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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · 1d

The first thing I had to write in uni that was longer than 10 pages was the bachelor’s thesis, and that got more structured supervision.

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · 1d

By my senior year I had worked out that I could produce about one page per hour for any writing assignment, and then it became impossible to make myself start more than N hours before the deadline. This was, as you say, unhelpful for grad school.

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · 14d

Time was, you contributed to an edited collection or resource and got a free copy of the thing. Now you get three months of free access to the online version. Somehow it's just not the same...

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mia @miaout.bsky.social · 15d

When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/w...

When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette

New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran.

arstechnica.com

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · 15d

I managed to get all the way to this many years old before having to go through my prose and murder Oxford commas to conform to a stylesheet. It hurts.

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · 18d

Yep I had to learn all about that in one of my CS classes in the 90s!

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · 23d

Possibly the biggest roadblock to my uptake of #AI assistants is the fact that I have always been terrible at delegating.

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Sep 5

I know, but if I have to pick an answer that’s the one I give.

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sweet home

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Aug 21

I thought the whole point of agreeing to do book reviews was getting a free physical copy?

An invitation from the American Historical Review to review a book, ending with "If you accept our invitation, we will provide
access to a digital copy of the book."

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Aug 18

Well we are working on clearing a garden patch outside! @blat.at thinks we should plant wheat next to sugarcane next to tomatoes next to pumpkins…

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Aug 18

It’s like I’m at the beginning of a game of Animal Crossing. What to do…?

An empty room with white walls, bare concrete floor, a single window, radiator and dangling light bulb

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Aug 15

For some reason this got set to the tune of “He’s got the whole world in his hands” in my head…

Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Aug 6

Everyone is very welcome - we have a really exciting paper line-up!

RELEVEN @r11.eu · Aug 6

📣Join us for the RELEVEN Conference:
"Re-evaluating the Eleventh Century: Movements, Connections, and Perspectives"
🗓️ 3–5 Sept 2025 |📍 University of Vienna (Hybrid)
Exploring new digital tools and historical insights from the 11th century.
🗒️More info + program: releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Closing Conference of the Releven Project

releven.univie.ac.at

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RELEVEN @r11.eu · Aug 4

In her latest blog post, @tla.bsky.social reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September 👀 Read her reflections here 👇

releven.univie.ac.at/news/detaila...

Blog Post #39: Tara Andrews

In her latest blog post, Tara reflects on a summer of RELEVEN highlights, including PhD defences, conference talks at IMC Leeds, and the preparations for our closing conference on 3-5 September.

releven.univie.ac.at

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DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · Aug 1

📣 Last Call – nur noch heute bis 23:59 Uhr MESZ!

DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · Jul 29

📣 Call for Papers für DHd Konferenz 2026, 23.–27. Februar @univie.ac.at
🧭 Thema: „Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten“
Wie verändert digitale Modellierung geisteswissenschaftliche Erkenntnisprozesse? Fokus: materielle Kultur, Code, Interfaces, KI etc
📝 Bis 1.8.2025: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de
#DHd2026

DHd 2026 – Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten

dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yes! I have one of each of these, and the happy wanderer has limited speech, for extra fun.

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 31

I had the opposite - envy at all the small kids who could be trusted to ride bikes down the sidewalk and stop at road crossings, while I couldn't make my kids begin to comprehend it. Still can't quite, with the 7yo

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 31

Is it just me or is Zenodo getting unusable these days?

Zenodo page saying "Too many requests, please try again later"

Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 31

Get your abstract in by tomorrow and join us in Vienna in February!

DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · Jul 29

📣 Call for Papers für DHd Konferenz 2026, 23.–27. Februar @univie.ac.at
🧭 Thema: „Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten“
Wie verändert digitale Modellierung geisteswissenschaftliche Erkenntnisprozesse? Fokus: materielle Kultur, Code, Interfaces, KI etc
📝 Bis 1.8.2025: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de
#DHd2026

DHd 2026 – Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten

dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 28

I had to get into the high school club of weirdos before I ever heard of him, so I guess my parents weren’t in the bubble. But everyone else in the world surely is.

Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 23

This slide is basically showing the genesis of the whole project!

RELEVEN @r11.eu · Jul 23

Final highlight: our P.I. @tla.bsky.social gave a talk in the "From Medieval Sources to Big Data" panel titled:
"That's just, like, your opinion, man": Historical Consensus and Disagreement as Structured Data.
(and yes, that's a Big Lebowski quote 😄)

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jul 4

Well, I guess this is the last time I publish in a #DH conference special issue in DSH. This is a stupid exclusion.

Eligibility criteria for Austrian open access agreement with OUP. The offending passage reads: "If you are publishing your article in a Supplement, then you are not eligible to use Read and Publish funds to cover the open access charge."

Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jun 27

Today's fresh academic hell is having to sit through a customer service online chat in order to be able to release an accepted paper for publication without having to pay many thousands of pounds. #latestagecapitalism

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Tara A @tla.bsky.social · Jun 20

Eh, I suspect he would consider the problem solved with the removal of only a single holiday.