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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · 26d

Outrageous and antidemocratic that fried is overlook while Johnny-come-latelies like hash browns and hassleback [sic] make the ballot.

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks a million, @richardacarter.bsky.social: this is really helpful! 🙏

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · 28d

Recommendations please: I'm looking for an LLM that can be downloaded and run on a local machine. User-friendliness of installation and use much more important than power or parameter size.

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Sep 15

Obviously one expects no less from the university rankings industrial complex, but this is absolutely dire, willfully-naive AI boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

How to use ChatGPT at university without cheating: ‘Now it’s more like a study partner’

The ubiquitous AI tool has a divisive effect on educators with some seeing it a boon and others a menace. So what should you know about where to draw the line between check and cheat?

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Sep 15

Just realised that Robert Frost's "Putting in the Seed" has a winking emoticon:

(Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite,
Mingled with these, smooth bean and wrinkled pea;)

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Sep 12

You can use ChatGPT instead of your own brain to write your paper if I can talk about ChatGPT instead of you in your letter of reference

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CLS INFRA: Computational Literary Studies Infrastructure @clsinfra.bsky.social · Sep 5

The CLS INFRA project has officially concluded. After four transformative years, our work in building infrastructure for computational literary studies is complete. Thank you for being part of this journey!

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Sep 4

Similar resistance in the Netherlands: bsky.app/profile/oliv...

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Jun 27

Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss):

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

openletter.earth/open-letter-...

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Sep 4

And a response to the original opinion piece today: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... (unpaywalled: archive.ph/l0f3k).

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

www.irishtimes.com

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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · Aug 27

Students hate that I base 50% of their grade on their "rich inner life" but this is the only way to be sure they are not using LLMs

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Aug 27

Herbert's 'Redemption'? Not an elegy, though.

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today, happily, brings a more thoughtful and considered opinion: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Opinion | The University’s Best Weapon Against A.I.: The 14th Century

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Aug 25

Blithely dismissing "transitional worries about cheating" reveals a misunderstanding of the serious and fundamental threat posed to the integrity of degrees and other qualifications.

And uncritical boosterism undermines the "policies and institutional guidelines" that the piece mentions.

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Aug 25

I have no issue with some of the utopian sentiments, but it strikes me as irresponsible to imply that AI will help to achieve them without specifying HOW, beyond dubious hypotheticals: "individualised, tailored mentoring that no overstretched academic could hope to supply."

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Aug 25

Disappointing to see this piece recommending a general embrace of AI in higher education with no meaningful engagement with the serious issues involved.

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: From personalised tutoring to improved accessibility, why AI can democratise higher education

Artificial intelligence is to be embraced rather than feared, but educators and students cannot ignore its dark side

www.irishtimes.com

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REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social · Jul 26

‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Jul 31

Read somewhere that em-dashes are now considered a signal of AI-generated text and lamented that AI is destroying everything that I love.

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · Jun 27

Ireland & UK #DigitalHumanities folk, would you like to help shape the development of the UK-Ireland DH Association? There’s an open call for expressions of interest to join the organising collective (3 new members) & we’d love to hear from you whether you’re in HE, GLAM or somewhere else entirely!

Open call for three new members of the Association collective | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association

digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Jun 24

#NeverForget

Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · Jun 24

Outrageous snub for Paddington.

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Jordan Alexander Stein @jordanstein.bsky.social · Jun 15

"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance

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CLS INFRA: Computational Literary Studies Infrastructure @clsinfra.bsky.social · Jun 6

📢 CLS INFRA Online Workshop 📢

All welcome! Registration now open at link below.

📆 Wed 9 July
🕐 10:30 CEST
🎟️ forms.gle/XH875jLaCwxf...

This workshop introduces the fundamentals of network analysis for humanities scholars, combining historical and literary case studies with hands-on practice. Participants will explore networks of literary characters, correspondence, and historical actors, and learn to visualise and interpret these structures using accessible tools like Gephi and EzLinaVis.

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CLS INFRA: Computational Literary Studies Infrastructure @clsinfra.bsky.social · May 19

CLS INFRA CLOSING EVENT

Registration now open for in-person and online participants.

🎟️ Free: forms.gle/5b98Z9dpKarZ...
📍 Jagiellonian University, Kraków
📅 2 July 2025
🕐 0900-1800
🔗 clsinfra.io/closing-event/

CLS INFRA Closing Event registration

Here you can sign up to participate in the CLS INFRA Closing Event - a workshop accompanying CCLS conference in Kraków. The event will take place on 2nd July 2025, in Collegium Padervianum (Jagiellon...

forms.gle

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · May 6

Lindsay Reid and I have a chapter, "Digital scholarly editing in the early modern curriculum," in this very cool, open-access collection. Chapter abstract here: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/... @uniofgalway.bsky.social

James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · Apr 29

Digital editing and publishing in the twenty-first century

This collection offers a range of perspectives on the present and future of digital editing and publishing.

Available open access and in print:
doi.org/10.62637/sup...

#digitalhumanities #openaccess #digitaleditions #digitalpublishing

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Justin Tonra @jtonra.bsky.social · May 2

Establish a sub-conclave to sort this out.

www.fastcompany.com/91324550/ker...

The kerning on the pope's tomb is a travesty

The internet is up in arms about Pope Francis's tomb, and it's all because of lettering.

www.fastcompany.com

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