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Leonardo Flores
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Professor and Chair, Department of English, Appalachian State University. Hackeur. Made in 🇵🇷. He/him. "Leo" is pronounced /léo/ not /leeo/. Try /layo/. Views are my own. Learn more about me at https://leonardoflores.net/
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leoflores.bsky.social
Hi folks,

I wanted to see if anyone may be interested in putting together a panel or roundtable proposal for this conference in Loughborough, UK, 1-4 July, 2026.

The deadline is December 1.

moderniststudies.org//conference/...
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
moderniststudies.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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tacohellmenu.bsky.social
For a limited time only, the cool ranch cantina chicken enchilada hellgrande returns to Taco Hell! You know you want it!
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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improbablemaps.bsky.social
The map's form: taste
It shows: delivery
Its purpose: to inform
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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leoflores.bsky.social
Today my creative work "Tiny Protests: No Kings" was published in Re-mediate. This work generates a protest march (with real slogans from the #NoKings protests), a police response, and a series of escalating White House responses to peaceful protest. #elit #DH

remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
After leaving it dormant for almost 2 years, I have updated my CV and Publications page: leonardoflores.net/publications/
CV and Publications – Leonardo Flores
leonardoflores.net
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
In this short video of “Tiny Protests: No Kings” you can see 2 different stages of protest and White House escalation.

Read it in the latest issue of Re-mediate: remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/

#protest #nokings #elit
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Today my creative work "Tiny Protests: No Kings" was published in Re-mediate. This work generates a protest march (with real slogans from the #NoKings protests), a police response, and a series of escalating White House responses to peaceful protest. #elit #DH

remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
My creative work “It’s Complicated” was published in the Antología Lit(e)Lat, vol 2.

This work presents many hypothetical Puerto Ricans, who talk about their provenance and offer an opinion on Puerto Rico’s relationshipto the US.

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/es/...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Vol. 2.0
Poetry, electronic literature, coding,
antologia.litelat.net
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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improbablemaps.bsky.social
The map's form: magnetic
It shows: silos
Its purpose: war
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
“Protestitas 2023” genera una marcha de protesta sin fin utilizando emoji y consignas reales de prostestas puertorriqueñas.

Léala en la Antología Lit(e)Lat, volumen 2.

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/es/...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Vol. 2.0
Poetry, electronic literature, coding,
antologia.litelat.net
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Mi obra "Juracán Borinqueño" fue publicada en la Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2.

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/es/...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Vol. 2.0
Poetry, electronic literature, coding,
antologia.litelat.net
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Les presento la Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2.

89 obras de literatura electrónica latinoamericana y caribeña.

¡A leer se ha dicho!

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/ind...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Volumen 2
Bienvenidos a la segunda antología de Literatura Electrónica Latinoamericana
antologia.litelat.net
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
El lanzamiento de la Antología Lit(e)Lat es dentro de media hora a través de Instagram Live. Para más detalles, visite: litelat.net/lanzamiento-...
Lanzamiento Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2
La Red de literatura electrónica latinoamericana se place en compartir el lanzamiento de la Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2. El lanzamiento será hoy 10 de noviembre de 2025 a las 2pm EST (4pm Buenos…
litelat.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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profmikesell.bsky.social
I've just learned about the death of Alison Knowles, an artist whose approach to language and life shaped my understandings of text, performance, the politics of the avant-garde, and feminism. Karen Moss captures well the essence of her work: "convial and communal":
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
Alison Knowles, Artist Who Took Lunch to New Levels, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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annamillsoer.bsky.social
The Modern Language Association "Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate... to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed." 1/

www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents
The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025.Software, specifically le...
www.mla.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Wonderfully sensible essay about Higher Education and AI by @tedunderwood.com.
tedunderwood.com Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 15d
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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tacohellmenu.bsky.social
Starting today we're unveiling the new Doritos beef fries! Live más!
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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elmcitytree.blacksky.app
Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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julien-c.hf.co
Training LLMs end to end is hard. But way more people should, and will, be doing it in the future.

The @hf.co Research team is excited to share their new e-book that covers the full pipeline:
· pre-training,
· post-training,
· infra.

200+ pages of what worked and what didn’t. ⤵️
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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t-shoemaker.bsky.social
Excellent stuff always comes out of this
leoflores.bsky.social Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 18d
For those interested in computer generated writing, including but going way beyond #AI, check out #NaNoGenMo, starting today it’s 13th yearly tradition of dedicating the month of November to writing code that generates a 50k word novel and sharing it and the code on GitHub. nanogenmo.github.io
#elit
NaNoGenMo
nanogenmo.github.io
November 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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richardacarter.bsky.social
Further to yesterday's aerial adventures, a reminder that this now exists and you're most welcome to try it out!
richardacarter.bsky.social Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social · 26d
New digital piece available in the latest issue of "The Lit Platform"! "Flight Diaries" is the latest iteration of my ongoing work in finding ways of visualising and poetically narrating my experiences as a glider pilot theliteraryplatform.com/stories/flig...

#art #poetry #digital #flight #data #dh
A screenshot from Flight Diaries. A traced glider flightpath over a map. A popup box with statistics relating to a particular moment of the flight. A poem at the bottom. "A little upwind of the field / a matter of luck / a gentle landing".
November 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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leoflores.bsky.social
For those interested in computer generated writing, including but going way beyond #AI, check out #NaNoGenMo, starting today it’s 13th yearly tradition of dedicating the month of November to writing code that generates a 50k word novel and sharing it and the code on GitHub. nanogenmo.github.io
#elit
NaNoGenMo
nanogenmo.github.io
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
For those interested in computer generated writing, including but going way beyond #AI, check out #NaNoGenMo, starting today it’s 13th yearly tradition of dedicating the month of November to writing code that generates a 50k word novel and sharing it and the code on GitHub. nanogenmo.github.io
#elit
NaNoGenMo
nanogenmo.github.io
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM