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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa 📚 🏴‍☠️ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 14d

Our new and improved Bellingcat Toolkit is one-year-old today! If you haven't used it yet its a one-stop shop for discovering useful open source tools, maintained by an amazing group of volunteers. You can find use cases, guidance and honest reviews for each tool. bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit

Home | Bellingcat's Online Investigation Toolkit

A toolkit for open source researchers

bellingcat.gitbook.io

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 22d

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the... 🎯🎯🎯

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 25d

Spend the years of learning squandering
Courage for the years of wandering
Through a world politely turning
From the loutishness of learning.
- Samuel Beckett

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 8

I need you to understand something.

The thing I need you to understand is that librarians like these are heroes. They've been slandered. They've been libeled. They've been threatened. They've been put in harm's way.

And they keep fighting. 📚

THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Librarians Film

www.youtube.com

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 26d

While researching libertarian radicals of the mid-19th c., I came across this incredible project that maps the historical geography of social movements in the US from 19-21st c depts.washington.edu/moves/index.... What a fantastic resource!

depts.washington.edu

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · 26d

These are gorgeous! Do you have patterns for the book supports?

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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · 28d

same

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · Sep 8

Toad went back into the house. He got into bed and pulled the covers over his head again.

Toad is buried under the covers in bed.

From "Spring"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 19

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu:

“Silence in the face of oppression is not an option. The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today. So here it is…Stop attacking our cities to hide your administration's failures.”

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · Aug 18

Stunning

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Aug 18

For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.

Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei

The photo was taken underwater. It shows a partially uncovered mosaic on the ground of the sea and a fish swimming above it.

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Evening Land Books @eveninglandbooks.com · Aug 15

It's been a while, so thought we should repost the Rare Books feed. Its algorithm captures Bluesky posts about rare books, special collections, first editions, signed books, etc. Take a break from the Discover feed and indulge your bibliophilia!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · Aug 15

Fantastic! Can't wait to read the book! 📚

James Reath @jamesreath.bsky.social · Aug 15

I wrote about doodles, democracy, & everyday aesthetics for @aeon.co.

The essay is a spin-off from a chapter in my book Anexact Form & Modernist Culture!

Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · Aug 14

’The aesthetic experience of the doodle is never fixed, never singular.’ Why is doodling celebrated by modernists in the 20th century as a democratic and non-hierarchical art form?

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · Aug 7

A little good news re NEH grants, thanks to @oregonhumanities.org.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 7

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jul 26

The comments 💀😂

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Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · Jul 17

Excited to be a part of this! Join us #dh2025 in 2026! And thank you to @javiercha.bsky.social for the invitation!

Javier Cha @javiercha.bsky.social · Jul 17

CFP: #HKADH2026 will be hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (23-25 January 2026).

Keynote speakers: Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social and Andrew Piper ‪‪@andrewpiper.bsky.social‬.

Submission deadline: 31 August.

2026.hkadh.org/callforpapers/

#HKADH

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · Jul 18

Fantastic addition!

apjanco.bsky.social @apjanco.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’m proud to share the #DH2024 conference proceedings. This year we’ve chosen to celebrate the poster as a key part of the DH conference. zenodo.org/records/1592... #DH2025 @adho-org.bsky.social

DH2024 Poster Book

The following book contains presentation highlights from DH2024, the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) annual conference hosted by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media...

zenodo.org

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · Jul 14

🚨attn heritage institutions 🚨

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · Jul 14

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

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Carol Chiodo, Ph.D. @digitaldante.bsky.social · Jul 10

"One of the features of empires is that they’re made to feel inevitable. [But] throughout history every single empire has fallen…as much as they seem strong, they’re very weak at their foundations because they are built off of extraction and exploitation." - Karen Hao