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Aaron Kimbrell
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Experiential Learning Librarian at Northern Arizona University
Ed.D student in Champaign, IL
Formerly Librarian in Altadena, CA
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Anna Tsing really cooked here

(from The Mushroom at the End of the World)
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
How I wish I could go to this! If you can make it, do so. Shannon and Kelli are both outright geniuses and in the same space for this... come on!
The great Kelli Anderson will be joining us for this event to showcase her 🌟 pop-up books (incldg her new, virtuosic Alphabet in Motion), index-card riso animations, and manually-operated mechanical signs! kellianderson.com/index.html

Please RSVP and join us on Sept 10!
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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This will end the Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) program (schools with >25% Latino undergrads). For reference, current flagships that are HSIs include Arizona and Arizona State, 5 UCs (Irvine, Riverside, Merced, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz), Rutgers, U New Mexico & NM State, UT Austin & UT El Paso
Trump Aims to End Millions in Grants to Colleges With High Hispanic Populations

By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

Gift link! wapo.st/4oTVanO (Yes, WaPo will ask for an email address.)
August 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The biggest trick the devil ever pulled is to call LLMs “artificial intelligence.”
August 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Literacies in the Platform Society: Histories, Pedagogies, and Possibilities—edited by me and @anterobot.bsky.social—is out today! 🎉

It's been an absolute privilege to work with so many brilliant people, over multiple years, to make this book a reality.

www.routledge.com/Literacies-i...
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Not me thinking this was about Australian break dancing.
The AI tool Raygun (named as an homage to “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”) is just one of several tools that a team led by Duke's Rohit Singh, PhD, has built to help scientists work both faster and smarter.

🔗 Read more: medschool.duke.edu/stories/hone...

#DukeB&B #DukeCellBiology #AcademicSky #MedSky
June 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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* undertake = underSTAND
June 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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I’ve seen several talks by arts + humanities researchers whose work I’ve long appreciated, now scaling up their inquiries through AI — primarily, it seems, to better undertake “how AI sees / reads / interprets” the work. It so often feels sad to me — obligatory, compensatory. A pander to funders.
June 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Today I met with a library director from a liberal arts college. She's working with anthro faculty + students to understand how people use the library; with design faculty + students to design-build new furnishings that facilitate new uses; etc. This is how it should be: campus as test kitchen.
June 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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This evening I met with Kelvin to ask about his project and tell him how much I appreciated it. He said he was informed partly by Arkadi Zaides's "documentary choreography," which I hadn't heard about (and which is clearly related to various forensic methods, dissident archives, etc)
Arkadi Zaides
An independent choreographer, Zaides' work examines the ways in which political and social contexts effect the physical body and constitute choreography. His practice aims to challenge and inspire vie...
arkadizaides.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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[2/2] Here’s a nice write-up about the show: www.design.upenn.edu/post/dual-de...

And here’s a bit about the fantastic syllabus Kelvin created for our methods class: cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net/2024/our-fin...
For Dual-Degree Candidate Kelvin Vu, Design Begins with the Body | WeitzmanWeitzman School of Design Logologo-penn-footer
Kelvin Vu took a unique path to studying design. While pursuing an Environmental Studies degree as an undergraduate at Yale, an Introduction to Architecture course piqued his interest. He took a desig...
www.design.upenn.edu
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Just saw the most spectacular thesis performance: Kelvin Vu, a ✨ student from my fall methods class, a MArch / MLA candidate;😋, and a professional dancer — created a multimodal video / 🗺️ / 🔈 / choreography piece abt Three Mile Island. I’ve asked him if I can share it after his final show 🥹 [1/2]
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Jimmy Ballard you should be here to witness
May 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Thrilled to share "Parametrizing 'the digital': Education research methods for platform ecologies" — new from me, Robert LeBlanc, and @alliethrall.bsky.social in @lmt-journal.bsky.social.

Paywalled now, but will be OA soon (reach out for a PDF in the meantime)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thanks to @civicsoftech.bsky.social and @philnichols.bsky.social for the book club session tonight on Phil’s book “Building the Innovation School” - these regular events are an incredible resource for connecting with others questioning the technology/education/civics
April 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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April 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Blog post today: A discussion of Superbloom by attendees of our book group this week.

Hear Dan Krutka, @jbpleasa.bsky.social, @seetedtalk.bsky.social, @drtiffpetricini.bsky.social, and Jeff Radloff share their thoughts and reflections.

www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/superbl...
Superbloom — Civics of Technology
A Review and Collaborative Discussion
www.civicsoftechnology.org
March 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“You ever just mention a woman?” - @sofiaxaguilar.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Philosophy, feedback and GenAI: could you ask for anything more?

Led by Tom Corbin, one of our CRADLE research fellows who is fast becoming an AI in education expert , and with Gene Flenady, who delivered the most engaging talk on philosophy I've ever seen

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding the place and value of GenAI feedback: a recognition-based framework
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) systems demonstrate impressive capabilities in providing various forms of feedback. However, claims to its potential overlook a fundamental aspect of effe...
www.tandfonline.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Do you design TTPRG zines that are explicitly designed to be printed on a home printer or even photocopied at the library? Can I give you a metaphorical soapbox to stand on while I interview you?

(I'd appreciate reposts on this one, I'm trying to reach more than just my inner circle)
January 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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If you're like me, you're spending a portion of this weekend finalizing a syllabus and drafting a generative AI statement. I've got an open library of journalism, peer-reviewed research, and other media on GenAI's environmental harms that you can share with students:
pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...
January 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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December 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM