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Bergis Jules 🇱🇨 @bergisjules.bsky.social · 3d

Applications open soon for the second Web Archiving School co-hort. Our fellowship aims to create a new generation of web archiving practitioners dedicated to documenting the Black experience. Sign up today to receive reminders and updates on the application: bit.ly/warc-2026-si...

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · 14d

So bummed to learn my local library system is suspending ILL due to terminated IMLS funding. Always appreciate their help tracking down some great indie kids books for the 2yo last year. Scary and sad to think about this at scale, isolating so many libraries and patrons.

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · 15d

Happy birthday, @paulshortt.bsky.social! I know I married the right person because you find a dozen yogurts more romantic than a dozen roses. ❤️

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Chris Warren @chrisvvarren.bsky.social · 20d

Trying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS!

1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622
2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626

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alicemeadows.bsky.social @alicemeadows.bsky.social · 24d

Welcome to #PeerReviewWeek2025 on @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social - many thanks to @roohighosh.bsky.social & Maryam Sayab for this years week of posts incl today’s thoughts from @irfanullah.bsky.social Tim Vines, Hong Zhou, Maryam & me scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/09/15/a...

Ask the Chefs: What’s a Bold Experiment with AI in Peer Review You’d Like to See Tested? - The Scholarly Kitchen

To kick off Peer Review Week, we asked the Chefs, What’s a bold experiment with AI in peer review you’d like to see tested?

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · 24d

Getting back to needlepoint after a long break. These are adapted from #publicdomain illustrations in this series: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... #dhmakes

Two framed needlepoints featuring flowers. On the left is an unidentified purple flower with green leaves. On the right are bright pink hyacinths.

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · 24d

This. Even if we accept that fair use only applies to legally shared content—and @bb.usefairuse.com notes that’s hardly settled—a CC license can’t make it infringing to obtain files directly from publisher! I agree w/ the frustration of having our work gobbled up for profit, but not this solution.

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John Borghi @johnborghi.bsky.social · Aug 20

A friendly reminder that the NIH Public Access Policy IS NOT “you must publish open access” but rather “you must ensure your copy of your paper is deposited into PubMed Central.”

Yes, it is very confusing. Yes, you should be able to do that deposit yourself without paying anything to a journal.

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

Quote from a story on changes at the U of Chicago that notes they are "pausing" doctoral eduction in Classics, Comp Lit, Germanic studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Romance languages and literatures, and South Asian Studies.

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Aug 12

I've been on the other side so often, forever apologizing for ancient systems I can't control. My rule now is that I never offer a stipend less than $500; if it's less than that, I try to pay in books from the university press or by offering my own time to speak/review/etc.

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Aug 10

Saw a performance of Puffs tonight and it was honestly such a boost to see stellar high school actors having a great time. Warms my copyright librarian heart to have this example of “transformative and transfigured” #fairuse in the world. As they reminded us, “She doesn’t get a farthing!” 🦡🦡🦡

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Aug 8

There’s tons in this EO to scream at, from taking aim at past grantmaking to to “requir[ing] all discretionary grants to permit termination for convenience”😡 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

www.whitehouse.gov

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 23

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 24

TFW you reach for the last bit of breakfast tart you were saving, only to realize you ate it thirty minutes ago. 💔

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Jul 23

Teaching humanities students to write basic HTML in 1 class session is still 1 of my fave past lessons bc how excited they are to see their live webpage, something they understand+truly own. Just experiencing "you can make a simple version of this thing to use all the time" is empowering. #mincomp!

html energy @htmlenergy.bsky.social · Jun 13

corporate overlords can't take html away from you! html is inside us

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Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · Jul 21

I’m delighted to announce the launch of KCWorks for Institutions! The Knowledge Commons team is ready to support institutions and organizations seeking a values-enacted, nonprofit, community-governed alternative to corporate hosted repository services.

about.hcommons.org/2025/07/18/a...

Announcing KCWorks for Institutions: a hosted repository that works for you – Knowledge Commons

about.hcommons.org

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 18

Much better than “article processing charge” as an APC acronym

Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 18

Such a wonderful group and wonderful discussion, with panelists in three different countries. Thanks to all who joined! #DH2025

Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 16

On Friday AM I'm chairing a panel where I originally planned to announce a new NEH grant program on sustainability. Even though I don't get to do that, I'm excited for a rich discussion w/ panelists incl @jmotis.bsky.social @kfen.bsky.social as we consider our work in the current landscape. #DH2025

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 17

Love is approving your partner's two-step credential when their phone is at the other end of the house.

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 16

On Friday AM I'm chairing a panel where I originally planned to announce a new NEH grant program on sustainability. Even though I don't get to do that, I'm excited for a rich discussion w/ panelists incl @jmotis.bsky.social @kfen.bsky.social as we consider our work in the current landscape. #DH2025

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 11

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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · Jul 6

🎉Hello, DH community! The official DH2026 account is now live!
🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27-31, 2026
🎯Theme: Engagement | Hosted by @kadhsocial.bsky.social
Can't wait to see you after @dh2025lisbon.bsky.social Following @dh2024.bsky.social let's build our community!
#DH2026 @adho-org.bsky.social

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jul 1

As someone currently hiding from a toddler crying, “No bed! Five minutes! Five minuuuuutes!”, I really feel this.

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Perry Collins @perrycollins.bsky.social · Jun 26

Such an incredible undertaking, and just one example of how much we'll lose as cultural and humanities funding is cut to the bone.

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Jun 26

BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏

@ccp-org.bsky.social
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
@jimccasey1.bsky.social

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Jun 26

There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.

In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.

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Caroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social · Jun 26

I give a tiny amount to @proghist.bsky.social, and I also give to the Internet Archive and Wikipedia. I gave to the papyri.info endowment drive. @copticscript has a page now about donating copticscriptorium.org/donate

https://papyri.info’s

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