Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot
@devinfitz.bsky.social
Old Books, Global History, at UCLA (Curator of Global Book History and the History of Printing). Once described as, "in need of etiquette classes." Queer. Poly. They/them
Boots is like my spine ripped out by hot predator
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Boots is like my spine ripped out by hot predator
Poly future faking is telling each other you'll have soup delivered when the other is sick. That's basically our version of marriage.
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Poly future faking is telling each other you'll have soup delivered when the other is sick. That's basically our version of marriage.
FYI: BEFORE YOU PLAN OR ANNOUNCE AN EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH SPECIAL COLLECTIONS...
Contact special collections with important questions like, "Hey want to do this?"
"Is this something we can do?"
"Are you interested in collaborating?"
Contact special collections with important questions like, "Hey want to do this?"
"Is this something we can do?"
"Are you interested in collaborating?"
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
FYI: BEFORE YOU PLAN OR ANNOUNCE AN EVENT IN COLLABORATION WITH SPECIAL COLLECTIONS...
Contact special collections with important questions like, "Hey want to do this?"
"Is this something we can do?"
"Are you interested in collaborating?"
Contact special collections with important questions like, "Hey want to do this?"
"Is this something we can do?"
"Are you interested in collaborating?"
Oops, to the part of a project where my secondary literature is in Japanese academic journals that exist in a single copy, locked in a vault, guarded by traps.
Time for a different project.
Time for a different project.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Oops, to the part of a project where my secondary literature is in Japanese academic journals that exist in a single copy, locked in a vault, guarded by traps.
Time for a different project.
Time for a different project.
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3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies
3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position is e...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark!
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️
tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3
I have been convinced to go to a sports bar tonight. The end is nigh.
But these Ohtani touchdowns are supposed to be something.
But these Ohtani touchdowns are supposed to be something.
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I have been convinced to go to a sports bar tonight. The end is nigh.
But these Ohtani touchdowns are supposed to be something.
But these Ohtani touchdowns are supposed to be something.
Stamping vs printing: I've been staring at medieval Arabic block prints for a bit, and trying to determine from visual analysis if we are dealing with stamps or rubbed prints. Ex one looks stamped, due to the ink squeeze on the edges. 2 looks more like a rubbed print, given the evenness. Thoughts?
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Stamping vs printing: I've been staring at medieval Arabic block prints for a bit, and trying to determine from visual analysis if we are dealing with stamps or rubbed prints. Ex one looks stamped, due to the ink squeeze on the edges. 2 looks more like a rubbed print, given the evenness. Thoughts?
Cherokee? Thinking Cherokee.
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Cherokee? Thinking Cherokee.
The thing I did not miss about being a sinologist are the wechat messages. But now my phone is exploding because of the Breslauer prize and please kill me.
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The thing I did not miss about being a sinologist are the wechat messages. But now my phone is exploding because of the Breslauer prize and please kill me.
My favorite part of life is its predictability. Like how I will keep making the exact same mistakes, proclaim "never again!," and do the same thing a mere few weeks later.
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My favorite part of life is its predictability. Like how I will keep making the exact same mistakes, proclaim "never again!," and do the same thing a mere few weeks later.
In other words, AI news is just like US broadcast news?
'New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform is tested.' 1/2
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In other words, AI news is just like US broadcast news?
Can you believe Obama wore a tan suit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Can you believe Obama wore a tan suit?
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The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it
It is only week four and I'm 15 class sessions in. Same girl
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It is only week four and I'm 15 class sessions in. Same girl
I feel a lot of sadness for all of us over Harvard cutting its PhD program.
Grad school was really awful and hard for me in lots of ways, but I am continually thankful for the privilege of time - something people of my socio-economic background never have.
Grad school was really awful and hard for me in lots of ways, but I am continually thankful for the privilege of time - something people of my socio-economic background never have.
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I feel a lot of sadness for all of us over Harvard cutting its PhD program.
Grad school was really awful and hard for me in lots of ways, but I am continually thankful for the privilege of time - something people of my socio-economic background never have.
Grad school was really awful and hard for me in lots of ways, but I am continually thankful for the privilege of time - something people of my socio-economic background never have.
Remember how this used to be, like, something that seemed blisteringly obvious.
IT’S A NAZI TATTOO
CONVERSATION OVER
CONVERSATION OVER
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Remember how this used to be, like, something that seemed blisteringly obvious.
English history in today. Good books, even if i may be ready to decapitate someone.
October 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
English history in today. Good books, even if i may be ready to decapitate someone.
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In a grim world, some good things continue, such as the annual @princetonupress.bsky.social 70% off sale. press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
70% Off Sale
press.princeton.edu
October 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In a grim world, some good things continue, such as the annual @princetonupress.bsky.social 70% off sale. press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
A trans person from the UK in my extended social network was arrested at US customs, held for days without any of us being able to track them down, and has finally reappeared back in the UK.
No explanations given. Just gender crime.
No explanations given. Just gender crime.
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A trans person from the UK in my extended social network was arrested at US customs, held for days without any of us being able to track them down, and has finally reappeared back in the UK.
No explanations given. Just gender crime.
No explanations given. Just gender crime.
Happy Fall. Enjoy the official theme song of academia by the best single recording artist of the 20th century, Bill Withers.
He refused to be used, and is always a great reminder that you can walk away any time.
youtu.be/LuzlbR5V_hc?...
He refused to be used, and is always a great reminder that you can walk away any time.
youtu.be/LuzlbR5V_hc?...
Bill Withers - Use Me (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
YouTube video by BillWithersVEVO
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy Fall. Enjoy the official theme song of academia by the best single recording artist of the 20th century, Bill Withers.
He refused to be used, and is always a great reminder that you can walk away any time.
youtu.be/LuzlbR5V_hc?...
He refused to be used, and is always a great reminder that you can walk away any time.
youtu.be/LuzlbR5V_hc?...
Pretty pleased that @newwordspress.bsky.social will be the venue of my first published poem. It was important to me to get something out in print, and I'm really thrilled that it's going to be with an excellent and very queer journal.
My first poem is only mildly slutty...
My first poem is only mildly slutty...
October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Pretty pleased that @newwordspress.bsky.social will be the venue of my first published poem. It was important to me to get something out in print, and I'm really thrilled that it's going to be with an excellent and very queer journal.
My first poem is only mildly slutty...
My first poem is only mildly slutty...
This is maybe the first time I've been at a conference where everyone works in languages I don't know. So there goes my next year, since this can never happen again
Devon Fitzgerald @devinfitz.bsky.social with the first talk at the Forms & Function symposium, talking about the Xi’an Nestorian Stele!
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is maybe the first time I've been at a conference where everyone works in languages I don't know. So there goes my next year, since this can never happen again
Some amazing stuff at Princeton as part of the Form and Function show. The symposium kicks off soon here, and I'll be opening with some sort of ramble.
October 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Some amazing stuff at Princeton as part of the Form and Function show. The symposium kicks off soon here, and I'll be opening with some sort of ramble.
National decline is most evident in watching Americans try to figure out overhead space on planes.
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
National decline is most evident in watching Americans try to figure out overhead space on planes.
Just four recent acquisitions I'm moving off my desk. Some Latin Arabic type from Rome; Engraved bio of John of the Cross; Martini's history of China; and another of the only known copies of a unique San Francisco Chinese imprint from the 1880s (probably the most important yet).
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just four recent acquisitions I'm moving off my desk. Some Latin Arabic type from Rome; Engraved bio of John of the Cross; Martini's history of China; and another of the only known copies of a unique San Francisco Chinese imprint from the 1880s (probably the most important yet).