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Do it! It’s so incredible

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So great! I only wish I knew about these books when they first came out. I could have read the series 3 times by now!

The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (Book 3 in The Broken Earth series). It’s taking all my willpower (plus a stack of library books that have been piling up) not to immediately start re-reading the series after finishing the last book a few hours ago. So so good!

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Kathy Harris @triproftri.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

TFW you absolutely devour an amazing book while also grieving that it’s going to end before you’ve even finished it. I never want the good ones to end 😭

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JOB POSTING: SJSU Dept of Humanities is hiring Asst Prof of #DH . H&A has grt grp of #digitalhumanists thinking broadly & creatively about our world + new DH Center + incredible student groups + funding for convos re ethical tech, speaker series, etc. Due: 12/1/26 jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

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San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Dept Humanities - Digital Humanities

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DH2027 @adho-conferences.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The #DH2027 CfP is open! Join us in Galway, Ireland, 28 June–3 July 2027, for #DH2027, on the theme "Creativity". 📖 Call for Proposals: dh2027.adho.org/cfp/ 📤 Submit via ConfTool starting Oct 7, 00:00 Irish time: www.conftool.pro/dh2027/ Deadline: 20 November 2026, 23:59 AoE.

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Plum torte with plums and pluots

View from above of a plum torte cooling on a wire rack. We used 3 kinds of plums/pluots. The outer ring of plums are dark purple, the middle ring are golden and the center plum is burgundy

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.

LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m tired and sore, but it’s not as bad as I was expecting tbh. Pablo has been such a good little caregiver, sticking close and cuddling despite the intense heat

Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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You've really got to admire how astonished and appalled he is about an institution he runs acting exactly in the way it always had, and on an issue that didn't bother him until it became a public scandal. Nothing the person who runs the place could possibly have done before now.

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Cornell president calls alleged gang rape 'deeply disturbing,' pledges greater transparency | CBC News

Scrutiny has mounted in recent days over Cornell's response to allegations that the woman was sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members in 2024. The woman, identified in court documents as Jan...

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My little sweetheart 😍

A black dog with a golden brown beard, graying eyebrows, and white socks lays on a turquoise couch cover with a wistful expression on his face. A large monstera plant is partially visible behind him

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026

University leaders seem to forget that "the public" includes students, faculty, and staff who study and work at the institutions they lead. The "public" is not some external, amorphous thing to the university. If you can't treat the people on your campus with decency, then yeah, they won't trust you

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026

Higher ed leaders are doing "decline of public trust" discourse in order to avoid talking about all the things they've done to undermine their institutions, including exploiting contingent faculty labor, attacking student protest, and underfunding the humanities

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pretty sure they’re doing that here, too. And when asking about AI usage in our work, they collapse teaching, research & service into 1 Q, which is hugely problematic. I know many folks who use it for service work but wouldn’t dream of using it for scholarship or pedagogy. The data are garbage IMO

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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Hey, fellas, before you write that white hot take about how rape is such a tricky thing and, I mean, who can really say what happened and, you know, maybe we should not be too judgmental, I'd like to remind you that instead you can simply shut the fuck up.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026

Earlier this week, Tennessee botched the execution of Christa Pike, reinforcing what @nhbaptiste.bsky.social wrote in 2018: "Presumed to be a painless and more humane alternative to the electric chair, there is no scientific evidence proving that lethal injection is either."

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The cruel durability of capital punishment

I went to Tennessee and found out why the last days of the death penalty may never come.

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I hope you’re enjoying a chill weekend as well!

pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just got my flu+covid shot at a walk-up clinic. I’m grateful that Kaiser Permanente doesn’t follow CDC recommendations (I can’t believe I have to say that!) and makes it super easy — and free! — for everyone to get their Covid shot 💪💉

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That ys great! The starte ys an Earthe Quake -- Foweles, Serpentes, An Aeroplane -- And Lenny Bruce nys not afrayde

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No wonder the survey data are so easily manipulatable to justify spending precious dollars on these tools rather than on cost of living wage adjustments or hiring enough people to do the work (esp now that GenAI tools drive up workload demands)

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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Took the survey and boy is it poorly designed! Like so many surveys, it's written by/for those who use commercial genAI tools (regularly). Qs betray a user perspective & seem rooted in on faulty assumptions that ethical use is possible. Plus, the Likert scales don't include a "no opinion/neutral."

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SDGE once again threatening power shutdown for our rural communities because they can’t underground our power despite charging rates among the highest in the country. And our politicians won’t ever accept this needs to change www.sdge.com/psps-dashboard

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PSPS Dashboard | San Diego Gas & Electric

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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For older folks or anyone medically vulnerable the heat this weekend could be dangerous. This is a list of cooling centers, but call ahead if you can as some may be impacted by power shutoff www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/...

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AI Slop Coming to a University Library Near You Librarians must hold the gates against machine-generated titles: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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AI Slop Coming to University Library Near You (opinion)

Librarians must hold the gates against machine-generated titles.

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Next week's free public SLab talks: * @walshbr.bsky.social book launch zoom in conversation w/ @winnieepm.bsky.social * @anasalter.bsky.social & @ekj.bsky.social lecture on critical making in the age of AI (+workshop too!) * @jeremyboggs.net on tinkering w/CSS animations * Plus workshops +

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Events

The Scholars’ Lab

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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They definitely look otherworldly! We had this incredible electric blue one back in NC. They grow really well in SoCal (they actually fruit prolifically here) I’m not sure why we still don’t have one

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Passion flowers are so gorgeous 😍

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Just realized I mistyped “teaching” as “reaching” but maybe the typo works in this context 😂

😊. It was such a joy to have you in our space!

Surfaces matter so much! I really need to fly you out here to see our space and writable tables

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I now see why so many DH faculty want to move their classes to our space, which is large & cool. Everyone tells me their classroom ac is insufficient for our multiple heatwaves. When they put in help tix, facilities cancels the tix < 10 minutes. Our working conditions = student learning conditions

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Oh I know it! I can’t wait for our reading group to launch later this month

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Ugh! Whoever thought those chairs were in the least bit comfortable clearly *never* sat in one. Let alone with minimal ac on a hot day 🤦‍♀️

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All learning spaces should be conducive to imagination and inquiry. Instead, our campus spaces feel like over-stuffed sardine tins. The neoliberal university strikes again

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