Pilot Irwin ✈️
@capnpilot.bsky.social
Still figuring out this strange thing called "social media". Howdy!
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This week I wrap up coaching for the year, and it's been inspiring and rewarding to work with individual and team clients in 2025! A big thank you to everyone for working with me, and sharing great conversations. Head to the blog for a little end of year coaching inspiration marendeepwell.com?p=5789
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This week I wrap up coaching for the year, and it's been inspiring and rewarding to work with individual and team clients in 2025! A big thank you to everyone for working with me, and sharing great conversations. Head to the blog for a little end of year coaching inspiration marendeepwell.com?p=5789
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We have an early holiday treat for you! 😍 🎁 We're delighted to introduce brand new stats dashboards for EVERY collection in KCworks! Read more on our team blog, and stay tuned on social media all this week for more highlights! about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/i...
Introducing the New Stats Dashboard in KCWorks!
Curious about how your collection is performing? Our new Stats Dashboard is here to help you dig into the numbers and learn more about your collection’s reach and engagement! You can view stats for individual collections in KCWorks, or for the repository as a whole.
about.hcommons.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We have an early holiday treat for you! 😍 🎁 We're delighted to introduce brand new stats dashboards for EVERY collection in KCworks! Read more on our team blog, and stay tuned on social media all this week for more highlights! about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/i...
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Oh yeah! We have a really funky new stats page for KC Works, our open scholarship repository! about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/i...
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Oh yeah! We have a really funky new stats page for KC Works, our open scholarship repository! about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/i...
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😍 I continue to update this Bluesky guide (quick+incredibly detailed versions!): tinyurl.com/DHBluesky Aimed especially at researchers, DH, GLAM, & critical tech folks:
November 17, 2024 at 12:48 PM
😍 I continue to update this Bluesky guide (quick+incredibly detailed versions!): tinyurl.com/DHBluesky Aimed especially at researchers, DH, GLAM, & critical tech folks:
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Added tag/sorting to my list of good starter packs (docs.google.com/document/d/1...) so you can sort to find what you like w/in my interests:
* critical/nonhype tech/data/code
* DH
* humanities
* GLAM (library/archive)
* academic/research/teach
* book history+arts/textual studies
* making/crafting
* critical/nonhype tech/data/code
* DH
* humanities
* GLAM (library/archive)
* academic/research/teach
* book history+arts/textual studies
* making/crafting
November 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Added tag/sorting to my list of good starter packs (docs.google.com/document/d/1...) so you can sort to find what you like w/in my interests:
* critical/nonhype tech/data/code
* DH
* humanities
* GLAM (library/archive)
* academic/research/teach
* book history+arts/textual studies
* making/crafting
* critical/nonhype tech/data/code
* DH
* humanities
* GLAM (library/archive)
* academic/research/teach
* book history+arts/textual studies
* making/crafting
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Designed covers for a paper minizine template, for an "Unsolicited Advice" series where I can just print a stack of templates & fill the pages in w/pen as I think of advice I want to share (things that worked for me, I'd recommend, etc.). Instead of being like these dudes:
![Screenshot of the cover design for a minizine series, intended to be printed as a template then filled in with pen (both the volume number on the cover, and the interior pages of written content). It's titled "unsolicited advice" in gradient purple-pink, with an annoyed/weary emoji face and "Volume __" in a handwritten font. In the middle, a historical black and white sketch of a suited man pointing as if scolding toward the back of a weary woman facing away from him, with a purple spiral coming out of his scolding finger, is overlaid on a purple-pink gradient background. Subtitles say "IDK, practices, objects, ideas, etc. that worked for me??? / an occasional minizine series / (Advice no one asked for!... Except I guess *you* did [heart emoji] by reading this???)". For the discerning zinester eye—the dimensions match a page of a minizine printed on 11x17" paper!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:quschouau47zm4f3ntsw7j5y/bafkreiakyf5soqfsmdgvkah4vbbjnpqfslq5lwxbe3eehzyjsovu2upogi@jpeg)
![Screenshot of the cover design for a minizine series, intended to be printed as a template then filled in with pen (both the volume number on the cover, and the interior pages of written content). It's titled "unsolicited advice" in gradient purple-pink, with an annoyed/weary emoji face and "Volume __" in a handwritten font. In the middle, a historical black and white sketch of a suited man pointing as lecturing a surprised top-hatted passerby, with a purple spiral coming out of his scolding finger, is overlaid on a purple-pink gradient background. Subtitles say "IDK, practices, objects, ideas, etc. that worked for me??? / an occasional minizine series / (Advice no one asked for!... Except I guess *you* did [heart emoji] by reading this???)". For the discerning zinester eye—the dimensions match a page of a minizine printed on 11x17" paper!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:quschouau47zm4f3ntsw7j5y/bafkreiaipbhdvjnxiukukgrj4dntg4boojxs4s7wkpefstu644e3g5ve7e@jpeg)
![Screenshot of the cover design for a minizine series, intended to be printed as a template then filled in with pen (both the volume number on the cover, and the interior pages of written content). It's titled "unsolicited advice" in gradient purple-pink, with an annoyed/weary emoji face and "Volume __" in a handwritten font. In the middle, a historical black and white sketch of a seated man in a toga declaiming to another man sitting dejected with his chin on his fist, with a purple spiral coming out of the declaiming man's gesturing finger, is overlaid on a purple-pink gradient background. Subtitles say "IDK, practices, objects, ideas, etc. that worked for me??? / an occasional minizine series / (Advice no one asked for!... Except I guess *you* did [heart emoji] by reading this???)". For the discerning zinester eye—the dimensions match a page of a minizine printed on 11x17" paper!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:quschouau47zm4f3ntsw7j5y/bafkreih7vvxounn4on2rskjjpuh6vccdp36jr45daisevtuw6jgelgutdm@jpeg)
![Screenshot of the cover design for a minizine series, intended to be printed as a template then filled in with pen (both the volume number on the cover, and the interior pages of written content). It's titled "unsolicited advice" in gradient purple-pink, with an annoyed/weary emoji face and "Volume __" in a handwritten font. In the middle, a historical black and white sketch of Paul Revere riding through a city street and casting his hand in the air as if to proclaim a warning, with a purple spiral coming out of his gesturing finger, is overlaid on a purple-pink gradient background and the edited caption "Paul Revere spreading UNSOLICITED ADVICE". Subtitles say "IDK, practices, objects, ideas, etc. that worked for me??? / an occasional minizine series / (Advice no one asked for!... Except I guess *you* did [heart emoji] by reading this???)". For the discerning zinester eye—the dimensions match a page of a minizine printed on 11x17" paper!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:quschouau47zm4f3ntsw7j5y/bafkreiaxhxhulra7md752zfbzspx6objldnrmoverytdtyo4npfgqhvkya@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Designed covers for a paper minizine template, for an "Unsolicited Advice" series where I can just print a stack of templates & fill the pages in w/pen as I think of advice I want to share (things that worked for me, I'd recommend, etc.). Instead of being like these dudes:
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Analogue kind of day… painting the sea 🌊 thanks to a beautiful gift of paints & canvas from a dear friend
December 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Analogue kind of day… painting the sea 🌊 thanks to a beautiful gift of paints & canvas from a dear friend
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A fun #DHmakes type project at the intersection of text, textiles, fonts, and making!
Rhode Island School of Design on Instagram: "Second year graduate student in Graphic Design Deborah Khodanovich @dvoritdvorit shows us how gossip—its etymology, its practice throughout history, and it...
Deborah Khodanovich, a second-year Graphic Design student at RISD, delves into the world of gossip and its historical significance. She explains how she uses her MFA to bridge the gap between textiles...
www.instagram.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A fun #DHmakes type project at the intersection of text, textiles, fonts, and making!
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The small but mighty team that runs Knowledge Commons needs your support this week of #GivingTuesday. Donate today: givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The small but mighty team that runs Knowledge Commons needs your support this week of #GivingTuesday. Donate today: givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
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👀ICYMI: "The worry here, of course, is that open access gets the blame for allowing AI and scholars begin to yearn, once more, for paywalls"
#OpenAccess #ScholComm @eve.gd
#OpenAccess #ScholComm @eve.gd
Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI - Impact of Social Sciences
Considering the legal standing of creative commons licenses & copyright, Martin Eve suggests legal protections for academic work are unlikely to be forthcoming.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
👀ICYMI: "The worry here, of course, is that open access gets the blame for allowing AI and scholars begin to yearn, once more, for paywalls"
#OpenAccess #ScholComm @eve.gd
#OpenAccess #ScholComm @eve.gd
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Support the Black Zine Fair and its participants gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Pro-tip: get your institution to co-sponsor. 📚📜
Pro-tip: get your institution to co-sponsor. 📚📜
Black Zine Fair Returns in 2026 — Help Us Bring It to Life
The Black Zine Fair was founded by Mariame Kaba and Neta Bomani in 2023 to address a clear gap: Black publishers and artists have long shaped independent publishing, yet we were still underrepresented...
gogetfunding.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Support the Black Zine Fair and its participants gogetfunding.com/black-zine-f...
Pro-tip: get your institution to co-sponsor. 📚📜
Pro-tip: get your institution to co-sponsor. 📚📜
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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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Kudos to @profjhangiani.bsky.social, Clint Lalonde, Josie Gray, & folks across British Columbia who worked on this new report on institutions' capacity to support #OpenEducation. It is an excellent read & a great model for the rest of us!
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
bccampus.ca
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Kudos to @profjhangiani.bsky.social, Clint Lalonde, Josie Gray, & folks across British Columbia who worked on this new report on institutions' capacity to support #OpenEducation. It is an excellent read & a great model for the rest of us!
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
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A thread to read on a Friday, whether your art is writing or any other kind of creating. #DHmakes
This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A thread to read on a Friday, whether your art is writing or any other kind of creating. #DHmakes
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🚀 Docsify v5 is getting closer! The no-build docs generator is getting:
✅ Modernized codebase & UI
✅ Dark mode + better accessibility
✅ GitHub-style callouts
✅ Enhanced keyboard navigation
✅ Improved error handling
Try the RC at: preview.docsifyjs.org
#Docsify #OpenSource #Markdown
✅ Modernized codebase & UI
✅ Dark mode + better accessibility
✅ GitHub-style callouts
✅ Enhanced keyboard navigation
✅ Improved error handling
Try the RC at: preview.docsifyjs.org
#Docsify #OpenSource #Markdown
docsify
A magical documentation generator.
preview.docsifyjs.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🚀 Docsify v5 is getting closer! The no-build docs generator is getting:
✅ Modernized codebase & UI
✅ Dark mode + better accessibility
✅ GitHub-style callouts
✅ Enhanced keyboard navigation
✅ Improved error handling
Try the RC at: preview.docsifyjs.org
#Docsify #OpenSource #Markdown
✅ Modernized codebase & UI
✅ Dark mode + better accessibility
✅ GitHub-style callouts
✅ Enhanced keyboard navigation
✅ Improved error handling
Try the RC at: preview.docsifyjs.org
#Docsify #OpenSource #Markdown
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Our next @kcommons.bsky.social release: if you have uploaded academic material - or even just entered metadata - into our Works repository, you can now pull this material in to a WordPress site, in a variety of citation formats!
about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
KCWorks on WP Plugin Launches on Knowledge Commons – About Knowledge Commons
about.hcommons.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our next @kcommons.bsky.social release: if you have uploaded academic material - or even just entered metadata - into our Works repository, you can now pull this material in to a WordPress site, in a variety of citation formats!
about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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Free DHy zine alert! @capnpilot.bsky.social's
* "CTRL+S: Preserving Your Work for the Long Haul" (plan, preserve/archive resilient digital projects, so that when time to sunset them, is easy to preserve core attributes)
* "Web-Native Cryptids & Creatures: A Spotter’s Guide" (web safety+literacy)
* "CTRL+S: Preserving Your Work for the Long Haul" (plan, preserve/archive resilient digital projects, so that when time to sunset them, is easy to preserve core attributes)
* "Web-Native Cryptids & Creatures: A Spotter’s Guide" (web safety+literacy)
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Free DHy zine alert! @capnpilot.bsky.social's
* "CTRL+S: Preserving Your Work for the Long Haul" (plan, preserve/archive resilient digital projects, so that when time to sunset them, is easy to preserve core attributes)
* "Web-Native Cryptids & Creatures: A Spotter’s Guide" (web safety+literacy)
* "CTRL+S: Preserving Your Work for the Long Haul" (plan, preserve/archive resilient digital projects, so that when time to sunset them, is easy to preserve core attributes)
* "Web-Native Cryptids & Creatures: A Spotter’s Guide" (web safety+literacy)
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📣 EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are creating a website on KC or a self-hosted WP installation.
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
KCWorks on WP Plugin Launches on Knowledge Commons
The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available on Knowledge Commons! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are using the KCSites platform or a self-hosted WordPress installation. KCWorks is an enterprise-grade repository for academic research, collaboration tools, and publishing support for scholars and institutions.
about.hcommons.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📣 EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are creating a website on KC or a self-hosted WP installation.
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
#ReclaimOpen25 was a blast! Too many awesome sessions to count. I had a great time hosting a game of Brand Actualization, and I'm excited to share the zines I made in the leadup to the conference (one on archival, one on web cryptids) #DHMakes Check them out: pilotirwin.com/project-plan...
Making Zines for Reclaim Open 2025 – Ongoing Investigations
pilotirwin.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#ReclaimOpen25 was a blast! Too many awesome sessions to count. I had a great time hosting a game of Brand Actualization, and I'm excited to share the zines I made in the leadup to the conference (one on archival, one on web cryptids) #DHMakes Check them out: pilotirwin.com/project-plan...
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A big thank you to everyone who took part in #ReclaimOpen25 last week! You can now catch up with all the session recordings and continue to share resources via the Discord chat www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A big thank you to everyone who took part in #ReclaimOpen25 last week! You can now catch up with all the session recordings and continue to share resources via the Discord chat www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Sense-making a Blog-a-thon...
(what do those words even mean?)
Well I try to explain here:
visualthinkery.com/project/blog...
(what do those words even mean?)
Well I try to explain here:
visualthinkery.com/project/blog...
Blog-a-thon Sensemaking - Visual Thinkery
visualthinkery.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Sense-making a Blog-a-thon...
(what do those words even mean?)
Well I try to explain here:
visualthinkery.com/project/blog...
(what do those words even mean?)
Well I try to explain here:
visualthinkery.com/project/blog...
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Keep making and sharing things. It matters. #DHmakes
On the gifts we give to others, writing against despair, and gratitude for others - "The Gift We Give."
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
The Gift We Give · Brandon Walsh
Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library
walshbr.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Keep making and sharing things. It matters. #DHmakes
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Our repository developer, Ian, has been building our new stats dashboard for @kcommons.bsky.social. It's looking great! And should be upstreamed to InvenioRDM.
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our repository developer, Ian, has been building our new stats dashboard for @kcommons.bsky.social. It's looking great! And should be upstreamed to InvenioRDM.
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Welcome to Day 1 of #ReclaimOpen25 🎉 Today is our Blog-A-Thon, starting at 9am EST and running for 12 (yes, you read that correctly) hours of non-stop blogging. Get ready to join in, read, comment and connect reclaimopen.com/blog-a-thon/
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Welcome to Day 1 of #ReclaimOpen25 🎉 Today is our Blog-A-Thon, starting at 9am EST and running for 12 (yes, you read that correctly) hours of non-stop blogging. Get ready to join in, read, comment and connect reclaimopen.com/blog-a-thon/