Liz Walker
@ecwalker.bsky.social
Who I am: teaching faculty at Johns Hopkins University. What I do: professional and technical communication, ethics and engineering, GenAI, and DH and data stories
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This criticism predates AI. It’s the same problem. Same critique. Same political outcomes. We’re talking about AI because AI is being used to speed up the deployment of bigger energy hogs. So, again, ecologically the difference is today is today.
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The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
August 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This criticism predates AI. It’s the same problem. Same critique. Same political outcomes. We’re talking about AI because AI is being used to speed up the deployment of bigger energy hogs. So, again, ecologically the difference is today is today.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggeri...
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggeri...
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A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
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Just going to leave this here…
The Edtech Insiders Generative AI Map
A market map and database featuring 60+ use cases for GenAI in education and 300+ GenAI powered education tools.
edtechinsiders.substack.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Just going to leave this here…
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reading 2 Bill Hart-Davidson et al articles today:
- History of technical communication dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Revisiting 4 conversations in technical communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- History of technical communication dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Revisiting 4 conversations in technical communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The History of Technical Communication and the Future of Generative AI | Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
dl.acm.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
reading 2 Bill Hart-Davidson et al articles today:
- History of technical communication dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Revisiting 4 conversations in technical communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- History of technical communication dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
- Revisiting 4 conversations in technical communication journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...