stop, which I am somehow at, 7 minutes early despite waking up 30 minutes late.
Hoping your Friday is similarly rescued.
(Wait for me to discover I've forgotten my work pass, only put mascara on one eye, and the bus doesn't turn up.)
Hoping your Friday is similarly rescued.
(Wait for me to discover I've forgotten my work pass, only put mascara on one eye, and the bus doesn't turn up.)
Almost just had the librarian equivalent of 'is there a doctor on board?'.
Public library at closing time; staff all busy. I'm about to pack my study things away when a teen approaches. I thought: 'he's sensed an undercover librarian! He needs help with a reference!', but no...
Public library at closing time; staff all busy. I'm about to pack my study things away when a teen approaches. I thought: 'he's sensed an undercover librarian! He needs help with a reference!', but no...
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Almost just had the librarian equivalent of 'is there a doctor on board?'.
Public library at closing time; staff all busy. I'm about to pack my study things away when a teen approaches. I thought: 'he's sensed an undercover librarian! He needs help with a reference!', but no...
Public library at closing time; staff all busy. I'm about to pack my study things away when a teen approaches. I thought: 'he's sensed an undercover librarian! He needs help with a reference!', but no...
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory www.bbc.com/mediacentre/... #AI #medialiteracy #infolit #mil
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory www.bbc.com/mediacentre/... #AI #medialiteracy #infolit #mil
I just got an email asking for feedback about my customer experience, which ended with another survey asking how satisfied I was with the email itself. 🤦🏻♀️
If we could just calm down with the rampant data harvesting, that would be great.
If we could just calm down with the rampant data harvesting, that would be great.
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I just got an email asking for feedback about my customer experience, which ended with another survey asking how satisfied I was with the email itself. 🤦🏻♀️
If we could just calm down with the rampant data harvesting, that would be great.
If we could just calm down with the rampant data harvesting, that would be great.
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The government won't tell you that they are fascists, but they will tell you that anti-fascists are their enemies.
September 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The government won't tell you that they are fascists, but they will tell you that anti-fascists are their enemies.
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The Crown Prince’s dancing monkeys
Very few laughs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival | Ross McNally
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Very few laughs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival | Ross McNally
@sussexbylines.co.uk
The Crown Prince’s dancing monkeys
Very few laughs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Crown Prince’s dancing monkeys
Very few laughs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival | Ross McNally
@sussexbylines.co.uk
Very few laughs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival | Ross McNally
@sussexbylines.co.uk
The clock at my bus stop went back by 20 hours 🤷🏻♀️
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The clock at my bus stop went back by 20 hours 🤷🏻♀️
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I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.
How Do Scholars Take Notes?
How do scholars take notes? I like seeing examples of different people’s notetaking, so I asked scholars to show me how they take notes for research.
docs.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.