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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · 14d

I mean…

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · 14d

Kinda digging the name of this press.

Padded envelope with “University of Hell” stamped on it.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · 24d

Shame on ABC and Disney.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 31

Your DMs are closed to me here, but I just emailed what I think is your gmail address. If you don't have an email from me, please send me a quick note...first name dot last name at gmail. Hope we can connect soon!

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hi! Can’t figure out how to DM you here but will send an email this afternoon.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 27

Maybe they'll indict a ham sandwich, but not the hero who throws it!

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 26

Given that a very viral, very misleading story from WaPo helped to fuel the whole "AI kills the climate" thing in the first place, it's nice to see this more...informed piece from them. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Column | ChatGPT is an energy guzzler. These things you’re doing are worse.

AI services have earned a reputation as energy-hungry beasts. But what about the other emissions in our digital lives?

www.washingtonpost.com

Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 21

New white paper: “Measuring the environmental impact of delivering AI at Google Scale”

Curious what people think of this.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 11

Is Michael Camille's book, Image on the Edge, still the definitive study of funny/crude marginalia in medieval manuscripts? e. g. for lulz . . .

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Aug 6

- Old old: your phone rings in the movie
- New old: it’s in your pocket with the flashlight on

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jul 21

Did the scary thing! Wrote the first paragraph of the book. The first word of this book is “In.” Stay tuned for the rest . . .

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jul 14

…Dan had had not invoked “Mr. Penis” since age 8, when he falsified a summer read-a-thon form at his childhood public library in order to get a personal pan pizza.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jul 14

Wait, all of you people have read FIFTY books?

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jul 14

I for one am doing my utmost to say the smartest things on page 1 of my book.

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Rose Casey @rosecasey.bsky.social · Jul 5

Academics! I have space this summer to take on indexing work. Please message me if interested!

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jul 5

Recently had the pleasure of interviewing the founders of @leotranscribes.bsky.social and trying their platform, which is *very* effective with tricky manuscripts. If you’re doing a transcription project, check them out! Easier and more accurate than other common HTR tools today.

Leo 🦁 @leotranscribes.bsky.social · Jul 1

We’re excited to launch our most advanced model yet. ATR-1 sets a new benchmark for automated text recognition, transcribing handwritten and printed text with unprecedented accuracy and reliability.

blog.tryleo.ai/2025/06/20/i...

Introducing ATR-1 — our most advanced text recognition model yet

We’re excited to launch our most advanced model yet. ATR-1 sets a new benchmark for automated text recognition, transcribing handwritten and printed text with unprecedented accuracy and reliability…

blog.tryleo.ai

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jul 4

Current saddest holiday of the year.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 16

Close second: that thing where AI transcribes part of the ruler as "5/8"

Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 16

Funniest thing about transcribing Dickinson manuscripts is where an early editor (likely Todd) wrote "No" on a bunch of manuscripts, presumably flagging those too week for publication. But it turns out, actually: yes!

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 12

And for the hordes of you interested primarily in me, here is "On the Badness of Instagram Poetry," a piece I quite like and think would not have been half as good if not for guidance from Matt and the readers. www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr...

Ebook of Expressive Networks: Poetry and Platform Cultures

Expressive Networks convenes an urgent conversation on digital media and the social life of contemporary poetry. Tracing how poems circulate through online spaces and how capitalized platforms have co...

https://www.fulcrum.org/epubs/q524jr70t?locale=en#/6/40[ch19]!/4/2[c14]/2/2/2[p249]/1:0

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 12

Featuring brilliant essays by @notsumatra.bsky.social, @mellymeldubs.bsky.social, @micahbateman.bsky.social, @susannala.bsky.social, @scottchallener.bsky.social, and others not on here.

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 12

New book—and free! EXPRESSIVE NETWORKS: POETRY AND PLATFORM CULTURES, ed. Matthew Kilbane. Love the open access. Check it out . . . www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

Expressive Networks: Poetry and Platform Cultures

Expressive Networks convenes an urgent conversation on digital media and the social life of contemporary poetry. Tracing how poems circulate through online spaces and how capitalized platforms have co...

www.fulcrum.org

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks! Looks very useful.

Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 12

Have you used Transkribus, eScriptorium, or similar tools to transcribe post-1800 manuscripts? Drop me a line! Would love to ask you some questions…

Jonathan D. Riddle @jonathandriddle.bsky.social · Jun 12

I wonder if this model could be generalized to work on nineteenth-century American handwriting more broadly?

Bobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · Jun 12

This is a good use of AI: transcription of 2.3 million pages of manuscripts trained on 30k pages transcribed by hand

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Seth Perlow @sethperlow.bsky.social · Jun 12

I am currently working with Transkribus and eScriptorium to transcribe Emily Dickinson manuscripts. Would love to discuss! Short answer is these models don’t work well for less regular hands, such as ED’s.

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