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The memory is probably a composite, but like so many of those reactions I often get to particular songs, I have a weird sense of timelessness and eternity, time that has collapsed but is also very specific and terribly remote.

Turn To Stone YouTube video by Joe Walsh - Topic

On several occasions I tried singing the riff to friends, but we could never quite figure it out. Then one day I was watching the end of series one of Supernatural, and there it was in the opening sequence. - Joe Walsh's Turn to Stone
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For many years I had a very specific memory of driving across Gulf to Bay blvd, a cloudy sunset, and a strong feeling that things were coming to an end. There was a song playing. I could almost remember it.

D10: A song that feels like a memory replaying
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 🎧 #musicchallenge 🎶

The cover of the book The Isle in the Silver Sea features the hands of two women touching in front of a round mirror.

Happy #WorldBookDay. I'm reading The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri.

@beyondremedy.bsky.social - this is the sort of news we need.

This whole thread and Elizabeth Bear's resulting playlist are amazing.

Are there going to be new editions in the UK? My husband is hoping for a reprint of House of Shattered Wings with a larger font (the typeface in the existing edition is too small for him).

Roman altar with the face of the sun god Sol. It also includes carvings of the four seasons. Found in Inveresk in East Lothian, dating to about 140AD. It was designed so that light shone from behind, making the god's face and crown appear to glow in the darkness. This altar, along another one, were excavated in 2010 and are the only examples of their kind ever found in Scotland. They were set up by a Roman centurion whose name was written in short form as G CAS FLA, likely meaning Gaius Cassius Flavianus.

Two roman altars found near Edinburgh and related to the cult of Mithras are going to be displayed for the first time. One of the altars, dedicated to the god Sol, had holes so it could be illuminated from within, and don't tell me this is not the most rpg thing ever.

We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025 Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...

For the sake of argument, imagine I did not have a position on this

But as a prudent health services researcher choosing among methods, I would certainly want to be cognizant if 400 experts in a method in a methods journal said “method X is not a valid method”

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Very useful roundup, and timely for me to help my thinking on training for researchers. Thanks!

A monochrome illustration of a plan for a building set behind trees. Text over reads: 'Just 39 jobs expected at 'green' data centre planned for South Gyle. Councillors to vote on Wednesday & could set precedent for Scotland. Environmental questions raised. Developer declines to comment. Guest post by Rachael Revesz, freelance journalist and campaigner'

On Wednesday, Edinburgh councillors will vote on plans for a new AI data centre which could set a precedent for Scotland. It’s controversial and many questions remain unanswered. A guest post by @rachaelrevesz.bsky.social: www.edinburghminute.com/an-open-lett...

#edinburgh #scotland

The Replacements - Bastards Of Young (Video) [HD Remaster] YouTube video by RHINO

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

Day2 - A song that captures a generation

X checking in....

The Replacements
Bastards of Young

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Fishbone - Everyday Sunshine YouTube video by FishboneVEVO

In need of some diversion, so, let's try

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic

Day 1, A song that makes feel unstoppable.

Fishbone
Everyday Sunshine

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This thread, really. For my Ph.D., many years ago, I interviewed women who did the work of provisioning sit-in occupation strikes with food, tea kettles, provisions, and all the 'domestic' hidden labour that made them possible. This has always been part of organising, my dudes.

dair_institute - Twitch Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is back for our first live stream of 2026, wherein @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will look into how our health care system is suffering from AI-hype-itis:

Monday, Jan 26, noon PT,
twitch.tv/dair_institute

Searching and Training Forums Wiki Incorporating the London, KSS, and SWIMS Searching and Training Forums, this site is a resource for searchers and trainers in NHS library services. It was originally developed by the Kent, Surrey and ...

January update of the National Searching Guidance
sites.google.com/site/healthl... from the National Searching Guidance Working Group.

Discounts!

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records — The Verge OpenAI has been dropping hints this week about AI’s role as a “healthcare ally” — and today, the company is announcing a product to go along with that idea: ChatGPT Health.

I cannot stress enough that you should not do this.

I think maybe 2026 might need a reboot.

*Screams in librarian*

Banger

Update on the ACM also shows the value of users and authors pushing back on these features.

This festival needs Killdozer.

Today in new AI heads up: a lesson in tricksy UX.

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

PSA: if your meeting request comes to me with Christmas or Festive in the title I will decline it. I will also leave early if there's a Christmas item.

Solidarity Ride 14th December All welcome! Start at Milk Cafe Gravel rides (expert or intro): 1pm for 1.30pm start Relaxed road ride: 2pm for 2.30pm start End Dreadnought Bar, dusk. Logos for InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and School of Rocks Text is on a black and white image of many women on bikes, with the Trans Pride flag superimposed in pink and blue colours.

Come join us on Sunday December 14th for a series of Trans Solidarity Rides!

Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them

Revealed: how academics are being deepfaked on TikTok and Instagram to promote supplements – Full Fact Strange videos of a professor offering cures for “thermometer leg” led Full Fact to uncover an army of social media accounts promoting wellness products with fake AI ‘endorsements’.

New analysis out from Full Fact on deepfaking of academics and health professionals to sell dubious supplements. Worth reading for health info discussions.
fullfact.org/health/acade...

Leith School of Art. Join us for a weekend full of ceramics, prints, cards, jewellery, paintings, textiles, and more - plus a hands-on activity stall for all ages! Sat 6th & Sun 7th Dec | 10:30am - 4:30pm | 66 Albion Road, Edinburgh | Free Entry. www.leithschoolofart.ac.uk

#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/1 Cow sign -- [UFO over cow]

Of course, it's gotta be:
[Pixies,
Motorway to Roswell]

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