Nicky Agate

The first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun – an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict, and with minimal consultation with Congress or the American public.

What an opening passage!

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The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Amidst all that is destructive and demoralizing, we're meeting to celebrate civic culture + public knowledge and build solidarities. Open to NYC info workers (librarians, archivists), grad students, artists, designers. Apps are due Wednesday, Jan 7, end-of-day!

Confirmed sessions include:...

So, so sorry to hear this, Shannon—and so glad you’re out of there!

Cannot recommend Jer’s B2B course enough. 🪶 #birds

The best birthday present is getting to Queen Bee with @rnisa.bsky.social but without Steve

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We particularly welcome submissions from early-career playwrights and from both established and emerging translators.

Melanie Gainey; Kristen Scotti; @chaszg.bsky.social; @spiralizing.bsky.social; Huajin Wang; @Chisom Obasih; Talia Perry; Tom Hughes; Katie Behrman; Emily Bongiovanni—I'm looking at you!

Really excited to be presenting on our Open at @library.cmu.edu work at @cni-org.bsky.social tomorrow, on behalf of a phenomenal team. #CNIfall25

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#VELI2026 applications are open! Read the FAQ, register for an information session, then put together a team and apply! Here's to fostering intentional change rooted in shared values in #HigherEd.

#AcademicSky #EduSkyChat #EduSky

Now up my dear friend, co-conspirator on @humetricshss.bsky.social, and provost at U of Oregon on the values-enacted peer reviewing process at Public Philosophy Journal #cmuoss25 #openscience

If you're looking for the registration link, it's cmu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #openscience

Join us for the second half of #CMUOSS25 beginning now! We'll be talking new and evolving forms of evaluation for all kinds of open scholarly outputs with Rachel Kurchin, @cplong.org, and @meredithschmehl.com! #openscience

My @humetricshss.bsky.social heart loves @mhmdhsini.bsky.social's call to always return to #openscience values. #CMUOSS25

The second session of our #cmuoss25 open science symposium is underway, with a focus on #AI and #openscience. @cmu.edu

Random spark of joy: this @digital-science.com promotional spork has a really great mouthfeel.

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

I ❤️ NY

Delighted to hear a @humetricshss.bsky.social call-out at the @aupresses.bsky.social Directors Summit! Love it when my worlds collide.

Lots of green for today's #BirdoftheDay (and even a little side eye).

Rufous-tailed hummingbird by the Rio Piedra, Magdalena, Colombia.

Talking About Connection with Jess Walter - Pittsburgh Review of Books There’s a flashback in Jess Walter’s new novel where Rhys, a grizzled former journalist increasingly alienated by the baffling political realities of the

It was so much fun to dust off the journalistic recesses of my brain this week and interview Jess Walter (Beautiful Ruins, The Zero) for pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social.

(Walter will be talking about his new book, So Far Gone, at @pghartslectures.bsky.social on October 27)

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Channel the king vulture and they shall be done

Thank you! Here's the source for what I said on #WITHpod: "There are six states in the United States where data centres already consume over 10% of the electricity supply, with Virginia leading at 25%." www.iea.org/reports/ener...

Listen to the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/32ps...

This course completely changed my way of being in the world. If you’re interested in critical and creative coding and/or data and/or birds, stop dithering and sign up ASAP!

Also @jerthorp.bsky.social is offering 60% off right now with the code SIXTY. You will get so much from this experience!

A white-and-blue QR code containing the logo for POEM (Project on Open and Evolving Metaliteracies, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries). Scanning the code links to the POEM call for submissions form at https://hov.to/37bcce17.

The call is live! Please share.

We’re inviting submissions of teaching and learning objects for POEM: the Project on Open and Evolving Metaliteracies.

It’s #WoodpeckerWednesday but I’ve just been in Iceland and have no new woodpeckers to report. Have a puffin instead. 🪶

Call for Teaching and Learning Objects: Project on Open and Evolving Metaliteracies (POEM) Project on Open and Evolving Metaliteracies (POEM) Created at Carnegie Mellon University, POEM is a dynamic collection of teaching resources that addresses crucial digital literacy challenges across t...

Deadline to submit is September 17
Submit your materials here:
🔗 hov.to/37bcce17 or scan the QR code above

All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Final selections will be published bilingually under a CC-BY-NC license and made freely available to educators.

We’re looking for openly licensed resources that help students engage critically with AI, data, and media/disinformation literacies—in English or Spanish.

Lesson plans, assignments, videos, games, podcasts—formats are wide open.