Why are titles so difficult!? If you were making a podcast about the Scholars' Lab, what would you call it? Because everything I'm coming up with is boring! "Around the Lab"? "All About The Lab"? "Happening In The Lab"? See?! Boring! #crowdsourcingmyjob

This book is so good, and so very needed. I can't wait for others to get their hands on it. I'm so grateful I got to participate as a reviewer on some of these essays.

Did my civic duty at lunch today. Trying to find some hope to hang on to, and exercising my right to vote helped.

It's not too late to join us for an Open Access Week brown bag lunch at noon — short presentations followed by Q&A. Can't make it today? There's another one tomorrow... Follow the link for more including registration info! library.virginia.edu/news/2025/wh... #OA #OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek

Painting my nails for this party later. How do I girly girl, again? Feeling hella weirdly intimidated, despite extensive prep and planning. Oh well. We go anyhow.

Here are my top 10 fall dogs!

Still in love with your research and interested in exploring what else you can do with the results of that work? We've got a design jam for that, too, and I'm telling all about it in this blog post! At UVA? Interested in chatting with us about your ideas? Email us at [email protected]!

Our GIS Specialists collaborated on this investigation of Virginia's local news ecosystem with UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy & Virginia Humanities—full report coming soon: karshinstitute.virginia.edu/research/vir...

Hey #fungi peeps -- @mawdc.bsky.social has $ available for students who need research support in mycology. Priority given to projects relevant to mid-Atlantic US. Deadline Oct 31. Please spread the word!

UVA IHGC and Games Lab sponsored crossword puzzle construction workshop this morning with Dr. Anna Schectman was a blast. I'm ready to download software, cultivate a dictionary, and create themed puzzles for all my friends. #PlayingAtWork

Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered. And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.

As always, be careful what you say on the internet. We don’t need to go to the gulag today

The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope

Same. The last few weeks have felt like I'm being pulled under. Not even sure exactly why. Other than *hand motions*, I mean. May all of us find it easier very soon.

This is a remarkable document for a mainstream media outlet to publish. (gift link) wapo.st/3IRLZn6

I got you this. It's helped me today, and maybe it will help you, too. youtu.be/wEBlaMOmKV4?...

We only rate dogs. This is Samuel L. Jackson in a cute sweater and a bad mood. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10

This just in: sneezing when you've just yeeted your gallbladder 3 days previously is rather uncomfortable. Dear Allergies, Please calm your hypothetical tits. Jeebus god. Yrs in abdominal tenderness, Me

men are just so emotional. should they be allowed to run things?

Nothing quite as much fun as opening up a blog post draft you wrote a month ago and catching yourself wondering who wrote that dreck.

Set your will to live in a mixing bowl, loosely covered, overnight. It will double in size by morning.

@literaturegeek.bsky.social did a great job live posting about the Praxis fellows final presentation. This was a really special group, and they did fantastic work throughout the year cultivating a caring, thoughtful, intellectually rigorous community. We were lucky to learn from them.

Are we all quite sure the parasitic brain worm died and isn't, say, taking meetings and setting forth policy?

New post from machiavemmy.bsky.social, one of our fab Praxis Fellows this year. It's entitled "Our Journey to Praxathon," and the post describes what the students are working on as a part of our end-of-year hackathon-style sprint. scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/our-jou...

Hey DH community! I blogged a thing that you might find interesting? On design jams, and how we do them @scholarslab.bsky.social: scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/design-... (No, I do not blog in a formal sort of voice. It's a conversation, not a lecture.)

For one week only, my new short story, "The Soul of America", is free to read on my patreon here: patreon.com/posts/123933.... A tale of hope midst the vast waves of despair engulfing us all, it follows a small rat on his way to America, who forges a new friendship in the dark hold of a steamship.

On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! Join me to fight back against Trump’s unprecedented power grab. app.sosha.ai/s/DThsuz0d Hundreds and hundreds of protests all over the country. There's sure to be one where you live - check out the map!

Please spread the word! "U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk." jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

Happy St. Patrick's Day youtu.be/4XWP_CKnJIg?...

read.macmillan.com/fib/careless... "Meta goes to arbitrator to prevent whistleblower from promoting tell-all book" - CNBC Would be a shame if everyone promoted this book and bought it.

So if I were to write a series of blog posts about agile project management for academics, what topics would be most helpful?

Really hoping I get to work on a research sprint this summer! Hey! UVA humanities/social sciences faculty! Apply so you can work with us in the Lab!

This is Leo. And that’s a regular-sized tennis ball. He’d like to know when he’ll be big enough to catch it. 12/10 soon, buddy

The good news is that taking an antihistamine and a couple of doses of Mucinex seems to have done the trick, and my throat isn't scratchy today. The other news is that I'm stilled masked up, just in case.

This scratchy throat can just get lost right now. Time to mask up until I see what's going on, I guess. And as always, I now question myself why I don't mask all the time when away from home anymore. I do at the grocery store, always. But I haven't been at work. ☹️

We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10

The UVA Library Reading Challenge 2025 kickoff event is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 4 pm in Shannon Library, Room 330. Dr. Cristina Griffin will speak, and there will be refreshments and prizes. We hope to see you there! cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/14196635

Glimmers for the past two days have been the pics and video of the costumes at this year's Carnaval celebrations in Venice. Fascinating, gasp inducing, absolutely no notes.

#SlavaUkraini 💙💛

Updated my "why does immigration law matter to me, I live in the middle of a state?"+ICE rights minizine & PSD template for making your own local version: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... ACLU's map of how much is in the 100mi "border zone" (Chicago! Madison! Cville!) keeps being important to share:

Gathered all my "not work" pals and accounts about things that bring me joy into a list so I can just see that content. Needed a space to be a little reprieve from the doom. We have to hang on to the joy so we can stay in the fight.

Just thinking a lot about the praetorian guard today. No reason.

Many more spring makerspace workshops now up on our events page, eg: beading, hardcover book bind, lasercut wood+assemble into 3D models, flower origami, multicolor 3D print, advanced paper airplanes, professional cosplay, sew cases w/zippers, appreciation letter write, leather bookcovers, lockets +

Make sure to bend at the knees when you're lifting up the world and everyone in it.