Hugh Cayless
@hcayless.bsky.social
DH Dev at Duke University Libraries.
Likes: Ancient / multilingual DH, Digital Preservation, TEI, Libraries, my brilliant colleagues, MUFC, UNC basketball, running.
Dislikes: talking to computers (does swear at them a *lot* though), mean people.
Likes: Ancient / multilingual DH, Digital Preservation, TEI, Libraries, my brilliant colleagues, MUFC, UNC basketball, running.
Dislikes: talking to computers (does swear at them a *lot* though), mean people.
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I’m pleased to serve on the inaugural advisory committee for “DCL at Duke,” a collaboration between the historic Black-led nonprofit org, Durham Colored Library, and the Rubenstein Library at Duke University.
Durham Colored Library Begins New Chapter, with New Name, at Duke - Duke University Libraries Blogs
Mellon Foundation Provides Three-Year Grant to Launch “DCL at Duke” The Durham Colored Library (DCL), one of North Carolina’s oldest Black-led nonprofit organizations, will enter a new era through a...
blogs.library.duke.edu
January 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I’m pleased to serve on the inaugural advisory committee for “DCL at Duke,” a collaboration between the historic Black-led nonprofit org, Durham Colored Library, and the Rubenstein Library at Duke University.
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The Call for Papers for the #TEI 2026 Annual Meeting is out! See tei2026.tei-c.org/CFP.html for details. The submission deadline is February 19th.
TEI 2026 Call for Papers – TEI2026
tei2026.tei-c.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The Call for Papers for the #TEI 2026 Annual Meeting is out! See tei2026.tei-c.org/CFP.html for details. The submission deadline is February 19th.
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The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae project (125-year-long complete Latin language dictionary effort) is advertising to hire a full-stack developer in Munich (Django/React): job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Full-Stack-Entwickler / -Entwicklerin zur Umsetzung der Umstellung des Thesaurus-Wörterbuchs von der gedruckten auf eine vollständig digitale Version
job-portal.lmu.de
January 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae project (125-year-long complete Latin language dictionary effort) is advertising to hire a full-stack developer in Munich (Django/React): job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Entirely believable. Satire is dead.
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Entirely believable. Satire is dead.
Disappointing that “but it would be really funny” isn’t considered a valid scholarly argument.
January 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Disappointing that “but it would be really funny” isn’t considered a valid scholarly argument.
Duolingo would work better for me if it weren’t so transparently manipulative. Like, that behavior will have precisely the opposite effect on me.
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Duolingo would work better for me if it weren’t so transparently manipulative. Like, that behavior will have precisely the opposite effect on me.
I honestly try not to be this person.
"When you're running, all your troubles and concerns just melt away. It's beautiful. You become really present because running wears away the cartilage in your hip, knee, and ankle joints, which causes such intense pain that you lose the ability to focus on anything else." buff.ly/vv8JElo
You Should Try Running, According to Me, Your Friend Who Won’t Shut Up About Running
Have you tried running? It’s exhilarating. Really, I mean it. Running changed my life. Before running, I’d order pasta without telling everyone I w...
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I honestly try not to be this person.
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#DH Awards 2025 nominations open until 2026-02-27. What #DigitalHumanities resources updated in 2025 do you think deserve recognition of some sort?
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
DH Awards 2025 – Call For Nominations | Digital Humanities Awards
dhawards.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
#DH Awards 2025 nominations open until 2026-02-27. What #DigitalHumanities resources updated in 2025 do you think deserve recognition of some sort?
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
Fair. Musk’s body count must be higher than Thiel’s at this point.
🚨 THE RESULTS ARE IN 🚨
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!
The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…
🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉
December 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fair. Musk’s body count must be higher than Thiel’s at this point.
Sir, I don’t think you understand. I NEED that lasagna. It’s very important to me.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sir, I don’t think you understand. I NEED that lasagna. It’s very important to me.
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Really seriously please take the 30 seconds and actually fill out the form.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Really seriously please take the 30 seconds and actually fill out the form.
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
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The CFP for ACH2026 is now live: ach2026.ach.org/en/cfp/
The theme this year is Emergence/ia and the conference will be virtual and bilingual.
Submit proposals by 11:59pm on 2/2/2026 and save the date for June 24-26, 2026!
The theme this year is Emergence/ia and the conference will be virtual and bilingual.
Submit proposals by 11:59pm on 2/2/2026 and save the date for June 24-26, 2026!
ACH 2026 CFP
Submit a proposal: ACH 2026 ConfTool
ach2026.ach.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The CFP for ACH2026 is now live: ach2026.ach.org/en/cfp/
The theme this year is Emergence/ia and the conference will be virtual and bilingual.
Submit proposals by 11:59pm on 2/2/2026 and save the date for June 24-26, 2026!
The theme this year is Emergence/ia and the conference will be virtual and bilingual.
Submit proposals by 11:59pm on 2/2/2026 and save the date for June 24-26, 2026!
The emoji in Teams are so upsetting that it may cure me of using them.
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The emoji in Teams are so upsetting that it may cure me of using them.
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Calling the #AncientSky, #Prosopography and #TEIFriday crowds: Please join us for a workshop on SNAP:DRGN secondary recommendations for TEI XML next week (general intro on Monday, working session on Wednesday)
Info and booking: linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...
Info and booking: linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...
Linked Pasts 11 programme – Linked Pasts Symposium
linkedpasts.hcommons.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Calling the #AncientSky, #Prosopography and #TEIFriday crowds: Please join us for a workshop on SNAP:DRGN secondary recommendations for TEI XML next week (general intro on Monday, working session on Wednesday)
Info and booking: linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...
Info and booking: linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...
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Dan's post is great, as usual! It's exciting to move to full-page models that allow us to engage with the text and avoid mucking around with image processing. But we don't need to pronounce a eulogy on paleographers yet. The War Department and Jane Austen examples are likely known to the LM. 1/
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dan's post is great, as usual! It's exciting to move to full-page models that allow us to engage with the text and avoid mucking around with image processing. But we don't need to pronounce a eulogy on paleographers yet. The War Department and Jane Austen examples are likely known to the LM. 1/
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The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
'Dictatorial powers': SCiLL dean ignored vote of the School's advisory board
New evidence obtained by The Daily Tar Heel gives weight to claims made by professors who resigned from the School of Civic Life and Leadership.
www.dailytarheel.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The student-run Daily Tar Heel is doing stellar reporting on deep struggles over #UNC's School of Civic Life and Leadership, created by the legislature, here's the latest from reporter Aidan Lockhart: www.dailytarheel.com/article/inve...
Donations for families in need in Durham urgently requested:
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
Funds urgently needed for food to neighbors on Saturday
Email from Durham Public School Strong This holiday week ensure our neighbors have food on the table. Dear neighbors, Our community has shown an incredible mobilization of love, care and protection
myemail.constantcontact.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Donations for families in need in Durham urgently requested:
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
myemail.constantcontact.com/Funds-urgent...
We all finally had the talk a few years back and concluded that everyone hates turkey. This year, for the second time in a row, we will be doing Piepallooza.
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We all finally had the talk a few years back and concluded that everyone hates turkey. This year, for the second time in a row, we will be doing Piepallooza.
At intermission at the Jordan HS production of Water for Elephants. It’s brilliant. The kids are all right. cejordantheatreandchorus.ludus.com
JHS Theatre and Dance Boosters
cejordantheatreandchorus.ludus.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
At intermission at the Jordan HS production of Water for Elephants. It’s brilliant. The kids are all right. cejordantheatreandchorus.ludus.com
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📣The next EpiDoc drop-in office hour sessions will take place on:
📅Wednesday, November 19th
🕰️16:00 GMT = 17:00 CET = 18:00 EET = 11:00 EST
📅Wednesday, December 10th
🕰️16:00 GMT = 17:00 CET = 18:00 EET = 11:00 EST
📲Details and registration form:
github.com/EpiDoc/Tutor...
📅Wednesday, November 19th
🕰️16:00 GMT = 17:00 CET = 18:00 EET = 11:00 EST
📅Wednesday, December 10th
🕰️16:00 GMT = 17:00 CET = 18:00 EET = 11:00 EST
📲Details and registration form:
github.com/EpiDoc/Tutor...
EpiDoc office hour
Online Syllabus for EpiDoc training. Contribute to EpiDoc/Tutorials development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is the fatal flaw of US society, that some people, like some corporations, are “too big to fail.”
this country will not be healed until genuinely rich and powerful people start experiencing genuinely severe consequences for their evil actions. these people will only respond to force.
And no, don’t tell me it’s somehow impossible - the U.S. is by no means exceptional in this regard, either.
And no, don’t tell me it’s somehow impossible - the U.S. is by no means exceptional in this regard, either.
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is the fatal flaw of US society, that some people, like some corporations, are “too big to fail.”
Trying very hard to work while I’m too angry to concentrate. My daughter’s HS seems to have failed to send in her materials in time for her early action applications to be accepted. Just fuming. 😡
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trying very hard to work while I’m too angry to concentrate. My daughter’s HS seems to have failed to send in her materials in time for her early action applications to be accepted. Just fuming. 😡