Dr. Liz Hebbard
@lizhebbard.bsky.social
Medieval Occitan & French; vernacular lyric; music & text; history of the book; medieval book arts; binding fragmentology. PI of the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social 📜
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"...appear to be typical of an investment strategy whereby donors, aided by university administrators and regents, circumvent faculty governance in order to treat universities like incubators or, worse, as click-farms to inflate the user data seemingly keeping the AI investment machine humming."
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"...appear to be typical of an investment strategy whereby donors, aided by university administrators and regents, circumvent faculty governance in order to treat universities like incubators or, worse, as click-farms to inflate the user data seemingly keeping the AI investment machine humming."
@lauramorreale.bsky.social your Newberry workshop looks amazing!!
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@lauramorreale.bsky.social your Newberry workshop looks amazing!!
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Stolen from the Latin teacher FB group.
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Stolen from the Latin teacher FB group.
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Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.
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In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”
🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
AI is another version of colonial extraction.
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Details of a fragment from an Abbasid Qur’an 📚
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Details of a fragment from an Abbasid Qur’an 📚
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
Iron gall ink on perfect parchment 🐑
@theul.bsky.social MS Add.1118, 3/4th century AH/ 9/10th century CE
#IslamicManuscript #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #Parchment #JummahMubarak
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Our online Winter School is now open for booking! We’re offering online courses on a range of topics for those interested in pre-modern books. Courses begin on 26 January. Check it out 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
ies.sas.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our online Winter School is now open for booking! We’re offering online courses on a range of topics for those interested in pre-modern books. Courses begin on 26 January. Check it out 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
A very maker-medieval few days 😍😍 #makermedieval #medievalistmaker #medievalsky #naturalink #pokeberryink #dropspindle #spinningflax #marigoldflowers #marigoldink
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
October 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A very maker-medieval few days 😍😍 #makermedieval #medievalistmaker #medievalsky #naturalink #pokeberryink #dropspindle #spinningflax #marigoldflowers #marigoldink
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
@guildmedmak.bsky.social 👀
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I've been researching wine production and distribution in the middle ages and one of the earliest depictions I've found is on the Bayeux tapestry.
This is the Victorian British tapestry at the Reading museum, my own photo.
#medievalsky
This is the Victorian British tapestry at the Reading museum, my own photo.
#medievalsky
October 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I've been researching wine production and distribution in the middle ages and one of the earliest depictions I've found is on the Bayeux tapestry.
This is the Victorian British tapestry at the Reading museum, my own photo.
#medievalsky
This is the Victorian British tapestry at the Reading museum, my own photo.
#medievalsky
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Excited to be giving a talk about the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social at WashU later in the month! WashU is a round 2 partner, and we are thrilled to have them on board! library.washu.edu/events/medie...
Medieval Manuscripts at WashU - WashU Libraries
Tens of thousands of medieval manuscripts and documents have made their way from Europe to collections across North America. The Peripheral Manuscripts Project (2020-present) seeks to advance the stud...
library.washu.edu
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Excited to be giving a talk about the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social at WashU later in the month! WashU is a round 2 partner, and we are thrilled to have them on board! library.washu.edu/events/medie...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Fun first morning of a medieval group jolly to the incredible Très Riches Heures and library of the Duc de Berry exhibition at Chantilly! 📜🎉
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Fun first morning of a medieval group jolly to the incredible Très Riches Heures and library of the Duc de Berry exhibition at Chantilly! 📜🎉
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We are proud to announce that 1,000 manuscripts are now published on manuscripta.se, advancing our mission to make #medieval and #earlymodern manuscripts in Sweden accessible worldwide. #iiif #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalSky
manuscripta.se – A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden — manuscripta.se A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden
manuscripta.se
September 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We are proud to announce that 1,000 manuscripts are now published on manuscripta.se, advancing our mission to make #medieval and #earlymodern manuscripts in Sweden accessible worldwide. #iiif #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalSky
For those following along, here is the “finished” version (for now… I’m not sure I’m really finished!) 💚 #medievalsky #skystorians #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #medievalmaking
September 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
For those following along, here is the “finished” version (for now… I’m not sure I’m really finished!) 💚 #medievalsky #skystorians #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux #medievalmaking
Working on something as part of the Bayeux Tapestry from Scratch Project (booklab.indiana.edu/lab-work/cur...). I’m calling it the B’IU Tapestry 🙃
I’m taking notes—what do you think so far? #medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux @guildmedmak.bsky.social
I’m taking notes—what do you think so far? #medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux @guildmedmak.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Working on something as part of the Bayeux Tapestry from Scratch Project (booklab.indiana.edu/lab-work/cur...). I’m calling it the B’IU Tapestry 🙃
I’m taking notes—what do you think so far? #medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux @guildmedmak.bsky.social
I’m taking notes—what do you think so far? #medievalsky #bayeuxtapestry #tapisseriedebayeux @guildmedmak.bsky.social
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Seems like a great day to share this again: National Endowment for the Humanities staff are/were* responsible stewards of #taxpayer $$, and the benefits for the American public are incalculable. #NEH
*two-thirds of staff were fired in June.
*two-thirds of staff were fired in June.
As an elder millennial, I could trade my lifetime of tax contributions to the NEH for one month of Netflix and have just enough left over to get some avocado toast if I split it with two other people
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
La. regulators approve Entergy power plants for Meta’s AI data center
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners voted four to one to approve Entergy’s three new gas plants to power Meta’s largest-ever data center.
www.kplctv.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
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Today is the feast of Bernard of Clairvaux, d. 1153. I've picked out some 12th c. MSS for his day. This is Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 272, 2v, Bernard on the Song of Songs. Mid-12th c. from the Cistercian abbey of Engelszell. I liked the birdie-beast in the initial A.
August 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Today is the feast of Bernard of Clairvaux, d. 1153. I've picked out some 12th c. MSS for his day. This is Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 272, 2v, Bernard on the Song of Songs. Mid-12th c. from the Cistercian abbey of Engelszell. I liked the birdie-beast in the initial A.
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Assistant Professor (T-T) UC Berkeley, Language Revitalization. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Seeking candidates with research specialization in language revitalization and a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and related fields @soclinganth.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (T-T) UC Berkeley, Language Revitalization. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Seeking candidates with research specialization in language revitalization and a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and related fields @soclinganth.bsky.social
Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Please help circulate widely!
Assistant Professor (T-T) UC Berkeley, Language Revitalization. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Seeking candidates with research specialization in language revitalization and a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and related fields @soclinganth.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (T-T) UC Berkeley, Language Revitalization. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022
Seeking candidates with research specialization in language revitalization and a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and related fields @soclinganth.bsky.social
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Two great names to start your week off: MS fragment of the Latin translation of Averroes' response to Avicenna's Cantica, a medical work (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1625)
www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...
www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...
August 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Two great names to start your week off: MS fragment of the Latin translation of Averroes' response to Avicenna's Cantica, a medical work (Copenhagen, KB, Fragm. 1625)
www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...
www5.kb.dk/manus/vmanus...
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No one wants to hear this, but it’s true. Either we can value education — not for a select few but for anyone willing to put in the effort — and provide the requisite resources, or we can watch it become a pursuit available only to an elite minority, with everyone else getting a cheap facsimile
There simply is no substitute for the time-, personnel-, & $$$-intensive way of providing quality education. That we don't want to pay for it, as a society, does not make this any less true, & AI cannot fix that. At best, it can poorly substitute for the real solution.
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Sure we could reduce the student to teacher ratio, and create an education system that we know works for students. But that would cost money, so bring in the slop.
August 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
No one wants to hear this, but it’s true. Either we can value education — not for a select few but for anyone willing to put in the effort — and provide the requisite resources, or we can watch it become a pursuit available only to an elite minority, with everyone else getting a cheap facsimile
This is why a liberal arts education and educational freedom are important, and why higher ed should not be expected or forced to respond to market demand. The same thing happened with law degrees ten years ago.
"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is why a liberal arts education and educational freedom are important, and why higher ed should not be expected or forced to respond to market demand. The same thing happened with law degrees ten years ago.