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.

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

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

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...

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

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.

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.

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!” 🦡🦡🦡

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...

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

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

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!

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...

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

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

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

🎉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

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

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

Question: Which initiatives and orgs do folks in DH/GLAM feel strongly enough about to give your own money? Would love to have a list of orgs that make individual giving easy, no matter what someone can contribute.

👇Favorite example, when my toddler came home with an "incident report" reading "Friend stuck their finger in A's mouth and he bit it. Friends were separated." Maybe they will be best buds later, but I'm pretty sure friend is the wrong word here.

Huge news in AI copyright world. Still reading the opinion, but encouraged that Judge Alsup got it right on training. Act I Scene 1 in a long drama, but a promising start.

I married a good egg.

Back at @uflib.bsky.social as of today! It's both nice and weird to sit down, log on to an account I haven't touched in 18 months, turn off that pesky auto away, and just get started again.

Cheers to a boss and friend I’ll appreciate forever. @brettbobley.bsky.social always took me seriously, let me run away with ideas that both succeeded and failed, and engaged the field with deep kindness. #ThanksBrett

In between stints working at NEH, I got the chance to co-lead an institute on DH+Caribbean Studies. It led me to new friends, colleagues, and opportunities to learn from a truly community-driven field. nehcaribbean.domains.uflib.ufl.edu

My career is deeply indebted to the @neh-odh.bsky.social . They supported the kind of interdisciplinary projects that colleagues weren’t ready to support or credit. They sent the message that technology and the humanities mattered. They pushed research to be more innovative. For pennies!

Oh geez, difficult to lay out the loss of #neh $$ for our DH Center & that our work has been dismissed so resoundingly. Collab w/ Nick S., Christina M. & Shannon M on #DH @ SJSU demos how much we've done. We'll keep going Eternally & massively grateful #dh #digitalhumanities #ach @ach.bsky.social

It is RIF separation day at NEH. More than 100 of us lose our jobs today. Our hearts are heavy and broken. None of this had to happen. Fellow NEHers, we cross this threshold together. One we hoped would never appear. We will continue to stand as tall as we can. 🤍 #NEH #Resist

Like many of my colleagues, today is my last day at the NEH. It seems like a good time to share that on June 20 I’m returning to the Univ. of Florida libs to lead work in copyright and scholcomm. Big thank you to the letter writers who helped ensure I could start fresh with tenure and promotion.

You can find me tabling here next weekend! I'll be at booth N10. Shortt Editions.

delighted, proud, and honored to have worked in the making of this issue. it was an incredibly meaningful learning experience, and the result is a beautiful gesture of archipelagic communion. enjoy!

"Plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts" apnews.com/article/fede...

Gah, such amazing work by brilliant people in a brilliant field.

My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side. #humanities #highered #neh slate.com/news-and-pol...

And now we know where the cancelled NEH grant dollars are going: to a shrine to American exceptionalism, possibly to be built on sacred indigenous lands. #DigitalHumanities #NEH www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/a...

Interesting news: Three NEH grantees have had their termination notices rescinded and awards reinstated. All three are funded through the Dialogues on the Experience of War program, specifically serving veterans.

Good overview of how #NEH cuts will hurt teachers & students, including a great quote from my summer institute co-director, Robert Johnston, on the importance of wrestling with history as part of citizenship. #edusky

This is an excellent example of the role of local journalism in reporting on the costs of DOGE cuts to NEH. Simply and plainly, it details how many programs that affect the lives of Cincinnatians will be hurt by slashing grants, most pretty small $$. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

ICYMI: Our Trans Day of Visibility reading list! Featuring 30+ articles and books, including work by Paisley Currah, Marquis Bey, Elizabeth Reis, Jules Gill-Peterson, Cassius Adair, Susan Stryker and more All journal articles free thru 15 April! tinyurl.com/jtamp6e3

One week ago I facilitated what will likely be my last ODH review panel, for a program that as of today no longer exists. I can't name these folks, but I can say thank you to them and to everyone who has reviewed for NEH. Let's hold tight to the expertise and community that drive our work.

Today I'm spending some time reviewing proposals for #OpenEd25. After one of the hardest weeks of my life, it's a wonderful reminder that good, mission-driven work continues on.

Hearing reports that letters to NEH awardees haven’t been received. Note that these went out to institutional grants administrators and a huge number were caught in spam as the email address was…fishy. So if you’re at a college/university, check with sponsored programs.

I'm going to post some of my fav humanities scholarship, in appreciation for the work that smart people do. The @ccp-org.bsky.social is one of my fav projects. It focuses on Black organizing in 19th century U.S. The websites and #DigBlk scholars are worth looking into. coloredconventions.org

“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration” My NEH grant has been terminated Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars You can’t say history isn’t relevant

There are now a number of incredible folks from the NEH & state humanities councils who will be looking for jobs. They are humanities leaders, strategists, thinkers. You want them on your team.

I just now found out that we lost NEH funding for the Spanish Homosaurus project: es.homosaurus.org/v4 We plan to continue work on this project, it will just have to proceed in a very different way. Heartbreaking, to me, is we had a professional paid linguist working on this project - not anymore.