Kendra K. Levine
@kklevine.bsky.social
Transportation librarian, academic worker, unionist, bike person.
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"Mathematically, it might seem like I spend a disproportionate amount of my time making the world a significantly less safe and less empathetic place, but are you counting all the hours I spend sleeping?"
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Mathematically, it might seem like I spend a disproportionate amount of my time making the world a significantly less safe and less empathetic place, but are you counting all the hours I spend sleeping?"
Technology is grand, but all the CGI adds on the ice and boards for the Nashville-Pittsburgh hockey game in Stockholm are kind of distracting.
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Technology is grand, but all the CGI adds on the ice and boards for the Nashville-Pittsburgh hockey game in Stockholm are kind of distracting.
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
Is the University the work we engage in learning and research or of it the management of assets and debt?
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
One of the most important lessons you have to learn about what a university "is" is a very vulgar marxist distinction between its *managers* (directly or indirectly appointed by capital and/or state government) and its *labor,* who come to the university out of love and idealism.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Is the University the work we engage in learning and research or of it the management of assets and debt?
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
If I had a dollar for every time I was told by the University something wouldn’t be possible because UC Path couldn’t handle the change we proposed, I could buy you a decent lunch.
I could go on! I haven’t even mentioned UC Path!! The point is, something is deeply and structurally wrong with the leadership of this university, and the victories you hear about come in spite of them.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
If I had a dollar for every time I was told by the University something wouldn’t be possible because UC Path couldn’t handle the change we proposed, I could buy you a decent lunch.
Watching hockey right now - and UNC Health sponsors the Canes enough to get their logo on the ice at the Lenovo Center.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Watching hockey right now - and UNC Health sponsors the Canes enough to get their logo on the ice at the Lenovo Center.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
So proud that @ucaft.bsky.social stood in solidarity with every other UC union to fight for the university we all deserve.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
So proud that @ucaft.bsky.social stood in solidarity with every other UC union to fight for the university we all deserve.
I was talking to a grad student today about how being in a flow state for searching can end up in unexpected rabbit holes.
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Oaks Park (stadium) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I was talking to a grad student today about how being in a flow state for searching can end up in unexpected rabbit holes.
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Remember that time I said I didn't like ultra bright, blinking bike lights because they hurt my eyes and lots of cyclists asked why I wanted them to be less safe (without considering that I too ride a bike most of the time)?
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Remember that time I said I didn't like ultra bright, blinking bike lights because they hurt my eyes and lots of cyclists asked why I wanted them to be less safe (without considering that I too ride a bike most of the time)?
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
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Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
So much for Gavin Newsom's electric vehicle mandate
California's leading the world on climate. So where's California going?
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
I was in a bad mood this morning because the DJ played a Beatles song on the radio.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I was in a bad mood this morning because the DJ played a Beatles song on the radio.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
Silly question - do you need a key to start an electric scooter?
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Silly question - do you need a key to start an electric scooter?
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
Across 25+ cities, Starbucks baristas have launched an open-ended strike. They are making the hard choice to stand up for better working conditions. Please consider making a donation in solidarity.
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
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Rather than admit Flock represents an untested tech w/unintended consequences, OPD and enabling Council members are rushing to trap public in a contract that will increase in scope over time. But unlike other jurisdictions, our local media is helping them.
Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.
www.king5.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Rather than admit Flock represents an untested tech w/unintended consequences, OPD and enabling Council members are rushing to trap public in a contract that will increase in scope over time. But unlike other jurisdictions, our local media is helping them.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
Do you remember when Google Scholar changed its weighting so that high school essays were in the top results?
That was a fun 6 months.
That was a fun 6 months.
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Do you remember when Google Scholar changed its weighting so that high school essays were in the top results?
That was a fun 6 months.
That was a fun 6 months.
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When UC issued the TPM policy, it was obvious that it would be used to silence protest and dissent on campuses.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When UC issued the TPM policy, it was obvious that it would be used to silence protest and dissent on campuses.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
When UC issued the TPM policy, it was obvious that it would be used to silence protest and dissent on campuses.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When UC issued the TPM policy, it was obvious that it would be used to silence protest and dissent on campuses.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
A cardboard bug to protest racists and fascists coming to campus is now “felony vandalism” is evidence that the Free Speech Movement is just campus marketing now and not our values.
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"Terminal Island is part of one of the country’s busiest container ports... it was the first place from which Japanese Americans were uprooted and sent to government camps...
The Port of LA is reportedly considering demolishing [its historic buildings] to make room for more container storage" +
The Port of LA is reportedly considering demolishing [its historic buildings] to make room for more container storage" +
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Terminal Island is part of one of the country’s busiest container ports... it was the first place from which Japanese Americans were uprooted and sent to government camps...
The Port of LA is reportedly considering demolishing [its historic buildings] to make room for more container storage" +
The Port of LA is reportedly considering demolishing [its historic buildings] to make room for more container storage" +
I’m now at the level of watching collegiate hockey because I need to feel something.
When does baseball return?
When does baseball return?
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I’m now at the level of watching collegiate hockey because I need to feel something.
When does baseball return?
When does baseball return?
Some of y’all publish too much. Save some for the fishes!
mods are out on the town: academics, don't ever send me an M D P I special issue invite or paper anything else, thank's, and students, if your advisor suggests this, run
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Some of y’all publish too much. Save some for the fishes!
What’s the deal with pasting from PDFs?
a man in a suit and tie is holding a microphone on a stage and talking into it .
Alt: Jerry Seinfeld in a suit and tie is holding a microphone on a stage and talking into it. The caption says, “So what’s the deal with JJ”
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
What’s the deal with pasting from PDFs?
I'm always astonished by the differences in publishing behavior across disciplines.
Engineering faculty often will have author credits 10 articles in a year.
Planning is usually just a couple.
Engineering faculty often will have author credits 10 articles in a year.
Planning is usually just a couple.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm always astonished by the differences in publishing behavior across disciplines.
Engineering faculty often will have author credits 10 articles in a year.
Planning is usually just a couple.
Engineering faculty often will have author credits 10 articles in a year.
Planning is usually just a couple.
Does anybody know of any public libraries having fare machines for transit agencies?
#transit #libraries
#transit #libraries
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Does anybody know of any public libraries having fare machines for transit agencies?
#transit #libraries
#transit #libraries
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Here’s a writeup about the hearing from earlier today. Please note the statement from the University of California, notably not a plaintiff in this suit. It’s laughable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Here’s a writeup about the hearing from earlier today. Please note the statement from the University of California, notably not a plaintiff in this suit. It’s laughable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
I was looking for documents about freeway construction in the 50s and ended up with Pat Brown's FBI file.
The internet is great.
archive.org/details/Edmu...
The internet is great.
archive.org/details/Edmu...
Edmund (Pat) Brown FBI Files : FBI : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
FBI files relating to Edmund Brown.
archive.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I was looking for documents about freeway construction in the 50s and ended up with Pat Brown's FBI file.
The internet is great.
archive.org/details/Edmu...
The internet is great.
archive.org/details/Edmu...