Liz Ashdowne
@lizashdowne.bsky.social
I know my library card number off by heart. She/her
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Aside from the ghastly, ghastly design, surely the major flaw of Royal Mail’s new solar-powered postboxes is the capacity? How many parcels can you cram into one of these things before it's full and out of service for the rest of the day?
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Aside from the ghastly, ghastly design, surely the major flaw of Royal Mail’s new solar-powered postboxes is the capacity? How many parcels can you cram into one of these things before it's full and out of service for the rest of the day?
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Waterstones is now championing a Children’s Game of the Season, the first one being Hero Slam from Jamie Smart, the author of the Bunny vs Monkey comics for younger readers....
Hero Slam
Waterstones is now championing a Children’s Game of the Season, the first one being Hero Slam from Jamie Smart, the author of the Bunny vs Monkey comics for younger readers....
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November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Waterstones is now championing a Children’s Game of the Season, the first one being Hero Slam from Jamie Smart, the author of the Bunny vs Monkey comics for younger readers....
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
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We can do big things, don't let them make you believe otherwise. We can save the world and make it a kinder place for everyone, don't let them make you believe otherwise.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We can do big things, don't let them make you believe otherwise. We can save the world and make it a kinder place for everyone, don't let them make you believe otherwise.
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Along with the toolboxes and drills we've just added 2 Wagner Wallpaper Strippers and 2 Cable Reels to our NEW loanable tool collection. And we'll be adding more items shortly so watch this space! 👀
Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Along with the toolboxes and drills we've just added 2 Wagner Wallpaper Strippers and 2 Cable Reels to our NEW loanable tool collection. And we'll be adding more items shortly so watch this space! 👀
Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
Find out more about our loanable tool collection at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
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Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction
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If you enjoyed the Accidental Tour-ist, then perhaps you might put your ballot paper in the digital box? I'd be enormously grateful. I mean, there's bigger things in the word than this. But the really teeny tiny things also matter (to me).
peoplesbookprize.com/2025-categor...
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Non-Fiction | Peoples Book Prize
peoplesbookprize.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you enjoyed the Accidental Tour-ist, then perhaps you might put your ballot paper in the digital box? I'd be enormously grateful. I mean, there's bigger things in the word than this. But the really teeny tiny things also matter (to me).
peoplesbookprize.com/2025-categor...
peoplesbookprize.com/2025-categor...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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I'm currently making the four god-heads from the Ancient Egyptian 'canopic jars' (the jars that contained the removed organs) Here's two of them, the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, and the baboon-headed Hapi.
Recycled tubes and wooden spoons.
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
Recycled tubes and wooden spoons.
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm currently making the four god-heads from the Ancient Egyptian 'canopic jars' (the jars that contained the removed organs) Here's two of them, the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, and the baboon-headed Hapi.
Recycled tubes and wooden spoons.
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
Recycled tubes and wooden spoons.
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky
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As always, paying a fine - even a huge one - does not address the problem. They should be made to scrap any LLM trained on the stolen data and start over using only material they have legally acquired. Otherwise it's like fining someone for burgling your house, but they get to keep what they took.
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As always, paying a fine - even a huge one - does not address the problem. They should be made to scrap any LLM trained on the stolen data and start over using only material they have legally acquired. Otherwise it's like fining someone for burgling your house, but they get to keep what they took.
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sorry everyone I’m just having a lot of fun with the congestion charge debate because look I live outside the ring road in a village with not great bus service and I personally think the CC is one of the best things to happen to Oxford this year
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
sorry everyone I’m just having a lot of fun with the congestion charge debate because look I live outside the ring road in a village with not great bus service and I personally think the CC is one of the best things to happen to Oxford this year
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Oh wow, you can sign in to the Oxford English Dictionary website with your library card number!
Yes I found this out while checking to see if all the Call My Bluff words are made up and the show is a big prank
#callmybluff
Yes I found this out while checking to see if all the Call My Bluff words are made up and the show is a big prank
#callmybluff
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh wow, you can sign in to the Oxford English Dictionary website with your library card number!
Yes I found this out while checking to see if all the Call My Bluff words are made up and the show is a big prank
#callmybluff
Yes I found this out while checking to see if all the Call My Bluff words are made up and the show is a big prank
#callmybluff
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for how many K-Pop Demon Hunters are coming to your houses tonight
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for how many K-Pop Demon Hunters are coming to your houses tonight
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The OED on _aunt_ n. sense 1.b.
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The OED on _aunt_ n. sense 1.b.
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Behold... the 2025 face pumpkin! Inspired by many things, but first and foremost I went back to my jack o' lantern roots with an archaeology reference. The Undine / Vodena Vila sculpture from Lepensk Vir, from 6300 - 5900 BCE.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Behold... the 2025 face pumpkin! Inspired by many things, but first and foremost I went back to my jack o' lantern roots with an archaeology reference. The Undine / Vodena Vila sculpture from Lepensk Vir, from 6300 - 5900 BCE.
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How is this a gotcha?
As a kid any relative older than you was aunt or uncle. Any adult we knew was an auntie or uncle. Even my next door neighbour was Auntie Pauline. My mum’s friends were auntie.
My mum is actually my aunt.
Ffs.
As a kid any relative older than you was aunt or uncle. Any adult we knew was an auntie or uncle. Even my next door neighbour was Auntie Pauline. My mum’s friends were auntie.
My mum is actually my aunt.
Ffs.
I used to love how my daughter's little friend Neha, down the street, would call me "Uncle Jeff" when the girls were little.
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How is this a gotcha?
As a kid any relative older than you was aunt or uncle. Any adult we knew was an auntie or uncle. Even my next door neighbour was Auntie Pauline. My mum’s friends were auntie.
My mum is actually my aunt.
Ffs.
As a kid any relative older than you was aunt or uncle. Any adult we knew was an auntie or uncle. Even my next door neighbour was Auntie Pauline. My mum’s friends were auntie.
My mum is actually my aunt.
Ffs.
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Taking a non-fiction detour with @nedboulting.bsky.social’s fascinating book, 1923: The Mystery Of Lot 212 And A Tour De France Obsession. Full of Ned’s enthusiasm.
Sadly, it just reminds me that we’ll be denied the fantastic TdF coverage from him, David Millar, and Gary Imlach next summer.
Sadly, it just reminds me that we’ll be denied the fantastic TdF coverage from him, David Millar, and Gary Imlach next summer.
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Taking a non-fiction detour with @nedboulting.bsky.social’s fascinating book, 1923: The Mystery Of Lot 212 And A Tour De France Obsession. Full of Ned’s enthusiasm.
Sadly, it just reminds me that we’ll be denied the fantastic TdF coverage from him, David Millar, and Gary Imlach next summer.
Sadly, it just reminds me that we’ll be denied the fantastic TdF coverage from him, David Millar, and Gary Imlach next summer.
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
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So, now there's a booker prize for 8-12 year old kidlit, let's have one for YA and picture books. The PB one I already have a name for. The Picture Booker.
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
So, now there's a booker prize for 8-12 year old kidlit, let's have one for YA and picture books. The PB one I already have a name for. The Picture Booker.