Laura J. Wilkinson @ljw@qoto.org

I've been quiet this week, but have had a really interesting few days in Stockholm at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority talking about preservation challenges relating to nuclear waste records - both what we should keep, and how. The value of these records and the incredibly long timescales are what makes this topic particularly interesting.

What would drive someone to do this to an iconic tree?

This kind of vandalism combined with very potent power tools feels far more scary to me than graffiti.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040

PRISM & Peer Review Week: building trust in OA books through transparency of peer review procedures
https://www.doabooks.org/blog/?link=https%3A%2F%2Foapen.hypotheses.org%2F690
#OpenAccess #ScholComm #PeerReview #OABooks #books

This is a horrendous decision: Rosebank, the largest untapped oilfield in UK waters, has been approved by the UK government. This comes via the regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority, which is in severe need of reform.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on a podcast series about the structure and ownership of the UK oil sector, because this is essential understanding for dismantling it. It’s been eye-opening, but empowering. It’ll be out in 2-3 weeks.

#Rosebank #oil #climate

The British Library is looking for a Director of Digital. https://www.ma-appointments.co.uk/blf-dod/

Great to hear that per Rachael Lammey of @crossref the @NISOInfo recommended practice on retractions should publish in a month or so - such an important piece of work (see http://www.niso.org/standards-committees/crec)

Project manager: "What's technical debt? Explain it to me like I'm 6 years old"

Devs:

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