An n-gram hullocination.

I just messaged a colleague: die date is negotiable. Turns out that’s not true. But DUE date is!

Research = clicking links to articles.

call for papers for Yiddish and Hebrew issue, MLN

Scholars of Jewish literature, thought, and culture: Please share and consider submitting to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

Extended deadline! Please share with scholars writing about Jewish literature, thought, and culture. This inaugural issue will be edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

Deadline extended to April 1!
Spring break is a perfect time to finish that essay...

JSTOR calls it unusual traffic. I call it research.

Congratulations! Fabulous news.

The flavor develops a certain complexity.

Gefilte-flavored-chrein drizzle for popcorn could get me to a movie theater.

I’ve heard about the lemon potato kugel though.

I haven’t heard about the chrein or the popcorn.

Minor insult comic. lol. What’s this about popcorn?

CFP for MLN's inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue press.jhu.edu/journals/mln

Scholars of Jewish languages and literatures: You still have time to submit to our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social

I feel guilty about yotzros.

Happy sesquicentennial! Can’t wait to see what the next 150 years bring.

Now you’ve got me thinking that maybe McDavid isn’t an Ashkenazi surname.

This story brought tears to my eyes and made me want an ice cold Coke.

Here's my new blog post about Jewish dance cards and a recent UCL bicentennial event where we learned Edwardian ballroom dances from a Jewish dance card in @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social to the same tunes that were performed in 1909. #UCL200

In partnership with @uclhjs.bsky.social and the UCL IJS.

I’m teaching in 15 minutes. Frantically working on an updated lesson plan.

Heavy snow upends Olympic freestyle skiing and snowboard events Freeski aerials and women's snowboard slopestyle events at Milan Cortin 2026 were delayed due to weather conditions.

Can’t let snow get in the way of skiing.

When’s the slow-skating competition coming on?

Anyone can win a silver medal. You just have to come in second.

In the Winter Olympics it’s done on ice, so it’s proslipsis.

Prolepsis is an Olympic sport.

The Winter Olympics starts tomorrow but it started yesterday. It is streaming live now. The technical term for this is mise en abyme ex eventu.

One of several articles in our new issue that feel especially timely. Through an analysis of literary texts, Barnwell looks at how information is recorded, represented, and trusted (or not).

Apparently the answer to more artificial intelligence is less natural intelligence.

Come Fill Your Dance Card: A Celebration of Jewish Dances Cards in the Library Special Collections 5 February 2026 at 18:00

Looking forward to tomorrow's 'Come Fill Your Dance Fill Your Dance Card'.
Hosted by @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social, @uclhjs.bsky.social and the IJS.

We're all booked up, but you can sign up for the waitlist (or let us know if you'd like a similar future event).

www.tickettailor.com/events/uclin....

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