The 31st William Stafford Poetry Celebration will arrive January 8, 2026, 7:00–9:00pm at #SOUashland #HannonLibrary. Featured guests Steve Paul & Vince Wixon join featured poets Bill Gholson, Lois Schlegel, Perii Owen and Gary Lark. Amy Miller hosts this free, public event. #WilliamStafford #Poetry

New on the Experience & Nature Centennial page: for the first time, a digitized version of Dewey's notes for the Carus Lectures that would eventually become the book. A mix of typed and handwritten notes. OCR has been applied but not hand-checked for accuracy. deweycenter.siu.edu/about-dewey/...

Bridging Divides on Social Media: A New Approach Detects Connective Language Examining a novel approach to identifying “connective language” that brings people together on social media.

Can social media bring people together instead of driving them apart?🤔
A new study explores #ConnectiveLanguage—phrases that foster understanding and real discussion. See how AI is helping identify them.
mediaengagement.org/research/soc...

Life is Communication: A Review of Life: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry Published in Environmental Communication (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Life is Communication:
A Review of Life:
A Transdisciplinary Inquiry

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Honoring William Stafford: Poetry, Legacy, and Community - Hannon Library Blog Calling all poetry lovers, wordsmiths, and those curious about the power of verse—save the date! On January 9, 2025, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, the Friends of Hannon Library will host the 30th Annual Willi...

The 30th Annual #WilliamStafford Poetry Celebration takes place January 9, 2025 from 7:00-9:00pm at #SOUashland #HannonLibrary. Featured poets include scholar Vince Wixon as well as Margaret Loken, Peter Yeager, Barry Vitcov, Dianne Oberhansly and host Amy Miller. Free and open to the public.

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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science · Open Encylopedia of Cognitive Science

The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a great project!

I wrote a short explainer on large language models for this collection: oecs.mit.edu/pub/zp5n8ivs...

Lots more articles on important cogsci concepts are at oecs.mit.edu/open-encyclo...

Could social media support healthy online conversations? New_Public is working on it "We talk to a lot of towns where there is no newspaper anymore; there’s no community center anymore; the town store shut down. And this is kind of it."

Read Sophie Culpepper’s deep dive on New_ Public in @niemanlab.org! She’s got the scoop on our new focus on local digital groups and forums. We feel so seen 🤩

XOXO 2024 XOXO is an experimental festival for independent artists who live and work online, taking place in Portland, Oregon on August 22-24, 2024.

One last time, with feeling. 2024.xoxofest.com