Francesca Giannetti
@jofrankie.bsky.social
DH librarian w/ interests in text encoding, language learning, librettos, pedagogy, and digital libraries. She/her. Profile pic: Hollyhocks and Cats from the Met. Re me: https://francescagiannetti.com.
Strong agree
Essentially our a priori should be asking "do we really need this stuff in the first place?" instead of assuming it is here to stay and that we have no choice but to try to find its positive uses.
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Strong agree
More rules for thee, not for me
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
More rules for thee, not for me
CFP: AI & the Study of Antiquity at Rutgers–New Brunswick next March. I'm an organizer together with Corey Brennan and Serena Connolly of the Rutgers SAS Classics dept. Send us your abstracts by Nov 21! More at dh.rutgers.edu/cfp-ai-and-a...
CFP: AI and the Study of Antiquity – Digital Humanities Initiative
dh.rutgers.edu
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
CFP: AI & the Study of Antiquity at Rutgers–New Brunswick next March. I'm an organizer together with Corey Brennan and Serena Connolly of the Rutgers SAS Classics dept. Send us your abstracts by Nov 21! More at dh.rutgers.edu/cfp-ai-and-a...
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As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.
Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!
bit.ly/ach-anthology
We're hosting a Black Bibliography Project @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social Edit-a-thon tomor (10/29) at Alexander Library 12-3pm @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social. Refreshments provided. Come learn about linked open data and Black print culture! libcal.rutgers.edu/event/15446627
Black Bibliography Project Wikidata Edit-A-Thon
Alexander Library, Hatchery Innovation Studio (ground floor)
The Black Bibliography Project is building a database of Black book history to highlight the social networks and...
libcal.rutgers.edu
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We're hosting a Black Bibliography Project @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social Edit-a-thon tomor (10/29) at Alexander Library 12-3pm @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social. Refreshments provided. Come learn about linked open data and Black print culture! libcal.rutgers.edu/event/15446627
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We're excited to host a virtual workshop where graduate students can present work-in-progress that engages with data from the Post45 Data Collective in some way.
Editors from the P45DC, Public Books, Post45, and the 19th Century DC will be there to offer feedback.
Proposals are due December 1!
Editors from the P45DC, Public Books, Post45, and the 19th Century DC will be there to offer feedback.
Proposals are due December 1!
DEAR GRAD STUDENTS,
This March @post45data.bsky.social will be holding a free, online mini-workshop for grads working in the fields of contemporary literature and culture.
More info / abstract submission here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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This March @post45data.bsky.social will be holding a free, online mini-workshop for grads working in the fields of contemporary literature and culture.
More info / abstract submission here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
1/4
CFP: The Data of Post45 Literature and Culture (Online Graduate Workshop)
How has encroaching climate disaster impacted how the future is imagined in science fiction novels? What can a century of NYT bestsellers lists tell us about trends in mainstream publishing? And how c...
docs.google.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We're excited to host a virtual workshop where graduate students can present work-in-progress that engages with data from the Post45 Data Collective in some way.
Editors from the P45DC, Public Books, Post45, and the 19th Century DC will be there to offer feedback.
Proposals are due December 1!
Editors from the P45DC, Public Books, Post45, and the 19th Century DC will be there to offer feedback.
Proposals are due December 1!
I just gave to Elijah's Promise in Central NJ. Do what you can to help folks out! elijahspromise.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I just gave to Elijah's Promise in Central NJ. Do what you can to help folks out! elijahspromise.org
We're hiring for the Associate University Librarian of Rutgers–New Brunswick (my boss). I'm not on the search committee, but I can answer questions. www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
Associate University Librarian, Rutgers University–New Brunswick | Isaacson, Miller
www.imsearch.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're hiring for the Associate University Librarian of Rutgers–New Brunswick (my boss). I'm not on the search committee, but I can answer questions. www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
Nothing nicer than hearing from a former student worker that they got the job for which you served as a reference. Yay!
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nothing nicer than hearing from a former student worker that they got the job for which you served as a reference. Yay!
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the people who are destroying all public goods and trying to kill you would like you to blame someone else, perhaps some Other whose immigration status you can deduce at a glance by putting on your racism glasses, who you can have sent to a concentration camp on the basis of your suspicion
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the people who are destroying all public goods and trying to kill you would like you to blame someone else, perhaps some Other whose immigration status you can deduce at a glance by putting on your racism glasses, who you can have sent to a concentration camp on the basis of your suspicion
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Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Dear Ezra Klein, Bodily Autonomy Isn’t a Bargaining Chip
Let's see if you're willing to walk the talk
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Goodbye, Hulu. Thanks for making it easy for me to save money! #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Goodbye, Hulu. Thanks for making it easy for me to save money! #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
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This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters
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A dream of the fields
study
study
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A dream of the fields
study
study
The sheer pervasiveness of surveillance tech and chat bots led to participants in a Zotero workshop asking me today if it is reading what they write and if it will summarize articles for them. 😩
September 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The sheer pervasiveness of surveillance tech and chat bots led to participants in a Zotero workshop asking me today if it is reading what they write and if it will summarize articles for them. 😩
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I’ve posted an update on Fobazi. Thank you all so much for all of the love and support! ❤️❤️❤️ -Elena
Update here:
gofund.me/506f89f9
Update here:
gofund.me/506f89f9
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’ve posted an update on Fobazi. Thank you all so much for all of the love and support! ❤️❤️❤️ -Elena
Update here:
gofund.me/506f89f9
Update here:
gofund.me/506f89f9
I love this ❤️
my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I love this ❤️
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seen in newark, new jersey
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February 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
seen in newark, new jersey
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I love how the audience is so big for a #DH2025 session about the semantic modeling of cultural heritage data!
Here, Kim Minji presents their amazing work about preserving and visualizing music ephemera.
happyhillll.github.io
@kadhsocial.bsky.social
Here, Kim Minji presents their amazing work about preserving and visualizing music ephemera.
happyhillll.github.io
@kadhsocial.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I love how the audience is so big for a #DH2025 session about the semantic modeling of cultural heritage data!
Here, Kim Minji presents their amazing work about preserving and visualizing music ephemera.
happyhillll.github.io
@kadhsocial.bsky.social
Here, Kim Minji presents their amazing work about preserving and visualizing music ephemera.
happyhillll.github.io
@kadhsocial.bsky.social
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16 years ago, I found myself in the back garden of a couple I'd just met, as they showed me their pillow fighting arena. The lesson they taught me about games - especially competitive ones - has stayed with me ever since, but I forgot to mention it in interviews when asked if competition is bad. So:
July 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
16 years ago, I found myself in the back garden of a couple I'd just met, as they showed me their pillow fighting arena. The lesson they taught me about games - especially competitive ones - has stayed with me ever since, but I forgot to mention it in interviews when asked if competition is bad. So:
Once, when I was on my way to German class at the Goethe-Institut at its old location in the 6th arr., I bumped into Catherine Deneuve in a trench coat. We looked at each other and, in that big city way, we just kept going in our respective directions.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Once, when I was on my way to German class at the Goethe-Institut at its old location in the 6th arr., I bumped into Catherine Deneuve in a trench coat. We looked at each other and, in that big city way, we just kept going in our respective directions.
A little light-hearted observation in an otherwise grim news day: even in 1873, NJ was a high tax state. Says William Still to his niece (who was selling his book on the Underground Railroad): "Your letter of yesterday’s date came to hand this morning together with my tax bill and also an order for
June 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A little light-hearted observation in an otherwise grim news day: even in 1873, NJ was a high tax state. Says William Still to his niece (who was selling his book on the Underground Railroad): "Your letter of yesterday’s date came to hand this morning together with my tax bill and also an order for
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Call for papers is out for The Caribbean Digital XII. This year we're going to be hosted by the wonderful folks of the Early Caribbean Digital Archive at Northeastern University in Boston on December 4–5. Come share your work with our wonderful community of praxis. thecaribbeandigital.org/cfp/
Call for Papers and Projects | #TCD
The Caribbean Digital conference (TCD) is an anual international event, held in locations in the United States and the Caribbean since 2014.
thecaribbeandigital.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Call for papers is out for The Caribbean Digital XII. This year we're going to be hosted by the wonderful folks of the Early Caribbean Digital Archive at Northeastern University in Boston on December 4–5. Come share your work with our wonderful community of praxis. thecaribbeandigital.org/cfp/
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#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...
SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography
Submit citations for the SHARP LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography! We are accepting citations for many different types of resources having to do with LGBTQIA+ book history. There are no restrictions o...
forms.gle
May 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#BookHistory friends! Work has begun on the LGBTQIA+ Book History bibliography, and the team is looking for you to share your citations! If you know of or have published something on LGBTQIA+ book history, submit it to this Google form! forms.gle/c1pkNBPbbyCF...
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you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
May 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you