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Pete Smith

@reddite.bsky.social

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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 · 7h

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

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 8h

Comes with white noise generator as standard

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 17h

🎶Slaanesh is icumen in
Lewdly sing 'CUCU'🎶

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 17h

“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 · 17h

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

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 20h

*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 · 20h

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 · 21h

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 · 22h

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

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 22h

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

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 22h

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

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 22h

*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 · 1d

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

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

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

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

"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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

#churchnews #churchart #churchtimes

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

Tron: ISNTS more like, amirite

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

"do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
"Do me, punk"
"Do ya, punk?"
"Do me, punk"
*BLAM

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

companion to protection from the 'did ye aye' to ward off sarcasm

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Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

Very early Troika table...

waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 1d

She's not wrong 🙂

I, a bald white man in glasses with a black and grey beard, am holding up a plushie of the Moomins character Little My. She has red hair in a top knit, a red dress, and a fierce expression.

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

Subutteo implies Domutteo

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

Point and Flick games...

Pete Smith @reddite.bsky.social · 2d

Helen's response -"well, that was a waste of some good songs"