Bats in Lavender
@batsinlavender.bsky.social
Librarian in higher ed. Lover of kaiju and monster movies. Listener of EBM, industrial, postpunk, shoegaze, punk, indie, and goth.
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Just a note: I'm dealing with chronic illness and trying to avoid doomscrolling given the world's current events. Thanks for the follow, but totally understand that my lack of participation here make me a very uninteresting follow.
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#VELI2026 applications are open! Read the FAQ, register for an information session, then put together a team and apply! Here's to fostering intentional change rooted in shared values in #HigherEd.
#AcademicSky #EduSkyChat #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSkyChat #EduSky
Are you wrestling with difficult decisions in #highered? Need time and space to tackle them with a team and with intention? Applications are now open for the 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute, to be held in Portland, OR next July.
humetricshss.org/veli
humetricshss.org/veli
Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI) – HuMetricsHSS
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December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#VELI2026 applications are open! Read the FAQ, register for an information session, then put together a team and apply! Here's to fostering intentional change rooted in shared values in #HigherEd.
#AcademicSky #EduSkyChat #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSkyChat #EduSky
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🧵(3/5) However, we can’t keep doing this work without the support of our user community. Please consider donating towards us this week for #GivingTuesday. Learn more here: about.hcommons.org/contribute/
about.hcommons.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧵(3/5) However, we can’t keep doing this work without the support of our user community. Please consider donating towards us this week for #GivingTuesday. Learn more here: about.hcommons.org/contribute/
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🧵(2/5) Our tiny team of 4 full-time employees and one half-time employee are constantly working to maintain our existing infrastructure while also continuing to expand our offerings. All week on our social platforms, you’ll get to hear from our team members about why they love working on KC!
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧵(2/5) Our tiny team of 4 full-time employees and one half-time employee are constantly working to maintain our existing infrastructure while also continuing to expand our offerings. All week on our social platforms, you’ll get to hear from our team members about why they love working on KC!
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🧵(1/5) #GivingTuesday is tomorrow, and we wanted to kick off this week’s campaign with a short introduction. 🔍
We're a nonprofit, academy-led project where our users have access to free tools in order to develop a profile, join discussion groups, build websites, and use our repository, KCWorks.
We're a nonprofit, academy-led project where our users have access to free tools in order to develop a profile, join discussion groups, build websites, and use our repository, KCWorks.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🧵(1/5) #GivingTuesday is tomorrow, and we wanted to kick off this week’s campaign with a short introduction. 🔍
We're a nonprofit, academy-led project where our users have access to free tools in order to develop a profile, join discussion groups, build websites, and use our repository, KCWorks.
We're a nonprofit, academy-led project where our users have access to free tools in order to develop a profile, join discussion groups, build websites, and use our repository, KCWorks.
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📣 EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are creating a website on KC or a self-hosted WP installation.
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
KCWorks on WP Plugin Launches on Knowledge Commons
The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available on Knowledge Commons! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are using the KCSites platform or a self-hosted WordPress installation. KCWorks is an enterprise-grade repository for academic research, collaboration tools, and publishing support for scholars and institutions.
about.hcommons.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📣 EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are creating a website on KC or a self-hosted WP installation.
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
Y'know what's fun about working on Knowledge Commons? Seeing a deposit to KCWorks like this: "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich." Definitely worth a read. works.hcommons.org/records/7sqf...
#openaccessweek #openaccess
#openaccessweek #openaccess
Is Hotdog a Sandwich?
An essay discussing the nature of definitions, using hotdogs as an illustrative example
works.hcommons.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Y'know what's fun about working on Knowledge Commons? Seeing a deposit to KCWorks like this: "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich." Definitely worth a read. works.hcommons.org/records/7sqf...
#openaccessweek #openaccess
#openaccessweek #openaccess
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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YES! This is such excellent news. Utrecht University now supports Knowledge Commons.
PLEASE ask YOUR library today if they will consider supporting us. We are free to all to use, but we NEED university support to make that possible.
about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
PLEASE ask YOUR library today if they will consider supporting us. We are free to all to use, but we NEED university support to make that possible.
about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
YES! This is such excellent news. Utrecht University now supports Knowledge Commons.
PLEASE ask YOUR library today if they will consider supporting us. We are free to all to use, but we NEED university support to make that possible.
about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
PLEASE ask YOUR library today if they will consider supporting us. We are free to all to use, but we NEED university support to make that possible.
about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
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Sustaining members are crucial to Knowledge Commons’ ability to offer kcommons.org to users worldwide and free of charge. If you or your institution is interested in supporting us, email us at network@hcommons.org! #openaccess #openinfrastructure
Knowledge Commons – Open access, open source, open to all
kcommons.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Sustaining members are crucial to Knowledge Commons’ ability to offer kcommons.org to users worldwide and free of charge. If you or your institution is interested in supporting us, email us at network@hcommons.org! #openaccess #openinfrastructure
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We are excited to share that @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social in Utrecht, Netherlands is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! 🎉🎉🎉
Read more on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
Read more on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
Utrecht University Joins Knowledge Commons as a Sustaining Member
We are excited to share that Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! Their participation will help us to continue supporting our community of researchers, educators, students, and creators as they discover open works, connect with their peers, and share their valuable contributions to our collective knowledge. We are grateful to everyone at Utrecht for their work in bringing our two organizations together, and we look forward to growing our relationship over the coming years!
about.hcommons.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are excited to share that @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social in Utrecht, Netherlands is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! 🎉🎉🎉
Read more on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
Read more on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...
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BREAKING
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
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🧵 (1/5) We have a bunch of new followers today so we thought it was a good time for an introduction! 👋
✅ We're a nonprofit network that allows users to build profiles, websites, and discussion groups. Our repository, KCWorks, is fully open access and anyone can upload items & receive DOIs!
✅ We're a nonprofit network that allows users to build profiles, websites, and discussion groups. Our repository, KCWorks, is fully open access and anyone can upload items & receive DOIs!
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧵 (1/5) We have a bunch of new followers today so we thought it was a good time for an introduction! 👋
✅ We're a nonprofit network that allows users to build profiles, websites, and discussion groups. Our repository, KCWorks, is fully open access and anyone can upload items & receive DOIs!
✅ We're a nonprofit network that allows users to build profiles, websites, and discussion groups. Our repository, KCWorks, is fully open access and anyone can upload items & receive DOIs!
Come to @kcommons.bsky.social and deposit in our open access repository! We are a nonprofit academy-owned platform housed at Michigan State University. We will never assert rights over your likeness, your work, or anything else.
hcommons.org
hcommons.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Come to @kcommons.bsky.social and deposit in our open access repository! We are a nonprofit academy-owned platform housed at Michigan State University. We will never assert rights over your likeness, your work, or anything else.
hcommons.org
hcommons.org
Just a note: I'm dealing with chronic illness and trying to avoid doomscrolling given the world's current events. Thanks for the follow, but totally understand that my lack of participation here make me a very uninteresting follow.
September 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Just a note: I'm dealing with chronic illness and trying to avoid doomscrolling given the world's current events. Thanks for the follow, but totally understand that my lack of participation here make me a very uninteresting follow.
Oh man, so many of the films I love star this man. I think a viewing of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is in order. Now both Paul and Robert are gone.
Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor and director whose passion for activism led to the formation of the Sundance Institute and its formidable film festival, has died at age 89.
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
September 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Oh man, so many of the films I love star this man. I think a viewing of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is in order. Now both Paul and Robert are gone.
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Just signed up as a regular monthly supporter to @kcommons.bsky.social -- very straightforward to do and a very good place to send any cash you can spare ✅
CALL TO ACTION: How you can support @kcommons.bsky.social
Because we support Knowledge Common's mission, have high regard for their services & benefit from their work, we encourage you to consider financially supporting Knowledge Commons:
➡️ openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/16/a...
Because we support Knowledge Common's mission, have high regard for their services & benefit from their work, we encourage you to consider financially supporting Knowledge Commons:
➡️ openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/09/16/a...
September 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just signed up as a regular monthly supporter to @kcommons.bsky.social -- very straightforward to do and a very good place to send any cash you can spare ✅
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Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025! Funding of up to £500 is available to support events, projects, or activities related to #OpenAccess or with an #OA component.
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
The OLH Open Access Award 2025: call for applications
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2025, a fund dedicated …
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June 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2025! Funding of up to £500 is available to support events, projects, or activities related to #OpenAccess or with an #OA component.
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
⏰ Apply by 30/06!
🔗 Full details: www.openlibhums.org/...
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
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Stop what you're doing and watch this live feed of baby owls
Great Horned Owl Cam at the Wildflower Center | Cornell Lab
YouTube video by Cornell Lab Bird Cams
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April 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Stop what you're doing and watch this live feed of baby owls
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Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.
March 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.
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The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
Donate to Save The Vagina Museum, organized by Vagina Museum
The Vagina Museum is one month away from closing – forever
The Vagina Museum will be forced t… Vagina Museum needs your support for Save The Vagina Museum
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March 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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One of the reasons I love independent bookstores: they care about their communities. Order/buy from @portersqbooks.bsky.social TODAY and 5% of sales go to nonprofits that YOU can also help choose 👇
Inspired by @belmontbooks.bsky.social & in support of the planned economic activism, Porter Square Books will be donating 5% of all sales from March 7-March 14 to a number of nonprofits working to build stronger communities & a better world. You can nominate a org for a donation below...
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March 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One of the reasons I love independent bookstores: they care about their communities. Order/buy from @portersqbooks.bsky.social TODAY and 5% of sales go to nonprofits that YOU can also help choose 👇
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5 years after WHO declared #COVID-19 a pandemic, the U.S. is cutting staff at #NIH and #CDC while facing TB, measles and the worst flu season in 15 years. A scholar examines the role of 3 #publichealth agencies:
Katherine A. Foss @mtsuofficial.bsky.social #episky 🧪🩺
Katherine A. Foss @mtsuofficial.bsky.social #episky 🧪🩺
5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis
More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
5 years after WHO declared #COVID-19 a pandemic, the U.S. is cutting staff at #NIH and #CDC while facing TB, measles and the worst flu season in 15 years. A scholar examines the role of 3 #publichealth agencies:
Katherine A. Foss @mtsuofficial.bsky.social #episky 🧪🩺
Katherine A. Foss @mtsuofficial.bsky.social #episky 🧪🩺
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March 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM