Brett Bobley
@brettbobley.bsky.social
Working as an advisor to Schmidt Sciences for their HAVI DH program (AI + Humanities/cultural heritage). Former CIO for the NEH & founder of the Office of Digital Humanities.
Congratulations to the best paper awardees at the AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference. The awards are sponsored by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. #FF2026
September 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Congratulations to the best paper awardees at the AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference. The awards are sponsored by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. #FF2026
The Smithsonian's Secretary Lonnie Bunch is welcoming us on the first day of the AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference. (@schmidtsciences.bsky.social is one of the sponsors). #FF2026
September 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The Smithsonian's Secretary Lonnie Bunch is welcoming us on the first day of the AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference. (@schmidtsciences.bsky.social is one of the sponsors). #FF2026
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After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/
September 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/
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@alondra.bsky.social is 100% correct to call me out here because she fought tooth and nail running OSTP and I just erased her with this post.
September 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
@alondra.bsky.social is 100% correct to call me out here because she fought tooth and nail running OSTP and I just erased her with this post.
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The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
![As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."
3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study).
Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:azpq3hfq3llpowyqpjkqwgxs/bafkreibpynfdssvr5aehvgzmcuerbo3romumydje4qsdhog7a3tnazrh2u)
September 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Just made these jalapenos, from my garden, stuffed with goat cheese and bacon bits. Then, of course, smelling the bacon, I had a feline visitor join us at the dinner table.
August 31, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Just made these jalapenos, from my garden, stuffed with goat cheese and bacon bits. Then, of course, smelling the bacon, I had a feline visitor join us at the dinner table.
In 1997 I went to see Veruca Salt at 930 club in DC. Prince was playing an arena show elsewhere. I overheard someone in the crowd say that after his show, Prince might come to 930 and do a secret show. Yeah, sure, I thought. I went home at midnight. Prince showed an hour later & did a whole set.
How about this? Best concerts that you ALMOST got to see but DIDN’T.
Include reasons if you like:
Rolling Stones (play rehearsal)
Johnny Cash (I dallied)
R.E.M. (play performance)
Nirvana (canceled, college declined to pay requested $500 appearance fee)
Include reasons if you like:
Rolling Stones (play rehearsal)
Johnny Cash (I dallied)
R.E.M. (play performance)
Nirvana (canceled, college declined to pay requested $500 appearance fee)
August 31, 2026 at 2:06 AM
In 1997 I went to see Veruca Salt at 930 club in DC. Prince was playing an arena show elsewhere. I overheard someone in the crowd say that after his show, Prince might come to 930 and do a secret show. Yeah, sure, I thought. I went home at midnight. Prince showed an hour later & did a whole set.
Pickling banana peppers. Hit me up if you need some.
August 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Pickling banana peppers. Hit me up if you need some.
Good for Canada. Article about (mostly US) professors being hired to move to Canada. (Also: How stupid is the US to deliberately destroy our higher education system?)
Ottawa announces 64 new research chairs in international talent attraction strategy
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universityaffairs.ca/news/ottawa-...
Ottawa announces 64 new research chairs in international talent attraction strategy - University Affairs
Top-tier researchers from 13 countries to join Canadian universities in first wave of appointments.
universityaffairs.ca
August 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Good for Canada. Article about (mostly US) professors being hired to move to Canada. (Also: How stupid is the US to deliberately destroy our higher education system?)
Highly recommended reading from my wonderful former colleague at NEH, Molly Hardy. (Related aside: I once asked one of the DOGE boys "who would ever want to work here after what you've done?" To which he replied, "oh, NEH will be so much better soon." Yeah, fuck off.)
New at Can We Still Govern?
Molly Hardy was the Employee of the Year at the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2024. She was fired as a result of DOGE cuts in 2025. Here, she writes about why, when given a chance to return, she chose not to do so. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/castles-ma...
Molly Hardy was the Employee of the Year at the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2024. She was fired as a result of DOGE cuts in 2025. Here, she writes about why, when given a chance to return, she chose not to do so. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/castles-ma...
Castles Made of Sand
Why I Did Not Return to the Government Job I Loved
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 25, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Highly recommended reading from my wonderful former colleague at NEH, Molly Hardy. (Related aside: I once asked one of the DOGE boys "who would ever want to work here after what you've done?" To which he replied, "oh, NEH will be so much better soon." Yeah, fuck off.)
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In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
Artificial Intelligence Policy
Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]
www.law.berkeley.edu
August 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."
Garden going crazy! Just harvested all this and turned it into dinner. We have: Thai basil and Thai chiles which I used for Pad Krapow Gai. Then I used the Genovese basil and tomatoes to make a Caprese salad.
August 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Garden going crazy! Just harvested all this and turned it into dinner. We have: Thai basil and Thai chiles which I used for Pad Krapow Gai. Then I used the Genovese basil and tomatoes to make a Caprese salad.
Hanging out with @nolauren.bsky.social in Seoul and we stumbled upon... edible Crocs?? Yes, they are waffles stuffed with chocolate that look like the greatest ever shoes, Crocs. Shoes both practical and delicious. cc: @jenserventi.bsky.social.
August 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Hanging out with @nolauren.bsky.social in Seoul and we stumbled upon... edible Crocs?? Yes, they are waffles stuffed with chocolate that look like the greatest ever shoes, Crocs. Shoes both practical and delicious. cc: @jenserventi.bsky.social.
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Next venues for the @adho-org.bsky.social DH conferences mentioned in #DH2026 closing ceremony.
- #DH2027 28 June - 3 July 2027, Galway, Ireland
dh2027.adho.org
- #DH2028 4-7 July 2028 Capetown, South Africa
- #DH2029 2029, Padua, Italy
Hope that I can make some of these!
- #DH2027 28 June - 3 July 2027, Galway, Ireland
dh2027.adho.org
- #DH2028 4-7 July 2028 Capetown, South Africa
- #DH2029 2029, Padua, Italy
Hope that I can make some of these!
DH2027
dh2027.adho.org
July 31, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Next venues for the @adho-org.bsky.social DH conferences mentioned in #DH2026 closing ceremony.
- #DH2027 28 June - 3 July 2027, Galway, Ireland
dh2027.adho.org
- #DH2028 4-7 July 2028 Capetown, South Africa
- #DH2029 2029, Padua, Italy
Hope that I can make some of these!
- #DH2027 28 June - 3 July 2027, Galway, Ireland
dh2027.adho.org
- #DH2028 4-7 July 2028 Capetown, South Africa
- #DH2029 2029, Padua, Italy
Hope that I can make some of these!
Congratulations to Julia Flanders, who just won the Busa prize for lifetime achievement! @juliaflanders.bsky.social #DH2026
July 31, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Congratulations to Julia Flanders, who just won the Busa prize for lifetime achievement! @juliaflanders.bsky.social #DH2026
Interesting thread about Javier's (AI) agents.
At our Playing Heaven #DH2026 mini-conference, a Chinese graduate student came up to me after one of the panel sessions and was puzzled by my Tang–Song Confucian knowledge-distillation agent's taxonomy, which grouped "roots and branches" 本末 together with "political economy" 理財.
July 31, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Interesting thread about Javier's (AI) agents.
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Never forget what Trump, his grifting cronies, and his psychopathic claque did to us during COVID. Never forgive. Fauci was a hero, and so was everyone else who fought tooth and nail against the virus, the President, his sycophantic servants, and the zombie hordes. I pray this GOP stunt backfires.
July 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Never forget what Trump, his grifting cronies, and his psychopathic claque did to us during COVID. Never forgive. Fauci was a hero, and so was everyone else who fought tooth and nail against the virus, the President, his sycophantic servants, and the zombie hordes. I pray this GOP stunt backfires.
Only the oldheads will get this one.
Bento boxes are the new muffins?!?! 🤯
July 30, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Only the oldheads will get this one.
I spent all morning cooking that food, James. Anything for DH!
Got to say, I'm loving the @schmidtsciences.bsky.social bento box lunch at #DH2026!
July 29, 2026 at 7:43 AM
I spent all morning cooking that food, James. Anything for DH!
#DH2026 The Schmidt Sciences team (me and Maya) will be doing a lunchtime talk in room 104 at 1PM today. Come on by to learn about our grantmaking! (Note: We have boxed lunches 🍱, but only enough for the folks who signed up in advance! So if you didn't sign up, no lunch pilfering, please! 😂 ).
July 29, 2026 at 12:34 AM
#DH2026 The Schmidt Sciences team (me and Maya) will be doing a lunchtime talk in room 104 at 1PM today. Come on by to learn about our grantmaking! (Note: We have boxed lunches 🍱, but only enough for the folks who signed up in advance! So if you didn't sign up, no lunch pilfering, please! 😂 ).
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Earlier this summer, I was elected as the inaugural Chair of the Hong Kong Association for Digital Humanities (HKADH). I'm proud to announce that I just fulfilled one of my primary campaign promises: to join @adho-org.bsky.social as a constituent organization.
July 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Earlier this summer, I was elected as the inaugural Chair of the Hong Kong Association for Digital Humanities (HKADH). I'm proud to announce that I just fulfilled one of my primary campaign promises: to join @adho-org.bsky.social as a constituent organization.
Great presentations this morning from the Playing Heaven team, funded by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. #DH2026.
Here's Javier Cha @javiercha.bsky.social introducing the "Playing Heaven" LLMs and AI for Historical Analysis Project + Workshop, come join us today at #DH2026!
July 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Great presentations this morning from the Playing Heaven team, funded by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social. #DH2026.
#DH2026 Important tip for presenters: if you are bringing slides on a USB thumb drive to load on the conference room laptop, make sure your drive is formatted to be read by a Windows machine (eg exFAT).
July 28, 2026 at 1:46 AM
#DH2026 Important tip for presenters: if you are bringing slides on a USB thumb drive to load on the conference room laptop, make sure your drive is formatted to be read by a Windows machine (eg exFAT).
Even the free WiFi at the Daejeon Convention Center, shared by a thousand people, is giving me ~90Mbps both up and down. #DH2026
I know it is almost a cliche at this point, but my hotel WiFi here in Korea is 554Mbps (down and up) while the last hotel I stayed at in the US was 4Mbps.
July 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Even the free WiFi at the Daejeon Convention Center, shared by a thousand people, is giving me ~90Mbps both up and down. #DH2026