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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Jun 26

Definitely haven’t done one so far. It’s a topic I remain deeply and personally invested in…

Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Jun 13

But what meant the most was when I was severely underemployed in 2009, @brettbobley.bsky.social took the time to talk with me about the process of applying to jobs at the NEH. We had never met apart from Twitter and he chatted on the phone. That meant so much to a broke PhD. #ThanksBrett

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Jun 13

A huge thanks to @brettbobley.bsky.social who is retiring from NEH ODH. A consummate public servant who is always a joy to see arriving at DH events in his chopper. I owe you a Diet Coke every day from here on out. #ThanksBrett

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · May 5

I consider this one of the most important donations I can make. To be clear, the Paving the Way fund supports the legal expenses.

Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · May 3

If every person who thinks this is a good idea contributed $10 to the legal costs, we’d be able to cover them right now. MLA’s link is here: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · May 6

I donated to the Paving the Way initiative to help with this critical lawsuit on behalf of the NEH. Think about joining me?

Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · May 1

3 ways to fight for the NEH:

1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming

2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have.

3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

Paving the Way: For the Future of the Humanities

Students and faculty members in the humanities face mounting challenges—from skepticism about the value of humanities education to deteriorating pay and working conditions. The MLA is committed to res...

www.mla.org

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Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · May 2

If your grant was terminated & you are an MLA member (or in a related discipline), please fill out our My NEH Grant Story form. Your story can help inform the actions we are taking to protect the NEH. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · May 2

This is why I became a lifetime @modernlanguage.bsky.social member last year.

Jason Rhody @jasonrhody.bsky.social · May 1

Enough is enough. @modernlanguage.bsky.social, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org filed a lawsuit to push back against the devastating changes at NEH. We all deserve a strong and vibrant @nehgov.bsky.social.

Modern Language Association @modernlanguage.bsky.social · May 1

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · Mar 15

Maybe small orgs and large orgs could work together rather than taking aim at one another. The impulse to compete always undermines solidarity. Reach out rather than tearing down.

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · Mar 15

If you don't know what your org is doing right now to fight for you, maybe ask them rather than assuming they're not doing anything. Mine has been actively meeting with folks on the Hill and strategizing with other orgs and institutions about paths forward, even as they're facing funding cuts.

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · Mar 15

Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 22

I’m 47, which is exactly right.

Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

Read more about his work in Digital Humanities Quarterly: www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/11/1...

DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: Digital Surrealism: Visualizing Walt Disney Animation Studios

www.digitalhumanities.org

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

Inspired by the work of Kevin L Ferguson (www.gc.cuny.edu/people/kevin...), I've summed all currently available MCU films. I've only seen one of these.

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Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social · Nov 18

Are you a film & media scholar who wants to learn how to make video essays? Applications for the two-week June 2025 workshop Scholarship in Sound & Image at Middlebury College in Vermont are now open. Come be a videocamper and spread the word!

Scholarship in Sound & Image

Workshop on Videographic Criticism

sites.middlebury.edu

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

Wanting to start a new project on the concept of happy endings in novels. If you've ever read anything on the topic, please send me references!

Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

I feel seen.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...

No More Nostalgia Concerts, Please

The culture industry keeps getting better at monetizing the past — including the new ritual of musicians playing old albums, in full, onstage.

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

And to top it all off, we just got notice that we received funding to start a fledgling game studies research group for 2025. Now I'm off to enter the lottery.

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

I wrote about my own history with video games earlier in the semester for our Humanities Center blog: humanitiescenter.byu.edu/why-play-gam.... Along the way I manage to talk about e-lit and other forms of ergodic literature.

Why Play Games? A History and a (Self-)Justification

This post was written by Brian Croxall, a Humanities Center faculty fellow. This semester and with the support of the College of Humanities, my colleague Michael Call and I launched a new initiativ...

humanitiescenter.byu.edu

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

This semester, my colleague and I started a weekly video game play/lecture series. University comms has decided to notice: news.byu.edu/intellect/th....

From Tony Hawk Pro Skater to Minecraft, these humanities professors want students to study (and play) video games

Humanities professors Michael Call and Brian Croxall have introduced a new video gaming initiative to BYU’s campus. With the support of the College of Humanities, students gather each Monday at 4:00 p...

news.byu.edu

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

I worked on the Beckett Letters project for three years in grad school. When I came across this one, I saved it because it’s so perfect.

kennan @kennan.bsky.social · Nov 21

Now that’s how you write a condolence letter.

Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Nov 19

On this day in 1963, Samuel Beckett wrote to a friend whose father had recently died.

(From 'No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider')

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 21

Congrats! Can’t wait to get a copy!

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 20

Because the problems in both of them can be solved with a simple conversation.

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 20

Why did the shoe enthusiast feel no excitement for the upcoming season?

He had a case of the Blahniks.
#thesearethejokes

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Brian Croxall @briancroxall.bsky.social · Nov 16

Tonight my wife and I realized that the reason I’m skeptical about musicals is the same as why she’s incensed by Seinfeld.

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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · Aug 10

Zotero 7 just dropped. I've been using the beta for several months and it's absolutely fantastic. And it restores an early feature of Zotero that went missing over a decade ago: the ability to annotate snapshots of web pages and add those annotations to your notes.

Zotero Blog » Blog Archive » Zotero 7: Zotero, redesigned

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

www.zotero.org

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