Sat down for an interview with Marlene Daut for @publicbooks.bsky.social on my edition & translation of "......And the Dogs Were Silent" by A. Césaire. Always fun to talk to Marlene. Could not ask for a better interlocutor!
Cc @dukepress.bsky.social
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Congrats to Sidra Cofounder @halperta.bsky.social!!
This is great news for IMLS and the libraries & museums that it funds through their grant programs: www.ala.org/news/2026/04...
Online Films Screening – Four Short Films by Al’Ikens Plancher
Date & Time: Friday, April 24th, 2026 at 1 p.m. EST/12 p.m. CT/ 10 a.m. PST
buff.ly/hef7J7J
• Boat People, 2024 (10 minutes)
• Tifi , 2021 (13 minutes)
• La Vie, 2023 (4 minutes)
• Konpa, 2023 (9 minutes)
Asheesh is exactly right. There's not enough funding for the humanities. We can argue the details, but that's the fundamental problem.
Lol the Department of WAAARRRR featured Smedley Butler on its blog today. You’ll never guess which big parts of his story they leave out!
www.war.gov/News/Feature...
Excited for this upcoming webinar series from @atbw.bsky.social: Uplifting the Workers: Shining a Light on the Invisible Labor Powering Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Sign up for email notifications to stay informed on webinar speakers and dates: tinyurl.com/atbw-ai
March 25 is the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Beyond this symbolic day, it demands we understand the full scale of what was done, who resisted, and what legacies persist.
#cdsc
🗺️ Mapping the Caribbean across 400 years of history. The Greater Caribbean Map Project (ca. 1450–1850) catalogs how Indigenous, African, Asian, and European forces shaped the region — now in one open-access digital platform.
#DigitalHumanities #CaribbeanHistory
Today is the one year anniversary of my last day of work at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Tarot card: Card 0 - The Grad Student - is a painting of a white person with sandy brown hair in a long braid and a beard. They have a COVID mask around their neck, they are wearing flashy pink jewelry, and they are holding a coffee maker. For some reason they are not wearing a shirt.
hehehehe I just remembered that time my friends and I made a satirical tarot deck about COVID and higher ed and called it the Academic Psychic Friends Network.
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Congrats Perry!!
I couldn’t help but notice the disdain for ODE, ODH, and Outreach offices. Referred to as “bloat” and “every project has a digital component now anyway.” Very clear that the work we did was not understood.
the documentation & archives team at @afterviolence.bsky.social is looking to hire a paid intern for may - december 🌈 app closes 4/12 afterviolenceproject.org/opportunities/
Yay!! Congrats @halperta.bsky.social !!
If you are an academic worker who is not sure what action might look like in your context, my workbook Taking Action in Higher Ed might help.
It has some tools for assessing risk and some suggestions for how to build solidarity and take steps to fight repression.
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
As someone who watched the careful stewardship of grants over many years, the lack of care and the dismissal of the hard work of scholars and NEH program staff described here is devastating and shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
MLA, ACLS, and AHA lawsuit reveals use of ChatGPT in illegal termination of grants by DOGE. Motion for summary judgment asserts violations of the First Amendment; violations of the Equal Protection Clause; and violation of the separation of powers. mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit
The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit to restore the NEH. Discovery documents reveal that DOGE rather than the acting chair led grant terminations and targeted grants using ChatGPT. More at mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit
1/ Important new article by Dr. Tara Inniss that discusses the "chronic underfunding, aging infrastructure, and climatic threats" of Caribbean archives, compounded by vulnerabilities and policy gaps.
Thread w recent examples of destruction of collections by fire:
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For the "everything is online" crowd in the back:
Important to consider that "everything" cultural heritage related that is accessible online represents only 1% (one percent) of archives, libraries, and museum collections worldwide.
Congrats to Sidra Co-Founder @hsaint.bsky.social, who presented at the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) last week!
Hadassah's presentation was about the funder(s) gap and the devastating consequences of federal funding cuts in arts, culture, and the humanities. ✨
Time for our weekly reminder that there is only one ed tech investment that is proven to work, and it's hiring more teachers and paying them better.
Join dLOC partner ISPAN tomorrow for this great event! 🇭🇹 Register here: columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join @dlocaribbean.bsky.social for "Legal & Ethical Oral Histories" on Thurs, Feb. 12 11 - noon. Featuring Arnetta Giradeau, UNC Charlotte, & Christina Boyles, UI Bloomington, facilitated by @perrycollins.bsky.social, UF. Register dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/. Bring your questions!
Hi! Our flow chart for deciding if and when to use AI takes this into account. Oops!
sidracollaborative.com/2026/01/29/i...
THIRD PRINTING ALERT: This is my first book and @wehere.bsky.social's first book. The response has been overwhelming (two small printing selling out in a matter of days), but also has meant a bit of lead time in-between. If you've read and enjoyed, please share this out so more folks can explore!
I had so much fun working on this project (and thinking with the team about our relationship with AI).
@sidracollaborative.bsky.social decision tree on using AI for Cultural work.
Please join @dlocaribbean.bsky.social for a series of workshops focused on Copyright and Ethical Reuse facilitated by copyright expert @perrycollins.bsky.social. Register here, dloc.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/workshops/, to receive the Zoom links.
