I can say this in public now: I have decided to finish my PhD remotely in Brazil. I’m leaving the US at the end of December. I am fortunate to have a loving family and an amazing democracy to get back to. Can’t wait for the love, the free healthcare, the income tax exemption, the taxing of the rich.

We are definitely not meant for this. And our nervous systems aren’t meant to be constantly exposed to global trauma, violence, and grief, either.

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When I’m accused of “technopessimism“ I counter that I’m not “pessimistic about technology“; I am opposed to the economic, political, and social project of upward wealth transfer that “AI” is being leveraged to bring about. If that phrasing is useful to others, then go ahead and use it.

million things to do but they’ll wait – I’m drinking spearmint tea and listening to the new cate le bon album and it’s exquisite.

even though I am an out of work translator, I will never not be be a translator, I will always think about translation, and I know that she will deliver

Ive seen LLMs pushed a lot to fellow #adhd students and scholarship to "help" them with things like detail work and structuring work. Ive also seen many punished for trusting this offer of help too. Here's what to use instead: #academicsky

I like it when people post very short, 3-4 word things and for a second I don’t know what the post’s language is. this is not sarcastic: I enjoy reading them in a tentative nothing and everything imaginary accent a few times until I land on the intended language.

This was great fun and a privilege to be part of. And doing it with one of my closest friends was the icing on the cake. Goes live tomorrow and I’ll share the link.

Interviewer: Can you explain that gap in your resume? Translation Studies: The gap is not an accident, it’s a feature — without it, there is no translation to be studied.

amazing piece; gorgeous performance!

"Our final defenses are more diffuse, working at a level of norms and attitudes. Stigmatization is a powerful force, and disgust and shame are among our greatest tools. Put plainly, you should feel bad for using AI." (finally reading this)

been watching hamish macbeth and it is so sad that the captions say [speaking foreign language] when they’re speaking gàidhlig. there should be a translation following something like [in gaelic].

Reconstructing animals from their fossilized remains requires meticulous artistry and scientific rigour. What was done to bones partly of a woolly rhinoceros discovered in Germany in 1663 arguably involved neither. Behold the 'Magdeburg Unicorn' in all its tea-spitting glory. (Yes, it's real.)

We have just launched our new application cycle for long- and short-term fellowships at the JCB! Details at jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...

as a consummate sinner, I don’t think my swollen lymph nodes, dizziness, and unpleasant sinter are signs of rapture. thankfully, it isn’t covid either.

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Laurie Anderson live on www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcbE... as in right now

detail from the house of the fountains (1st-2nd C.) in the ruins of conimbriga roman archaeological site near coimbra, in portugal. taken by me in august this year. #MosaicMonday

Dear #skystorians, do you sometimes struggle to bring those historical voices that were silenced and unheard until now to life? I've been ruminating on #earlymodern voices and #disability history. You can read more here: www.public-disabilityhistory.org/2025/09/disa...

A telescope, of ivory, with writing paraphenalia and various containers, first half of the 17th Century. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

Folks, get off of Academia[.]edu. Delete your accounts. Put your work on a faculty webpage, on hcommons, on your own webpage. But not on Academia[.]edu. www.academia.edu/terms

Believe it or not, anyone can have a disabled child. It is not a personal failing. It is not a thing people bring on themselves. Disability is normal part of being human. Society could do a better job of accepting this & set up communities in a way that acknowledges this fact of life.

I really like this picture taken by the amazing Raluca Tanasescu @ecoart.bsky.social at #Trextuality2Conference. It was great to be back in Galway and I was happy as a clam sharing a panel with Mairéad Byrne and Xiaojing Zeng.

Easy yes for me. Deleted my account today.

arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 A 200+ page research paper from the University of Warwick, led by Nataliya Kosmyna (et al) This was published a couple months ago but I've only just had the chance to read it. I highly encourage others to do the same but I wanted to condense some observations in a short 🧵

A unique mode of transport forms the initial 'Q'(uid gloriaris in malitia), at the beginning of Psalm 51. Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque d'Amiens Ms. 18; The Corbie Psalter with canticles & litanies; 9th c; France N (Corbie, abbaye Saint-Pierre); f.46r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Harrowing thread.

left galway at 6am, flew from dublin to reykjavik, now boarded to go to boston, where I’ll arrive at 5:50pm. there is no bus or train to amherst. my only option is waiting with my heavy luggage until 10:30pm & getting on a greyhound to springfield. then from there an uber home. miss europe already.

It was lovely to share a session today with Mairéad Byrne, whose academic and poetic work I admire. #trextuality2conference

Trextuality 2 keynotes: Karen Bennett yesterday and @piotrblum.bsky.social today. Amazing talks both! #trextuality2conference

New Calls for Papers are up on the RSA website! View the latest CfPs here: bit.ly/3uXoYU8 #RenTwitter #earlymodern

These are incredibly useful tips for all teachers and professors starting a new academic year...

TWO NEW BOOKS from the Illuminating Women Artists series are officially published today!! ⭐️ Maria Sibylla Merian by Catherine Powell-Warren ⭐️ Josefa de Óbidos by Carmen Ripollés www.lundhumphries.com/collections/... Co-published in North America with @gettymuseum.bsky.social

In Dublin now after 3 months in Portugal. Heading to Galway on Wednesday for #TrextualityII! Beautiful day today with a look around Howth then the rolling hills and mountains of Killakee. I LOVED the marshy boggy vegetation there.

Vivenda galaica no castro do Teso da Ermida (Vilela, Navia de Suarna). Tiña dous andares e unha altura construída de 5-6 metros máis o tellado. O final da Idade do Ferro en Gallaecia defínese pola enorme monumentalidade e desafía os prexuízos e certa idea de primitivismo.

Applications are open for the Renaissance Society of America's short-term research fellowships, including many that give preference to contingent faculty and independent scholars -- apply by September 16th, applicants must be @rsaorg.bsky.social members: www.rsa.org/general/cust... #earlymodern

There's too much I want to re-quote from this amazingly written article. Everything is frustratingly true and I wish the translators and LSPs on the slop hype the train would read it.

in the very week that I was supposed to visit the village my grandpa is from in portugal, and the area that the book I’m studying is about, a wildfire engulfed the former. the latter’s higher section is closed to prevent fires. I’m sad but grateful that my relatives are physically ok.

17th century hermitage in the Buçaco National Park, once a Carmelite desert belonging to the Santa Cruz do Buçaco male monastery. The presence of women in the area was forbidden by Pope Gregory XV. No, I’m not the author of the graffiti!

Great addendum.

Beautifully said. As an atheist who studies religious writing (among other things), I agree. There’s so much in organized religion with which I have major issues (as with much of organized… anything), but the spiritual experiences of individual humans are to be respected always.

Tell me you don't understand the purpose of humanities research without telling me you don't understand the purpose of humanities research @economist.com @eui-history.bsky.social www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

For academics & scholars who've uploaded papers to Academia, this message I received this morning should be of major concern. I'll delete my account, but I assume damage is done & they've already scraped everything of mine. Should stand as a warning about sharing one's work on commercial websites

i’m leavin, on the midnight train to

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

🇧🇷Barbudo-de-pescoço-ferrugem 🌎Malacoptila rufa Conservação:Pouco Preocupante Ave da ordem galbuliformes e da família Bucconidae. 📷 Rudimar Cipriani

It’s #MedievalMonday and the start of August - which means you must all be waiting with bated breath to see what your Labours of the Month are. August is typically represented by threshing or reaping. Exhausting work -as you can tell from the expressions on these faces we found in our archives!

all of the alternatives. :) and where I come from, there’s no shame in being a nerd.