She/her. Chicago. People, tech, museums, research. Zooniverse.org Director & #DH lead at Adler Planetarium. PhD. CW Handbook: https://britishlibrary.pubpub.org/
Lapsed musicologist/medievalist. Fiber artist. Musician: https://umbrellabirds.bandcamp.com
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Too brutal for a Monday night!
Y'all, it is rare that I am *this* enthusiastic on The Internet before 9am, yet here we are 🤩
Count down with us to 1 BILLION CLASSIFICATIONS! We're all so excited about this incredible milestone that our team made a countdown widget, so you can follow along:
New paper alert! Findings from Communities & Crowds, which explored how co-creation & action research can be combined w online crowdsourcing to enrich volunteer experiences & institutional knowledge about GLAM collections. doi.org/10.29311/mas...
cc @curatorgeoff.bsky.social @animalarchaeology.com
Finally got these "breaking machines... since 1811" Luddite tshirts back in the store store.wolfproofpress.com/product/breaking-machines-tshirt if you'd like one
I worked on this along with many other folks, and I hope the AI skeptical and curious alike will give it a read. It includes questions to ask yourself as you think about AI's role in your research process, ranging from accidental use to open engagement. We also have scenarios to work through.
Oh wow. Greggs has made an 8-metre Bayeux Ta-pastry, on display this weekend 🤯 www.greggs.com/news/unveili...
If you liked Bears Will Be Boys, you might enjoy our new FAccT paper!
We prompted LLMs to complete 24K stories about animal characters where gender is unstated.
We found that.. bears are *still* boys. And female animal characters disappeared while "neutrality" increased.
arxiv.org/abs/2606.079...
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The #ACH2026 program is now available! buff.ly/Wtmsofy
Join us virtually June 24–26 for 70+ presentations on DH, transnationalism, and solidarity (especially in the Americas). Registration is open through June 17 buff.ly/3QFYlOS
During a time of austerity and public attacks on the humanities, coupled with rampant technosolutionism unfettered by humanities perspectives, digital humanists deserve a space that will protect us, care for us, fight with us, and allow us to thrive.
New paper from @aial.ie! @harshp.com, Dick Blankvoort, Adel Shaaban, @sashamtl.bsky.social & me
We analysed 6 GenAI ToS--finding missing info, major power imbalances & user obligations that are impossible to meet without violating the terms
arxiv.org/abs/2603.18964 & aial.ie/research/ter...
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Please see below the schedule for ACH 2026. Please note the schedule is set at Central Standard Time (CST).
Generative AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini are some of the fastest-growing consumer services. Individuals using such services must accept their terms of use before access, and conform to these ter...
A May Day trip to the Fiber + Fabric Craft Festival seems like the perfect occasion for my @wolfproofpress.com shirt. S/o to @literaturegeek.bsky.social and #dhmakes
The MLA AI and Research Working Group's new "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" offers questions and case studies on AI literacy, human-centered expertise, and responsibility and ethics to guide discussion and reflection. mlaai.hcommons.org/ai-and-the-h...
