Cool postdoc at Princeton on *AI as a cultural technology*, within their Societal AI initiative, perfect for candidates in digital humanities/cultural analytics working on downstream impacts of AI on culture. Get to work with @mmvty.bsky.social and other great people! apply.interfolio.com/195460

Book launch today! My new book, "Why You Should Read More Fiction" (Johns Hopkins), is part of a wave of digital humanities work that explains why reading fiction is so important for our minds, especially right now. I hope you'll pick up a copy and spread the word. #digitalhumanities #fiction

The Cast of ‘The Flintstones’ in 1960 L to R: Bea Benaderet as ‘Betty Rubble’, Jean Vander Pyl as ‘Wilma Flintstone’, Alan Reed as ‘Fred Flintstone’, and Mel Blanc as ‘Barney Rubble’ (and ‘Dino’).

🚨🎉Job post is here: TT assistant professor of Environmental Studies in Latin American Lit and Culture in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at CU Boulder. I’m on the search committee so feel free to contact me directly. Please share!

Élika Ortega@elikaortega.bsky.social · 2w ago

Amigues Latinoamericanistas, mi departamento (Español y Portugués en CU Boulder) va a contratar un Assistant Prof de Evironmental Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture. Estén al pendiente del anuncio oficial que espero compartir en 1-2 semanas. Gente interesada que me contacte, por favor.

OpenAI continues to enshittify ChatGPT: OpenAI allows advertisers — or really anyone, I tested myself in 5 minutes — upload raw phone numbers or email addresses to OpenAI to then target those specific people and inject specific ads into their ChatGPT session www.404media.co/how-chatgpt-...

How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email

Most ChatGPT users probably don’t know you can be specifically targeted on the platform by advertisers based on your email, phone number, or unique phone identifier.

404media.co

turns out these AI email scams directed at writers are ubiquitous because...they work www.thedial.world/articles/new...

The Lucrative World of Literary Scams — The Dial

Why writers are the perfect target.

thedial.world

She's probably right there is a market for machine made "formulaic" fiction, but boy howdy let me tell you about what happened to hand made clothing makers when machines came in...

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

Very excited: Cornell Arts & Sciences seeks up to 5 postdoctoral scholars working on AI and the humanities/social sciences. Not involved in selection but could serve as a faculty sponsor if you are working on topics related to ~"how to do social science in the age of AI." Happy to chat.

The first ep of Experts in a Dying Field, a culture and politics podcast with me, @zunguzungu.bsky.social & @lililoofbourow.bsky.social, is up. We talk 100 Years of Solitude's Netflix adaptation and why no one is talking about it until we perish of self-contradiction www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLyj...

Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude | Ep. 1 Experts in a Dying Field

YouTube video by Experts InADyingField

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My kid asked me what‘s something I teach my students and I said “That if you write what you have to say on paper then—unlike devices—no one has access to it except you and whoever else physically interacts with the paper” and you guys, it made an immediate impression

PSA: you know what scholars love? Talking about their books! You know what you can do? Invite them to your class to do so. It’s great! You absolutely do not have to use AI or tell students to use AI to understand their books. You can get the actual real life person to help with that! For free!

Canonicity is central to literary studies, and most researchers have some intuition about which authors or texts are canonical. But how can we measure canonicity in a truly systematic manner? A new article by @agneshilger.bsky.social, @janaeckardt.bsky.social and me tries to theorize this question.

Taking a Step Back: Theoretical Fundamentals of Canonicity and Its Empirical Reconstruction

Abstract. Canonicity is central to literary studies. Even if scholars are not explicitly concerned with it, canonicity shapes their selection of texts and authors—and that, in turn, may reinforce the ...

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Novel Distortions: Postnationalism and Literary Form in Mexico and Central America, by @tamaramitchell.bsky.social is here! mexicanists.org/novel-distor...

Novel Distortions: Postnationalism and Literary Form in Mexico and Central America

by Tamara L. Mitchell University of Pittsburgh Press The novel emerged in lockstep with the nation-state, serving as the cultural counterpart to political form in the modern era. However, these dyn…

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This is personally and professionally insulting. If I wanted to sell out, trust me, a quote in Wired would not be the object. These chats are fascinating, partly because (1) they represent real human behavior, and I'm interested in people, and (2) they allow us to audit and critique companies. 🧵

So Mayer@suchmayer.northsky.social · last mo.

I guess that's how you get an academic paper quoted in WIRED, by flattering the claims of prompters.

'Guzmán famously wrote that "a country without documentary cinema is like a family without a photo album." Through his courage, artistic vision, and unwavering moral clarity, he gave Chile—and the world—an irreplaceable album of memory, resistance, and hope.' www.cinematropical.com/cinema-tropi...

In Memoriam: Chilean Master Documentarian Patricio Guzmán (1941—2026) — Cinema Tropical

Patricio Guzmán, master Chilean documentarian whose films gave shape to the memory and political conscience of Latin

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this is morally equivalent to something like: if Google were reading the gmail account of a famous mathematician, realized he was about to publish a breakthrough paper, and then attempted to scoop him on his breakthroughs (with a side of blackmail)

Trevor A. Branch@trevorabranch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...

CFP for a session I'm chairing at the Northeast Modern Language Association convention. Abstracts due Sept. 30: cfplist.com/nemla/Home/S...

“People are discovering that, as everything is already decided for you by a computer or algorithm, being able to make or own something physically is good. And it is very satisfying to repeat a task to perfection. It is meditative as a job...” – Eryn Lawley, bookbinder apprentice

AI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional crafts

In a disrupted job market people are turning to heritage crafts such as bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding

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If you are a Latin American literature scholar, you should be reading Beckman's new book. @versobooks.bsky.social

we're gonna find out Mitch McConnell died in 2021 of Covid aren't we

My book is now available for preorder on Bloomsbury's website. If you are affiliated with a university that still believes in the humanities, please consider having your university library order a copy. www.bloomsbury.com/us/harriet-d...

Harriet de Onís and the Translation of Latin American Literature

Uncovers the role of Harriet de Onís (1899-1969), Alfred A. Knopf's principal translator of Spanish and Portuguese literature into English, in ushering in the L…

bloomsbury.com

Yesterday I was the peripheral target of a relatively minor pile-on by some far left accounts that were upset by criticism of the framing of this statement by the DSA International Committee celebrating 100 years of Fidel www.dsausa.org/statements/d...

DSA Commemorates 100 Years of Fidel and Denounces Rubio’s Genocide Against the Cuban People - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Today is the centenary of Fidel Castro, and the Democratic Socialists of America recognize the historic significance of both this day and the man. Fidel was an organizer, a fighter, and endures as a s...

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CFP for a special issue on the work of João Guimarães Rosa. Please share widely @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Ángel Rama: el centenario como porvenir Con @juanedecastro.bsky.social

Crítica chilena reciente II. "Próximo destino: las afueras. Anotaciones samples paratextos" / Hugo Herrera Pardo. Ediciones Mimesis, 2023. 198 págs. Por Cristian Geisse Navarro. letras.mysite.com/cgei260625.h...

We are going to be on opposite sides on Tuesday, Elika! 🇲🇽 vs 🇪🇨 Good luck!..or bad luck..dont know what to say.

Élika Ortega@elikaortega.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What do you mean there is only one World Cup match today? What am I supposed to do with those 4-6 extra hours?

Ecuador viveeeee!!!!!

En Arrowhead Stadium a una hora del juego entre Ecuador y Curazao!