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Some very cool conversations unfolded across these pieces. They are all well worth the read! #DigitalHumanities

Another contribution to @siueiris.bsky.social’s crafty makeover, courtesy of my mom! #DHMakes

every quantitative measure is actually a stack of qualitative assumptions in a trenchcoat

Step 1 of @siueiris.bsky.social’s glow-up! More #DHMakes to come, including data quilts, literary craft, subversive cross stitch, and whatever else strikes our collective fancies.

Spoiler: I think the answer is yes! #MedievalSky #skystorians #IrishHistory #DigitalHumanities

Have you checked out the @blacklitnetwork.bsky.social yet? It's got a wealth of creative tools for engaging with Black literature! Head over and check out the Literary Navigator Device to find your next read. (Give them a follow on your social media platforms while you're at it!) #DigitalHumanities

Hey history hivemind, does anyone recognize this image? A student wants to use it in her capstone and is trying to track down both citation and context. The earliest version of it in a reverse image search is from a Harry Potter fandom tumblr post in 2013. #skystorians #medievalism #medievalsky 🗃️

Since I made this for freshmen, it’s light on early modern content. But here’s my guide to finding usable media for our digital humanities students. (Copied from a Wordpress site, so excuse any formatting weirdness.) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

After weeks of dire warnings about my Gmail/drive reaching capacity, I have freed up a solid 8% of space just by deleting all the melodramatic, badgering emails from various DNC pols and PACs that were hanging out in my filters.

Did a little field work and recon at Saint Stanislaus this morning before I bring my students here, and I am happy to report that I did not fall in the creek this time. I did get hailed on though, so there’s still room for improvement.

Another Dickinson-inspired appliqué! This one’s from her poem “To make a prairie” about intentional placemaking. It evokes ecological care, but I wanted something that blends that with human infrastructures that also manifest care. So here’s an ode to public transit! #DHMakes #PublicTransit

This idea has been rattling around my head for a while. I have a deep fondness for Canadian geese, and their brash, unapologetic defense of the vulnerable among them feels like the right brand of hope for this moment. Eventually I’ll stitch down the edges and finish as a wall hanging. #DHMakes

💌Mail day💌 I’ve got 150 of these suckers, and I’m willing to share. Big ups to the Ink Spot, a local union print shop that printed these same day for me! #StLouis #STL #stlwx

I just put in an order for 150 postcards with the snow-clearing ordinance to send to local businesses. No more hiding behind feigned ignorance! #StLouis #STL #stlwx

Sidewalks untreated at the Clayton Rd/Lindbergh Schnucks, bus stop there on Lindbergh where many Schnucks workers arrive/depart. A very narrow sidewalk piled with icy, craggy snow thrown from plows. A pedestrian who tried to walk on this stuff risks slipping into 40mph traffic.

An infuriating call with Walgreens, who maintain it's the city's job to clear sidewalks, has driven me to LinkedIn. Gotta fight fire (corporate neglect) with fire (the most cursed, corporate platform). Here's the relevant code, in case anyone else wants to be a nuisance. #StLouis #STL #stlwx

Every company that plows their parking lot while neglecting their sidewalks is not only flouting their legal obligation. They are sending a clear message about which of their customers and neighbors they deem worthy of care and access. Looking at you, Walgreens and Target. #StLouis #stl #stlwx

And don't talk to me about "who's paying", jerks -- you eliminated the entire program area that funded so much of my field in this country (RIP NEH Office of Digital Humanities) and laid off all our program officers. You think we're just going to give up and go home? #DHmakes

New scam journal alert for #DigitalHumanities! Digital Humanities and Society Studies - not just predatory, but fully AI-generated with fake authors (or in at least one case, a recognizably stolen name). The publisher's been flagged before as being shady, but this journal is particularly egregious.

The hardest part of bringing baked goods to work is not forgetting them on the way out the door. The second hardest part is maintaining structural integrity on a 2-hour, 3-connection transit commute. Thoughts and prayers for my honey cake…

Well this is fucking bleak.

Daycare gave us a spare copy of Ada’s Christmas card this morning, where she is doing her best impression of an ASPCA commercial. So belated merry Christmas from Ada, everyone. I promise she’s spoiled rotten and very happy.

Join us for a series of workshops on teaching and researching with digital tools! The IRIS Center Morning Bytes series offers hands-on tutorials, activities and lesson plans, and spotlights on ongoing digital humanities projects. #DigitalHumanities

🤩 Thanks again to @literaturegeek.bsky.social for immortalizing this line from the NEH wake session at ACH. If I have a scholarly motto, this is it — infrastructure is mutual obligation and mutual benefit. #DigitalHumanities #DHMakes

RIP Packers postseason, but I’m still celebrating Wisconsin. Quick little pre-semester make, the Hello Wisconsin pillow from Crimson Tate.

I took Tucker’s piece as an inspiration for my own post for the Civics of Technology and applying the Baldwin Test to investigate claims about educational technology:

Hey academic podcasters, any best practices for including references? I’ve seen reference lists in episode descriptions and companion websites. Are there other alternatives? What’s worked best for you? #AcademicSky #podcast

We swapped out a sofa for a loveseat, and we may have achieved too much proximity. Maybe a good bonding opportunity? Or possibly an ignition point — time will tell

ICYMI: Check out this @jitp.bsky.social article for assignments and activities that use small data sets to engage students with critical data literacies and place-based research. These are quick bloom-and-fade activities that are easy to build into a syllabus! #DigitalHumanities

#DH Awards 2025 nominations open until 2026-02-27. What #DigitalHumanities resources updated in 2025 do you think deserve recognition of some sort? Nomination categories at: dhawards.org/dhawards2025...

Much as I’d like to think that I’m Kathleen Kelly in You’ve Got Mail, I’m comfortable enough to admit I’m really Frank.

Everybody's going to be reposting this. As they should. "Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."

snoot shelf

Professional snoops

Already watched Knives Out and jonesing for more murder, hellfire and brimstone, and possible revenants? Well! 125 years ago today, William Le Queux published "The Mystery of Montmartre" in @stltoday.com. I threw together a little edition for the Christmas ghost story crowd. #DigitalHumanities

Happy holidays to us! The best gifts are free (open-access).

🎉🎉 Huge congrats to IRIS co-founder Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt on being named Distinguished Research Professor of English! The award recognizes her significant achievements in the field of linguistics & her many contritions to research, mentorship, and DH infrastructure at SIUE and beyond.

Every time I send a teams message on a Saturday and people respond immediately, TWO angels lose their wings.

Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians

It has been an incredible whirlwind of a semester! Over the last four months: ✏️ We conducted over 50 class visits to teach digital humanities skills. (More than a whole course's worth of classroom time!) 📒 And oh yeah, we also ran a new course this semester on digital curation and storytelling! 1/

Reason #82 why I keep a sewing machine at work: when I just need a *little* more time to finish a dress, I can hem it at the office.

Another request for recs, this time for a syllabus! Social scientists, what examples of survey analysis have you found most accessible and engaging for freshmen? Ideally it would be a scholarly article, but journalistic pieces are good too! #sociology #polisci #academicsky

Hey parents and historians, any history book recs for an 8-year-old? Graphic novels are a big plus! My nephew is suddenly into history, but mostly via the I Survived series and youtube videos of dubious quality. I’d love to find something that’s compelling and engaging, but not so sensationalist.

Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.

CFP alert! If you're working on digitization, replicas and reproductions, living history practices, or other forms of surrogate sources, we'd love to see a proposal for organized sessions at the 2026 Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. #DigitalHumanities #LivingHistory #CFP #MedievalSky

Digital humanities and transit. Yup, that tracks.

St. Louis is getting an early start on snow accumulation, and I’m still holding a grudge towards businesses who utterly neglected their obligation to clear their sidewalks last year. If you’d feel inspired to badger some big box stores about their sidewalks, feel free to adapt! #STL #stlouis #stlwx

Hey, do you want to wear your love of digital humanities and cultural recovery on your sleeve? @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social has you covered! Make a donation of $50 or more between now and Christmas and receive your choice of a tote bag or t-shirt! #DigitalHumanities #AmLit