You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.

These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections

The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...

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The #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social team is excited to share the complete open access conference archive: you can check out the 105 session recordings, 25 proceedings papers, and 47 exhibition works at anastasiasalter.net/ELO2026/ and prepare for our upcoming ELO 2027 conference in Colombia!

Despite their popularity with he public, #Florida state parks grapple with a mounting maintenance backlog and not enough money from the stingy Legislature. www.wusf.org/politics-iss... via @wusf.org

Florida state parks grapple with mounting maintenance backlog and not enough money

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the state's fiscal year 2026-27 budget on June 29, and it took effect July 1. The budget allocated just over $63 million to Florida's state parks.

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Am I the type of person who buys as dog stroller? Apparently.

Hey #infoLit , #mediaStudies, & other college writing-adjacent folks: The parent organization of the CCCC seems to be considering folding this long-standing, truly discipline-defining group into a broader group, likely diluting it. If you've benefited from the CCCC's work, consider reaching out?

Dan Libertz@dlib24.bsky.social · 2w ago

From Kathleen Blake Yancey with clearest info about possible actions: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Ah-ha: Apparently the full NCTE Executive Committee must vote to dissolve CCCC yet, and hasn't yet. Looks like they are meeting tomorrow. For folks wanting to communicate with them about this decision, executive leadership is listed on this page *without* contact info: ncte.org/about/leader...

Leadership

Members are elected to the NCTE Executive Committee each spring. Become a leader of NCTE and help drive NCTE forward.

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Happy to have @supercrip1994.bsky.social on the site today, investigating how cuts and layoffs have affected the multi-faceted Xbox accessibility work so many players rely on.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2w ago

Layoffs leave the future of Xbox's award-winning accessibility efforts in doubt aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs-a...

Just wrapped up the last live workshop of the NEH AI+DH learning community workshop series @melstanfill.bsky.social and I have been running this summer. The suggested readings, exercises, and recaps of the live workshops are available here: anastasiasalter.net/NEH_AI_DH/

Here are the recordings and slideshows for my two interconnected talks at the #ELO26 conference. "Slipping into the Future" is a critical/creative prelude to the keynote, "Beyond Impossible Writing: Electronic Literature in the Age of AI." #AI #elit #DH leonardoflores.net/posts/blog/p...

Presentation and Keynote at the ELO 2026 Conference

Leader, Scholar, Educator, Creator.

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It's been a long week, please enjoy the comically small bow my tiny dog was wearing when I picked her up from grooming.

The ebook version of Video Games, Literature, and Close Playing is out! Also @routledgebooks.bsky.social is running a sale right now: tinyurl.com/closeplaying... #videogamestudies #gamestudies #closeplaying

As with so many things, it is critical to realize this is not bumbling or ineptitude or not thinking through policy implications. On the contrary: making it impossible for foreign students to do the doctorate here is THE WHOLE POINT. It’s about starving higher ed under the guise of America first.

Ben Allen@evodynamics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

We're about to open the Zoom and welcome participants to @eliterature.bsky.social #ELO2026! Check out the schedule here - anastasiasalter.net/ELO2026/sche... - later this weekend, there will be open access recordings available as well as our online exhibition to explore!

Sharing a gift link to this because I know when I was caretaking my mom every ounce of validation that I was doing something emotionally, physically, professionally and financially impossible helped me feel less alone

Opinion | This Is One of the Hardest Jobs in America. Millions Are Doing It Alone. (Gift Article)

Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents.

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For the @nytimes.com Magazine, I wrote about the increasingly fervent native plant movement; its esteemed guru, the entomologist and bestselling author Douglas Tallamy; and the complexities of ecologically responsible gardening in our modern era. Gift link 🎁 : www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/m...

I Wanted an Ecologically Responsible Garden. It Was Harder Than I Thought.

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Very welcome news for all of us teaching in Florida.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4w ago

BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, upholds injunction blocking Florida from enforcing its 2022 Stop WOKE Act in the university context. The majority opinion is from Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Playing with Fable to get a sense of the capabilities before my workshop next week and it is a lot of fun for adding totally unnecessary features to my website that spark joy. Handles existing messy code impressively well.

We're twelve days from the @eliterature.bsky.social ELO (un)supervised 2026 online conference, hosted by @ucftandt.bsky.social - browse the schedule in your time zone and register now at: anastasiasalter.net/ELO2026/ - the conference is free with ELO membership!

We are excited to have the awesome @eliterature.bsky.social Electronic Literature Organization Vol 5 editorial team visiting UCF CHDR for their retreat & sharing some insights around AI and creativity today!

We are excited to share the program for our fully online @eliterature.bsky.social ELO 2026 Conference, coming up this July! Check it out and consider registering to join us if you haven't - it is free for all ELO members! stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2026/comb...

This is fascinating, might be fun to have students take a look at to explore representation across different fields.

austin@aparker.io · 2mo ago

fun? I am in there. intheweights.com

Hey #dhmakes and @eliterature.bsky.social folks: I'm working on a grant application that needs concrete examples of the impact of my work. If you've attended one of my workshops or used one of my books in a course / curriculum plan / AI policy / etc and have a moment to ping, I'd appreciate it!

My final project from @lucidbard.bsky.social and @anasalter.bsky.social 's AI for DH Pedagogy Class at #DHSI2026 finally works! It is a locally-run AI writing assistant, which grades my writing according to a customized rubric and offers starting points for revision. Grateful for this class!

A lot of smart people put a lot of hours into this, and it’s worth some of the attention you might otherwise give to shit posting about AI on this app.

Modern Language Association@modernlanguage.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The MLA AI and Research Working Group's new "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" offers questions and case studies on AI literacy, human-centered expertise, and responsibility and ethics to guide discussion and reflection. mlaai.hcommons.org/ai-and-the-h...

I am very sad not to be at DHSI due to a family crisis, but I'll be zooming in as @lucidbard.bsky.social kicks off our DH Programming Pedagogy in the Age of AI course featuring Claude Code and Ollama. Our materials will be updated throughout in the course repo: anastasiasalter.net/DHSI_DH_AI_2...

Today I wrote a minizine to help "non-artist" folks who enjoy craft/art/making to explore artist residencies (& similar opportunities for funding/space/other support to learn and/or practice an art): 🧵#DHmakes

Amanda Wyatt! Visconti@literaturegeek.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I should (blog? zine?) re:arts residency opportunities, as an area I wasn't aware of a year ago, just assumed wasn't a category of thing I could apply for. Am thinking there might be other DHy/maker/craft folks interested? or encouraged to not just go "I'm not an artist/what they're looking for"?

Tangential to NarraScope @narrascope.org: Taper #16 electronic literature journal is OUT. @leoflores.bsky.social @samplereality.bsky.social @anasalter.bsky.social Christina Wilkas and other #elit creatives taper.badquar.to/16/index.html #poems #poetry

Thrilled to have a tiny piece keeping company with the work of lots of cool folks in this issue - my contribution (un)done is inspired by the unraveling threads of, well *gestures to everything*

Leonardo Flores@leoflores.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m thrilled to share the new issue of Taper 16: For Good Measure. In this issue, we’ve published 21 tiny (<2048 bytes) computational works. Explore, share, and enjoy! taper.badquar.to/16/ Relevant tags: #elit #DH #poetry #creativecoding #art #literature

...aw, now I'm remembering when the internet was fun. 👽

Thomas Fuchs@thomasfuchs.at · 2mo ago

9. Design an E-Mail Signature 12. Install a Plug-In 41. Print Out a Weather Map 59. Create a Virtual Pizza 82. Download an Alien Cursor (these are some of the actual things to do in the book)