Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:

Very predictably, one of my favorite rooms at #MeowWolf Denver.

Today is #WorldArtDay 🎨

Thank you to Finn Coburn for sharing this beautiful painting of the Duke Humfrey's Library!

🖼️ | hill.street.art (Instagram)

Hey Ich just met thee
And thys ys crazye
Riddle conteste
Gollum maybe!

Don't expose your brain to generative AI. It's incredibly harmful, according to new studies out this year. Overuse of smart phones and social media has a reversible effect if you go cold-turkey, but generative AI appears to have longer-term effects. Colonizing your brain to stoopid.

The longer I spend in digital humanities, the more I am obsessively drawn to analog technologies and convinced we must actively and intently teach them or the digital world loses its color, texture, and depth.

Photo taken under a canopy of cherry blossom, with blue sky above

Avenue of trees laden with blossom; green grass below, blue sky above and cotton wool clouds to the right

Photo taken while walking through an avenue of cherry blossom trees

Some cheery blossoming trees to lighten the general gloom. 🌸 🌸 🌸

Quote of the week

‘Reading is like going on holiday in your head. ‘

My amazing granddaughter, Hester, aged 8 years.

#books #reading #quoteoftheweek

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If I seem *extra* “yelling into the void” today, it’s because I recently talked to two published authors who, like me and probably you, are struggling financially and fear they’ve “done nothing” in life.
NO. YOU WROTE BOOKS.
YOU TOLD STORIES.
WE ARE NOT OUR BANK ACCOUNTS.
OUR LIVES HAVE VALUE 🔥

Reading about good ole Falstaff today!

It’s hardly the beginning or end of what’s wrong, but a big part of what’s in the middle is social media. No previous technology or platform—not radio, not TV—had the affordances that allows a single demented individual to command world attention so casually, so continually, and without consequence.

just to be clear, everyone, when 8 pm EDT comes and goes, regardless of what does or does not happen, the president still threatened genocide and war crimes and we should still impeach, arrest, and try him

Second edition in the Arden 4 has arrived! Titus Andronicus, expertly edited by @curtisperry.bsky.social and Ayanna Thompson! This will be a groundbreaking edition, I predict, just as Bate’s for Arden3 was. Looks great next to @authorajhartley.bsky.social‘s superb JC for @ardenpublisher.bsky.social

#shax2026 was a blast! Thank you to @saaupdates.bsky.social and everyone who made this event possible.

One last woodcut crucifixion (descent from the cross, more appropriately) this Good Friday, from my own lovely copy of the ‘Meditationes’ on the life of Christ by (pseudo) Bonaventure, printed at #Venice on 14 December 1497. #goodfriday

ai feature implementation strategy is essentially “how annoying can we make the ui” so people accidently hit ai features so these companies can brag about how “highly used” ai features are internally

Screenshot of an Instagram video capturing pope Leo with his mouth open in astonishment

Pop Leo asked if he should put on gloves to turn pages in the gorgeous Renaissance Bible and the librarian explained why it’s better to do so with bare hands. Glorious reaction.

Every rare books librarian & archivist feeling very seen, I gather. www.instagram.com/reel/DUcpEBY... #BookHistory

It honestly made the whole thing even sadder and more terrifying. Excellent work!

Hamnet, with Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell | Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

A fascinating interview with Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell on the Folger Unlimited podcast from @folger.edu, talking about #Hamnet!

🗃 #earlymodern #theatre 💙📚

www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

It's fascinating how there are apparently some PhDs who are like "wow, I could've just skipped the whole learning portion of my PhD, the entire point of the process!"

Rather pleasing border for this signature ‘a’. From Francis Glisson’s ‘Anatomia Hepatis’, on the structure & functions of the liver, printed in London in 1654. This copy was presented to @theulspeccoll.bsky.social by the author (a fellow of Gonville & Caius) & is now N*.11.49(E).

call me a spondee by cause Ich am stressed stressed

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

Amazing!!

One of the best actors of her generation. Easily one of the best comedians of all time. As much Catherine O’Hara as we got, it was nowhere near enough.

Reminder that your platforms/audiences are your stage. when you see a clear grift or rage bait, showing them off to MORE people just helps the grift. Attention is what they want. When you give them your stage, it's free advertising.

Your stage and time are precious. Don't give them to a grifter.

O my poor kingdom, sick with civil blows!

The Secretary of Defense praising the murder of a protestor and posting "ICE > MN."

Minnesota is an American state with almost six million residents.

There's a bizarre sleight of hand here where professors resisting implementing AI into the classroom via ed-tech (a very winnable battle) is being equated with making all Gen AI "go away" (a much bigger fight).