mia ridge
@miaout.bsky.social
Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol at British Library. EB Secretary @adho-org. Access + UX for digital heritage, AI/machine learning and crowdsourcing in cultural heritage / GLAM / digital humanities. She, they. More at https://www.miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
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mia ridge
@miaout.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Contact - mia ridge
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If you've messaged me on Bluesky, I won't see it! You can contact me with personal requests via www.miaridge.com/contact/ or at work digitalresearch@bl.uk
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Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.
Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation.
Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements
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📣 Online Event: Stories of Compassion, Love and Loss – Re-presenting the AIDS Epidemic
How official records intersect with community-generated archives to reveal the emotional and human dimensions of the crisis?
🗓 10 March 2026, 1:00pm (online)
📍 Zoom (free)
🎟 Reserve here: shorturl.at/GAqVj
How official records intersect with community-generated archives to reveal the emotional and human dimensions of the crisis?
🗓 10 March 2026, 1:00pm (online)
📍 Zoom (free)
🎟 Reserve here: shorturl.at/GAqVj
Stories of compassion, love and loss: Re-presenting the AIDS epidemic
Discover some of the ways in which archives and communities are working to re-present the AIDS epidemic.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
📣 Online Event: Stories of Compassion, Love and Loss – Re-presenting the AIDS Epidemic
How official records intersect with community-generated archives to reveal the emotional and human dimensions of the crisis?
🗓 10 March 2026, 1:00pm (online)
📍 Zoom (free)
🎟 Reserve here: shorturl.at/GAqVj
How official records intersect with community-generated archives to reveal the emotional and human dimensions of the crisis?
🗓 10 March 2026, 1:00pm (online)
📍 Zoom (free)
🎟 Reserve here: shorturl.at/GAqVj
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Google books going down is just the latest in the long catalogue of “don’t rely on big tech to save the commons”
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Google books going down is just the latest in the long catalogue of “don’t rely on big tech to save the commons”
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Happy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Happy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.
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With the fragmentation of social media (thanks Elon), it's so much harder to keep track of things of interest to me in LIS and related areas. Increasingly, I find it have to turn to news aggregators/roundup to help plug holes. Currently these are my favourite sources (1)
March 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
With the fragmentation of social media (thanks Elon), it's so much harder to keep track of things of interest to me in LIS and related areas. Increasingly, I find it have to turn to news aggregators/roundup to help plug holes. Currently these are my favourite sources (1)
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“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you missed our webinar with Łukasz Szulc, you can watch it back here: digitalgood.net/opening_up_a...
Łukasz covered the ethical challenges around archiving data from research with marginalised and minioritised groups, amidst a push to archive research data for re-use.
Łukasz covered the ethical challenges around archiving data from research with marginalised and minioritised groups, amidst a push to archive research data for re-use.
Opening up and archiving qualitative data from research with marginalised/minoritised groups: ethical challenges - ESRC Digital Good Network
Part of our online seminar series, ‘Digital good in progress‘ Watch the recording: In recent years, we have witnessed a push to archive research data […]
digitalgood.net
February 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
If you missed our webinar with Łukasz Szulc, you can watch it back here: digitalgood.net/opening_up_a...
Łukasz covered the ethical challenges around archiving data from research with marginalised and minioritised groups, amidst a push to archive research data for re-use.
Łukasz covered the ethical challenges around archiving data from research with marginalised and minioritised groups, amidst a push to archive research data for re-use.
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Respecting First Nations Knowledges in UQ library #FirstNations #libraries
Respecting First Nations knowledges in UQ Library – Indigenising Curriculum at The University of Queensland
This publication is a collection of scholarly chapters exploring Indigenising the curriculum across diverse disciplines at the University of Queensland (UQ). The edited collection will be framed by th...
uq.pressbooks.pub
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Respecting First Nations Knowledges in UQ library #FirstNations #libraries
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📢 New publication available!
We are pleased to announce the publication of D5.2 – Guidelines for the embedding of citizen science practices within Industries and SMEs, a new report from the European Citizen Science (ECS) project.
📄 The full deliverable is available here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We are pleased to announce the publication of D5.2 – Guidelines for the embedding of citizen science practices within Industries and SMEs, a new report from the European Citizen Science (ECS) project.
📄 The full deliverable is available here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
📢 New publication available!
We are pleased to announce the publication of D5.2 – Guidelines for the embedding of citizen science practices within Industries and SMEs, a new report from the European Citizen Science (ECS) project.
📄 The full deliverable is available here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We are pleased to announce the publication of D5.2 – Guidelines for the embedding of citizen science practices within Industries and SMEs, a new report from the European Citizen Science (ECS) project.
📄 The full deliverable is available here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
What is there to do in Dublin on a Thursday night? I'm staying right near TCD, and haven't been there since 2014 or so
February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
What is there to do in Dublin on a Thursday night? I'm staying right near TCD, and haven't been there since 2014 or so
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Very happy to share that our new paper, "Interoperability as Equity: Collaborative Cultural Heritage Knowledge Graphs as a Tool to Shape Inclusive Ontologies" is out! We are discussing linked open data, ontologies, Wikidata and interoperability with CIDOC CRM
doi.org/10.5334/johd...
doi.org/10.5334/johd...
Interoperability as Equity: Collaborative Cultural Heritage Knowledge Graphs as a Tool to Shape Inclusive Ontologies | Journal of Open Humanities Data
doi.org
February 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Very happy to share that our new paper, "Interoperability as Equity: Collaborative Cultural Heritage Knowledge Graphs as a Tool to Shape Inclusive Ontologies" is out! We are discussing linked open data, ontologies, Wikidata and interoperability with CIDOC CRM
doi.org/10.5334/johd...
doi.org/10.5334/johd...
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Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
I don't know why but I've suddenly remembered the Madonna parody that went 'Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body'.
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I don't know why but I've suddenly remembered the Madonna parody that went 'Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body'.
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CRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027
The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives'
⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives'
⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
CRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027
The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives'
⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives'
⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships
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One of my most cherished classes is my 18th century novels course where the primary learning objective is "learn how read long novels." We did a "couch to 5k" approach to attention span and note-taking.
My hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
One of my most cherished classes is my 18th century novels course where the primary learning objective is "learn how read long novels." We did a "couch to 5k" approach to attention span and note-taking.
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The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
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"I’ve not been brave enough to install Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw myself yet". If even Simon Williamson who is pretty much *the early adopter* since GPT days is hesitating, no normal layperson should even consider doing this. simonwillison.net/2026/jan/30/...
Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now
The hottest project in AI right now is Clawdbot, renamed to Moltbot, renamed to OpenClaw. It’s an open source implementation of the digital personal assistant pattern, built by Peter Steinberger …
simonwillison.net
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 AM
"I’ve not been brave enough to install Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw myself yet". If even Simon Williamson who is pretty much *the early adopter* since GPT days is hesitating, no normal layperson should even consider doing this. simonwillison.net/2026/jan/30/...
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Key takeaway: stop using biometrics to unlock your devices.
New court record from the FBI details the state of the devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson: phone was on w/Lockdown Mode; personal laptop was off; work laptop was on w/Touch ID; several Signal chats used disappearing messages. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Key takeaway: stop using biometrics to unlock your devices.
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"Clearly the levels of funding in these institutions is not what it is in other countries and it has not been keeping up with inflation. Over the last 20 years, it is down 40% in real terms."
Interview with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social interim CEO Jeremy Silver
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
Interview with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social interim CEO Jeremy Silver
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
British Library boss: We’re still healing emotionally from 2023 hack
After two and a half years recovering from a cyberattack likened to a ‘dirty bomb’, the new interim boss hopes it’s finally starting to turn a corner
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:42 AM
"Clearly the levels of funding in these institutions is not what it is in other countries and it has not been keeping up with inflation. Over the last 20 years, it is down 40% in real terms."
Interview with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social interim CEO Jeremy Silver
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
Interview with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social interim CEO Jeremy Silver
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...
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A clear-eyed talk on grappling with AI experimentation, minimum viable description (metadata and alt-text), and cost-benefit analysis with a side of gems from the Johnson Publishing collection that NMAAHC and Getty are working to make available 📜
A potentially engaging distraction: watch me close out a conference on AI in LAM by talking about how all the vagaries of archival description and discovery that LLMs can't address
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hm_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hm_...
Closing Keynote Address (Day 2) - Dorothy Berry, Smithsonian Institute - Fantastic Futures 2025
YouTube video by AI4LAM
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A clear-eyed talk on grappling with AI experimentation, minimum viable description (metadata and alt-text), and cost-benefit analysis with a side of gems from the Johnson Publishing collection that NMAAHC and Getty are working to make available 📜
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“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
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Great news! 🙌
Art UK will be relaunching our crowdsourcing platform Art Detective, thanks to a grant from @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
🧑🎨 Mary Winifrid Smith (1904–1992) © the artist's estate. 📷 @nationaltrust.org.uk
Art UK will be relaunching our crowdsourcing platform Art Detective, thanks to a grant from @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
🧑🎨 Mary Winifrid Smith (1904–1992) © the artist's estate. 📷 @nationaltrust.org.uk
Art UK to relaunch crowdsourcing platform Art Detective with funding from the Wolfson Foundation
Art UK is preparing to relaunch its innovative artwork knowledge crowdsourcing platform Art Detective. The rebuild is being made possible thanks to a £65,370 grant from the Wolfson Foundation, with ad...
artuk.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Great news! 🙌
Art UK will be relaunching our crowdsourcing platform Art Detective, thanks to a grant from @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
🧑🎨 Mary Winifrid Smith (1904–1992) © the artist's estate. 📷 @nationaltrust.org.uk
Art UK will be relaunching our crowdsourcing platform Art Detective, thanks to a grant from @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
🧑🎨 Mary Winifrid Smith (1904–1992) © the artist's estate. 📷 @nationaltrust.org.uk
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How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big to feature prominently in the output of AI chatbots. It’s called GEO.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big on generative engine optimization.
my latest for @wsj.com
🎁🔗
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
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The most beautiful #snail ever to exist!
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The most beautiful #snail ever to exist!
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug
Many #marine snails go through an early life stage called #veliger, wherein they drift along with the #plankton before settling onto the sea floor as an adult. We call this, #sparkles
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #mollusk #gug