Brett Bobley
@brettbobley.bsky.social
Working as an advisor to Schmidt Sciences for their HAVI DH program (AI + Humanities/cultural heritage). Former CIO for the NEH & founder of the Office of Digital Humanities.
I was just eating a Kadison Double Double Cheeseburger at my local bar, "Richard's Place" when I saw your Skeet!
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I was just eating a Kadison Double Double Cheeseburger at my local bar, "Richard's Place" when I saw your Skeet!
Those are great. I love her brownie recipe too.
February 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Those are great. I love her brownie recipe too.
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Come work with me at the Library of Virginia in Richmond!
We're an awesome state library/archive with 100m+ items going back 400+ years.
Grant writer / donor comms ($50k-$55k): lvafoundation.org/grants-and-e...
Director of org excellence & assessment ($90k+): www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/directo...
We're an awesome state library/archive with 100m+ items going back 400+ years.
Grant writer / donor comms ($50k-$55k): lvafoundation.org/grants-and-e...
Director of org excellence & assessment ($90k+): www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/directo...
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Come work with me at the Library of Virginia in Richmond!
We're an awesome state library/archive with 100m+ items going back 400+ years.
Grant writer / donor comms ($50k-$55k): lvafoundation.org/grants-and-e...
Director of org excellence & assessment ($90k+): www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/directo...
We're an awesome state library/archive with 100m+ items going back 400+ years.
Grant writer / donor comms ($50k-$55k): lvafoundation.org/grants-and-e...
Director of org excellence & assessment ($90k+): www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/directo...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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Great piece by Ian Bogost about liberal arts colleges (gift link down thread).
I spent several weeks this fall visiting elite liberal arts colleges, on the theory that these small, wealthy schools—with a singular focus on undergraduate education and almost no federal research money to threaten—are best poised to weather the crisis in higher education. Here's what I learned:
The Accidental Winners of the War on Higher Ed
Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Great piece by Ian Bogost about liberal arts colleges (gift link down thread).
That's a terrific piece, Ian. Thank you.
January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
That's a terrific piece, Ian. Thank you.
Quick reminder: This Tuesday, the HAVI team @schmidtsciences.bsky.social will be doing a webinar about our current digital humanities/AI RFP. It is January 20, 2026, 1PM EST. Register here: www.schmidtsciences.org/opportunity/...
2026 Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI) RFP - Schmidt Sciences
Overview [Read the full RFP] Schmidt Sciences is requesting proposals to the Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI), aimed at fostering research in the digital humanities with a particular focus ...
www.schmidtsciences.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Quick reminder: This Tuesday, the HAVI team @schmidtsciences.bsky.social will be doing a webinar about our current digital humanities/AI RFP. It is January 20, 2026, 1PM EST. Register here: www.schmidtsciences.org/opportunity/...
Very thoughtful piece from @alondra.bsky.social about US AI policy and why "deregulatory" is a misleading description of its aims.
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Very thoughtful piece from @alondra.bsky.social about US AI policy and why "deregulatory" is a misleading description of its aims.
This looks like a really interesting CFP!
How does DH travel outside the academy? What impact and what careers do DH skills enable? CFP for our next excellent (and necessary) book in the DDH series, edited by Jeanelle Horcasitas, @lisaironcutter.bsky.social, and @kallewesterling.bsky.social
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/page/cfp-dh-...
CFP: Navigating Digital Humanities Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This looks like a really interesting CFP!
Congrats to Ramón Saldívar, who just won a lifetime scholarly achievement award here at #MLA2026. Also thanks for his many years of service on the NEH National Council.
January 10, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Congrats to Ramón Saldívar, who just won a lifetime scholarly achievement award here at #MLA2026. Also thanks for his many years of service on the NEH National Council.
I'm at the #MLA2026 awards ceremony. Congrats to @elotroalex.bsky.social for his Lois Roth award for translation!
January 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I'm at the #MLA2026 awards ceremony. Congrats to @elotroalex.bsky.social for his Lois Roth award for translation!
Great piece in the NYT about this exciting new announcement from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social to build new space observatories. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/s...
Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Great piece in the NYT about this exciting new announcement from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social to build new space observatories. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/s...
I'm on Air Canada out of DCA! But maybe I'll see you in Canada.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I'm on Air Canada out of DCA! But maybe I'll see you in Canada.
Hi folks. I'll be speaking at #MLA2026! It is session 438, The Humanities Funding Landscape, Saturday at 10:15AM in MTCC - 606. Come learn about our humanities programs @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. I'll also be talking a bit about my last (sad) days at the NEH. Grab me if you wanna chat!
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Hi folks. I'll be speaking at #MLA2026! It is session 438, The Humanities Funding Landscape, Saturday at 10:15AM in MTCC - 606. Come learn about our humanities programs @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. I'll also be talking a bit about my last (sad) days at the NEH. Grab me if you wanna chat!
Plus, Kim Deal's Gigantic also launched Phoebe Bridgers' career with that Apple commercial! youtu.be/KFXwyi85gMA?...
Apple Gigantic iPhone Ad
YouTube video by Apple Blog Brasil
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Plus, Kim Deal's Gigantic also launched Phoebe Bridgers' career with that Apple commercial! youtu.be/KFXwyi85gMA?...
For me, when I think back on the sound of the 90's (in rock music), I'm remembering riot grrrl. So what is the antecedent there? Maybe X-Ray Spex? (But that's going back to the 70's!) Kim Gordon in the 80's?
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
For me, when I think back on the sound of the 90's (in rock music), I'm remembering riot grrrl. So what is the antecedent there? Maybe X-Ray Spex? (But that's going back to the 70's!) Kim Gordon in the 80's?
I'd second Buddy Holly. He's kind of the template for a band (The Crickets) that writes and performs their own songs. Hard to imagine the British Invasion & 60's rock without Holly.
January 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I'd second Buddy Holly. He's kind of the template for a band (The Crickets) that writes and performs their own songs. Hard to imagine the British Invasion & 60's rock without Holly.
I do hope so, Sarah.
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I do hope so, Sarah.
NB: Stranger Things is finally over.
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 AM
NB: Stranger Things is finally over.
Instead, let's normalize its use in non academic settings. Like "NB: Happy Birthday" or "NB: eggs, milk, bacon."
December 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Instead, let's normalize its use in non academic settings. Like "NB: Happy Birthday" or "NB: eggs, milk, bacon."
Brand new Christmas music from Goldfish Funeral (Jack Bobley): Rudolph Piss / Florence and the Machine. Enjoy! album.link/s/72HHawA6t5...
Rudolph Piss by Goldfish Funeral
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
album.link
December 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Brand new Christmas music from Goldfish Funeral (Jack Bobley): Rudolph Piss / Florence and the Machine. Enjoy! album.link/s/72HHawA6t5...
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The plenary videos from the CNI meeting are now available:
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting - YouTube
CNI Fall 2025 Membership Meeting videos at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill Washington, DC. Learn more at: https://www.cni.org/mm/fall-2025
youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The plenary videos from the CNI meeting are now available:
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
🤝Shaping CNI’s Future Together
📚A Landscape of AI in Libraries @bcgl.bsky.social
🏆AUPresses Stand UP Award
@brettbobley.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
💰The State of Funding for US Higher Ed, Science, and Technology in a Time of Change
