Kyle Birchard
kylebirchard.bsky.social
Kyle Birchard
@kylebirchard.bsky.social
Founder of Resight Laboratories, Inc. Writer of tonewood.leaflet.pub
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I'm always struck by how much KMHD means to its listeners, not just in Portland but across the Northwest.

The people you hear on the radio run nearly every aspect of the organization. They punch above their weight, but they shouldn't have to.
Meg Samples-Morrow shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.

"The people bringing you jazz around the clock are struggling to make ends meet ourselves."
-Meg Samples-Morrow, KMHD host/producer @megsamples.bsky.social

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November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New Tonewood Project post. Published w/ @leaflet.pub: tonewood.leaflet.pub/3lwwhopsvp22e Subscribe to keep up with the stories!
Mail Order Guitar - The Tonewood Project
tonewood.leaflet.pub
August 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A more extended introduction
Mail Order Guitar
tonewood.leaflet.pub
August 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Updated this list with a few more participants in our @leaflet.pub summer blog club! I'm overdue for a new post in my own blog(s) but lots of fun so far, cool to see ppl publishing!

If I'm missing anyone who'd like to be included please lmk :)

summer-of-pub.leaflet.pub/3luns266ud22b
Leaflet blog club: list of participants - Summer of Pub
Here's who's blogging so far…reach out to be added to the list!
summer-of-pub.leaflet.pub
August 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Want to join *Summer of Pub* (our lil Leaflet blog club) and commit to publishing more regularly, but could use some ideas to kickstart your creative energy?

☀️🍃📝🍃☀️

We made a collection of fun blogging prompts!
For our blog club participants, or anyone who could use some writing inspo — I put together a list of 17 creative prompts! Including:

photo blog ☀️ neighborhood blog
favorite websites ☀️ personal canons
a project ☀️ a walk ☀️ a game ☀️ a school
roundup ☀️ appreciation ☀️ review ☀️ manifesto
& more!
Presenting a collection of blogging prompts
Inspiration to catalyze your blog energy, in the form of seventeen creative prompts!
summer-of-pub.leaflet.pub
August 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New publication just out!
About the Tonewood Project - The Tonewood Project
tonewood.leaflet.pub
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Finally getting something off the ground I've been working on for a little while...
About the Tonewood Project
tonewood.leaflet.pub
August 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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What’s the return on government support for R&D?

To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
June 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I've started a website with simple graphs tracking how the US economy is doing in terms of unemployment, economic sentiment, and inflation. It will be updated monthly as new data come in. Feedback is welcome! #EconSky

usbarometer.com
US Economy Barometer
usbarometer.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.

Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design

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May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Power, Obligation and the Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/power...
Power, Obligation and the Universities
In the mid-80s, when I was a teenager, I had a brief...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM