Jane Pothecary
@janepoth.bsky.social
University Librarian and mum of three with a special interest in pedagogy, information literacy and social justice. Socialist and trade unionist. I like red pandas. Slowly realising I'm happiest in nature. She/her
Just finished reading Becky Chambers’ gorgeously titled To Be Taught if Fortunate. Wonderful solar punk sci fi, beautifully written and inclusive. Interesting exploration of community funded space travel. Wished it was longer - too short to really do justice to either the topic or the characters.
May 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just finished reading Becky Chambers’ gorgeously titled To Be Taught if Fortunate. Wonderful solar punk sci fi, beautifully written and inclusive. Interesting exploration of community funded space travel. Wished it was longer - too short to really do justice to either the topic or the characters.
Just finished The History of the World in 47 Borders by John Elledge and really enjoyed it. I also learnt a huge amount about the Holy Roman Empire.
May 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just finished The History of the World in 47 Borders by John Elledge and really enjoyed it. I also learnt a huge amount about the Holy Roman Empire.
Just finished reading Butter by Asako Yuzuki and have lots of feelings. Mainly hunger! But more seriously the importance of learning to care for yourself and what being cared for means to you, to both enable others to care for you and you to take care of others. Would recommend rice and butter!
April 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just finished reading Butter by Asako Yuzuki and have lots of feelings. Mainly hunger! But more seriously the importance of learning to care for yourself and what being cared for means to you, to both enable others to care for you and you to take care of others. Would recommend rice and butter!
What fresh hell is this...???? What on earth does "Paste with Copilot" even mean!? They've stopped CTRL+V from working properly in Word in order to pretend it's some amazing new Gen AI Feature, rather than something that's probably been possible for longer than I've been alive!!
April 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What fresh hell is this...???? What on earth does "Paste with Copilot" even mean!? They've stopped CTRL+V from working properly in Word in order to pretend it's some amazing new Gen AI Feature, rather than something that's probably been possible for longer than I've been alive!!
On my way to Cardiff for @lilacconf.bsky.social and had to say hi to this little guy!
April 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On my way to Cardiff for @lilacconf.bsky.social and had to say hi to this little guy!
I’ve just finished David Nicholls’ You Are Here and it was a lovely read. It doesn’t quite have the page turning suspense of One Day but like with most of his work, you do start seeing the characters as friends and wondering what they’re up to. I love anything to do with the coast to coast walk too.
October 28, 2024 at 11:54 AM
I’ve just finished David Nicholls’ You Are Here and it was a lovely read. It doesn’t quite have the page turning suspense of One Day but like with most of his work, you do start seeing the characters as friends and wondering what they’re up to. I love anything to do with the coast to coast walk too.
Very much enjoying the big skies of the Solway Firth
October 26, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Very much enjoying the big skies of the Solway Firth
Great to be at the #LibrariesChangeLives event yesterday with @cilip.bsky.social London talking to MPs and Peers about the importance of libraries to the social fabric of the UK. Also lots of discussion about OA and the problems with the current scholarly publishing ecosystem.
October 22, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Great to be at the #LibrariesChangeLives event yesterday with @cilip.bsky.social London talking to MPs and Peers about the importance of libraries to the social fabric of the UK. Also lots of discussion about OA and the problems with the current scholarly publishing ecosystem.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,283,616!
September 17, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,283,616!
Date yourself with a shop that doesn’t exist any more
My first job was at Bacons Shoes. It was very much a “pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap” kinda place. We used to security tag one shoe in each pair and there was a LOT of theft of the other shoe. Ditto on the harassment unfortunately.
My first job was at Bacons Shoes. It was very much a “pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap” kinda place. We used to security tag one shoe in each pair and there was a LOT of theft of the other shoe. Ditto on the harassment unfortunately.
January 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Date yourself with a shop that doesn’t exist any more
My first job was at Bacons Shoes. It was very much a “pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap” kinda place. We used to security tag one shoe in each pair and there was a LOT of theft of the other shoe. Ditto on the harassment unfortunately.
My first job was at Bacons Shoes. It was very much a “pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap” kinda place. We used to security tag one shoe in each pair and there was a LOT of theft of the other shoe. Ditto on the harassment unfortunately.
Enjoying some evening snuggles with this one
January 2, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Enjoying some evening snuggles with this one
Today has been one of the hardest days as we said goodbye to a truly special and unique woman. But it has given me a timely reminder that what I have in life, is very special. And what’s more, it’s been built with love and care from the ground up, at times against the odds and against expectations.
December 28, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Today has been one of the hardest days as we said goodbye to a truly special and unique woman. But it has given me a timely reminder that what I have in life, is very special. And what’s more, it’s been built with love and care from the ground up, at times against the odds and against expectations.