Jonathan
@jsench.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Book History UWMadison. Dir., Center for History of Print & Digital Culture. Author: Intimacy of Paper @UMassPress. Summers @CalRBS. Assoc Editor @ PBSA. 4:56 marathoner. Mediocre triathlete. Episcopal. Little League ⚾️ coach. #BillsMafia 🦬 ♾️
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Jonathan
@jsench.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello bluesky! I am a book historian trained in literature (early&c19 American) who’s worked in a library/info studies dept for 13 years. I wrote a book abt what rag paper makes present & how writers thought abt that from 1650-1900. Im an editor of PBSA, thinking abt what bibliography is in the C21.
If you spend any amount of time around elementary or middle school boys you'll know why mine was VERY ENTHUSIASTIC to see this picture of me wearing my football jersey in high school.
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
If you spend any amount of time around elementary or middle school boys you'll know why mine was VERY ENTHUSIASTIC to see this picture of me wearing my football jersey in high school.
In a crushing blow to the Buffalo City Mission Thanksgiving food drive the incentive to donate frozen turkeys is Sabres tickets.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In a crushing blow to the Buffalo City Mission Thanksgiving food drive the incentive to donate frozen turkeys is Sabres tickets.
Madison, Wisconsin. Tenney Park Beach looking out over Lake Mendota.
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Madison, Wisconsin. Tenney Park Beach looking out over Lake Mendota.
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I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
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A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A couple years ago I worked on 12 grants in my role as a task force director at the Library of Congress. This year, zero. We are going to lose a lot of our public memory. Which is at the crux of fascistic mobilization.
Teaching today was fun, but chaotic!
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Teaching today was fun, but chaotic!
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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best review I've read in ages: "I bought the typewriter to write a book. Copilot kept changing what I wrote without permission. After turning it off and it turning itself back on a few times along with word wanting to save everything to the 'cloud' I went old school." #othernetworks
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
best review I've read in ages: "I bought the typewriter to write a book. Copilot kept changing what I wrote without permission. After turning it off and it turning itself back on a few times along with word wanting to save everything to the 'cloud' I went old school." #othernetworks
You know what has brought my kid alive as a reader this year? His teacher introduced POETRY. "Mom! Dad! Have you guys even heard of ROBERT FROST?"
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
You know what has brought my kid alive as a reader this year? His teacher introduced POETRY. "Mom! Dad! Have you guys even heard of ROBERT FROST?"
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books don’t require subscriptions and licenses
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
books don’t require subscriptions and licenses
When I first started teaching as a humanist in an information school 14 years ago I often found myself up late the night before class doing the reading and praying I could stay 1 week ahead of the students. Now I’m up the night before praying that circuit diagram theory works in practice.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
When I first started teaching as a humanist in an information school 14 years ago I often found myself up late the night before class doing the reading and praying I could stay 1 week ahead of the students. Now I’m up the night before praying that circuit diagram theory works in practice.
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do the highest reaches of literary studies know about this, for instance www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners
First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
do the highest reaches of literary studies know about this, for instance www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
76 summary executions.
Trump has executed six more civilians in a small boat. The death toll now stands at 76.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
76 summary executions.
U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
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Just thinking again how Democrats asked people to accept short-term suffering in order to give space to prevent long-term, worse suffering and then said, "Thanks for suffering in the short-term. You'll get to suffer long-term too so that our Thanksgiving plans don't get disrupted."
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just thinking again how Democrats asked people to accept short-term suffering in order to give space to prevent long-term, worse suffering and then said, "Thanks for suffering in the short-term. You'll get to suffer long-term too so that our Thanksgiving plans don't get disrupted."
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A different kind of "black page" that has always fascinated me - the ink blot in Ignatius Sancho's Letters - Samcho was a big fan of Sterne
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A different kind of "black page" that has always fascinated me - the ink blot in Ignatius Sancho's Letters - Samcho was a big fan of Sterne
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
.@aoc.bsky.social please just drop the AOC FOR SENATE fundraising link already.
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
.@aoc.bsky.social please just drop the AOC FOR SENATE fundraising link already.
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I cannot wait to see AOC end Chuck Schumer's tenure in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I cannot wait to see AOC end Chuck Schumer's tenure in the Senate.