emily esten
estene.bsky.social
emily esten
@estene.bsky.social
they/them. digital scholarship, public humanities, museums, theatre. probably listening to the mountain goats. pic by Audrey Estok.
today in spanish lessons: Explain the criticism of effective altruism as described in Karen Hao's EMPIRE OF AI.

also today in spanish lessons: Use the imperative tense to write a recipe to fry an egg!
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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New code review response just dropped:
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
spanish lessons in high school: let's learn all the words for eating at a restaurant!

spanish lessons now: let's debate the value of European infrastructural projects and whether or not there will be world peace in ten years
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
first show I saw at Philly Fringe was fantastic & I'm telling everyone about it: www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/phil...
Philly Fringe 2025: ArtSake Theatre Company presents Malcolm…
ArtSake, a new Philly theater company using the performing arts to inspire climate activism, presents Roadkill Bambi in this year’s Fringe. Emily Esten…
www.broadstreetreview.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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student journalists saying what the professional journalists will not
Editorial | Penn descends into fascism
The Daily Pennsylvanian Summer Editorial Board argues that Penn’s concessions to the Trump administration set a dangerous precedent for academic freedom.
www.thedp.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Gritty's a librarian now thx.
#ALAAC25
June 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Look--I'd say right now is the perfect point in Pride Weekend to read my latest for @contingent-mag.bsky.social.

It's about gay sex in films, the myths we inherit but don't have to keep, and why there's never an acceptable line for selling out the community.

Go on--read it before you head out
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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🚨 For the first time since 1986, Philly’s AFSCME DC 33 is going on strike. The union represents thousands of blue collar city workers (including street pavers and sanitation workers) and is the city’s largest—and lowest paid—municipal workers union. The strike will begin at 12:01am on July 1st. 🚨
June 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏

@ccp-org.bsky.social
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
@jimccasey1.bsky.social
There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.

In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I believe ArXiv and Archive Of Our Own should swap places for April 1st. I believe this more strongly than I believe anything else
March 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I use a spreadsheet to track all my documentation

It's important to keep all your docs in a row
June 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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I have taken
the grant funds
that were in
your NEH account
and which
you were probably
using
for humanities research, training, and outreach.
Screw you
the statues will be so numerous
so heroic
and so cold.
April 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Tradition states that last night Jesus emptied out all the jails. Spent Saturday night telling people “I don’t care what you did, people weren’t made for prisons.” The next day to prove His point He broke out of solitary. It is finished. Easter is incompatible with the carceral state. Happy Easter.
April 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Pitches are now open for our June roundtable: The Losses.
Call For Pitches: The Losses
“But you could go work for the government! Or museums—maybe a non-profit?” Grad students and adjuncts leaving academic history in the United States have often gotten the above advice from well-meaning...
contingentmagazine.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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If your grant is canceled, you don't have to just accept it. Head over to @ach.bsky.social for tips for what to do next, and keep an eye out for their upcoming town hall.

Really proud of how my professional organization is showing up in this moment. Do you know what yours is doing to respond?
Lots of people are hurting today, but I think it’s important to say that the closure of NEH and IMLS is an existential event for #DigitalHumanities #DH
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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On every day, of course. But for this day especially, also of course.
April 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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If you want to learn more about the history of this and why it was abandoned in the first place (along with a lot of other really key stuff on this story) listen to my podcast! We also have transcripts online: www.tested-podcast.com
TESTED – A surprising history of women’s sports
www.tested-podcast.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton.

drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk...
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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We're hiring at the @digblk.bsky.social!

Hiring a "Data Scientist" (very broadly defined) to collaborate on the @ccp-org.bsky.social, @douglassday.bsky.social & emerging work on Black archives & AI. Can be mostly remote!

Info: bit.ly/cbdr-ds

We review apps this month. Help us spread the word?
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February 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I heard the NEA is only considering proposals related to 1776 & the USA’s 250th birthday & I was feeling intensely patriotic, so I’m printing these really big posters inspired *directly* by the Founding Fathers

The cut was carved from the masthead of a 19th century newspaper
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM