Pete Smith
@reddite.bsky.social
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
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...
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...
Details of my book, including link to first chapter.
Not had a pancake in years. Well, not a home made one. Maybe my grizzled years mean the effort to enjoyment ratio is just not favourable any more.
That said, happy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men Memes day to all!
That said, happy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men Memes day to all!
February 17, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Not had a pancake in years. Well, not a home made one. Maybe my grizzled years mean the effort to enjoyment ratio is just not favourable any more.
That said, happy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men Memes day to all!
That said, happy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men Memes day to all!
Word puzzle wouldn't let me have PITSA, this is Fags Mags'n'Bags erasure @govindajeggy.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Word puzzle wouldn't let me have PITSA, this is Fags Mags'n'Bags erasure @govindajeggy.bsky.social
The whole RAM thing etc reaches right down. My son needs a new PC and the costs have rocketed since last we bought a computer, whether it's ready made or DIY.
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The whole RAM thing etc reaches right down. My son needs a new PC and the costs have rocketed since last we bought a computer, whether it's ready made or DIY.
The One Ring (Hilbert edition)
But they were all of them deceived, for Sauron, in his cunning, fashioned a crap-ton of rings in various sizes.
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The One Ring (Hilbert edition)
For real, I was in the loo in Sheffield market and from the stall next to me a young voice starts up "nausea, indigestion..."
Inception, but it’s having diarrhoea while the man from the Pepto Bismol advert singing “diarrhoea” loops relentlessly recursively round your head.
Somewhere, simultaneously, the actor who played him also has diarrhoea & is softly crooning “diarrhoea” to himself for comfort.
The spinning top falls
Somewhere, simultaneously, the actor who played him also has diarrhoea & is softly crooning “diarrhoea” to himself for comfort.
The spinning top falls
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
For real, I was in the loo in Sheffield market and from the stall next to me a young voice starts up "nausea, indigestion..."
Man makes a harpsichord gag, you all think he's being rude. For shame
Hang on, I'm getting a message...
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Oh god. Fingering, but your fingers make the noise that Fred Flintstone's toes make when he goes bowling.
February 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Man makes a harpsichord gag, you all think he's being rude. For shame
Hang on, I'm getting a message...
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Guy...
Hang on, I'm getting a message...
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A lot of people recommended "Someone you can build a nest in" I put it on my borrow / buy in pb list. BUT today I found it in HB in a charity shop, so bought it
February 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A lot of people recommended "Someone you can build a nest in" I put it on my borrow / buy in pb list. BUT today I found it in HB in a charity shop, so bought it
More BRANWELL www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
More BRANWELL www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Art form appropriate best wishes to @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social as they head out on the road! Show details at andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
February 14, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Art form appropriate best wishes to @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social as they head out on the road! Show details at andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
Reposted by Pete Smith
First leg of my UK tour starts TODAY! Come and see ESCAPE (and my History Of Punk at the 100 Club!)
Windsor - Feb 14th
Manchester - Feb 15th
Leicester - Feb 16th
Cardiff - Feb 17th
London - History Of Punk at the 100 Club - Feb 19th
Leeds - Feb 25th
Portsmouth - Mar 8th
andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
Windsor - Feb 14th
Manchester - Feb 15th
Leicester - Feb 16th
Cardiff - Feb 17th
London - History Of Punk at the 100 Club - Feb 19th
Leeds - Feb 25th
Portsmouth - Mar 8th
andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
February 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
First leg of my UK tour starts TODAY! Come and see ESCAPE (and my History Of Punk at the 100 Club!)
Windsor - Feb 14th
Manchester - Feb 15th
Leicester - Feb 16th
Cardiff - Feb 17th
London - History Of Punk at the 100 Club - Feb 19th
Leeds - Feb 25th
Portsmouth - Mar 8th
andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
Windsor - Feb 14th
Manchester - Feb 15th
Leicester - Feb 16th
Cardiff - Feb 17th
London - History Of Punk at the 100 Club - Feb 19th
Leeds - Feb 25th
Portsmouth - Mar 8th
andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
Dr @moudhy.bsky.social was great on her previous 2 episodes, so looking forward to this one. And to echo other people, Between Two Rivers is a wonderful introduction to the area, historiographical and geographical.
NEW EPISODE!! 📯🥳
This week on You’re Dead To Me podcast we’re discussing the extraordinary Epic of Gilgamesh with expert Assyriologist @moudhy.bsky.social and comedian @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social
Listen now on BBC SOUNDS, or tomorrow at 10am on BBC RADIO 4
This week on You’re Dead To Me podcast we’re discussing the extraordinary Epic of Gilgamesh with expert Assyriologist @moudhy.bsky.social and comedian @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social
Listen now on BBC SOUNDS, or tomorrow at 10am on BBC RADIO 4
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Dr @moudhy.bsky.social was great on her previous 2 episodes, so looking forward to this one. And to echo other people, Between Two Rivers is a wonderful introduction to the area, historiographical and geographical.
Reposted by Pete Smith
Reposted by Pete Smith
Warming up my punk show online tonight, ready for the 100 Club next week: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982874703...
Andrew O'Neill's History Of Punk - ONLINE WARM-UP
Eventbrite - Andrew O'Neill presents Andrew O'Neill's History Of Punk - ONLINE WARM-UP - Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Warming up my punk show online tonight, ready for the 100 Club next week: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982874703...
Interactive... now there's a word that does a lot of (unexamined) work
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Interactive... now there's a word that does a lot of (unexamined) work
Reposted by Pete Smith
Tour starts this weekend! Come and see my shows! andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
February 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Tour starts this weekend! Come and see my shows! andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
It is good. And daft. And fun. I literally bought the t-shirt.
And don't worry, you don't need to know who Austin Osman Spare is to enjoy it! But now I do know! EDUTAINMENT.
And don't worry, you don't need to know who Austin Osman Spare is to enjoy it! But now I do know! EDUTAINMENT.
I wrote an occult sitcom with my friend Tom and Alan Moore narrated it and loads of talented people starred in it alongside me and I did all the music and lots of the sound design and it’s good and daft and fun.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Damned Andrew - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Damned Andrew on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
It is good. And daft. And fun. I literally bought the t-shirt.
And don't worry, you don't need to know who Austin Osman Spare is to enjoy it! But now I do know! EDUTAINMENT.
And don't worry, you don't need to know who Austin Osman Spare is to enjoy it! But now I do know! EDUTAINMENT.
Having listened to this, I can say you'll enjoy reading it.
Would you like to read about haunted architecture, the vicissitudes of AI minds, and a whole lot of my thinking about Shirley Jackson and Le Corbusier?
in PAPERBACK?
because you can do that now! My Hugo-nominated novella ROSE/HOUSE is out in paperback today in the US wherever books are sold!
in PAPERBACK?
because you can do that now! My Hugo-nominated novella ROSE/HOUSE is out in paperback today in the US wherever books are sold!
Rose/House
Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.“I’m a piece of arc...
us.macmillan.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Having listened to this, I can say you'll enjoy reading it.
If we're living in a 19th Century Russian novel world, it's one where The Possessed and Dead Souls have collided to produce a radicalised grifter-murderer cabal who are still convinced they're the *good* guys in Dostoevsky's work...
February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
If we're living in a 19th Century Russian novel world, it's one where The Possessed and Dead Souls have collided to produce a radicalised grifter-murderer cabal who are still convinced they're the *good* guys in Dostoevsky's work...
Reposted by Pete Smith
Hurrah! My paper on the development of UK University RDM policies over time is now live.
I realise it's a bit of a niche interest, but if RDM and open science is your bag, do take a look.
liberquarterly.eu/article/view...
I realise it's a bit of a niche interest, but if RDM and open science is your bag, do take a look.
liberquarterly.eu/article/view...
Do data management policies become more open over time?
| LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries
liberquarterly.eu
February 10, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Hurrah! My paper on the development of UK University RDM policies over time is now live.
I realise it's a bit of a niche interest, but if RDM and open science is your bag, do take a look.
liberquarterly.eu/article/view...
I realise it's a bit of a niche interest, but if RDM and open science is your bag, do take a look.
liberquarterly.eu/article/view...
Just call it ROUGHAGE
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Just call it ROUGHAGE
The West Mince Stir
Considering how many prime ministers have resigned in the last few years I feel like we should invent like a traditional dinner that we all gobble whilst we scroll Bluesky and wave goodbye to a dreadful politician and welcome in a worse one
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The West Mince Stir
I reckon you could have a terracotta week if
(i) it was *officially* a bye week, call it a Learning Challenge Week or whatever
(ii) they *only* did the main build
(iii) they never do tagines again
@ariadnereviews.bsky.social
(i) it was *officially* a bye week, call it a Learning Challenge Week or whatever
(ii) they *only* did the main build
(iii) they never do tagines again
@ariadnereviews.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I reckon you could have a terracotta week if
(i) it was *officially* a bye week, call it a Learning Challenge Week or whatever
(ii) they *only* did the main build
(iii) they never do tagines again
@ariadnereviews.bsky.social
(i) it was *officially* a bye week, call it a Learning Challenge Week or whatever
(ii) they *only* did the main build
(iii) they never do tagines again
@ariadnereviews.bsky.social
Within a week we'd have honey based KPIs
If you let people work from home you'd be able to get more out of this idea, but then you wouldn't be stuck in the office trying to make it bearable which is all these shortsighted fools are interested in
Office buzz: UK employers turn to beehives to boost workplace wellbeing
Providers report rise in demand as companies seek mental health benefits and increased sense of community
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Within a week we'd have honey based KPIs
the kingdom of Vengabus is within you
Stop waiting on the Vengabus that is coming, and start focusing on the Vengabus that is already here.
February 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
the kingdom of Vengabus is within you
The Sheaf is very high and fast as it flows towards the Megatron @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The Sheaf is very high and fast as it flows towards the Megatron @andrewoneillcomedy.bsky.social