Dianna Walla
@diannawalla.bsky.social
Research librarian & linguist, crafter and textile enthusiast. I post about linguistics, digital humanities, & critical AI literacy. Always interested in amplifying marginalized voices. She/her. 📍Trondheim, Norway
Gratulerer med verdens dag for språkvitenskap fra Trondheim, Norge!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Gratulerer med verdens dag for språkvitenskap fra Trondheim, Norge!
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Norway folks, Tronsmo has it in stock!
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Norway folks, Tronsmo has it in stock!
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Bōtīc Bōtfǣcesson?
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bōtīc Bōtfǣcesson?
Ledig stilling som universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte ved UiA! Søknadsfrist 11. desember: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte (290490) | Universitetet i Agder (UiA)
Stillingstittel: Universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte (290490), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Agder (UiA), Søknadsfrist: torsdag 11. desember 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ledig stilling som universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte ved UiA! Søknadsfrist 11. desember: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Journalists, why not reach out to some of the fine people in my replies to ask them how the British Library cyberattack of 2023 has had an impact on their research, their creative work, and their careers? This could make for a powerful piece revealing the human side to the damage this has done.
I have been WAITING for a journalist to write this story.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Journalists, why not reach out to some of the fine people in my replies to ask them how the British Library cyberattack of 2023 has had an impact on their research, their creative work, and their careers? This could make for a powerful piece revealing the human side to the damage this has done.
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Am looking for PhD students to supervise under this particular call! And v interested in Home student applicants - please share with any ambitious DH/LIS students you know who are on the technical side…
The call for PhD applications for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing is live - deadline 7th January 2025! We have webinars for potential applicants to ask us questions and seek advice. www.responsiblenlp.org/2026-student...
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Am looking for PhD students to supervise under this particular call! And v interested in Home student applicants - please share with any ambitious DH/LIS students you know who are on the technical side…
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Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
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PANTOMIME & SHADOWPLAY (El's Version) are out now (SHADOWPLAY released this week!), and MASQUERADE will be out in 2026. Would you like to read a whimsical, cosy-adjacent gaslamp fantasy? An inters3x, nonbinary lead joins a circus of magic and later takes to the magician's stage. Found family.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
PANTOMIME & SHADOWPLAY (El's Version) are out now (SHADOWPLAY released this week!), and MASQUERADE will be out in 2026. Would you like to read a whimsical, cosy-adjacent gaslamp fantasy? An inters3x, nonbinary lead joins a circus of magic and later takes to the magician's stage. Found family.
Litt oppfølging på dette her:
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Litt oppfølging på dette her:
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So, that in mind:
Who has suggested readings for Challenges to Intellectual Freedom in Academic Libraries?
I've got some ideas, but I'd love to crowdsource some!
Who has suggested readings for Challenges to Intellectual Freedom in Academic Libraries?
I've got some ideas, but I'd love to crowdsource some!
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So, that in mind:
Who has suggested readings for Challenges to Intellectual Freedom in Academic Libraries?
I've got some ideas, but I'd love to crowdsource some!
Who has suggested readings for Challenges to Intellectual Freedom in Academic Libraries?
I've got some ideas, but I'd love to crowdsource some!
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"Det er alt for farleg å bruke det i yrke der kunnskap er viktig, og det gjeld veldig mange yrke: Journalistikk, utdanning, forsking, prosjektarbeid og mykje anna."
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
KI-forskar Jill Walker Rettberg vil ha KI ut av kunnskapsarbeidet
Nyheter | Kunstig intelligens KI-forskaren som seier stopp Kunstig intelligens høyrer ikkje heime i kunnskapsarbeid, seier Jill Walker Rettberg. Ho meiner det må bli slutt på å unnskylde språkmodell-s...
www.forskerforum.no
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Det er alt for farleg å bruke det i yrke der kunnskap er viktig, og det gjeld veldig mange yrke: Journalistikk, utdanning, forsking, prosjektarbeid og mykje anna."
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
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Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
Det snør på Dragvoll, folkens! Nå er vinteren her.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Det snør på Dragvoll, folkens! Nå er vinteren her.
Phonics is foundational metalinguistic awareness, and to learn that so many kids have been deprived of that in reading instruction is actually really heartbreaking.
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Phonics is foundational metalinguistic awareness, and to learn that so many kids have been deprived of that in reading instruction is actually really heartbreaking.
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
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My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
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When I submitted a paper to AI & Society the email confirmation sent me to a website that told me my language quality score was only 3/10 but RUBRIQ could fix it. I study this stuff, so uploaded my paper to RUBRIQ, which proceeded to introduce scientific fabrication and change scientific terms.
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
When I submitted a paper to AI & Society the email confirmation sent me to a website that told me my language quality score was only 3/10 but RUBRIQ could fix it. I study this stuff, so uploaded my paper to RUBRIQ, which proceeded to introduce scientific fabrication and change scientific terms.
Because it's good to share the good stuff: last week I got to give a presentation to a group of Ph.D. students in linguistics about 'AI' in language research, and they were all extremely receptive to the idea of critical AI literacy. They'd all done an assignment where they summarized an article 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Because it's good to share the good stuff: last week I got to give a presentation to a group of Ph.D. students in linguistics about 'AI' in language research, and they were all extremely receptive to the idea of critical AI literacy. They'd all done an assignment where they summarized an article 1/3
Det var ikke lett å finne et sted å bo i Tromsø da vi flyttet dit for ti år siden, og på den tida var det veldig få enheter på Airbnb. Nå er det tusenvis, og regulering trenges, absolutt. Tromsøværinger må kunne bo i byen! Godt at saken løftes av NRK.
Korttidsutleie er i ferd med å komme ut av kontroll, mener «turistministeren»
NHO mener økt korttidsutleie via utleietjenester som Airbnb skyver vanlige folk ut av boligmarkedet. Det er i ferd med å komme ut av kontroll, mener næringsministeren.
www.nrk.no
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Det var ikke lett å finne et sted å bo i Tromsø da vi flyttet dit for ti år siden, og på den tida var det veldig få enheter på Airbnb. Nå er det tusenvis, og regulering trenges, absolutt. Tromsøværinger må kunne bo i byen! Godt at saken løftes av NRK.