Erin A. McCarthy
@erinannmcc.bsky.social
Professor. PI of the ERC-funded @stemma.bsky.social project. Basketball superfan/player/coach and sometime softball shortshop. "Mad for the books."
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Hello new followers! I’ve published on early modern English poetry in manuscript and print, women writers, and quant approaches. I’m currently running a project where we are computationally modeling the circulation of verse in MSS. We’re working on an exciting application of AI to support that work.
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Palaeography workshop day was an excellent start to @anzamems.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Palaeography workshop day was an excellent start to @anzamems.bsky.social
What a tacky way to treat anyone, much less a future Hall of Famer who took a minimum contract just to join your sinking ship of a team
📰 @theathletic.com
Clippers send Chris Paul home in the middle of the night from Atlanta amidst 5-game losing streak, announce parting of ways
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Clippers send Chris Paul home in the middle of the night from Atlanta amidst 5-game losing streak, announce parting of ways
www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...
Clippers send Chris Paul packing in a stunning, late-night move
The Clippers announced the surprise move in the middle of the night while in Atlanta amid a road trip.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What a tacky way to treat anyone, much less a future Hall of Famer who took a minimum contract just to join your sinking ship of a team
I didn't get a chance to start #acadecawriteathon yesterday, so I made up for it with 700 words this afternoon/evening (after a fantastic viva and subsequent celebratory lunch earlier in the day!).
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I didn't get a chance to start #acadecawriteathon yesterday, so I made up for it with 700 words this afternoon/evening (after a fantastic viva and subsequent celebratory lunch earlier in the day!).
I have put Christmas lights in every room of the house. This weather has me wondering if I can add some to my office too.
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I have put Christmas lights in every room of the house. This weather has me wondering if I can add some to my office too.
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We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Data Science Specialist/Librarian (Assistant or Associate)
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIESData
Science Outreach and ServicesDevelop and lead training opportunities in tools and
resources such as data visualization, data...
arizona.csod.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
I’m going for it. Maybe I can wring out one more chapter!
starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
is there a NaNoWriMo but for December and academic/ nonfiction? Should we start it?
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I’m going for it. Maybe I can wring out one more chapter!
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starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
is there a NaNoWriMo but for December and academic/ nonfiction? Should we start it?
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
starting Dec 1st! ie tomorrow!
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
for structure to eke out pages at a bonkers time of year (that is also a precious writing-est time):
you can do 250 words a day! books get written that way! if more, amazing! if not when grading or festive-ing, that's ok!
check in daily at #acadecawriteathon
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yahoo_song: Yahoo song ratings (2011).
A bipartite network of users and songs they rated, as used in the 2011 KDD Cup and extracted from Yahoo! Music.
1625951 nodes, 256804235 edges.
https://networks.skewed.de/net/yahoo_song
Ridiculogram:
A bipartite network of users and songs they rated, as used in the 2011 KDD Cup and extracted from Yahoo! Music.
1625951 nodes, 256804235 edges.
https://networks.skewed.de/net/yahoo_song
Ridiculogram:
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
yahoo_song: Yahoo song ratings (2011).
A bipartite network of users and songs they rated, as used in the 2011 KDD Cup and extracted from Yahoo! Music.
1625951 nodes, 256804235 edges.
https://networks.skewed.de/net/yahoo_song
Ridiculogram:
A bipartite network of users and songs they rated, as used in the 2011 KDD Cup and extracted from Yahoo! Music.
1625951 nodes, 256804235 edges.
https://networks.skewed.de/net/yahoo_song
Ridiculogram:
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Just like our ancestors made it 😊
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Pasta (1998-1999): Canned pasta in a tomato/cheese sauce from Franco-American, shaped like weapons, a castle, and a dragon from the short-lived Fox Kids action-fantasy series from Saban, which was set in ancient Ireland
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just like our ancestors made it 😊
For many years now, I have not been able to hear “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” without thinking of Will Ferrell on a spinning platform.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For many years now, I have not been able to hear “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” without thinking of Will Ferrell on a spinning platform.
How are the Suns still in this? Or am I tempting fate just by wondering?
The Emirates NBA Cup standings ahead of the FINAL NIGHT of Group Play TONIGHT! 🏆
6 spots in the Knockout Rounds still to be determined.
Watch all the action unfold on Prime and NBA League Pass!
🏆 smart.link/e7wqvpeifsfqf
6 spots in the Knockout Rounds still to be determined.
Watch all the action unfold on Prime and NBA League Pass!
🏆 smart.link/e7wqvpeifsfqf
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
How are the Suns still in this? Or am I tempting fate just by wondering?
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To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
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Finding out a historical house I’m researching was saved from a fire by a cat alerting its owners to smouldering wires.
a man in a suit and tie is making a sad face in front of a window .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a sad face in front of a window .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Finding out a historical house I’m researching was saved from a fire by a cat alerting its owners to smouldering wires.
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*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
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Reminder: deadline next Monday.
Apply! Apply! Apply!
Apply! Apply! Apply!
The next Historical Network Research conference will be held in Turin, Italy in July 2026, and submissions are now open.
Proposals due December 1. Bursaries available for early career scholars.
This year's theme is "Networks and their Sources." See you there!
hnr2026.sciencesconf.org
Proposals due December 1. Bursaries available for early career scholars.
This year's theme is "Networks and their Sources." See you there!
hnr2026.sciencesconf.org
HNR2026: The Historical Network Research Conference 2026 (Turin, Italy) - Sciencesconf.org
Call for Papers – Historical Network Research Conference 2026
hnr2026.sciencesconf.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Reminder: deadline next Monday.
Apply! Apply! Apply!
Apply! Apply! Apply!
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Webinar: Learn how the planned ERC Plus Grants are being designed and what they aim to achieve.
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏰ 15.00 (CET)
Details 👉 buff.ly/QreV44K
#ChooseEuropeforScience
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏰ 15.00 (CET)
Details 👉 buff.ly/QreV44K
#ChooseEuropeforScience
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
The ERC Plus Grants are a new funding scheme to support outstanding principal investigators with bold ideas and a vision for transformative research that goes beyond the scope o
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Webinar: Learn how the planned ERC Plus Grants are being designed and what they aim to achieve.
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏰ 15.00 (CET)
Details 👉 buff.ly/QreV44K
#ChooseEuropeforScience
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏰ 15.00 (CET)
Details 👉 buff.ly/QreV44K
#ChooseEuropeforScience
Kind of annoyed that an article I published a long time ago in a print journal is now online with, allegedly, a CC-BY-NC licence. It probably doesn't matter, but I would have chosen CC-BY-NC-ND if asked.
End niche mini-rant.
End niche mini-rant.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Kind of annoyed that an article I published a long time ago in a print journal is now online with, allegedly, a CC-BY-NC licence. It probably doesn't matter, but I would have chosen CC-BY-NC-ND if asked.
End niche mini-rant.
End niche mini-rant.
This, friends, is how you demonstrate #impact. 💯
competitive filicide, wagers gone badly awry, betrayal, ineptitude of the ruling class — this nba season seems downright shakespearean so, i asked a shakespeare scholar to draw parallels to 6 of the most dramatic recent events in the league
huge thanks to @matthewharrison.bsky.social
huge thanks to @matthewharrison.bsky.social
The Bard knows ball
Matching recent NBA dramas with their Shakespearean equivalents.
www.basketballfeelings.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This, friends, is how you demonstrate #impact. 💯
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look im famous
competitive filicide, wagers gone badly awry, betrayal, ineptitude of the ruling class — this nba season seems downright shakespearean so, i asked a shakespeare scholar to draw parallels to 6 of the most dramatic recent events in the league
huge thanks to @matthewharrison.bsky.social
huge thanks to @matthewharrison.bsky.social
The Bard knows ball
Matching recent NBA dramas with their Shakespearean equivalents.
www.basketballfeelings.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
look im famous
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
I bought a fancy, now sold-out, advent calendar months ago. I’ve now reached a point where I need an Advent calendar to manage my excitement about the Advent calendar.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I bought a fancy, now sold-out, advent calendar months ago. I’ve now reached a point where I need an Advent calendar to manage my excitement about the Advent calendar.
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Look upon my works ye mighty and despair
Sometimes Jimmi Pickles gets bored when I’m working and I’ll look up and she’s just in some random place
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Look upon my works ye mighty and despair
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Out now!
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Out now!
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
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a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade
Coming soon to 4K UHD
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) 4K UHD
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#WalkHard #walkhardthedeweycoxstory #JohnCReilly #JakeKasdan #Bluray #physicalmedia
#FilmCommunity #Bluray #4K #4KBluray #4KUltraHD
#DVD #VHS #physicalmedia #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #FilmSky
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) 4K UHD
MORE INFO TBA
#WalkHard #walkhardthedeweycoxstory #JohnCReilly #JakeKasdan #Bluray #physicalmedia
#FilmCommunity #Bluray #4K #4KBluray #4KUltraHD
#DVD #VHS #physicalmedia #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #FilmSky
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade