We're hiring! The JCB Digital Research Associate will research, write, design, and produce digital publications on topics relevant to the library’s collections and mission. Details at jcblibrary.org/news/jcb-job...

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Our latest episode of the series The Revolution Is News is now available on the JCB YouTube channel! View JCB Director Karin Wulf's conversation about Occupations with the University of Oklahoma's Lauren Duval at youtu.be/gfF6HnDd95Y. More information at jcblibrary.org.

Is the guy from the Bear playing for Norway?

Did the FIFA disciplinary committee suspend the U.S. defense

What if I reframe the heat dome as an extended sauna session?

The Feels Like 110° is doing wonders for the local economy of "any store that has AC" in New England.

I don’t know what fashion God ordained the pink shoes for the World Cup, but Thank You. From those of us with bad eyesight, it makes the footwork a lot easier to follow.

I just got an alert that the weather will feel like 105 tomorrow where I am. How rude.

Just had an ice cream cone for lunch, I think I'm starting my Rare Book School week right

This applies to humanities funding too. Read the proposed changes and let them know your thoughts... As politely as you can. Most of the folks working for OMB are solid career wonks who care.

Terry McGlynn@hormiga.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call your reps -- blue, red, purple, it doesn't matter -- about the proposed OMB science funding rule. The house can stop this. Let them know it matters for your district.

Call your reps -- blue, red, purple, it doesn't matter -- about the proposed OMB science funding rule. The house can stop this. Let them know it matters for your district.

Stacey Ogden 🦔@labogden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Make some noise about this 🧪 www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

‼️‼️‼️ Professional development opportunity for junior high and high school educators! The John Carter Brown Library invites educators to a workshop titled “Religious Pluralism and Democracy” THIS THURSDAY, June 4, 2026 from 3:00-5:00pm. Register here: shorturl.at/VpAiq

JCB/Danforth Center RI Educators Professional Development

The John Carter Brown Library invites educators to a workshop titled “Religious Pluralism and Democracy” on June 4, 2026 from 3:00-5:00pm. Intended for junior high and high school educators, this work...

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We're one month out until our virtual conference, #ACH2026 taking place June 22-26! We're hosting 2 days of pre-conference workshops, and 3 days of conference sessions, with two amazing keynotes and over 70 papers. You can check out our program and register on our website: ach2026.ach.org/en/

ACH@ach.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The #ACH2026 program is now available! buff.ly/Wtmsofy Join us virtually June 24–26 for 70+ presentations on DH, transnationalism, and solidarity (especially in the Americas). Registration is open through June 17 buff.ly/3QFYlOS

The light at Golden hour today was gorgeous.

Had a vivid dream last night that I had a perfectly ripe avocado waiting for me for breakfast. I did not. I had overnight oats. What are you doing to me, subconscious?

The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) seeks a new Editor in Chief as well as an institutional host for @dhquarterly.bsky.social (DHQ). Initial expressions of interest are due by August 30th. See the CFP for more details: buff.ly/qpiypXq

REMINDER: Applications for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at HBCUs are now open! Deadline to apply is April 22. Learn more at neh.gov/grants or go to grants.gov to apply.

Baseball players have a walk-up song they use they come up to bat. I like to imagine what academics would do at conferences. A snippet of Aurora Leigh, a deep cut (two ways) from Pope, a banger from bell hooks, and that one guy who keeps using increasingly weird Nietzsche passages.

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

Astronauts: just like us.

niki grayson@nikigrayson.com · 5mo ago

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

I've finally thought of a generative image AI service that doesn't ick me: one where you take a picture of your 99.9% complete jigsaw puzzle and the company mails you the one piece your family lost the last time it was put together.

But seriously, sell cursive as discovering how to read and write the secret language of the past and you'll hook a bunch of kids (and it's true). Signing checks is not a great selling point.

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Ahh yes, nothing says “let kids be kids” like “using fancy calligraphy to sign checks.” Why, I remember when I signed my first check at the age of 8, using a fountain pen made of whale femur and ink from a Humboldt squid

As part of our commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the JCB will host a series of virtual sessions with experts on major topics of the revolutionary period.

The "with all gratitude, Bede" sign off is somehow the bit that killed me Like a letter to Aquinas that ends "best wishes, Big Al"

Dan Conway@magisterconway.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Update: it gets so much worse. All of Bede's letters have no basis in the original Latin at all. This one reads like a modern email! (Original Latin, real translation, fake "translation")

Great job opportunity working with my better half @sebastianahnert.bsky.social on an exciting new #digitalhumanities project in Cambridge, funded by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social and working with fantastic people at CESTA Stanford and DensityDesign Lab Italy. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

The Adoration of the Wieners (Carnitas, Denied), iPhone and unexpectedly good lighting, 2026