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Category: 23 Things Syndicated
John's World Wide Wall Display 2026-10-18 07:03:52
No algorithm, no timeline, no engagement bait. Just feeds you chose. Here’s the whole ecosystem — readers, feed generators, monitoring, directories, and the standards that hold it together. Great looking set of RSS tools. Via Joe and Alan.
John's World Wide Wall Display 2026-10-09 16:28:08
Read: Ashland & Vine by John Burnside ★★★★ ???? Now I was beginning to wonder if she had just been bluffing. Maybe there wasn’t even a Wes, though I’m not sure about that. She’d had a look in her eye, a mix of apprehension and pride, like you see in certain types of pit-bull owners, […]
John's World Wide Wall Display 2026-10-07 13:46:48
I am also not exactly sure which models I should be using. From that perspective, it was a useful reminder to be clear about what my purpose is. Ironically, having waited an hour for a response to a task associated with a series of documents, I was left wonder if this is what it felt […]
Blogging my way into the new season
It’s autumn and I have a lot to blog about. I haven’t yet published my usual mid-year look back at the posts I have published so far this year. Instead, I’m keen to chart what’s on my mind to blog about. Some of these might find their way into a post, some might not. The […]
John's World Wide Wall Display 2026-10-07 02:53:54
Read: When will there be good news? by Kate Atkinson ★★★★ 📚
A complicated multithreaded mystery. A delightful, unbelievable young girl mixed with characters from previous Jackson Brodie novels weave stories that somehow come together. Unlik…
Newsletter, October 2026
Hello and Happy World Postcard Day! As I am writing this month’s newsletter, the new academic year is in full swing and I am enjoying the quicker pace of work and projects: On the podcast, I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Dr Glenda Cox about open practice and leadership, drawing on her experiences as UNESCO […]
Expanding the podcast empire
I love a good podcast, and this week sees the launch of a brand new, shiny podcast called Faces of Reclaim! Episode 1 features the amazing due Laura Gibbs and Sam Hooper, and is hosted by Alexis Block – with whom I am collaborating on this project. Alexis had the vision for the show, and […]
Getting ready for ALTC 2026
Croeso i Gaerdydd! Welcome to Cardiff! It’s not long before ALT’s Annual Conference 2026, and this year the event is coming to Cardiff – and I am very excited to be speaking at the conference for the first time since 2023 when I stepped down as CEO of ALT. I am looking forward to the […]
John's World Wide Wall Display 2026-09-28 19:20:56
Read: The Ghost of the Mountains by Kulbhushansing Suryawanshi ★★★★ ???? Our review of the world’s studies on snow leopard populations had found that less than 10,000 of the estimated 3 million square kilometres of the snow leopard distribution range had been surveyed by researchers using rigorous scientific methods. The total snow leopard habitat in […]
Happy World Postcard Day!
World Postcard Day, celebrated annually on 1st October, might be a marketing initiative launched relatively recently, but it’s a great excuse to write a postcard, and thus I am on board! Regular readers will know that I am an avid pen pal, not only when it comes to family and friends, but also in my […]
John's World Wide Wall Display 2026-09-26 14:49:29
Read: Ubik by Philip K. Dick ★★★ ???? Instant Ubik has all the fresh flavor of just-brewed drip coffee.Your husband will say, Christ, Sally, I used to think your coffee was only so-so. But now, wow! Safe when taken as directed. I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am. I made the suns. I […]