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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you to the amazing #ACH2025 Conference Team: @alexwermercolan.bsky.social @leoba.bsky.social @jajrk.bsky.social @wepm.bsky.social @plach.bsky.social @regan008.bsky.social @sferna.bsky.social, Andy Janco, Rebecca Foote, Kathy Torabi, and all ACH Exec and volunteers for making this event happen.

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you, @ach.bsky.social #ACH2025 team & to everyone that participated in sessions this week to come together in a time where we need community more than, perhaps, ever! And thank you @audinyann.bsky.social for capturing the pure joy of the Work Adventure dance party! #ACH2025

Yann Audin @audinyann.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy to be part of the @ach.bsky.social dance party on this third and last day of #ach2025 ! Thanks everyone and see you next year!

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

I’m realizing just this very moment that I met you the very same year I met Brett, and that makes 2012(ish) all the more a perfect year in my memory.

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · Jun 13

Never forget one of Brett's most visionary contributions #ThanksBrett

A childlike drawing of a T-Rex saying "I like grants!! (Grr!)" in a blue circle. Text below the image reads "Office of Digital Humanities 2021".

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · Jun 13

So excited to see our #ACH2025 Care Fair going so well. What an honor to help create a space to bring people together to build community and explore new avenues for our advocacy @ach.bsky.social

Screenshot of the ACH2025 WorkAdventure virtual world - a pink room with purple rooms. Lots of 2D avatars are gathered in rooms chatting with each other

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

The field of Digital Humanities has changed lives, transformed people and communities, and supported so much change, good change, in both the world and our profession. The efforts of ODH, under your direction, has shifted us all towards brighter, more equitable, futures. #ThanksBrett

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

At my first DH conference (2012?), I met @brettbobley.bsky.social in passing. From that quick, likely minute-long convo, I saw a generosity and a kindness that I've carried forward into my DH and personal life. Without the ODH, my world would be smaller and less brilliant. #ThanksBrett

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Jamie Folsom @jamiefolsom.bsky.social · Jun 13

@performant.bsky.social is committed to supporting our friends in the Digital Humanities. If you’ve had a grant cancelled, we want to help if we can. Get in touch for a free consultation. #dh #ach2025 www.performantsoftware.com/pages/free-c...

Free Consultation for NEH Grant Recipients

We partner with scholars in the humanities to build software for research and education.

www.performantsoftware.com

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

Oof, didn't tag the amazing @snblickhan.bsky.social correctly here. Sam, thank you for your work, your words, for being such a dear and inspiring colleague.

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

"I hate that this sounds like a eulogy." [email protected] on how NEH is "an agency that really believes in the promise of our field."

And Sam wraps with a promise and a call to be sand in the gears of the anti-fascist machine. May we all be sand. #ACH2025

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 13

This #ACH2025 morning (Pacific Time): "What the NEH ODH Has Inspired".

@jimccasey1.bsky.social has already made me cry. @altnehgov.altgov.info was essential for me as a professional, for so many of us. My career, the friendships I hold so dear, my work -- I can never express enough gratitude.

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · Jun 13

good morning #ach2025! I'm looking forward to moderating a conversation about federal funding for digital humanities with amazing former NEH colleagues. ❤️✨ We'll we talk about more than fifty years of funding for digital humanities projects, and where we go from here.

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · Jun 12

This is fascism—there are no checks & balances if legislators are arrested for questioning a member of the executive branch.

I struggle to understand how to best operate in this reality. I'm making incredible progress in my state, but uprooting this kind of evil feels beyond the scope of my office.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jun 12

Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 12

Mic drop moment in the "Twelve is the New Geriatric" #ACH2025 panel from Mia Wells, who presented on futurebuilding, long-term planning, and stakeholder engagement: "Sustainability is *all* of our responsibility."

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 12

On the "three mantras of Long DH" (Futurebuilding DH) from Johannes Burgers:
1) "go slow and build things",
2) "teamwork makes the dreamwork, but nagging helps" (people-first proj management),
3) "love your data like you love yourself" (tech changes, data doesn't; set your data free!). #ACH2025

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Liz Grumbach @emgrumbach.bsky.social · Jun 12

The #ACH2025 WorkAdventure panels = visible traces of community. I love "seeing" folks attending the panels -- thank you @wepm.bsky.social for this joyful gathering space! 10B session on "geriatric" DH is an exploration of access, cybersecurity, sustainability of older DH projects! @ach.bsky.social

Screenshot of the virtual world built in WorkAdventure. Two side-by-side 2d rooms with many avatars attending the panels can be seen. In the far upper left corner is a blue phonebooth that references Doctor Who.

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winnie e. pérez martínez @winnieepm.bsky.social · Jun 11

so honored to collaborate with the wonderful ACH team to make the conference! loved learning to use WorkAdventure to help facilitate so many necessary conversations.

it truly makes my heart sing seeing everyone mingling virtually.

i'm now open to commissions for custom pixelated spaces. jk xD

pam lach @plach.bsky.social · Jun 11

HUGE shoutout to @wepm.bsky.social for making our #ACH2025 virtual world a fun space to connect, chat, and build community

Screenshot of the ACH2025 WorkAdventure virtual world, featuring lots of avatars chatting with each other

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Alt National Endowment for the Humanities @altnehgov.altgov.info · Jun 10

It is RIF separation day at NEH. More than 100 of us lose our jobs today. Our hearts are heavy and broken. None of this had to happen.

Fellow NEHers, we cross this threshold together. One we hoped would never appear.

We will continue to stand as tall as we can. 🤍

#NEH #Resist

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · Jun 10

The #ACH2025 team is hard at work putting the finishing touches on our virtual conference. See y'all at 10am ET for 3 days of care+community! @leoba.bsky.social @wepm.bsky.social @emgrumbach.bsky.social @alexwermercolan.bsky.social @apjanco.bsky.social @jajrk.bsky.social Kathy Torabi, Rebecca Foote

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · May 23

Really honored to be part of this event coming up in just a few weeks. Thanks to everyone involved in organizing this conference and to the ACH leadership team for everything you do to support the humanities.

ACH @ach.bsky.social · May 23

Registration for ACH 2025 on June 11-13 is now live: buff.ly/hbBT1E5. Featured Keynote speakers include @rahulbot.bsky.social on Community Data, ‪@lyndamk.bsky.social‬ on the Data Rescue Project, & @halperta.bsky.social leading Special Sessions w/the NEH‬! Stay tuned for the full program next week!

ACH 2025 – ACH Membership

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) will hold ACH 2025, a virtual conference, from June 11-13, 2025.

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Katina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · May 23

I have so much respect for how @ach.bsky.social approaches its annual conference. Virtual can be tough, but travel right now is tougher. The last day includes a "Care Fair" w/ guided sessions to support wellbeing—whether through rest, companionship, or political action. A good place to gather 💫

ACH @ach.bsky.social · May 23

Registration for ACH 2025 on June 11-13 is now live: buff.ly/hbBT1E5. Featured Keynote speakers include @rahulbot.bsky.social on Community Data, ‪@lyndamk.bsky.social‬ on the Data Rescue Project, & @halperta.bsky.social leading Special Sessions w/the NEH‬! Stay tuned for the full program next week!

ACH 2025 – ACH Membership

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) will hold ACH 2025, a virtual conference, from June 11-13, 2025.

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · May 23

Registration for ACH 2025 on June 11-13 is now live: buff.ly/hbBT1E5. Featured Keynote speakers include @rahulbot.bsky.social on Community Data, ‪@lyndamk.bsky.social‬ on the Data Rescue Project, & @halperta.bsky.social leading Special Sessions w/the NEH‬! Stay tuned for the full program next week!

ACH 2025 – ACH Membership

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) will hold ACH 2025, a virtual conference, from June 11-13, 2025.

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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · Apr 9

Receipts: impact.ach.org

You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh

NEH Grants 2025

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sam blickhan @snblickhan.bsky.social · Apr 9

@ach.bsky.social put together a doc you can use if you want to take direct action to support the NEH and IMLS!

Includes links to resources like their canceled grants database and tips for how to use that info when you contact your reps: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour

Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour Zoom Link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/84358841172?pwd=bxor46pu3qY4vq7bBFmbzUAJYAarpb.1 Wednesday, 8am Pacific / 11am Eastern Join us to message and call your e...

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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · Apr 9

@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @pelosi.house.gov What are California Senators and Representatives doing to save NEH funding and staff?

Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · Apr 9

@ach.bsky.social has organised impact.ach.org to document terminated NEH awards. This a resource I wish we never needed.

Grants left and right are being prematurely ended. Some that really matter to me are 1/n

NEH Grants 2025

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