Shane Lin
@shane.logoff.website
Historian and digital humanities developer @ Scholars' Lab, UVA Library. He/him. Dogs, data, history of privacy and cryptography. Great sage equal of heaven.
If I didn’t know anything about modern American politics, I would think that a former White House Press Secretary would have the best chance of coming out of a Chotiner interview alive. But instead, Jean-Pierre has maybe the worst interview that I’ve ever read.
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If I didn’t know anything about modern American politics, I would think that a former White House Press Secretary would have the best chance of coming out of a Chotiner interview alive. But instead, Jean-Pierre has maybe the worst interview that I’ve ever read.
Laser cutting is a great way to make cuts with thin lines that FDM 3D printing definitely isn’t the best at! But I’ve actually gotten good results 3D printing thicker areas that then transfer the texture of the top layer.
October 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Laser cutting is a great way to make cuts with thin lines that FDM 3D printing definitely isn’t the best at! But I’ve actually gotten good results 3D printing thicker areas that then transfer the texture of the top layer.
So this is apparently a thing that exists, but unfortunately their events page is completely broken so it's a little difficult to figure out which coffee shops to boycott.
September 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So this is apparently a thing that exists, but unfortunately their events page is completely broken so it's a little difficult to figure out which coffee shops to boycott.
Correggio, Martyrdom of St. Rocky (1524)
(h/t Todd Burks)
(h/t Todd Burks)
September 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Correggio, Martyrdom of St. Rocky (1524)
(h/t Todd Burks)
(h/t Todd Burks)
Pretty gross! NYT characterizes the murder of civilians as part of an “uneven track record” and immediately parrots that the killings were “justified.”
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Pretty gross! NYT characterizes the murder of civilians as part of an “uneven track record” and immediately parrots that the killings were “justified.”
“They say that the next ones will be sent by a woman.”
June 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“They say that the next ones will be sent by a woman.”
Jigs and fixtures are some of the best uses for FDM 3D printing!
May 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Jigs and fixtures are some of the best uses for FDM 3D printing!
A film that takes place where you’re from
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A film that takes place where you’re from
This metaphor for America is just lazy screenwriting.
March 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This metaphor for America is just lazy screenwriting.
That’s funny, I just printed these cards earlier this week, as a play on that exact cut.
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
That’s funny, I just printed these cards earlier this week, as a play on that exact cut.
Big Strangelove energy
January 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Big Strangelove energy
People credulously reposting this kind of shit really annoy me. AI has some worrying social externalities that we should probably address! But even if you don’t know anything at all, you understand that *5* cars is not that many cars.
January 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
People credulously reposting this kind of shit really annoy me. AI has some worrying social externalities that we should probably address! But even if you don’t know anything at all, you understand that *5* cars is not that many cars.
Sign the petition to prevent Western Illinois University from getting rid of all their academic librarians and also maybe chastise this fucking guy. savewiulibrarians.org
![THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
"Lora Ebert Wallace, a [WIU] professor of sociology, said she is
baffled by the administration's decision to cut the librarians...If there are no librarians around to stay on top of things, she said, it's just a matter of time before those systems start failing... Library advocates argue that librarians provide essential support for that expertise and those programs. But the provost's office viewed librarians through another lens." WIU Interim Associate Provost Christopher Pynes spoke with the Chronicle. ‘“We're trying to Moneyball this thing and try to figure out how to get as much as we can, and as many offerings as we can, with the least amount of money,’ Pynes said, referring to the Michael Lewis book about a baseball team."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qe2iuxq2pt7p7lpom73nfjac/bafkreibln6lapyiitgq6sokbi5mwo63kx2fjwnxah55mwti5pl353zbi2u@jpeg)
December 12, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Sign the petition to prevent Western Illinois University from getting rid of all their academic librarians and also maybe chastise this fucking guy. savewiulibrarians.org
He is the Kwisatz Caterach!
December 11, 2024 at 6:51 PM
He is the Kwisatz Caterach!
People scolding all the schadenfreude and dark humor over the United Healthcare assassination. Like, come on, this is our Shinzo Abe moment!
December 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
People scolding all the schadenfreude and dark humor over the United Healthcare assassination. Like, come on, this is our Shinzo Abe moment!
Featuring “Shane’s goofy-looking dog Rocky”
September 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Featuring “Shane’s goofy-looking dog Rocky”
I quite enjoyed STS-130!
July 7, 2024 at 6:44 AM
I quite enjoyed STS-130!
I really like this chart too, but if we're talking about Biden's policies, it's probably useful to note that the US's contribution to these numbers remains pretty modest.
June 26, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I really like this chart too, but if we're talking about Biden's policies, it's probably useful to note that the US's contribution to these numbers remains pretty modest.
The "global threat" of the "excessive production of green technology". We're all going to die.
May 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM
The "global threat" of the "excessive production of green technology". We're all going to die.
Aurora seen from central Virginia last night.
May 11, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Aurora seen from central Virginia last night.