Reposted by Trent WintermeierHannah Hopkins @hannahhopkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Join Jen Clary-Lemon and me at RSA Institute! FIELD NOTES ON NATURECULTURE takes us from the Louisville Nature Center to downtown Louisville to learn from and with practices of noting. We'll walk, we'll experiment with field research tech, we'll make zines. All the info: bit.ly/naturecultur... 003
Trent Wintermeier @trentwintermeier.bsky.social · 15/09/2026anyone else been on a rejections heater recently?? who did we upset? 010
Reposted by Trent WintermeierDan Martin @danmartin7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Harvard eliminated its writing center so obviously this was the plan. At some point they will eliminate their writing courses and tell students to use AI and then complain about the writing. Watch. 💯 www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...thecrimson.comHarvard Humanities Faculty Push Back on Deming’s Call for AI Use in Writing Courses | The Harvard CrimsonHarvard faculty in the humanities and social sciences expressed broad concern over an email Harvard College Dean David J. Deming sent students Wednesday suggesting that artificial intelligence be inte... 14820
Reposted by Trent WintermeierBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026If Trump wants Greenland, he can just order Microsoft to switch off Office 365 for the country and every ministry and significant firm will be shuttered in an instant, along with many households: pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/d... 40/pluralistic.netPluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 414919
Reposted by Trent WintermeierRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 30/08/2026Saw a colleague on another app posting it & verified: As of this morning, Google has already conceded to the ridiculous “Lake America” nonsense but Apple has not—But they did eventually cave on the Gulf so it’s just lag Interesting to think about how dynamically-updating maps aid fascist bullshit 88118
Reposted by Trent WintermeierLe Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026[apparates into your timeline] please note: there are zero (0.0) writing studies researchers involved in this [disappears in a puff of smoke] 112132
Reposted by Trent WintermeierUniversity of South Carolina Press @uscpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Congrats Jessica L. Ouellette for her new book, Affective Rhetorics! By identifying the affective energies that sustain or disrupt online movements, she offers a framework for understanding and transforming the rhetorical currents that shape contemporary digital life uscpress.com/Affective-Rh... 021
Trent Wintermeier @trentwintermeier.bsky.social · 20/08/2026an ai confession box? lovely website, terrifying results :) www.whatwetellai.comwhatwetellai.comWhat We Tell AIAnonymous handwritten notes about people's relationship with AI — an anthropological art project documenting its growing presence in the most intimate details of our lives. 022
Reposted by Trent WintermeierEugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For the past six months @mariaa.bsky.social and I have been working on creating an improved research experience on atproto. It's now live! Check out: lea.acleaflet.pubLea: research-oriented social mediaIntroducing a beta-version of our new research-focused social media platform 20381113
Reposted by Trent Wintermeier*One Faculty Member in Particular* Joseph W. Robertshaw (he/him) @jwrobertshaw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Vershawn Ashanit Young has started a GoFundMe for the CCCC to help the leadership team secure legal representation. The hope is to keep the discipline united as CCCCs moves forward. gofund.me/28a7175acgofund.meDonate to Help the Undefeated CCCC Chairs and Members Unite, organized by Vay YoungThe undefeated CCCC group is a coalition of CCCC chairs and members who ha… Vay Young needs your support for Help the Undefeated CCCC Chairs and Members Unite 165
Reposted by Trent WintermeierDonnie Johnson Sackey @donniejsackey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Update on CCCC 2027 I just got off a call with Antero Garcia and Emily Kirkpatrick. 1/21 24025
Trent Wintermeier @trentwintermeier.bsky.social · 24/07/2026@ncte.org is wimpy as hell. but thanks for "acknowledging" (ignoring) our communications and dissolving our "special topics conference" (the largest professional org for writing studies) that has been happening for "many years" (literally 77!!!!)... wish y'all asked us to help write that lazy letter 05510
Reposted by Trent WintermeierPlaySta-Sean 🎮 @seemtoggle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026There it is. #CCCC #NCTE 44513
Reposted by Trent Wintermeierkay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 24/07/2026paneling with Maria T. Accardi, Sam Popowich, and Tessa Withorn for @libraryjuicepress.bsky.social about critical AI & librarianship is all this as inevitable as some companies want us to think? 8/19 @ 1pm EST; virtual, free, register here! libraryjuiceconnections.org/events/a-cri...libraryjuiceconnections.orgA Critical Conversation on AI in Librarianship • Library Juice ConnectionsHow is AI affecting our work in librarianship and what can we do about it? A conversation with librarians about AI in librarianship 22010
Reposted by Trent WintermeierMegan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The CCCC Exec Committee released a brief statement on the NCTE’s intention to dissolve CCCC. "CCCC is the professional home for thousands of scholars, teachers, and researchers...with a decades-long record of shaping how writing is taught, studied, and understood."docs.google.comCCCC EC Quick Response July 23Public Facing Statement To be Shared With the General CCCC Membership We, members of the CCCC Executive Committee, were alarmed to learn of the NCTE Presidential Team’s plans to dissolve CCCC, which ... 23835
Reposted by Trent WintermeierDan Libertz @dlib24.bsky.social · 23/07/2026From Kathleen Blake Yancey with clearest info about possible actions: docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comCCCC Kathleen Blake yanceyAbout CCCC. ****Please share widely.**** It is my understanding that the full NCTE Executive Committee has NOT voted to dissolve CCCC. It is my understanding that the NCTE Executive Committee is meet... 46948
Reposted by Trent WintermeierDonnie Johnson Sackey @donniejsackey.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A couple hours ago, I woke up to messages about CCCC being dissolved and absorbed into NCTE's College Section. I don't know what this means for the 2027 conference, but I do know it'll be different, if it's held at all. 56631
Reposted by Trent WintermeierCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Pls read my blog which contains the words: "Four men in camo waders are in the pool. Water, the color of fresh Mountain Dew, laps at their thighs as they dredge the bottom with poles like cranberry farmers on a faraway radioactive planet."theatlantic.comTrump’s Peeling Green Gift to AmericaThe Reflecting Pool fiasco says everything about how the Trump administration operates. 15516103
Reposted by Trent WintermeierHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026We are in a full on dictatorship, rivaling the most entrenched ones in the world. Anti ICE activists, who printed a zine, are labeled “terrorist” and sentenced to 30-100 years in federal prison. By this metric we’re all targets. Genuinely chilling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.com‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prisonAdvocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility 15814363
Reposted by Trent WintermeierAnne Pasek @apasek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A new toolkit is out on data centre fights in Canada! It is very good! aicivilsociety.ca/ResistingAID... Read on for key info, tactics, and case studies, written by academics and activists in the trenches. #AI #Canadaaicivilsociety.ca 22324
Reposted by Trent WintermeierMél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 24/06/20262: Energy, Laura Watts "Energy cannot end and it cannot be made. Energy is always conserved, physics tells us. In some ways, it has no future and no past." ... 3198
Reposted by Trent WintermeierGrantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event. 7719981152
Reposted by Trent WintermeierIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 15/06/2026networksofny2026.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 nownetworksofny2026.bigcartel.comNetworks 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... 12237125
Reposted by Trent WintermeierCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026After 9 hours of debate, another #Florida county says no to a data center proposal (but it's not most sincerely dead yet). www.tampabay.com/news/environ... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.socialtampabay.comCitrus County board denies data center proposal, siding with residentsOfficials voted against the proposal after nine hours of debate. But the proposal is still alive. 7314153
Reposted by Trent WintermeierCaddie Alford @caddiealford.bsky.social · 18/06/2026U of Pittsburgh Press, Dec 2026. Exciting diversity of perspectives + topics: astrology, Christopher Rufo, ancient Egypt, QAnon, + “Afterwards” dialogue of 4 scholars + a journalist. Pre-order + ask library: upittpress.org/books/978082... #TeamRhetoric #AcademicSky #PostTruth 2177
Reposted by Trent WintermeierDr J. Rosenbaum @jrosenbaum.com.au · 18/06/2026Hi all, I have a desperate need for editors! The publisher wants me to provide a few, I have a handy form here or you can DM me for more details. Please share widely! tinyurl.com/AISlopEditor (Ignore the date I forgot to update the image) 276
Reposted by Trent WintermeierCrystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room + 7948191678
Reposted by Trent WintermeierBilly Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It's Earth Day, which means you should preorder my new book, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions." cup.columbia.edu/book/buildin...cup.columbia.eduBuilding Postcarbon Futures | Columbia University PressWhat would a postcarbon future look like? How would a more just, decarbonized world require us to change the way we live? What would it take to build this wo... | CUP 12711
Reposted by Trent WintermeierKairos Journal @kairosrtp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, is pleased to announce its 2026 award winners! Congratulations to the winners for their outstanding achievements. 122
Reposted by Trent WintermeierACH @ach.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The #ACH2026 program is now available! buff.ly/Wtmsofy Join us virtually June 24–26 for 70+ presentations on DH, transnationalism, and solidarity (especially in the Americas). Registration is open through June 17 buff.ly/3QFYlOSach2026.ach.orgSchedulePlease see below the schedule for ACH 2026. Please note the schedule is set at Central Standard Time (CST). 01011
Trent Wintermeier @trentwintermeier.bsky.social · 31/05/2026gotta brag on a student who published their op-ed from my Rhetoric of AI class... go read "What the Casualties of the Iran War Tell Us About the Dangers of AI in Modern Warfare": thetexasorator.com/2026/05/31/w...thetexasorator.comWhat the Casualties of the Iran War Tell Us About the Dangers of AI in Modern WarfareThe United States’ attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab reveals dangerous truths about Project Maven 110
Trent Wintermeier @trentwintermeier.bsky.social · 22/05/2026hi i'll be at RSA tomorrow morning presenting on a panel titled "Rhetoric Beyond Words" about community-engaged soundwalking, two of which i conducted in germany and england last week. a preview below: images of our walks over fossil fuel pipelines argued to cause infrasound 010
Reposted by Trent WintermeierDH2026 | X/Twitter (@DH2026_Daejeon) @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026🎬 AVinDH SIG turns 10 at #DH2026! A full-day mini-conference celebrating a decade of AudioVisual & Digital Humanities — panel, lightning talks, tool cavalcade, networking. 📅 Mon, July 27, 2026 🔗 avindh.org/workshops/2026/ Open to all DH2026 attendees, no SIG membership required.avindh.orgWorkshop at ADHO DH 2026, Daejeon, South Korea | AudioVisual & Digital Humanities 053
Reposted by Trent WintermeierJoshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Is this anything? 428367
Reposted by Trent WintermeierSociety for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 30/04/2026We have extended the submission deadline for the call for abstracts for open panels. New deadline is: May 5. 1. Submissions to Open Panels 2. Closed Panels 3. Making & Doing 4. Meet-Ups 5. Roundtables Submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem... 033
Reposted by Trent WintermeierYale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 41, Suppl 1. (2026) academic.oup.com/dsh/issue/41... @adho-org.bsky.social @eadhorg.bsky.social ‘Digital Humanities 2023: Collaboration as Opportunity @bernhardbaver.bsky.social @trentwintermeier.bsky.social @tanyaclement.bsky.socialacademic.oup.comVolume 41 Issue Supplement_1 | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities | Oxford AcademicAn official journal of the European Association for Digital Humanities. Publishes original contributions on all aspects of digital scholarship in the Humanities including, but not limited to, the fiel... 053
Reposted by Trent WintermeierComputational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026📢 CfP for #CHR2027 is out! Submissions on all aspects of computational humanities research welcome; all details available here: 2027.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/ And yes, CHR2027 will take place a little later than usual. So you *could* start later… but we suggest starting now! 03629
Reposted by Trent WintermeierJessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026More evidence that Canada is falling behind in the energy transition. We will pay the economic costs for backward looking policies. www.theenergymix.com/canadas-emis...theenergymix.comCanada’s Emission Reductions Stall, Oil Sands Pollution Rises, While Global Data Show Surging SolarCanada’s annual greenhouse gas reductions stalled out at 2.2 million tonnes in 2024, or just 0.3% of the year’s total of 685 megatonnes, even though the rest of the world was on the cusp of a surge in... 12410
Reposted by Trent WintermeierBilly Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I'm starting a new project with my friend, Douglas Robb, that aims to document and better understand a process we refer to as "recarbonization", or the sites and systems driving a growth in emissions and reindustrialization alongside growth in renewable energy supply. recarbonization.cargo.siterecarbonization.cargo.siteRecarbonizationcargo.site 1266
Reposted by Trent WintermeierBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Last week, a 20 year-old man threw a molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion; two days later, people fired a gun at it. Earlier that week, someone fired gunshots into an city councilman's house who approved a data center. Why the AI backlash has turned violent:bloodinthemachine.comWhy the AI backlash has turned violentAnd why it's probably only going to get worse from here. 531638534
Reposted by Trent WintermeierLauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Experimentation. Iteration. Time. These are pretty much the core ingredients of everything related to DATA BY DESIGN, and the cover is no exception. But now it is final and out there on the internet and also right here for you to see! Preorder at: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205618... 79426
Trent Wintermeier @trentwintermeier.bsky.social · 13/04/2026today my rhetoric of AI class went on a field trip to the texas advanced computing center and we got to stick our fingers in the mineral oil used for cooling servers :) 100
Reposted by Trent Wintermeierprofessor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 03/04/2026LA weirdos! It appears that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is giving away my book OIL BEACH for FREE this month (as an e-book) Link is here: press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEb... 33921
Reposted by Trent WintermeierAimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 10/04/2026HireHumanArtists.com is open again for a short 45 more artists as we work through the backlog, so if you missed it before, now's your chance to squeak in!hirehumanartists.com 26249
Reposted by Trent WintermeierRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 08/04/2026I’ve posted the text of my talk from today’s DH Day at Purdue: “Anemoia, AI, & Skeuomorphism” is part of a longer piece I’m working on that tries to theorize the current “Material Turn in Digital Humanities”—essentially: why are so many DH folks printing & making & crafting? #dhmakesryancordell.org Anemoia, AI, and Skeuomorphism: The Material Turn in Digital Humanities | Ryan C. Cordell Book history, digital humanities, old newspapers, and information sciences 25512
Reposted by Trent WintermeierLe Ca-ghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 06/04/2026A citizen group working to prevent large data centers from being built on prime farmland are seeking a noise expert who can speak to detrimental effects of noise from data centers, especially low frequency sound. They're able to pay. Any recs, incl names/contact info, asap would be so appreciated 🙏 57763
Reposted by Trent WintermeierFatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I've been trying to understand what it means to speed up mining approvals in Ontario. Here's the story of a huge internal shakeup that has excited industry and left First Nations feeling concerned about what might be lost when you speed everything up. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-1p1p... #onpolithenarwhal.caInside Ontario’s push to speed up mining | The NarwhalOntario says its ‘one project, one process’ (1P1P) framework will speed mining approvals. Many First Nations leaders have questions 13718
Reposted by Trent WintermeierThe White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We've published a new #openaccess article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', being Justin A. Dowdall on 'Pyrological Rhetorical Ecologies: Contested Discourse in the Redwood Forest'; online here: doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... #plantstudies #envhum #forests #sequoia @plantperspectives.bsky.social 0126
Reposted by Trent WintermeierCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 21/03/2026Stressed in recent years by climate change–fueled drought and government mismanagement, Iran’s water supplies are now facing another threat: war. @carbonbrief.org examines when Iran may hit “water day zero” and climate change’s role in the crisis:buff.lyQ&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies - Carbon BriefClimate change, war and mismanagement are putting Iran’s water supply under major strain, experts have warned. 03619