Professor and Chair, Department of English, Appalachian State University. Cyborg writer and creative coder. Made in 🇵🇷. He/him. Learn more about me at https://leonardoflores.net/https://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mu55ncvjr222MIT offers sensible guidance on AI in Education in this report: aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/ And it’s a readable, straightforward set of recommendations that are well attuned to the guidance published by the MLA. https://www.mla.org/Resources/Guidelines-and-Data/MLA-AI-Initiatives-and-Resources https://aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/28 Aug 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu55ncvjr222https://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mu37tz5mes2fThe live recording for the MLA Webinar: "AI and the Humanities: A Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" is now live. https://leonardoflores.net/posts/blog/presentations/webinar-ai-and-the-humanities-framework.html Relevant tags: #AI #LLM #humanities #english #language #literature #research #scholarship #DH #digitalhumanities27 Aug 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu37tz5mes2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mtyydlu6jk2fI'm happy to share the recording of an MLA Webinar in which we discussed "AI and the Humanities: a Framework for Language and Literary Scholarship" prepared by the MLA AI in Research Working Group. https://www.mla.org/Events/Webinars-and-Conversations/MLA-Professional-Development-Webinars/Professional-Development-Webinar-Library/AI-and-the-Humanities-A-Framework-for-Language-and-Literary-Scholarship26 Aug 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyydlu6jk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mt2ciowmwc2i3 days left—4 if you count the full day of August 17– to submit your tiny computational poems to Taper #17. #elit #DH [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2ciowmwc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3msj676ovjc2eAttention #elit & #DH communities, digital poets, and creative coders! There are 10 days left until the open call for Taper #17: Prime closes (August 17, AoE - Anywhere on Earth). Here's a link to the call: https://taper.badquar.to/16/about.html#submit Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.07 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj676ovjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3msje5pjmp22v"Deadly fungal storms" not on my #2026bingo card. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3msje5pjmp22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3msj676ovjc2eAttention #elit & #DH communities, digital poets, and creative coders! There are 10 days left until the open call for Taper #17: Prime closes (August 17, AoE - Anywhere on Earth). Here's a link to the call: https://taper.badquar.to/16/about.html#submit Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.07 Aug 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj676ovjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3ms6xkr2qqk2xI’m officially coining the term menu poetry (#menupoetry) to refer to how menus (which already have a high poetic function) and food ordering create powerful poetic moments. I will now read this out loud to a Chipotle employee. And huge credit to my son Blake, for triggering this insight.03 Aug 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6xkr2qqk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mrzgojsn4s2vNew game idea: AI-whack-a-mole. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzgojsn4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mri6rhbgzs2jSensible piece, that puts some of the AI data center moral panic into perspective. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/opinion/data-centers-environment-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0VA.5Pt3.70v-Iz50CSLG&smid=nytcore-ios-share25 Jul 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mri6rhbgzs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mr4dvyqn5c2jHere are the recordings and slideshows for my two interconnected talks at the #ELO26 conference. "Slipping into the Future" is a critical/creative prelude to the keynote, "Beyond Impossible Writing: Electronic Literature in the Age of AI." #AI #elit #DH https://leonardoflores.net/posts/blog/presentations/presentation-and-keynote-at-the-elo-2026-conference.html20 Jul 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4dvyqn5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mr4dvyqn5c2jHere are the recordings and slideshows for my two interconnected talks at the #ELO26 conference. "Slipping into the Future" is a critical/creative prelude to the keynote, "Beyond Impossible Writing: Electronic Literature in the Age of AI." #AI #elit #DH https://leonardoflores.net/posts/blog/presentations/presentation-and-keynote-at-the-elo-2026-conference.html20 Jul 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4dvyqn5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mqx7nf3b3s2vHere are the slideshows and (soon) links to recordings for my panel presentation and keynote at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Relevant tags: #elit #AI #DH #ELO26 https://leonardoflores.net/posts/blog/presentations/presentation-and-keynote-at-the-elo-2026-conference.html18 Jul 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx7nf3b3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mqx7nf3b3s2vHere are the slideshows and (soon) links to recordings for my panel presentation and keynote at the Electronic Literature Organization Conference. Relevant tags: #elit #AI #DH #ELO26 https://leonardoflores.net/posts/blog/presentations/presentation-and-keynote-at-the-elo-2026-conference.html18 Jul 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqx7nf3b3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mqu46gzehc2aAs we say in Puerto Rico, “Reír, por no llorar.” (We laugh, to not cry.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu46gzehc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/leoflores.bsky.social/post/3mqsj37eewc22This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in social media this week. Sick burn! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:y52witln2pbs3x7a74hdba7l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsj37eewc22