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Shawn M. Jones, PhD
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Cat parent. PhD ODU CS. @webscidl.bsky.social 4Life. Opinions are my own. Reposts are worth a look, but not always an endorsement.

https://www.shawnmjones.org

Also on Mastodon: @shawnmjones@hachyderm.io
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Shawn M. Jones, PhD @shawnmjones.org · Nov 24
#introduction - Hi, I'm Shawn Jones. I'm a cat dad and a Computer Scientist.

I have many interests, including #ArtificialIntelligence #WebScience #NaturalLanguageProcessing #ComputerVision #LEGO #IDIC #Caturday and more!

Below is a visualization I made so my colleagues can differentiate my cats.
From behind them, we see two cats on leashes staring at the same thing through the fence beyond. A black cat with a blue leash is on the upper right. A grey cat with a red leash is on the lower right. Boxes annotate the image describing each cat. Marjon The Black * loquacious * nervous about that noise you didn’t hear * curious about people he doesn’t know * likes the kitchen because that’s where the food is Malala The Grey * 14 confirmed kills this year * enjoys tree climbing * power sleeper * plays fetch on her terms
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As part of Malala’s #Caturday lessons in Management: make the competition understand you but keep them guessing. Sometimes you ignore Tuxedo cat, sometimes you stare down Tuxedo cat. Either way, Tuxedo cat knows you’re there.

#Cat #Cats #CatCommunication
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
A black cat eats his food on the window sill on the left. A grey cat on the right of the same windowsill stares out the window at a tuxedo cat outside.
September 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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On a #Caturday long ago, a young Marjon conquered the laundry basket… to protect everyone from it.

#Cat #Cats #LaundryBasketHero
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
A black cat lay on top of a collapsable mesh teal laundry basket while starting up at the camera.
September 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Malala has no time for outdoor tuxedo cat’s foolishness this #Caturday. THEY intruded into HER territory and will be ignored accordingly, as befitting their level of importance.

#Cat #Cats #CatCommunication
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
An outdoor tuxedo cat scowls at an indoor grey cat through a window while the indoor cat ignores them and eats her breakfast.
September 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by Shawn M. Jones, PhD
phonedudemln.bsky.social
This blog post came up recently in a student meeting while discussing real web sites about fake entities.

In 2016, Shawn Jones @shawnmjones.org‬ @webscidl.bsky.social looked at link rot & content drift in real web sites mentioned in fictional TV shows & movies.

ws-dl.blogspot.com/2016/10/2016...
2016-10-24: Fun with Fictional Web Sites and the Internet Archive
The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.
ws-dl.blogspot.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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This #Caturday Marjon sees an outdoor cat and wonders if “that cat might be a nice friend unlike my sister.” When the outdoor cat approached the window, they hissed at him, so... maybe not.

#Cat #Cats #OutdoorIndoorCatTreaty
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
An indoor black cat at his bowl stares through a window at a tuxedo cat outside.
August 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Marjon just heard that it is #BlackCatAppreciationDay !!!!

#Cat #Cats
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
A black cat laying in a box raises his ears while looking at the camera.
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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As part of our recent #Caturday unpacking, Marjon wanted to help the family by inspecting and securing packing paper -- because LOOK A PAPER NEST!

#Cat #Cats
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
A black cat stares at the camera while licking his mouth from his recent claim — a nest of packing paper!
August 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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This #Caturday, Malala asks why you are still downstairs when there is so much fun to be had playing upstairs with her!

#Cat #Cats
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
A cat peers down over a high interior wall at the camera.
August 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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As part of our recent #Caturday unpacking, Marjon wanted to help the family by inspecting and securing boxes -- because LOOK A BOX!

#Cat #Cats
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
A black cat stares at the camera from his recent claim — a cardboard box!
August 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Every #Caturday Malala rules Marjon with an iron foot to the face! Marjon just wanted to hang out with his sister.

#Cat #Cats #IronFoot
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
Two cats lay on a bed. The grey cat on the right lay on her left side. Her arms are poised in front of her with claws expressed. Her ears are back, her mouth is open presenting teeth, and her eyes are focused on the black cat to her left. Her left foot is raised to bunny-kick the black cat in the face. The black cat on the left lay on his front. He has his ears pinned back and is preparing to receive the kick to the face.
July 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Last #Caturday Marjon erred. In her exasperation, Malala explained her disappointment to him, repeatedly, and, some times, physically.

#Cat #Cats #CatCommunication
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
Two cats sit upright in a cardboard box on top of a desk. The grey cat on the left is leaned back slightly with her left paw barely raised. The black cat on the right hangs his head low and stares down at the grey cat’s barely raised paw.
July 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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#SeattleSunset
A sunset over rolling hills of trees and houses with water then mountains in the distance.
July 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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On a #Caturday a little more than a month ago, Malala inspected our hotel room in Idaho to determine if La Quinta was up to her standards. Thanks to La Quinta Inn for being a cat-friendly hotel! 🐈🏨

#Cat #Cats
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
A grey cat peeps over a bed.
July 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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On a #Caturday a little more than a month ago, Marjon protested to his driver during his 3-day roadtrip from New Mexico to Washington State. He was lodging a compliant that the conditions aboard this carriage were unbefitting his station.

#Cat #Cats
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
A black cat stares at the camera from his carrier. His eyes are slitted and he is not happy.
July 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Good news everyone! 🎉 I am now a #Google Developer Relations Engineer 🥑 for #GoogleCloudPlatform.

I’ll miss Los Alamos and this is a big step toward continued learning, mentoring, and having a global impact.

Let’s connect 🍻 and discuss everything from infinite loops 🔄 to #IDIC 🖖🏼.

#Noogler #DevRel
Three images. On the top is a picture of Shawn in front of a firepit labeled with "Google". On the bottom left is Shawn in multicolored Noogler hat. On the bottom right is Shawn in front of the Google logo at the Google Kirkland office.
June 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Shawn M. Jones, PhD
hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy
“api-catalog: A Well-Known URI and Link Relation to Help Discovery of APIs” is now RFC 9727 https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9727 It is the basis of FAIRiCat, a specification that details how to advertise the interoperability affordances provided by a repository https://signposting.org/FAIRiCat/
www.rfc-editor.org
June 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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phonedudemln.bsky.social
Lecturer in Data Science (#F1048A)

non-TT position, starting Fall 2025
4+4 teaching load

reviews start on 2025-06-23

jobs.odu.edu/postings/23300
Lecturer in Data Science (Non-Tenured)
The School of Data Science at Old Dominion University invites applications for a Lecturer position, starting in Fall 2025. We are seeking a dynamic and dedicated educator with a passion for teaching a...
jobs.odu.edu
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Shawn M. Jones, PhD
machawk1.bsky.social
Just released Mink 3.0!

The Chrome extension integrates live & archived web. In v 3.0 we've:
* updated to MV3
* integrated #MementoWeb aggregator fallback

Give it a spin 🔗 & report any bugs🪲
#WebArchiveWednesday #webarchiving

🪲 github.com/machawk1/mink
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mink-...
Mink - Integrate Live & Archived Web +Memento - Chrome Web Store
Integrating the Live and Archived Web Viewing Experience Using Memento
chromewebstore.google.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Reposted by Shawn M. Jones, PhD
machawk1.bsky.social
Today I gave an invited talk at the Archive-It Partner Meeting in Philly titled, "What You See No One Saw" describing an ongoing investigation for archiving personalized representations on the web.

The presentation is based on our IMLS project w/ @webscidl.bsky.social

Slides: matkelly.com/ait2025
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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This #Caturday Malala asks “Why limit yourself to one box?”

#Cat #Cats
#GreyCat #GreyCats #GreyCatsRule #TabbyCat
A grey cat looks up to the camera. She is resting inside of a shoebox, inside of a cardboard box.
June 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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This #Caturday Marjon is asking you the important questions. What do you really want to do with your life? Are you happy with your current path? When will we play next? Why haven’t you fed him recently?

#Cat #Cats
#BlackCat #BlackCats #BlackCatsRule
A black cat lay on his side in a hammock with a single paw reaching over the side of the hammock out of frame. He is looking up at the camera.
June 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Shawn M. Jones, PhD
umichstonecid.bsky.social
Calling all Stata aficionados! Join our team as a postdoc starting ✨this fall✨. Apply by June 29!

apply.interfolio.com/167162

#nowhiring #academicsky #postdoc
Apply now to join the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
June 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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machawk1.bsky.social
Today is my 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 — six years ago today I defended my PhD dissertation! 🖐️☝️

Thanks to @weiglemc.bsky.social, @phonedudemln.bsky.social, JFB, Danella, & Dimitrie for the dissertation approval.

Also thx to @ashleyrattner.bsky.social for the idea for one to celebrate this milestone annually.
Mat standing in front of his dissertation defense slide titled, "Aggregating Private and Public Web Archives Using the Mementity Framework".
May 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Excited to share that I’ve been selected as a Google Summer of Code 2025 contributor 🤩

I’ll be working with @archive.org this summer, mentored by
@ibnesayeed.bsky.social 😇

#GSoC2025, @mark.bsky.social, @webscidl.bsky.social, @weiglemc.bsky.social, @phonedudemln.bsky.social, @acnwala.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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machawk1.bsky.social
Our proposal for the Web Archiving & Digital Libraries (WADL) Workshop has been accepted to ACM Hypertext 2025! (@acmht.bsky.social)

Please consider submitting a paper, due July 6. More info @ wadlworkshop.github.io/2025/

Please also RT for those potentially interested #webarchiving
Home | WADL 2025
wadlworkshop.github.io
May 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM