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Alasdair North

@al_north

CTO of https://teapawt.net/t.co/n8BLo4q9CY. Always learning more about bookselling and web tech.

 Cambridge, UK
vialibri.net
Joined February 2009
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Alasdair North (@alnorth@indieweb.social)

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3 Posts, 43 Following, 17 Followers · CTO at viaLibri.net. Interested in tech and rare books.

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viaLibri@vialibri1 Sep 2021
We’re now hiring! We’re happy to announce that following another month of continued growth, we are looking to expand our technical staff. Read more on our latest blog post: blog.ViaLibri.net #techjobs #workable #remotework #fullstackdeveloper #rarebooks #futureofwork
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The inadvertent irony of Brexiters who voted to abolish free movement only to discover that abolishing free movement means that movement will no longer be free.
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viaLibri@vialibri20 Jul 2018
Charges were filed today in the Carnegie Library thefts. A detailed account has been published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but their online version it is not available in the European Union, so we have created a PDF version available on our blog bit.ly/2LEr0C0
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cosmic horror isn't scary anymore; meaninglessness of the universe is now the status quo assumption, not a shocking revelation. It's time for a counter horror genre; one where the terror inducing secret is a universe overloaded with meaning and purpose. teapawt.net/SOFTCARTEL/status/1017…
SOFT CARTEL (@SOFTCARTEL) profile pictureSOFT CARTEL@SOFTCARTEL14 Jul 2018
is cosmic horror overplayed
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Yikes! This is why antiquarian book and manuscript dealers have to be so careful about provenance. @ClassicFM973 classicfm.com/music-news/elg…
Woman who appeared on Antiques Roadshow with £100k Elgar manuscript threatened with possible legal...

Woman who appeared on Antiques Roadshow with £100k Elgar manuscript threatened with possible legal...

A woman who appeared on Antiques Roadshow with an original Elgar manuscript has been threatened with legal action by the Elgar Foundation.

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Nick Clegg
@nickclegg6 Jul 2018
I hate to say this, but Brexiters would be right to reject PM’s plan. Dual EU/UK tariffs would create vast red tape, smugglers would boom,Parliament would be humiliated. MPs would rubber stamp goods/agri rules from Brussels - right to refuse would never be used as costs too high.
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viaLibri@vialibri5 Jul 2018
Finding old and rare books on @eBay and @eBay_UK is now much easier with @vialibri. We have just added over 30 million eBay "Buy It Now" books to the many millions that we were already searching. Check our blog for details. bit.ly/2tWGGcZ
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First try at an eight strand plait!
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viaLibri@vialibri16 Jun 2018
Happy to see more media coverage of the increasing concern over proposed EU cultural goods import regulation. teapawt.net/ILABRareBooks/status/1…
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Art & Book dealers slam proposed European Union licence regulations - strong message from ILAB in this month's Art Newspaper: theartnewspaper.com/news/dea…
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Some of this week's bakes 😁
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After 381 amendments the new EU Cultural Goods Regulations still look like they're going to be a disaster for antiquarian book dealers & buyers. 😠 blog.vialibri.net/now-we-hav…
This is just so sad. Trees that have stood for thousands of years have suddenly started dying off in the last decade. theguardian.com/world/2018/j…
Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years

Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years

Demise of nine out of 13 of the ancient landmarks linked to climate change by researchers

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So grandad was at a sportsman’s dinner and bought a 10ft X 4ft picture of the forth rail bridge. Seemingly he forgot he could just open da blinds 🤣🤣 granny not happy with him 🤦‍♂️😂😂
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Emily Steiner@PiersatPenn11 Jun 2018
Clearly, not everyone is a chess fan. @MorganLibrary MS G.24, fol. 025v
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This is awesome. A great way of making that pocket money stretch a little further 📕📗📘📙 ebay.co.uk/itm/World-s-Worst…
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Sourdough pizza time!
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...and some other bakes from this week: a second sourdough boule and a bloomer 😁
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