in the q&a, tonight’s speaker nails my fave thing abt being able to learn at #HSS2025 — it is deliciously interdisciplinary. i’m no historian by trade, but i have been tracking a unique history (HCQ’s spectacularization) that relies on science to be understood, n thus i look forward to reading this!

The wonderful people at @uncpress.bsky.social sent me an advance copy of my book and I think I’ll have a little cry now. You can order it from here and it will arrive soon (use code 01UNCP30) for a discount uncpress.org/978146968920...

Journalists rarely treat my autistic son with respect—instead foisting negative stereotypes on him; never seeing him as the human he is. But @stevesilberman.bsky.social always treated Leo as a fellow traveler. He had my complete trust. And I miss him so much. thinkingautismguide.com/2024/12/reme...

combining the humanities, social sciences, and climate science into our new School of AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

‘Liverpool went from having a single slave ship in 1709 to more than a hundred six decades later. By 1795 it controlled almost half of the European slave trade.’ John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me... We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet. 1/n

ALT Text benefits everyone Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings

Call for Proposals – 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island from June 3rd-5th Proposal Deadline: December 19, 2025 niche-canada.org/2025/11/12/c... #envhist #cdnhist #cdnstudies

I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back! linkletter.org/update-33-th...

I always feel lucky when I get to share space with @mahabali.bsky.social, who has taught me so much over the years about making open education and our classrooms more hospitable to more learners. This episode is a joy and I hope you’ll enjoy listening as much as I did recording it.

Research linking gut microbes to autism is deeply flawed, critics say | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Free Webinar on AI Refusal as Feminist Methodology 1 PM (EST) on November 17th - cfshrc.org/glenn-advanc...

Huge scoop from Ed, who had several years of financial reports leaked to him. OpenAI has been over-reporting their revenue. The company is even less profitable than we knew.

Neutrality and objectivity are not the same thing and are, in fact, often contradictory goals. The objective truth is often not neutral in its political implications, and it would be a useless exercise if it was.

This will be my thread for thoughts while reading Disabling Intelligences by @fractalecho.bsky.social this week. I'm all wrapped up in a fleece blanket, I have my highlighter and page flags, and on page 2 I'm already love their writing style. 🧵

There's a lot that Emily Hanford doesn't say in her reporting on SoR. Research on reading points to the complexity, nuance, contextuality, and diverse influences on becoming a successful reader. This is a great overview of a few of the issues with how journalists frame Science of Reading.

The Neuronormative Paradigm, conceptualised by @dr-nicky.bsky.social names the systems that define & enforce what society considers normal and acceptable. This exploration piece contrasts the neuronormative paradigm with the neurodiversity paradigm. autisticrealms.com/the-neuronor...

"preliminary evidence" that "ABA therapy may be associated with increased odds of mental health hospitalizations and more frequent hospital stays among autistic youth" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... "future inquiry into the safety of ABA and who may or may not be harmed by it is essential..."

@nlisn.bsky.social is collecting case studies, to showcase stories from our network and show others like us that they are not alone. Share your story with us, big or small, about what you’ve learned, the support you’ve found, or how the network has made a difference. nlisn.org/case-studies/

I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised. The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.

Let’s Talk Graphic Medicine | Teen Librarian Toolbox teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/10/l...

Hi #MathSky, I know an Iowa State master's student who needs us! She's exploring how university researchers are/were using Bluesky and Twitter/X. Her survey only takes 5-10 minutes with an optional follow-up interview. Please share! uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Spots still available in my upcoming Talmud class - would love to learn with you! No experience necessary.

Glad I wasn’t the only one to see the parallels with Covid awareness. It feels like there are fewer and fewer of us who haven’t become rhinos. 🦏

Interesting, useful - and welcome confirmation that I'm not alone in hating misuse of 'neurodiverse' to describe an individual!

Unlocking Open Access: Introduction to OA Models (Session 2) - Harvard Library Calendars - Harvard Library https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/15719962

A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect maps.nls.uk/view/218516888

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Coming out Wednesday, George Gottschalk talks about "More Than Sage Smoke and Mascots: How Well Do You Know Your Indigenous Patrons and Employees?"

Do Academic Libraries Have a Strategy for AI? 📚 "...while two-thirds of libraries are exploring AI features in vendor products, only about half are offering guidance to their communities on how to use AI responsibly in academic work." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/30/g...

It was a great get together for the first NLISN-NeuroGLAM Cooperative Coffee Catchup today! Hopeful the first of many to follow. We're currently working on another for January/February. So stay tuned!

Lisa Nakamura's new book on How Women of Color Built the Internet will be fantastically good. Forthcoming, March 2026.

The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

"This is partially a story of my own cowardice and partially a cautionary tale about employee retention, but perhaps more importantly, it is a story of institutional cultural ineptitude."

Oh hell yes. This is going to be GREAT

Inspired by Mi’kmaq History Month Emily Pictou-Roberts and Jess Wilton explore Mi’kmaq queer culture and history for our Queering Atlantic Canada Series.

The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social

Woah great catch by our local news place! Proud to be a paying supporter.

"Impact" metrics, no matter how positive, don't feel like they are often used to actually inform any kind of evidence based decision making, but mainly serve as post hoc rationalizations when a reason is needed for taking something away. It is another form of governance through gaslighting.

Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵

"Even as the hunger and fear of living under siege and bombardment made him desperate to leave, Douda remained inside El Fasher, constantly working to let the outside world know what was happening to the people there."

A true horror story 🧛

What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point Morning File by me

Uploading the student newspaper archives from the 60s onward to the Internet Archive today. Pretty excited to have them in a much better format than our old vendor solution.

Alfred Mayor's "Medusae of the world" (1910) attempted to describe all known forms from all parts of the world. The #SciArt is based on drawings, from life, by William K. Brooks and Louis Murbach. View it in #BHLib: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... #WorldJellyfishDay #ILoveBHL

New collections from @lselibrary.bsky.social added! • Greenham Women Everywhere • Political Posters Collection • Gay Liberation Front (including Come Together paper) • Mukti: South Asian Women’s Journal (UK) • Cavendish-Bentinck Pamphlets and Leaflets hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review. This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month. Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...