Show threadPeter MurrayJun 12, 2025

#ThisWeekILearned: Ammonium chloride may be the 6th basic taste

https://dltj.org/article/issue-117-local-government-surveillance#twil

Issue 117: Local Government Surveillance | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayApr 17, 2025
#ThisWeekILearned: The word "scapegoat" was coined in a 1530 translation of the bible. https://dltj.org/article/issue-115-camera-networks#twil
Issue 115: Public and Private Camera Networks | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayApr 10, 2025
#ThisWeekILearned: We started capitalizing the pronoun "I" to distinguish it from similarly typeset letters. https://dltj.org/article/issue-114-digital-privacy#twil
Issue 114: Digital Privacy | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayMar 27, 2025
#ThisWeekILearned: "But where is everybody?!?" — the origins of Fermi's Paradox https://dltj.org/article/issue-113-llm-copyright#twil
Issue 113: More on Copyright and Foundational AI Models | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayMar 20, 2025
#ThisWeekILearned: most plastic in the ocean isn't from littering, and recycling will not save us https://dltj.org/article/issue-112-social-media-research#twil
Issue 112: Odds and Ends in Social Media Research | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayMar 13, 2025
#ThisWeekILearned: Plants reproduce by spreading little plant-like things. https://dltj.org/article/issue-111-end-to-end-encryption#twil
Issue 111: End-to-end Encryption | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayMar 6, 2025
#ThisWeekILearned: Mexico has only one gun store for the entire country https://dltj.org/article/issue-110-generative-ai-research#twil
Issue 110: Research into Generative AI | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayFeb 27, 2025

#ThisWeekILearned: There are now 23 Dark Sky Sanctuaries in the world. The effort it takes to achieve this is incredible, and the pictures that come as a result are stunning.

https://dltj.org/article/issue-109-llm-library#twil

Issue 109: Generative AI in Libraries | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Peter MurrayFeb 20, 2025

This Week I Learned: It is much harder to get to the Sun than it is to Mars #ThisWeekILearned #TWIL

https://dltj.org/article/issue-108-educational-technology#twil

Issue 108: Educational Technology | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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Show threadPeter MurrayFeb 13, 2025

#ThisWeekILearned: It takes nearly 3¢ to make a penny, but almost 14¢ to make a nickel!

https://dltj.org/article/issue-107-batteries#twil

Issue 107: A Power Packed Thread of Articles about the Humble Battery | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

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