Kendra K. Levine
@kklevine.bsky.social
Transportation librarian, academic worker, unionist, bike person.
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California’s diversity is our strength.
We will continue to stand up for our immigrant communities in the face of relentless attacks from the federal government.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
We will continue to stand up for our immigrant communities in the face of relentless attacks from the federal government.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
Attorney General Bonta Releases Updated Guidance to Help California Schools Navigate Immigration Enforcement on their Campuses
OAKLAND — Following the passage of new laws, on December 1, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued updated guidance for students, families, educators, and school officials to help ensure a safe ...
oag.ca.gov
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
California’s diversity is our strength.
We will continue to stand up for our immigrant communities in the face of relentless attacks from the federal government.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
We will continue to stand up for our immigrant communities in the face of relentless attacks from the federal government.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
Did they change the Google Scholar algorithm? Or is it just me?
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Did they change the Google Scholar algorithm? Or is it just me?
We've seen this across UC.
Layoffs and hiring freezes instituted in preparation for proposed cuts. But then when the cuts were not as severe of the funding was reinstated, the cuts stayed ostensibly to be prepared for the worst.
Austerity is a solution for all your problems.
Layoffs and hiring freezes instituted in preparation for proposed cuts. But then when the cuts were not as severe of the funding was reinstated, the cuts stayed ostensibly to be prepared for the worst.
Austerity is a solution for all your problems.
This funding cuts tracker is useful for highlighting something underreported:
the return of funding, like at Harvard, has not necessarily translated into a reversal of job and admissions cuts.
The why of that is complicated, but instability is a huge piece of it.
sr.ithaka.org/blog/federal...
the return of funding, like at Harvard, has not necessarily translated into a reversal of job and admissions cuts.
The why of that is complicated, but instability is a huge piece of it.
sr.ithaka.org/blog/federal...
Federal Funding Cuts and Research Universities - Ithaka S+R
Today, we are sharing a new resource tracking the costs of the administration’s actions on the people who make the research enterprise possible. As universities adjust their budgets to reflect these n...
sr.ithaka.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We've seen this across UC.
Layoffs and hiring freezes instituted in preparation for proposed cuts. But then when the cuts were not as severe of the funding was reinstated, the cuts stayed ostensibly to be prepared for the worst.
Austerity is a solution for all your problems.
Layoffs and hiring freezes instituted in preparation for proposed cuts. But then when the cuts were not as severe of the funding was reinstated, the cuts stayed ostensibly to be prepared for the worst.
Austerity is a solution for all your problems.
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Lidar stopped being prohibitively expensive 5 years ago but Elon kept lying about it because he made a bad decision and people refuse to stop repeating the lie.
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lidar stopped being prohibitively expensive 5 years ago but Elon kept lying about it because he made a bad decision and people refuse to stop repeating the lie.
So @nationalacademies.org changed their catalog platform to access NAP reports and publications (including @trb.org pubs), which has caused some funky stuff with the URLs and kind of breaking DOIs.
Like this: Analysis of Managed Lanes on Freeway Facilities
doi.org/10.172226/22...
Like this: Analysis of Managed Lanes on Freeway Facilities
doi.org/10.172226/22...
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So @nationalacademies.org changed their catalog platform to access NAP reports and publications (including @trb.org pubs), which has caused some funky stuff with the URLs and kind of breaking DOIs.
Like this: Analysis of Managed Lanes on Freeway Facilities
doi.org/10.172226/22...
Like this: Analysis of Managed Lanes on Freeway Facilities
doi.org/10.172226/22...
If you’re going to be in DC in January, you should go to this!
Come celebrate 25 years of @SmartGrowthUSA at our upcoming party on Jan. 12th in Washington, DC!
You’re invited to join me! Learn more and get your tickets today.
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sga25/
You’re invited to join me! Learn more and get your tickets today.
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sga25/
Celebrate 25 Years of Smart Growth America - Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you’re going to be in DC in January, you should go to this!
One of the current administration’s legacies will be unprecedented link rot.
Hey if anyone at NREL or DOE or anywhere really knows more or has thoughts about the renaming of NREL and wants to share, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of the current administration’s legacies will be unprecedented link rot.
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Hey if anyone at NREL or DOE or anywhere really knows more or has thoughts about the renaming of NREL and wants to share, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hey if anyone at NREL or DOE or anywhere really knows more or has thoughts about the renaming of NREL and wants to share, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous
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In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
rangemedia.co
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
This is very much the Monday after a holiday - I just spent 5 minutes trying to launch OpenRefine, but I forgot how to do it.
December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is very much the Monday after a holiday - I just spent 5 minutes trying to launch OpenRefine, but I forgot how to do it.
Biking to get groceries is more enjoyable than not biking to get groceries.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Biking to get groceries is more enjoyable than not biking to get groceries.
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
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Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million as a part of a deal with the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
I’m at the stage of my Sharks fandom of reading about NHLPA grievances.
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’m at the stage of my Sharks fandom of reading about NHLPA grievances.
Taking the train down to San Jose for the Sharks game at it’s cool seeing lots of other Sharks fans on the train.
If the train schedule worked for later starts, I think I’d be going to more games.
If the train schedule worked for later starts, I think I’d be going to more games.
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Taking the train down to San Jose for the Sharks game at it’s cool seeing lots of other Sharks fans on the train.
If the train schedule worked for later starts, I think I’d be going to more games.
If the train schedule worked for later starts, I think I’d be going to more games.
I was reading up on Zotero add ons and saw people talking about organizing their Zotero collections using the "Melville Dewey" system and I am fascinated.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I was reading up on Zotero add ons and saw people talking about organizing their Zotero collections using the "Melville Dewey" system and I am fascinated.
K-12 schools are closed this week, so there are lots of kids on campus. Just saw a grown up and a kid riding skateboards, and it was cool watching the kid practice pushing up an incline. The adult was pushing mongo and it was tripping me out.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
K-12 schools are closed this week, so there are lots of kids on campus. Just saw a grown up and a kid riding skateboards, and it was cool watching the kid practice pushing up an incline. The adult was pushing mongo and it was tripping me out.
This year we have 4 pies for 3 people.
I cook for the LEFTOVERS on this holiday. I'm gonna have Indy buy at least one pie from Costco because I want to have pie for breakfast on Thursday, and then I will STILL WANT PIE.
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This year we have 4 pies for 3 people.
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The latest skirmish between CARB and a co-chair of the EJ Advisory Committee is part of a much longer history. (1/)
www.eenews.net/articles/cal...
www.eenews.net/articles/cal...
California environmental justice adviser quits to protest state agency
The California Air Resources Board exhibits "growing hostility" to its EJ advisory panel, the co-chair said in her resignation letter.
www.eenews.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The latest skirmish between CARB and a co-chair of the EJ Advisory Committee is part of a much longer history. (1/)
www.eenews.net/articles/cal...
www.eenews.net/articles/cal...
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An absolutely shocking letter from the House Committee on Education and Workforce to Berkeley, demanding, among other things, info on internal processes and syllabi.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
An absolutely shocking letter from the House Committee on Education and Workforce to Berkeley, demanding, among other things, info on internal processes and syllabi.
pdfhost.io/v/4VaaH4PvJP...
pdfhost.io/v/4VaaH4PvJP...
Look at these aesthetic yet useless bike racks in Pinole.
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Look at these aesthetic yet useless bike racks in Pinole.
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Excited to announce the release of my thesis “Ha Ha Bitches, I Got A New Scooter: An Analysis Of North America Micromobility in the 21st Century” published by Oxford University Press in Spring 2026
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Excited to announce the release of my thesis “Ha Ha Bitches, I Got A New Scooter: An Analysis Of North America Micromobility in the 21st Century” published by Oxford University Press in Spring 2026
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
In-state college tuition for California’s undocumented students is illegal, Trump suit alleges
California universities offer in-state tuition to undocumented students who graduate from state high schools. Now, the Trump administration is suing CSU, UC and the state, calling the practice illegal...
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing California, saying its public universities -- including UC and CSU -- illegally offer in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Bless @kalxberkeley.bsky.social - one of the gems of UC Berkeley.
"Can places like KXLU survive, when the tech pull [is] squarely in the opposite direction? 'One administrator can kill a college 📻station,” @katejewell.bsky.social said, while adding that she feels the health of such stations is strong [bc] DIY camaraderie + community feel so urgent..."
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Bless @kalxberkeley.bsky.social - one of the gems of UC Berkeley.
LaTeX has struggled with making accessible documents for a long time, and I know there has been groups working on improving it for a while, but I'm also shocked it's still so bad.
Not shocked that a lot of folks who use LaTeX are complaining about accessibility laws.
Not shocked that a lot of folks who use LaTeX are complaining about accessibility laws.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
LaTeX has struggled with making accessible documents for a long time, and I know there has been groups working on improving it for a while, but I'm also shocked it's still so bad.
Not shocked that a lot of folks who use LaTeX are complaining about accessibility laws.
Not shocked that a lot of folks who use LaTeX are complaining about accessibility laws.