Retired layabout. A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game.
Joined November 2006
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The Sieve of Asclepius: A History of Navigating the Medical Literature, From Index to Algorithm | Annals of Internal Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
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Tom Roper retweeted
It's completely unacceptable we are still in this place. We should be well past an eminent academic not being able to talk about his research at his employing institution, especially at a place like Oxford.
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Due to escalating disruptive protests, I have decided to cancel the remainder of these lectures. This is deeply lamentable, but the disruption has undermined the academic nature of this series. Students shouldn't face bullying or harassment when attending academic events.
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Long overdue: Why we need a new chapter on library funding magazine.unison.org.uk/2026/…
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So sorry to learn this.
To quote 'Richard Lehman's sunshine act' @bmj_latest, his weekly journal reviews were "written with heart and a slow burning wit that turns casual readers into regulars, and regular readers into devotees."
May be rest in peace.
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The sudden departure of CILIP's CEO remains unexplained, though he has been removed from the staff page on the website. cilip.org.uk/page/CILIPstaff Is it too much to hope for to appoint a librarian CEO next time?
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Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Klerings, I., Dobrescu, A., Nussbaumer-Streit, B. et al.Evaluating search approaches for a network meta-analysis: a case study of Epistemonikos Database of Trials, CENTRAL, and other sources. BMC Med Res Methodol (2026). doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-0…
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Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Kelmscott Chaucer Online | William Morris kelmscottchauceronline.org/
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An eventful morning at Seaford Beach parkrun: course record fell, new one is 14:34, nigh on 30 seconds off old record. And a new record attendance, 429 (subject to confirmation when results have been processed - see parkrun.org.uk/seafordbeach/… in a little while
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Apr 20
Time for the Antigone Spring Books Give-away! 40 books and pamphlets on offer worldwide. Just repost this message and follow us, and on Sunday 3 names will be drawn. 1st chooses 20 things, 2nd 12, 3rd gets the rest. We'll add details of the items over coming days. Good luck all!
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