A somewhat thinking out loud thread on teaching #DH in the age of AI. Every fall, I've taught an intro to #digitalhumanities class in a #history 🗃️ department for more than ten years. Change, of course, inevitable. But there's been a big vibe shift this year. /1

"Broken" An image from my ongoing exhibition "Entropy," hosted by Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R... #DigitalArt #VirtualArt #VirtualPhotography #SecondLife

It's a good, if overdue, first step.

"Things Fall Apart" An image from my ongoing exhibition "Entropy," hosted by Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R... #DigitalArt #VirtualPhotography #VirtualArt #SecondLife

True that.

"An Embrace" An image from my ongoing exhibition "Entropy," hosted by Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R... #DigitalArt #VirtualArt #VirtualPhotography #SecondLife

Indeed. Who can forget Jesus' insistence that executions be publicly televised, and children should be compelled to watch them?

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’ Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

"Ars Longa." An image from my show "Entropy," on display at Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R... #DigitalArt #VirtualArt #VirtualPhotography #SecondLife

I wrote about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show and the media’s capitulation to state censorship. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now live: Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and no one should be expected to engage in performative mourning over his murder. skepchick.org/2025/09/char...

Mood. youtu.be/kl4wkIPiTcY?...

"Beneath a Dying Star," an image from my show "Entropy" hosted at Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R... #DigitalArt #VirtualArt #SecondLife #VirtualPhotography

"Unmade" An image from my exhibition "Entropy," opening at Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R... #DigitalArt #SecondLife #DigitalPhotography #VirtualPhotography

three days from now: tyler robinson linked to immigrant family member eight generations ago

That a man may smile and smile, and be a villain.

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

"Chaos" An image from my exhibition "Entropy," hosted now at Selen's Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R...

"Fallow," an image from my upcoming exhibition "Entropy" at Selen's Gallery, opening 10 September at 12 Noon SLT. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/R...

As famine spreads in Gaza, UNICEF and other aid groups say Israel is still blocking most aid from entering the devastated Palestinian territory. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/25/gaza_famine_1

For the love of god, Canada, *do* something substantive in response to this. Not a symbolic move or a sternly-worded communique -- actual *action*! It is long past time to cut all ties with Israel. @mark-carney.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

One of the better stories by the BBC on the plight of the Palestinians, especially in the West Bank. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This past Sunday, I was able to attend the opening of a new exhibition of landscapes by @inarapey.secondlife.bio at the IMAGO Gallery. They're lovely. I bought this one. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/A...

"In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of the IDF and US contractors." Almost 1/3 of Gazans are going days without food. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Canada is a signatory to the new international statement issued condemning Israel's choking of aid to Gaza. Yet the #CBC has buried this news near the end of another story on Gaza. #CTV and @globalnews.ca at least devote (short) separate news items to it. globalnews.ca/news/1129669...

"There have been almost daily reports of Palestinians being killed while seeking food since late May. On Saturday at least 32 people were killed by Israeli gunfire near two aid distribution points in southern Gaza, according to the ministry." www.bbc.com/news/article... #GazalsStarving

Because, yes, the cruelty is the point. "These aid cuts could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to a warning published by researchers in the Lancet medical journal." www.bbc.com/news/article...

"In common with most Palestinian-majority towns, Tamra does not have a single underground shelter. Like much else in Israel, there is nothing equal about the way death comes from the sky." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Thousands of New Yorkers march in lower Manhattan calling for ICE out of New York. Starting at Foley Square and organized by PSL, the masses have flooded the streets and are moving west. This demo is permitted but even if it wasn’t, it would be far too large for NYPD to contain.

www.theguardian.com/business/202... Be inspired! Thousands join anti-austerity march in #London to protest against cuts by Toryish Labour government. Alt: Rows of protesters carrying signs such as “Stop the Cuts.”

The Manitoba legislature has passed Bill 43, adding gender expression to the provincial human rights code. In this doom and gloom climate, it's important to mark victories like this, to remember that despite the rise of the far right, we can still organize and win for 🏳️‍🌈 people.

I've installed a Second Pride kiosk at SLLU Unity Station! Drop by for up-to-date info on Second Pride, a group joiner, a LM to the events, and an opportunity to make a donation to Second Pride that will be donated to the RL charity "It Gets Better." maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/O...

Hitch a ride to Unity Station Second Life Left Unity. This kiosk has been confirmed by your friendly securikitty. Raising L$ for Second Pride. LGBTQ+2. #SecondLife maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/O...

"In the last few days, the ICRC surgical teams at their field hospital in Rafah near the GHF zone have been overwhelmed at least twice by the volume of casualties in the turmoil of the food operation." It's almost as though the GHF were part of the problem, no? www.bbc.com/news/article...

For the third time in as many days, Palestinians in Gaza have been shot while trying to get food. Israel has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire on people who were approaching them.

CARTOON OF THE DAY😕 🇺🇸 (From @billbramhall.bsky.social )

"Mermaids" An image on display at my show "Water" at the Petite Industrial Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G... Although not very "dramatic" perhaps, I'm especially fond of this one because I find it so evocative of my own memories. #DigitalArt #VirtualPhotography #SecondLife

This "threat" just increases the incentive.

This.

“It’s a lot easier to destroy a thing than to build a thing.”

"A Walk on the Beach" A work on display for my exhibit "Water," currently at the Petite Industrial Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G... (The painting in this image is Joaquín Sorolla's "Strolling along the Seashore," 1909) #DigitalArt #VirtualPhotography #SecondLife

The Pool Between Worlds An image on display at my show "Water," now open at the Petite Industrial Gallery. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G... #DigitalArt #VirtualPhotography #SecondLife

"Two million people are facing starvation in Gaza. All eyes have been on the spot where the trucks are supposed to be taking or getting the food to the people. That is not happening." Are we allowed to call this a fucking genocide yet? www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...

The UN reports that 14,000 children are at risk of dying of starvation within the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, the trickle of aid that Israel is permitting into Gaza is being delayed by the IDF. No aid has been distributed today. www.bbc.com/news/live/cq...

Now . . . will they back it up with action? Because this isn't going to stop Netanyahu. Or is this just a PR bluff? www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

"Return" Another of the images on display at my show "Water," opening on Sunday at 12 Noon SLT at the Petite Industrial Gallery's "Spring Expo." maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G...

"Drowning" An image from my upcoming exhibition "Water" at the Petite Industrial Gallery's "Spring Expo." Opening Sunday. #SecondLife #DigitalArt maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G...

"We cannot allow the continued use of food as a political tool... Over 50,000 people have died as a result of the aggression caused against the Palestinians and the Gazan people in Palestine. Using food as a political tool is simply unacceptable." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"And I will not yield, because it was a terribly disrespectful comment. And I will not yield to disrespectful men."

This Sunday, 18 May, I'll be participating in the Petite Industrial Gallery's "Spring Expo." My contribution to this event is an exhibition on the theme of water, and it is, appropriately, housed in an underwater annex to the gallery. #SecondLife #digitalart maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/G...