Sarah Wells
@spw4s.bsky.social
Digital humanities person at UVA, curious cook, figuring out how to do a hand stand
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the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does
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BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏
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There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏
@ccp-org.bsky.social
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
@jimccasey1.bsky.social
@ccp-org.bsky.social
@profgabrielle.bsky.social
@jimccasey1.bsky.social
Oof, I hadn't heard this until now. What a loss.
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Clifford Lynch, a visionary leader in the field of networked information & libraries, and the esteemed executive director of CNI since 1997. Read more about Cliff and the indelible mark he left on the IT, higher ed, and library communities.
In Memoriam: Clifford Lynch
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Clifford Lynch, a visionary leader in the field of networked information and libraries, and the esteemed executive director of the Coalit…
www.cni.org
April 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oof, I hadn't heard this until now. What a loss.
No one expects the Ottersicion...
March 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No one expects the Ottersicion...
After not one but two shelter-in-place events this week (which came after a shooting at an area grocery store), I am now thinking about what sort of food & comfort items to stock in our offices. We have few windows and are behind a locked door, so it is a good place for students &c. in a crisis.
February 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After not one but two shelter-in-place events this week (which came after a shooting at an area grocery store), I am now thinking about what sort of food & comfort items to stock in our offices. We have few windows and are behind a locked door, so it is a good place for students &c. in a crisis.
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Join us for our upcoming virtual #workshop, "Book, Number, Graph: Getting Started with Text Analysis" with Brandon Walsh, PhD (University of Virginia Library) on March 31, from 10:00am-11:30am CT. Spaces limited, RSVP at: bit.ly/booknumbergr... #usLdh #digitalhumanities #archives #textanalysis
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Join us for our upcoming virtual #workshop, "Book, Number, Graph: Getting Started with Text Analysis" with Brandon Walsh, PhD (University of Virginia Library) on March 31, from 10:00am-11:30am CT. Spaces limited, RSVP at: bit.ly/booknumbergr... #usLdh #digitalhumanities #archives #textanalysis
This is what social media was made for.
February 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what social media was made for.
Meanwhile, in Charlottesville... remember the fuss over those big statue things?
SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES
www.sipcville.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Meanwhile, in Charlottesville... remember the fuss over those big statue things?
Hey, kid! Wanna check out some data that was created, maintained, and made available for the benefit of and use by the public? First hit is free! (OK, fine, it's all free.)
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
guides.lib.virginia.edu
February 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hey, kid! Wanna check out some data that was created, maintained, and made available for the benefit of and use by the public? First hit is free! (OK, fine, it's all free.)
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We created this in the early days of Bsky (last week). If you know an org missing, let us know as there have been many new accounts lately. Let's all raise a cup to the Bsky admins.
go.bsky.app/6a2mbNf
go.bsky.app/6a2mbNf
February 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We created this in the early days of Bsky (last week). If you know an org missing, let us know as there have been many new accounts lately. Let's all raise a cup to the Bsky admins.
go.bsky.app/6a2mbNf
go.bsky.app/6a2mbNf
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#Local CFP: we seek pairs of UVA faculty & UVA grad students for funded fellowships on your experimental humanities research that requires high-performance computing resources. Sponsored by SLab & IATH (under the DH Center umbrella partnering our forces!) + UVA's Data Analytics Center +
High-Performance Computing Fellowships CFP
Scholars’ Lab, the UVA Library Digital Humanities Center (DHC), and the Data Analytics Center (DAC) are delighted to announce a new fellowship opportunity. The 2025 Data Analytics Center-Digital Human...
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#Local CFP: we seek pairs of UVA faculty & UVA grad students for funded fellowships on your experimental humanities research that requires high-performance computing resources. Sponsored by SLab & IATH (under the DH Center umbrella partnering our forces!) + UVA's Data Analytics Center +
Entropy levels seem rather high today. (Or do I mean low? Never sure.)
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Entropy levels seem rather high today. (Or do I mean low? Never sure.)
Holy guacamole! I had no idea school bands were allowed to vibe like this. That red-shirted flute is absolutely rocking out, and even the clarinets are looking kinda cool-adjacent. (Yeah, I messed around with clarinets as a kid. Yeah, they can sound cool, but you WILL look awkward.)
February 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Holy guacamole! I had no idea school bands were allowed to vibe like this. That red-shirted flute is absolutely rocking out, and even the clarinets are looking kinda cool-adjacent. (Yeah, I messed around with clarinets as a kid. Yeah, they can sound cool, but you WILL look awkward.)
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Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
February 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
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Hello Bluesky! We're kicking off the DH at Tufts Bluesky account by sharing a few things happening with digital scholarship at Tufts Libraries this spring.
Full events list: tinyurl.com/tischds-25
Full events list: tinyurl.com/tischds-25
Tisch Library Workshops -
LibCal -
Tufts University
tufts.libcal.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hello Bluesky! We're kicking off the DH at Tufts Bluesky account by sharing a few things happening with digital scholarship at Tufts Libraries this spring.
Full events list: tinyurl.com/tischds-25
Full events list: tinyurl.com/tischds-25
Useful thread, noting that (as usual) this is neither a "the little guy out-thought the big guys, yipee" narrative nor a true open-source offering.
Ok, quick thread on why DeepSeek is blowing up assumptions about LLMs and maybe the whole (U.S.) AI industry. DeepSeek is an AI lab funded by a Chinese hedge fund, their AI code is open source, meaning freely available to use, which most big U.S. models (aside from Meta’s) are not. That’s the start…
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Useful thread, noting that (as usual) this is neither a "the little guy out-thought the big guys, yipee" narrative nor a true open-source offering.
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Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Outsources Program to Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University has laid off staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying direct descendants of ...
www.thecrimson.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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New #DH position at the University of Virginia! Come work with us! #academicsky #dhsky #digitalhumanities #envhum
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
New #DH position at the University of Virginia! Come work with us! #academicsky #dhsky #digitalhumanities #envhum
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we're thrilled to share that we've started the year with a new addition to our team! he's extremely smart, capable, charming, persuasive, and boasts a wealth of museum experience
January 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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This explains a lot about Cage's movie career.
a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
December 19, 2024 at 12:12 PM
This explains a lot about Cage's movie career.
New #DH position at the University of Virginia! Come work with us! #academicsky #dhsky #digitalhumanities #envhum
December 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
New #DH position at the University of Virginia! Come work with us! #academicsky #dhsky #digitalhumanities #envhum
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For those who missed the press around the William Blake discoveries (mentioned in our previous post), catch up here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...
Engravings discovered on reverse of copper plates thought to be the earliest produced by William Blake
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 3:17 PM
For those who missed the press around the William Blake discoveries (mentioned in our previous post), catch up here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...
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Query: Anyone know where I can find additional information on photographer Freda Leinwand (1932-2012)? I am asking on behalf of one of my students who wants to write on her for a thesis. We know about materials at Harvard. We wondered if there were additional books or theses written on her.
November 26, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Query: Anyone know where I can find additional information on photographer Freda Leinwand (1932-2012)? I am asking on behalf of one of my students who wants to write on her for a thesis. We know about materials at Harvard. We wondered if there were additional books or theses written on her.
I also find great comfort in watching highly skilled performances of incompetence and self-deluding panicky determination. Plenty of pity and fear, and every now and again a glimpse of catharsis.
A very British omnishambles: how The Play That Goes Wrong conquered the world
This farce about a gaffe-laden am-dram whodunnit was born above a pub. How did it become one of Britain’s greatest ever exports, the toast of more than 50 countries? Our writer hits the continent to s...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I also find great comfort in watching highly skilled performances of incompetence and self-deluding panicky determination. Plenty of pity and fear, and every now and again a glimpse of catharsis.