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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 11h

Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 7d

Abstracts for this #CFP on Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture are due October 8th! Can't wait to read your takes on 'smut' and 'lore'! #academicsky

Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 27d

New #CFP from @dlcplus.org - we're hosting a mini-conference on Keywords in Digital Literary Culture! We have two keywords for our first conf: smut and lore. Read the CFP and submit here: forms.gle/hXgbeJ1s5okD...

DLC+ Presents Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture Mini-Conference: "Smut" and "Lore"

In 2025-2026, Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture will host two virtual mini-conferences consisting of four thematically-linked keywords actively shaping digital literary culture in the very ...

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 15d

Spent a good chunk of the early morning researching IKEA bed frames for my father that were bought in the late 90s so that we could get replacement parts. See what an English PhD can get you? #researchskills

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 24d

Now to tackle edits to the two articles of my own…

Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 24d

After a week of (fun) disruption to my work schedule, I just submitted a (slightly overdue) peer review AND a book review I’d been working on since July! Feeling very productive for a Sunday, and following in the footsteps of @juliapoly.bsky.social in giving back to the academic community.

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 25d

A lovely panel and conversation for the @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum “In Pursuit of Bears” yesterday, featuring @martynobbard.bsky.social, Kel Pero, Jon Kretzu, and Graham Abbey.

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 27d

being a “vibe coding cleanup specialist” is increasingly a real job www.404media.co/the-software...

The Software Engineers Paid to Fix Vibe Coded Messes

Linkedin has been joking about “vibe coding cleanup specialists,” but it’s actually a growing profession.

www.404media.co

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DLC+ @dlcplus.org · 27d

🪅 DLC+ mini-conference: Current Keywords on Digital Literary Culture. Nov
20th.

CFP out now. Se link for details and submission form. Deadline: Oct 8th.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Please share widely! 🦭 We want all the smut and lore out there!
#digitalhumanities #digitalculture

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · 27d

New #CFP from @dlcplus.org - we're hosting a mini-conference on Keywords in Digital Literary Culture! We have two keywords for our first conf: smut and lore. Read the CFP and submit here: forms.gle/hXgbeJ1s5okD...

DLC+ Presents Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture Mini-Conference: "Smut" and "Lore"

In 2025-2026, Current Keywords in Digital Literary Culture will host two virtual mini-conferences consisting of four thematically-linked keywords actively shaping digital literary culture in the very ...

forms.gle

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Sep 3

As an English PhD, it will be very cool to see my scientist dad included in such a literary panel! From 👨🏻‍🔬 to 📚

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Sep 3

Next week, my father @martynobbard.bsky.social will be participating as a panelist in this @stratfest.bsky.social panel discussion on the infamous stage direction, “Exit, pursued by a bear”.
www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play... #winterstale #shakespeare

In Pursuit of Bears: Shakespeare and Animal Metaphors | Stratford Festival Official Website

This panel discussion includes scholars from both the Shakespearean and environmental perspectives who will consider what bears would have meant to the Elizabethan audience and discuss the broader con...

www.stratfordfestival.ca

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm working on a peer review now! The first I've been solicited for, which feels nice :)

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Aug 25

"Facebook owner Meta has warned the (Irish) Government that it plans to complain to the Trump administration over a €200m European Commission fine for breaching digital market rules." #IntetnetRegulationToday m.independent.ie/irish-news/m...

Meta warns Paschal Donohoe it will complain to Donald Trump about EU fine for breaking digital market rules

Facebook owner Meta has warned the Government that it plans to complain to the Trump administration over a €200m European Commission fine for breaching digital market rules.

m.independent.ie

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 24

and friends ❤️

Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 24

plus food

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 24

part deux ✌🏻

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 24

My summer, in photos.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · Aug 19

Meta’s AI chatbot policies amount to “technologically predatory companionship,” D&S researcher @livgar.bsky.social writes. As the company's leaked policy reveals, this is by design, and "puts profit margins over people’s safety, sanity, and self-determination." www.techpolicy.press/experts-reac...

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yes! Love this.

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 18

for me to launch my academic career, and I’m hugely indebted to the folks who have supported and championed me along the way.

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 18

And, with this move, my time at uGuelph has (sadly) come to an end (for now). Huge thanks to @susanbrown.bsky.social @antimony27.bsky.social and @paulbarrett1.bsky.social who guided me through the PhD to my first postdoc as the Michael Ridley Postdoc in #DH. Guelph has been such a supportive place

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thrilled to share that I’ve started a #SSHRC Postdoc at the University of Waterloo with @laitze.bsky.social and @becomingbri.bsky.social! I’ll be researching the feminization and subsequent denigration of women’s writing and associated publishing technologies, from 19th cent poetesses to Instapoets

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Aug 18

My tuxedo cat Floof over the past two years.

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Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · Jun 5

Day 3 of CSDH - I presented some of my research on how we can use computational tools to close read sound in Rupi Kaur's #Instapoetry to go beyond surface level analysis of her poetry.

Kiera Obbard @kieraobbard.bsky.social · May 31

and a presentation with @susanbrown.bsky.social (with many co-authors not able to present, listed in the photo) on our work to identify boundary objects in a knowledge graph of Orlando data. (2/2)

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