Dot Porter
@leoba.bsky.social
Medievalist, digital humanist, and wannabe booklicker.
I'm here to post memes and yell about manuscripts.
See also @sims-mss.bsky.social
I speak for myself and not for my employer
I'm here to post memes and yell about manuscripts.
See also @sims-mss.bsky.social
I speak for myself and not for my employer
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Dot Porter
@leoba.bsky.social
· Apr 3
I love EVERYTHING about manuscripts but mostly I love that they were made by people - that every part of them, from the substrate to the ink to the ideas behind the words on the page to the thread that holds the codex together - were made by the hands and minds of people.
Including mine on developing software to build structural models of medieval manuscripts! Much DEI. Another reason for me to hate ChatGPT.
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Including mine on developing software to build structural models of medieval manuscripts! Much DEI. Another reason for me to hate ChatGPT.
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bunnies in #bookhistory
What's up, Doc? Channeling his best Bugs, a bunny bashes the cymbals in the top margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
February 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
bunnies in #bookhistory
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What's up, Doc? Channeling his best Bugs, a bunny bashes the cymbals in the top margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
What's up, Doc? Channeling his best Bugs, a bunny bashes the cymbals in the top margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
Twice in the past week I've received emails from people, followed by another email the next day asking if I've received the first email. These weren't emergency messages, and they aren't from regular correspondents. Is this normal? I've never experienced this before.
February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Twice in the past week I've received emails from people, followed by another email the next day asking if I've received the first email. These weren't emergency messages, and they aren't from regular correspondents. Is this normal? I've never experienced this before.
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Are you interested in learning new ways to study medieval manuscripts and early modern books? Check out some of RBS’s 2026 summer courses on these topics!
Apply by the first-round deadline of 17 February: rarebookschool.org/schedule/
#RareBooks #BookSky #MedievalSky
Apply by the first-round deadline of 17 February: rarebookschool.org/schedule/
#RareBooks #BookSky #MedievalSky
February 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Are you interested in learning new ways to study medieval manuscripts and early modern books? Check out some of RBS’s 2026 summer courses on these topics!
Apply by the first-round deadline of 17 February: rarebookschool.org/schedule/
#RareBooks #BookSky #MedievalSky
Apply by the first-round deadline of 17 February: rarebookschool.org/schedule/
#RareBooks #BookSky #MedievalSky
This morning I saw, for the first time, THE MOST AMAZING NEW ACQUISITION @sims-mss.bsky.social (courtesy of the hard work of Schoenberg Curator Nick Herman). I can't tell you ANYTHING about it but please trust me, it's gonna knock your socks off.
February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This morning I saw, for the first time, THE MOST AMAZING NEW ACQUISITION @sims-mss.bsky.social (courtesy of the hard work of Schoenberg Curator Nick Herman). I can't tell you ANYTHING about it but please trust me, it's gonna knock your socks off.
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Music and Musicians in the Medieval Persianate World www.medievalists.net/2025/11/musi... #medievalmusic
Music and Musicians in the Medieval Persianate World - Medievalists.net
Explore how medieval Persian musicians blended art, theory, and performance through two remarkable texts that reveal the sounds and social world of music.
www.medievalists.net
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Music and Musicians in the Medieval Persianate World www.medievalists.net/2025/11/musi... #medievalmusic
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Two weeks left! The deadline for ACH 2026 proposals is February 23, 2025.
We welcome submissions on all topics related to digital humanities, computing, and the humanities. Short papers, long papers, posters, panels, and workshops all encouraged!
Submit here:
We welcome submissions on all topics related to digital humanities, computing, and the humanities. Short papers, long papers, posters, panels, and workshops all encouraged!
Submit here:
ACH 2026 CFP
Submit a proposal: ACH 2026 ConfTool
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Two weeks left! The deadline for ACH 2026 proposals is February 23, 2025.
We welcome submissions on all topics related to digital humanities, computing, and the humanities. Short papers, long papers, posters, panels, and workshops all encouraged!
Submit here:
We welcome submissions on all topics related to digital humanities, computing, and the humanities. Short papers, long papers, posters, panels, and workshops all encouraged!
Submit here:
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Last week's #CoffeeWithACodex was very fun: a selection of fragments of books of hours! #medievalsky
youtu.be/wHrUAV5g9ek
youtu.be/wHrUAV5g9ek
Coffee with a Codex: Fragments of Books of Hours
YouTube video by SchoenbergInstitute
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Last week's #CoffeeWithACodex was very fun: a selection of fragments of books of hours! #medievalsky
youtu.be/wHrUAV5g9ek
youtu.be/wHrUAV5g9ek
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Don't touch the ink.”
“Don't touch the ink.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"What do you have in your mouth?!"
"What do you have in your mouth?!"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"You can use your words to ask for what you want."
"You can use your words to ask for what you want."
February 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Don't touch the ink.”
“Don't touch the ink.”
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It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
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Another day another press release for an AI grifter posing as news. Thanks to my friend (redacted here) for texting me this new one.
February 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Another day another press release for an AI grifter posing as news. Thanks to my friend (redacted here) for texting me this new one.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
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Today we're looking at a 14th c. copy of a purported letter from Hippocrates to Caesar. It's a short collection of medical advice in prose, comprised of recipes followed by a guide to astronomical movements. Written in Middle French! (UPenn Ms. Codex 421) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Today we're looking at a 14th c. copy of a purported letter from Hippocrates to Caesar. It's a short collection of medical advice in prose, comprised of recipes followed by a guide to astronomical movements. Written in Middle French! (UPenn Ms. Codex 421) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
🔗: https://bit.ly/4rnDOQu
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For #CoffeeWithACodex on February 5, curator @leoba.bsky.social will bring out a variety of fragments and leaves from books of hours, from the 15th and 16th centuries and written in France, the Netherlands, and England. #medievalsky
Register here: https://bit.ly/4swKo8S
Register here: https://bit.ly/4swKo8S
Coffee with a Codex: Book of Hours Fragments
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
bit.ly
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
For #CoffeeWithACodex on February 5, curator @leoba.bsky.social will bring out a variety of fragments and leaves from books of hours, from the 15th and 16th centuries and written in France, the Netherlands, and England. #medievalsky
Register here: https://bit.ly/4swKo8S
Register here: https://bit.ly/4swKo8S
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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What! may it be that even in heavenly place
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
-William Shakespeare
A dog fires a bow and arrow at a chicken in the bottom margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
-William Shakespeare
A dog fires a bow and arrow at a chicken in the bottom margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
What! may it be that even in heavenly place
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
-William Shakespeare
A dog fires a bow and arrow at a chicken in the bottom margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries?
-William Shakespeare
A dog fires a bow and arrow at a chicken in the bottom margin of f. 313v, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century illuminated Bible #DrolleryDonnerstag #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/4qhgXWu
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I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...
George Washington
YouTube video by unvmebad86
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I don't know why they need to make short AI films about the American Revolution when the perfect one was created 18 years ago www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRo...
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Why should I watch something that a director didn't even bother to make?
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Why should I watch something that a director didn't even bother to make?
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Here's the @visithmml.bsky.social webinar from yesterday. It was especially interesting on the process of moving digital images from the field to tagged, backed up, and usable MS facsimiles, and on details of the photographic process in the question period at the end. youtu.be/CXR18p1M1sc?...
Winter Lecture Series: Building a Digital Library
YouTube video by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Here's the @visithmml.bsky.social webinar from yesterday. It was especially interesting on the process of moving digital images from the field to tagged, backed up, and usable MS facsimiles, and on details of the photographic process in the question period at the end. youtu.be/CXR18p1M1sc?...
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every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
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I hate to tap the sign but again: this is all made to make in-person education and access to knowledge transfer a preserve of the elite. Human education for the few, bots for the many.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I hate to tap the sign but again: this is all made to make in-person education and access to knowledge transfer a preserve of the elite. Human education for the few, bots for the many.