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@amplify285.bsky.social
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Marisa Parham - Department of English, University of Maryland
The Black Studies Podcast · Episode
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As I was saying to a friend today, it's always a privilege to have someone care about your ideas. Gratitude today to The Black Studies Podcast for this opportunity to chat w the glorious Ashley Newby @ digital things, Black Studies things, teaching things, & more! open.spotify.com/episode/6IdA...
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Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact
May 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Distinguished University Professor of English @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social has emerged as a leading voice on AI. Read our Q&A to learn more about how AI is transforming the way we communicate, educate and govern: english.umd.edu/news/how-matthew-kirschenbaum-sees-ais-impact
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New CFP from JITP on Minimalist Digital Pedagogy. Due June 15th. cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-ca...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New CFP from JITP on Minimalist Digital Pedagogy. Due June 15th. cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-ca...
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Personally can't wait to have @alondra.bsky.social and @amplify285.bsky.social up on the stage in dialogue with Milner and Lanier at the closing keynote of Who Owns Black Data, vol. 2. It's gonna be lit 🔥🔥🔥
Check out the program here:
wobd.blackbeyonddata.org/yale/schedule/
Check out the program here:
wobd.blackbeyonddata.org/yale/schedule/
Schedule | Who Owns Black Data?
A conference series on stewarding the historical and cultural record of Black life in the Americas.
wobd.blackbeyonddata.org
April 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Personally can't wait to have @alondra.bsky.social and @amplify285.bsky.social up on the stage in dialogue with Milner and Lanier at the closing keynote of Who Owns Black Data, vol. 2. It's gonna be lit 🔥🔥🔥
Check out the program here:
wobd.blackbeyonddata.org/yale/schedule/
Check out the program here:
wobd.blackbeyonddata.org/yale/schedule/
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Day 1 with @aadhum-umd.bsky.social was amazing. Introduced folks to @mmasnick.bsky.social’s Trust & Safety Tycoon. Great questions about building decentralized platforms and thinking through content moderation challenges.
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
April 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Day 1 with @aadhum-umd.bsky.social was amazing. Introduced folks to @mmasnick.bsky.social’s Trust & Safety Tycoon. Great questions about building decentralized platforms and thinking through content moderation challenges.
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
And, and, aaaand — I soldered something for the first time!
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You were excellent and we loved having you here. Don't be a stranger whenever you're in MD again - our doors are always open to you! 🌟
So much love and gratitude for the @aadhum-umd.bsky.social team. Appreciated them inviting me to spread the good word about decentralized social media as a tool for community building
And as hosts—it was the 1st time I’ve been in a hacker/maker space and really felt seen. Support them & their work!
And as hosts—it was the 1st time I’ve been in a hacker/maker space and really felt seen. Support them & their work!
April 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You were excellent and we loved having you here. Don't be a stranger whenever you're in MD again - our doors are always open to you! 🌟
Here at this @aadhum-umd.bsky.social workshop today, @rudyfraser.com is taking us under (I mean under) the hood to play with and learn about creating custom feeds in bluesky, in this case developing custom algorithms— thinking about weights and requirements, definitions and filtering the firehose. 😍
We’re on Day 2 of such an amazing time with @rudyfraser.com. Join us at 5:30PM @ 1104 Taliaferro Hall at UMD, College Park for the custom feeds workshop. (Free parking after 4pm!)
From #BlackTwitter to @blacksky.app - We are in for a treat w. 3 upcoming AADHum events w/ technologist, community organizer, & creator of Blacksky, @rudyfraser.com! RSVP here: go.umd.edu/blacksky
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Here at this @aadhum-umd.bsky.social workshop today, @rudyfraser.com is taking us under (I mean under) the hood to play with and learn about creating custom feeds in bluesky, in this case developing custom algorithms— thinking about weights and requirements, definitions and filtering the firehose. 😍
Here we go! @rudyfraser.com is describing matters of representing/supporting Black communities on social media. Turns to technical infrastructure: open source, user support, & other considerations. Thinking about systems that are sustainable, and that can operate well into the future.
April 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here we go! @rudyfraser.com is describing matters of representing/supporting Black communities on social media. Turns to technical infrastructure: open source, user support, & other considerations. Thinking about systems that are sustainable, and that can operate well into the future.
From scholars working on independent projects to gatherings of #BlackDH centers and initiatives, it's been a great week at the Africana Digital Humanities @ HBCU's Convening! Keynote convo'ing w/ Kenton Rambsy & the GOAT Maryemma Graham; amazing panels for days + basking in Colored Conventions-isms
April 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
From scholars working on independent projects to gatherings of #BlackDH centers and initiatives, it's been a great week at the Africana Digital Humanities @ HBCU's Convening! Keynote convo'ing w/ Kenton Rambsy & the GOAT Maryemma Graham; amazing panels for days + basking in Colored Conventions-isms
From #BlackTwitter to @blacksky.app - We are in for a treat w. 3 upcoming AADHum events w/ technologist, community organizer, & creator of Blacksky, @rudyfraser.com! RSVP here: go.umd.edu/blacksky
April 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
As I was saying to a friend today, it's always a privilege to have someone care about your ideas. Gratitude today to The Black Studies Podcast for this opportunity to chat w the glorious Ashley Newby @ digital things, Black Studies things, teaching things, & more! open.spotify.com/episode/6IdA...
Marisa Parham - Department of English, University of Maryland
The Black Studies Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
As I was saying to a friend today, it's always a privilege to have someone care about your ideas. Gratitude today to The Black Studies Podcast for this opportunity to chat w the glorious Ashley Newby @ digital things, Black Studies things, teaching things, & more! open.spotify.com/episode/6IdA...
Still we march along with the love— excited here today for @awwsmith.bsky.social at MITH & @aadhum-umd.bsky.social. We’re talking about his progress on LiteraryDJ, which begins w/ the limits of classical computing vis-à-vis Black language, & exploring new possibilities in computing. Quantum y’all!
🤖 Join us tmrw - Apr 3rd @ 4pm in MITH to learn abt AADHum faculty @awwsmith.bsky.social's latest work.
A researcher, developer, + artist, Smith investigates quantum computing as a new method for creative writing & human-computer co-writing. We hope to see you there!
A researcher, developer, + artist, Smith investigates quantum computing as a new method for creative writing & human-computer co-writing. We hope to see you there!
April 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Still we march along with the love— excited here today for @awwsmith.bsky.social at MITH & @aadhum-umd.bsky.social. We’re talking about his progress on LiteraryDJ, which begins w/ the limits of classical computing vis-à-vis Black language, & exploring new possibilities in computing. Quantum y’all!
Today? Advising projs, teaching my Black Digitalities grad course, & sitting @ this talk by @safiyanoble.bsky.social (How’s that for burying the lede?🌟) Moving constantly btw headlines & actually getting my job done. It’s a devilish both/and. Talks like this remind us why we must also do what we do
April 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today? Advising projs, teaching my Black Digitalities grad course, & sitting @ this talk by @safiyanoble.bsky.social (How’s that for burying the lede?🌟) Moving constantly btw headlines & actually getting my job done. It’s a devilish both/and. Talks like this remind us why we must also do what we do
When we say digital @aadhum-umd.bsky.social, we mean ‘digital + experimental,’ which is how we think about our own version of #digitalhumanities
Today? Sitting here at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social listening to Curry J. Hackett on landscape, Black life, Black joy, and AI image generation.
Today? Sitting here at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social listening to Curry J. Hackett on landscape, Black life, Black joy, and AI image generation.
AI? Ecology? Poetics? Black joy? Sign. me. up.
Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!
Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!
Join us for two AADHum events led by transdisciplinary artist, designer, & educator @curryhackett.bsky.social!
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
March 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When we say digital @aadhum-umd.bsky.social, we mean ‘digital + experimental,’ which is how we think about our own version of #digitalhumanities
Today? Sitting here at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social listening to Curry J. Hackett on landscape, Black life, Black joy, and AI image generation.
Today? Sitting here at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social listening to Curry J. Hackett on landscape, Black life, Black joy, and AI image generation.
AI? Ecology? Poetics? Black joy? Sign. me. up.
Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!
Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!
Join us for two AADHum events led by transdisciplinary artist, designer, & educator @curryhackett.bsky.social!
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
Thurs 3/27 ⇣
💻 1pm ⇢ MITH: wkshp on AI, art, & visualizing Black joy
🌱 5pm ⇢ @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville: convo on AI, eco-poetics, & Black life
March 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
AI? Ecology? Poetics? Black joy? Sign. me. up.
Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!
Join us this week as we welcome the renowned artist and technologist Curry Hackett to AADHum, for a campus workshop + the second event in our ongoing series at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville!
AADHum & MITH got together and made a baby! We named it NarraSpace.
It feels good to push toward new and ever more interactive ways to share scholarship & to find and tell our stories — looking for the new new while also homebrewing... english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
It feels good to push toward new and ever more interactive ways to share scholarship & to find and tell our stories — looking for the new new while also homebrewing... english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
Step Into NarraSpace: UMD’s Hub for Immersive Storytelling and Inclusive Scholarship
By Jessica Weiss ’05What does it mean to truly feel the complexity of a human experience—like the layered emotions of diaspora or the unspoken nuances of code-switching? These are the questions being ...
english.umd.edu
March 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
AADHum & MITH got together and made a baby! We named it NarraSpace.
It feels good to push toward new and ever more interactive ways to share scholarship & to find and tell our stories — looking for the new new while also homebrewing... english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
It feels good to push toward new and ever more interactive ways to share scholarship & to find and tell our stories — looking for the new new while also homebrewing... english.umd.edu/news/step-na...
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We are so honored to visit with you, MITH, AADHUM, and the Black Studies podcast.
Somewhere, Angel Nieves is smiling.
Somewhere, Angel Nieves is smiling.
March 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Today at Maryland-College Park? Walter Greason and Tim Fielder talking about The Graphic History of Hip-Hop!
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today at Maryland-College Park? Walter Greason and Tim Fielder talking about The Graphic History of Hip-Hop!
What better way to slink back onto the socials than to say how happy @aadhum-umd.bsky.social is to host members of the Afrotechtopia @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville! We are joining Ari Melenciano and Jeremy Kamal in celebrating Black Metal, an art book based in Black speculative design!
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What better way to slink back onto the socials than to say how happy @aadhum-umd.bsky.social is to host members of the Afrotechtopia @busboysandpoets.bsky.social Hyattsville! We are joining Ari Melenciano and Jeremy Kamal in celebrating Black Metal, an art book based in Black speculative design!
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Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
What do we have here? AADHum's first 2025 event! 🚀
Over the moon excited for this one. Come hang with us for a night about futures, speculative design, and the important work of independent Black digital and experimental makers. Swoon.
Busboys & Poets Hyattsville — 5pm on 2/12 — Free!
Over the moon excited for this one. Come hang with us for a night about futures, speculative design, and the important work of independent Black digital and experimental makers. Swoon.
Busboys & Poets Hyattsville — 5pm on 2/12 — Free!
February 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
What do we have here? AADHum's first 2025 event! 🚀
Over the moon excited for this one. Come hang with us for a night about futures, speculative design, and the important work of independent Black digital and experimental makers. Swoon.
Busboys & Poets Hyattsville — 5pm on 2/12 — Free!
Over the moon excited for this one. Come hang with us for a night about futures, speculative design, and the important work of independent Black digital and experimental makers. Swoon.
Busboys & Poets Hyattsville — 5pm on 2/12 — Free!
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At CNI, James Shulman and @amplify285.bsky.social discuss the ACLS Commission on Fostering & Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship's report: "Other Stories to Tell: Recovery Scholarship and the Infrastructure for Digital Humanities." 📹 Watch at:
Report of the ACLS Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship
Report and Recommendations of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital ScholarshipRecovery scholarshi...
youtu.be
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
At CNI, James Shulman and @amplify285.bsky.social discuss the ACLS Commission on Fostering & Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship's report: "Other Stories to Tell: Recovery Scholarship and the Infrastructure for Digital Humanities." 📹 Watch at:
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Clear, detailed explanation for *users* about how to do reports for Blacksky content moderation. So well done by Dr. KáLyn Coghill! @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
New write-up on what to report to @blacksky.app on my substack now! open.substack.com/pub/drkalync... #blacksky
I Reported it to Blacksky; now what?
A quick run-down of what to report to the Blacksky Moderation App
open.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Clear, detailed explanation for *users* about how to do reports for Blacksky content moderation. So well done by Dr. KáLyn Coghill! @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
Trust & Safety folks ought to read this.
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I want to make more websites for my interests next year!! Nothing stopping us from doing this. I think social media broke our brains and made us all obsessed with numbers. Back in the day we didn’t care about that, it was exciting if even one person signed the “guest book” on your weird little page.
If you guys miss the old internet, you can join in and contribute at any time. Sign up at a static host like neocities or nekoweb. Make a shrine to some random shit you love, and other people will love it.
It doesn't have to look good, use barebones html, plenty find it endearing. It screams Human
It doesn't have to look good, use barebones html, plenty find it endearing. It screams Human
December 19, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I want to make more websites for my interests next year!! Nothing stopping us from doing this. I think social media broke our brains and made us all obsessed with numbers. Back in the day we didn’t care about that, it was exciting if even one person signed the “guest book” on your weird little page.
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Marisa Parham on the WNBA (plotting a battle between Clark v Reese!)-brilliant! Kate Starbird on supposed concerns about protecting women’s sports from trans people-brilliant! Soraya McDonald on the Washington Post, minoritized reporters-brilliant! Renee DiResta on how to study platforms-brilliant!
November 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Marisa Parham on the WNBA (plotting a battle between Clark v Reese!)-brilliant! Kate Starbird on supposed concerns about protecting women’s sports from trans people-brilliant! Soraya McDonald on the Washington Post, minoritized reporters-brilliant! Renee DiResta on how to study platforms-brilliant!
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does everyone already know that Mat Johnson is a genius? I never see him discussed.
Invisible Things is a great fucking antifascist novel.
it's also extremely funny.
Invisible Things is a great fucking antifascist novel.
it's also extremely funny.
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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