Joe Wicentowski 魏思達
@joewiz.org
Historian, exploring digital editions, open government, East Asia, and XML & XQuery
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1989–1992, Volume XXXI, START I, 1989–1991 is out today!
Huge congratulations to @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social and the rest of the team at the State Department's Office of the Historian. history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Huge congratulations to @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social and the rest of the team at the State Department's Office of the Historian. history.state.gov/historicaldo...
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1989–1992, Volume XXXI, START I, 1989–1991 is out today!
Huge congratulations to @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social and the rest of the team at the State Department's Office of the Historian. history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Huge congratulations to @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social and the rest of the team at the State Department's Office of the Historian. history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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In 1876, white terrorists attacked Black members of a militia company at Hamburg, SC. They killed half a dozen Black men, executing several after their surrender.
In 1916, the state erected a monument to the 1 terrorist killed in the assault, lauding his sacrifice for "Anglo-Saxon civilization."
In 1916, the state erected a monument to the 1 terrorist killed in the assault, lauding his sacrifice for "Anglo-Saxon civilization."
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In 1876, white terrorists attacked Black members of a militia company at Hamburg, SC. They killed half a dozen Black men, executing several after their surrender.
In 1916, the state erected a monument to the 1 terrorist killed in the assault, lauding his sacrifice for "Anglo-Saxon civilization."
In 1916, the state erected a monument to the 1 terrorist killed in the assault, lauding his sacrifice for "Anglo-Saxon civilization."
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Our friends at the Office of the Historian have been busy! Out today are three chapters from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume XXVII, Western Europe: Canada, West Germany, and the Nordic countries.
history.state.gov/historicaldo... #FRUS
history.state.gov/historicaldo... #FRUS
Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
history.state.gov 3.0 shell
history.state.gov
August 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our friends at the Office of the Historian have been busy! Out today are three chapters from Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume XXVII, Western Europe: Canada, West Germany, and the Nordic countries.
history.state.gov/historicaldo... #FRUS
history.state.gov/historicaldo... #FRUS
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More new FRUS!
Three chapters of the Western Europe volume from the Carter years are now available, covering Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nordics.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Three chapters of the Western Europe volume from the Carter years are now available, covering Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nordics.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
history.state.gov 3.0 shell
history.state.gov
August 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
More new FRUS!
Three chapters of the Western Europe volume from the Carter years are now available, covering Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nordics.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Three chapters of the Western Europe volume from the Carter years are now available, covering Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Nordics.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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New FRUS volume just dropped on SDI and the Reagan administration's strategic modernization program, compiled by @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
history.state.gov 3.0 shell
history.state.gov
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New FRUS volume just dropped on SDI and the Reagan administration's strategic modernization program, compiled by @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
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With the dismantling of USAID, VOA, and tomorrow's anticipated RIFs at the State Dept. Ambassador William Burns' warning that "the future of our diplomatic service is uncertain" could not be any more urgent or timely.
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
With the dismantling of USAID, VOA, and tomorrow's anticipated RIFs at the State Dept. Ambassador William Burns' warning that "the future of our diplomatic service is uncertain" could not be any more urgent or timely.
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
We must continue to #StandUpForService. Learn how at ServiceDisrupted.org
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NEH staff do valuable work. The Office of Digital Humanities has spurred innovation and supported research that has changed the lives of students across the nation.
Such a shame to see this destroyed.
Such a shame to see this destroyed.
May 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
NEH staff do valuable work. The Office of Digital Humanities has spurred innovation and supported research that has changed the lives of students across the nation.
Such a shame to see this destroyed.
Such a shame to see this destroyed.
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Hey, fellow XML nerds & tag lovers!
If you happen to be at Markup UK in #London this week, and got questions about eXist-db or want to talk about XQuery, native XML databases: Juri and Duncan from the eXist-db core team will be in the house! Come say hi — we’d would be happy to talk 💬😄
If you happen to be at Markup UK in #London this week, and got questions about eXist-db or want to talk about XQuery, native XML databases: Juri and Duncan from the eXist-db core team will be in the house! Come say hi — we’d would be happy to talk 💬😄
June 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hey, fellow XML nerds & tag lovers!
If you happen to be at Markup UK in #London this week, and got questions about eXist-db or want to talk about XQuery, native XML databases: Juri and Duncan from the eXist-db core team will be in the house! Come say hi — we’d would be happy to talk 💬😄
If you happen to be at Markup UK in #London this week, and got questions about eXist-db or want to talk about XQuery, native XML databases: Juri and Duncan from the eXist-db core team will be in the house! Come say hi — we’d would be happy to talk 💬😄
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The eXist-db core developers published a statement concerning license violations in Elemental by Evolved Binary: exist-db.org/exist/apps/w... #LGPL-2.1 #XMLDB
Atomic Wiki
exist-db.org
May 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The eXist-db core developers published a statement concerning license violations in Elemental by Evolved Binary: exist-db.org/exist/apps/w... #LGPL-2.1 #XMLDB
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New -slim images for duncdrum/existdb! 🚀
Now available for 6.4.0+, these come without stockapps in /exist/autodeploy — perfect for minimal base images or lean #XQuery only setups. All distroless variants have a -slim twin: e.g. duncdrum/existdb:6.4.0-nonroot-j8-slim
hub.docker.com/r/duncdrum/e...
Now available for 6.4.0+, these come without stockapps in /exist/autodeploy — perfect for minimal base images or lean #XQuery only setups. All distroless variants have a -slim twin: e.g. duncdrum/existdb:6.4.0-nonroot-j8-slim
hub.docker.com/r/duncdrum/e...
hub.docker.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New -slim images for duncdrum/existdb! 🚀
Now available for 6.4.0+, these come without stockapps in /exist/autodeploy — perfect for minimal base images or lean #XQuery only setups. All distroless variants have a -slim twin: e.g. duncdrum/existdb:6.4.0-nonroot-j8-slim
hub.docker.com/r/duncdrum/e...
Now available for 6.4.0+, these come without stockapps in /exist/autodeploy — perfect for minimal base images or lean #XQuery only setups. All distroless variants have a -slim twin: e.g. duncdrum/existdb:6.4.0-nonroot-j8-slim
hub.docker.com/r/duncdrum/e...
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Announcement from Columbia's History Lab: 🗄️ HistoryLab AI 📁 history-lab.ramus.network 🗃️allows natural-language queries of over more than 5 million primary source records -- CIA files, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) volumes, and State Department cables.
May 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Announcement from Columbia's History Lab: 🗄️ HistoryLab AI 📁 history-lab.ramus.network 🗃️allows natural-language queries of over more than 5 million primary source records -- CIA files, Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) volumes, and State Department cables.
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We are happy to announce that version 6.4.0 of eXist-db was released last week 🥳
Thanks to all who helped getting it out and everyone else who contributed in any other way like posting issues and testing.
For more detailed information see: exist-db.org/exist/apps/w...
Happy hacking! 🚀
Thanks to all who helped getting it out and everyone else who contributed in any other way like posting issues and testing.
For more detailed information see: exist-db.org/exist/apps/w...
Happy hacking! 🚀
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ALT: a cartoon of snoopy dancing with the words oh yeah written above him
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May 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We are happy to announce that version 6.4.0 of eXist-db was released last week 🥳
Thanks to all who helped getting it out and everyone else who contributed in any other way like posting issues and testing.
For more detailed information see: exist-db.org/exist/apps/w...
Happy hacking! 🚀
Thanks to all who helped getting it out and everyone else who contributed in any other way like posting issues and testing.
For more detailed information see: exist-db.org/exist/apps/w...
Happy hacking! 🚀
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Just a reminder that Digital Scholar is hiring an administrative assistant. If you’re in the DC area this job might be right for you (hybrid; 2 days in Falls Church a week). We’re a fun bunch to work with and the pay and benefits package is good.
digitalscholar.org/job-administ...
digitalscholar.org/job-administ...
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just a reminder that Digital Scholar is hiring an administrative assistant. If you’re in the DC area this job might be right for you (hybrid; 2 days in Falls Church a week). We’re a fun bunch to work with and the pay and benefits package is good.
digitalscholar.org/job-administ...
digitalscholar.org/job-administ...
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Check out/sign up for our DHSI course, Processing Your XML/TEI with the XML Family of Languages, at DHSI Week 1 (May 26-30) in Montreal! ebeshero.github.io/UpTransform
Early bird registration ends March 31! bit.ly/2025-dhsireg @teiconsortium.bsky.social
Early bird registration ends March 31! bit.ly/2025-dhsireg @teiconsortium.bsky.social
ebeshero.github.io
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Check out/sign up for our DHSI course, Processing Your XML/TEI with the XML Family of Languages, at DHSI Week 1 (May 26-30) in Montreal! ebeshero.github.io/UpTransform
Early bird registration ends March 31! bit.ly/2025-dhsireg @teiconsortium.bsky.social
Early bird registration ends March 31! bit.ly/2025-dhsireg @teiconsortium.bsky.social
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Now Trump and DOGE are making massive cuts to grants and staffing at the National Endowment for the Humanities. NEH funding is a tiny fraction of the federal budget, but it makes a difference in every state across the country. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Now Trump and DOGE are making massive cuts to grants and staffing at the National Endowment for the Humanities. NEH funding is a tiny fraction of the federal budget, but it makes a difference in every state across the country. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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Key 🧵that puts in context why today's DC Circuit ruling was so bad. The civil service has been (among other things) an indispensable check on executive power, ensuring political apptees adhere to laws passed by Congress. Like courts, universities, media, etc. a key guardrail of democracy. No more.
A thread on the moment and what it means for feds. The Civil Service Reform Act envisions 3 guardrails to protect civil servants: (1) An Office of Special Counsel to investigate allegations of prohibited personnel practices, (2) the Merit Systems Protection Board to hear cases, and (3) unions. 1/
And the MSPB loses its quorum...
March 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Key 🧵that puts in context why today's DC Circuit ruling was so bad. The civil service has been (among other things) an indispensable check on executive power, ensuring political apptees adhere to laws passed by Congress. Like courts, universities, media, etc. a key guardrail of democracy. No more.
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Without IMLS, there would be no Omeka and there would be no Zotero. Write to your representatives to defend IMLS today.
www.6floors.org/bracket/2025...
www.6floors.org/bracket/2025...
Seeds of Innovation: Defending IMLS – [bracket]
www.6floors.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Without IMLS, there would be no Omeka and there would be no Zotero. Write to your representatives to defend IMLS today.
www.6floors.org/bracket/2025...
www.6floors.org/bracket/2025...
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Inbox: Statement from the American Meteorological Society says that firings at NOAA and other science-related agencies are "likely to cause irreparable harm and have far-reaching consequences for public safety, economic well-being, and the United States’ global leadership."
March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Inbox: Statement from the American Meteorological Society says that firings at NOAA and other science-related agencies are "likely to cause irreparable harm and have far-reaching consequences for public safety, economic well-being, and the United States’ global leadership."
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The majority of Americans want support for Ukraine to continue or increase.
March 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The majority of Americans want support for Ukraine to continue or increase.
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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave.
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
January 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave.
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
“Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”
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We're entering a dark period in US #accessibility.
The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".
This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.
Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?
The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".
This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.
Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?
January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We're entering a dark period in US #accessibility.
The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".
This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.
Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?
The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".
This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.
Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?
@simonbs.dev I'm enjoying Festivitas! Using Version 1.1.2 (9). The "Reset" button doesn't reset all settings. Perhaps it is only meant for resetting colors? A button to restore all defaults would be nice. I was futzing around with all of the settings, thinking the reset button would do this. Thx!
December 14, 2024 at 8:18 PM
@simonbs.dev I'm enjoying Festivitas! Using Version 1.1.2 (9). The "Reset" button doesn't reset all settings. Perhaps it is only meant for resetting colors? A button to restore all defaults would be nice. I was futzing around with all of the settings, thinking the reset button would do this. Thx!
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If I can finish proofreading and make the index in time, my new book will come out in January. 📖
I've been working on it for five years so I'm pretty excited that it will soon be a reality. I'd like to tell you a bit about it.
1/16
I've been working on it for five years so I'm pretty excited that it will soon be a reality. I'd like to tell you a bit about it.
1/16
November 17, 2024 at 8:00 AM
If I can finish proofreading and make the index in time, my new book will come out in January. 📖
I've been working on it for five years so I'm pretty excited that it will soon be a reality. I'd like to tell you a bit about it.
1/16
I've been working on it for five years so I'm pretty excited that it will soon be a reality. I'd like to tell you a bit about it.
1/16
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Blog post from last year about it too and my guidelines are on my website alexandraewingate.com/2023/05/30/t...
TEI at Ludicrous Speed!
Yes, I like Spaceballs Last year when I was in Pamplona (see two blog posts ago), I made a big change in the way I transcribe. From 2016 to 2019 when I was working on my undergraduate and MA theses, I...
alexandraewingate.com
August 14, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Blog post from last year about it too and my guidelines are on my website alexandraewingate.com/2023/05/30/t...