@laurencehorton
<dc:description>Do #FAIRdata things at Digital Curation Centre. Did #datalibs & RDM things at LSE Library, GESIS, UK Data Archive. University of Toronto Faculty of Information graduate.</dc:description>
Actually twenty-one. Whoops.
#IDCC26 featured twenty paper presentations. The presentation slides from the paper sessions are now in our Zenodo community, and a number will be appearing as conference papers in IJDC over the coming months: zenodo.org/communities/...
I support TDM exemptions for non-consumptive access to copyrighted works, but this is very much consumptive, feasting, gorging, binging, and then vomiting out slop.
Democratic implications too. AI lobbied woo these rubes in office, a consultation that was overwhelmingly opposed to this has been ignored, and they're going to do it anyway like you knew they always would.
It's disturbing how quickly we went from copyright weaponised to protect commercial interests (see, ever lengthening terms), to, actually copyright is a pain for commercial interests (see, this...).
You're not the only one. I was in a meeting this week that was throwing around ideas on AI in backend RDM workflows, user facing AI tools, AI pressures on research infrastructure, AI impact on open research practices (inc. ethics, sovereignty).
What's your favourite George Orwell quote? Mine: "Can we not knock it?"
Of course, they're all winners, but the one that took home the prize as voted for by conference attendees:
Smith, C. (2026). Nailing Jelly To The Wall: Sensitive Longitudinal Dataset Citation. 20th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC26), Zagreb, Croatia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
The standard of poster presentations at #IDCC26 was as high as ever, and getting more creative each year we do this. All 36 are now available to view.
zenodo.org/communities/...
It's one poll blah blah disclaimer, but nine years ago Conservatives and Labour combined for 82.3 per cent of the vote in the UK General Election.
Just thinking back to when the manager of the football team I support gave a post-match interview where he claimed this was the worst group of players he's ever managed. He was gone within the hour.
Fascinating to watch the Gorton and Denton by-election coverage. That's three out of four parties basically adopting the line: it's not us, it's the electorate that are wrong/corrupt/manipulated [select all applicable options]
Thanks for that. I will listen to it. Of course, I will also dig out this gem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baader_...
Thing is, it's not even the tone. Only *you* the reviewer can write constructive comments (you don't need the adverb here). If you can't, then you're not reviewing.
#IDCC26 featured a poster promoting the Sarah Jones Award, as nominations are open for the next edition.
If someone's impressed you with an understanding and commitment to Open Science allied to an attitude towards collaboration, please put their name forward. www.rd-alliance.org/sarah-jones-...
Back in the days of twitter, c2010s, I used to post an occasional series tagged #AdventuresOnPublicTransport with 140 character (as was) portraits of something going on around me as I traveled around the country by train. Now I'm back (briefly) and doing one here for old times sake.
Person on the table opposite got on to the train, sat, and plonked a copy of a book called _Question 7_ on the table. They opened it and lasted about ten minutes before switching to scroll on their phone. They're now smiling, which they weren't when reading the book. #AdventuresOnPublicTransport.
I picked up basic markdown fairly easily, which is something. It also can be opened fairly easily and captures basic formatting even if it's just indicative: "##". I've always tried to paste urls rather than hyperlinks into documents anyway, which is really format agnostic practice.
I know it's somewhat down the list of boneheaded behaviour here, but not backing up on Time Machine is just astonishing. It does, however, require connecting a usb to your machine, which is manual labour and therefore beneath the VC class.
Absolutely. Please do number 2 here. I don't think responding to a review request is an outrageous demand, after all, this is the business we have chosen. A "No" is far better to receive than no response at all.
Convinced that this official vetting process must have been along the lines of: "Jeff Epstein, the financier, with the island?" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Right?!
Could have been this firm's top boy.
Congratulations to the brilliant @datarescueproject.org team: winners of the 2025 @rdapassociation.bsky.social Work of the Year Award.
I'm glad they are recognised for their work, but hate they are having to do it. rdapassociation.org/news/13593532
In the Netherlands last year, I was in the vestibule of a crowded train next to a late teen/early twenties man who spent the half-an-hour he was there scrolling through instagram reels of street fighting and football related violence. Imagine dipping your head into that for hours every day.
Come on, Ocean Colour Scene?!
Amazing it needs to be said, but bots are not real people.
Or, favourite Pavement b-side? Or which band at their peak would you choose to see.
Great songs don't necessarily make the times, but times eventually find the great songs. My 1990s take on RATM was essentially "alright, calm down lads" but here we are in 2026.
They got a good one!