Jennifer Serventi
@jenserventi.bsky.social
Civil servant & friend of the digital humanities, food trucks, churros, ice cream, & cheese.
Favoriting is a reminder to return to read it later--that's all.
Favoriting is a reminder to return to read it later--that's all.
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"There’s a reason we see so many librarians and archivists on the show. I think we all just have a love of knowledge and learning..." Jeopardy! super champion Adriana Harmeyer shares her experience on the show with @amlibraries.bsky.social #IGM25
https://bit.ly/480UGUY 📸: Disney/Christopher Willard
https://bit.ly/480UGUY 📸: Disney/Christopher Willard
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"There’s a reason we see so many librarians and archivists on the show. I think we all just have a love of knowledge and learning..." Jeopardy! super champion Adriana Harmeyer shares her experience on the show with @amlibraries.bsky.social #IGM25
https://bit.ly/480UGUY 📸: Disney/Christopher Willard
https://bit.ly/480UGUY 📸: Disney/Christopher Willard
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Nominations are being accepted for the CUR Arts & Humanities Faculty Mentor Award, which recognizes exemplary faculty mentors of undergraduate researchers. Apply by January 16.
https://www.cur.org/membership-community/honors-awards/arts-and-humanities-faculty-mentor-award/
https://www.cur.org/membership-community/honors-awards/arts-and-humanities-faculty-mentor-award/
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nominations are being accepted for the CUR Arts & Humanities Faculty Mentor Award, which recognizes exemplary faculty mentors of undergraduate researchers. Apply by January 16.
https://www.cur.org/membership-community/honors-awards/arts-and-humanities-faculty-mentor-award/
https://www.cur.org/membership-community/honors-awards/arts-and-humanities-faculty-mentor-award/
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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.
This looks delicious, but my favorite part of the recipe is about the crust: "you can even use chocolate Teddy Grahams"!
This creamy, fluffy dessert, reminiscent of French silk pie, features layers of coffee and chocolate puddings topped with whipped cream, for deep mocha flavor. nyti.ms/4offm1R
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This looks delicious, but my favorite part of the recipe is about the crust: "you can even use chocolate Teddy Grahams"!
Hmmm, the Wikipedia entry on the National Endowment for the Humanities could use some updating. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
National Endowment for the Humanities - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hmmm, the Wikipedia entry on the National Endowment for the Humanities could use some updating. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...
Gordon Wood *drink*
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Gordon Wood *drink*
Just sharing for information. Glad to see that fundraising plan for post production. planeandpilotmag.com/oscar-nomina...
Oscar-Nominated Director Fights to Save WASP Documentary - Plane & Pilot
New film details the contributions of the WASPs who ferried over 50% of U.S. aircraft during WWII.
planeandpilotmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just sharing for information. Glad to see that fundraising plan for post production. planeandpilotmag.com/oscar-nomina...
Please post your Northern Lights pictures! One night, I hope to see them in person, but tonight is not that night.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Please post your Northern Lights pictures! One night, I hope to see them in person, but tonight is not that night.
Why yes, I _am_ watching a documentary on my local PBS station about pigeons. With a name like The Pigeon Hustle, how could I not? www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
The Pigeon Hustle ~ About | Nature | PBS
Uncover the secret world of New York and London’s resilient pigeon flocks, seeing how they adapt to the challenges of city life and thrive alongside people. Narrated by Bobby Moynihan.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Why yes, I _am_ watching a documentary on my local PBS station about pigeons. With a name like The Pigeon Hustle, how could I not? www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/...
A thoughtful piece from Koven Smith about what funders need to keep in mind when invoking innovation. I particularly appreciated his discussion of technical debt. kovenjsmith.com/post/2025-10...
Innovation is not infrastructure
The survival of the arts depends on technology, but not in the way most funders think. The sector’s real challenge isn’t innovation; it’s infrastructure. You wouldn't know this to look at what work ge...
kovenjsmith.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A thoughtful piece from Koven Smith about what funders need to keep in mind when invoking innovation. I particularly appreciated his discussion of technical debt. kovenjsmith.com/post/2025-10...
Wow! Time to call in Maigret! #PBSMasterpiece
In a brazen daylight robbery, thieves stole jewelry of “incalculable” value from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, according to France’s interior minister. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Wow! Time to call in Maigret! #PBSMasterpiece
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In the last 70 years, federal jobs fell from 4.5% of all employment to below 2%.
Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.
Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.
October 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In the last 70 years, federal jobs fell from 4.5% of all employment to below 2%.
Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.
Civil servants aren't what's driving government debt, and firing them won't address it.
Watching "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution" on Independent Lens (on my local PBS station, of course). So hopeful and yet bittersweet, given where we are now. www.pbs.org/independentl...
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution - Independent Lens
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, traces Sharp’s path from rural Kentucky to Nobel Prize winner.
www.pbs.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Watching "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution" on Independent Lens (on my local PBS station, of course). So hopeful and yet bittersweet, given where we are now. www.pbs.org/independentl...
Argh. That is all.
October 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Argh. That is all.
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For @longreads.com, I wrote a personal essay about AI Holocaust testimony, my grandmother, memory, and memory loss
longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
Uncanny Testimony - Longreads
As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.
longreads.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
For @longreads.com, I wrote a personal essay about AI Holocaust testimony, my grandmother, memory, and memory loss
longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
Appreciated this thoughtful piece from @bcgl.bsky.social. Eloquently puts into words some of concerns about a particular use of AI that I've been grappling with.
“But what if, instead of resisting the deaths of the last survivors, we allow ourselves to accept their mortality?”
The grandson of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor grapples with the use of AI to reanimate the dead.
A new essay on @longreads.com, by @bcgl.bsky.social: longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
The grandson of an Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor grapples with the use of AI to reanimate the dead.
A new essay on @longreads.com, by @bcgl.bsky.social: longreads.com/2025/09/25/a...
September 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Appreciated this thoughtful piece from @bcgl.bsky.social. Eloquently puts into words some of concerns about a particular use of AI that I've been grappling with.
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Our aim at DHNow is to provide as global a view of the DH landscape as possible. In this spirit, we would love to have more feeds and sources from Asia and Oceania. Please submit any sources you rely on: digitalhumanitiesnow... "
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Our aim at DHNow is to provide as global a view of the DH landscape as possible. In this spirit, we would love to have more feeds and sources from Asia and Oceania. Please submit any sources you rely on: digitalhumanitiesnow... "
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US colleagues! Join us in 2026/27 to advance your work in #DigitalHumanities for a semester at the THINC Lab at the University of Guelph via the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities! Applications until Sept. 15! #DH www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame... www.uoguelph.ca/arts/dhguelp...
Research Chairs - All Disciplines
Award 261265-CA Research Chairs - General and interdisciplinary COMPETITION OPENS FEBRUARY 2025 Awards to be taken up in the 2026-2027...
www.fulbright.ca
September 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
US colleagues! Join us in 2026/27 to advance your work in #DigitalHumanities for a semester at the THINC Lab at the University of Guelph via the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities! Applications until Sept. 15! #DH www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame... www.uoguelph.ca/arts/dhguelp...
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NEWS: The Library of Congress has launched a significant upgrade to the Chronicling America website, the nation’s leading free resource for historical U.S. newspapers. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website
Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website Enhanced Platform Improves Accessibility and Research Capabilities for Historic Newspapers The Library of Congress has...
newsroom.loc.gov
August 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEWS: The Library of Congress has launched a significant upgrade to the Chronicling America website, the nation’s leading free resource for historical U.S. newspapers. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...
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NEH Announces $34.79 Million in Grants for 97 Humanities Projects tinyurl.com/ympbr56k
NEH Announces $34.79 Million for 97 Humanities Projects
tinyurl.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEH Announces $34.79 Million in Grants for 97 Humanities Projects tinyurl.com/ympbr56k
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Congratulations to the 2025 History Teachers of the Year! A teacher has been selected from every state and the US territories. One of them will become the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year!
See the list of winners here: www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
#NHTOY #HTOY #NHTOY2025 #sschat
See the list of winners here: www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
#NHTOY #HTOY #NHTOY2025 #sschat
August 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 History Teachers of the Year! A teacher has been selected from every state and the US territories. One of them will become the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year!
See the list of winners here: www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
#NHTOY #HTOY #NHTOY2025 #sschat
See the list of winners here: www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
#NHTOY #HTOY #NHTOY2025 #sschat
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(1/3) Stolen Relations is proud to be related with and connected to many other academic projects centering on experiences of Indigeneity and unfreedom. Under Related Websites and Projects on stolenrelations.org/related-webs..., a selection of these projects are linked.
Related Websites and Projects - Stolen Relations
stolenrelations.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
(1/3) Stolen Relations is proud to be related with and connected to many other academic projects centering on experiences of Indigeneity and unfreedom. Under Related Websites and Projects on stolenrelations.org/related-webs..., a selection of these projects are linked.
This story was sweet and I love that it acknowledges the importance of Columbus Metropolitan Library system. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...
He Read (at Least) 3,599 Books in His Lifetime. Now Anyone Can See His List.
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This story was sweet and I love that it acknowledges the importance of Columbus Metropolitan Library system. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/b...
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With @yh-huang.bsky.social, I'm excited to share our Digital Collections Explorer, an open-source, multimodal viewer for digital collections! Users can search with both natural language inputs and reverse image search.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.00961
Public demo: digital-collections-explorer.com
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.00961
Public demo: digital-collections-explorer.com
Digital Collections Explorer: An Open-Source, Multimodal Viewer for Searching Digital Collections
We present Digital Collections Explorer, a web-based, open-source exploratory search platform that leverages CLIP (Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training) for enhanced visual discovery of digital col...
arxiv.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
With @yh-huang.bsky.social, I'm excited to share our Digital Collections Explorer, an open-source, multimodal viewer for digital collections! Users can search with both natural language inputs and reverse image search.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.00961
Public demo: digital-collections-explorer.com
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.00961
Public demo: digital-collections-explorer.com
