Jamie Folsom
@jamiefolsom.bsky.social
Partner at @performant.bsky.social (Performant Software), developing software for the digital humanities. Boston, Vermont and sometimes Maine.
An important read about class and academic jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
The Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)
Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.
nytimes.com
A reminder that the sitting president is named 38,000 times in the Epstein files, is an adjudicated sexual abuser and brags about grabbing women by their genitals. Time for him to go. Make sure you are registered to vote for the most important midterm election of our lifetimes. 
There are two paths before you Massachusetts, you may take only one.
Paul@pawlbologna.bsky.social · 4mo agoLast month Seth Moulton doubled down on his 2024 anti-trans comments in a Washington Post video.
@markey.senate.gov all the way. Shame on Seth Moulton www.reddit.com/r/massachuse...
From the massachusetts community on Reddit: Markey stands up for Trans Kids. He has never fed into the demonization of this community. Seth Moulton did, end of story.
Explore this post and more from the massachusetts community
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A lot of us have pointed out that attacks on higher ed have broader economic implications for local communities. The Boston Globe has a story on the impact of higher ed cuts on the Massachusetts economy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/18/b...
Almost 130,000 people work at Mass. universities. Many are now on the ‘chopping blocks.’ - The Boston Globe
Higher education has long felt like the most stable sector of the Massachusetts economy. Not anymore.
bostonglobe.com
I am absolutely gobsmacked. And trying not to pass out from hyperventilating. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social — you just made my secret dream for DATA EMPIRE, spoken aloud to NO ONE, come true.
Barack Obama@barackobama.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!
“For a field that is supposedly reshaping science and is so advanced in terms of scientific potential, not having any scientific documentation seems like a very weird paradox,” says paper co-author John Ioannidis, a metascientist at Stanford University. 🤡 www.science.org/content/arti...
AI’s top startups are barely publishing their research
More than half of AI “unicorns” have never published a paper or preprint
science.org
Happy DATA EMPIRE day! Want a sticker with my autograph for your copy? Fill out this form: roopikarisam.com/get-your-sig... Order my 11,000 year tale of how data gained so much power over us and how we can resist it now! N. America: tinyurl.com/DataEmpireUS Elsewhere: tinyurl.com/DataEmpireUK
There's so much destruction right now. Of course you can't fix everything yourself. But you can focus on one thing, find some like-minded people, and make a real difference.
Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...
Truly one of my favorite collaborators! And thank you #ACH2026 for a great conference.
Jamie Folsom@jamiefolsom.bsky.social · 3mo agoSuper excited to be presenting with @roopikarisam.bsky.social this morning at #ACH2026 on "Hybrid Minimal Computing"! Slides (for my part, the technical dimension) here: dh.tools/hybrid
Does he understand that passports are given to Americans who go to other countries, not to people visiting the US?
Jacob Bogage@jacobbogage.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn Donald Trump’s new passport design, his image literally supersedes the Declaration of Independence.
Raymond Queneau's Exercises de Style gets a mention at #ACH2026!
Super excited to be presenting with @roopikarisam.bsky.social this morning at #ACH2026 on "Hybrid Minimal Computing"! Slides (for my part, the technical dimension) here: dh.tools/hybrid
Hybrid Minimal Computing — ACH 2026
dh.tools
📢Introducing 1776: Views from the British World! Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence that launched a revolution that created the USA, this series complicates traditional narratives of this event by situating it in a larger British world context.
Thrilled to be at #dhsi2026 to talk about using Performant Studio (open source #dh tools) to make a map based research website! dh.tools/maps
DATA EMPIRE is on NPR's list! "A book that promises not to just show how empires have collected and weaponized data over the ages, but also how we can resist, is an easy must-read for me." wnyc.org/npr/nx-s1-58... Pre-order: N. America: tinyurl.com/DataEmpireUS Elsewhere: tinyurl.com/DataEmpireUK
15 books our critics can't wait for this summer | WNYC
A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here are the fiction and nonfiction our critics are most looking forward to.
wnyc.org
the murder of juniper blessing is a horrifying reminder of the campaign of violence being waged by the most powerful against the vulnerable and the environment of hate being encouraged on all sides of the political spectrum
250 workers jobless with no severance and little notice; support Hampshire staff and faculty! www.helphampshireworkers.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
Help Hampshire Workers | Support Hampshire Workers Today
Support Hampshire College staff and faculty facing job loss with emergency relief funds for essential needs. Contributions and support help provide immediate assistance during this critical time.
helphampshireworkers.com
At #ctdh listening to the incomparable @roopikarisam.bsky.social on “Knowledge at Scale: Data, Power and the Work of the Humanities”
Paris friends! Amis parisiens ! This Thursday is the first of four public lectures I'm giving on AI and philology, broadly defined: "Philological Reasoning and Computational Models." The advertisement is in French, but the lectures are in English. I'd also love to meet while I'm here in March! 1/
Woo hoo! Our proposal for #DH2026, “Minimal Computing with a Database? The Pan-African Data Project as Hybrid Minimal Computing,” was accepted. This was, however, the first time I had two of the reviews say to go back and re-read Roopika Risam’s work. My powers of anonymization are strong!
I am delighted to share that my book, Printing Nueva York, is now available for pre-order from @nyupress.bsky.social. It uncovers the early history of Latinx writing and publishing in NYC. Use code NYUAU30 for 30% off: nyupress.org/978147983053...
Today is publication day for my book, Printing Nueva York: Spanish-Language Print Culture, Media Change, and Democracy in the Late Nineteenth Century. nyupress.org/978147983053... I am grateful to @nyupress.bsky.social for making it possible! #NYUPress #LatinxStudies #19thCenturyPrintCulture
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · 9mo agoSeems like it's worth posting this one again.
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city. We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
