"'AI is adverse to the idea of learning. An educational institution should be focused more on teaching us than making us ready for a job. I’m not measuring my success on a billionaire’s mindset. I want education for the sake of education. I want to learn.’” ht: Dagmar Monett

As Colorado universities align with ChatGPT, student AI resisters take a stand against the ‘plagiarism machine’

“The majority of my participants flat out don’t think AI has a place in education,” said Mirakle Wright, a CU graduate student who is studying resistance to artificial intelligence.

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#histmed folks, assemble! NLM is looking for public comment on their grants.

American Historical Association@historians.org · 3d ago

The National Library of Medicine is seeking input on the future of its G13 grants, a key source of support for historical research in medicine and health. Make your voice heard by Aug. 18. Submit comments:

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How has it already been a week since #RSVP2026? If you're feeling some serious conference withdrawal (as we are), why not revisit the experience by taking our conference survey? The survey should take only 5-7 min. and will stay open until Aug. 12. Scan the QR code below to access the survey!

Punch's Pocket Book Archive has been selected for a substantial award from the @agencerecherche.bsky.social! This will allow us to create two jobs, and bring the project to completion in 2030. With thanks to @rs4vp.org, @l19cmanmet.bsky.social and all members of the project, past and present.

#RSVP2026 joy extended: as I walked toward the visitor center at Glendalough on Monday, who did I see? @chattyfootnote.bsky.social & her charming daughter. 🤩We had a lovely ramble through the ruins while @andreauponavon.bsky.social hiked up into the mountains.

We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Curran Index User Survey

Thanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and develo...

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In my sabbatical haze, I forgot to widely publicize the availability of the Katherine D. Harris Collection of literary annuals on @archive.org w/complete & searchable table of contents, authors, engravers, literary genre, pg ## 😎 IT's ready!! archive.org/details/kath... #rsvp2026 @rs4vp.org

Katherine D. Harris Collection

About this Collection The Katherine D. Harris Collection consists of approximately 90 nineteenth-century British literary annuals. The most popular titles, including Forget Me Not, The ...

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Heading to Korea #dh2026 to present on development of metadata & gen AI tools to (maybe) analyze this (small?) dataset Pls spread the word abt this #19c @archive.org - easy to use in your classes (FREE) + wonderful research resource archive.org/details/kath... @rs4vp.org #rsvp2026

Katherine D. Harris Collection

About this Collection The Katherine D. Harris Collection consists of approximately 90 nineteenth-century British literary annuals. The most popular titles, including Forget Me Not, The ...

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And that is a wrap on #RSVP2026 in Dublin! Sláinte! 🥂 Many many thanks to our host @tcddublin.bsky.social, organizers, keynote speakers, social media volunteers + attendees for an incredible conference! And ICYMI: get ready for #RSVP2027 in OTTAWA next year! 🇨🇦 Safe migrations home to all!

And that’s a wrap on #RSVP2026 @rs4vp.org 🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾🥂🍾 Photo: Pete Clarke

Please do take 30 seconds to complete this sustainability survey if you haven’t already! This helps release funding for our lovely conference #RSVP2026 @rs4vp.org

Is there a good academic piece clearly explaining that neurodivergence is not only autism and/or ADHD? Grateful for any recs

Day 2 at #RSVP2026! Following 3 panel sessions + a working lunch Curran Index workshop, today's highlight was Katherine Bode’s Wolff Lecture, a world-rocking analysis of how #19thC periodicals scholars are well-equipped to navigate the "new material conditions" brought on by LLMs. 📸 Pete Clarke

And if you don't have such a bookshelf, then might I suggest exploring #TheStrand via this digital one? It's still #PrintInMotion when you're turning the digital page. 😉 #RSVP2026

Erica Haugtvedt@ehaugtvedt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mercedes Sheldon takes up the late Brian Maidment's invitation to take up any mass produced image on your bookshelf and see where it takes you. #RSVP2026 #Printinmotion

I'm happy to convey any questions too if I get them while the panel is still going on.

Andrew Hobbs@drewhobbs.bsky.social · 2w ago

#RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion If you're not at the conference but have a question or comment about any of the papers I'm posting about, I'll do my best to communicate it in the session

Periodicals are a capacious and flexible print medium. That's what makes them so exciting to study, especially as historical media studies! #RSVP2026 #Printinmotion

Andrew Hobbs@drewhobbs.bsky.social · 2w ago

#RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion Periodicals must change to survive. Migration from form to form is fundamental. Also, contribs migrated to and from titles in response to changes made by periodicals. Agency of the periodical, and of the contribs.

Colby keynote #rsvp2026 🥰 Teja Varma Pusapati and Andrew Lewis in conversation!

Repeating this advice for #rsvp2026... I suspect it's true of most academics, though.

Christopher Pittard@christopherpittard.bsky.social · 4w ago

Had a great time at #vpfa this year (car issues aside), but it's occurred to me that someone mentioned that a PhD student was quite keen to talk to me, but was a bit reluctant to do so. I never found out who it was. But - if you want to talk to me at a conference, please come on up...

Well, what better timing than #RSVP2026 week? We can't wait to dig in!

Victorian Periodicals Review@vpreditors.bsky.social · 3w ago

VPR 58.4 is hot off the press! It's great reading-whether you're gearing up for #RSVP26 in Dublin this week or just following the conference on our socials. muse.jhu.edu/issue/57248 @rs4vp.org

#RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion If you're not at the conference but have a question or comment about any of the papers I'm posting about, I'll do my best to communicate it in the session

Go to Andrew's thread for great live-posting on the Colby lecture(s) by this year's two book prize winners 👇 #RSVP2026

Andrew Hobbs@drewhobbs.bsky.social · 2w ago

Next up: Discussion between Colby book prize winners Andrew Lewis and Teja Varma Pusapati, "Authority, politics and the 19C press: New directions", chaired by Caroline Sumpter #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion

Cathy Waters & Lorraine Jansen Kooistra in Dublin for #RSVP2026

Martin Hewitt reminds us that digitized resources can be riddled with errors, such as awful OCR, transcription errors, and "names are distressingly unreliable markers of identity." Finally "lack of presence is not proof of absence" #RSVP2026 #PrintinMotion

I cannot get this image from Kaari Newman's presentation on Old Maids out of my head. It was an excellent presentation, and I keep randomly thinking about this surly old maid cat and cracking up. @rs4vp.org #RSVP2026

Tonight’s celebratory drink? Red Head Writer’s Tears! My #RSVP2026 paper refused to cooperate attempt after attempt. The turning point? Picking up Brian Maidment’s Reading Popular Prints. It was an honor to be a part of his tribute panel & to be a teeny tiny part of his vast, wonderful legacy.

Trinity College Dublin, hosting this year's Research Society for Victorian Periodicals conference, the world's premier gathering of 19th-century magazine and newspaper geeks -- proud to be part of it #RSVP2026 #PrintInMotion

Great first day at #RSVP2026; enjoyed Beth Rodgers on LT Meade and @mercedessheldon.bsky.social on Grant Allen and Gordon Browne. I was on the Colby book prize committee last year so nice to finally meet the winners Andrew Lewis and Teja Varma Pusapati. Ended the day in the Palace Bar, of course.

"I HAVE TOES?!?"

Get To Know Nature@gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3w ago

TEENY TINY TERN TOES!! Apparently this bird was made for flying #birds 🌿 #TernTuesday

'Meta’s smartglasses have a tiny flashing warning light on the frame to indicate when the wearer is recording, but the technology is still new enough that many people don’t think to look for it. And in the age of AI, stolen images of children matter.'

Meta’s smartglasses mean any child can be covertly filmed. In the age of AI, how do we tackle that risk?

The company argues that it’s for individuals to ensure they don’t ‘actively exploit’ this technology. That won’t keep children safe, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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