The latest FOSS Academic post is "Against Interpreting Prompts: Susan Sontag on Generative AI":

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/05/17/sontag-on-ai.html

It's written for all of you clamouring for my read of "Against Interpretation" in the age of generative AI. You're welcome! Plus, I talk about a fake musical band.

#FOSSacademic #generativeAI #aesthetics #art #criticism

wait, what, Zotero? Zotero version 8 was released a few months ago and today I see they've released Zotero 9. The latest FOSS Academic post is a short note about Zotero -- including changes to my workflow since version 8 came out.

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/04/20/zotero-9-what.html

#FOSSAcademic #Zotero #AcademicChatter

The latest FOSS Academic post is an early review of Zotero 8, the latest from @zotero . TL;DR version: I might just use this version to do a lot more 'synthetic' note taking, a practice I had been doing in Zettlr with Markdown files.

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/02/26/zotero-8-review.html

I've been using Zotero since 2009 and I can't imagine doing my job without it. Kudos to the team at Digital Scholar!

#zotero #FOSSAcademic

The latest FOSS Academic post is: New Nextcloud with Possible Digital Sovereignty

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/02/01/new-nc.html

I discuss setting up a new Nextcloud instance on Canadian public infrastructure, moving away from my previous US-based host. I talk about the "how" of that migration (it was pretty easy, actually) and the "why" (I no longer will send Canadian money to a US firm). But how "sovereign" is the Digital Research Alliance?
#FOSSacademic #Canada #digitalsovereignty

Lastest FOSS Academic post is: Fresh New Look, Same Great Flavor!

I worked with @are0h to update the blog. Ro supplied the CSS and a cool new logo and I continue to supply the hand-crafted Python site generation. The result? Some more of that FOSS Academic Lifestyle Dream.

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/01/26/new-look.html

#FOSSAcademic

Latest FOSS Academic post is: Oops! All Microslop. Or, Trying to Write with Microsoft.

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/01/06/oops-all-microslop.html

It's a post in which I see what it's like for me to try to create a blank document with York University's Microsoft 365 subscription.

TL;DR version is: it's all about Copilot, and starting a blank Word doc is actually kinda... hard.

The post is a bit long, but it does have a lot of screenshots + a dash of anger.

#FOSSAcademic #Microsoft #generativeAI #YorkUniversity

Latest FOSS Academic post is -- you guessed it -- a 2025 year in review post. Thrill to the fact that I'm using much of the same FOSS to do my work as I always have! Feel the chills as I talk about #generativeAI and how terrible it is! Above all, join me in living the FOSS Academic Lifestyle Dream!

https://fossacademic.tech/2025/12/21/year-in-review.html

Replies to this post will appear as comments on the blog thanks to the magic of #ActivityPub!

#FOSSacademic

The lastest FOSS Academic post is a whiny, weedy gripe session where I talk about being nervous about installing new Linux distros:
https://fossacademic.tech/2025/11/09/contained.html
Basically, between Snaps, Flatpaks, Wayland, and Secure Boot, installing a fresh Linux distro on a machine isn't quite as fun as it used to be. But, what can I do? Switch to Microsoft?

Hell, no!

#fossAcademic #linux #gripes

Latest FOSS Academic is I DID IT! I DID IT! I re-implemented my static blog generator in Python and moved it off #Github onto my own hosting!

https://fossacademic.tech/2025/08/25/reimplemented.html

What's that? You want an archive and previews of posts? Done. Tags? Handled! Atom feed? Generated. (https://fossacademic.tech/feed.xml)

What about comments, you say?

Respond to this post and they shall appear on my blog, I say unto you.

I did it! Yay!

#FOSSAcademic #Python

Latest FOSS Academic post is live!

https://fossacademic.tech/2025/08/19/zotero-zettlr.html

It's a note about the relative strengths and weaknesses of using #Zettlr and #Zotero for note-taking and writing. Spoiler: I thought I would use Zotero less and less, but I find myself using it just as much as I ever have.

[Replies to this will appear as comments on the blog unless you set privacy to Followers-only or DM. CWs will work]

#FOSSAcademic