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Librarian and occasional researcher. Opinions of course my own. Scholarly communications, historic MPs, Wikipedia, inter alia other things. Misplaced Scot.

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Andrew McCarthy (@ajamesmccarthy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here’s one of my favorite photos I’ve ever captured: the moment the international space station transited the lunar terminator, captured in broad daylight using a 14ā€ scope. These shots require precise planning and a bit of luck to pull off, and I still can’t believe it’s real!

Here’s one of my favorite photos I’ve ever captured: the moment the international space station transited the lunar terminator, captured in broad daylight using a 14ā€ scope. 

These shots require precise planning and a bit of luck to pull off, and I still can’t believe it’s real!
Aditya Chakrabortty (@chakrabortty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Reading Tony Blair's views on AI, I remember the story of how the PM who talked of the new high-tech economy only got a mobile phone after leaving Number 10, whereupon he texted Alastair Campbell: ''This is amazing! You can do words and everything''.

Hannah Rich (@hannahmerich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵Some thoughts on the 'most non-religious parliament' having watched all 600+ swearing-ins... - overall 40% affirmed, 60% swore an oath. Lab & LD split almost exactly along these lines, but only 9% of Tory MPs affirmed, suggesting it's about tradition as much as religiosity.

Carl Baker (@carlbaker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have election data! Full datasets with constituency and candidate-level vote shares, electorates, etc are now attached to our Commons Library briefing: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

Andrew | @generalising@mastodon.flooey.org (@generalising) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Meanwhile, at the other end of things, the first privatised service was ... possibly a rail replacement bus. Start as you mean to go on!

Meanwhile, at the other end of things, the first privatised service was ... possibly a rail replacement bus. Start as you mean to go on!
Andrew | @generalising@mastodon.flooey.org (@generalising) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really interesting from an information literacy perspective: people trust the same information more when it's "conversational" than when it's just straight written text.

Andrew | @generalising@mastodon.flooey.org (@generalising) 's Twitter Profile Photo

before Wikipedia abolished spoiler-warnings, we had them on, in no particular order: a) The Three Little Pigs b) The Diary of Samuel Pepys c) Hamlet d) The Passion of the Christ (yes, the film)

Peter Ricketts (@lordrickettsp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

50 years ago today I joined the Diplomatic Service. On the first day we were given this booklet, which turned out to be rather alarming for someone whose experience of abroad was mainly backpacking. By para 2 of the Introduction it was clear that there were pitfalls everywhere! 1

50 years ago today I joined the Diplomatic Service. On the first day we were given this booklet, which turned out to be rather alarming for someone whose experience of abroad was mainly backpacking. By para 2 of the Introduction it was clear that there were pitfalls everywhere! 1
University of London Press (@uolpress) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While previous histories of the 1832 reform legislation have focused on WHO got the vote, Mapping the State instead focuses on WHERE people got it. Read this new #OpenAccess book, published with Royal Historical Society and Institute of Historical Research for free from our website: uolpress.co.uk/book/mapping-t…