Dianna Walla
@diannawalla.bsky.social
Research librarian & linguist, crafter and textile enthusiast. I post about linguistics, digital humanities, & critical AI literacy. Always interested in amplifying marginalized voices. She/her. 📍Trondheim, Norway
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i know this is hardly a new take but isn’t it WILD that wikimedia has to ask for donations to keep itself afloat when every LLM in the world has been trained on wikipedia data?
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
i know this is hardly a new take but isn’t it WILD that wikimedia has to ask for donations to keep itself afloat when every LLM in the world has been trained on wikipedia data?
Y'all, every time I see del Toro's Frankenstein poster in my feed, I just think about Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Y'all, every time I see del Toro's Frankenstein poster in my feed, I just think about Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
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Surely someone on the #DHMakes hashtag would be interested in “lead[ing] the establishment and day-to-day management of the Community Craft Library & Archives” at the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC?
www.centerforcraft.org/news/now-hir...
www.centerforcraft.org/news/now-hir...
Now Hiring: Head of Archives and Special Collections | Center for Craft
The Center for Craft is hiring a full-time Head of Archives and Special Collections to lead the establishment and day-to-day management of the Community Craft Library & Archives
www.centerforcraft.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Surely someone on the #DHMakes hashtag would be interested in “lead[ing] the establishment and day-to-day management of the Community Craft Library & Archives” at the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC?
www.centerforcraft.org/news/now-hir...
www.centerforcraft.org/news/now-hir...
Someone asked me last month what this looks like now, and I finally have some pictures of it!
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Someone asked me last month what this looks like now, and I finally have some pictures of it!
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@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@fvandervlist.bsky.social and I are pleased to share that our book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴: 𝘈 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 will be published with Polity in June/Aug 2026!
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
We are reaching out to colleagues who teach courses where the book might be of interest for an inspection copy:
forms.gle/k85pemd8BTQv...
I’m flabbergasted that this has never existed before, though I probably shouldn't be. What a milestone!
The first ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been launched www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched
A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ot...
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m flabbergasted that this has never existed before, though I probably shouldn't be. What a milestone!
I love that many of the replies to Gretchen’s post mention the same things I thought of immediately after hearing ‘muuushroom muuuushroom!’ in my head (Homestar Runner, Salad Fingers). Really reinforces the point!
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I love that many of the replies to Gretchen’s post mention the same things I thought of immediately after hearing ‘muuushroom muuuushroom!’ in my head (Homestar Runner, Salad Fingers). Really reinforces the point!
If this is part of your defense of using generative AI, you really can't make the argument that generative AI is going to contribute to efficiency or productivity. Just...why? Seriously, why?
Excerpt taken from an article on Verge.
The fact that the ad took so much longer, with so much extra effort only to come out so much worse than it would be to shoot it traditionally. GenAI videos proving themselves not as useful as most techbros dream them to be.
The fact that the ad took so much longer, with so much extra effort only to come out so much worse than it would be to shoot it traditionally. GenAI videos proving themselves not as useful as most techbros dream them to be.
December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If this is part of your defense of using generative AI, you really can't make the argument that generative AI is going to contribute to efficiency or productivity. Just...why? Seriously, why?
It's quiet at the library desk today, so I'm going to do a little thread with a few of my favorite reads from this year. First up, appropriately, is The Library: A Fragile History by @apettegree.bsky.social and Arthur der Weduwen. profilebooks.com/work/the-lib...
The Library - Profile Books
profilebooks.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's quiet at the library desk today, so I'm going to do a little thread with a few of my favorite reads from this year. First up, appropriately, is The Library: A Fragile History by @apettegree.bsky.social and Arthur der Weduwen. profilebooks.com/work/the-lib...
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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This sounds great! Wish I could attend!
It's a @unesco.org webinar on 17 Dec 2025, 14:00-15:30 (Paris time)
Title: Protecting and promoting #cultural and #linguistic diversity in the #digital environment
#langsky 🗣💬 #edusky
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
It's a @unesco.org webinar on 17 Dec 2025, 14:00-15:30 (Paris time)
Title: Protecting and promoting #cultural and #linguistic diversity in the #digital environment
#langsky 🗣💬 #edusky
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
Protecting and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity in the
Futures Dialogues webinars
www.unesco.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This sounds great! Wish I could attend!
It's a @unesco.org webinar on 17 Dec 2025, 14:00-15:30 (Paris time)
Title: Protecting and promoting #cultural and #linguistic diversity in the #digital environment
#langsky 🗣💬 #edusky
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
It's a @unesco.org webinar on 17 Dec 2025, 14:00-15:30 (Paris time)
Title: Protecting and promoting #cultural and #linguistic diversity in the #digital environment
#langsky 🗣💬 #edusky
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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I have an friend who is trying to research textiles/textile history in relation to libraries (e.g. the history of textile related community groups/activities in library spaces). Does anyone have any suggestions for books / journals? @quinnanya.me - I thought you might know?
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I have an friend who is trying to research textiles/textile history in relation to libraries (e.g. the history of textile related community groups/activities in library spaces). Does anyone have any suggestions for books / journals? @quinnanya.me - I thought you might know?
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New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/
When librarians make a workplace advent calendar. ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When librarians make a workplace advent calendar. ❤️
"Vi trenger, med andre ord, mennesker i førersetet, spesielt når det gjelder tekster som ikke egner seg for maskinoversettelse; vi trenger mennesker som ivaretar den rollen oversettelse spiller i det nevnte rommet."
www.forskersonen.no/kronikk-kuns...
www.forskersonen.no/kronikk-kuns...
Oversetting bør gjøres av mennesker
KRONIKK: KI kan berike, men ikke erstatte menneskelig dømmekraft.
www.forskersonen.no
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Vi trenger, med andre ord, mennesker i førersetet, spesielt når det gjelder tekster som ikke egner seg for maskinoversettelse; vi trenger mennesker som ivaretar den rollen oversettelse spiller i det nevnte rommet."
www.forskersonen.no/kronikk-kuns...
www.forskersonen.no/kronikk-kuns...
Gratulerer med verdens dag for språkvitenskap fra Trondheim, Norge!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Gratulerer med verdens dag for språkvitenskap fra Trondheim, Norge!
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
💥 New publication out on the alignment of AI & authoritarianism 💥
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We argue that AI is not simply extending, but actively modulating, key dynamics of authoritarianism, and present a flexible analytical framework to account for these changes.
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Norway folks, Tronsmo has it in stock!
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Norway folks, Tronsmo has it in stock!
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Bōtīc Bōtfǣcesson?
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bōtīc Bōtfǣcesson?
Ledig stilling som universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte ved UiA! Søknadsfrist 11. desember: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte (290490) | Universitetet i Agder (UiA)
Stillingstittel: Universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte (290490), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Agder (UiA), Søknadsfrist: torsdag 11. desember 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ledig stilling som universitetsbibliotekar/førstebibliotekar innen forskningsstøtte ved UiA! Søknadsfrist 11. desember: www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
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Journalists, why not reach out to some of the fine people in my replies to ask them how the British Library cyberattack of 2023 has had an impact on their research, their creative work, and their careers? This could make for a powerful piece revealing the human side to the damage this has done.
I have been WAITING for a journalist to write this story.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I specialize in manuscripts produced in England between 1300 and 1500. If this had occurred in the midst of writing my dissertation or first book, it would have exploded my career.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Journalists, why not reach out to some of the fine people in my replies to ask them how the British Library cyberattack of 2023 has had an impact on their research, their creative work, and their careers? This could make for a powerful piece revealing the human side to the damage this has done.
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Am looking for PhD students to supervise under this particular call! And v interested in Home student applicants - please share with any ambitious DH/LIS students you know who are on the technical side…
The call for PhD applications for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing is live - deadline 7th January 2025! We have webinars for potential applicants to ask us questions and seek advice. www.responsiblenlp.org/2026-student...
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Am looking for PhD students to supervise under this particular call! And v interested in Home student applicants - please share with any ambitious DH/LIS students you know who are on the technical side…