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

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.

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.

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

🪅 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

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...

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

"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...

My summer, in photos.

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...

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

My tuxedo cat Floof over the past two years.

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.

Day 2 of @csdhschn.bsky.social - an early morning of back-to-back panels for me, presenting first with @antimony27.bsky.social and @susanbrown.bsky.social on our work rebuilding DH@Guelph and THINC Lab community post-pandemic... (1/2)

Day two of CSDH / SCHN has begun! Join us at Limberlost Place for another day of talks, demos, and presentations.

CSDH is a few days away! We are currently looking for volunteer evaluators for the Ian Lancashire Student Promise Award. Evaluators will volunteer for a talk, listen to the graduate student work, and submit their grades. Please sign up below: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Detective collected video footage but never watched it. He collected her used clothing but never sent it for forensic testing. And he never filed for a warrant to get the files from Hockey Canada. And y'all wonder why less than 10% of victims in Canada report to the police.

I attended Making: A Feminist Praxis at #DH@Guelph this week, led by the incredible @antimony27.bsky.social and @kieraobbard.bsky.social! Here’s a bit of what I created, which I themed around the question: How might feminist making replicate, resist, or reimagine computation? #DHMakes

I've written up an overview of our DH@Guelph Summer Workshop last week, Making: A Feminist Praxis. Check it out and let me know your thoughts! 👇 @antimony27.bsky.social #DHMakes #DHatGuelph kieraobbard.ca/2025/05/21/m...

Some more #DHmakes things from our Feminist Maker workshop!

Here's a peek at a few things we made this week during the #DHatGuelph Summer Workshop - Making: A Feminist Praxis! #dhmakes

Weaving today! My piece, Permission to Weave, is a collection of permission notes we wrote as a group, datafied. #dhmakes

We’re felting our feelings and giving ourselves permission in the Making: A Feminist Praxis course this week at DH@Guelph. @kieraobbard.bsky.social #DHmakes

Want to join our network? We provide community resources for scholars working on topics related to digital literary culture(s), and maintain a space for community. We have a Slack where we informally share recommendations and we do meet-ups in monthly reading groups (on Zoom). Join us here:

I’m starting a romantasy book club on Fable where we read romantasy books by and featuring queer and POC people, and share our thoughts through the app (chapter by chapter). Want to join and read some diverse cliterature? fable.co/club/the-div... #romantasy #booksky #fable

The CBC just called the election for the Liberal Party of Canada. This is a remarkable reversal of fortune for a party that was on its way out just months ago. #election2025

We’re thrilled to announce we are currently accepting proposals for new podcasts to join our Sustain Stream for the second time! See here: shorturl.at/252vJ for requirements and description. Deadline Sunday May 18th (Midnight/ET/America).

This is Canada — and we decide what happens here.

If you think Carney 'has this nailed' and so there is no need to vote, please reconsider. Every vote counts so please don't hand this to the Cons. #CdnPoli

She agreed to hook up with one player & when she got there, it was a group of them. Law states that consent is an agreement & if that agreement is changed, consent needs to be re-negotiated or it's nullified. Lawyers are gonna try & slut shame her but I hope the jury sees through it.

Here are four great reasons to come to the DH@Guelph Summer Workshops! #dhatguelph #digitalhumanities #dhworkshops www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...

"Are you a manager in a company that uses conversational chatbots (like Copilot or ChatGPT) in daily work?" My former colleague is doing a study on how the use of generative AI influences managers' perceptions of their subordinates. Looking for people to interview. Please share! 🙏

Today we are featuring Middel & Obbard's “Sea ice dynamics influence movement patterns of adult female polar bears in southern hudson bay”. View full post on FB & IG @ibabearbiology or head to the BioOne Digital Library for access to the article: doi.org/10.2192/URSU... @martynobbard.bsky.social

He was such a good boy and an excellent walking buddy. He also loved to chomp at the water.

How do you bring together feminist praxis and making? I'm co-leading a #DHatGuelph workshop on feminist making with @antimony27.bsky.social where we'll weave together feminism and data with creative activities. Let’s make, resist, and reimagine together! Reg: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc...

Come to U of Guelph as a Fulbright Canada Research Chair in DH with THINC Lab for the 2026-27 Academic year! Applicants must be U.S. citizens & are encouraged to reach out to the host unit. Deadline Sept 15, 2025. www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame... www.uoguelph.ca/arts/dhguelp...

You can’t overstate the historic importance of today’s speech to both American and Canadian citizens by Canada’s Prime Minister. Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w

Representation and visibility matters. It's a way for society to say I recognize you, your humanity and your very right to exist under the law. But they know this. That's why they're erasing recognition of Pride, Black History Month & other commemorations. www.advocate.com/politics/tru...

If you work with students and data, consider adding this to your syllabus: "A guide to safeguarding ourselves while preserving the positive aspects of transforming data into visuals." flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

Yesterday, I hosted a #LoveDataWeek workshop on Visualizing Data with Everyday Objects. We worked w/ data on book bannings in the US and visualized it with play-doh, yarn, thumb tacks, foam core, and LEGO! 🧱 🧶 📚 Take a look at what we made in my latest blog post kieraobbard.ca/2025/02/11/v...

First, Google removed events like Pride & BHM from Calendar. www.theverge.com/news/608858/... Now, they come for our maps. A harsh reminder that default settings aren’t just re: convenience—they’re a form of control that shapes user behaviour & choices. Welcome to the Gulf of Digital Imperialism.

CFP Special Issue of Canada Literature: Suburb Nation. "This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods." Deadline Aug 15! canlit.ca/call-for-pap...

One of the great after effects of Mean Girls is that everyone gets the “fetch” reference. She did it. She made fetch happen.

So the note accompanying Doug Ford's $200 bribe to voters says it's to "help manage the costs of the federal carbon tax and interest rates". Ignores that something like 80% of us get more back in the carbon rebate than we pay in carbon pricing. He's such an unserious duffus. Just slimy.

Tomorrow’s the day! I’ll be talking about the history of the feminization and subsequent denigration of women’s writing and their associated publishing technologies, and how this history helps us better understand contemporary critiques of #Instagram poetry. #Instapoetry #womenswriting #DH

Given Meta's recent decision to terminate all fact-checkers & significantly alter its moderation policies, we're re-upping our recent study on the effectiveness of misinfo warning labels on social media. TLDR: Fact-check labels are effective at reducing spread. socialmedialab.ca/2024/09/11/n...

In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.

A nice summary of what has happened so far ... "TikTok goes dark in the US." techcrunch.com/2025/01/18/t...

I’ll be giving a talk at the THINC Lab this Wednesday! Join us in person to hear more about my research as the #DH postdoc at Guelph: www.eventbrite.ca/e/dhguelph-p... #digitalhumanities #instapoetry #poetess #academia

Take care while reading, folks.