Rogan Dixon
hurban-ermit.bsky.social
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.
And then you scroll down:
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 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
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Corrigendum: the catchphrase he wanted to use was "git 'r done" which was tied to Larry the Cable Guy, c.f. Entertainment Weekly:
ew.com/tv/2017/08/0...
September 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You were expecting me to post someone else? I know my audience
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
One more that @escapeartists.net podcast introduced me to (and one I got way too enthusiastic about/frustrated by in the chat) is Chants of Senaar.
September 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My first thought is thin wire frames, and lenses that barely, if at all, cover the whole eye[socket] e.g.

(screenshot from uk.pinterest.com/pin/82612974...)
August 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Umm, Admiral Tawney Newsome?
July 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
April 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Lovely sky tonight, but all the clouds are in just the wrong places to pick out any of the planets,except Venus.
Also, I suddenly have a urge to play #MassEffect fir* the umpteenth time, can't imagine why.
Also can't understand why autocorrect has somehow developed an accent. Regional update?
February 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Alas the biology school will not be rolling out my design for the Open Access service
#OpenAccess
February 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You're working up to something like this? (Found second hand in Foursquare in Edinburgh maps.app.goo.gl/f8ncJkiZdseh...)
January 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It has to be Balok from 'The Corbomite Manoeuvre'
December 21, 2024 at 4:43 PM
It's probably a sign I need to take a break, but does anyone else see a stylised beard and moustache when they look at @cos.io 's Open Materials badge?
October 9, 2024 at 10:08 AM
I remember being very impressed by his sense of balance
September 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
While I realise this isn't a Capaldi meme, may I submit Torchwood: Children of Earth for consideration
July 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
An improvised apple and plum crumble.
The crumble itself has a crispy top layer, slightly chewy cookie middle, then a rich caramelised lava before you get to the fruit later
June 25, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I'm slightly scared that he took one look at the Borg, decided he could improve on it, and refit himself
April 9, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Nevermind, I'm in York in May... oh...
April 3, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Not available in Scotland, though:
April 3, 2024 at 11:17 AM
The #REF2029 OA consultation has proposed an exception for outputs authored by "Non-Volume contributing staff" prior to the implementation of the REF2029 policy
March 29, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Once again, the Nexus has passed me by.
Otherwise, a lovely morning in Edinburgh.
March 4, 2024 at 8:38 AM
There must always be a winner!(Apologies for bringing football into it.)
February 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
January 30, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Today has been a day (Due to railstrikes called for February, I've lost near £200 on a cancelled trip to see Drop the Dead Donkey in Sheffield. Lesson learned: never book the non-refundable train tickets or hotel rooms (no matter how good the deal).
There was, however, a consolation:
January 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
I might accessorise, it's just the right colour... or there's a cosplay idea for a new Amalgam character in there somewhere:
January 13, 2024 at 6:02 PM