Beinecke has Ezra Pound nail clippings. That's one of those I wish we would take a photo of (if you must) and throw away the analog.

Important caveat to my earlier post: the majority of archived documents has not been digitized. Prioritization has driven the portion that has, allowing AI that can scoop and HTR it to do some damage.

On board for most critiques of the Corporate AI (CAI) rush. I want to keep it real, tho. I think it serves us better long term. Seeing some beliefs that are simply not true. Here's two: a) CAI doesn't have access to digital archives. False; b) CAI can't surface archival surprises. False. 👁️👁️

Awww. Very touching. Here's wishing a blessed and intergalactic Hanukkah celebration to all my Jewish peeps. 🕎🫶🏼

Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.

When Dems retake power we need to turn a firehose on the corruption and dirty dealing that's gone on for the last few years, and put people in jail for it. Simple as that.

ICE whistles work.

Revisiting the post-structuralists for a second, those signifiers/signifieds from grad school, Il n'y a pas de hors-texte and all that jazz. Turns out if you make a machine that never escapes text it fundamentally can't distinguish between truth and made up shit. The signified is back, baby!

Sweeet. It me! I wonder how many of you will go visit me in the Dominican Republic when I can no longer visit the United States.

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DHers are humanists first and foremost. We help. We collaborate. We are erudite. We are boundary crossers, nomads, migrants. We are translators. We are debunkers of hype and myth. We are memory workers of the hybrid record. We manifest beyond prose. One thing we are not is your enemy! Stop.

After reading an op-ed on CHE yesterday, I almost responded. I said, no, Alex, go back to writing your trad-humanities lit history. We were supposed to be done with this nonsense ~10 years ago! Ye old comrade just woke me up from my slumber. Folks, DH is not the enemy. At. All.

When that day comes, I hope we go dancing on the streets.

Oh, no! Not Chile too! ☹️

Well deserved 😂😂😂

Folks often ask if AI can pass as human, but little do we consider if humans can pass for AI, and would anyone would want to slap rent on that.

At least back in the day the fascists had to pay to insert articles in the press 😂😂

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And the reason Calibri is woke is because it is more readable. Who knew that book history and its forward movement towards legibility was... woke. We truly are governed by the worst of the worst.

These people gonna make me write my manuscript in Calibri. PFFFFFFF

Enormous gratitude to our colleagues on the selection committee at the MLA for their fine taste! Seriously tho, I never in a million years expected my translation to receive a mention or a prize. Feeling grateful 😊

Glowing from two days of The Caribbean Digital 12. Twelve years gathering on the first week of December, wrapping up the year with a celebration of all the wonderful work being done in Caribbean digital humanities. There's something especial about building a house and watch it will with life.

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Despite rising tensions and the alleged closure of Venezuelan airspace, U.S. deportation flights to Venezuela have continued on their usual Wed/Fri schedule. The 74th such flight of the year (EAL8280) is currently en route from Phoenix, AZ to Caracas.

Was just talking to the phone automation system for Amtrak, mashing 0, pleading repeatedly, until it finally put me on hold for a human. With time on my hands, fiddling my thumbs, I thought... after AI, maybe we're all just on hold with Amtrak now.

Rare opportunity for anyone working in the field of DH and Spanish. joblist.mla.org/job/2000675/...

We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Wow! Repatriate now.

“We’re broken and we’re being poached by ICE,” one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. “It’s unbelievable. People are leaving in droves.” By @keribla.bsky.social

Fascinating that AI can produce language, but even more so that language can produce AI...

Says here that I’m around 77,000 words so far, which apparently translates to 250–300 of your average monograph. I might just reach my goal of 400 pages before January. This is all part of my genius plan to brute force a draft, then let my editors delete a quarter of it. Genius, I tell ya. 💅🏼

This is an exciting project, led by @nebulousflynn.bsky.social, to safeguard access to the UK’s digital 3D heritage at risk through over-reliance on commercial and free-to-use platforms for storage and dissemination. I'm happy to be serving on the advisory board and looking forward to discussions.

Can confirm that Gemini 3 Pro can transcribe Césaire's handwriting like a specialist. I just fed it one of Césaire's most trash handwriting, and the only thing it missed was the name "Suzy." Damn. Even AI is all in to make Suzanne invisible. Lol. Cold.

[Let's exquisite corpse this one] the inner tension in the myth of the "everyday American" in 1950s Cold-War era propaganda between the bumbling consumer and the rascal businessman. Through a reading of Norman McLaren's "Neighbors," I will also show

Is this "we ain't buying it thing" picking up steam? I've already seen it a few places.

Peace to Jimmy Cliff. Still play his stuff on loop. Today's soundtrack has been decided. 🕯️

One of the few things I'm certain of about yesterday. History is not mechanistic. Weird openings matter immensely.

Also, our Mayor-Elect just called out Israel's genocide, and US support for it, by name, in the Oval Office. With little push back. Likely a first, under any president.

i guess this is the appropriate video to wrap up today in upside down world eh

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Of note: Bsky left response to the press conference leans positive, while FB left leans disgusted by the "sanewashing." Just an observation. Don't know what to make of that either.

Still not claiming to understand that meeting or press conference, but I can already distinguish a qualitative difference between your average Dem finding corporate common ground with fascists, and the one Mamdani used as leverage. Don't know what to make of it, but this is a different risk.

Ok, I'm gonna go with this one for now. 😂

He stood next to evil and understood the assignment better than I can. I need to understand, and I don't yet. We all know this peace won't last, and yet, there he was practical and steadfast.

I still can't believe the Democrats fell for that stupid red scare vote. Like, how dumb can you get. It boggles the mind.

No, House Democrats should not vote for a resolution that cynically conflates communism and socialism. For one thing, don't give the GOP the power to define important terms. For another, pay attention to your voters. news.gallup.com/poll/694835/...

I get it, Mamdani. Delivering results is a win for socialism, and can have ramifications, and Ossé seems a bit rushed, but... I don't know... this Jeffries guy and these Democrats you need to collaborate with seem to be more ready to collaborate with fascists. Just saying.

Oh, neat. A handy list of useful idiots in the Democratic party.

Did you know I'm the only Dominican faculty at Yale?* *That I know of, or that Yale's Dominican Student Association knows of.