iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Like they're all hotbeds of theoretical chatter. Guys! It's all meetings! And emails! All the time! Everyone's too busy desperately baling out the water as every single institution threatens to go down with all hands. All the talk is narrow mutiny, not wide revolution. (3/?)

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Here is this thing that people seem to be doing!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My little Reading Journal Rubric in case anyone finds it useful. (Can you tell I just got a Canva account and am very enthused by making docs pretty? 🤩 😅)

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Just saw an intriguing new article about digital enclosure, planned obsolescence, and extractive big tech… in a Springer journal. Please, academics, stop publishing in journals controlled by commercial publishers that embody the worst of Silicon Valley! Think abt the means of knowledge production!

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Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Exciting news! @bavs-uk.bsky.social are hiring an ECR/Postgrad Rep to work alongside me to develop early career professional development and networking opportunities. 10th Sept deadline, details below ⬇️ DM me with any queries 🎉

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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Still plugging the short survey on the future of the Curran Index. Interestingly, have had almost as many retweets of my original post as there have been actual completions of the survey. Closes on the 10th, so if your work touches at all on nineteenth century periodicals please have your say!

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 01/08/2026

Applications are now open for Round 3 of our Microgrants! We’re funding innovative research in #19thC periodicals by providing seed grants for archival travel, digital access to subscriptions or repositories, or digital tools to support your research. Apply by 1 September here: buff.ly/7r9cM50

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Troy J. Bassett @3volumenovel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

All fiction titles from the English Catalogue, Volume 4 have now been added! That means 1862–1889 are complete. Next up: the 1890s... • 27,471 title entries • 6,770 author entries (most with bios) Big thank you to my students from last semester who assisted me to this milestone.

A graph of the number of titles published per year, 1837 to 1901, showing an increasingly steep increase up to the 1890s

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The 2026 @bavs-uk.bsky.social-Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a second monograph goes to @sorourke25.bsky.social! 👏 The monograph started as a book about time so—don't worry—you can change topics midway through a project! Also, if the book you wanna cite doesn't exist, maybe 🫵 should ✍️ it! #BAVS2026

bavs.ac.uk

Book Prize – BAVS

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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

DVPP is already the most amazing resource for anyone interested in Victorian authorship, but the Beta version in development will clearly take things to a whole new level. Can't wait to see it live! Thanks to Alison Chapman for a fantastic opening keynote to #BAVS2026.

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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Or follow this link: bit.ly/4wCyuvE

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 31/07/2026

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!

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 24/07/2026

I think about this a lot -- it sounds arrogant as hell to imagine someone might be nervous to talk to you! AND YET. It's not-unlike the relapsing-remitting impact of niche fame, EXCEPT it's a little easier to name (& dispel?) because you can blame something outside you (seniority, usually)

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Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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

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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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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I cannot stop laughing at this

The Odyssey and other top sellers in the Amazon Men's Adventure Fiction category. The other top sellers all feature fake ladies with huge tits.

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

24-26 June! Mark your calendars!

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Leslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Good news. @rs4vp.org in Canada next year. Ottawa!

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026

And #RSVP2027 will be hosted next year at…the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre of Carleton University in downtown Ottawa! 🇨🇦

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/07/2026

"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."

buff.ly

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actua...

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David Kenny @dkennytcd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

One of the most fun things that has happened to me: @edcaesar.bsky.social, one of my favourite writers, wrote for the @newyorker.com about my long-running quest to find a hidden meaning in Jonathan Swift’s epitaph. Thanks to Ed’s narrative skills, it’s a great read! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

newyorker.com

Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?

A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It’s alive!

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Jim Mussell @jimmussell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

JOBS! We’re currently looking for two people to join us in the School of English @universityofleeds.bsky.social: Lecturer in Creative Writing jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1086; Lecturer in English Language (with interests in DH) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1087 Both are FT ongoing appointments

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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

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...

docs.google.com

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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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Who can forget this scene from The Hound of the Baskervilles? I can, and did. With thanks to the amazing @arkhamlibrarian.bsky.social for another pulp take on a Victorian classic!

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 28/07/2026

We only rate dogs. This is a very fast tater tot. Please stay out of the way as he clearly has places to be, and only send dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: choppertp)

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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Indeed you all are. And, gentle Bluesky readers, check out the news projected behind this team: a British Newspaper Archive discount for RSVP members that saves serious money on that subscription. Negotiated by the inexhaustible Mary. Even more reason for all C19 scholars to join @rs4vp.org!

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Hello to everyone attending #IGA2026 👋 Don't forget to visit the MUP stand to explore our latest #Gothic and #Horror books, discover our new series, and chat with Senior Commissioning Editor @mlhouston.bsky.social about your book proposal ideas 📚 See you there! @igagoths.bsky.social #GothicStudies

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

With the wonderful Mary and Priti ahead of the RSVP AGM. What a team! #RSVP2026

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Most Victorians read poetry in periodicals instead of in book form. Alison Chapman is leading the following database 👇 3 projects over 29 periodicals: - index - encoded editions - personography #BAVS2026

dvpp.uvic.ca

Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Already into #BAVS2026 at Liverpool. Great to see so many people at the lunchtime session to hear about plans for closer collaborations between BAVS and JVC from Julia Kuehn, and on COVE Studio and Editions and planned collaborations with BAVS from @felluga.bsky.social.

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oh, I hadn't seen this pic of the whole @rs4vp.org gang! Thanks Pete for being our official #RSVP2026 photographer!

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/07/2026

"What’s wrong with spreading a little positivity, even if it’s unfounded? After all, we praise babies without knowing how they’ll turn out—we still say they’re “so cute” without waiting to see if they’ll become serial killers."

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I Have Never Made This Recipe, but I Give It Five Stars

“I don’t give five stars to every recipe. Just the ones that have Pinterest-worthy (and possibly AI-generated) photos.”

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Kicking off a panel they've organized is @3volumenovel.bsky.social—the man who needs no introduction He shows that narratives—far from being intrinsically designed for different sets of readers—could travelled from the penny weekly *Family Herald*➡️3-volume novels for circulating libraries #RSVP2026

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Family Herald - Wikipedia

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Erica Haugtvedt @ehaugtvedt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#rsvp2026 has wrapped up and I'm heading home across the pond. Thank you for a collegial and collaborative conference. It was an honor to present at Trinity College Dublin! #printinmotion

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Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Now I am back on home turf, a huge thanks to @rs4vp.org for accepting my abstract for #RSVP2026 in Dublin for my first in-person rsvp. Everyone was extremely generous & kind, great panels, and I also got to catch up with familiar faces from other networks. Well done to all the organisers!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some views of Trinity College/ Dublin, taken at #RSVP2026. Such a fantastic event!

Trinity College Dublin, with blue sky and clouds behind.

A spherical metal sculpture outside a building on the Trinity College campus, Dublin.

The Oscar Wilde sculpture at Merrion Square Dublin.

Street furniture spray painted with the face of James Joyce, Dublin.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some lovely pics from the #RSVP2026 @rs4vp.org Closing Reception 😍😍 📷 By Pete

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 25/07/2026

What a great looking bunch of periodical scholars! Thank you for a memorable conference!! ♥️ Exec+ 📸 Pete Clarke (the best!)

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Jessica O’Toole @jessicaotoole.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What a wonderful experience presenting at my first #RSVP2026 I was inspired by all of the exciting scholarship on the periodical press and had the opportunity to meet scholars I have admired from afar. Can’t wait till next year!

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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Friends old and new, fascinating papers, amazing keynotes, wonderful hosts, an amazing city, and a truly memorable conference. Thank you to everyone who shared their work and made the experience so enriching. It could only have been #RSVP2026 !

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Panel 1
Caption: With the windows open in the summer heat, a breeze blows through the punctuation factory, scattering newly-minted marks across the countryside.

Image: a small factory with windows open and punctuation marks coming out

Panel 2
Caption: Confused locals find their conversations peppered with unexpected pauses and unwanted emphasis.

Image: Two people talking as punctuation marks float around them One says

This, is “very odd”

The other replies

…(Indeed)*

Panel 3
Caption: Naturalists note that the effect is not limited to human communication.

Image: A duck on a pond surrounded by punctuation marks says
Qu’ack?

Panel 4
Caption: Fortunately, a cloud of exclamation points drift into a district council meeting which proceeds with unusual efficiency

Image: Councillors talk in a cloud of exclamation points
Something must be done!! !
Close the windows! !!
Install air conditioning! !!
Immediately!!! !

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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I don’t have a NYT account so can’t answer every academic’s first question about this: how much cash did they raise?! Also tho, this is real end of empire stuff.

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

On my way to #BAVS2026 in Liverpool from #RSVP2026 in Dublin! The ferry seems a lot less environmentally friendly once the smoke turns black...

Black smoke coming out of the ferry chimneys

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