BREAKING: We’re suing Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents to challenge their censorship policy that restricts instruction on race, sexual orientation, and gender. Public universities can't ban ideas they don't like.

Fellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.

#LongCovid is not a ‘subject’ to dispute. It’s a health condition that changes people’s lives. Definitions can evolve & that’s not an excuse to dismiss the illness itself. Diagnostic criteria for diabetes have repeatedly changed over time but no one takes u seriously if you say diabetes in disputed!

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d ago

Long covid is a disputed subject, at best.

Unpacking what are (I hope) the last two kitchen boxes this morning, and thinking like an old prospector: We've struck tupperware!!! (This is exciting because it's the last big thing that I've been budgeting space for) (Also, holy shit do I have so much kitchen stuff!!!!)

all I confidently have here is "1604, at Chesterton" if anyone wants to have a crack at this? #earlymodern paleography puzzle of the day! 🗃️

This genuinely made my day. Thank you for turning one tiny statistic from my slides into something so thoughtful and beautiful. Every green owl stands for the people who made #DH2026 possible. 💚🦉 #DHmakes

Quinn Daedal@quinnanya.me · 6d ago

For Misun Yun, I ran with the slide that noted there were 40+ volunteers. So I highlighted 40 owls in green thread like the green volunteer shirts. #DHmakes #DH2026

Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

Our phones just dinged for a dust storm warning like a tornado warning! Simultaneously, there is a severe thunderstorm warning, an extreme heat warning, a wind advisory, and a flood watch. Welcome to the Southwest!

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Like sales teams that ring a bell when they make a sale, as we're unpacking boxing in the new house, every time one of us empties a box, we're squeaking one of those annoying rubber chickens in celebration 😂🐔

Librarians, Archivists, & Archives that collect/manage popular culture materials-I've started a Discord server to discuss collections, materials, repositories, etc. to share info and build community. Comics, games, movies/tv, etc #popularculture #archives #archivists #librarians discord.gg/xvhWAhhkw

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

Micah@rincewind.run · 3d ago

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

The magical mice of Lily Seika Jones

Gorgeous gorgeous special issue on queer bibliography... www.euppublishing.com/toc/lih/42/2

Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - lih: Vol 42, No 2

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The corps of engineers has arrived in Tucson! (aka my dad)

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Next venues for the @adho-org.bsky.social DH conferences mentioned in #DH2026 closing ceremony. - #DH2027 28 June - 3 July 2027, Galway, Ireland dh2027.adho.org - #DH2028 4-7 July 2028 Capetown, South Africa - #DH2029 2029, Padua, Italy Hope that I can make some of these!

It is amusing as a book historian who works primarily with inventories to check off all my worldly possession on the moving inventory list as the moving guys bring them into the house. But all items are accounted for, and only 3 things damaged (none sentimental). We call that a win!

Interesting #BookHistory things in the new house: there’s a mezuzah! I’m not sure if the current owners or the previous owners/builders were Jewish, but it’s cool to see

I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

Please note this is not what libraries do with weeding, where we balance space, needs of our community, and often send our books off to new homes thru sales.

Eli Valley@elivalley.bsky.social · last wk.

Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...

Record outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite 20M eggs recalled due to salmonella Worst air quality in world from wildfire smoke UN says world risks HIV resurgence due to funding cuts Most measles cases in 35 years They’re going after Fauci to distract you from current public health failures

I’ll never forget what they have done to the Dept of Education

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last wk.

And this post (similar vibes) is from the US Department of Education's official Facebook page.

I'm sorry to be missing #DH2026, but DH friends should say hi to the other wonderful IU DHers: @gyurikang.bsky.social, Zhibo Zhuang, @yrhu.bsky.social, @rongqianma.bsky.social, and Christina Boyles!!!

A milestone has been reached in the new Tucson house: wifi!!

Just in time for #DH2026 and after almost two years, we published a manifesto for multilingual digital humanities! This is an ongoing collaboration of many people and initiatives, among them the @adho special interest group, @multilingualdhwg, the @DHd working group, and the DH UK-Ireland […]

Surely the solution here is just *don't use AI tools* for your writing and research and continue to do your writing and research in ALL the ways you were doing it before you started using AI instead of doing the work??

#DH2026 #DHmakes mini conference off to an elaborate show & tell! 7? crafting tables! @quinnanya.me wish I could get my hands on backpack and suitcase of supplies too! #dh26

Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.