C. E. M. Henderson

PhD with UofT CMS/BHPC. Palaeography, codicology, medieval medicine. Binary is for computers. @cemhend.bsky.social @[email protected]

[C. E. M. Henderson @cemhend]

Walked into the DH lab this afternoon to find this handsome Octopus Palaeographicus on the whiteboard.

[Claire Penis @ZeroSuitCamus]

Yves Klein Blue Monochrome. Here’s a high school class on a field trip staring in complete awe at it. They made fun of every other painting on the floor but when they got to this one they just kept repeating “it’s so blue” “how is it so blue” “it’s so fucking blue” etc

[Marc Johnson @SolidEvidence]

Postmortem.

Thanks for all of the retweets!

Late last night the twitter/x account was suspended and I also can't view the ResearchGate account anymore.

Here's a summary of some of the discussion/findings.

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[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Just the most astounding couple of paragraphs.

Pure oligarchy territory.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

"Elon Musk’s own artificial intelligence model Grok is calling the billionaire out for his spread of misinformation on [Twitter]."
https://t.co/ZYmcbKogIW

[Flo Crivello @Altimor]

This is insane

[caesararum, BS, DOGS @caesararum]

a major gripe i have with US higher ed is probably one you haven't thought of

so, adjuncts

adjunct professors used to be roles open for e.g. people who were career professionals who wanted to give back by teaching a class or two in their spare time

[hinterlander @yoltartar]

every time we bring up medieval medicine we have to mention bloodletting; what a dumb treatment, we think, modern medicine is evidence-based and would never do anything so ineffective and superstitious

nope, we routinely choose superstition over evidence, for example-

[C. E. M. Henderson @cemhend]

ok I now know EXACTLY how elder Gen Xers feel about “the 80s”

[Netflix @netflix]

Spend a day in 2003!

Time Cut is NOW PLAYING.

[C. E. M. Henderson @cemhend]

@toomuchpete @ProfessaJay Nope. You just hand out a lot of Cs.

[tern @1goodtern]

If you think the pandemic's over, you're badly wrong.

This is the staff absence rate for the seventh largest employer in the world.

See the consistency of the absence rate leading up to the pandemic...

Look at how it changed in 2020.

And see where it's going *now*.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said https://t.co/mRjYfdxWgR

[C. E. M. Henderson @cemhend]

@DJMHarland Not just the commendable side but for their “freedom”. 🧐

[Jamey Jesperson @JameyJesperson]

Two new job postings at the UVic Trans Archives! 🎉

Two-year contracts at $75k/year, both Jan 2025 starts. Victoria is one of the safest places in the world for trans people, too. Would love to see another trans woman get one of these! 💗

Deadlines are November 13th & 15th.

[Maybe: J @no_good_wyfe]

THIS IS THE INESCAPABLE TASK OF TEACHING FIRST YEAR WRITING IF YOU ARE A WOMAN! they will not tell you this! there is no way around it apparently! it doesn't matter what boundaries you set or whether you wanted to have college mom energy!

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

PS, how this gets framed around the psychological trauma of Israeli soldiers and not the victims of genocidal violence is just wild.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

CNN published a piece today about Israeli soldiers returning from Gaza. One bulldozer driver testifies that they drove over Palestinians, dead and alive, "in the hundreds". This is genocidal and just breathtakingly evil.

[C. E. M. Henderson @cemhend]

@MaikeGosch @jasonhickel It’s real. https://t.co/12OMhFLYu0

[ozzthegr8 🐐 @ozzthegr8]

Everyone always talks about cafes, bookstores, staffed libraries, when there are plenty of other 3rd places. Parks! Public squares! A community center run by volunteers from the neighborhood!
But its the fantasy of comfort and being served people are after, not 3rd places

[Chris Alvino @ChrisAlvino]

This dude is lying—like yes, there IS a loneliness epidemic, but it's NOT affecting men disproportionately. It's affecting the genders equally!(receipts below). There IS a male entitlement epidemic however (which he's demonstrating perfectly here with his need to center men) 🧵

[Ross Tate @rossetate]

As the author of this PDF, it's been interesting seeing people guess at the rationale behind its design. However, the rationale had nothing to do with theory vs practice, and everything to do with pragmatically coping with an unaccommodated disability in academia. (1/16)