José Eduardo González
@jose-eduardo.bsky.social
Latin American Literary History and Digital Humanities. _Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jorge Luis Borges_ (2025) https://tinyurl.com/2nj7dfkn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8899-3021
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Today I am filled with gratitude that this book went from being an idea to an object that exists in the real world. Last evening I finally got my copies and I would like to highlight a couple of the chapters in it 🧵
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“Scrolling has become a form of ambient dissociation, half-conscious, half-compulsive, closer to scratching an itch than seeking anything in particular. People know the feed is fake, they just don’t care.”
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
www.noemamag.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Scrolling has become a form of ambient dissociation, half-conscious, half-compulsive, closer to scratching an itch than seeking anything in particular. People know the feed is fake, they just don’t care.”
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
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Here's another, even more recent example, which has been influential in recent court cases against AI companies, finding that certain models can memorize entire books verbatim.
But there's also a tension here: *researchers can only run such analyses if they have access to book data.*
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But there's also a tension here: *researchers can only run such analyses if they have access to book data.*
4/n
Extracting memorized pieces of (copyrighted) books from open-weight language models
Plaintiffs and defendants in copyright lawsuits over generative AI often make sweeping, opposing claims about the extent to which large language models (LLMs) have memorized plaintiffs' protected expr...
arxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here's another, even more recent example, which has been influential in recent court cases against AI companies, finding that certain models can memorize entire books verbatim.
But there's also a tension here: *researchers can only run such analyses if they have access to book data.*
4/n
But there's also a tension here: *researchers can only run such analyses if they have access to book data.*
4/n
Never had the pleasure of meeting Kristal, but he had a brilliant mind and his book on Borges has been canonical for a long time for those studying the Argentine writer's work. RIP.
So sorry to hear this. I worked with Efraín as a contributor to the Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa, I met him a couple of times later, he was a great scholar and his passing is a huge loss to the academic community
Efraín Kristal, author of one of the best books on Vargas Llosa, and of a brilliant book on Borges and translation, dead at 66. Mi más sentido pésame. I once had the pleasure of meeting him, in Quebec City. He was both dazzling and modest.
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Never had the pleasure of meeting Kristal, but he had a brilliant mind and his book on Borges has been canonical for a long time for those studying the Argentine writer's work. RIP.
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So sorry to hear this. I worked with Efraín as a contributor to the Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa, I met him a couple of times later, he was a great scholar and his passing is a huge loss to the academic community
Efraín Kristal, author of one of the best books on Vargas Llosa, and of a brilliant book on Borges and translation, dead at 66. Mi más sentido pésame. I once had the pleasure of meeting him, in Quebec City. He was both dazzling and modest.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So sorry to hear this. I worked with Efraín as a contributor to the Cambridge Companion to Mario Vargas Llosa, I met him a couple of times later, he was a great scholar and his passing is a huge loss to the academic community
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)
Google on campus promoting their AI search engine…as if most students didn’t know about it….
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Google on campus promoting their AI search engine…as if most students didn’t know about it….
I am supposed to teach an "Intro to Literary Theory" next year, but I am wondering if these courses are helpful or even necessary nowadays? I might just call it "Intro to Lit. Theory--The Skeptic's Version"
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I am supposed to teach an "Intro to Literary Theory" next year, but I am wondering if these courses are helpful or even necessary nowadays? I might just call it "Intro to Lit. Theory--The Skeptic's Version"
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I'm thrilled that my weird essay on babble, the avant-garde, and the confining language of capitalism found a home in Guernica: www.guernicamag.com/aquaduhka/
May 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I'm thrilled that my weird essay on babble, the avant-garde, and the confining language of capitalism found a home in Guernica: www.guernicamag.com/aquaduhka/
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Out now: JLACS 34.3 including a dossier edited by @azucastro.bsky.social and Estefania Bournot on "Geological Groundings in Latin American Cultures". Check out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjla20/c...
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies
Geological Groundings: Earthly Memories and Inhuman Becomings in Latin American Cultures. Guest-edited by Azucena Castro and Estefania Bournot. Volume 34, Issue 3 of Journal of Latin American Cultural...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Out now: JLACS 34.3 including a dossier edited by @azucastro.bsky.social and Estefania Bournot on "Geological Groundings in Latin American Cultures". Check out here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjla20/c...
Trying to watch the third season of Netflix's The Diplomat but something feels wrong. Its main plot about a world leader who does terrible things that they have to keep secret from the the public and the press (the Post!) feels out of sync with reality.
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trying to watch the third season of Netflix's The Diplomat but something feels wrong. Its main plot about a world leader who does terrible things that they have to keep secret from the the public and the press (the Post!) feels out of sync with reality.
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Job!
Our department is hiring! Join us and be part of a wonderful community of faculty, students, and staff. Apply here and/or please share: www.indeed.com/viewjob?from...
Assistant Professor - Modern Languages (Spanish Peninsular) - New York, NY - Indeed.com
The City University of New York (CUNY)
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August 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Job!
In my spare time, I have been trying to get "Guess the Dictator or Sitcom character" to read my mind. Please go there and help it recognize that dictator we all are thinking of right now with only 20 questions
www.smalltime.com/Dictator
www.smalltime.com/Dictator
Guess the Dictator/Sit-Com Character
www.smalltime.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In my spare time, I have been trying to get "Guess the Dictator or Sitcom character" to read my mind. Please go there and help it recognize that dictator we all are thinking of right now with only 20 questions
www.smalltime.com/Dictator
www.smalltime.com/Dictator
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs slated to be cut asked that the process be delayed to ensure they were afforded a full and fair hearing before the Academic Planning Committee.
UNL programs up for elimination ask chancellor for delay; hearings on cuts begin
University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs slated to be cut asked that the process be delayed to ensure they were afforded a full and fair hearing before the Academic Planning Committee.
omaha.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs slated to be cut asked that the process be delayed to ensure they were afforded a full and fair hearing before the Academic Planning Committee.
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UC faculty are fighting through the courts to save the UC system. Our funding has been swept by central admin. We can’t pay to travel or research. Every time we lecture we’re at risk of attacks by right-wing mobs. Fortunately the UC Regents are on the ball: they’re…finding new ways to discipline us.
October 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
UC faculty are fighting through the courts to save the UC system. Our funding has been swept by central admin. We can’t pay to travel or research. Every time we lecture we’re at risk of attacks by right-wing mobs. Fortunately the UC Regents are on the ball: they’re…finding new ways to discipline us.
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Hannes Bok's interior art for Henry Hasse's "Farewell to Fuzzies" in Astonishing Stories, ed. Frederik Pohl (September 1941)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art
#scifi #sciencefiction #art
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Hannes Bok's interior art for Henry Hasse's "Farewell to Fuzzies" in Astonishing Stories, ed. Frederik Pohl (September 1941)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art
#scifi #sciencefiction #art
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1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
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My friend just convinced me to watch Princess Mononoke. Five ⭐️ obviously but all of this is explained by Marxism. Lady Eboshi is a historically progressive force and if you don’t want her to shoot the Great Forrest Spirit, then you’re not a real leftist. #anime #studioghibli
June 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My friend just convinced me to watch Princess Mononoke. Five ⭐️ obviously but all of this is explained by Marxism. Lady Eboshi is a historically progressive force and if you don’t want her to shoot the Great Forrest Spirit, then you’re not a real leftist. #anime #studioghibli
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🔍 Uppsala NLP Reading Group: Paper Spotlight!
This week's pick is "Do Prompt-Based Models Really Understand the Meaning of Their Prompts?" by Webson & Pavlick.
🧠 The authors ask whether modern LMs truly “understand” the instructions in prompts.
📖 Let’s discuss!
Stay tuned for our next pick! 🚀
This week's pick is "Do Prompt-Based Models Really Understand the Meaning of Their Prompts?" by Webson & Pavlick.
🧠 The authors ask whether modern LMs truly “understand” the instructions in prompts.
📖 Let’s discuss!
Stay tuned for our next pick! 🚀
aclanthology.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🔍 Uppsala NLP Reading Group: Paper Spotlight!
This week's pick is "Do Prompt-Based Models Really Understand the Meaning of Their Prompts?" by Webson & Pavlick.
🧠 The authors ask whether modern LMs truly “understand” the instructions in prompts.
📖 Let’s discuss!
Stay tuned for our next pick! 🚀
This week's pick is "Do Prompt-Based Models Really Understand the Meaning of Their Prompts?" by Webson & Pavlick.
🧠 The authors ask whether modern LMs truly “understand” the instructions in prompts.
📖 Let’s discuss!
Stay tuned for our next pick! 🚀
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Do not miss Revista de Estudios Hispánicos' (59.1) Dossier
"Reading in the Time of Media Multiplicity: Practices from Latin America" edited by Marcy Schwartz!
I don't have an article there, but Binding Media got its first citation in the intro (...according to google scholar).
"Reading in the Time of Media Multiplicity: Practices from Latin America" edited by Marcy Schwartz!
I don't have an article there, but Binding Media got its first citation in the intro (...according to google scholar).
Project MUSE - Revista de Estudios Hispánicos-Volume 59, Número 1, Marzo 2025
muse.jhu.edu
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Do not miss Revista de Estudios Hispánicos' (59.1) Dossier
"Reading in the Time of Media Multiplicity: Practices from Latin America" edited by Marcy Schwartz!
I don't have an article there, but Binding Media got its first citation in the intro (...according to google scholar).
"Reading in the Time of Media Multiplicity: Practices from Latin America" edited by Marcy Schwartz!
I don't have an article there, but Binding Media got its first citation in the intro (...according to google scholar).
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You can use ChatGPT instead of your own brain to write your paper if I can talk about ChatGPT instead of you in your letter of reference
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You can use ChatGPT instead of your own brain to write your paper if I can talk about ChatGPT instead of you in your letter of reference
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She's the force behind Speculative Fiction in Translation -- which is either approaching or just past its 10 year anniversary. www.sfintranslation.com
Speculative Fiction in Translation – Your guide to speculative fiction from around the world
www.sfintranslation.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
She's the force behind Speculative Fiction in Translation -- which is either approaching or just past its 10 year anniversary. www.sfintranslation.com
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syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.
July 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.