Barry23h ago
Mia

I don't want this important news to go unnoticed: the National Library of Scotland's Access team have given names to collection trolleys including: Trolly Parton, George Orwheel, Wheeliam Shakespeare, Daphne du Trollier, Rene Descart, Cart Cobain, JRR Trollkein, Cart Vader, and Mary Wheelstonecraft.

Via @cawston.bsky.social's https://cawston.ghost.io/weeknotes-12-monsters-only/

Weeknotes #12: Monsters Only

A week of interesting chats, admin churn and unexpected tribulations. What happened this week? Monday began with a useful chat with one of our Board members about a large-scale AI roll-out across a multi-national organisation. Initial scepticism has been replaced by seeing dedicated agents delivering huge time savings. Context is

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Show threadKen Milmore1d ago
@mia I can't doff my hat often enough to NLS for their wonderful online collection of historical maps, much of which also happens to cover England as well. AFAICT, no English government agency has been forward thinking enough to do the same without trying to extort a fee from users.
Show threadAllen Sale20h ago
@technocounselor @mia Had to share this on Bluesky. So cool!
Show threadJanet11h ago
@mia I had a wee part job there when I was a postgraduate… was a nice place to work.
Show threadTuchowski10h ago
@mia It's called "Rene de Fart", isn't it?
Show threadMark Burton2h ago
@mia
No HG Wheels then?