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Pete Smith

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Research support librarian. PhD in public engagement in universities. TTRPGs, boardgames, SFF, paper and ink making.

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · May 26

Details of my book, including link to first chapter.

Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · May 24

NEW | The Public Understanding of Law: The University and Public Engagement

Peter Smith @reddite.bsky.social Sheffield Hallam University, UK

More information ➡️ www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

The Introduction is free to read on Elgaronline ➡️ doi.org/10.4337/9781...

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 4h

"Our key suspects are hiding out in Sweden, we believe."
"Stockholm?"
"Yes, he has an alibi, but Aitken and Waterman are still at large."

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 4h

"I hear he's very self-regarding and manipulative."
"No, they say he's a *Narsilist*"

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 4h

*insert organic vs inorganic joke here*

Reposted by Pete Smith

Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 4h

You don't need to have read it to get the joke

www.worldofmoose.com/products/tri...

Cartoon. Venn diagram of two circles intersecting. The left circle contains the text 'Tristram Beer', the right circle contains the text 'Tristram lemonade'. There is no text in the intersection, leaving the reader to fill in the gap.

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 4h

Beastie Boys in the chat - BISIC ILCOMATIONS

To save water you need some
BARKELS
It's in a bucket see how it
SPARKELS

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 4h

As I said to another colleagues, I feel for teachers, I really do, the pressure is immense. BUT STILL...

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 5h

I feel for teachers, I really do, the pressure is immense. BUT STILL...

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 5h

RAIN RAIN BARKELS
SIMPLICE RAIN RAIN BARKELS

Alright stop collablabate and listn
Teach is back with a brand new inventation

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 16h

Good news on the show, good choice on the drink.

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 17h

Comes with white noise generator as standard

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Slaanesh is icumen in
Lewdly sing 'CUCU'🎶

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 1d

“Singing the Warhammer”

the wicker mang @mangmangmang.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are always rightly pointing out that Warhammer contributes more to the British economy than the fishing industry, but the problem is that there just aren't very many folk songs about Warhammer

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

THEY'RE JUST GOOD PALS, SARAH. GOOD PALS ADMIRING EACH OTHERS' WEAPONS.

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

Somewhere a copy of last resort will likely exist for physical books, probably more than one copy will exist in libraries- both communal and personal

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

*My* books feature a wide array of food and drink stains, sections which are held in by hope, creased spines...

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

1st of the Five Laws of Library Science-

Books Are For Use

If it's *your* book, have at it.

If it's a *communal* book, sure, take some care of it. But over time, the book will look- well- *used* When it is too used, we will replace or retire it.

Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

Bunch of people responding to this saying that to let a book look well thumbed/dog eared is to disrespect it & I'm sitting them with ppl who think cricket is exciting in the 'I don't understand you guys at all' box.
Does the author/estate get paid?
Did you read/hear it?
Then you respected it!

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 1d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

kids' lives get non-Euclidean as they get older 😀

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

🎶so things don't move on
your fabric needs to be strong🎶

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

🎶they just will break through
there's no talking to you🎶

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

*Cher voice* Do you UNDERSTAND the logistics of dick and balls?

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

d'accooord

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

"Cross pattée?"
"yeah, and there's an iron cross."

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

I really enjoyed @moudhy.bsky.social's "Between Two Rivers"

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

Just to to the @moudhy.bsky.social Ancient Babylonians episode in my You're Dead To Me catch up :) @gregjenner.bsky.social

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

This is beautifully whimsical, so I am bracing myself for the next post to be something so terrifyingly perverse the human mind refuses to comprehend it for fear of rending itself asunder

Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · 2d

Weird how bowler hats are just hats but molar hats are crowns

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

"Here we see that we still in the Very Long 17th Century, in which horror at the graffitiing of the holy spaces reflects a wider horror at the removal of beauty as an indicator of holiness. In this Letraset paper hurled into a Sealed Knot re-enactment, I will..."

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll be honest, I don’t think this is my cup of tea (though it’s hard to judge off the back of one photo!)

But it’s certainly not a desecration (and graffiti, generally of a less theologically engaged nature, has often been part of the story of historic churches).

churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 2d

A Graffiti -style installation in #CanterburyCathedral has drawn strong public criticism before it has officially opened 🎨⛪

#churchnews #churchart #churchtimes

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