iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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If you work at Cal State + are an AI refuser/angry re the renewal of the OpenAI contract, take the CSU AI Survey! I suspect last yr's data skewed towards enthusiasts/early adopters (certainly on my campus). It's important that the data reflect the full range of attitudes aisurvey.sdsu.edu/live/

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Last week, the world lost an extraordinary scholar and person. Alexander Reyes, a PhD student at UCI and my advisee, died after a severe illness. Please considering contributing to this fundraiser for his family, who have incurred tremendous expenses this summer, in his memory if you can.

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Donate to Supporting A Final Farewell to Alexander, organized by Elizabeth Sandoval

Our family is reaching out to ask for support for our beloved cousin, Alex… Elizabeth Sandoval needs your support for Supporting A Final Farewell to Alexander

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Slightly nervous for any university administrator to read it, but thanks to the work of scholars such as @cjdenial.bsky.social & @benpatrickwill.bsky.social our first-year humanities program has a pedagogical statement on gen AI, with reading list! core.humanities.uci.edu/index.php/ge...

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Our Pedagogical Approaches to Generative AI in Humanities Core

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Looking forward to the webinar tomorrow!

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Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Our conferences is THIS WEEK! *Get yourself registered* so that you get access to the conference page and Zoom links. Registration is free! www.civicsoftechnology.org/2026conference

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2026 Conference — Civics of Technology

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hey #DigitalHumanities peeps. This is the last week to sign up for an #ACH2026 pre-conf virtual workshop! 1) DH Pedagogy Studio: Creative + Critical Assignment Design 2) Get Started Preserving your Web Content & Data 3) Envisioning DH at your Teaching-Focused Instn ach2026.ach.org/en/workshops/

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Pre-Conference Workshops

Low-cost virtual pre-conference workshops for ACH 2026, June 22-23, 2026. Topics include DH pedagogy, web archiving, and DH at teaching-focused institutions.

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We're making it happen! A hybrid, post- #ACH2026 SoCal gathering for those interested in DH understood broadly (incl. critical AI, critical data studies, DH pedagogy). Join us June 29 to commiserate, vent, celebrate, promote what's happening on your campus! ach2026.ach.org/en/hubs/

ACH 2026 map of Southern California with Irvine marked by a yellow dot

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Trying to convince colleagues to go to what's sure to be an excellent book talk by @hellobrittparis.bsky.social at my campus today (during a time I teach) and tell me all about it!

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

If your campus subscribes to Canvas at "Canvas Next" tier, check out the option (disabled by default unless campus IT are rash) being rolled out in tomorrow's release: IgniteAI "study tools" let students "summarize" pages & generate flashcards on content! community.instructure.com/en/discussio...

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Canvas Release Notes (2026-05-16) - Instructure Community

Upcoming Canvas Changes 2026-06-17 * Deprecation: Removal of Unauthenticated File Access 2026-06-20 * Breaking Change/Enforcement: User-Agent Header Enforcement 2026-06-30 * Deprecation: Removal of Le...

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Registration is open for ACH 2026, taking place virtually June 24–26! This year's theme centers transnationalism and solidarity in the Americas, with bilingual participation in English and Spanish. Register now: ach2026.ach.org

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24–26 June 2026, Virtual Conference

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching I’m in drafted this Statement on #AI and #Assessment, endorsed by the #MLA Executive Council. I hope our community finds it useful to hold the line against EdTech opportunism and the erosion of core pedagogical values. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

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Statement on AI and Assessment

The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in February 2026.The purpose of assessmen...

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Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) @aadh.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We're excited to share details of our first event of the year! 'Digital Humanities on the Edge: Infrastructure, Surveillance, Platforms, Artificial Intelligence.' Friday 27th March 11am AEDT (via Zoom - link to follow) Details & registration: events.humanitix.com/digital-huma...

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Digital Humanities on the Edge

Our four speakers examine topics core to the future directions of DH: Infrastructure, Surveillance, Platforms, and Artificial Intelligence.

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Too realistic! 'Detecting “authentic” student thinking is technically possible, but prohibitively expensive. Think about it: We would need to pay real human faculty to interact with real human students. We do not have the budget for that.'

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Anyone know of plans for/interest in an ACH 2026 hub in SoCal? @plach.bsky.social ? Might people like to come out to Irvine?

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Martha Lincoln @heavyredaction.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract. Link below and anyone can sign:

Action Network petition: Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.

In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a larger “AI-Empowered University” initiative. This is the largest contract ever established between a university system and an artificial intelligence company.

Despite the name, ChatGPT Edu is not educational technology. It is a general-purpose chatbot that is not designed, trained, or optimized for education. Beyond its privacy and security features, ChatGPT Edu is identical to the free online version of ChatGPT. ChatGPT Edu does not use reliable peer-reviewed sources to answer students' questions and is indifferent to whether its answers are correct. Experts argue that ChatGPT Edu is harmful to academic working conditions, diminishes the quality of teaching and learning, introduces new forms of discrimination, and is dangerous to students' mental health.

Recent polling shows that CSU students share these concerns, with the majority of students expressing that they are worried about the negative impacts of generative AI on human creativity and the environment.

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The CFP for ACH2026 is now live: ach2026.ach.org/en/cfp/ The theme this year is Emergence/ia and the conference will be virtual and bilingual. Submit proposals by 11:59pm on 2/2/2026 and save the date for June 24-26, 2026!

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ACH 2026 CFP

Submit a proposal: ACH 2026 ConfTool

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AAUP @aaup.org · 05/12/2025

AI is not inevitable: A conversation with educators, unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience! Join your colleagues from across pre-K-12 and higher ed for a webinar on exercising worker power in the age of AI. December 11, 4-5 p.m. ET on Zoom Link to register below👇

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: AI is Not Inevitable. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

A conversation with educators, education unions and Collaborative Research Center for Resilience

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Solidarity with teachers @utlanow.bsky.social "i-Ready software generates new and unique questions for students based on [...] an algorithm, but parents and teachers are unable to see what children are asked, in part because the company that makes the program considers them proprietary information."

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LA Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids

A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are leading to behavior problems.

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

A helpful document to share with colleagues who persist in the "policing" mode!

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Weizenbaum-Institut @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

📣 Call for Papers: Weizenbaum Conference 2026 🤖 “Generative AI and Society: What is at stake?” 📅 Berlin, June 10–11, 2026 📌 Submit papers by Jan 31, 2026 🔗 More: t1p.de/wa2nc

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Weizenbaum Conference 2026: Call for Papers

The Weizenbaum Institute will host its 8th annual Conference on the topic “Generative AI and Society: What is at stake?“ We invite interested scholars to submit papers for presentations. The conferenc...

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

And we're back! Join us December 4–5, 2025 at Northeastern University in Boston for our 12th annual The Caribbean Digital Conference. Our schedule is packed with wonders and amazing colleagues. Check it out! As always, attendance is free, whether zoom or live. Hope to see you there!

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#TCDXII

Our twelfth conference dedicated to Caribbean digital studies. Jamaica, 2025.

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

May she rest in peace and her words and work live on. www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Looking forward to reading Nan Z. Da's piece and sad at today's announcement that my University of California campus library is ceasing its subscription to NLR at year's end. www.lib.uci.edu/resources-ca...

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Trevor Griffey @trevorgriffey.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

For all those @aft.org members who disagree with your national union's decision to accept tens of millions of dollars from @microsoft.com, OpenAI, and @anthropic.com, you're not alone. @cftunion.bsky.social opposes these partnerships and your union can join us. www.cft.org/resolution/e...

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Education Technology Companies and AFT/CFT

Education Technology Companies and AFT/CFT Submitted by the Labor and Climate Justice Education Committee and the Higher ...

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Strong statement from the MLA www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

AI in the workplace isn’t just automation. Workers report discrimination, intensified workloads, and even automated firing. New state policies aim to center workers, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt from the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

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Evaluating Trends and Challenges in State Regulation of Workplace Technologies | TechPolicy.Press

The 2025 US state legislative session has been something of a watershed moment for tech and work policy, write Mishal Khan and Annette Bernhardt.

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Cindy Anh Nguyen @cindyanguyen.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

DH as critical praxis and worldbuilding with @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @roopikarisam.bsky.social. An intellectual-pedagogical-feminist dream symposia come true through, hosted through my Critical Data Lab at UCLA Data X. datax.ucla.edu/news-events/...

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Education Now Lab @edunowlab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Don't miss our next outstanding speaker, Dr. Roderic Crooks, on October 15, 2025, @ 7:00 pm CT. He will speak on his book "Access is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality." Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...

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DH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

📢 Call for Proposals: DH2026 📍 Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷 📅 July 27-31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement" Submissions: Oct 8 - Dec 8, 2025 Hybrid conference w/ AI translation support More info: dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ #DH2026 #ADHO #KADH

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CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 20/08/2025

AAUP members are invited to join the Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of member-based research, recommendations & resources for building faculty power over ed-tech decisions at their institutions, including AI! August 27, 4-5pm on Zoom Register here👇

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Artificial Intelligence Report and Discussion

Join members of the AAUP’s ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Academic Professions for a discussion of ed-tech, including artificial intelligence (AI), as it continues to become more…

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Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Anyone located near the Huntington Library in Southern California interested in a pd research project? 150 hrs for $5500 USD stipend to double check a periodical to include in the Curran Index. Due: 8/20 Pls fwd! #job #periodicals #victorian #bookhistory

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AAUP @aaup.org · 22/07/2025

Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates. www.aaup.org/news/new-rep... 🧵1/9

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New Report Calls for Faculty Control in AI Decisions

Today, the AAUP released a new report, Artificial Intelligence and the Academic Professions, sharing survey findings and calling for the establishment of policies in colleges and universities that pri...

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Info at this link. What is our union leadership doing?! m.youtube.com/watch?v=s1WW...

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Launch of the National Academy for AI Instruction

YouTube video by AFT

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AAUP @aaup.org · 17/06/2025

Registration is still open for the AAUP 2025 Summer Institute in Atlanta! Join us July 17-20 to learn skills & share vision & ideas to help build a strong movement in defense of higher education. Attendance is FREE for all AAUP & @aft.org members! More info here: www.aaup.org/event/2025-a...

Organize. Fight. Win. Building our power in higher ed.

AAUP Summer Institute 2025

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 11/06/2025

Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"

About 3 dozen LAPD officers in full riot gear, standing around looking confused, bored, aimless. A waste of taxpayer money, a threatening show of force without morality or purpose. Behind them, the north wall of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, covered with Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)" mural: against a field of stark red, white letters that read, in part, WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Saturday in LA I got to experience Nadya Tolokonnikova in POLICE STATE (open again June 12-14), then stepped outside to the sound of helicopters circling low overhead www.moca.org/program/nady...

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Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot) POLICE STATE

Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

OpenAI's clearly stated strategic aim to become "core infrastructure" of universities is a good example of what I've been calling a "re-infrastructuring of higher education" by value-seeking big tech, edtech and academic publishers - this from last year iyi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

What’s the hype around AI? Join us, @californialabor.bsky.social & members of @wearecta.bsky.social on May 28 for our 2nd webinar on Demystifying AI & Empowering Workers. We'll explore the rapidly changing public policy landscape around technology & labor. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/event/demyst...

Graphic with information about the event: Demystifying AI and Empowering Workers: a three-part webinar series on bargaining and advocacy on digital technologies. Part 2: Public Policy and Digital Technologies; Wednesday, May 28, 2025,10am –11am PT. In this webinar, we will be joined by the California Federation of Labor Unions and members of the California Teachers Association to analyze the rapidly changing public policy landscape around technology and labor. It provides a framework for understanding key policy concepts and highlights important legislation and bills in California and across the country.

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Inspiringly pragmatic/locally hopeful comments by Jennifer Rhee and @ritaraley.bsky.social at today's AI resistance symposium from W&M Equality Lab reminded me that I will need to get this book!

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Looking forward to being a part of this excellent online program next week, organized by Liz Losh. @ritaraley.bsky.social land I will be in dialogue about our work on the post-AI (and -Trump) university. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Reframing Resistance to AI Online Symposium

Reframing Resistance to AI April 23, 2025 | 9:30 - 5:30 EDT | An Online Symposium Zoom Registration: https://go.wm.edu/lCxjcs While some may be surprised by the recent attacks on the sciences and h...

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UC-AFT Local 1474 @ucaft.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

@ucaft.bsky.social is hosting our 2025 election April 28-May 4. Members will be voting on the statewide executive board, chapter leadership and delegates, and Unit 18 (lecturers) table team and bargaining pillars. View this🧵for details and read the FAQs on the website ucaft.org/member_resou...

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:

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ACH Op-Ed Workshop – ACH Membership

Help spread the word

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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Next weekend!!! The Eaton Speculative Fiction Conference at UC Riverside Register to receive the Zoom link for our livestream events.ucr.edu/event/eaton-...

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Eaton Conference on Speculative Fiction

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Amalia H @amaliah.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"Sacrificing the quality of UC education while administrative bloat is left unaddressed would be a failure of leadership."

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AFT @aft.org · 19/03/2025

We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)! What does IDEA mean for students? ✅ Individualized learning plans ✅ Early intervention ✅ Inclusive classrooms ✅ Protections & advocacy ✅ Pathways to independence #IDEA50 #ProtectOurKids

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