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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 13h

Join RBS Collections Assistant Andy Lin for a short journey through building a protective box for one of the rare books in our collection. Andy is a senior in the UVA School of Architecture, pursuing a joint B.S. in Architecture and B.A. in Studio Art, with a minor in Architectural History.

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Robert Paulett @robertpaulett.bsky.social · 11h

Imagine what we could create in a world where rage donations went to historical societies, libraries, and institutes instead of long-shot Senate bids.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 11h

"The Southern Documentary Prjct is looking for an Asst Prof of Practice in Documentary Expression. This position will help steward accountable documentary storytelling in its many forms + mediums through production, collaboration, and education." A good TNS friend is the new Faulkner Chair there :)

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Department: About The Center for the Study of Southern Culture Founded in 1977, the CSSC defines its mission as investigating, documenting,

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026

Checking in on how things are going over at the Chronicle Against Higher Education:

Screenshot of Chronicle of Higher Education website showing featured articles: "Anthropology Has a Truth Problem"; "The Social Sciences Have a Politics Problem"; "Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?"; "Colleges Should Take Linda McMahon's Call to Action Seriously."

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Jacquelyn Ardam @jaxwendy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My center is hiring an Assistant Director! We are looking for a humanities or social sciences PhD w/ admin experience to run undergrad research programs at UCLA. We are moving fast, so apply early! $87k salary, Dec start date, hybrid work sched, pretty okay boss (me) recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11365

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Undergraduate Research Center (HASS) - Assistant Director

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very good advice. I'd add that you should use the job ad to structure your letter & cv. Lots of workplaces (like mine) use the listed qualifications section of the requisition to make a rubric for evaluating applications.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When I taught at an all-boys prep school, we'd do an activity where I had them list every sexual term they could think of. They'd often laugh, as many were absurd things meant for Urban Dictionary. We'd then go through how many terms were violent (~85%) and how many were male-dominant (~90%).

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Substack post by Ranke de Vries which not only shows that AI won't be taking over Medieval Irish Studies any time soon (thankfully), but also makes an eloquent case in favour of sitting with the difficulty of manuscript transcription. #MedievalSky rankedevries.substack.com/p/ai-and-med...

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AI and medieval Irish manuscripts

Just no.

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am convinced that the way out of this isn't to make the humanities easier, endlessly flexible to meet the demands of people who might otherwise blow them off---it's to make them harder and more disciplined in effort

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 28/09/2026

Mark your calendars! SHARP 2027 conference on “Opening (up) the Book” will be held at the University of Pretoria. Abstracts: 30 January 2027 Conference: 7–9 July 2027 #CFP: sharpweb.org/conferences/

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Conferences – SHARPweb

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's not an endorsement of the proposition if you are telling people to vote no.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's all so demented and joyless

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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 20/09/2026

Absolutely brilliant idea for reinterpreting craft and cultural heritage. #DHmakes

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Joseph Cermatori @cermatori.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Great development from Columbia’s Core Curriculum! Total ban on all electronic devices from the CC classroom. And “Faculty committees governing the Core [will] discuss the full range of the AI working group’s recommendations this fall.” 🔥🦁🩵🖤 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social h/t: @rezekjoe.bsky.social

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A fantastic Culture Night at @rialibrary.bsky.social with our treasures on display for hundreds of visitors this evening! 💪📜🎉

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Dot Porter @leoba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

*bangs pots and pans* NEW SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CATALOGING JOB JUST DROPPED (and it's at the University of Rochester, which is pretty great) rochester.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UR_Sta...

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Special Collections Metadata Librarian

As a community, the University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better. Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, ...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026

Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.

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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly

Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I did a double take. A university just put the words "humanities research" out there where anyone can see them? Are we sure that's allowed?

Colorful vertical banner attached to a post. Sideways-oriented in the upper right is the text "fluent in social change." Below, oriented as standard left-to-right text, reads "Expanding what is possible through humanities research"

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This constant switching is demanding so much more extra mental energy from staff (no settling into a routine, constatly on your toes), and denies students the ability to build a bond with their teachers. An occasional group-taught module is great, but this general state of confetti-teaching is mad.

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Leo Cadogan @leocadogan.com · 17/09/2026

Squirrels 🐿️ in a factotum initial from early C17 Urbino.

The printed letter A set within ornate woodcut border including foliage, two squirrels and a crowned bird.

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They thought this was helpful and not just cheaper?

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

in the end, the human drive to preserve, sustain, and even expand real knowledge —to try to move toward truth— is inexhaustible. No degree of oppression, and no campaign of barbarism, however sustained, can ever finally expunge it. this is a source of beauty on earth

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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The clock is ticking for sending proposals for the sessions organised by #DigitalMedievalist at #IMC2027 @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! #CfP #DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalData #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities tinyurl.com/IMC2027-DM-CfP

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Call for Papers_DM_IMC2027

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Never seen a fried egg bollard? YOU HAVE NOW. #WorldBollardAssociation 🍳

A bollard painted to look like a fried egg.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How to do with books, especially bibles, when you live in a material world? Well, William Hogarth of 18th century fame reminds us of the typical re-using (of bindings). In this case, the leather binding is re-used for a shoe sole. #bookhistory #booksky

A detail from William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 1, from around 1735, showing a bound bible and the leather cover with a hole that looks like a shoe. William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 1.

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Really, no one else is getting these long ai-influenced requests that say "Materials of particular interest include" then give lists of record types? They use the same formula for "relevant names" and/or "search terms". They are suddenly taking up a lot of reference work

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyone else's archives getting detailed requests formulated with AI with lists of record types? They aren't illegitimate per se, but more just weirdly formulaic and asking for an awful lot of research.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Waymo just tried to ram me on a narrow street next to my house. No one even in it. They just roam around all day getting in everyone's way

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

james talarico did a fox news interview and all it did was destroy his momentum, piss everyone off and give his opponent ammunition for an ad campaign

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Job posting - tenure-track assistant professor position The Dept of the History of Art & Architecture at Brown Univ seeks applicants whose scholarship focuses on histories of early modern (ca. 1400s-1700s) European art & architecture in the world. More info: apply.interfolio.com/191701

A detail of the still life flower painting by Ambrosius Bosschaert (the elder), Still-Life of Flowers, 1614; J. Paul Getty Museum. The job title for which applicants are sought is in yellow text at the top.

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Driving home and saw a cyber truck driver thumbs up and honk for the Boomers protesting Trump like they do every week in this wealthy corner of San Jose. The world is a baffling place sometimes

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/09/2026

My favorite doorknobs are the ones the New York City public schools installed at the turn of the 20th century. You can still occasionally find one on eBay!

A brass doorknob with the all-caps lettering "PUBLIC SCHOOL—CITY OF NEW YORK," surrounded by a swirling motif that looks rather like leaves.

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...

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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards

Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026

Pritzker: "He is suffering from dementia. I think we can all see that."

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don't apologize in emails! If you must, take a deep breath and take them back out again

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

*25th Amendment Bat-signal*

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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This is like if you invented a calculator that made basic mathematical errors and math professors were like "Well what am I going to do, *not* teach my students how to use the broken calculator?"

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I ran across a chatbot that was supposed to be Cicero yesterday. He would have killed that thing with hammers.

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't understand how their programs can offer bachelor degrees when their faculty are not required to have more than a masters degree

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Derrick Austin @paradiselaust.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Anyone know of journals open to long essays? A lil over 10k words. I’m at a loss as to where to send this piece about Manet, Blackness, poetry, and travel.

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Monica Keane @monicakeane.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The dialect map is telling me Illinois (?!) despite the city matches being all in the west. I'm feeling unrepresented

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026

I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org

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