I'm writing a data science murder-mystery called "The Correlation Plot."

Johns Hopkins doctor recommends eating more Yiddish literature.

How do I get my computer to notify me when there are NO new messages?

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/s... "Buchmendel" #1 was by Stefan Zweig. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchmen...

Too Many Books?

Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.

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My favorite part of learning how to code is the curly braces. Can't believe I survived until now with regular old suspenders.

Scholars of Jewish literature, thought, and culture: Please share and consider submitting to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

Extended deadline! Please share with scholars writing about Jewish literature, thought, and culture. This inaugural issue will be edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

MLN Journal@mlnjournal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Scholars of Jewish literature, thought, and culture: Please share and consider submitting to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

Deadline extended to April 1! Spring break is a perfect time to finish that essay...

MLN Journal@mlnjournal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language. @hopkinspress.bsky.social

JSTOR calls it unusual traffic. I call it research.

Congratulations! Fabulous news.

The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of Dr Barbara Warnock and Dr Christine Schmidt as Co-Directors of the Wiener Holocaust Library! Bringing a combined 23 years' experience to their new role, they take the helm at a crucial time.. Full announcement🔗

Scholars of Jewish languages and literatures: You still have time to submit to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

Happy sesquicentennial! Can’t wait to see what the next 150 years bring.

Johns Hopkins University@jhu.edu · 5mo ago

Happy Birthday, Hopkins! 150 years ago today, Johns Hopkins opened with a bold vision for learning and discovery. Come along as we look back at moments that shaped that legacy and continue to carry it forward. Explore more from 150 years of Johns Hopkins: 150.jhu.edu 1/3

Here's my new blog post about Jewish dance cards and a recent UCL bicentennial event where we learned Edwardian ballroom dances from a Jewish dance card in @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social to the same tunes that were performed in 1909. #UCL200 In partnership with @uclhjs.bsky.social and the UCL IJS.

UCL Special Collections@uclspeccoll.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Recently we hosted an event celebrating the rich world of Jewish dancing cards round 1900. If you'd like to read more about Jewish dancing cards in our collection, Dr Sonia Gollance has written about their history blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

I’m teaching in 15 minutes. Frantically working on an updated lesson plan.

Can’t let snow get in the way of skiing.

Heavy snow upends Olympic freestyle skiing and snowboard events

Freeski aerials and women's snowboard slopestyle events at Milan Cortin 2026 were delayed due to weather conditions.

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When’s the slow-skating competition coming on?

Anyone can win a silver medal. You just have to come in second.

The Winter Olympics starts tomorrow but it started yesterday. It is streaming live now. The technical term for this is mise en abyme ex eventu.

One of several articles in our new issue that feel especially timely. Through an analysis of literary texts, Barnwell looks at how information is recorded, represented, and trusted (or not).

MLN Journal@mlnjournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Among other treasures in our new comparative literature issue: an article by Jeppe Barnwell that examines a genre he calls "fictional documentarism"-- texts that imitate or creatively engage with documentary forms while still openly presenting themselves as invented.. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Apparently the answer to more artificial intelligence is less natural intelligence.

Looking forward to tomorrow's 'Come Fill Your Dance Fill Your Dance Card'. Hosted by @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social, @uclhjs.bsky.social and the IJS. We're all booked up, but you can sign up for the waitlist (or let us know if you'd like a similar future event). www.tickettailor.com/events/uclin....

Campus map now with interactive live weather updates!

Yiddish was spoken by 5 million of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Yiddish is an absolutely crucial language for Holocaust research. This Holocaust Memorial Day, you can support Yiddish at universities facing cuts to the Humanities, including UCL. 🧵 1/4

After 140 years, MLN will have a regular issue devoted to Yiddish, Hebrew, and other Jewish languages. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited! Please help us get the word out and please send me your work.

MLN Journal@mlnjournal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language. @hopkinspress.bsky.social

I like how AI is totally ambivalent about being right. Here we go from the right answer directly to spectacularly wrong answers.

Do you teach/research gender/sexuality w/ German sources? Have you had access issues or needed to translate sources yourself bc English versions don’t exist? Fill in this survey (by 2/15) to identify core texts for an anthology of translations in scientific & literary sexology between 1890 & 1930.

Merry Christmas! Roland Clark's incisive interview of my new book juts dropped. Perfect listening fodder for your digestive run, neat 32 min: newbooksnetwork.com/people-witho...

Generative OY.

Happy holidays.

“Hey Siri, play Yiddish Chaukah carols.” And then—a great miracle happened: music.apple.com/us/album/yid...

Yiddish Chanukah Carols by Yossi Desser on Apple Music

Album · 2021 · 12 Songs

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