AlanFricker
@alanfricker.bsky.social
Still growing stuff, running and generally interested. Probably library chat will happen.
I might be happier if I had a mini globe for the office
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I might be happier if I had a mini globe for the office
We were very under prepped and had a lovely time. Random chance stop to rest our feet in the public reading room of the old bibliotheque nationale was another highlight - The Oval Room | BnF – Institutional website share.google/5NHicln7h0Vs...
The Oval Room
BnF – Institutional website
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November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We were very under prepped and had a lovely time. Random chance stop to rest our feet in the public reading room of the old bibliotheque nationale was another highlight - The Oval Room | BnF – Institutional website share.google/5NHicln7h0Vs...
We went on a "didn't realise we needed tickets ahead so much" trip to Paris in 2022 and managed to do a walk in at the Orangerie where there was this fab exhibition on www.musee-orangerie.fr/en/whats-on/... - the joy of unexpected things!
Exhibition Sam Szafran. Obsessions of a painter
Sam Szafran (1934-2019) occupies a very singular place in the history of art in the second half of the 20th century. He has dedicated his work to a figurative and poetic-iconic approach to reality tha...
www.musee-orangerie.fr
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We went on a "didn't realise we needed tickets ahead so much" trip to Paris in 2022 and managed to do a walk in at the Orangerie where there was this fab exhibition on www.musee-orangerie.fr/en/whats-on/... - the joy of unexpected things!
Think it is not universally available just yet. Does it reduce or increase the chance of Google turning scholar off is the key question
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Think it is not universally available just yet. Does it reduce or increase the chance of Google turning scholar off is the key question
That said - there is an International Respect for Chickens Day (missed it this year)
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
That said - there is an International Respect for Chickens Day (missed it this year)
Ahahahaha - excuse me while I go and get caffeine to try and wake up
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ahahahaha - excuse me while I go and get caffeine to try and wake up
Wanting to share this with a hen loving pal I searched it up and I got offered "International men's day" instead which feels rather too much like a joke but there we are #NotAllHen
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wanting to share this with a hen loving pal I searched it up and I got offered "International men's day" instead which feels rather too much like a joke but there we are #NotAllHen
I ran between all the libraries at King's College London once upon a time for fundraiser www.strava.com/activities/2...
All the libraries for African Hospital Libraries | Strava
Really pleased with that. A good bit of running and a great bit of fundraising. Ended up being slightly further than I thought and way further than I had run before. Many more staircases than I antici...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I ran between all the libraries at King's College London once upon a time for fundraiser www.strava.com/activities/2...