Ronda Grizzle
@rondagrizzle.bsky.social
Chocoholic, reader, herder of cats at Scholars' Lab at University of Virginia Library. Learns about community building, personal development, and group facilitation for funsies.
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Many spring makerspace workshops now up on scholarslab.org/events! Join us for *free* workshops e.g. letterpress, laser, lightup, & yarn valentines 💌; beading; sewing; & friendly intros to our 3D printers, lasercutter, CNC milling, soldering. Open to public; registration req'd bc of space limits
As usual, most of our plethora of free+public makerspace workshops won't be posted until students have been back long enough to design them! But we do have several options for letterpress printing & zinemaking learning scheduled already on 1/31, 2/9, and 4/17: +
Our spring events series is up! New events being added all the time (especially makerspace workshops), so check scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/events for the latest. All events are free & open to the public (no UVA affilitation needed); some workshops have signup caps due to equipment limits.
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Many spring makerspace workshops now up on scholarslab.org/events! Join us for *free* workshops e.g. letterpress, laser, lightup, & yarn valentines 💌; beading; sewing; & friendly intros to our 3D printers, lasercutter, CNC milling, soldering. Open to public; registration req'd bc of space limits
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On Thurs Jan 29, IATH is hosting an information session about the 2026 CFP for the DHC/IATH Resident Fellowship program, a 2-year Fellowship offered to a UVA faculty member using digital tools and methods for humanities projects.
Learn more:
cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/16242428
Learn more:
cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/16242428
IATH Faculty Fellowship Information Session
The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) was established to provide researchers in the arts and humanities with an opportunity to employ sophisticated...
cal.lib.virginia.edu
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
On Thurs Jan 29, IATH is hosting an information session about the 2026 CFP for the DHC/IATH Resident Fellowship program, a 2-year Fellowship offered to a UVA faculty member using digital tools and methods for humanities projects.
Learn more:
cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/16242428
Learn more:
cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/16242428
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Happening tonight on Zoom at 4pm we'll chat about science fiction, Hawthorne, & Poe for the 2026 Reading Challenge!
Register at: https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/calendar/events/ReadSciFi
“Rappacinni’s Daughter” illustration: Valenti Angelo/Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales. Limited Editions Club, 1966
Register at: https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/calendar/events/ReadSciFi
“Rappacinni’s Daughter” illustration: Valenti Angelo/Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales. Limited Editions Club, 1966
January 27, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Happening tonight on Zoom at 4pm we'll chat about science fiction, Hawthorne, & Poe for the 2026 Reading Challenge!
Register at: https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/calendar/events/ReadSciFi
“Rappacinni’s Daughter” illustration: Valenti Angelo/Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales. Limited Editions Club, 1966
Register at: https://cal.lib.virginia.edu/calendar/events/ReadSciFi
“Rappacinni’s Daughter” illustration: Valenti Angelo/Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales. Limited Editions Club, 1966
Sent messages to Kaine and Warner via their websites re: the situation in Minneapolis and with ICE in general. There must be no further funding, the billions allocated for expansion must be clawed back, and the agency must be abolished. No reform is possible, and never has been.
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Sent messages to Kaine and Warner via their websites re: the situation in Minneapolis and with ICE in general. There must be no further funding, the billions allocated for expansion must be clawed back, and the agency must be abolished. No reform is possible, and never has been.
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Here are my top 10 most unusual dog friends of all time!
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Here are my top 10 most unusual dog friends of all time!
@wickedjaws.bsky.social ! I missed your birthday yesterday! Happy Birthday! 💜🎉🥳🎂
Hope it was a good one 💜
Hope it was a good one 💜
January 26, 2026 at 8:03 PM
@wickedjaws.bsky.social ! I missed your birthday yesterday! Happy Birthday! 💜🎉🥳🎂
Hope it was a good one 💜
Hope it was a good one 💜
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Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
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We've made changes to hours based on incoming weather:
Saturday
Shannon & Brown: 9 am–6 pm
Harrison/Small: noon-4 pm
Clemons: 9 am–8 pm
Sunday
Clemons: Noon–10 pm.
All other libraries closed
Operations for Monday and beyond will be reassessed daily. Check library.virginia.edu & hours page.
Saturday
Shannon & Brown: 9 am–6 pm
Harrison/Small: noon-4 pm
Clemons: 9 am–8 pm
Sunday
Clemons: Noon–10 pm.
All other libraries closed
Operations for Monday and beyond will be reassessed daily. Check library.virginia.edu & hours page.
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
We've made changes to hours based on incoming weather:
Saturday
Shannon & Brown: 9 am–6 pm
Harrison/Small: noon-4 pm
Clemons: 9 am–8 pm
Sunday
Clemons: Noon–10 pm.
All other libraries closed
Operations for Monday and beyond will be reassessed daily. Check library.virginia.edu & hours page.
Saturday
Shannon & Brown: 9 am–6 pm
Harrison/Small: noon-4 pm
Clemons: 9 am–8 pm
Sunday
Clemons: Noon–10 pm.
All other libraries closed
Operations for Monday and beyond will be reassessed daily. Check library.virginia.edu & hours page.
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New scam journal alert for #DigitalHumanities! Digital Humanities and Society Studies - not just predatory, but fully AI-generated with fake authors (or in at least one case, a recognizably stolen name). The publisher's been flagged before as being shady, but this journal is particularly egregious.
Volume 1 Number 1 (2025) Digital Humanities and Society Studies(dhss)
Volume 1 Number 1 (2025) Digital Humanities and Society Studies(dhss) at AUAC indexed 8 papers online with experts all over the world, Get more your major in Translational Medicine field.
ojs.ukscip.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
New scam journal alert for #DigitalHumanities! Digital Humanities and Society Studies - not just predatory, but fully AI-generated with fake authors (or in at least one case, a recognizably stolen name). The publisher's been flagged before as being shady, but this journal is particularly egregious.
Teaching the first project management session for the Praxis Fellows this afternoon. As always, hoping I don't bore people, even though I'm usually surprised by how engaged everyone is when having these concepts explained.
a cartoon character says who knew in front of futurama
ALT: a cartoon character says who knew in front of futurama
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Teaching the first project management session for the Praxis Fellows this afternoon. As always, hoping I don't bore people, even though I'm usually surprised by how engaged everyone is when having these concepts explained.
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Special thanks to @ziibiing.com, whose work putting together the Stand With Minnesota web site informed where I put my donations.
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Special thanks to @ziibiing.com, whose work putting together the Stand With Minnesota web site informed where I put my donations.
www.standwithminnesota.com
www.standwithminnesota.com
Why are titles so difficult!?
If you were making a podcast about the Scholars' Lab, what would you call it? Because everything I'm coming up with is boring!
"Around the Lab"? "All About The Lab"? "Happening In The Lab"?
See?! Boring!
#crowdsourcingmyjob
If you were making a podcast about the Scholars' Lab, what would you call it? Because everything I'm coming up with is boring!
"Around the Lab"? "All About The Lab"? "Happening In The Lab"?
See?! Boring!
#crowdsourcingmyjob
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Why are titles so difficult!?
If you were making a podcast about the Scholars' Lab, what would you call it? Because everything I'm coming up with is boring!
"Around the Lab"? "All About The Lab"? "Happening In The Lab"?
See?! Boring!
#crowdsourcingmyjob
If you were making a podcast about the Scholars' Lab, what would you call it? Because everything I'm coming up with is boring!
"Around the Lab"? "All About The Lab"? "Happening In The Lab"?
See?! Boring!
#crowdsourcingmyjob
This book is so good, and so very needed. I can't wait for others to get their hands on it.
I'm so grateful I got to participate as a reviewer on some of these essays.
I'm so grateful I got to participate as a reviewer on some of these essays.
Got to flip through @rondagrizzle.bsky.social's reviewer's copy & this book looks great—smart honest digital humanities understanding "failure" as useful & often necessary part of iterative, creative, experimental research (failures & methods/goals, not ethics/people) +
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This book is so good, and so very needed. I can't wait for others to get their hands on it.
I'm so grateful I got to participate as a reviewer on some of these essays.
I'm so grateful I got to participate as a reviewer on some of these essays.
Did my civic duty at lunch today. Trying to find some hope to hang on to, and exercising my right to vote helped.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Did my civic duty at lunch today. Trying to find some hope to hang on to, and exercising my right to vote helped.
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It's not too late to join us for an Open Access Week brown bag lunch at noon — short presentations followed by Q&A. Can't make it today? There's another one tomorrow...
Follow the link for more including registration info!
library.virginia.edu/news/2025/wh...
#OA #OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek
Follow the link for more including registration info!
library.virginia.edu/news/2025/wh...
#OA #OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It's not too late to join us for an Open Access Week brown bag lunch at noon — short presentations followed by Q&A. Can't make it today? There's another one tomorrow...
Follow the link for more including registration info!
library.virginia.edu/news/2025/wh...
#OA #OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek
Follow the link for more including registration info!
library.virginia.edu/news/2025/wh...
#OA #OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek
Painting my nails for this party later. How do I girly girl, again? Feeling hella weirdly intimidated, despite extensive prep and planning. Oh well. We go anyhow.
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Painting my nails for this party later. How do I girly girl, again? Feeling hella weirdly intimidated, despite extensive prep and planning. Oh well. We go anyhow.
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Here are my top 10 fall dogs!
September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here are my top 10 fall dogs!
Still in love with your research and interested in exploring what else you can do with the results of that work? We've got a design jam for that, too, and I'm telling all about it in this blog post!
At UVA? Interested in chatting with us about your ideas? Email us at [email protected]!
At UVA? Interested in chatting with us about your ideas? Email us at [email protected]!
Our @rondagrizzle.bsky.social blogged about how we run design-jam-style DH consultations building on your existing work (following up on her previous post on design jams starting from just an exciting idea: scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/design-...):
Design Jams, Part 2: The Shorter Version
Last time we met, I promised to tell you all about the second kind of design jam, so here we go!
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu
September 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Still in love with your research and interested in exploring what else you can do with the results of that work? We've got a design jam for that, too, and I'm telling all about it in this blog post!
At UVA? Interested in chatting with us about your ideas? Email us at [email protected]!
At UVA? Interested in chatting with us about your ideas? Email us at [email protected]!
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Our GIS Specialists collaborated on this investigation of Virginia's local news ecosystem with UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy & Virginia Humanities—full report coming soon: karshinstitute.virginia.edu/research/vir...
Virginia Local News Ecosystem Study
There is a strong connection between robust local journalism ecosystems and a healthy democracy. Widespread concern exists about the challenges facing local journalism in the United States and their e...
karshinstitute.virginia.edu
September 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Our GIS Specialists collaborated on this investigation of Virginia's local news ecosystem with UVA’s Karsh Institute of Democracy & Virginia Humanities—full report coming soon: karshinstitute.virginia.edu/research/vir...
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Hey #fungi peeps -- @mawdc.bsky.social has $ available for students who need research support in mycology. Priority given to projects relevant to mid-Atlantic US. Deadline Oct 31. Please spread the word!
The Mycological Association of Washington, Inc. - Scholarships
mawdc.org
September 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hey #fungi peeps -- @mawdc.bsky.social has $ available for students who need research support in mycology. Priority given to projects relevant to mid-Atlantic US. Deadline Oct 31. Please spread the word!
UVA IHGC and Games Lab sponsored crossword puzzle construction workshop this morning with Dr. Anna Schectman was a blast. I'm ready to download software, cultivate a dictionary, and create themed puzzles for all my friends. #PlayingAtWork
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
UVA IHGC and Games Lab sponsored crossword puzzle construction workshop this morning with Dr. Anna Schectman was a blast. I'm ready to download software, cultivate a dictionary, and create themed puzzles for all my friends. #PlayingAtWork
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Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Sedation dentistry is no longer weird. Phone cameras are really good. The price of solar panels has dropped by tens of thousands. Southern white rhinos, giant pandas, Arabian oryx and Stellar sea lions are no longer endangered.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.
And, I can testify, modern cancer treatments are fucking amazing.