Chris Warren
@chrisvvarren.bsky.social
Head of English/Prof. of English & History@Carnegie Mellon. Knowledge-monger: clandestine print, weird data, book history, computational humanities, political thought. Author, Literature & the Law of Nations. 6 Degrees of Francis Bacon. Humanities for all.
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[Job 📣] Are you curious about #AI applications in the #humanities? My Print and Probability research group (@print-and-prob.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc! Come help us develop computational methods for identifying clandestine early modern printers!
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
[Job 📣] Are you curious about #AI applications in the #humanities? My Print and Probability research group (@print-and-prob.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc! Come help us develop computational methods for identifying clandestine early modern printers!
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
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Hypothetically, if you were to want a tool that helped you turn any name or short phrase into a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message, told you exactly how many cups you'd need, etc., you could find that here molab.marimo.io/notebooks/nb...
So, hypothetically, if you were to make a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message over an overpass, you’d be putting in the letters backwards. And, again hypothetically, you might want a template for that.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically.
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hypothetically, if you were to want a tool that helped you turn any name or short phrase into a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message, told you exactly how many cups you'd need, etc., you could find that here molab.marimo.io/notebooks/nb...
Hypothetically, if you were to want a tool that helped you turn any name or short phrase into a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message, told you exactly how many cups you'd need, etc., you could find that here molab.marimo.io/notebooks/nb...
So, hypothetically, if you were to make a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message over an overpass, you’d be putting in the letters backwards. And, again hypothetically, you might want a template for that.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically.
January 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hypothetically, if you were to want a tool that helped you turn any name or short phrase into a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message, told you exactly how many cups you'd need, etc., you could find that here molab.marimo.io/notebooks/nb...
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So, hypothetically, if you were to make a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message over an overpass, you’d be putting in the letters backwards. And, again hypothetically, you might want a template for that.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
So, hypothetically, if you were to make a solo-cup-in-chain-link-fence message over an overpass, you’d be putting in the letters backwards. And, again hypothetically, you might want a template for that.
Hypothetically.
Hypothetically.
[Job 📣] Are you curious about #AI applications in the #humanities? My Print and Probability research group (@print-and-prob.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc! Come help us develop computational methods for identifying clandestine early modern printers!
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
[Job 📣] Are you curious about #AI applications in the #humanities? My Print and Probability research group (@print-and-prob.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc! Come help us develop computational methods for identifying clandestine early modern printers!
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...
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Someone repaired this broken letterpress wood type using doublesided carpet tape. Ink from subsequent prints soaked into the tape over time (likely from multiple printers?), and now the break line & inside the letter (the tape is no longer working) are even more beautiful.
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Someone repaired this broken letterpress wood type using doublesided carpet tape. Ink from subsequent prints soaked into the tape over time (likely from multiple printers?), and now the break line & inside the letter (the tape is no longer working) are even more beautiful.
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On Thursday, January 15, Professor Andreea Ritivoi interviewed internationally-renowned Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard during his Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures appearance.
January 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
On Thursday, January 15, Professor Andreea Ritivoi interviewed internationally-renowned Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard during his Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures appearance.
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“I thrive when there are creative bounds for myself. It's really interesting to see what you can do."
People magazine recently interviewed screenwriter and novelist Yulin Kuang, a 2012 graduate. people.com/yulin-kuang-...
People magazine recently interviewed screenwriter and novelist Yulin Kuang, a 2012 graduate. people.com/yulin-kuang-...
'People We Meet on Vacation' Screenwriter Yulin Kuang Loves Romance — Here's How Emily Henry Inspired Her (Exclusive)
Creator Yulin Kuang speaks with PEOPLE about carving her own space within the romance genre. The 'How to End a Love Story' author is also a screenwriter, who is working on several film adaptations of ...
people.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
“I thrive when there are creative bounds for myself. It's really interesting to see what you can do."
People magazine recently interviewed screenwriter and novelist Yulin Kuang, a 2012 graduate. people.com/yulin-kuang-...
People magazine recently interviewed screenwriter and novelist Yulin Kuang, a 2012 graduate. people.com/yulin-kuang-...
Part Milton criticism, part John Carey obit, & part reflection on his own cancer treatment, Willy Maley's moving essay is an astonishing testament to lives in criticism and reason 1A I'm so proud that @cmuenglish.bsky.social launched the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social pghrev.com/living-preca...
Living Precariously - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Sport that wrinkled Care derides,And Laughter holding both his sides.L’Allegro, 31-2.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Part Milton criticism, part John Carey obit, & part reflection on his own cancer treatment, Willy Maley's moving essay is an astonishing testament to lives in criticism and reason 1A I'm so proud that @cmuenglish.bsky.social launched the @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social pghrev.com/living-preca...
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Syllabus time. Computational Humanities from Debates in DH series is OA! Co-eds with @dmimno.bsky.social Jessica Marie Johnson. Articles from @dbamman.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social @roopikarisam.bsky.social @bschmidt.bsky.social @barbaramcgilli.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @tharsen.bsky.social 👇🏼
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
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January 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Syllabus time. Computational Humanities from Debates in DH series is OA! Co-eds with @dmimno.bsky.social Jessica Marie Johnson. Articles from @dbamman.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social @roopikarisam.bsky.social @bschmidt.bsky.social @barbaramcgilli.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @tharsen.bsky.social 👇🏼
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
www.platformer.news
January 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
'you should always be at your most suspicious online when someone is baiting you into outrage.
But all of that takes time, effort, and cognitive hygiene'
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JUST ANNOUNCED: Schmidt Sciences has awarded $11M to 23 teams globally for our Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI).
These projects bring AI to history, archaeology, literature, and film, unlocking new understandings of human culture.
Learn more: buff.ly/tvTUYwY
These projects bring AI to history, archaeology, literature, and film, unlocking new understandings of human culture.
Learn more: buff.ly/tvTUYwY
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
JUST ANNOUNCED: Schmidt Sciences has awarded $11M to 23 teams globally for our Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI).
These projects bring AI to history, archaeology, literature, and film, unlocking new understandings of human culture.
Learn more: buff.ly/tvTUYwY
These projects bring AI to history, archaeology, literature, and film, unlocking new understandings of human culture.
Learn more: buff.ly/tvTUYwY
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Making a big bet on “computational humanities,” CMU will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry — literary interpretation, historical research and cultural critique — with computational methods.
www.cmu.edu/news/stories...
www.cmu.edu/news/stories...
Blending Humanistic Inquiry and Technology, Carnegie Mellon Leads a New Era of Cultural Study and Research
Carnegie Mellon University will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry with computational methods like computer vision, mach...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Making a big bet on “computational humanities,” CMU will introduce new academic programs and resources for students and researchers to blend traditional humanistic inquiry — literary interpretation, historical research and cultural critique — with computational methods.
www.cmu.edu/news/stories...
www.cmu.edu/news/stories...
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Co-sign
"Paula Krebs, executive director of the Modern Language Association, said she expects graduates of the program will be in great demand"
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
How One University Is Reimagining a Humanities Ph.D. Program
Carnegie Mellon is turning its literary and cultural studies Ph.D. program into one focused on computational cultural studies. The reframe comes as many humanities graduate programs face an uncertain ...
www.insidehighered.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Co-sign
"Paula Krebs, executive director of the Modern Language Association, said she expects graduates of the program will be in great demand"
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
How One University Is Reimagining a Humanities Ph.D. Program
Carnegie Mellon is turning its literary and cultural studies Ph.D. program into one focused on computational cultural studies. The reframe comes as many humanities graduate programs face an uncertain ...
www.insidehighered.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Paula Krebs, executive director of the Modern Language Association, said she expects graduates of the program will be in great demand"
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
I’m excited to share that @print-and-prob.bsky.social has been selected for a 2025 Humanities and AI award from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, joining 22 other teams using AI to open new windows into human history, culture, language, and creativity www.schmidtsciences.org/havi-2025-an...
Schmidt Sciences awards $11M in grants to bring AI to humanities research - Schmidt Sciences
Contact: Carlie Wiener; cwiener@schmidtsciences.org NEW YORK—Schmidt Sciences has awarded $11 million for up to 23 teams of researchers around the world to develop and apply artificial intelligence to...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’m excited to share that @print-and-prob.bsky.social has been selected for a 2025 Humanities and AI award from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, joining 22 other teams using AI to open new windows into human history, culture, language, and creativity www.schmidtsciences.org/havi-2025-an...
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Reminder that there exists an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet filmed with untrained stray cats in Rome, dubbed over by British Shakespearean actors.
It's called 'Romeo.Juliet' and has never been given a VHS/ DVD or Bluray release. BUT THERE IS A COPY ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVE.
It's called 'Romeo.Juliet' and has never been given a VHS/ DVD or Bluray release. BUT THERE IS A COPY ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVE.
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reminder that there exists an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet filmed with untrained stray cats in Rome, dubbed over by British Shakespearean actors.
It's called 'Romeo.Juliet' and has never been given a VHS/ DVD or Bluray release. BUT THERE IS A COPY ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVE.
It's called 'Romeo.Juliet' and has never been given a VHS/ DVD or Bluray release. BUT THERE IS A COPY ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVE.
Come be my boss! Carnegie Mellon is hiring a new Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences.
www.dsgco.com/search/22599...
www.dsgco.com/search/22599...
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Come be my boss! Carnegie Mellon is hiring a new Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences.
www.dsgco.com/search/22599...
www.dsgco.com/search/22599...
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My darling. I write from the battlefield. It's so cold today; there is ill news throughout the mid-Atlantic—is what they say about Montclair true?—yet here are good tidings: the pararhyme disarmed them and we plan to turn the tide with metonymy. Their armies are vast but we are not without hope.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My darling. I write from the battlefield. It's so cold today; there is ill news throughout the mid-Atlantic—is what they say about Montclair true?—yet here are good tidings: the pararhyme disarmed them and we plan to turn the tide with metonymy. Their armies are vast but we are not without hope.
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My entire academic career in a skeet
Six Degrees of Separation, but for the Jus Ad Bellum.
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My entire academic career in a skeet
There's still time to apply for one of several full-time positions in computational humanities at Carnegie Mellon University
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
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October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There's still time to apply for one of several full-time positions in computational humanities at Carnegie Mellon University
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
* Assistant Tenure Track Prof in Computational Humanities apply.interfolio.com/173626
* Assistant Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanitiesapply.interfolio.com/173622
* Assistant Tenure Track Prof in Computational Humanities apply.interfolio.com/173626
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Did you know that the JCB has committed to digitizing all of its collections?
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did you know that the JCB has committed to digitizing all of its collections?
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
See the progress we've made so far at americana.jcblibrary.org!
Details: Branch of a blackwood or Jamaican walnut with oblong fruit being eaten by a land crab. americana.jcblibrary.org/search/objec...
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Since we all have Macs at work, I'm trying to find another solution that doesn't involve shelling out money for $$ enterprise subscriptions. So I'm back to contemplating Excel, but I really want to be able to apply multiple labels to entries...
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Since we all have Macs at work, I'm trying to find another solution that doesn't involve shelling out money for $$ enterprise subscriptions. So I'm back to contemplating Excel, but I really want to be able to apply multiple labels to entries...
I’ve been thinking — what if ending the draft in 1973 is a hidden cause of rising US college tuition? Cheap college once allowed young men to avoid war. When the draft ended, so did the political incentive to keep higher ed affordable.
October 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I’ve been thinking — what if ending the draft in 1973 is a hidden cause of rising US college tuition? Cheap college once allowed young men to avoid war. When the draft ended, so did the political incentive to keep higher ed affordable.