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Dan Cox @videlais.bsky.social · 11h

I am thrilled to announce the opening of the Call for Submissions for Electronic Literature Volume 5.

eliterature.github.io/elc5-info/

I am serving along with @zachwhalen.bsky.social, @elikaortega.bsky.social, and Dani Spinosa.

This call launches with translations in 12+ languages!

Call for Submissions

The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) seeks submissions for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection.

eliterature.github.io

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Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 11h

How I imagine dermatologists choosing pumpkins in the Fall. 🎃

#fall #pumpkins #dermatologists

Drake like/dislike meme in which he dislikes a knobby pumpkin, but like a smooth skinned pumpkin.

Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s the MLA listing for our TT Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures.

#MLA #academicjobs #English

joblist.mla.org/job/2000521/...

Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures job with Department of English, Appalachian State University | 2000521

We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English with expertise in North American Indigenous Literatures.

joblist.mla.org

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 11d

Come join me and my wonderful department in a prosperous university in a gorgeous part of the country.

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures

english.appstate.edu

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Taco Hell Menu @tacohellmenu.bsky.social · 11d

Just in from our test kitchens, behold the new Cheetos carnitas taco! Live más!

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 11d

Come join me and my wonderful department in a prosperous university in a gorgeous part of the country.

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures

english.appstate.edu

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Taco Hell Menu @tacohellmenu.bsky.social · 13d

Inspired by his last visit to Mexico, our head chef has created the breakfast chicken crunch! Get yours today!

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Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 24d

“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have.

I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵

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Taco Hell Menu @tacohellmenu.bsky.social · 22d

Just in from our test kitchens, behold the new stacked chorizo Doritos quesadilla deluxe! Only 500 available per restaurant.

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fascists_exe @nomorefascists.bsky.social · 23d

A photograph of a cilantro that undeniably laughs at fascists

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Taco Hell Menu @tacohellmenu.bsky.social · 24d

Inspired by his last visit to Mexico, our head chef has created the stacked chorizo extra taco deluxe! Can your taste buds handle it?

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Girls Running From Houses @girlfleeshouse.bsky.social · 24d

Under the flagstones, she finds a thousand voices.

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Taco Hell Menu @tacohellmenu.bsky.social · 24d

This month only we're unveiling the new ghost pepper beef double gordita party pack! You know you want it!

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 25d

En media hora (más o menos) estaré dando esta ponencia. leonardoflores.net/blog/present...

Me podrán ver en vivo aquí: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYue...

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 27d

ICYMI, via @leoflores.bsky.social, today the Trump administration casually devastated Puerto Rican universities. periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/09/puer...

Trump Administration Cuts $350 Million in University Funds, Puerto Rico Hit Especially Hard

The federal Education Department is eliminating Hispanic-Serving Institutions and minority-focused programs, cutting $20.7 million that eight Puerto Rican universities received this academic year for ...

periodismoinvestigativo.com

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 27d

It’s awful. The UPR system has been struggling under right wing conservative government mismanagement and austerity measures for years. This is another blow to an already struggling university system.

And I suspect some of the smaller private universities won’t survive this.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 27d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 27d

Lovely piece on my #Fulbright Specialist award at IIT:Jodhpur in India.

cas.appstate.edu/news/dr-leon...

Dr. Leonardo Flores shares digital writing expertise with IIT Jodhpur through Fulbright Specialist Program

cas.appstate.edu

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 28d

It’s time to declare the political and imaginative failure of the hype-shouting school of critical AI.

Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 28d

We wrote a thing about AI, fascism, and why framing this as "hype" is too apolitical

www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...

Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us

The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries @dhnb.bsky.social · 29d

📍 CFP DHNB 2026: Lost in abundance: Encounters with the non-canonical

Submission deadline: October 15th
Conference date: March 9-13, 2026
Location: Aarhus, Denmark

Please spread widely! 🎉

#digitalhumanities #glam #digitalculture

Call for Papers: DHNB 2026, Aarhus – DHNB

dhnb.eu

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Kathryn Kirkpatrick @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Spring 2025 print issue of Cold Mountain Review is now available at UNC Press.

Including stunning new work by Molly Peacock, Dorriane Laux, and Ron Smith, this issue of Cold Mountain Review also marks the passing of one of the journal’s founders, R.T. Smith.

uncpress.org/978146969580...

Cold Mountain Review

Including stunning new work by Molly Peacock, Dorriane Laux, and Ron Smith, among many others, this issue of Cold Mountain Review also marks the passing of o...

uncpress.org

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · Sep 9

We've been cyborgs for a long time, indeed.

Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮ @kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 9

💾 WORD 🧠 PERFECT 🖨️
"A word processor should be an extension of your mind"
(ad from PC World, July 1983)

Full page, full color ad for Word Perfect by Satellite Software International (SSI). The tagline reads: "A word processor should be an extension of your mind." An intensely scifi airbrushed illustration depicts a translucent human head with bright lights on the forehead. Lightning leads from the forehead down to a computer terminal and into a very long, unbroken trail of printer paper, unspooling toward the viewer.

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Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · Sep 9

THIS.

And it’s amazing how the moment some educators are disappointed in students choosing to use LLMs, they instantly turn to cop shit.

John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · Sep 9

What I really appreciate about the example in the piece at the top is that students were given full agency over their choices. This is the fuel for learning, IMO, but as the piece illustrates, we have to accept that giving that agency make come with disappointment on how students choose to use it.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 4

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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