Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her)
@kleonardphd.bsky.social
Librettist, lyricist, poet, scholar, teacher. Writing operas abt the Jane Collective, ending rape culture, & climate change. Runs the Silent Film Sound & Music Archive (sfsma.org). Autistic. Disabled. kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org
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We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
Opera friends, I'm seeking examples of one-sheets/one-pagers for new operas to share with my workshop participants. If you've got one I can use, please let me know! It will not be shared beyond the workshop participants.
February 5, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Opera friends, I'm seeking examples of one-sheets/one-pagers for new operas to share with my workshop participants. If you've got one I can use, please let me know! It will not be shared beyond the workshop participants.
stop assigning emotions to AI. It doesn't "love" anything. It USES them, or GENERATES them.
Did you know ChatGPT's earlier versions barely used em dashes at all? This week, I talked with Sean Goedecke, a software engineer who's looked at *why* AI models went em-dash wild.The shift may have happened when companies started digitizing public domain books from years when em dash use peaked.
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
stop assigning emotions to AI. It doesn't "love" anything. It USES them, or GENERATES them.
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Venerable magazine Harper's Bazaar is running its short story contest again, with the winner receiving "the chance" of publication in the magazine. Just one catch: per the wording of the guidelines, _just by entering_ you transfer copyright ownership of your story to Harper's parent, Hearst. 1/3
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We're hiring a new *remote* director of editorial, design, and production @cornellupress.bsky.social! Come work with us!
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
Director of Editorial, Design, and Production (REMOTE) in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Communications & Marketing at Cornell University
Apply for Director of Editorial, Design, and Production (REMOTE) job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Communications & Marketing at Cornell University
jobs.hr.cornell.edu
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We're hiring a new *remote* director of editorial, design, and production @cornellupress.bsky.social! Come work with us!
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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ICYMI!
Looking for a book bundle centering friendship and found families? We've got just the thing!
Includes AN UNCOMMON CURSE, 1st in my series of fairy tales-meet-musicals fantasy novels!
itch.io/b/3486/frien...
Includes AN UNCOMMON CURSE, 1st in my series of fairy tales-meet-musicals fantasy novels!
itch.io/b/3486/frien...
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
ICYMI!
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See Ben's thread. The sense that one could imagine having under a normal government—that enforcement will be in the spirit of genuine accessibility and disability justice—is now replaced by the nagging feeling that this will just be a weapon with which to attack universities at their discretion
This is a genuinely tough situation. Briefly, new ADA Title II rules (effective this April) require public universities to meet new accessibility requirements for all course materials. Good!
But …
edtechmagazine.com/higher/artic...
But …
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A Guide to the ADA Title II Accessibility Rule
Universities must improve website accessibility, mobile apps and digital course materials before April 2026 to comply with federal regulations related to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
edtechmagazine.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
See Ben's thread. The sense that one could imagine having under a normal government—that enforcement will be in the spirit of genuine accessibility and disability justice—is now replaced by the nagging feeling that this will just be a weapon with which to attack universities at their discretion
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Once again asking people not to repost text blobs without alt text and especially not to repost text blobs of Twitter conversations between unlikeable famous people without alt text.
I have some people's names word muted, and that's very intentional.
I have some people's names word muted, and that's very intentional.
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Once again asking people not to repost text blobs without alt text and especially not to repost text blobs of Twitter conversations between unlikeable famous people without alt text.
I have some people's names word muted, and that's very intentional.
I have some people's names word muted, and that's very intentional.
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The house is constructed near a forgotten spring. It is afflicted by brass instruments. It is peculiarly gifted.
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The house is constructed near a forgotten spring. It is afflicted by brass instruments. It is peculiarly gifted.
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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When you mock someone for their appearance and/or abilities—whether they're fat, have limb difference, don't have "conventional" facial symmetry or whatever—all it does is shows that YOU are ableist or bigoted. Attack people's actions, policies, viewpoints! Not bodies.
This is not hard.
This is not hard.
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
When you mock someone for their appearance and/or abilities—whether they're fat, have limb difference, don't have "conventional" facial symmetry or whatever—all it does is shows that YOU are ableist or bigoted. Attack people's actions, policies, viewpoints! Not bodies.
This is not hard.
This is not hard.
I love Campfire Cooking.... my spouse describes it as "a boy and his dog eat things" and it is truly charming and very funny.
Fuck Harry Potter.
Go watch Campfire Cooking In Another World instead.
Go watch Campfire Cooking In Another World instead.
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I love Campfire Cooking.... my spouse describes it as "a boy and his dog eat things" and it is truly charming and very funny.
Libretto is about a survivor of IPV helping others escape from the same situation. Set in Scotland, possibly during the Clearances. Some mythology/folklore worked in.
Opera libretto plotting and laundry today. The dogs are snoozing in the sun.
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Libretto is about a survivor of IPV helping others escape from the same situation. Set in Scotland, possibly during the Clearances. Some mythology/folklore worked in.
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Chicago: This is pretty amazing.
The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.
Bad Bunny's hottest local Super Bowl pregame is at the Chicago Public Library
www.wbez.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Chicago: This is pretty amazing.
Opera libretto plotting and laundry today. The dogs are snoozing in the sun.
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Opera libretto plotting and laundry today. The dogs are snoozing in the sun.
Finished E. H. Lupton's Dionysus in Wisconsin last night and loved the world-building and great characters. Can't wait to read the next in the series!
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Finished E. H. Lupton's Dionysus in Wisconsin last night and loved the world-building and great characters. Can't wait to read the next in the series!
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Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
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We need an updated "Desk Set" (1957) in which women fact-checkers beat the AI bros. And drink buckets of champagne.
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
We need an updated "Desk Set" (1957) in which women fact-checkers beat the AI bros. And drink buckets of champagne.
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We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
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CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS!
Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!
Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS!
Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!
Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!
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The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027
This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
banffcentre.ca
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
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Submission Window Open!
The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue Displacement.
We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February.
The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue Displacement.
We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February.
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Submission Window Open!
The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue Displacement.
We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February.
The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue Displacement.
We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February.
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If you don't have the time, patience or sufficient will to live to watch 15 different adaptations... I did it for you!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
Wuthering Heights is not a romance.
Obviously.
But why do people think it is?
So many reasons but... I'm going to be exploring how we got here through adaptation history in a workshop so come join me!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/romancing...
Obviously.
But why do people think it is?
So many reasons but... I'm going to be exploring how we got here through adaptation history in a workshop so come join me!
www.eventbrite.com/cc/romancing...
Romancing Wuthering Heights
An interactive workshop with two different times to choose from
www.eventbrite.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
If you don't have the time, patience or sufficient will to live to watch 15 different adaptations... I did it for you!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!
The workshop will navigate everything from bad 60s wigs, to incest narratives, to Medieval Japanese retellings, to the lost 1920 film, to Laurence Olivier's brooding turn, & more!