2020 03 01 tweets
Okay, I’m going to burst if I don’t say it: if you wish @ewarren could win, freaking VOTE FOR HER. Ignore what “everyone” is saying or doing. She’s perfectly electable, if we elect her. #thatswhatelectionmeans
LT provoked by this QT chain. https://twitter.com/ananny/status/1234185940790153216
Replying to @gmbritton and @ewarren
If only there weren’t people who really aren’t thinking of it that way!
Replying to @amndw2
Oh wow this just made me realize that I dreamed the other night that everything had bloomed in Michigan while I wasn’t looking! \(Spoiler: it hasn’t\.\)
Replying to @rokwon and @agreer
I was a prof at Pomona some years ago and the Scripps students were amazing.
She has a path if we make a path. She has a path if we make a path.
She has a path if we make a path.
#thatswhatelectionmeans https://twitter.com/StayWonked/status/1234472719883919360
Not a campaign promise. A plan for right now. https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1234503692398866432
Replying to @alison_mudditt
Indeed. It’s exhausting and infuriating.
The green OA open review version of my second book was cited and reviewed before the print edition came out. And green OA items in @humcommons have DOIs precisely so they can be cited. Sheesh. https://twitter.com/mchris4duke/status/1234535867542208512
This thread, with this killer ending. https://twitter.com/sivavaid/status/1234631300151033856
RT @shivanihawkins: The fact that all the POC have been pushed out of this race, and the remaining old white men are bullying the last woma…
I vote next week and am hoping my vote will still matter. I have friends who won’t vote for months yet. We need serious election reform: one nation-wide day of primaries. A national holiday to support it. Treat it like voting actually matters. #thatswhatelectionmeans
Replying to @brandontlocke
I’d be good with vote by mail, especially given that it would be all paper ballots!
I am so looking forward to working with the local organizers, the program committee, and the rest of the ACH exec to put together an amazing #ACH2021! https://twitter.com/achdotorg/status/1235199566967754754
RT @ProfessorCrunk: So yes, I think gender mattered here. I think far left folks think that class matters more and pragmatic liberal voters…
THIS. https://twitter.com/wynkenhimself/status/1235592246910742528
RT @debcha: A house I go past most days has three election signs: ‘ANY COMPETENT ADULT 2020’, a sign for @ewarren, and one that simply read…
RT @debcha: But today, at *least* today, if you know smart, capable, ambitious women who work hard every day to try to make a better world…
Replying to @terrainsvagues and @nisaface
Hey, congratulations! Fantastic news!
Well, it’s not because the state is funding the university as it should. It could have something to do with the fact that the English department, housed in a toxic building, hasn’t hired in years. But what do I know. 🤷🏻♀️ https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1235701637601284098
You’ve still got time to apply! #DHRI is growing an extraordinary network supporting inclusive DH. https://twitter.com/lmrhody/status/1233403788494589952
RT @hralperta: Are you a t/tt faculty member feeling upset about the adjunctification article? Here are some actions you can take today:
#…
This is phenomenal news! Huge congrats, @amplify285 and @UMD_AADHum! https://twitter.com/umd_arhu/status/1235936598635790336
Replying to @tressiemcphd
Ahahahaha hahahaha
Replying to @SheilaABrennan, @hralperta and @NEH_ODH
Yes, on both counts! There are very few points at which my answer to the “where will you be in 5 years” question would have been correct. And in addition to the luck I’ve had, the openness of the path has been a gift.
RT @ekansa: Watching conference organizers cancel major events makes me grateful we haven't totally lost all sense of social responsibility…
At the risk of repeating myself: we did not deserve her. #persist https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1236394948360056837
Replying to @mchris4duke
I’ll be right there.
Replying to @kaythaney and @InvestInOpen
HOORAY!!! This is fabulous news!
Replying to @jackjewers and @CJ_Daugherty
YAYYYYY congratulations and happy launch day! Finally some good news this week! <3
Replying to @amandalicastro
Sorry for the delay in responding. We're aware of and sensitive to the situation, and are working on plans to mitigate these difficulties with travel bursaries and virtual participation. We’ll be posting more as soon as we can!
RT @MLAnews: Thanks to the @humcommons community for putting together resources to help everyone who's trying to move their courses online…
As a former staff member of a scholarly organization, and a current officer of another, my heart just breaks for those orgs having to make the painful decision to cancel their annual meetings right now. +
Replying to @kfitz
These meetings aren’t just a revenue source for orgs; they’re a massive expense too. And the contracts they entail come with huge penalties for cancellation, penalties capable of bankrupting many organizations. +
Replying to @kfitz
Be more than kind to your organizations, their staff, and their officers right now. Be as generous as you can. Help sustain your organization and its work through this crisis as you hope it will sustain your work.
RT @mkgold: I love this post by @steomor: "The University is NOT a Commons \(Unless We Make It One\)" https://kinfrastructures.commons.gc.cuny.edu/the-university-is-not-a-commons-unless-we-make-it-one/ w/mention of @k…
Replying to @rrkennison
Indeed.
Whew, it’s been a day.
Replying to @kfitz
Sending patience and strength to all my academic colleagues trying to figure out how to keep doing their jobs under conditions for which none of us have been adequately prepared.
Replying to @kfitz
And sending deep love to all our students whose living — much less learning — conditions have just been utterly disrupted.
RT @gmbritton: Following the generous lead of @sivavaid, to friends teaching classes on higher ed, publishing, scholarly communications, wh…
RT @gmbritton: @sivavaid Here, I’m channeling @kfitz's writing about Generous Thinking and @Jodyji’s idea that what higher ed needs now is…
RT @gmbritton: And imagine if we all did this for each other. Imagine what student would learn from taking part in the conversations.
RT @CALMSU: Dean Long’s letter this evening to staff and faculty in #MSUCAL emphasizes how demanding times require adjusting expectations.…
Replying to @LibSkrat
Oh man, Lancelot looks so much like my Henry. Same “what” look. I miss that cat. 😿
Replying to @LibSkrat
This was Henry. We lost him a couple of years ago, but he gave me this look for 18 years, so I was pretty lucky.
RT @Ron_Hendrick: A follow-up to my tweet about changing our expectations and evaluative structures during this extraordinary time in highe…
This is so great. ❤️ https://twitter.com/gmbritton/status/1240268915432812545
Replying to @sharonmleon
Right there with you, friend. I’ve been on Zoom since 10am, and am about to have to go back in for class. I need to go lie on my back and stare at the ceiling.
RT @MLAnews: If you need to build a course site in a hurry, the MLA team has created a new tool to help. Log in to your @humcommons account…
RT @MLAnews: You can view a demo at is at http://learningspace.hcommons.org and get more specific instructions at https://learningspace.hcommons.org/lesson/introduction-to-learning-space-from-the-mla/. 2/2
RT @hralperta: Retweeting this again because I think it's an underrated resource.
MLA is helping reduce the labor cost of switching to onl…
This is the heart of everything we do at Humanities Commons: we are non-profit, scholar-run, values-first. Come join us, and let us know how we can support you and your colleagues. @humcommons https://twitter.com/erinroseglass/status/1241074602475802626
Replying to @mchris4duke
This is the first time I have seen absolute proof you are from the south. 😊
RT @cplong: The task at hand: to be aware of the world we are creating as the world we knew recedes from us. Enact the values of the future…
This has not been my best day. Or rather, I have not handled the day with the level of grace I’d have liked. Working to make tomorrow better.
Replying to @kmapesy
Backatcha, colleague. 🍷❤️
Replying to @ekansa
Working hard on it. The world does make it hard.
Replying to @electricarchaeo and @ekansa
Thank you both — it means a lot!
OH HEY! https://twitter.com/JHUPress/status/1242451330788200454
RT @CALMSU: This year’s Global Digital Humanities Symposium will be an all-virtual event. Organized by the DH @MSU, the symposium will be h…
There’s been very little other than horrific news on here in recent weeks, so it was an utter delight to get an unexpected bit of good news here yesterday. +
Replying to @kfitz
My news: Generous Thinking has been named a finalist for a Foreword INDIE award in education! https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2019/education/ +
Replying to @kfitz
I’m as much delighted by the sheer fact of good news as I am the finalisting itself. If you have good news — of any kind — please share it. I think we could all use a little celebration!
Replying to @blondeebrune
Thank you! I am EXCITE. I hope you’re doing well!
Replying to @samoore_
This sounds so great — I can’t wait to read it!
RT @cplong: Please join us for the first fully online #MSUGlobalDH conference today and tomorrow. I am grateful for the creativity and inge…
Do join us at 9am EDT! And conference organizers, note: @kmapesy and the #MSUGlobalDH team have shared a ton of information about how they’ve gone about moving the symposium online. http://www.msuglobaldh.org https://twitter.com/cplong/status/1243152529325785088
RT @cplong: One important aspect of moving #msuglobaldh fully online was to leverage the open resources of the @humcommons - here is a link…
RT @EthanWatrall: hear hear! @kmapesy is the engine that makes #MSUGlobalDH go. This year was particularly challenging (for all of the ob…
Replying to @kfitz
Thank you so much for this, @JessSwoboda — it means a lot, especially right now! https://twitter.com/JessSwoboda/status/1243515941696176129
RT @OASPA: What is scholarly communication in the 21st Century? This crucial question about scholarship & #openscience will be explored at…
Speak for yourself. https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1243326971360292872
RT @hralperta: Love to see the director of the MLA standing up for adjunct faculty and calling for both better pay and better contracts.
h…
Replying to @mchris4duke
A solid 27. 🙌🏻
One of the many amazing moments of #MSUGlobalDH. Thank you @kmapesy and all the organizers and speakers for creating a fantastic two days in which we could come together. https://twitter.com/kmapesy/status/1243598434919120898
RT @kmapesy: THANK YOU ALL for a fabulous 5th annual #MSUGlobalDH Symposium! Please join us next year for the 6th annual Symposium in Sprin…
Reflecting a bit on isolation and connection: https://kfitz.info/isolation-mission-connection/
RT @PaulaKrebs: Good way to help your scholarly association make a difference in nationwide #highered practices: increase its ranks. We hav…
I had this impulse this morning to write a blog post about this weird moment of isolation we’re living through, and the somewhat boring \(and yet apocalyptic\) day-to-day of it all. +
Replying to @kfitz
So I did. But it’s taken me all day to figure out where that impulse came from. +
Replying to @kfitz
It’s the same impulse that made me start blogging in the first place, way back in 2002, at a small liberal arts college on the eastern edge of the west coast. +
Replying to @kfitz
I was isolated as heck then, writing things no one read, needing connection to make the work at all meaningful. +
Replying to @kfitz
I started a blog — what was then Planned Obsolescence — as a way of feeling just a little bit less like I was shouting down a well. +
Replying to @kfitz
Eighteen years later, I find myself needing that connection again, needing to feel like we’re in the mundane \(and terrifying\) day to day of this together. +
Replying to @kfitz
So: Isolation, Mission, Connection. It did me a lot of good to put it together. I want to read your isolation stories, too. CC me on them, and know that I’m here too. https://kfitz.info/isolation-mission-connection/
Thank you for this, @BerondaM! https://twitter.com/BerondaM/status/1244386370568818689
Replying to @kristinarola
Oh I’m sorry to hear that but I’m glad he’s getting better!
RT @OASPA: Two days until the free @OASPA webinar on Thu April 2 where US experts Heather Joseph, Kathleen Fitzpatrick & John Wilbanks outl…
RT @MLAnews: We’ve just launched an emergency grant program to help part-time faculty members who’ve been hard hit by the outbreak. The $50…
RT @JulianChambliss: A new episode of #ReframingHistory returns on April 7th with @KathrynTomasek. What do you know about #TEI? Don't miss…
I honestly had no idea that this was what I needed today, but it was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdcS0Nbo7Ng&feature=share&app=desktop
Replying to @blondeebrune
Omg yes. Yes yes yes.