Melanie Walsh
@mellymeldubs.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ University of Washington Information School // PhD in English from WashU in St. Louis
I’m interested in books, data, social media, and digital humanities.
They call me "Eyre Jordan" on the bball court 🏀
https://melaniewalsh.org/
I’m interested in books, data, social media, and digital humanities.
They call me "Eyre Jordan" on the bball court 🏀
https://melaniewalsh.org/
Pinned
My dad saw Post Malone on the TV and goes, “Is that Jelly Bean?”
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My son was on the train platform and noticed this and decided to wait for the train
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My son was on the train platform and noticed this and decided to wait for the train
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A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
Trump Orders DEI Out of National Park Bookstores | KQED
A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
www.kqed.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A new memo gives the National Park Service two weeks to review bookstores for “equity-related” content for removal.
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📢 Deadline Extended! #DH2026 @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social proposal submissions now open until December 15, 2025 (KST). Please share! 🔂
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
dh2026.adho.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢 Deadline Extended! #DH2026 @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social proposal submissions now open until December 15, 2025 (KST). Please share! 🔂
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
📍 Daejeon, South Korea | July 27–31, 2026 🎯 Theme: "Engagement"
Submit your long/short papers, posters, workshops & mini-conferences!
🔗 dh2026.adho.org/cfp
LLM question. So the temperature range (the randomness/“creativity” parameter) for GPT models is 0-2, with 1 as default. But for Claude it’s 0-1, with 1 as default?
What’s the story here? Does this reflect a philosophical difference?
What’s the story here? Does this reflect a philosophical difference?
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
LLM question. So the temperature range (the randomness/“creativity” parameter) for GPT models is 0-2, with 1 as default. But for Claude it’s 0-1, with 1 as default?
What’s the story here? Does this reflect a philosophical difference?
What’s the story here? Does this reflect a philosophical difference?
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Powerful piece about WashU international student frustrations with the university's lack of support in a time of immense uncertainty and potential danger: www.studlife.com/news/2025/12...
Graduate students call on WashU to expand support for immigrant students - Student Life
In the fall of 2024, Qimeng Duan, a third-year anthropology Ph.D. student, unknowingly reversed into a gate at an autoshop. As an international student, Duan was unfamiliar with U.S. reporting require...
www.studlife.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Powerful piece about WashU international student frustrations with the university's lack of support in a time of immense uncertainty and potential danger: www.studlife.com/news/2025/12...
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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Anyone who says "not your grandma's romance" has not one single solitary clue what their grandma was reading.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Anyone who says "not your grandma's romance" has not one single solitary clue what their grandma was reading.
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“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
Sabrina Carpenter Slams White House For Using Her Song In ‘Evil’ Video About Deportations
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
Just taught my last class of the quarter.
I'm not ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶s̶t̶a̶l̶g̶i̶c̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶r̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶ crying, you're crying 🥲
I'm not ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶s̶t̶a̶l̶g̶i̶c̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶r̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶ crying, you're crying 🥲
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Just taught my last class of the quarter.
I'm not ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶s̶t̶a̶l̶g̶i̶c̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶r̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶ crying, you're crying 🥲
I'm not ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶n̶o̶s̶t̶a̶l̶g̶i̶c̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶m̶o̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶r̶c̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶ crying, you're crying 🥲
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Today starting in a couple hours:
I'm looking forward to this roundtable next Wednesday (December 3) on "Colonial Libraries and Anticolonial Resistance."
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today starting in a couple hours:
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Thank you to @datarescueproject.org for publishing this blog post by @kdeeds.bsky.social and myself on GovScape! Extremely grateful to @datarescueproject.org for all their incredible work!
Guest Post on GovScape. It is a great example of how we can build on each other's systems and work to enable access to government information! Follow @govscape.bsky.social for more!
www.datarescueproject.org/guest-post-g...
www.datarescueproject.org/guest-post-g...
Guest Post: GovScape: A Public Search System for 10+ Million Government PDFs
This week's guest post is from Benjamin Charles Germain Lee, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, and Kyle Deeds, Assistant Professor at Boston University. Learn more about their recen...
www.datarescueproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thank you to @datarescueproject.org for publishing this blog post by @kdeeds.bsky.social and myself on GovScape! Extremely grateful to @datarescueproject.org for all their incredible work!
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Hey! @johannawinant.bsky.social and I are in @publisherswkly.bsky.social today! We're talking about—guess?—close reading
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Breaking It Down: PW Talks with Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant
In Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand arguments...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hey! @johannawinant.bsky.social and I are in @publisherswkly.bsky.social today! We're talking about—guess?—close reading
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Re-upping this thread exactly one year later...
Any recs for platforms that can host interactive data visualizations, or even just HTML files?
I'm still so frustrated that Plotly shut down Chart Studio and instead replace it with a generative AI app 🫠
#dataviz #datavisualization
Any recs for platforms that can host interactive data visualizations, or even just HTML files?
I'm still so frustrated that Plotly shut down Chart Studio and instead replace it with a generative AI app 🫠
#dataviz #datavisualization
So for the past few years, my students have been using Chart Studio to share and embed interactive ggplotly plots in blogs like Medium. But they just suspended the creation of new accounts (apparently because of abuse) 😟
Does anybody know of good alternatives?
plotly.com/chart-studio...
Does anybody know of good alternatives?
plotly.com/chart-studio...
Sunsetting Chart Studio Cloud User Accounts
Important updates to Chart Studio Cloud regarding user accounts, starting on November 8, 2024.
plotly.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Re-upping this thread exactly one year later...
Any recs for platforms that can host interactive data visualizations, or even just HTML files?
I'm still so frustrated that Plotly shut down Chart Studio and instead replace it with a generative AI app 🫠
#dataviz #datavisualization
Any recs for platforms that can host interactive data visualizations, or even just HTML files?
I'm still so frustrated that Plotly shut down Chart Studio and instead replace it with a generative AI app 🫠
#dataviz #datavisualization
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Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society - School of Information Science
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
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Hello budding data journalists.
The @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC.
The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below:
gist.github.com/freejoe76/56...
The @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC.
The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below:
gist.github.com/freejoe76/56...
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hello budding data journalists.
The @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC.
The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below:
gist.github.com/freejoe76/56...
The @NBCNews.com Data / Graphics team is looking for a summer 2026 intern, full-time, $30 / hour, working at 30 Rock in NYC.
The application deadline is Friday Dec. 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Details and link to application form below:
gist.github.com/freejoe76/56...
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This sounds amazing, please apply ✨
Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
The Post45 Data Collective invites graduate students in the humanities or adjacent fields to explore cultural data reflexively and collaboratively in a mini-workshop hosted virtually on Friday, March 13. Details here: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This sounds amazing, please apply ✨
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I have a new #DH essay out in a German journal called Archiv, as part of a special issue on "Archives and the Global Turn." The title is: "Anthology, Archive, Corpus: the Design and Implications of _African American Poetry: a Digital Anthology_."
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
1/
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
1/
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I have a new #DH essay out in a German journal called Archiv, as part of a special issue on "Archives and the Global Turn." The title is: "Anthology, Archive, Corpus: the Design and Implications of _African American Poetry: a Digital Anthology_."
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
1/
Here's a thread about it in plain English:
1/
My dad saw Post Malone on the TV and goes, “Is that Jelly Bean?”
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My dad saw Post Malone on the TV and goes, “Is that Jelly Bean?”
I'm looking forward to this roundtable next Wednesday (December 3) on "Colonial Libraries and Anticolonial Resistance."
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'm looking forward to this roundtable next Wednesday (December 3) on "Colonial Libraries and Anticolonial Resistance."
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
The Post45 Data Collective invites graduate students in the humanities or adjacent fields to explore cultural data reflexively and collaboratively in a mini-workshop hosted virtually on Friday, March 13. Details here: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Are you a grad student working on post-1945 culture? Could your research benefit from incorporating some data, even minimally? Want feedback from journal editors?
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
This Post45 Data Collective virtual workshop may be for you!
Applications are due DECEMBER 1: data.post45.org/news/grad-wo...
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“…a major advance that we’ve been trying to achieve for a very long time, and a great aid to scholarship. It allows human beings to focus their time on the important, profound work of understanding another human being, rather than staring at a curlicue to grasp if it’s an L or an I.”
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“…a major advance that we’ve been trying to achieve for a very long time, and a great aid to scholarship. It allows human beings to focus their time on the important, profound work of understanding another human being, rather than staring at a curlicue to grasp if it’s an L or an I.”