Rogan Dixon
@hurban-ermit.bsky.social
Open Access officer in Edinburgh🔓; casual nerd🎲📚🛸; archer 🏹; pursuing library chartership in fits and starts.
Knows where his towel _is_, but forgot to bring it with him.
Knows where his towel _is_, but forgot to bring it with him.
"Hadjar is stepping into one of the hardest seats in F1 [...], as the revolving door of recent drivers has demonstrated."
If anything, that revolving door shows Red Bull have consistently developed cars to one drivers unconventional (albeit skillful) style
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
If anything, that revolving door shows Red Bull have consistently developed cars to one drivers unconventional (albeit skillful) style
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
Red Bull confirm Isack Hadjar as Max Verstappen’s teammate next season
Isack Hadjar replaced Yuki Tsunoda after an impressive rookie season, while the British teenager Arvid Lindblad will join Racing Bulls in 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Hadjar is stepping into one of the hardest seats in F1 [...], as the revolving door of recent drivers has demonstrated."
If anything, that revolving door shows Red Bull have consistently developed cars to one drivers unconventional (albeit skillful) style
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
If anything, that revolving door shows Red Bull have consistently developed cars to one drivers unconventional (albeit skillful) style
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
This underlines a conversation I had on the picket line last month, and Marion Thain's Plenary at ##ARMA2025, that our infrastructures or knowledge need to be arranged such that interdisciplinary co-operation (or perhaps, better, symbiosis) can flourish to encourage such moments of serendipity.
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This underlines a conversation I had on the picket line last month, and Marion Thain's Plenary at ##ARMA2025, that our infrastructures or knowledge need to be arranged such that interdisciplinary co-operation (or perhaps, better, symbiosis) can flourish to encourage such moments of serendipity.
I only met Andreas Whittham-Smith over email, but one of his pieces continues to stick in my mind. Despite being a staunch euroskeptic, his view on the Brexit referendum was pragmatic and (especially in regard to the last 4 paragraphs) absolutely on the money:
www.independent.co.uk/voices/after...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/after...
Andreas Whittam Smith: With a heavy heart, here's how I will vote in the EU referendum
In his final column in a three-part series, The Independent's founding editor explains how he came to make this most critical of political judgements
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I only met Andreas Whittham-Smith over email, but one of his pieces continues to stick in my mind. Despite being a staunch euroskeptic, his view on the Brexit referendum was pragmatic and (especially in regard to the last 4 paragraphs) absolutely on the money:
www.independent.co.uk/voices/after...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/after...
Interesting conversation on the picket line yesterday about [the lack of] broad science engagement with the public.
Remembering shows like Tomorrow's World, Corners, and How 2, has anything really replaced them? We have grand documentaries from the likes of Attenborough on single subjects...
Remembering shows like Tomorrow's World, Corners, and How 2, has anything really replaced them? We have grand documentaries from the likes of Attenborough on single subjects...
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Interesting conversation on the picket line yesterday about [the lack of] broad science engagement with the public.
Remembering shows like Tomorrow's World, Corners, and How 2, has anything really replaced them? We have grand documentaries from the likes of Attenborough on single subjects...
Remembering shows like Tomorrow's World, Corners, and How 2, has anything really replaced them? We have grand documentaries from the likes of Attenborough on single subjects...
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
Choose a misheard lyric that lives rent free in your head:
Soiuxsie and The Banshees: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us'
(to the tune of Cities in Dust)
Soiuxsie and The Banshees: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us'
(to the tune of Cities in Dust)
a large sign on top of a hill that says all yourbase
Alt: an animated montage of the 'All Your Base Are Belong To Us' meme
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Choose a misheard lyric that lives rent free in your head:
Soiuxsie and The Banshees: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us'
(to the tune of Cities in Dust)
Soiuxsie and The Banshees: 'All Your Base Are Belong to Us'
(to the tune of Cities in Dust)
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"Even allowing for some fudging between annualised run rates and period-end totals, the apparent gap between revenues and running costs is a lot more than has been reported previously."
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"Even allowing for some fudging between annualised run rates and period-end totals, the apparent gap between revenues and running costs is a lot more than has been reported previously."
Do I know any screenwriters who want have a crack at "Last of the Summer Flies"
a parody mash-up of "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Lord of the Flies"
a parody mash-up of "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Lord of the Flies"
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Do I know any screenwriters who want have a crack at "Last of the Summer Flies"
a parody mash-up of "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Lord of the Flies"
a parody mash-up of "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Lord of the Flies"
'...never really been done..." suggests a previous appearance, though, albeit perhaps a cameo, in the background somewhere,or perhaps completely unrecognisable in all but name.
It might suggest Victor Zsasz who was supposedly in the background of one of Nolan's films.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
It might suggest Victor Zsasz who was supposedly in the background of one of Nolan's films.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Matt Reeves Says ‘The Batman 2’ Villain Has ‘Never Really Been Done in a Film Before’
Matt Reeves said that the villain in 'The Batman Part 2' hasn't 'really been done in a movie before.'
variety.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
'...never really been done..." suggests a previous appearance, though, albeit perhaps a cameo, in the background somewhere,or perhaps completely unrecognisable in all but name.
It might suggest Victor Zsasz who was supposedly in the background of one of Nolan's films.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
It might suggest Victor Zsasz who was supposedly in the background of one of Nolan's films.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Would be delighted to work with this team again, and would strongly recommend throwing your hat into the ring if you're currently looking around.
#OpenAccess
#OpenAccess
Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Open Access Adviser:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 3rd December 2025
jobs.reading.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Would be delighted to work with this team again, and would strongly recommend throwing your hat into the ring if you're currently looking around.
#OpenAccess
#OpenAccess
Duracell has just announced its latest update for its home energy app again.
Two updates ago, it deleted all my data; the last update desynchronised the clocks.
I dread to think what's left for this one to cock up.
#DuracellApp
Two updates ago, it deleted all my data; the last update desynchronised the clocks.
I dread to think what's left for this one to cock up.
#DuracellApp
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Duracell has just announced its latest update for its home energy app again.
Two updates ago, it deleted all my data; the last update desynchronised the clocks.
I dread to think what's left for this one to cock up.
#DuracellApp
Two updates ago, it deleted all my data; the last update desynchronised the clocks.
I dread to think what's left for this one to cock up.
#DuracellApp
@orkneylibrary.bsky.social you've been found out
Information wants to be free. Currently it is stored in the balls
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
@orkneylibrary.bsky.social you've been found out
Getting a little tired about the pundits talking about how much Verstappen is getting out of the RB21 compared to [teammate]. Well of course he is, the car was built around him and his pretty unique style. His teammates gave all been solid drivers, but all gave more traditional/conservative styles
October 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Getting a little tired about the pundits talking about how much Verstappen is getting out of the RB21 compared to [teammate]. Well of course he is, the car was built around him and his pretty unique style. His teammates gave all been solid drivers, but all gave more traditional/conservative styles
I am delighted at the performance of both the Blue Jays and Mariners this season, and whoever wins the ACLS, I'll happily cheer them on.
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am delighted at the performance of both the Blue Jays and Mariners this season, and whoever wins the ACLS, I'll happily cheer them on.
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To absolutely nobody’s surprise, the more than 2,200 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience do not link to research items even once.
The team decided to run our algorithm across all available episodes of the Joe Rogan Podcast.
At 2261 eps, 3-4 hours long, this was a big task.
The algorithm detected not a single citation in nearly 7,000 hours of content.
The Altmetric team shed a collective tear.
It had worked flawlessly.
9/17
At 2261 eps, 3-4 hours long, this was a big task.
The algorithm detected not a single citation in nearly 7,000 hours of content.
The Altmetric team shed a collective tear.
It had worked flawlessly.
9/17
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To absolutely nobody’s surprise, the more than 2,200 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience do not link to research items even once.
While many may not be consciously aware, there is a reason so many men of a certain age sport long hair and a beard
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
While many may not be consciously aware, there is a reason so many men of a certain age sport long hair and a beard
Robbie Williams
Make a band singular:
Owl Funkadelic
Owl Funkadelic
Make a band singular:
Ye
Ye
September 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Robbie Williams
Read all about it; Starmer offs, ageing royal to keep bad news headline off Right wing front pages
September 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Read all about it; Starmer offs, ageing royal to keep bad news headline off Right wing front pages
Slightly diminish a band:
The Jackson Four and a Half
The Jackson Four and a Half
Slightly diminish a band:
Mildly Hot Chili Peppers
Mildly Hot Chili Peppers
Slightly diminish a band:
The Whispering Heads
The Whispering Heads
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
The Jackson Four and a Half
The Jackson Four and a Half
Hmm, probably best to avoid the centre of Edinburgh for the next few days, while Mirror-Universe-John-Lennon and his cronies are swaggering (staggering?) around.
August 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hmm, probably best to avoid the centre of Edinburgh for the next few days, while Mirror-Universe-John-Lennon and his cronies are swaggering (staggering?) around.
Alpha Protocol (#SEGA , 2010). The intricate storytelling and narrative mechanics were incredible, but were let down by rag-doll sprites and a roll-to-hit combat system which a lot of players couldn't see past.
Unreal Tournament (1999)
Quake
BioShock
Turok (1997)
Bomberman 64
Spyro (1998)
Quake
BioShock
Turok (1997)
Bomberman 64
Spyro (1998)
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Alpha Protocol (#SEGA , 2010). The intricate storytelling and narrative mechanics were incredible, but were let down by rag-doll sprites and a roll-to-hit combat system which a lot of players couldn't see past.
This is an interesting observation since I ascribe some of my I.P. on being aware that my demographic is set on easy mode. But it took took 10 years and about 600 applications before my first LIS employer took a chance on me: "what was wrong with me and is it still wrong with me?" is still present
As I say in the post at the top of this thread, I look back with embarrassment at ascribing my own lack of (what is commonly termed) imposter syndrome to anything other than privilege - as a white middle class male I'm not treated like an imposter.
But for my colleagues in the profession who >
But for my colleagues in the profession who >
July 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is an interesting observation since I ascribe some of my I.P. on being aware that my demographic is set on easy mode. But it took took 10 years and about 600 applications before my first LIS employer took a chance on me: "what was wrong with me and is it still wrong with me?" is still present
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Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
I THINK they’re mad because of the hardscaping? Not entirely sure.
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
July 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
In a wonderful cultural juxtaposition, there's a wonderful Scotty and Pelia moment in the first of the latest season of Strange New Worlds which perfectly evokes the Lionesses last two games. #OhShit_Scramble_Fixed
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In a wonderful cultural juxtaposition, there's a wonderful Scotty and Pelia moment in the first of the latest season of Strange New Worlds which perfectly evokes the Lionesses last two games. #OhShit_Scramble_Fixed
Train to be an accomplished engineer and test pilot, and you too can make wonderful discoveries... like mutagenic cosmic rays
I’m sorry but wut?
#FantasticFour got their skills thru a scientific accident and in the face of a lot of social exclusion/othering.
#FantasticFour got their skills thru a scientific accident and in the face of a lot of social exclusion/othering.
July 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Train to be an accomplished engineer and test pilot, and you too can make wonderful discoveries... like mutagenic cosmic rays