pam lach
@plach.bsky.social
Digital Humanities Librarian/DH Center Director living/working on unceded Kumeyaay land (San Diego). US historian (PhD) + info scientist (MSIS). Podcast teacher. Still masking. Dogs are my jam. @ach.bsky.social Co-VP. she/her
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pam lach
@plach.bsky.social
· Oct 11
I love my colleagues and collaborators. But I HATE their file names.
First nasturtium bloom of the season😍
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
First nasturtium bloom of the season😍
Doomscrolling in the wee hours led to the most intense ICE nightmare, the likes of which I haven’t experienced since my childhood terrors.
Here’s a recent SoCal beach sunset time lapse I took (late Dec) for anyone else who’s on edge. Take care of yourself and each other, in whatever ways you can.
Here’s a recent SoCal beach sunset time lapse I took (late Dec) for anyone else who’s on edge. Take care of yourself and each other, in whatever ways you can.
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Doomscrolling in the wee hours led to the most intense ICE nightmare, the likes of which I haven’t experienced since my childhood terrors.
Here’s a recent SoCal beach sunset time lapse I took (late Dec) for anyone else who’s on edge. Take care of yourself and each other, in whatever ways you can.
Here’s a recent SoCal beach sunset time lapse I took (late Dec) for anyone else who’s on edge. Take care of yourself and each other, in whatever ways you can.
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Still waiting on an explanation as to why 116 of our staff positions - our incomes, our livelihoods - at the National Endowment for the Humanities were "abolished" when the funding for the agency will remain level. #NEH
National Humanities Alliance reports budget bills expected to be signed by Trump will include level funding for NEH, and continued, but cut, funding for NARA and NHPRC. Wilson Center gets funding - 5m down from 15m in FY25. Check link for more on different funding levels:
nhalliance.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Still waiting on an explanation as to why 116 of our staff positions - our incomes, our livelihoods - at the National Endowment for the Humanities were "abolished" when the funding for the agency will remain level. #NEH
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writes @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social, "Grok is an intentional instrument for establishing, maintaining, & manipulating a consensus reality on X...coupled with the apparent eugenicist white-supremacist proclivities of its owner, this makes it...uniquely dangerous." www.techpolicy.press/grok-is-an-e...
Grok is an Epistemic Weapon
Elon Musk's Grok claims to be truth-seeking while shaping discourse and amplifying ideology, argues Matthew Kirschenbaum.
www.techpolicy.press
January 16, 2026 at 5:46 PM
writes @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social, "Grok is an intentional instrument for establishing, maintaining, & manipulating a consensus reality on X...coupled with the apparent eugenicist white-supremacist proclivities of its owner, this makes it...uniquely dangerous." www.techpolicy.press/grok-is-an-e...
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Sent the book manuscript off to the publisher for consideration. Working title is "Embedded Pedagogies: DH Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change." 59,612 piping hot thoughts on DH pedagogy. Phew - glad to have gotten this out before the baby comes. Table of contents and title page attached!
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Sent the book manuscript off to the publisher for consideration. Working title is "Embedded Pedagogies: DH Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change." 59,612 piping hot thoughts on DH pedagogy. Phew - glad to have gotten this out before the baby comes. Table of contents and title page attached!
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Thinking about nominating yourself or someone to help lead our organization? Swing by our virtual Info Session on Friday, Jan 13 at 9 Pacific/12 Eastern to learn more. Register: sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ACH Nominations Information Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Considering nominating yourself or someone else for a leadership position in ACH? Join us for this informal information session to learn more about elected roles and the nomination process.
sdsu.zoom.us
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Thinking about nominating yourself or someone to help lead our organization? Swing by our virtual Info Session on Friday, Jan 13 at 9 Pacific/12 Eastern to learn more. Register: sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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I've put together a list of the most helpful activities/visualizations/tools I've found for introducing students to the mechanics of LLMs (which I do every year). miriamposner.com/blog/introdu...
Introducing beginners to the mechanics of machine learning – Miriam Posner
miriamposner.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I've put together a list of the most helpful activities/visualizations/tools I've found for introducing students to the mechanics of LLMs (which I do every year). miriamposner.com/blog/introdu...
Serving @ach.bsky.social has been one of the most generative & rewarding professional experiences I’ve ever had. What a caring + inspiring group! Consider nominating yourself/others to help us keep doing the good + important work of advocating for each other/the #DigitalHumanities. DM/email me w Qs
Join ACH leadership! We're looking for 3 new Executive Council members to serve a 4-year term (2026-2030), 1 new member to serve for 2 years on the Executive Council (2026-2028), and a (co)Vice President(s)/President(s) Elect. Nominations due by 2/13/2026. buff.ly/fEp0SVf
ACH Nominations 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Serving @ach.bsky.social has been one of the most generative & rewarding professional experiences I’ve ever had. What a caring + inspiring group! Consider nominating yourself/others to help us keep doing the good + important work of advocating for each other/the #DigitalHumanities. DM/email me w Qs
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Join ACH leadership! We're looking for 3 new Executive Council members to serve a 4-year term (2026-2030), 1 new member to serve for 2 years on the Executive Council (2026-2028), and a (co)Vice President(s)/President(s) Elect. Nominations due by 2/13/2026. buff.ly/fEp0SVf
ACH Nominations 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Join ACH leadership! We're looking for 3 new Executive Council members to serve a 4-year term (2026-2030), 1 new member to serve for 2 years on the Executive Council (2026-2028), and a (co)Vice President(s)/President(s) Elect. Nominations due by 2/13/2026. buff.ly/fEp0SVf
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As everyone rolls into their quarters and semesters, I hope you have a little time to think about what it means to be teaching in these treacherous times - for your students, for you, and how that is reflected.
January 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
As everyone rolls into their quarters and semesters, I hope you have a little time to think about what it means to be teaching in these treacherous times - for your students, for you, and how that is reflected.
Got my second shingles vax yesterday. What should be a somewhat unremarkable life event now seems newsworthy and politically charged. It feels like taking a stand for science, evidence-based research, and information literacy
I told my doc I’m terrified I won’t be able to get the shingles vax when I turn 50 next yr. She agreed to prescribe it now & I got my 1st jab today. I’m grateful I was allowed to get it when I wanted it & wish it were this easy for everyone trying to get their shots, esp Covid (I’ll get that soon)
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Got my second shingles vax yesterday. What should be a somewhat unremarkable life event now seems newsworthy and politically charged. It feels like taking a stand for science, evidence-based research, and information literacy
Warm pup on a cold morning
January 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Warm pup on a cold morning
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Just wait until you hear about the United States.
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Just wait until you hear about the United States.
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Funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities continues to be preserved. So why, then, were 116 #NEH staff terminated from their positions nine months ago? 🤔
Today's bipartisan House vote maintains $207 million in funding for the NEA and NEH each. NEA and NEH grants support jobs for union creative professionals in every state and help boost local economies. We thank our Congressional arts champions and look forward to the Senate's passage.
January 9, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities continues to be preserved. So why, then, were 116 #NEH staff terminated from their positions nine months ago? 🤔
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#DHmakes is digital humanists (& other folks doing knowledge-work anywhere: library/academic-ish, or on your own!) sharing art/craft/making that has all or partial analog/physical components (ie not code/sites as those had more understanding/sharing in DH already). literaturegeek.com/2025/12/31/w...
I'm not even joking about knitting and letterpress and weaving and friends being the next evolutionary step for digital humanities tech. #DHmakes
2006 Me: Holy shit, are you me from the future?
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
2026 Me: Yep
2006 Me: So, what's it like, do we still run a webserver behind our couch
2026 Me: We're building a printing press in the basement
2006 Me: Why?
2026 Me: Internet's haunted man (cocks gun) Internet's haunted
January 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM
#DHmakes is digital humanists (& other folks doing knowledge-work anywhere: library/academic-ish, or on your own!) sharing art/craft/making that has all or partial analog/physical components (ie not code/sites as those had more understanding/sharing in DH already). literaturegeek.com/2025/12/31/w...
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Open to submissions throughout January 2026.
Submission information: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/submission-g...
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submission information: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/submission-g...
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submission Guidelines – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Open to submissions throughout January 2026.
Submission information: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/submission-g...
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submission information: www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/submission-g...
Submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
First thing I did on my first day back at work was find a prominent home on my desk for my #DHmakes print, courtesy of @literaturegeek.bsky.social My Luddite is in good company.
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
First thing I did on my first day back at work was find a prominent home on my desk for my #DHmakes print, courtesy of @literaturegeek.bsky.social My Luddite is in good company.
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“Our [university]system of governance (which management scientists term ‘Kafkaesque bureaucracy meets Lord of the Files,’ though no one understands these references since we cut our literature requirements)”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...
An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University
Our 20th most-read article of 2025.
- - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“Our [university]system of governance (which management scientists term ‘Kafkaesque bureaucracy meets Lord of the Files,’ though no one understands these references since we cut our literature requirements)”
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...
2 + 2 = 5
fuck outta here
January 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2 + 2 = 5
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ACH 2026 welcomes proposals on all aspects of digital humanities work. Share your research, tools, pedagogy, or community projects with our vibrant DH community. Virtual conference June 24-26. Deadline: Feb 2
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January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
ACH 2026 welcomes proposals on all aspects of digital humanities work. Share your research, tools, pedagogy, or community projects with our vibrant DH community. Virtual conference June 24-26. Deadline: Feb 2
🔗 buff.ly/O7y3KaD
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Another gorgeous winter sunset here in SoCal
January 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Another gorgeous winter sunset here in SoCal
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Someone should really write like... professor power analysis 101. It could explain that when you have power over someone's future you also have an obligation of care.
And that's true even if you are tortured by insecurity and believe in your heart that you are an underdog.
And that's true even if you are tortured by insecurity and believe in your heart that you are an underdog.
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Someone should really write like... professor power analysis 101. It could explain that when you have power over someone's future you also have an obligation of care.
And that's true even if you are tortured by insecurity and believe in your heart that you are an underdog.
And that's true even if you are tortured by insecurity and believe in your heart that you are an underdog.
Happy new year to me I just deleted my (long ago deactivated) Facebook account and it feels so good 🥳
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Happy new year to me I just deleted my (long ago deactivated) Facebook account and it feels so good 🥳
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Anyway, if you are just doing your best to try and exist, don’t forget that just doing your best to try and exist can still be enough to inspire others and still be enough to make the world a better place ❤️✊🐘
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Anyway, if you are just doing your best to try and exist, don’t forget that just doing your best to try and exist can still be enough to inspire others and still be enough to make the world a better place ❤️✊🐘