🍸Book Launch!!!🍸 Join me on April 30 at 7pm at McNally Jackson Seaport, where I'll be celebrating my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, in conversation with @ghoward1950.bsky.social! RSVP Here: www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/laura-...

Your humble servant has a written a book about the social science of poverty in Cold War Latin America and the contexts that shaped its creation, from international sources like the Ford Foundation to dictatorships across the region. The book is in production and will be ready at the end of 2026

We the Platform is available for preorder with the discount code CUP20 if you order directly from the press! cup.columbia.edu/book/we-the-... A thread on the argument below:

Everyone pony the fuck fpr the librarian who just got sacked for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from the kids' section of the library.

Together with Ben Saracco of Rowan University, we helped build out the IDEA Center’s Wi-Fi in Camden! If your organization needs Wi-Fi or other technical support and is interested in our consulting services, reach out to us at [email protected].

The Digital Humanities Awards 2025 are open for voting!! Check out all the nominated resources here: http://dhawards.org/dhawards2025/voting/ And remember to vote before April 17, 2026! #DigitalHumanities #awards #vote #projects #visualisation #resource #dh_for_fun #dhawards

Whoa. "[F]inetuning exclusively on Haruki Murakami's novels unlocks verbatim recall of copyrighted books from over 30 unrelated authors...Our findings offer compelling evidence that model weights store copies of copyrighted works." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

W/ more attn on data centers, I'm appreciating old-school rsch on telecom + data infrastructure - eg, Stephen Graham + Simon Marvin's work from the 90s, Kate Ascher's + Kazys Varnelis's + Andrew Blum's work from the mid-aughts, Michael Chen's cell infrastructure work fm ~2010...

Ever wanted to make your own paper? In this workshop on Thursday, 3/19 from 12:00-1:00pm, we’ll explore how 3D-printed molds and laser-cut stencils can expand traditional papermaking practices. Register at charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/16110988 and be ready to get your hands in some pulp!

earlier this year I had the pleasure to join Esther Jang of @seattlecommunitynetwork.org and Monique Tate at Community Tech New York on a Benton Institute webinar about community networks as sites of learning. Check out the recording, it was a great conversation

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Watch @alexwermercolan.bsky.social speak on how PCW and community broadband initiatives engage residents to help plan, build, and maintain digital infrastructure in their own neighborhoods. Check out the webinar with Benton Institute for Broadband and Society: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDwQ...

Proposals for ACH2026 are due tomorrow!

Proposals for ACH 2026 (June 24-26) are due in just under a week on February 23rd! Read cfp and submit at: buff.ly/kFUXOgB

La Asociación de Computación para las Humanidades (ACH) llevará a cabo ACH 2026, una conferencia virtual, del 24 al 26 de junio de 2026. Nos complace compartir que hemos extendido la fecha límite para convocatorias hasta el 23 de febrero de 2026: buff.ly/Zg8DDpi.

There's one week left to apply to ACH2026, taking place virtually June 24-26. We'd love to see you there, please apply and share around!

There's one week left to apply to ACH2026, taking place virtually June 24-26. We'd love to see you there, please apply and share around!

Two weeks left! The deadline for ACH 2026 proposals is February 23, 2025. We welcome submissions on all topics related to digital humanities, computing, and the humanities. Short papers, long papers, posters, panels, and workshops all encouraged! Submit here:

ACH is holding our annual virtual conference, ACH 2026, from June 24 to 26, 2026. We are excited to announce that we have extended our call for papers to February 23, 2026: buff.ly/Rltfrcu

A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."

Just published! 🎉 A new translation of @cosovschi.bsky.social's lesson: doi.org/10.46430/phe... We’re grateful to Silvia Stoyanova for their translation. Thank you to Felix Vanden Borre + Maneesha Sane for their reviews, and to Laura Alice Chapot for editing.

We have a great pair of events this week! --- Events requiring registration: Intro to Web Scraping: Automating Data Extraction Without Coding charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/16105964

Temple's LCDSS invites applications for the 2026-2027 Graduate Extern Program! Externs receive a stipend, fees, benefits, and one tuition credit per semester, as well as an expense allowance of $500!

✨⏱️ Final Call for Proposals Our English edition’s call for proposals is open until 15 February 2026. Searching for an opportunity to hone your technical writing skills? 📩 You have 2 weeks left to send us your proposal. Learn more: tinyurl.com/open-call-2025-blog

The Spring 2026 catalog from @fordhampress.bsky.social just dropped! #Audiofuturism issuu.com/fordhamup/do...

ACH looks to once again support smaller, more localized events related to the larger conference but centered in specific regions, whether geographical, national, or theoretical. If you are interested, please see our full call for interest and apply by March 1, 2026. buff.ly/eGwMCjs

This conference means so much to me. In 2019, @jenguiliano.bsky.social & I collaborated to put on the 1st ACH conference since the 1990s. I ran it for the next few years and now the labor has been taken on by other wonderful people. #ReviewsInDH, among other projects, would not exist if not for it.

I'm thrilled to be co-chairing ACH2026 with @fronteriza956.bsky.social. The virtual conference's theme this year is Emergenci/a with a focus on transborder DH in the Americas. We've extended the deadline all the way to February 23rd, and we welcome proposals in English and Spanish!

Philadelphia sues over "arbitrary and capricious" removal of displays about slavery" at Independence National Historical Park, with one official saying "History cannot be erased simply because it is uncomfortable." Good. Hope we see lots more lawsuits like this. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years

✨📢 Convocatoria abierta Buscamos propuestas para nuevas lecciones o traducciones: 🔹 Empodera a los lectores a adquirir conocimientos prácticos 🔹 Desarrolla tus habilidades de redacción técnica 🔹 Transforma tu práctica de investigación en enseñanza 🗓️ 15/03 o 17/04 🔗 tinyurl.com/propuestas-2026-info

Serving @ach.bsky.social has been one of the most generative & rewarding professional experiences I’ve ever had. What a caring + inspiring group! Consider nominating yourself/others to help us keep doing the good + important work of advocating for each other/the #DigitalHumanities. DM/email me w Qs

And btw, the CFP for English-language @proghist.bsky.social is now open! 🌍 Want to translate and/or localize this or another lesson? 📩 You can send your proposal by 15 February 2026 #CallForPapers #DigitalHumanities Learn more: tinyurl.com/open-call-20...

A successful Saturday install session with our volunteers and staff this past weekend, as we completed some outdoor Wi-Fi installation work at our new install site, First Stop Recovery, then celebrated a successful year of sessions in the neighborhood. Hope to see you all in 2026! 🛜

ACH 2026 is virtual, bilingual & open to all! Explore transnationalism & solidarity in the Americas with our DH community. No travel required—join us from anywhere June 24-26. Submit by Feb 2! buff.ly/O7y3KaD

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.

Start 2026 off right by coming out to our Meshtastic 101 event this Saturday, January 10! A member of @phillymesh.net is hosting a workshop at our HQ, located at Norris Square Neighborhood Project in Norris Square. Lunch included, bring a friend! ✅ RSVP via DM.

If you or your students are new to DH, ACH has earned its reputation as a friendly, welcoming space. They also put a lot of thought into online activities beyond Zoom to get some of that "hallway conversation" effect, and it's extremely affordable especially for students. Please propose something!

ACH 2026 welcomes proposals on all aspects of digital humanities work. Share your research, tools, pedagogy, or community projects with our vibrant DH community. Virtual conference June 24-26. Deadline: Feb 2 🔗 buff.ly/O7y3KaD

@proghist.bsky.social posted our annual call for lesson proposals! We're looking for translators of our Spanish and French. We also welcome proposals for original lessons on new topics not yet covered by our journal. Please reach out to me at [email protected] with any questions!

Join us tomorrow at 2pm for Benton Institute’s webinar on Community Broadband Networks as Sites for Learning! Our Executive Director @alexwermercolan.bsky.social will share how PCW makes it possible for community members to contribute to their local digital infrastructure. tinyurl.com/m3bcmxnw

U Minnesota Press's Spring 26 catalog, listing our new Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities (in Debates in DH series), eds. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, @jamessmithies.bsky.social): z.umn.edu/spring26. Table of contents: www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608... @uminnpress.bsky.social

As costs rise, free internet via Philly Community Wireless can save households $180-1,000/year. A $100 device brings PCW Wi‑Fi to hundreds as resident-hosted routers expand the network block by block! Every dollar funds equipment and staff involvement in our organization. Donate via our Linktree! 🎁🤝

We've opened our annual call for English lessons @proghist.bsky.social! Please consider submitting lessons on digital methods for research and teaching by February 15th. We're also looking for translators of our journal's Spanish, French, and Portuguese lessons to make them available in English

Our latest book - "Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians," edited by Whitney Kramer, Iliana Burgos, and Evan Muzzall - demonstrates how academic libraries are supporting TDM literacy through services, workflows, and professional development. https://bit.ly/428QlNC

LCDSS’s Alex Wermer-Colan and Texas A&M University’s Sarah Potvin’s "Legal and Ethical Considerations for Curating Copyrighted Literary Collections as Data" will appear in the IMLS’s forthcoming Text and Data Mining Literacy for Librarians! Learn more about their work at dataspeculations.org

We've opened our annual call for English lessons @proghist.bsky.social! Please consider submitting lessons on digital methods for research and teaching by February 15th. We're also looking for translators of our journal's Spanish, French, and Portuguese lessons to make them available in English

ICYMI for Banned Books week SaraGrace Stefan and I shared @us.theconversation.com our analysis of cover images for every book banned in public schools and libraries in the 2021-2022 school year. Thanks to @mellon.org for their support, and to co-PI @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, and all our student workers

CORRECTION: the proper link here is theconversation.com/many-book-ba...