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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler

@jkbuhler.bsky.social
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Design Historian and author of Open Plan: A Design History of the American Office (Bloomsbury, 2021).

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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler @jkbuhler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am delighted to announce the publication of my latest article out today: "From Broomclosets to Boardrooms: Herman Miller and Origins of Facility Management" in Enterprise and Society.
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“From Broomclosets to Boardrooms”: Herman Miller and the Origins of Facility Management | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
“From Broomclosets to Boardrooms”: Herman Miller and the Origins of Facility Management
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
wikipedia has been ANNIHILATED with AI bot traffic for a while now (because LLMs can't get enough of it) which puts a huge burden on its tech and server costs. and now it looks like bots are making unauthorized edits to pages and trying to hack community tools diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/05/o...
Wiki editing: We’ve identified edits to Wikimedia wikis that we believe are from AI agents operated by OpenAI. These edits were not published to pages with visibility to general readers; almost all of them were testing edits in “sandbox” areas of the wiki. It also included a few edits to the configuration for a citation tool, which we believe were potentially malicious edits that were intended to misuse this tool as a proxy for fetching data from remote services. While Wikipedia policies allow bots to edit when they are disclosed and approved by the community, none of those approvals were sought in these incidents.
Etherpad probing and use: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made some unsuccessful attempts to compromise our public Etherpad, a note-taking tool we host as a community service. Agents unsuccessfully tried to use it to fetch data from other websites as a proxy. Other agents also likely operated by OpenAI took notes about their tasks, though this did not appear to turn into coordination.
Excessive data downloading: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made millions of automated requests to our public APIs to access the knowledge on Wikimedia projects, crawled millions of pages (mainly from our projects Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons), and made hundreds of thousands of data queries to the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). This traffic may have contributed to a partial outage on WDQS in May. Wikimedia’s volunteers are the ones who come in first contact with, and clean up the mess left behind by AI agents. Rising bot traffic and agentic activity is showing a real impact on the Wikimedia projects and the infrastructure that makes it available for millions of users globally. In 2025, the Foundation reported that its bandwidth usage had increased by 50% due to the surge of bot activity on its websites since 2024. At the same time, 65% of the most resource-consuming traffic on its projects was coming from bots.
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Data by Design @dataxdesign.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are two weeks away from our Oct. 20 pub date with @mitpress.bsky.social! Come celebrate with us and @kanarinka.bsky.social at Charis Books and More in Atlanta for the first of our three book launch events! charisbooksandmore.com/event/2026-1...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stuart Hall lives!
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/10/2026
It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
A white woman with dark hair holds a book called Seeing Like a Supply Chain: The Hidden Life of Logistics, by Miriam Posner
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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Several Circles by Vasily Kandinsky, 1926 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Exciting news (well we think so)! We are looking for new people to regularly contribute to our archive! We accept applications from anyone based in the UK who has an interest in sending us their thoughts and opinions about life in the UK. #Skystorians massobs.org.uk/write-for-th...
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Write for the archive - Mass Observation Archive
Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#OutNow & #OpenAccess: Christa Kamleithner on the history of the ‹user›: «Architecture as Infrastructure», part of a special issue of ‹Kritische Berichte›, feat. essays by Reinhold Martin, Max Stadler @ultrabeige.bsky.social & others. Highly recommended! ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/kb/...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 04/09/2026
wrote about the backrooms for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Misremembered ’90s of “The Backrooms”
The Gen Z filmmaker presents the decade not as it was but as reproduced via nostalgic threads on Internet forums.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Relatedly: “As current and former Harvard College Writing Center tutors, we write to condemn the dissolution of the Writing Center as an independent entity and the laying off of its director.”
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In Defense of the Harvard College Writing Center | The Harvard Crimson
As current and former Harvard College Writing Center tutors, we write to condemn the dissolution of the Writing Center as an independent entity and the laying off of its director, Jane Rosenzweig.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We never write history just once. Any person or group who thinks they can get to a “best version” of history and then be done does not understand anything about history, historiography, archives, or data.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
Are you looking for part time remote work? Are you a law student, lawyer, paralegal, or otherwise proficient in legal research? Want to come work with me and help me put together my podcasts (B*tch, Listen and the not-yet-released Baby Boom! Lawyered)? Apply here! rewire.bamboohr.com/careers/28
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Legal Researcher & Fact-Checker, Podcasts
Job Title: Legal Researcher & Fact-Checker, Podcasts Department: Podcasts Reports to: Executive Producer, Legal Content Employment Type: Contract, Part-Time Minimum Experience: 3-5 years Compensat...
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 01/08/2026
University officials say finances have taken a hit from declines in research funding and foreign student enrollment. Faculty say leaders’ slow response and lack of transparency have deepened the crisis.
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Illinois Institute of Technology cuts 160 faculty and staff just before fall semester
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
At Texas Tech University ––>
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can’t keep the libraries open, but can keep the data farming and the cameras on 24/7
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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We are excited to announce the release of a special issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, titled “Imagining Environmental Futures.” Read the issue for free at springs-rcc.org. #envhum #envhist #publications #RCCSprings #specialissue #future
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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler @jkbuhler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In a moment of perfect irony—my big problem today concerns the dismantling of actual cubicle walls. I wrote a book on the open plan office and I have no idea how to take these apart 😭
A drab room with cubicle partitions
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Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
BTW the definition of robotics researcher is very broad. "Robotics adjacent" or "robotics aspiring" or "robotics curious" may also apply. "I'm a little botcurious"
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
it's a monday morning in mid july so of course we're writing syllabi! against-a-i.com is here for you! and if you're a humanities teacher who's developed materials you'd like to contribute as we glow up for fall, please send! against-a-i.com
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AGAINST AI -
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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In run up to July 4, I’ve seen several online pieces w/ critics discussing best films ABOUT America. All are flawed since they overlook Vincent Collins’ groovy 200 (1976) funded by United States Information Agency (USIA)’s Young Filmmaker Bicentennial Grant Film 🇺🇸 www.archives.gov/research/mot...
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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Vertical Accents by Vasily Kandinsky, 1942 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 15/06/2026
networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... hi, did you like my book Networks of New York when it came out in 2016? you might like the updated 2026 edition which I'll be releasing in September and you can pre-order now
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Networks of New York, 2026 Edition (PRE-ORDER)
SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2026! Networks of New York is a book by me, Ingrid Burrington. It helps readers identify indicators of physical internet and telecommunications infrastructure in New York City. Usin...
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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New acquisition for NUTL: mockup for Continental Airlines' 1959 Annual Report, with fantastic jet-age design
Cover of mockup for Continental Airlines Annual Report 1959 with abstracted images of jet engines, a plane in flight, and the airline's logoMockup of Continental Airlines route map with simplified images of posters for various cities in the US Mockup of Continental Airlines Annual Report 1959 with an abstracted image of a jet engine
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Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Stanley Tigerman’s Metal and Glass House (Glencoe, 1972-5) has me feeling all sorts of things
house with metal siding. on the left is an observatory; on the right are four garage doors with a muscle car in red in one. From Phillip A Turner, Stanley Tigerman, via https://ofhouses.com/post/159363244114/417-stanley-tigerman-metal-and-glass-house/ampA view of a house entrance plaza with flowering trees. The house is indeed of metal and glass. From Phillip A Turner, Stanley Tigerman, via https://ofhouses.com/post/159363244114/417-stanley-tigerman-metal-and-glass-house/amp
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Lithuanian born Constructivist artist Varvara Stepanova in 1924, who designed more than 150 bold often geometric fabric designs #womensart
A grid of twelve different fabric designs with bold and colourful geometric designs
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Typology of Slide Ends in Chinese Playgrounds. www.kylaliang.com/project/end-... All photos can be seen larger at the link.
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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler @jkbuhler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Yes! I saw her speak about 10 years ago and it was such an intimate conversation. Also I clearly remember that she took a smoking break halfway through her talk …I hadn’t seen anyone do that in years.
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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Research fellowships at Yale’s Beinecke Library! 📜📚 First: Short-term Research Fellowship (2027-2028) For anyone not a student. (Students: see next post.) Application deadline is August 15, 2026. beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs/fel...
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Short-term Research Fellowships
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026
In this newsletter I outline important actions to take. 1. Submit a comment opposing the rule change. 2. Contact state legislators to ensure states are engaged with the impact at the state and local level. 3. Contact members of Congress. 4. Spread awareness. This rundown is a great source:
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026
NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️
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It's the End of American Science As We Know It
We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.
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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 28/05/2026
NEW MCMANSION HELL mcmansionhell.com/post/8178960...
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Howdy, howdy, folks. For many years (ten now, about which, more soon) McMansion Hell has featured many prominent and diverse atrocities from all over these great United States and sometimes beyond...
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 27/05/2026
I have donated to Wikipedia. I will do so no longer, unless they actually fix this. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
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Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…
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Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Doing some research in advance of the Obama Center opening and it bugs the shit out of me that I'm not going to be able to link to my own previous work on the subject because New York Magazine nuked the Curbed archives
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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler @jkbuhler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
My latest vintage purchase—a 1970 panapet produced by Panasonic in commemoration of the 1970 Osaka world expo. It still works, and that marvelous soundtrack is from the late night music show on my local NPR station(WBAA).
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
'Sunshine' by Delita Martin, contemporary US artist #WomensArt
Print featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman with head tilted up and eyes closed against a gold background
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
When writing an article first get your draft fleshed out then move your conclusion to your introduction where it actually belongs. Now rewrite the second half of your paper to create a new conclusion. Move that conclusion to your introduction, too. Now you have two intros and no conclusions so next
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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler @jkbuhler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
This was just what I needed this morning. Come for the cameos stay for the excellent visual description of the Michigan flag.
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Jennifer Kaufmann-Buhler @jkbuhler.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Purdue’s president is leaving for a position at Northwestern. The faculty, staff and students demand a transparent process for the search! 👏👏👏 Statement from AAUP: aauppurdue.org/2026/05/exec...
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Executive Committee’s Statement on President Chiang’s Departure and the Need for a Transparent Search Process with Authentic Faculty Involvement – AAUP Purdue
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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
my alma mater, the R1 public University of Utah, is now subject to a state law mandating 4/4 loads www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...
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Voices: I loved teaching in Utah — until this policy made it impossible to stay
“Notwithstanding the continued efforts on the part of students and faculty to oppose these changes, under the current leadership, things are only going to get worse,” writes Maximilian Werner in an op...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This looks unmissable. Do check it out: online from 7:00 - 8:30 pm tonight. Kathryn recently gave a talk at the Isokon Gallery and is an excellent and engaging speaker.
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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social · 06/05/2026
Any opportunity to promote MPOW's Bicentennial Schlock collection: archives.yale.edu/repositories...
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 05/05/2026
placing.technology/belatedly-ye... very late dissertation update on my dissertation blog, also announcing I'm probably going to use that blog for other research now because the domain name renewal was expensive
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Some colour palettes for your Tuesday. 15 fantastic interiors from a 1960 furniture catalogue that we found the other week. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/m...
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