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Daniel Wilson
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Thinking about Data and Machines, their Histories and Cultures. Sometimes using Computers.

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Sir Daniel Wilson FSA (Scot) FRSE LLD was a Scottish-born Canadian archaeologist, ethnologist and author.

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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · 3h
!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7

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Whose news? Critical methods for assessing bias in large historical datasets | Computational Humanities Research | Cambridge Core
Whose news? Critical methods for assessing bias in large historical datasets - Volume 1
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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Sep 12
Awful news about the death of the great Conor Gearty.

Perhaps the kindest and most encouraging law professor imaginable.

A dreadful loss to the study of civil liberties and constitutional law.

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · Sep 12
We want robust, enormous research that is SUCH good research, you already know how important and right and insightful it is before you even start it. We want research so predeterminedly world-changing that there is hardly any point actually doing the research at all.

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Sep 10
I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
‘It’s a monster’: How generative AI is forcing university professors to rethink learning
As students turn to ChatGPT, educators warn that critical thinking, academic integrity and the future of the humanities are at stake
www.irishtimes.com

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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · Sep 4
Job! #sts

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Sep 4
Oh look, my timing is impeccable at criticising the Turing management:
Head of UK’s beleaguered Alan Turing Institute resigns
Jean Innes says it is time for ‘new chapter’ at AI research body, after staff revolt and government calls for change
www.theguardian.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 4
The obvious if odious tagline is 'The lady's not for Turing.'

An interesting day in more than one respect to consider how Parliament interprets the 'Haldane Principle': publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/...

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · Sep 4
We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk

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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · Sep 2
We are hiring 4 lecturers in our dept!

🟦 Lecturer (Teaching) Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society
🟦 Associate Lecturer (Teaching) Digital Humanities Methods
🟦 Lecturer Humanities Data Science
🟦 Lecturer/Associate Professor in Publishing Practice

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Find the latest UCL job opportunities here.
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Ruth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · Sep 1
Lovely article from our publishers at @uolpress.bsky.social about bringing the Living With Machines book to life 'Through Experimental Publishing Workflows and Open Research'. It's been so great working with Emma and Jamie on this! Practiceshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.2025
Reimagining the Humanities Book: Bringing Living With Machines to Life Through Experimental Publishing Workflows and Open Research Practices
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Aug 14
As life affirming as it gets. Political theorist Paul Sagar, now at KCL but formerly my colleague at college, on crossing the two year mark after the climbing accident that left him tetraplegic. Thank you, hedonic adaptation 🙏
Exit Darkness
How I surprised myself
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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · Aug 14
🗞️Job

Lectureship in Humanities Data Science (broadly defined, with possible specialism in visualisation) here at UCL.

Join us

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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Jul 31
📢JOB ALERT: Childers Professorship of Irish History

We are seeking an outstanding scholar, an inspiring teacher and an academic leader to further the study of Irish History at Cambridge. Deadline: 25 October 2025

🔗More info and apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52202/
The Childers Professorship of Irish History - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
The Childers Professorship of Irish History in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Jul 31
'The University has paid a private consulting company KPMG to produce a report to justify redundancies, which they are refusing to share with the trade unions. University senior managers are hiding behind this report to hide their own failures and mismanagement, while gutting the workforce.'
wallyberry.bsky.social Jenni Hyde @wallyberry.bsky.social · Jul 30
Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
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Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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Jenni Hyde @wallyberry.bsky.social · Jul 30
Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
www.change.org

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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · Jul 29
Great news, congratulations! Idea for a blog: ‘Journey of a polymath’

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UCL Digital Humanities @ucldh.bsky.social · Apr 4
Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, will give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as UCLDH celebrates its 15th anniversary 🎉🥳
22 May 2025, 6pm-8pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/digital-huma...
Oral History as Data? Critically approaching the digital turn in method, meaning and recollection
UCLDH is delighted to welcome Julianne Nyhan, Professor Emeritus of Digital Humanities at UCL, to give the 2025 Susan Hockey Lecture, as the centre celebrates its 15th anniversary.
www.ucl.ac.uk