How culture shapes the design and use of technology—and how we can resist the one-size-fits-all approach to technology design. Katharina Reinecke's Digital Culture Shock is out now. Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Pre-announcement of a funding opportunity for "artificial intelligence humanities sandpits," supported by AHRC, EPSRC, and SSHRC. Expressions of interest by 31 Oct; up to four grants will be funded.

Disheartening read as I put together my syllabus. But I also discovered this list of “anti-AI” assignments that have given me some ideas. Would love to hear more! against-a-i.com/assignment-i...

"... an especially powerful strategy for shutting down critique of GenAI is the construction and imposition of “feeling rules”: social expectations about the appropriate ways to feel and display emotion in a given context"

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

"Local taxes typically cover the largest portion of local library funding. State direct appropriations and grants, and IMLS federal grants, support a smaller portion of various library programs and services." www.nbcboston.com/news/local/l...

After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas. @loganjaffe.bsky.social

Editors’ Choice: Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data: A dh+lib Special Issue digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2025/07/craf...

I’m proud to share the #DH2024 conference proceedings. This year we’ve chosen to celebrate the poster as a key part of the DH conference. zenodo.org/records/1592... #DH2025 @adho-org.bsky.social

Reminder that proposals are due July 25!!

I'm excited to share a CfP for a special issue, “Cultural Heritage in Crisis” that @asegerberg.bsky.social and I are guest editing for Library Trends. Proposals are due July 25, 2025. Share widely! Full details available at annakijas.com/news/cfp_202.... #culturalheritage #libraries #archives

Among the reasons we didn't set up SUCHO (emergency archiving Ukrainian cultural heritage) as an institutional web archiving project: institutions aren't neutral, and shouldn't be assumed to be perpetually on the right side of things.

It should also raise the alarm for all of AI: If people like Musk are willing to weigh its AI to become mecha-hitler, they're probably also willing to weigh it to support their business interests.

Last month at the Disaggregation Nation! conference in Pittsburgh, I ran a breakout session where we collectively authored an artwork about the different datasets that touch our lives. I'm sharing it here as a recipe: an invitation to try it yourself! www.jerthorp.me/post/a-day-w...

Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout! www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...

I'm excited to share a CfP for a special issue, “Cultural Heritage in Crisis” that @asegerberg.bsky.social and I are guest editing for Library Trends. Proposals are due July 25, 2025. Share widely! Full details available at annakijas.com/news/cfp_202.... #culturalheritage #libraries #archives

"Our copyright statutes were written for a world of photocopiers and cassette tapes...They never contemplated a scenario in which the entire back catalog of 20th-century literature could be vacuumed up and repurposed without a single author knowing it happened." lithub.com/the-courts-j...

Job Opportunity! University of Missouri - Columbia, Libraries Languages, Literatures & Digital Humanities Entry level and experienced librarians are encouraged to apply. Training and mentorship will be provided. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

The AAUP calls for the immediate release of David Huerta & the immediate cessation of these violent & reckless ICE raids that are terrorizing hard-working families from coast to coast. An injury to one is an injury to all. #FreeDavidEndRaids www.aaup.org/media-releas...

"A new report from the UN' ITU has revealed a 150% average increase in indirect carbon emissions from four leading AI-focused tech companies – Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta - between 2020 and 2023" www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai...

Just saw the news out of Texas. If anyone would like guidance or help with doing a data rescue at your state level, please feel free to get in touch. We are happy to help or just commiserate.

We're about to start the next stage of data gathering on visa revocations, SEVIS status changes, deportation and detention targeting academics. @akijas.bsky.social has joined our team as head curator. Looking for two people to lend a hand on data curation. DM if interested. More announcements soon

This will have a devastating impact on rural and less populated parts of the country. It seems like we’re going to have to lose everything in order to realize the good that government once did.

Thanks @quinnanya.me @akijas.bsky.social @bitarchivist.net @ilya.webrecorder.net for co-authoring the zine w/me, suggesting it & teaching workshops it documents! See also @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social's posts for excellent advice+support regarding personal web archiving.

I wrote to my fascist Senators using the amazing @resist.bot to ask them to resign. Enough is enough with these spineless cowards.

We put up a proposal that lays out a way for users to declare whether/how they want their data to be used by things like generative AI or public archives, check it out on github: github.com/bluesky-soci...

The next session in the newly rebranded #ByteSizedPedagogy series is April 4th at 1:00 EST with @jajrk.bsky.social and @amandalicastro.bsky.social discussing critical making. #DHmakes. Registration linked from blog post below!

The 2025 ACH Elections are coming up quickly. Voting will open 3/15 and close 3/29. This year, we are electing 3 full-term members of the ACH Executive Council (serving 2025-2029), and 1 partial term member (2025-2027). Read the candidate bios and statements on our blog: buff.ly/jsmmfy0.

ACH has confirmed reports that DOGE is at the NEH. Chair Shelly C. Lowe has been replaced by Acting Chair Michael McDonald. ACH remains committed to a diverse, inclusive, and supportive DH. To engage in advocacy efforts: [email protected]. Read our statement of support for NEH: buff.ly/bQeRaGw

We ❤️ all the libraries that have been supporting data rescue and their patrons. Our focus is the preservation of access for all. www.datarescueproject.org/libraries-su...

Tomorrow we're embarking on our next Community Sprint, on the Universal Viewer's UX. This is a great opportunity for developers of any level to contribute to open source software in the cultural heritage world. For more info, check out our Slack channel: universalviewer.slack.com

The following week, join @ach for Int'l Scholars in DH: Labor, Care, & Careers, Fri 3/7, 12pm EST, hosted by Jajwalya Karajgikar @jajrk.bsky.social! https://members.ach.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=29

Today marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion. All of the content archived by #SUCHO is now accessible through the SUCHO Database of Web-Archived Content (database.sucho.org). Full details: www.sucho.org/press-releas.... Слава Україні #SavingUkrainianCulturalHeritageOnline

You can transcribe documents on crowd.loc.gov any time, not only today, so check back later when the site is hopefully back up.

Happy #DouglassDay! We’re holding a transcribe-a-thon until 3 pm today at Tisch Library. Drop in for some or all of it!! More info at tischlibrary.tufts.edu/node/3379 @dh-at-tufts.bsky.social

Hi everyone, we’re currently experiencing issues with the Library of Congress website. Our team is working to resolve these technical difficulties, and we’ll be back up and ready to transcribe soon. Thank you for your patience! #DouglassDay2025

#ICYMI as it becomes more urgent: free zine tutorial on DIY Web Archiving by @quinnanya.me @bitarchivist.net @akijas.bsky.social @ilya.webrecorder.net & me: how everyone can back up copies of stuff they care about on the web: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin...

As part of our Douglass Day event at Northeastern University Library, we will have Know Your Rights cards from @iamericaorg.bsky.social available for on-site attendees to take with them. #DouglassDay Learn more at our celebration: cds.library.northeastern.edu/events/dougl...

Our small group met today. We are going to send out a message soon to all who signed up and our constituencies. We set up a new Bluesky account (@datarescue2025.bsky.social). Updates will be moved there. Please feel free to follow.

I found another google doc someone has started: docs.google.com/document/d/1... If anyone is in touch with them could you ask them to contact @datarescue2025.bsky.social

Our Love Data line-up: @kaylendwyer.bsky.social - Handwriting Text Recognition w/ @transkribus.bsky.social @akijas.bsky.social - TEI LeafWriter @pnadelofficial.bsky.social - building a search engine Finally, @douglassday.bsky.social transcribe-a-thon. We'll be using Douglass Day data all week!

how to save stuff on the internet? short, sweet & useful zine on diy web archiving by @bitarchivist.net @ilya.webrecorder.net @quinnanya.me @akijas.bsky.social @literaturegeek.bsky.social ✨💾🐢 zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... #webarchiving

As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻

It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali

. @literaturegeek.bsky.social published zines on DIY web archiving (co-authored w/ @quinnanya.me @bitarchivist.net @akijas.bsky.social @ilya.webrecorder.net) zinebakery.com/homemade-zin...; localness of immigation rights zinebakery.com/homemade-zin...; & library pets zinebakery.com/homemade-zin...

Here's a poster version of the DIY Web Archiving zine's front cover, with some added text if you want to print copies for some space where people can take them—you can hang this poster above or nearby:

Thanks @quinnanya.me @bitarchivist.net @akijas.bsky.social @ilya.webrecorder.net for collaborating on the zine+teaching the workshop! If you're curious about @webrecorder.net tools for preserving webpages, here's another way to help you try them, plus guidance on what to preserve+what to do after