iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Richard Jean So @richardjeanso.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Really worthwhile CFP f/ Computational Humanities Research on "Peripheries," inviting work that uses data-driven approaches to recovering marginalized, lost voices in the cultural record/archive & what's been lost through processes of mass corpus digitization: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Peripheries

Call for Papers: Peripheries

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Institute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⬡ Today, we become the Institute for Research Software. For 15 years, we've worked as the Software Sustainability Institute to make research software more sustainable and properly recognised.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Enjoyed talking about #sonification and #sonicmethods at #dhoxss and hearing thought from attendees.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Caught up with The Verge Version History podcast (youtu.be/vDq1y4wozqk?...) about Eliza with Mark Marino and @berrydm.bsky.social

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How a 1960s chatbot fooled everyone | The Vergecast

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Yesterday's #eclipse reminded me that the steamer needed a really good scrub. Got some reflections though

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James Hetherington @jamespjh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Who is writing about rescuing tech-for-good from technosolutionism? I’m looking for insights on how we use the wise insights from the anti-technosolutionist analysis while maintaining a space for better informed enthusiastic tech-for-good communities and keep the space for nerd voluntarism.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A fair hands full of rhubarb pulled at lunch time. Breakfast sorted for a few days.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Enjoyed making time to read #inventingeliza today. So much to go back and follow links from and to other things.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A small, grey paw extends from a box and the other is snoring under a chair #caturday

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Fabian Offert @zentralwerkstatt.org · 23/06/2026

Excited to share that we are now inviting proposals for our upcoming Critical AI Studies? conference at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social on Oct. 9&10, 2026. Please see the full CfP here: huml.ucsb.edu/conference. Submissions are due July 31, 2026. For questions DM me or @owenleonard.bsky.social.

Poster for the conference "Critical Artificial Intelligence Studies?" at the University of California, Santa Barbara, October 9&10, 2026. The subtitle says "An interdisciplinary conference on a field in formation."

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ISOC LIVE @isoc.live · 07/07/2026

HYBRID 7 JUL 09:00 UTC - CDI - Leviathan's Ear: Machine Listening and Platformisation isoc.live/21517 @cdi-warwick.bsky.social hosts a livestream + workshop on machine listening, voice interfaces & digital sovereignty. #MachineListening #VoiceData #Platformisation #DigitalSovereignty

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Centre for Digital Inquiry @cdi-warwick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined yesterday’s livestream with machinelistening.exposed. For anyone who missed it or wants to revisit the discussion, the recording is now archived here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H3...

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Command Line session at #dhrse26 reminded me of the elegance of it.

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Richard Jean So @richardjeanso.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm really excited about this forthcoming book from a terrific scholar, based (I believe) on her really New Yorker article from 2019 "The Software That Shapers Workers' Lives" which I enjoyed immensely, on a topic now more than ever relevant and compelling. Good title, too.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Am at the #dhrse26 summer school for this week.

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Chris Lintott @chrislintott.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Long shot, but if anyone in North #Oxford has lost a tortoise with a surprising turn of speed in the heat, do get in touch..

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Gave paper at King's Conference today. Useful directions suggested. Could have done without the train chaos this morning.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Intriguing article that raises so many valid points re coding but also use. Time to think about LLM on different ways? Gap finding? Being a second reader / summarise? I've found Claude useful in reviews with an eye open to researching the review outputs.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Prototype of a #gephi plugin to help analyse the initial data from Android apps completed and beginning to work. Still some bugs and more testing to be done. It solved the immediate issue of being able to generate data, but not analyse it.

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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Applications for this 2-year postdoc at @cmu.edu are starting to be reviewed now, so don't delay! Please spread the news to your local #DH networks. One of the people you'll be working with is me :) I am excited to meet this new colleague and collaborate on computational humanities in Pittsburgh!

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Many notes on crisis in University and disciplines to dig through from it.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today's workshop on crisis began with monopoly. In the first sense of the game.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Great workshop on AI last week with @cdi-warwick.bsky.social . Thoughts provoked by the sessions and @berrydm.bsky.social's keynote.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Feel as if I might be coming to the latest end of dealing with an estate.

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Louis Barclay @louisbarclay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sounds by Dean Salant from www.instagram.com/denz_thehuman, proudly published by directing.attention.to, made possible by the support of @mozilla.org foundation during my fellowship

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New version of ImagePlot from Lev Manovich. Examples from earlier version:https://lab.culturalanalytics.info/p/projects.html Code, documentation, examples at: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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ImagePlot 2.0 - Google Drive

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 10/04/2026

Do you want to help make RSECon26 happen? We are looking for friendly in-person and remote volunteers to join our team! Get a complimentary ticket, network with the community and gain valuable experience. Applications close 19 June 2026. Apply here: rsecon26.society-rse.org/calls/volunt... #RSECon26

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Society of RSE @society-rse.org · 08/04/2026

Nominations for the RSECon26 Awards are open! Nominate your colleagues for a Community Award (Rising Star, Training & Education or Impact) or the Green RSE Award. The deadline is 13 July 2026. Learn more and submit: rsecon26.society-rse.org/calls/award-... #RSECon26

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Recently got funding for a small project on machine listening. Now setting up the various bits.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Saw the Tempest at the Sam Wanamaker theatre yesterday. I've been promising myself a trip there for a few years. Definitely worth it and a fun performance.

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M. Beatrice Fazi @mbfazi.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

What if we stopped thinking about the digital as just our devices and started understanding it as a way of mediating reality through discrete units? That's the question driving this book I co-wrote with Alexander R. Galloway, Matthew Handelman, and Leif Weatherby. www.upress.umn.edu/978151792019...

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Ben Ewen-Campen @benforward3.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back. Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”

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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I think I'm about to experience Catch 22. Trying to access a supposedly open service, but am being warned that I may not be to use it as I don't pay in. However, I can't get funding without showing that I can use it.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Needed to get some essentials that I forgot yesterday. The Missing Bean bag did contain coffee. Currently, it contains a cat.

A tortoise shell cat looking intently at a white bag from Missing Bean. Her sister is in the bag

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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Two weeks left! The deadline for ACH 2026 proposals is February 23, 2025. We welcome submissions on all topics related to digital humanities, computing, and the humanities. Short papers, long papers, posters, panels, and workshops all encouraged! Submit here:

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Submit a proposal: ACH 2026 ConfTool

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James Cummings @jamescummings.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I really don't understand people who don't put alt text. Just go to that gear up there, accessibility, and ask bsky to remind you! And the great thing is the Alt text can be a whopping 2000 characters!! You can have whole conversations via the Alt text with what seems like a decorative image.

This is a photo of Whitley Bay Beach from a couple of days ago. The other day I went to my local beach in Whitley Bay (this is near where I live, which I usually don't admit online but you are special). The recent Storm Chandra took the sand from our lovely soft fluffy golden sand beach in Whitley Bay. Usually it is a mile or so of the best beach around. I hear it is good for swimming, but it is also the North Sea so I just paddle in it occasionally. Now, the sand will return. I know that seems hard to believe but this happens every couple of years (it seems to be increasing in frequency) and over the next few weeks the sand will slowly drift back at high tide and incrementally it will restore the beach. When the annual Sandcastle competition occurs it will be knee deep in sand and one could never believe there are so many rocks beneath the sand. Walking over the rocks can be difficult, so if you visit, be careful. Once you get over them there are some sand banks further out on the beach at low tide, so it is still possible to walk, run, or exercise a dog up and down the beach. It just doesn't look pretty for the first 30 yards or so. What's interesting is the variety of rocks geologically which makes me wish I knew more about geology to identify the different types. There are also some nice sea-tumbled bricks with the rounded corners that make them look like an early 2000s website. When the sand is in, there is nice sea-glass from old beer bottles and similar which are in tiny polished fragments. I took one of them once and drilled a hole through it and then engraved the first initial of my wife's name on it. I'm not sure if she likes it aesthetically, but she was touched by the effort, I think. Once you've enjoyed the beach or walked along to St Mary's Lighthouse, which is on a tidal island which is always fun you could have fish and chips at Spanish City, or go to Di Meo's for some of the best ice cream in the area. Really, it is delicious, even in this weather.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

@cdi-warwick.bsky.social has a couple of interesting streams and events over the next few days: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... & san-archipelago.super.site

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Centre for Digital Inquiry

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Come and join us for a fun early evening exploration of the AI in the Street project, feat. Yasmine Boudiaf, Mukul Patel, Noortje Marres, Alex Taylor, @halcyene.bsky.social @tmsqrll.bsky.social, Dominique Barron, Annie Radcliffe and me at Newspeak House luma.com/p4fmir78

Event flyer
AI in the street: lessons from everyday encounters with AI innovation
Join us for an early evening exploration
4pm - Creative diagramming workshop
5pm - project presentation
5:20pm Panel discussion feat Careful Industries, Ada Lovelace Inst, the LGA, and Foxglove Legal
6pm: Drinks and networking
4pm - 7pm, 27 January at Newspeak House

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Clearly I needed feline help with editing this manuscript

grey cat sitting on printed paper pawing a fountain pen

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Went for longest run on #shortestday on #WinterSolstice. Having Marmite on toast while watching cats chase each other.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

At King's College London for DMRN. Presenting work in progress on Eric Sunderland.

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Iain Emsley @iainemsley.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The Christmas tree has gone up. Fortunately, neither cat really looks up.

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