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Maria Damkjær

@mdamkjaer.bsky.social

Dr.Dr. (no, really!) Victorianist and knitter; Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines (OUP) out now

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will pooley@willpooley.bsky.social · 2d ago

“a detail is itself a kind of argument” cracking piece from @joemoransblog.bsky.social on detail in history writing 🗃️

...... a detail is itself a kind of argument and thus, since beauty and elegance in writing derive from economy, a way of making a point without belabouring it. Through the selection and arrangement of detail, you can redirect the reader's attention, which is naturally drawn to the eye-catching or the obviously consequential. You can make something that seemed peripheral seem suddenly important.
Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 6d ago

"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

Opening page of the Transactions article 'On Detail in Historical Writing' by Joe Moran. Full abstract: "This Comment considers the role of detail in historical writing, inflected through my own experience of writing ‘trade’ books for a general rather than specialist readership. I argue for the value of the detail that is slightly recalcitrant, that is more than just flesh on the bones of an argument or evidence marshalled to make a point. Detail is itself a kind of argument and thus, since beauty and elegance in writing derive from economy, a way of making a point without belabouring it. The gratuitous fact can be seductive, suggesting that the world has a randomness and overabundance that can't easily be rounded up into a dataset. Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience. They correct our tendency to fixate on one story, to focus on the eventful at the expense of the marginal, and to invent a false unity of experience that erases social differences. With their obdurate specificity, they can shatter our presumptions about the past. I explore these ideas with reference to modern literature (Flaubert, Chekhov), the Mass-Observation archive and examples from my own work in contemporary cultural history and family history."
Suw@suw.bsky.social · 3d ago

Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...

Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media

For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4d ago

jesus christ, this would be groundbreaking. I got my official retroactive diagnosis when I had surgery and after I woke up the doctor was like "yep we fixed the cystic ovaries but also we took out your appendix because endo adhesions had just sorta eaten it" and that is not ideal!

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo

Kate Ozment@grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 6d ago

Every time I read an article where someone uses W.W. Greg's full government name instead of the above abbreviation, I can't help but feel Sir Greg straightens a bit in his grave. Also I 'ship Greg and McKerrow ✌️ (thank you for being here for this incredibly niche bibliographical commentary)

Nathan K. Hensley@nathankhensley.bsky.social · 6d ago

I guess I am comfortable saying that in cases where people you formerly respected, or presumed you did, are now actively choosing to sunset their own minds & surrender them to machines invented by incels and billionaires, then yes there should be a stigma for that. This is what society is for

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago

“There is also a moral and political judgment that is coming along with AI usage…Especially in creative industries where the stigma is the strongest.”

Matthew Kirschenbaum@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 7d ago

Terry Belanger would begin his Rare Book School classes by physically destroying/dismantling a (well-chosen) old book. This is NOT the same as what Anthropic is doing! But there is a popular culture of preciousness around books that is belied by the material realities of their circumstances. +

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 7d ago

AI companies scanning and shredding old and rare books is bad, but you should be aware that shredding new, old, and used books is an established practice of selling and marketing books. In fact, hundreds of millions of books are shredded every year discretly, and legally, in Europe alone. #booksky

Mikko Toivanen@mtoiv.bsky.social · 7d ago

It has been brought to my attention that the forest fires around Bordeaux are burning up the pine plantations set up on drained wetlands there in the 19thC, a project widely admired and imitated around the world. In case someone wants to fund my global history of pine project.

Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last wk.

"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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Emily Wing Rohrbach@emilyrohrbach.bsky.social · last wk.

Book news: Codex Poetics is now available to order: hardback, paperback, and e-book. With the pre-order discount (code CPPRR2026 at the checkout, expires 30 September), read it in the reasonably affordable paperback to find out (intellectually *and* experientially) why the bound book format matters!

Emily Wing Rohrbach@emilyrohrbach.bsky.social · last wk.

More book news: there will be a launch for Codex Poetics in Durham (UK), where, thrillingly, Andy Stauffer, Jon Mee, and Brecht de Groote will say things about the book. Codex cocktails will follow. December, but I'm already excited. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book Launch in Durham: Emily Wing Rohrbach's Codex Poetics

Join us in Durham for 'Codex Poetics: A Book Launch'. An international panel of scholars. Codex cocktail hour to follow.

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