Ian L. Y. Wong
@ianlywong.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at the University of Galway || Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures || Open culture, digital heritage and the early modern printed book || Ag foghlaim na Gaeilge
N.B. All opinions expressed here are solely my own!
N.B. All opinions expressed here are solely my own!
The rhetoric coming from the right reminds me of Umberto Eco's remarks on how the enemy constructed by fascism is always simultaneously too strong and too weak – the left is now suddenly violent and dangerous, but not that long ago they were characterised as fragile, ineffective soy-boys.
September 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The rhetoric coming from the right reminds me of Umberto Eco's remarks on how the enemy constructed by fascism is always simultaneously too strong and too weak – the left is now suddenly violent and dangerous, but not that long ago they were characterised as fragile, ineffective soy-boys.
What do you mean, the Doctor Who YouTube channel now has a 24/7 stream of Dugga Doo on repeat www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR30...
⭐️LIVE: 24/7 DUGGA DOO | The Interstellar Song Contest | #DoctorWho
YouTube video by Doctor Who
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May 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What do you mean, the Doctor Who YouTube channel now has a 24/7 stream of Dugga Doo on repeat www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR30...
Watching the Hasan and Ethan debate and I have to say, this almost definitely isn't going to go anywhere because Hasan is coming into it expecting a rational one-to-one, but Ethan sounds very much like he is actually seeking an apology, acknowledgement, or even blame for the harassment he received
May 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Watching the Hasan and Ethan debate and I have to say, this almost definitely isn't going to go anywhere because Hasan is coming into it expecting a rational one-to-one, but Ethan sounds very much like he is actually seeking an apology, acknowledgement, or even blame for the harassment he received
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What reality is this where spoons are an ally and the labour party is the antagonist
April 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
What reality is this where spoons are an ally and the labour party is the antagonist
'Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, you are not gods. You are men, and you are careless. ... You are sucking up to a tyrant who is trying to destroy the laws who made your businesses possible. You are collaborators.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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April 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
'Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, you are not gods. You are men, and you are careless. ... You are sucking up to a tyrant who is trying to destroy the laws who made your businesses possible. You are collaborators.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
Belgium, I have arrived
March 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Belgium, I have arrived
That horrifying moment when you realise that you've been streaming on Twitch and recording at 640x360 resolution for like three whole weeks lol
February 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That horrifying moment when you realise that you've been streaming on Twitch and recording at 640x360 resolution for like three whole weeks lol
oh look I'm on this poster
We are looking forward to a great lineup of speakers for our CAMPS labs this term:
February 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
oh look I'm on this poster
The PhD network I'm on is looking for a researcher to be based at Bristol, working on Carolingian literature during the period of transition from manuscript to early printed book – application deadline 27 Jan 2025. More details below. Spread the word! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The PhD network I'm on is looking for a researcher to be based at Bristol, working on Carolingian literature during the period of transition from manuscript to early printed book – application deadline 27 Jan 2025. More details below. Spread the word! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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The final update of e-codices for 2024 is now live, with twenty newly digitized manuscripts for the holiday season. Discover them today!
e-codices.ch/en/list/all/...
e-codices.ch/en/list/all/...
December 11, 2024 at 1:43 PM
The final update of e-codices for 2024 is now live, with twenty newly digitized manuscripts for the holiday season. Discover them today!
e-codices.ch/en/list/all/...
e-codices.ch/en/list/all/...
Running late for my stream tonight: we shall start at 9.30pm GMT rather than 9!
December 3, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Running late for my stream tonight: we shall start at 9.30pm GMT rather than 9!
To the person who curated today's @geoguessr.bsky.social challenge and made it all forests ... why 💀
November 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
To the person who curated today's @geoguessr.bsky.social challenge and made it all forests ... why 💀
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since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer
for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates
juliaserano.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
Ok but does this mean I can add Gregg's to my cities??
UK Region Pack | Trailers | Cities: Skylines II
YouTube video by Cities: Skylines
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November 26, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Ok but does this mean I can add Gregg's to my cities??
posting this gem from today's Twitch stream with absolutely no context
catch-up VOD of past streams are all on my Twitch channel! (see bio for link) warning: latinists and consummate palaeographers may find themselves yelling correct translations/transcriptions at the screen to no avail
catch-up VOD of past streams are all on my Twitch channel! (see bio for link) warning: latinists and consummate palaeographers may find themselves yelling correct translations/transcriptions at the screen to no avail
November 26, 2024 at 11:09 PM
posting this gem from today's Twitch stream with absolutely no context
catch-up VOD of past streams are all on my Twitch channel! (see bio for link) warning: latinists and consummate palaeographers may find themselves yelling correct translations/transcriptions at the screen to no avail
catch-up VOD of past streams are all on my Twitch channel! (see bio for link) warning: latinists and consummate palaeographers may find themselves yelling correct translations/transcriptions at the screen to no avail
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This is an #almanac, a printed calendar. This genre was from the sixteenth-century onward produced in high quantities and reached very large audiences. These almanacs were a characteristic part of the contemporary media ensemble, as #mediahistory and #bookhistory knows.
November 26, 2024 at 7:30 AM
This is an #almanac, a printed calendar. This genre was from the sixteenth-century onward produced in high quantities and reached very large audiences. These almanacs were a characteristic part of the contemporary media ensemble, as #mediahistory and #bookhistory knows.
I might be biased as someone who used to work in publishing but sometimes this is why we need gatekeepers ... because we don't need to be flooding the market with another 8,000 books a year (not that the majority will end up anywhere except in the graveyard of the eBook ecosystem, probably) 🤦
Copy-pasted bros with copy-pasted beards make copy-pasted books. Tell me again how some minority academic plagarised something somewhere, mumble-mumble-beardy-mumble.
'Disruptor', lol. Wait till you find out how much authors make, my beardy dudes
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
#publishing
'Disruptor', lol. Wait till you find out how much authors make, my beardy dudes
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
#publishing
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:01 AM
I might be biased as someone who used to work in publishing but sometimes this is why we need gatekeepers ... because we don't need to be flooding the market with another 8,000 books a year (not that the majority will end up anywhere except in the graveyard of the eBook ecosystem, probably) 🤦
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Here is the Manuscript and Book History starter pack, with experts working on Latin, Chinese, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Old English, Slavic, Ethiopian and many more manuscript and book traditions!
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Here is the Manuscript and Book History starter pack, with experts working on Latin, Chinese, Syriac, Arabic, Hebrew, Old English, Slavic, Ethiopian and many more manuscript and book traditions!
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
USTC was an absolute life- and time-saver for me when I was trying to get a quick survey of the earliest known books to have been printed in Ireland, the copies which survive, and which ones have some kind of digital footprint available. CANNOT recommend enough
An introduction to @universalstc.bsky.social: an open access database of early modern print culture. To find out more visit our website: www.ustc.ac.uk
November 22, 2024 at 2:37 PM
USTC was an absolute life- and time-saver for me when I was trying to get a quick survey of the earliest known books to have been printed in Ireland, the copies which survive, and which ones have some kind of digital footprint available. CANNOT recommend enough
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✨ NEW ARTICLE ✨
I asked sixteen major cultural institutions in the UK about their copyright policies for digital surrogates of public domain works. To find out what they said, read on...
douglasmccarthy.com/2024/11/anar...
#museums #copyright #openaccess #publicdomain #licensing #UK #law #digital
I asked sixteen major cultural institutions in the UK about their copyright policies for digital surrogates of public domain works. To find out what they said, read on...
douglasmccarthy.com/2024/11/anar...
#museums #copyright #openaccess #publicdomain #licensing #UK #law #digital
Anarchy in the UK – Douglas McCarthy
douglasmccarthy.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
✨ NEW ARTICLE ✨
I asked sixteen major cultural institutions in the UK about their copyright policies for digital surrogates of public domain works. To find out what they said, read on...
douglasmccarthy.com/2024/11/anar...
#museums #copyright #openaccess #publicdomain #licensing #UK #law #digital
I asked sixteen major cultural institutions in the UK about their copyright policies for digital surrogates of public domain works. To find out what they said, read on...
douglasmccarthy.com/2024/11/anar...
#museums #copyright #openaccess #publicdomain #licensing #UK #law #digital
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Throughout the 2010s, the media ran blaring headlines about millennials "killing" one industry or social norm after another. Now, at long last, we pass the torch—and the blame—to Gen Z:
Gen Z Is Killing the Millennial Hit Piece
Millennials were once blamed for every failing industry and changing social norm, but Gen Z has aged into that role — and is taking the heat.
www.rollingstone.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Throughout the 2010s, the media ran blaring headlines about millennials "killing" one industry or social norm after another. Now, at long last, we pass the torch—and the blame—to Gen Z:
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Every single word of this write up is the truth and this entire article deserves to be read.
November 20, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Every single word of this write up is the truth and this entire article deserves to be read.
As a stationery goblin, this thread brings me much joy
Why do we call #earlymodern Europe a paper age?
Well, let's have a look at the hints given on this painting from early seventeenth-century by Jan Lievens. Source: www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A... (Alte Pinakothek, München).
A 🧵 not only for #paperhistory and #bookhistory.
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Well, let's have a look at the hints given on this painting from early seventeenth-century by Jan Lievens. Source: www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/A... (Alte Pinakothek, München).
A 🧵 not only for #paperhistory and #bookhistory.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:02 PM
As a stationery goblin, this thread brings me much joy
Catch me on Twitch TODAY (Thurs) 3pm–5pm BST ... this week we continue transcribing & making our way through a 13th-c. bestiary; how much I do battle with translating the actual Latin is up to the Fates (& my brainpower). Previous streams also up on my channel: www.twitch.tv/bjornbooks
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November 14, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Catch me on Twitch TODAY (Thurs) 3pm–5pm BST ... this week we continue transcribing & making our way through a 13th-c. bestiary; how much I do battle with translating the actual Latin is up to the Fates (& my brainpower). Previous streams also up on my channel: www.twitch.tv/bjornbooks