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Leonardo Flores
@leoflores.bsky.social
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Professor and Chair, Department of English, Appalachian State University. Hackeur. Made in 🇵🇷. He/him. "Leo" is pronounced /léo/ not /leeo/. Try /layo/. Views are my own. Learn more about me at https://leonardoflores.net/
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elotroalex.bsky.social
Can confirm that Gemini 3 Pro can transcribe Césaire's handwriting like a specialist. I just fed it one of Césaire's most trash handwriting, and the only thing it missed was the name "Suzy." Damn. Even AI is all in to make Suzanne invisible. Lol. Cold.
dancohen.org Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 2d
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 11:09 PM
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alinahdee.bsky.social
If you're not Native, don't engage in the Pretendian Discussion that's being had among Natives. You are not equipped to have this conversation. You will cause more harm.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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eliterature.bsky.social
The CFP is up for ELO26 July 15-18, 2026 online, hosted by U Central Florida! Submissions open in December!

projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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clipart.bsky.social
CHESS349.BMF
A chessboard at the start of the match. Every piece in its right place. The match begins, the players grimly determined. e4 e5; Nf3 Nf6; Bc4 Bc5; and at that moment black shouts across the table with a sudden realization. To—not white, but—black. And black shouts back. Both players look down at the board. Every piece is black. The players look up into each other’s eyes. Each sees reflected in the eye of the other a stranger. And yet, not a stranger. Like all games in the final analysis, even games with winners and losers, the match will be a draw.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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e-lit.bsky.social
Check out this amazing work and participate in the generative protest🛡️
leoflores.bsky.social Leonardo Flores @leoflores.bsky.social · 12d
Today my creative work "Tiny Protests: No Kings" was published in Re-mediate. This work generates a protest march (with real slogans from the #NoKings protests), a police response, and a series of escalating White House responses to peaceful protest. #elit #DH

remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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paullicino.bsky.social
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
A cropped screenshot from a Canadian government website with the prompt "What's your occupation?" The answer "Writer" has been provided, generating the red text error response "Please enter a valid occupation."
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Hi folks,

I wanted to see if anyone may be interested in putting together a panel or roundtable proposal for this conference in Loughborough, UK, 1-4 July, 2026.

The deadline is December 1.

moderniststudies.org//conference/...
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
moderniststudies.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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tacohellmenu.bsky.social
For a limited time only, the cool ranch cantina chicken enchilada hellgrande returns to Taco Hell! You know you want it!
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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improbablemaps.bsky.social
The map's form: taste
It shows: delivery
Its purpose: to inform
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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leoflores.bsky.social
Today my creative work "Tiny Protests: No Kings" was published in Re-mediate. This work generates a protest march (with real slogans from the #NoKings protests), a police response, and a series of escalating White House responses to peaceful protest. #elit #DH

remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
After leaving it dormant for almost 2 years, I have updated my CV and Publications page: leonardoflores.net/publications/
CV and Publications – Leonardo Flores
leonardoflores.net
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
In this short video of “Tiny Protests: No Kings” you can see 2 different stages of protest and White House escalation.

Read it in the latest issue of Re-mediate: remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/

#protest #nokings #elit
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Today my creative work "Tiny Protests: No Kings" was published in Re-mediate. This work generates a protest march (with real slogans from the #NoKings protests), a police response, and a series of escalating White House responses to peaceful protest. #elit #DH

remediatelitmag.xyz/issue4/
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
My creative work “It’s Complicated” was published in the Antología Lit(e)Lat, vol 2.

This work presents many hypothetical Puerto Ricans, who talk about their provenance and offer an opinion on Puerto Rico’s relationshipto the US.

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/es/...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Vol. 2.0
Poetry, electronic literature, coding,
antologia.litelat.net
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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improbablemaps.bsky.social
The map's form: magnetic
It shows: silos
Its purpose: war
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
“Protestitas 2023” genera una marcha de protesta sin fin utilizando emoji y consignas reales de prostestas puertorriqueñas.

Léala en la Antología Lit(e)Lat, volumen 2.

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/es/...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Vol. 2.0
Poetry, electronic literature, coding,
antologia.litelat.net
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Mi obra "Juracán Borinqueño" fue publicada en la Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2.

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/es/...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Vol. 2.0
Poetry, electronic literature, coding,
antologia.litelat.net
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Les presento la Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2.

89 obras de literatura electrónica latinoamericana y caribeña.

¡A leer se ha dicho!

antologia.litelat.net/volumen2/ind...
Antologia Lit(e)lat Volumen 2
Bienvenidos a la segunda antología de Literatura Electrónica Latinoamericana
antologia.litelat.net
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
El lanzamiento de la Antología Lit(e)Lat es dentro de media hora a través de Instagram Live. Para más detalles, visite: litelat.net/lanzamiento-...
Lanzamiento Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2
La Red de literatura electrónica latinoamericana se place en compartir el lanzamiento de la Antología Lit(e)Lat, Volumen 2. El lanzamiento será hoy 10 de noviembre de 2025 a las 2pm EST (4pm Buenos…
litelat.net
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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profmikesell.bsky.social
I've just learned about the death of Alison Knowles, an artist whose approach to language and life shaped my understandings of text, performance, the politics of the avant-garde, and feminism. Karen Moss captures well the essence of her work: "convial and communal":
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/a...
Alison Knowles, Artist Who Took Lunch to New Levels, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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annamillsoer.bsky.social
The Modern Language Association "Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate... to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed." 1/

www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents
The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025.Software, specifically le...
www.mla.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
leoflores.bsky.social
Wonderfully sensible essay about Higher Education and AI by @tedunderwood.com.
tedunderwood.com Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 23d
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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tacohellmenu.bsky.social
Starting today we're unveiling the new Doritos beef fries! Live más!
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM