As an experiment, I posted nearly the exact little joke on Twitter, BlueSky, Threads, & Mastodon—Here's a side-by-side Obviously ymmv & this might change as newer platforms grow, but my key takeaways are that my communities are mostly gone from Twitter & most present on Mastodon

Catching up on physical mail and was pleased to see Ryan Cordell via iSchool at Illinois HT Mellon Foundation ... research.illinois.edu/news/feature/p…

A headline from 2023, 1923, or 1823?

Journalistic malpractice—this The Washington Post story about the “historically bad” US heat wave “remarkable for its size, intensity & duration” only mentions climate change *900 words in*—ie after many readers have bailed washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/0…

The X stands for eXtreme(ists)

My social media landscape on 2023-08-02: 1. More tumbleweeds every time I open Twitter—a real X-odus amirite? 2. Mastodon’s chugging along but still seems sleepy 3. I forget about Threads for days at a time 4. BlueSky feels vibrant & growing—it’s the app I want to open most often

I hear that plane a-comin’ it’s flyin’ from NJ & I ain’t seen the mugshot but I can’t wait I’m watching Fulton County & time keeps dragging on But that seatbelt light is blinking for Rudy, Mark, & Don

In late Sep I'll be @ the Iowa Center for the Book talking about "Reprinting, Composition, & Large Language Models"—looking forward to learning from UICB—the ur-text for labs like Skeuomorph Press—& thinking with other material texts folks about AI writing uicb.uiowa.edu/event/123436/0

Please spread the word! The UIUC English Department is again hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in digital humanities, with a preference for applicants studying BIPOC communities, generative AI, and/or book history—our DH group is growing quickly! illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

An interesting side-by-side comparison. I posted the exact same job announcement on BlueSky—where I have 530 followers—& on X—where I have, theoretically, almost 10k followers. Still more engagement on Bsky

Grandpa what was autumn? Oh Kelce it was wonderful—You know how it feels inside the habitat? When there’s power? Yes…well it felt like that—outside! It was…pleasant Not too hot or cold? We used to joke about pumpkin spice… And now we kill for it? And now we kill for it.

Exploring the art and history of the book at Skeuomorph Press & BookLab, directed by Ryan Cordell at University of Illinois. Housed in the FabLab building, it's a must-visit for book enthusiasts. #SkeuomorphPress #BookArt #IVLA23

I'm really proud of the project Skeuomorph Press students took on this past month, in collaboration with CU's upcoming C-U Folk Roots Fest festival & headlining musician Adeem maria—100% of these posters' sales benefit our local Pride Center—more info at instagram.com/p/CyOzNK_RqW1/…

If are any Adeem the Artist fans on here interested in ordering a Skeuomorph Press print to benefit CU’s Pride Center, we are running low on pre-orders. Send me a message through FB/Insta if you'd like to claim one. $25 for local pickup; $30 shipped instagram.com/p/CyOzNK_RqW1/…

Come to the 2023 C-U Folk Roots Fest Festival this weekend for limited-edition prints made by Skeuomorph Press students. 100 copies were created through a collab between Skeuomorph Press and Meanwhile... Letterpress, with 100% of proceeds from poster sales to go to The UP Center CU 🌈

All this drama reminds me of that famous quote from Andy Warhol, “in the future, everyone will get to be the Republican nominee for Speaker of the House for fifteen minutes.”

As part of the CU Small Press Fest this weekend, Ben Denzer gave a workshop on experimental bookbinding at #iSchoolUI Assoc. Prof. Ryan Cordell's Skeuomorph Press in the FABLAB. Students printed on corn husks and bound the husks together. 📃🎨: bit.ly/3SomSLg

I got on a tear last week & (mostly) drafted the syllabus for my spring "Writing with Robots" course—it’s a 200-level class in the English department about the history & present of generative writing—I am really excited about this one s24wwr.ryancordell.org

Come hang out with me at UCLA this August in my CalRBS course “Hands-On Book History Pedagogy”—if you’re interested in the labs & workshops I post about from Skeuomorph Press, we’ll be exploring UCLA’s new community print lab together! calrbs.org/program/course…

I’m not here much lately but had to share new ink— the brilliant Mr J Best created a masterpiece inspired by—“The skeleton dimensions I shall now proceed to set down are copied verbatim from my right arm, where I had them tattooed”—Moby Dick Chapter 102 “A Bower in the Arsacides”