May she rest in peace and her words and work live on. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Looking forward to reading Nan Z. Da's piece and sad at today's announcement that my University of California campus library is ceasing its subscription to NLR at year's end. www.lib.uci.edu/resources-ca...

For all those @aft.org members who disagree with your national union's decision to accept tens of millions of dollars from @microsoft.com, OpenAI, and @anthropic.com, you're not alone. @cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us. www.cft.org/resolution/e...

Strong statement from the MLA www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

DH as critical praxis and worldbuilding with @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @roopikarisam.bsky.social. An intellectual-pedagogical-feminist dream symposia come true through, hosted through my Critical Data Lab at UCLA Data X. datax.ucla.edu/news-events/...

Don't miss our next outstanding speaker, Dr. Roderic Crooks, on October 15, 2025, @ 7:00 pm CT. He will speak on his book "Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality." Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...

📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026 📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷 📅 July 27-31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025 Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ #DH2026 #ADHO #KADH

AAUP members are invited to join the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of member-based research, recommendations & resources for building faculty power over ed-tech decisions at their institutions, including AI! August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom Register here👇

Anyone located near the Huntington Library in Southern California interested in a pd research project? 150 hrs for $5500 USD stipend to double check a periodical to include in the Curran Index. Due: 8/20 Pls fwd! #job #periodicals #victorian #bookhistory

What a great (and easily navigable) informational resource from @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social ! laborcenter.berkeley.edu/negotiating-...

Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... 🧵1/9

Info at this link. What is our union leadership doing?! m.youtube.com/watch?v=s1WW...

Registration is still open for the AAUP 2025 Summer Institute in Atlanta! Join us July 17-20 to learn skills & share vision & ideas to help build a strong movement in defense of higher education. Attendance is FREE for all AAUP & @aft.org members! More info here: www.aaup.org/event/2025-a...

Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"

Saturday in LA I got to experience Nadya Tolokonnikova in POLICE STATE (open again June 12-14), then stepped outside to the sound of helicopters circling low overhead www.moca.org/program/nady...

OpenAI's clearly stated strategic aim to become "core infrastructure" of universities is a good example of what I've been calling a "re-infrastructuring of higher education" by value-seeking big tech, edtech and academic publishers - this from last year iyi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What’s the hype around AI? Join us, @californialabor.bsky.social & members of @wearecta.bsky.social on May 28 for our 2nd webinar on Demystifying AI & Empowering Workers. We'll explore the rapidly changing public policy landscape around technology & labor. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/demyst...

Inspiringly pragmatic/locally hopeful comments by Jennifer Rhee and @ritaraley.bsky.social at today's AI resistance symposium from W&M Equality Lab reminded me that I will need to get this book!

Friends in LA, come join us Friday May 2 & Saturday May 3~ fccwla.org/peer2peer-a-...

Looking forward to being a part of this excellent online program next week, organized by Liz Losh. @ritaraley.bsky.social land I will be in dialogue about our work on the post-AI (and -Trump) university. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@ucaft.bsky.social is hosting our 2025 election April 28-May 4. Members will be voting on the statewide executive board, chapter leadership and delegates, and Unit 18 (lecturers) table team and bargaining pillars. View this🧵for details and read the FAQs on the website ucaft.org/member_resou...

Thank you, @uc-faculty.bsky.social and @ucaft.bsky.social

Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:

Next weekend!!! The Eaton Speculative Fiction Conference at UC Riverside Register to receive the Zoom link for our livestream events.ucr.edu/event/eaton-...

"Sacrificing the quality of UC education while administrative bloat is left unaddressed would be a failure of leadership."

We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)! What does IDEA mean for students? ✅ Individualized learning plans ✅ Early intervention ✅ Inclusive classrooms ✅ Protections & advocacy ✅ Pathways to independence #IDEA50 #ProtectOurKids

IMLS is under attack. They’ve been instrumental in digital humanities and GLAM. Make noise, spread the word, call your reps. IMLS co-funded my 1st NEH grant, which later became the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium & introduced 1000s of students of color to DH. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Looking forward to reading this painfully relevant journal issue (with an editorial by @torinmonahan.bsky.social and international contributions to the topic)

ACH is holding two Town Halls next week (3/19 and 3/21 from 12pm-1pm EST) to hear your experiences regarding how the recent government actions are affecting your ability to pursue digital humanities & the steps that ACH can take to support you and your communities. Sign up here:

"We’re going all in on AI this semester! Instead of traditional lecture slides, you’ll be working with three AI tutors,” said the university. “Complete bull****,” one student enrolled on the course said. “The university should not have ever allowed this to happen.”

We are honored to represent @nadohe.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social, Baltimore and ROC, who each bravely pushed back against Trump’s intimidation & scare tactics, securing a victory for women, minorities, people with disabilities, veterans, and so many more. Full article: www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

TOMORROW! AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social will address international higher ed leaders on academic freedom and democracy. Watch live on Sat, Feb 8 at 11a.m. ~Mountain Time~. Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/84646869235 @aftunion.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

✊ Outside the Department of Labor! @aflcio.org

👀 @aftunion.bsky.social, @aaup.bsky.social & @penamerica.bsky.social offering free digital safety workshops for faculty: Prepare, 3/10 3pm ET aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Respond, 3/17, 12pm ET aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Allyship, 3/24, 12pm ET aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #academicChatter

Lock ur phone up for the day! Go work on your woke humanities projects and lesson plans!!! Gtf outa here!

It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.

Amba joined Duncan Crabtree-Ireland of @sagaftra.org, Amanda Ballantyne of @aflcio.org Tech Institute, and @khari.bsky.social of @calmatters.org to discuss the leadership role labor plays in the broader movement for tech justice in the age of AI. Read more: calmatters.org/economy/tech...

I'm so disappointed to see the good name of my teachers' union @aftunion.bsky.social (to which it provided product-promoting "professional development" materials) exploited by OpenAI as the linked example of "help[ing] teachers" in its investment/deregulation pitch cdn.openai.com/global-affai...

Looking forward to reading all of this new special issue of the Journal of Digital Social Research!

Hey #sandiego, come build a future where AI makes things better, not worse, for workers, students, patients -- all of us. Register for the UC San Diego Labor Center conference Good Tech for Good Jobs. Or just join us for our evening event with @adamconover.net! laborcenter.ucsd.edu/news-and-eve...

Thank you, @elotroalex.bsky.social, for sharing your inspiring praxis. Hope a recording of the talk will be available!

Worried about the future of your favorite websites, digital art, or data? You can do something about it. SUCHO is partnering with @ach.bsky.social & @webrecorder.net to host a DIY archiving workshop 11/25 at 1 Eastern / 10 Pacific: www.sucho.org/diy-archiving

Looking forward to an art + #DHmakes event in my area of SoCal! ucrarts.ucr.edu/events/patte...

Please share! Call for topic editors, POEM Is there a topic related to AI and algorithms; data and computation; or media and mis- and dis-information that you don't think is getting enough attention, or that you think is crucial for high schoolers and college students to learn about?

Really looking forward to the conference! I learned so much last year chatting with presenters in the virtual space, and this year's entire program looks fantastic.

The news is grim. Maybe you could use a little hope right now? Join us as we imagine new, more just futures at #ACH2024. Our #DigitalHumanities community with be gathering online November 6-8. ach2024.ach.org

"University communities need to be setting their own priorities through democratic processes, and [...] be willing to look at these more deeply entrenched, historically long-standing issues, because it’s those issues that are making higher education persistently unequal and unfair." Lindsay Weinberg

"But we do have a choice."

"I mean to encourage avenues for collaborative, proactive response and cooperation across institutions and associations so that we might continue to reimagine the profession ourselves." - M. Martin @mmvty.bsky.social I just started reading the richly encouraging cluster & am already sharing out 🔗s!