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Google Scholar Is Doomed

13 August, 2025

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

academia, search, libraries, technology

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Hear Me Out: Let's Stop Publishing and Just Edit Wikipedia

5 April, 2025

Yes. *That* Wikipedia - the one your lecturers warned you never to cite.

libraries, academia

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Open Access and Colour Theory

27 April, 2026

What's in a name? And other questions you were too confused to ask

libraries, academia

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Title Date Tags
A deep dive literary analysis of Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield 17 Jun 2026 media, stupid stuff
Covers better than the original (according to me) 12 Jun 2026 media
Putting my Neocities blog on ATProto 31 May 2026 technology, personal
Simulacra and Citation 15 May 2026 libraries, religion, academia, search
Open Access and Colour Theory 27 Apr 2026 academia, libraries
I am underwhelmed by AI search 8 Apr 2026 search, libraries, technology
The Quiet Revival 29 Mar 2026 religion
What is a librarian? 18 Feb 2026 libraries
Important Thoughts about Hot Cross Buns 4 Feb 2026 stupid stuff
Toy Story is Ontological Body Horror 15 Jan 2026 media, stupid stuff
Year of the Blog 3 Jan 2026 personal, technology, libraries
Searching for God in the heat of Christmas 6 Dec 2025 religion, australia
Ikigai for People with No Calling 26 Nov 2025 personal, religion, libraries
My 2026 New Year's Resolution: Become Someone Who Reads for Fun 21 Nov 2025 personal
2 ways to miss "The Substance" 30 Oct 2025 media, beauty, gender
Libraries are NOT "more than books"! 26 Sep 2025 libraries
I Survived Beauty TikTok 29 Aug 2025 personal, beauty, technology
Google Scholar is Doomed 13 Aug 2025 academia, search, libraries, technology
Recent updates to my blog 30 Jul 2025 personal, technology
I Hate Toy Story 4 27 Jul 2025 media
Send Tony Abbott to Western Sydney 13 Jul 2025 politics, australia
Public Libraries Deserve a LibKey Nomad Too, Dammit 13 Jun 2025 libraries, technology
The Time I Used AI to Cheat 28 May 2025 personal, technology
Important Thoughts about Pickles 15 May 2025 stupid stuff
Why Australian Gen Z Men Defied the Global Right-Wing Trend 12 May 2025 politics, australia, gender
Gen Z Men and Gender Relations Across Generations 23 Apr 2025 politics, gender
Hear Me Out: Let's stop publishing and just edit Wikipedia 5 Apr 2025 libraries, academia
Rethinking PICO as a librarian 12 Mar 2025 libraries, search
Yes, AI "Art" is Art 1 Mar 2025 technology, media
Small and Humble: A Boob Story 21 Feb 2025 personal, beauty, gender
The Nerdiest Way to Read the Bible 16 Feb 2025 personal, religion, technology
When Science Loses Its Words: Measuring the CDC Language Ban 8 Feb 2025 libraries, politics, search, gender
The Radical Power of Not Caring: Beauty Labour and Lazy Feminism 30 Jan 2025 personal, beauty, gender
Black Mirror's Meta Evolution (Season 6) 5 Jan 2025 media