Diane Zorich
@dzorich.bsky.social
Lapsed anthropologist. All things cultural heritage + digital. Thoughts expressed are my own. (Not the Connecticut-based realtor who shares my name, and sadly, my features.)
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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Oh hey, it's me!
Very excited to finally launch this project in partnership with @wikimediauk.bsky.social, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
If you produce or work with cultural heritage 3D data in UK I'd love to speak with you! Links in thread 👇
Very excited to finally launch this project in partnership with @wikimediauk.bsky.social, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
If you produce or work with cultural heritage 3D data in UK I'd love to speak with you! Links in thread 👇
Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant of £56,198 from National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our ‘UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk: Developing a Strategy for Long Term Access & Storage’ project. The grant will help ensure future access to the UK’s 3D heritage data.
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Oh hey, it's me!
Very excited to finally launch this project in partnership with @wikimediauk.bsky.social, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
If you produce or work with cultural heritage 3D data in UK I'd love to speak with you! Links in thread 👇
Very excited to finally launch this project in partnership with @wikimediauk.bsky.social, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
If you produce or work with cultural heritage 3D data in UK I'd love to speak with you! Links in thread 👇
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"Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries."
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas
"Today Nov 21], the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island […]
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas
"Today Nov 21], the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries."
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas
"Today Nov 21], the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island […]
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas
"Today Nov 21], the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island […]
Science Illustration internships (2) at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. $700/week, relocation funds for travel to and from SERC; and onsite dormitory housing available. Anticipated start date 02/26 but can vary; duration is 11 weeks. Location Edgewater, MD.
Science Illustration Intern (2)
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is seeking 2 science illustration interns for Spring 2026. The interns will collaborate with researchers to develop visual products that support sc...
serc.si.edu
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Science Illustration internships (2) at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. $700/week, relocation funds for travel to and from SERC; and onsite dormitory housing available. Anticipated start date 02/26 but can vary; duration is 11 weeks. Location Edgewater, MD.
CFP: Recovering Voices Community Research Program Supports community researchers travel to the Smithsonian to examine objects, specimens, documents related to their heritage, & engage in a dialogue with Smithsonian. Funding up to $10,000 tor travel, accommodations, research.
Recovering Voices Community Research
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November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
CFP: Recovering Voices Community Research Program Supports community researchers travel to the Smithsonian to examine objects, specimens, documents related to their heritage, & engage in a dialogue with Smithsonian. Funding up to $10,000 tor travel, accommodations, research.
Having worked at both the Harvard museums and the Smithsonian, I can say that the glass flowers are to the Harvard museums what the pandas are to the Smithsonian.
(FWIW, I love them both!)
(FWIW, I love them both!)
Recently visited the Glass Flowers at Harvard, a collection of 4,300 extraordinarily realistic glass models of plants crafted by the Blaschkas, a father and son team of sculptors
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
That’s right, these are all made primarily of GLASS — a fact difficult to accept given how accurate & lifelike they are
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Having worked at both the Harvard museums and the Smithsonian, I can say that the glass flowers are to the Harvard museums what the pandas are to the Smithsonian.
(FWIW, I love them both!)
(FWIW, I love them both!)
For those in DC: The Smithsonian will reopen the National Museum of American History & the National Air & Space Museum (& the Udvar-Hazy Center) on Friday, 11/14. All other museums, research centers & the National Zoo will reopen on a rolling basis by Monday, 11/17. For updates, see: si.edu/visit.
Plan Your Smithsonian Visit
Plan your visit to the world’s largest museum complex with 21 museums and a zoo.
si.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For those in DC: The Smithsonian will reopen the National Museum of American History & the National Air & Space Museum (& the Udvar-Hazy Center) on Friday, 11/14. All other museums, research centers & the National Zoo will reopen on a rolling basis by Monday, 11/17. For updates, see: si.edu/visit.
2025 has not been a good year for museums.
www.aam-us.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
2025 has not been a good year for museums.
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Washington Spirit fans again with the “Free DC!” chant at the 51st minute.
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Washington Spirit fans again with the “Free DC!” chant at the 51st minute.
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
"Welcome to show business.." Egads.
The Kennedy Center Crackup
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Welcome to show business.." Egads.
This symposium examines how AI is shaping curatorial practice & discourse—from archives & collections to exhibitions Scholars, curators, artists, designers, museum professionals & technologists invited to explore curatorial agency, authorship, & knowledge production in an era of algorithmic systems.
Call for Contributions — Generative Curation Symposium 28–29 January 2026 · Málaga, Spain Abstract deadline: 5 December 2025
🎓 Call for Contributions — Generative Curation Symposium 28–29 January 2026 · Málaga, Spain Abstract deadline: 5 December 2025 We’re delighted to announce the Generative Curation Symposium: Debates Ar...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This symposium examines how AI is shaping curatorial practice & discourse—from archives & collections to exhibitions Scholars, curators, artists, designers, museum professionals & technologists invited to explore curatorial agency, authorship, & knowledge production in an era of algorithmic systems.
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And this is why the global BHL community does what we do: so others can build on, use, and share 500+ years (63 million pages) of biodiversity knowledge & spectacular #SciArt. Over to you… 📖 🌏 🦆 🌱
In case you've ever wondered how I make those animal drawings for Art of Fauna - I don't! They are actually from the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social!
#indiedev #design
#indiedev #design
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And this is why the global BHL community does what we do: so others can build on, use, and share 500+ years (63 million pages) of biodiversity knowledge & spectacular #SciArt. Over to you… 📖 🌏 🦆 🌱
Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief -new title due out in 2026. Co-edited by Kaylee Alexander and Robert Spinelli Bristol Press
Never too early to make an announcement!
Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief will be released in 2026 with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates… | Ro...
Never too early to make an announcement!
Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief will be released in 2026 with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates colle...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief -new title due out in 2026. Co-edited by Kaylee Alexander and Robert Spinelli Bristol Press
ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
ACLS Online Fellowship and Grant Administration System
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November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
ACLS Digital Justice Seed & Development Grants. (Due to ofa.acls.org by 9:00 PM EST on 11/20/25)
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program supports projects that diversify the digital domain, advance justice in digital scholarly practice, contribute to understanding of racial & social justice issues.
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
And here's Charlie Parker's gorgeous alto saxophone, from the Smithsonian's national Museum of African American HIstory and Culture.
collections.si.edu/search/detai...
collections.si.edu/search/detai...
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
And here's Charlie Parker's gorgeous alto saxophone, from the Smithsonian's national Museum of African American HIstory and Culture.
collections.si.edu/search/detai...
collections.si.edu/search/detai...
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The Council on Library and Information Resources (@clirnews.bsky.social) announced that the application for #RecordingsatRisk Cycle 13 is open now through February 24. 📹 See details at:
Recordings at Risk
Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program administered by CLIR to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through…
www.clir.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The Council on Library and Information Resources (@clirnews.bsky.social) announced that the application for #RecordingsatRisk Cycle 13 is open now through February 24. 📹 See details at:
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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"CLIR Awards $3.9 Million Through Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices" www.clir.org/2025/10/clir...
CLIR Awards $3.9 Million Through Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices
Alexandria, VA, October 28, 2025 – The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to announce $3.9 million in funding for sixteen digitization projects through the Digitizing Hidde...
www.clir.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"CLIR Awards $3.9 Million Through Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices" www.clir.org/2025/10/clir...
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D.C. and its residents deserve freedom — and democracy, Robert Barton writes.
The formerly incarcerated writer is the founder of More Than Our Crimes, through which we published this opinion piece on what he took away from a recent experience lobbying on Capitol Hill.
The formerly incarcerated writer is the founder of More Than Our Crimes, through which we published this opinion piece on what he took away from a recent experience lobbying on Capitol Hill.
Opinion: What I learned about democracy walking the halls of Congress
In seven short months, I had gone from being among the “dregs” of society to getting an audience with the people who help make this country’s laws.
51st.news
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
D.C. and its residents deserve freedom — and democracy, Robert Barton writes.
The formerly incarcerated writer is the founder of More Than Our Crimes, through which we published this opinion piece on what he took away from a recent experience lobbying on Capitol Hill.
The formerly incarcerated writer is the founder of More Than Our Crimes, through which we published this opinion piece on what he took away from a recent experience lobbying on Capitol Hill.
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🚨Resources 🚨a thread I’ll be updating a lot. 🧵🧵🧵
Verizon Wireless will work with furloughed federal employees to either split your payment or move the due date forward 30 days if you call them.
Verizon Wireless will work with furloughed federal employees to either split your payment or move the due date forward 30 days if you call them.
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚨Resources 🚨a thread I’ll be updating a lot. 🧵🧵🧵
Verizon Wireless will work with furloughed federal employees to either split your payment or move the due date forward 30 days if you call them.
Verizon Wireless will work with furloughed federal employees to either split your payment or move the due date forward 30 days if you call them.
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As we approach the inevitable pause of SNAP, you can use this link to find banks in your area.
Need help? Can help? Let's pull together & weather this as a community.
Need help? Can help? Let's pull together & weather this as a community.
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
As we approach the inevitable pause of SNAP, you can use this link to find banks in your area.
Need help? Can help? Let's pull together & weather this as a community.
Need help? Can help? Let's pull together & weather this as a community.
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...