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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · May 21

I am beyond thrilled to share that DATA BY DESIGN: AN INTERACTIVE HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION, 1789-1900 is now open for community review at 💚 📊 dataxdesign.io 📊 💙. It's the work of 15+ people across 5 institutions, 2 continents, 2 babies, and a global pandemic. A 🧵 but first:

A screenshot of the front page of the Data by Design website, featuring a bunch of charts in a jumble and one, of a mountain and measurements by Francisco José de Caldas, featured at the top right.

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Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) @ala-acrl.bsky.social · 17d

Our latest book - "Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians," edited by Whitney Kramer, Iliana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall - demonstrates how academic libraries are supporting TDM literacy through services, workflows, and professional development. https://bit.ly/428QlNC

Promotional banner for a new book from ACRL titled 'Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians', edited by Whitney Kramer, Illiana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall. The left side displays the book title in multicolored bars, and the right side features the text against a dark background.

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WIRED @wired.com · Jul 13

In Latin America, LGBTQ+ history collections are a form of resistance. Grassroots projects are using the memories of community members to fight against systematic violence and demand justice. www.wired.com/story/lgbtq-...

These LGBTQ+ Archives Defy Erasure, One Memory at a Time

In Latin America, LGBTQ+ history collections are a form of resistance. Grassroots projects are using the memories of community members to fight against systematic violence and demand justice.

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Jim Casey @jimccasey1.bsky.social · May 9

Dr. Hayden has been such a transformative and inspiring Librarian for the past decade. If you haven't had the privilege to spend time with LC staff, you may not realize what a sea change she brought to our national library. One of the all-time greats. A huge loss for millions and millions.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · May 9

BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

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Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · Apr 24

If you'd like to see all the canceled NEH grants at variance with agency priorities that allegedly will fail to inspire your confidence in use of taxpayer funds, go explore impact.ach.org. Then contact your representatives about this outrageous cull.

NEH Grants 2025

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Katina Rogers @katinalynn.bsky.social · Apr 7

🔥 📝 FOLKS — I'm working on a piece for Slate about the NEH cuts. If you've been affected in ANY way and would be willing to talk with me, please message me! I would love to learn more and include your story. katina [at] katinarogers [dot] com

#humanities #neh #education #highered

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Feb 13

More than well deserved recognition. You do so many amazing things!! Congrats

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · Jan 27

New year, same (or new!) reading habits:

💓Supporting indie bookshops & libraries
📚Getting so absorbed in a book, we lose all sense of time/place
🔎Discovering new authors
✅Making sure we’re reading a diverse range of authors/stories
❓Asking a bookseller for their recs

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Programming Historian @proghist.bsky.social · Dec 27

¡Publicado recientemente!

Una nueva lección de @proghist.bsky.social por @jose-eduardo.bsky.social

https://doi.org/10.46430/phes0068

Gracias a @jenniferisasi.bsky.social y @rivaquiroga.bsky.social por sus críticas, y a @jgob.bsky.social por la edición.

Uso de las colecciones del HathiTrust para el análisis de textos literarios en R

Esta lección demustra los pasos para crear un conjunto de datos de textos usando la API de la biblioteca digital HathiTrust. Los datos obtenidos permitirán aplicar técnicas de minería textual pa...

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Programming Historian @proghist.bsky.social · Dec 6

¡Publicado!

Una nueva lección de @ProgHist por @jose-eduardo.bsky.social

doi.org/10.46430/phe...

Gracias a @jenniferisasi.bsky.social y @rivaquiroga.bsky.social por sus críticas, y a @jgob.bsky.social por la edición.

Uso de las colecciones del HathiTrust para el análisis de textos literarios en R

Esta lección demustra los pasos para crear un conjunto de datos de textos usando la API de la biblioteca digital HathiTrust. Los datos obtenidos permitirán aplicar técnicas de minería textual pa...

doi.org

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thank you for this! Mind adding me as well?

Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Aug 12

Back to the real world after spending a week at #DH2024 Still feeling grateful and inspired by the amazing people I got to see. So many Zoom friends and colleagues irl!

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Aug 11

Would love one as well!

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · Jul 1

Officially launching CariDiScho 2024. Many new things this round: dozens of new entries, whole new design, obituary section, new filters, keyboard and swipe support, and new feedback forms. Enjoy!

thecaribbeandigital.org/caridischo/

CariDiScho

A Directory of Caribbean Digital Scholarship

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Sheila A Brennan @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social · Jul 2

A thing I wrote is now out in the world: doi.org/10.1093/jahi...

It is a short review essay of how historians and archivists have been using the web since the '90s (US perspective), to collect personal histories & eye witness accounts following current events & reflecting on the past

“Share Your Story”: Legacies of Online Collecting

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, we as historians knew that we had witnessed a major set of events and that we would not be able to fully ass

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Keystone DH @keystonedh.bsky.social · May 19

Keystone DH 2024 is almost here! Stay tuned for updates by following our socials.

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 30

Need an out of office reply that respectfully informs everyone that, “I already interacted with too many people at work for this week and will not be responding to your email until I reset next week. I like all of you, I just don’t have any thoughts left.”

Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 25

Would love to borrow this! If it’s okay, how can I give you all credit?

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is wonderful! I’m glad I could help. There really isn’t a best way of writing: something that @jenniferisasi.bsky.social and @halperta.bsky.social taught me, too. The more options examples the better.

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 24

They aren’t hard limits but were helpful in knowing when to move on and when to delve more deeply. Also, an amazing sense of satisfaction to think I covered an idea or key aspect of my project rather than an abstract countdown of words.

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 24

Instead of sitting down to write “the thing”, her suggestion was: chunk sections with word counts. Every chapter of the diss was split into an introduction, historical context, case studies, etc. Then inside those were 500 words on relevant theoretical concepts, 350 on arguments, 250 on overview

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 22

My daily reminder of how AI, or really ML, still sucks at basic things: the automatic spam detection in gmail and outlook both cost me a sub-$200 Mac Pro I bid on even though the seller’s email is in my “safe senders” 🙄😤

Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 21

4th year into the PhD I took a writing workshop type class with one of the co-chairs of my committee. She introduced me to chunking, reverse outlines, and free writing. It was the 1st time I heard that any academic writing was a process with steps and formulas, not just magic or brilliance 🤯

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 20

Given all the “data driven cost efficient” language in higher ed lately, I was wondering how big a bureaucracy would be needed to enforce 🎶everything old is new again 🎹censoring and intimidation tactics. This gives a pretty accurate figure: a lot.

Mike MacFerrin @icesheetmike.bsky.social · Jan 19

Would also be a shame if online scripts existed with instructions to let you repeatedly spam each web-form quickly.

Would really be a shame.
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GitHub - uhohspaghettioo/no-snitching

Contribute to uhohspaghettioo/no-snitching development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Joshua Ortiz Baco @jgob.bsky.social · Jan 7

There was no better way to debut at #MLA24 than a panel with @jenniferisasi.bsky.social, Tyeschia Thompson, and @walshbr.bsky.social
Great talks by too many people to tag here so I’ll just say thank you to the #DH folks!

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