Brett Bobley
@brettbobley.bsky.social
Working as an advisor to Schmidt Sciences for their HAVI DH program (AI + Humanities/cultural heritage). Former CIO for the NEH & founder of the Office of Digital Humanities.
Congrats to the latest cohort of AI2050 fellows!
We're excited to welcome 28 new AI2050 Fellows! This 4th cohort of researchers are pursuing projects that include building AI scientists, designing trustworthy models, and improving biological and medical research, among other areas.
Schmidt Sciences awards $18M to researchers working to ensure AI benefits society - Schmidt Sciences
Media Contact: Carlie Wiener; cwiener@schmidtsciences.org NEW YORK—Schmidt Sciences announced today that 28 scholars studying how to fulfill AI’s potential to dramatically benefit…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Congrats to the latest cohort of AI2050 fellows!
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I needed this night for basic mental health tbh
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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It feels really good to finally see some good political news after a really difficult 2025. Congrats to Zohran Mamdani. And thanks to all the people, especially all the young people, for turning out to vote.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It feels really good to finally see some good political news after a really difficult 2025. Congrats to Zohran Mamdani. And thanks to all the people, especially all the young people, for turning out to vote.
That was very, very close.
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
That was very, very close.
The giant ghost is ready for trick or treating.
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The giant ghost is ready for trick or treating.
Congrats to Doug Armato on his retirement. He was a real leader in open access publishing. Back when I worked at NEH, I was proud to be able to award him and his press numerous awards for OA scholarship: apps.neh.gov/PublicQuery/...
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Congrats to Doug Armato on his retirement. He was a real leader in open access publishing. Back when I worked at NEH, I was proud to be able to award him and his press numerous awards for OA scholarship: apps.neh.gov/PublicQuery/...
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Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies, trade, and regional publishing programs.
University of Minnesota Press Director Retires
Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies,…
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October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Doug Armato, who has helmed the 100-year-old press for 27 years, is retiring at the end of December. His tenure saw the expansion of the press’s list and the development of strong Indigenous studies, trade, and regional publishing programs.
Sunset picture here in Honolulu. (Can confirm: it is very pretty in Hawaii.)
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Sunset picture here in Honolulu. (Can confirm: it is very pretty in Hawaii.)
If you are here at the #ICCV2025 conference and want to talk about funding for a Humanities/CV project, please stop by room 302a between 11am and 3pm on Thursday. The team from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social is here to answer your funding questions.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you are here at the #ICCV2025 conference and want to talk about funding for a Humanities/CV project, please stop by room 302a between 11am and 3pm on Thursday. The team from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social is here to answer your funding questions.
I have arrived in the homeland of @jenserventi.bsky.social
Today I'm heading to the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision in Honolulu. The @schmidtsciences.bsky.social HAVI team will be there to talk about our funding opportunities for Humanities/CV research. #ICCV2025
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I have arrived in the homeland of @jenserventi.bsky.social
Today I'm heading to the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision in Honolulu. The @schmidtsciences.bsky.social HAVI team will be there to talk about our funding opportunities for Humanities/CV research. #ICCV2025
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today I'm heading to the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision in Honolulu. The @schmidtsciences.bsky.social HAVI team will be there to talk about our funding opportunities for Humanities/CV research. #ICCV2025
Wall to wall people here in downtown DC at No King's.
October 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wall to wall people here in downtown DC at No King's.
Yes. +1000
So glad to see my friend Steve here. A good follow and a better fellow.
I have a new(-ish) book out: *On the Digital Humanities: Essays and Provocations* from University of Minnesota Press.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791501...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791501...
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Yes. +1000
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So glad to see my friend Steve here. A good follow and a better fellow.
I have a new(-ish) book out: *On the Digital Humanities: Essays and Provocations* from University of Minnesota Press.
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791501...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151791501...
On the Digital Humanities
A witty and incisive exploration of the philosophical conundrums that animate the digital humanities Since its inception, the digital humanities has been rep...
www.upress.umn.edu
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
So glad to see my friend Steve here. A good follow and a better fellow.
Ten different philanthropies are teaming up on this new funding program. I'm keen to see where it goes.
Humans created AI, and we can still shape its future. That is why @macfound joined a broad coalition of our peers to launch Humanity AI, a new initiative to keep people at the center of our AI future.
Learn more: humanityai.ai
Learn more: humanityai.ai
Home - Humanity AI
Our future with AI can and will be what we make it. Humanity AI is uniting philanthropy in a broad […]
humanityai.ai
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Ten different philanthropies are teaming up on this new funding program. I'm keen to see where it goes.
Interview with Hima Lakkaraju on her work studying AI trustworthiness. Lakkaraju is a 2023 @schmidtsciences.bsky.social AI2050 Early Career Fellow and Assistant Professor at Harvard University.
AI is shaping high-stakes decisions every day. But can it explain itself?
AI2050 Early Career Fellow and Assistant Professor at @harvard.edu, Hima Lakkaraju, is closing the gap between policy and practice for trustworthy AI.
Read more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...
AI2050 Early Career Fellow and Assistant Professor at @harvard.edu, Hima Lakkaraju, is closing the gap between policy and practice for trustworthy AI.
Read more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...
Community Perspective - Hima Lakkaraju - AI2050
If you’ve ever made a mistake, chances are, you’ve been asked to explain yourself. While people can easily understand how and why decisions led to something going wrong, Hima Lakkaraju’s research…
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October 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Interview with Hima Lakkaraju on her work studying AI trustworthiness. Lakkaraju is a 2023 @schmidtsciences.bsky.social AI2050 Early Career Fellow and Assistant Professor at Harvard University.
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Introducing Sidra Co-Founder Hannah Alpert-Abrams! Hannah has over 15 years of experience in arts, culture, and the humanities as a practitioner and funder. Hannah can help establish new grant programs, manage funding processes, and understand the impact of your work.
sidracollaborative.com/team/
sidracollaborative.com/team/
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Introducing Sidra Co-Founder Hannah Alpert-Abrams! Hannah has over 15 years of experience in arts, culture, and the humanities as a practitioner and funder. Hannah can help establish new grant programs, manage funding processes, and understand the impact of your work.
sidracollaborative.com/team/
sidracollaborative.com/team/
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We're investing $45M over 5 years to launch the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC).
Four global teams will combine AI, advanced observations & modeling to close major carbon cycle gaps, strengthening climate projections worldwide.
🔗 buff.ly/8WVpM9s
WIRED coverage: buff.ly/YsLAcRZ
Four global teams will combine AI, advanced observations & modeling to close major carbon cycle gaps, strengthening climate projections worldwide.
🔗 buff.ly/8WVpM9s
WIRED coverage: buff.ly/YsLAcRZ
Schmidt Sciences awards $45M to narrow carbon cycle knowledge gap - Schmidt Sciences
Globe-spanning interdisciplinary teams will dramatically improve climate modeling to drive better energy, environmental, economic decision making Contact: Carlie Wiener, cwiener@schmidtsciences.org…
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October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We're investing $45M over 5 years to launch the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC).
Four global teams will combine AI, advanced observations & modeling to close major carbon cycle gaps, strengthening climate projections worldwide.
🔗 buff.ly/8WVpM9s
WIRED coverage: buff.ly/YsLAcRZ
Four global teams will combine AI, advanced observations & modeling to close major carbon cycle gaps, strengthening climate projections worldwide.
🔗 buff.ly/8WVpM9s
WIRED coverage: buff.ly/YsLAcRZ
Going crazy pickling peppers from my garden today. Also gonna can some hot pepper jelly. 🌶️🌶️
October 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Going crazy pickling peppers from my garden today. Also gonna can some hot pepper jelly. 🌶️🌶️
Is this the Garden of American Heroes everyone is talking about?
A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.
September 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Is this the Garden of American Heroes everyone is talking about?
It never ceases to crack me up when emails from Google end up in GMail's spam folder. (I guess I should give them credit for not treating their own spam differently?)
September 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It never ceases to crack me up when emails from Google end up in GMail's spam folder. (I guess I should give them credit for not treating their own spam differently?)
How can such a tiny plane have NINE boarding groups?
September 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How can such a tiny plane have NINE boarding groups?
At DCA, heading to ATL for a conference at Georgia Tech, “AI.
Culture. Democracy. Now. How the humanities can lead in a time of crisis.”
Culture. Democracy. Now. How the humanities can lead in a time of crisis.”
September 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At DCA, heading to ATL for a conference at Georgia Tech, “AI.
Culture. Democracy. Now. How the humanities can lead in a time of crisis.”
Culture. Democracy. Now. How the humanities can lead in a time of crisis.”
Thoughtful thread.
Yesterday I was chatting with a colleague who researches AI who asked me why I think so many scholars—especially humanists, but not exclusively—are so skeptical about/hostile to it. We ended up having a lovely, generous, & genuinely curious discussion, a few moments of which seem worth summarizing+
August 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thoughtful thread.