Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@social.cleverlibre.org

Marvelous map by @researchremora shows the lighthouses of the UK. I love the eery feel of this map.

Some artists use paint and a brush, this guy uses leaves and a rake! These drawings are created by raking leaves. Every fall Nikola Faller, academic sculptor and land artist creates these magic images.

#ai

Well, actually...

Yesterday I recorded my best ever #GPS track. It was the "100 bridges" walk in #Leiden: a very quirky tangled route over (yes) 100 bridges, in 20 km

My mother raised me on her own
Indeed my father fled
I didn't know him well except
He was a loaf of bread

gaudeo: I rejoice
Minimus is so happy to see his amica (friend) Vibrissa* back from the valetudinarium (hospital) after a casus gravis (serious accident).
*it's Merlin again, recovering well, thanks to the veterinarii
#LatinVerbs

The UK cleaning house, getting rid of everyone who is not a TESCREAL existential risk nutjob.

https://therecord.media/uk-disbands-ai-advisory-board-cdei-rishi-sunak

Reminder that one nice thing with mastodon was that I finally separated Internet Archive business and Jason Scott tomfoolery, and if you want the second, follow @textfiles@digipres.club

How it started / How it's going

#pets #cats

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I know I've mentioned this before but worth another one because it's amazing: You can download tens of thousands of academic books on a staggering variety of humanities and social studies topics legally for free at the OAPEN library https://library.oapen.org/

#books

BRIE ENCOUNTER
 
the skies are gruyere since she left me
i’ve never felt so danish blue
caught between a roquefort and a hard cheese,
i stilton’t know what to do
 
don’t give edam about the future
now my babybel’s walked out the door
can’t believe i’ve double gloucester
i camembert it any more
 
i’ve ricotta get myself together
and build my life back caerphilly
cheddar tear for the final time
say goodbye to us and halloumi

So, your #OpenAccess #book has been downloaded. That's cool! But what does that number mean? Is it high or low? The answer is... complicated. Soon, my new article in Insights will discuss a possible simple answer. Watch this space... #ScholComm