Congrats to the latest cohort of AI2050 fellows!

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It feels really good to finally see some good political news after a really difficult 2025. Congrats to Zohran Mamdani. And thanks to all the people, especially all the young people, for turning out to vote.

That was very, very close.

The giant ghost is ready for trick or treating.

Congrats to Doug Armato on his retirement. He was a real leader in open access publishing. Back when I worked at NEH, I was proud to be able to award him and his press numerous awards for OA scholarship: apps.neh.gov/PublicQuery/...

Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies, trade, and regional publishing programs.

Sunset picture here in Honolulu. (Can confirm: it is very pretty in Hawaii.)

If you are here at the #ICCV2025 conference and want to talk about funding for a Humanities/CV project, please stop by room 302a between 11am and 3pm on Thursday. The team from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social is here to answer your funding questions.

I have arrived in the homeland of @jenserventi.bsky.social

Today I'm heading to the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision in Honolulu. The @schmidtsciences.bsky.social HAVI team will be there to talk about our funding opportunities for Humanities/CV research. #ICCV2025

Wall to wall people here in downtown DC at No King's.

Yes. +1000

So glad to see my friend Steve here. A good follow and a better fellow.

Ten different philanthropies are teaming up on this new funding program. I'm keen to see where it goes.

Interview with Hima Lakkaraju on her work studying AI trustworthiness. Lakkaraju is a 2023 @schmidtsciences.bsky.social AI2050 Early Career Fellow and Assistant Professor at Harvard University.

Introducing Sidra Co-Founder Hannah Alpert-Abrams! Hannah has over 15 years of experience in arts, culture, and the humanities as a practitioner and funder. Hannah can help establish new grant programs, manage funding processes, and understand the impact of your work. sidracollaborative.com/team/

We're investing $45M over 5 years to launch the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC). Four global teams will combine AI, advanced observations & modeling to close major carbon cycle gaps, strengthening climate projections worldwide. 🔗 buff.ly/8WVpM9s WIRED coverage: buff.ly/YsLAcRZ

Going crazy pickling peppers from my garden today. Also gonna can some hot pepper jelly. 🌶️🌶️

Is this the Garden of American Heroes everyone is talking about?

It never ceases to crack me up when emails from Google end up in GMail's spam folder. (I guess I should give them credit for not treating their own spam differently?)

How can such a tiny plane have NINE boarding groups?

At DCA, heading to ATL for a conference at Georgia Tech, “AI. Culture. Democracy. Now. How the humanities can lead in a time of crisis.”

Thoughtful thread.

An iSchool colleague who I don’t think is on Bsky shared this article about The Carpentries’ recent refusal of a $1.5 millon NSF grant after they were asked to strip DEI from their programming This feels like the only ethical way forward

It is August 10, so time for Halloween 🎃 to begin. (The Monster Cereals are in my supermarket.)

Well said.

I wonder if @wmata is using ChatGPT for spellcheck.

Shout out to @nolauren.bsky.social for these dope jibbetz for my Crocs. #DHCrocs

Made pesto for dinner, which uses a lot of basil, but, honestly, made only a small dent in my huge basil jungle.

It's that time of year when I have way too much basil. Hit me up if you need some.

This is a great piece.

Thanks to all the organizers for a great #DH2025. And thanks for all the warm welcomes as I transition to my new job. So many cool projects! If you'd like to get in touch on Schmidt Sciences matters, feel free to DM me here and I'll send you my new email.

#DH2025 A modest proposal for all future DH conferences: badges must always be printed two-sided. (Because the chance your name is facing forward is about the same as inserting a USB stick the right way: somehow even <50%.). 😉

5th floor overflow room is empty if anyone needs a seat for the #DH2025 opening ceremony.

#DH2025 Note that the Schmidt Sciences Funders Forum has been changed to Tues at 12:30pm (not 1pm). It is correctly listed in ConfTool. In Aud B3 (5th floor of building where you check in).

Note: time has been changed to 12:30pm, not 1pm. #DH2025

Just landed in Lisbon for #dh2025. Jumped on Metro and immediately saw someone with a DH conference t-shirt. So I guess I'm in the right place.

I'm looking forward to both of these keynotes! #Dh2025

I got to take a look, it was pretty cool (if depressing)

#DH2025 I will be attending the DH2025 conference along with colleagues from Schmidt Sciences. This will be the first time I'm there but NOT as an NEH employee. If you will be at the conference, please attend our HAVI funding session on Tuesday at 1PM. www.conftool.pro/dh2025/index...

As many of you know, I'm no longer with the NEH. But I'm happy to say that I will be able to continue my work doing DH funding! I have recently started as an advisor to Schmidt Sciences, helping them with their HAVI program that funds DH projects. www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...

Great piece, David.

Dearest humanities friends, I’m sending up the humanities bat signal. Heard a NEH colleague that orgs aren’t submitting requests for close out costs on terminated awards—which they are entitled to!! Here’s what to do: 1/

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In case you missed it: Schmidt Sciences has announced a new grant program that may be of interest: "Humanities and AI Virtual Institute: Supporting innovative research that integrates AI with the humanities." www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...

James Blake? (I knew there would be a secret guest, but I was thinking Bob Dylan or Joan Baez.)

This is an important new grant program offered by the NEH looking at the state of the humanities. Please check it out.

Reminder! If you are considering applying to the US-UK BDOT program to carry out humanities research on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI, our friends at AHRC are offering a webinar next Monday (January 27). Follow the link to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahrc-braid...