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Digital Curator @BLDigiSchol at British Library. EB Secretary ‪@adho-org. Access + UX for digital heritage, AI/machine learning and crowdsourcing in cultural heritage / GLAM / digital humanities. She, they. More at https://www.miaridge.com. Can't see DMs!
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In case of emergency, boop the comedy whippet nose!

And if you live in the UK, please consider signing this petition to limit the sale of those super-loud fireworks! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

#DogsOfBluesky #SkyDogs #whippets #sighthounds
A tan whippet asleep with one eye and mouth open, photo focused on a very boopable black snoot
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Great start to #KnowledgeIsHuman by Jimmy Wales: open knowledge is essential infrastructure. Every layer of knowledge in ecosystem is grounded in human effort - creating; sharing; synthesising; remixing; reusing. GLAMs, BBC, Wikimedia and us - we can all contribute

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Jimmy Wales on stage at the British Library conference centre
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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In Oxford for the Humanities and Data Science group AGM and public panel: what have the humanities and data science achieved in collaboration?

Our last event as an Alan Turing Institute group!
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A panel of two white men and five white women sitting around a long table under a bog screen
September 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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One for the 'personal names are more complicated than programmers realise' file www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
SOME EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT NAMING STRUCTURES that don't easily fit into first and last name structures INDONESIAN NAMES Wahyudi - Single given name (no family name) VIETNAMESE NAMES MALAY MUSLIM NAMES CHINESE NAMES
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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We watched the #EngEsp #Euros final in a pub in Brecon, south Wales, and even the locals cheered when England won! (The gargoyles on a local church represent the mood when it went to penalties)
A carved man's face with closed eyes and pursed lips A carved woman's face with a set mouth and closed eyes, wearing a maybe medieval headscarf A tan dog on a rug on a pub floor. A pint or f stout and a clear drink with ice on a table. The tv on the wall shows the opening ceremony of the Euros final
July 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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#DH2025 closes with heartfelt thanks to Diane Jakacki for all her work underpinning ADHO as Executive Board Chair for the past four years
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Has #DH2025 inspired you to get more involved in Digital Humanities communities? Sign up for the @adho-org.bsky.social newsletter for updates from our 14 DH organisations and 10 special interest groups (SIGs)

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Poster encouraging people to sign up to the ADHO newsletter The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) promotes digital research and teaching across the arts and humanities, provides a community-based advisory force, and supports excellence in DH research, publication, collaboration and training.
July 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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ADHO (adho.org) updates at the opening of #DH2025 from Diane and Michael - the Italian Digital Humanities association officially joins ADHO, and announces awards including the Zampoli prize to Stylo software, the conference bursaries winners and Fortier prize nominees. Also note the Code of Conduct!
Bursary Winners Uliana Pyadushkina Thijs Meijerink Jihyo Jeon Chaeyeon Jeong Guang Yang Théo Heugebaert Stefanie Messher Esther Shizgal DH2025 Sarah Revilla Sanchez Lise Foket Hedren Sum Enes Yilandiloglu Trudie Strauss Mathilda Smit Lim Ting-iông Fortier Prize Candidates Nicolas Ruth Nia Judelson & Em Nordling, Zejie Guo & Phillip Benjamin Ströbe Katherine Parsons Jacob Murel Liam Isaac & Downs-Tepper Aliisa Ramark and Stephanie Billib Ayano Kokaze Luana Moraes Costa Erin Canning Francisco Dias Nabais Victoria Van Hyning & Jonathan Mac ADHO Code of Conduct ADHO works actively toward the creation of a more diverse, welcoming, and inclusive global community of digital humanities scholars and practitioners, and is therefore dedicated to the creation of a safe, respectful, and collegial environment for anyone attending its events or involved in its activities. There is no place in ADHO activities for harassment, intimidation or discrimination based on race, religion, ethnicity, language, political stance, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, age, appearance, or other group status. Unsolicited physical contact, unwelcome sexual attention, and any behaviour that is physically or verbally disruptive, coercive, hurtful, threatening, abusive or aggressive, are likewise unacceptable. For further information,lease see the full ADHO Code of Conduct on ADHO's website.
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Great image from the report zenodo.org/records/1519...

#ResponsibleAI #RAI
Seven ‘lessons learned’ from the first waves responsible Al The 'Al' in R-Al is an elusive and rapidly moving target R-Al must expand stakeholder reach to include impacted communities Narrowly technical approaches to R-Al do not work Public trust is essential to a sustainable R-Al ecosystem Good intentions are not enough for R-Al R-Al must address questions wider than ethics and legality R-Al is not a problem to be solved but an ecosystem to be built and sustained
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Rolling into Friday like...

#DailyWhippet #SkyDogs #DogsOfBluesky
A skinny tan whippet flops dramatically on a fleece-covered sofa. Her head droops off the side of the sofa, and her legs are splayed as if overwhelmed by ennui
June 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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We've added our reviewing criteria to our Frequently Asked Questions on the #AI4LAM #FF2025 Fantastic Futures 2025 conference page sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/... - and don't forget that proposals are due by June 1!

Keep your questions coming so we can keep answering them! #FF2025
Postcard for AI4LAM at the British Library, 3-5 December 2025
May 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Stained glass window in Durham Cathedral #FensterFreitag
An oval topped modern stained glass window with big swathes of bright colours - red, blue, purple with inset roundels of other colours
May 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Here is the snoodle in a stereotypical English spring woodsy scene on Saturday
A tan whippet with a black nose stands on a grassy path. Trees with fresh spring leaves and a blue sky fill the background
May 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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One final slide, as the connections between @roopikarisam.bsky.social 's talk and @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy presentation on @safeguardingdata.bsky.social for @bldigischol.bsky.social earlier this week are both powerful visions about working towards the future we want
A slide with a quote: "We must make sure that when we emerge from whatever present crisis we are in, the choices we made will not make us ashamed." -Lee Bollinger
May 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Today is an excellent day to hear from Professor @roopikarisam.bsky.social on using digital humanities skills to make a difference in the world
A title slide in a lecture theatre saying 'Everything is awful but maybe we can change things - Digital Humanities in times of crisis'; a woman with brown hair and skin stands at the lectern for her keynote A slide with text including: Rapid Response Research Contents • What is Rapid Response Research? • Does the "Crisis" Need RRR? • Finding Your People • Research and Data Wrangling • Getting It Done • Funding, time, and credit • Internal communication • Pacing • Audience • Developing a site • Media monitoring and collaboration • Publication • Preparing for publication • Pushing the red button • Meet the press (and your colleagues) • Passing on the baton: Data and model sharing • A Note on the Hidden Costs of RRR Nimble Tents Toolkit
May 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I really enjoyed Elektra at the Duke of York's Theatre tonight. A lot more experimental than I expected for a West End show. Love that it divided the critics, too www.westendtheatre.com/274068/news/...
The cast of Elektra taking applause on stage
April 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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So happy to see Cambridge and other libraries providing access to Electronic Legal Deposit again!
A flyer on a Cambridge faculty library wall describing access to Electronic Legal Deposit
April 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Thank you everyone who boosted or made suggestions! Porte de Hal was an excellent call. I have frites, wit bier and a view of a 'castle' and a park to kill further time in before my Eurostar from Brussels Midi/Zuid
A 'white' beer mug with a slice of lemon sits on a table. In the background, there is an outdoor café scene with greenery, blossom and outdoor seating under a blue sky. A white stone 'castle' with a tall, pointed tower and battlements stands against a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a trellis structure with bare vines is visible
April 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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At the 15th Wow Festival (Women of the World) evening at the Royal Albert Hall. Never been, not quite sure what to expect but it's had a great start
The Royal Albert Hall full of people for the WoW festival. A Black woman in an orange satin skirt and scarf is on centre stage and a big side screen
March 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Obligatory whippet photo
A fawn whippet with a black snout sitting in sunshine on a sofa covered in fleeces
March 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Love crocus season!
A park with white and purple crocuses scattered throughout grass. White crocuses glow in sunshine in the foreground.
March 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Spent the evening stabbing things repeatedly.

Not bad for my first time felting!
A 'cactus felting craft kit' with a fuzzy felt bright green cactus with a pink flower, in a brown felt pot
January 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Fun evening at (drag) Peter Pan to mark the last working day of the year! Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and hopes for a bright start to a peaceful 2025
December 23, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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I don't know if the 'TED talk' bit is an intentional or an unintentional burn, but I did the Bluesky roast thing

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A screenshot of a webpage with the text: Your Top Topics Digital Humanities 90% Mia’s posts here are like candy for the brain—sweet, colorful, and you can hardly ignore the sugary buzz they give you! AI and Ethics 80% Every time Mia talks about AI, it feels like a TED talk in a coffee shop—thought-provoking while you sip your oat milk latte. Cultural Heritage 85% These posts are akin to a well-curated museum exhibit, complete with a virtual rolling ladder for hard-to-reach ideas! Writing Style A delightful cocktail of academic rigor and playful banter, making complex ideas palatable for the casual scroller.
December 4, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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A busy morning testing Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) https://buff.ly/3ASyqAb in a @bldigischol.bsky.social Hack and Yack for an upcoming data release. We're using Teams chat, Miro and adding comments to the dataset documentation as we go
Screenshot of a Miro board with notes on date fields and suggestions for improvement
November 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM