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Michael Donnay
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MSc Digital Humanities ‘22 @ucldh.bsky.social
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Michael Donnay @mjdonnay.bsky.social · 6d
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly

@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
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rse-midlands.bsky.social
📢 Save the date for RSE Midlands 2026!

🗓 20 April 2026

📍 University of Nottingham

Details coming soon—watch this space!

#RSEMidlands2026 #RSEng #Networking #Midlands
rse-midlands.github.io
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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uolpress.bsky.social
Very excited to publish this #OpenAccess #DigitalHumanities book today!

Available to purchase in paperback, hardback and EPUB, can be downloaded for free as a PDF, or read online for free via our instance of Manifold:

🔗https://uolpress.co.uk/book/reframing-failure-in-digital-scholarship/
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly

@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
Want to know how to start a #DH association? Probably not - but lots about building sustainable orgs that support researchers, practitioners & students.

Thanks @jfwinters.bsky.social for guiding the process & @jtonra.bsky.social for working on the implementation section w/ me! @ukiedh.bsky.social
Enhancing research and teaching capacity through collaboration: building a UK–Ireland Digital Humanities Association
Abstract. This article discusses the development of a Digital Humanities (DH) Association for the UK and Ireland. It explores processes for evidence gather
academic.oup.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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warburginstitute.bsky.social
We loved hearing Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine talk about using the Warburg Library while researching for her new album on @latenightseth.bsky.social 💫

Congratulations to Florence on the release of Everybody Scream!

Watch “Evelyn’s daughter” (from 2:40): youtu.be/M_mc_gErXX0?...
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
This looks like a dream job, working with the team @ukiedh.bsky.social and @dh-researchhub.bsky.social to support the digital humanities community in Ireland and the UK! #DH #Jobs
October 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
What better way to mark #InternatationalRSEDay (coming up on Thursday!) than applying to help organise #RSECon26, the tenth annual research software engineering conference run by @society-rse.org in Sept 2026?

Learn more: society-rse.org/rsecon26-com...

Apply: forms.gle/ooKQ5na6Bx9q...

📆 10 Oct
RSECon26 Call for Conference Committee Members - Society of Research Software Engineering
RSECon26 Committee call is now open.
society-rse.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
A great opportunity for people working on career pathways and leadership for digital research professionals. Perhaps something for @ukiedh.bsky.social or @turingway.bsky.social to explore?

discourse-network.github.io/funding/roun...
DisCouRSE Flexible Fund - Round 1
DisCouRSE is a UKRI-funded Network+ project that will encourage and support the development of leaders across all digital Research Technical Professional (dRTP) roles, resulting in an empowered and co...
discourse-network.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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kennedytcooper.bsky.social
there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is
the album art for the upcoming 10 year anniversary edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION with expanded tracks
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
Come join me on the organising committee for next year's #RSECon. It's a great way to give back and get to know the community, plus we'll cover the cost of your registration at the conference!
society-rse.org Society of RSE @society-rse.org · Sep 22
Have you enjoyed RSECon either this year or in the past?

Would you like to be involved in organising RSECon26 which is taking place 9-11th Sep 2026?

We have a call out for Committee Members, for details and application see

society-rse.org/rsecon26-com...

(Call closes 10th Oct 2025)

#rsecon26
RSECon26 Call for Conference Committee Members - Society of Research Software Engineering
RSECon26 Committee call is now open.
society-rse.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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lottelydia.bsky.social
What strange times, when the commander of RAF Greenham Common is coming out as a liberal supporter of the right to protest
arusbridger.bsky.social Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · Aug 11
Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
This is a great opportunity to develop your own professional practice, connect with the amazing community of @softwaresaved.bsky.social fellows and help research software better! Open to UK and international applicants.

@ukiedh.bsky.social @dariahie.bsky.social
softwaresaved.bsky.social Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social · Aug 11
🧭 We are pleased to announce that applications for the SSI Fellowship Programme 2026 are now open! The deadline to apply is Mon 6 Oct.

Find out more and access further resources at www.software.ac.uk/news/ssi-fel...
August 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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livuniresearch.bsky.social
Hear from Mareike Wehner and Dr. Natalie Wallis of #LivUni's Outputs Development team, who are looking to support more diverse research outputs and foster a research culture that drives innovation.

Find out about NTOs and their impact.

👉 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Look beyond papers for a better REF and research culture - Research Professional News
Mareike Wehner and Natalie Wallis describe how and why their university is encouraging non-traditional outputs
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
Today's copyediting bugbear: journals that have a 'published online' date and different 'publication' date for the print edition.

And you'll never guess which one is the 'official' one... 🙄
July 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
🥳 Officially out in the world in November! A great collection of reflections on what failure means for people who digital research-type things.
July 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposted by Michael Donnay
oxmedstud.bsky.social
POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY!

@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social are advertising a full-time 6-month postdoc position to work with Andrew Dunning on redeveloping the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project as a sustainable, open-access digital resource for manuscript studies.

🖊️ Apply by 14 July
Home page of the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project beta website.
July 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Reposted by Michael Donnay
society-rse.org
We're giving you an extra week to get your design entries in!

Design the official #RSECon25 T-shirt and sticker!

🏆 Prize includes:

- Your design on official merch
- Free t-shirt + sticker pack
- Community recognition

🗓 Deadline: 5 July (23:59 BST)
rsecon25.society-rse.org/community-co...
Community Competition Call - RSECon25
Join us for the ninth annual Research Software Engineering conference RSECon25, at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, from 9–11 September 2025. Learn, share, and build connections across the…
rsecon25.society-rse.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
The folks organising the @ukiedh.bsky.social are some of the best in the business (generous with their time and fun to work with - a winning combo)! I'd highly recommend joining them to help shape the future of #DH in Ireland and the UK.

@dariahie.bsky.social
jfwinters.bsky.social Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · Jun 27
Ireland & UK #DigitalHumanities folk, would you like to help shape the development of the UK-Ireland DH Association? There’s an open call for expressions of interest to join the organising collective (3 new members) & we’d love to hear from you whether you’re in HE, GLAM or somewhere else entirely!
Open call for three new members of the Association collective | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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rezekjoe.bsky.social
BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏

@ccp-org.bsky.social
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
@jimccasey1.bsky.social
evanbernick.bsky.social Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Jun 26
There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.

In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
1 E.g., Colored People’s Convention of the State of South Carolina (1865, Charleston, SC), Colored Conventions Project Digital Records (last visited June 15, 2025), https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/ show/570 (“ ‘Right’ is defined to be the just claim, ownership, or lawful title which a person has to anything”).
June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
Need to print this out and frame it near my desk
A meme of two cowboys in a standoff. One says "what's your budget?" and the other one says "what's your rate?"
March 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
This is extremely niche UK higher ed content, but:

How is there a HECOS code for Christopher Marlowe studies but not digital humanities!?

#DHproblems
March 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
I've just scheduled my last training session @dh-researchhub.bsky.social - come join me and learn about how you can 3D printing for humanities research. #CreativeCritical #DHmakes
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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ukiedh.bsky.social
We're pleased to announce we've published a proposal for the Association’s governance approach, which lays out a structure for the Association, a model for membership for individuals & institutions and a timeline for elections.

Check it out & let us know your thoughts! We'd love to hear from you!
Association Governance Proposal Published | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association
digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
mjdonnay.bsky.social
A powerful reminder from @michellefrancl.bsky.social about the everday reach and importance of federal science funding. #NIH
Cutting NIH funding puts my life on the line — and maybe yours as well | Opinion
Private investment in pharmaceutical research can't replace the NIH. Both public investment and the private sector are needed to be world leaders in health care, writes Michelle Francl-Donnay.
www.inquirer.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM