pam lach
@plach.bsky.social
Digital Humanities Librarian/DH Center Director living/working on unceded Kumeyaay land (San Diego). US historian (PhD) + info scientist (MSIS). Podcast teacher. Still masking. Dogs are my jam. @ach.bsky.social Co-VP. she/her
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pam lach
@plach.bsky.social
· Oct 11
I love my colleagues and collaborators. But I HATE their file names.
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Enormous loss for librarianship. Fobazi’s impact on the profession is indescribable. Peace to her friends and family. How honored we all were to know work and call her a colleague.
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Enormous loss for librarianship. Fobazi’s impact on the profession is indescribable. Peace to her friends and family. How honored we all were to know work and call her a colleague.
There's still time to nominate yourself/someone else for a leadership role in the Assoc for Computers & the Humanities, the US #DigitalHumanities society. Consider joining our team of caring folks working to make things a little better. Nominations close Fri 2/13 at 5pm PT. DM w Qs @ach.bsky.social
ACH Nominations 2026
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February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
There's still time to nominate yourself/someone else for a leadership role in the Assoc for Computers & the Humanities, the US #DigitalHumanities society. Consider joining our team of caring folks working to make things a little better. Nominations close Fri 2/13 at 5pm PT. DM w Qs @ach.bsky.social
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Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
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Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal during our January open submission window. We look forward to reviewing all the proposals!
For our next open submission window: we will decide that based how many proposals we accept from this round. Based on previous years it is likely to be August 2026.
For our next open submission window: we will decide that based how many proposals we accept from this round. Based on previous years it is likely to be August 2026.
February 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal during our January open submission window. We look forward to reviewing all the proposals!
For our next open submission window: we will decide that based how many proposals we accept from this round. Based on previous years it is likely to be August 2026.
For our next open submission window: we will decide that based how many proposals we accept from this round. Based on previous years it is likely to be August 2026.
Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that I woke up in the early morning from a nightmare, only to fall asleep and have a second, even scarier, nightmare.
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that I woke up in the early morning from a nightmare, only to fall asleep and have a second, even scarier, nightmare.
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I guess it makes sense that as universities transformed into real estate & hedge fund profiles controlled by a growing class of asset managers w/ no meaningful academic expertise, the preferred outputs wd come to resemble airport leadership books & bullshit Ted talks— but man, what are we doing here
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I guess it makes sense that as universities transformed into real estate & hedge fund profiles controlled by a growing class of asset managers w/ no meaningful academic expertise, the preferred outputs wd come to resemble airport leadership books & bullshit Ted talks— but man, what are we doing here
Here’s the first month of my 2026 sleep/insomnia visualization. This year’s data model is more granular than past ones resulting in more variation of thread colors. I had to scrap 1 color that turned out to be too dark against the fabric & dropped 1 bead color to accommodate a new approach. #DHmakes
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Here’s the first month of my 2026 sleep/insomnia visualization. This year’s data model is more granular than past ones resulting in more variation of thread colors. I had to scrap 1 color that turned out to be too dark against the fabric & dropped 1 bead color to accommodate a new approach. #DHmakes
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LITERALLY spent the last 2 days hearing about the need to prioritize ROI at Your Local Community College, alas
The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
January 31, 2026 at 12:53 AM
LITERALLY spent the last 2 days hearing about the need to prioritize ROI at Your Local Community College, alas
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Last semester, I had the pleasure of partnering with a graduate class using critical race counterstory methodology to create a podcast about the history of higher education. Check out this video about their experiences. Link to the show below👇
VIDEO: CCLEAD doctoral students find their voice via counterstory podcasting | College of Education | SDSU
education.sdsu.edu
January 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Last semester, I had the pleasure of partnering with a graduate class using critical race counterstory methodology to create a podcast about the history of higher education. Check out this video about their experiences. Link to the show below👇
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TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years
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Seems like as good a day as any to bust out this meme, featuring me throwing a temper tantrum as a child
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Seems like as good a day as any to bust out this meme, featuring me throwing a temper tantrum as a child
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Oh I think we're beyond "could"
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Oh I think we're beyond "could"
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Catherine O’Hara was an absolute treasure and I loved all her roles
a woman says when one of us shines on a screen
ALT: a woman says when one of us shines on a screen
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January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Catherine O’Hara was an absolute treasure and I loved all her roles
Last semester, I had the pleasure of partnering with a graduate class using critical race counterstory methodology to create a podcast about the history of higher education. Check out this video about their experiences. Link to the show below👇
VIDEO: CCLEAD doctoral students find their voice via counterstory podcasting | College of Education | SDSU
education.sdsu.edu
January 30, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Last semester, I had the pleasure of partnering with a graduate class using critical race counterstory methodology to create a podcast about the history of higher education. Check out this video about their experiences. Link to the show below👇
Masking in public is a great way to prevent the spread of illnesses and resist the surveillance state
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Masking in public is a great way to prevent the spread of illnesses and resist the surveillance state
My proudest moment from today's class: Rather than start with an intro to #DigitalHumanities, I threw students into a tool (DocuViz) and asked them to play. After a few minutes of exploration, I flashed this meme (that I spent way too long creating) as we reflected on what we learned by playing
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
My proudest moment from today's class: Rather than start with an intro to #DigitalHumanities, I threw students into a tool (DocuViz) and asked them to play. After a few minutes of exploration, I flashed this meme (that I spent way too long creating) as we reflected on what we learned by playing
My experiments in joyful pedagogy resume today, my 1st day w a #DigitalHumanities class co-designed w an instructor & centered on learning thru experimentation, discovery, play and #DHtries. We’re gonna start the session w play+reflection & see where that leads. Hoping these will help set the tone
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
My experiments in joyful pedagogy resume today, my 1st day w a #DigitalHumanities class co-designed w an instructor & centered on learning thru experimentation, discovery, play and #DHtries. We’re gonna start the session w play+reflection & see where that leads. Hoping these will help set the tone
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It's last-minute, but I'm giving a talk today about #DHmakes and craft and what the humanities can do in a crisis from 12:15-1:15 Pacific (3:15-4:15 Eastern). All are welcome, Zoom registration link below!
Craftivism in a Crisis: Making the Humanities Matter When It's All Falling Apart | Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis
The longstanding rhetoric of the "crisis of the humanities" has been largely drowned out by an omnicrisis equally affecting the sciences, the stability of the university, and society as a whole. What ...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
It's last-minute, but I'm giving a talk today about #DHmakes and craft and what the humanities can do in a crisis from 12:15-1:15 Pacific (3:15-4:15 Eastern). All are welcome, Zoom registration link below!
If only I could hide under the covers all day like this little guy
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
If only I could hide under the covers all day like this little guy
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Beloved fellow academics, please don't fall for the Let's All Worship Overwork signals that have been going around for the last couple of weeks
"But tech bros do it! Haruki Murakami does it!"
1) let's ask how---ie, who's making dinner? hmmmm
and
2) the ideas don't get better when you overwork
"But tech bros do it! Haruki Murakami does it!"
1) let's ask how---ie, who's making dinner? hmmmm
and
2) the ideas don't get better when you overwork
January 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Beloved fellow academics, please don't fall for the Let's All Worship Overwork signals that have been going around for the last couple of weeks
"But tech bros do it! Haruki Murakami does it!"
1) let's ask how---ie, who's making dinner? hmmmm
and
2) the ideas don't get better when you overwork
"But tech bros do it! Haruki Murakami does it!"
1) let's ask how---ie, who's making dinner? hmmmm
and
2) the ideas don't get better when you overwork
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These companies want to take everything that is required for people to communicate with one another and exercise our capacity to operate in a democracy and sell it back to us as automated algorithmic decision making that will ultimately penalize us for reasons we’re prevented from seeing.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
These companies want to take everything that is required for people to communicate with one another and exercise our capacity to operate in a democracy and sell it back to us as automated algorithmic decision making that will ultimately penalize us for reasons we’re prevented from seeing.
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2 of 4 current #NEH Council members (there should be 26) have clear connections to a recently-awarded grant @ UNC-Chapel Hill's "School of Civic Life & Leadership."
Small #NorthCarolina news source doing the essential reporting on the National Endowment for the Humanities that we all want to see.
Small #NorthCarolina news source doing the essential reporting on the National Endowment for the Humanities that we all want to see.
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced last week that it was awarding $10.1 million to UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life and Leadership, also known as SCiLL.
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...
The School of Civic Life and Leadership Has Friends in High Places
School faculty have close ties to the National Endowment for the Humanities, which just awarded it $10.1 million.
www.theassemblync.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
2 of 4 current #NEH Council members (there should be 26) have clear connections to a recently-awarded grant @ UNC-Chapel Hill's "School of Civic Life & Leadership."
Small #NorthCarolina news source doing the essential reporting on the National Endowment for the Humanities that we all want to see.
Small #NorthCarolina news source doing the essential reporting on the National Endowment for the Humanities that we all want to see.
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"When universities censor topics involving race, gender, sexuality, power & inequity, they are not protecting students. They are underpreparing them. They deprive students of the intellectual tools to become informed citizens."
— Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
— Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"When universities censor topics involving race, gender, sexuality, power & inequity, they are not protecting students. They are underpreparing them. They deprive students of the intellectual tools to become informed citizens."
— Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M
— Dr. Leonard Bright, AAUP Texas A&M