Jonathan
@jsench.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Book History UWMadison. Dir., Center for History of Print & Digital Culture. Author: Intimacy of Paper @UMassPress. Summers @CalRBS. Assoc Editor @ PBSA. 4:56 marathoner. Mediocre triathlete. Episcopal. Little League ⚾️ coach. #BillsMafia 🦬 ♾️
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Jonathan
@jsench.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello bluesky! I am a book historian trained in literature (early&c19 American) who’s worked in a library/info studies dept for 13 years. I wrote a book abt what rag paper makes present & how writers thought abt that from 1650-1900. Im an editor of PBSA, thinking abt what bibliography is in the C21.
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best review I've read in ages: "I bought the typewriter to write a book. Copilot kept changing what I wrote without permission. After turning it off and it turning itself back on a few times along with word wanting to save everything to the 'cloud' I went old school." #othernetworks
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
best review I've read in ages: "I bought the typewriter to write a book. Copilot kept changing what I wrote without permission. After turning it off and it turning itself back on a few times along with word wanting to save everything to the 'cloud' I went old school." #othernetworks
You know what has brought my kid alive as a reader this year? His teacher introduced POETRY. "Mom! Dad! Have you guys even heard of ROBERT FROST?"
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
You know what has brought my kid alive as a reader this year? His teacher introduced POETRY. "Mom! Dad! Have you guys even heard of ROBERT FROST?"
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books don’t require subscriptions and licenses
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
books don’t require subscriptions and licenses
When I first started teaching as a humanist in an information school 14 years ago I often found myself up late the night before class doing the reading and praying I could stay 1 week ahead of the students. Now I’m up the night before praying that circuit diagram theory works in practice.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
When I first started teaching as a humanist in an information school 14 years ago I often found myself up late the night before class doing the reading and praying I could stay 1 week ahead of the students. Now I’m up the night before praying that circuit diagram theory works in practice.
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do the highest reaches of literary studies know about this, for instance www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners
First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
do the highest reaches of literary studies know about this, for instance www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
76 summary executions.
Trump has executed six more civilians in a small boat. The death toll now stands at 76.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
76 summary executions.
U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
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Just thinking again how Democrats asked people to accept short-term suffering in order to give space to prevent long-term, worse suffering and then said, "Thanks for suffering in the short-term. You'll get to suffer long-term too so that our Thanksgiving plans don't get disrupted."
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just thinking again how Democrats asked people to accept short-term suffering in order to give space to prevent long-term, worse suffering and then said, "Thanks for suffering in the short-term. You'll get to suffer long-term too so that our Thanksgiving plans don't get disrupted."
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A different kind of "black page" that has always fascinated me - the ink blot in Ignatius Sancho's Letters - Samcho was a big fan of Sterne
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A different kind of "black page" that has always fascinated me - the ink blot in Ignatius Sancho's Letters - Samcho was a big fan of Sterne
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
.@aoc.bsky.social please just drop the AOC FOR SENATE fundraising link already.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
.@aoc.bsky.social please just drop the AOC FOR SENATE fundraising link already.
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I cannot wait to see AOC end Chuck Schumer's tenure in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I cannot wait to see AOC end Chuck Schumer's tenure in the Senate.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
How Brutalism Became Both a Utopian Dream and a Dystopian Meme
Brutalism, an architectural movement associated with state power and science fiction, is perpetually misunderstood – yet it has left an indelible imprint on popular culture.
www.sothebys.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
in honor of the reopening of the met breuer, sotheby's, its new tenant, let me write the introductory text on brutalism and its many afterlives www.sothebys.com/en/articles/...
Nice to see the boys get one.
a mascot wearing a red and white striped shirt is being held up by cheerleaders ..
ALT: a mascot wearing a red and white striped shirt is being held up by cheerleaders ..
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Nice to see the boys get one.
Cornell University commits suicide on A.D. White's birthday.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Cornell University commits suicide on A.D. White's birthday.
The Pope out here guest lecturing in the iSchools.
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Pope out here guest lecturing in the iSchools.
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
On Andrew Dickson White's birthday, no less.
SHAME.
SHAME.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
On Andrew Dickson White's birthday, no less.
SHAME.
SHAME.