Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 5h

In some places it’s still publicly processed, a model for this instance!

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 8h

I can probably write a legible 3mm script bc of that pencil.

I only ever saw it done though. I was never allowed to handle the pencil.

Now that we're both a little worse for the decades of wear it can live with me and we can work every day together.

3 32

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 8h

That pencil drafted plans for roads, houses, barns, and circuit boards at a drafting table. That pencil took notes sheltered from driving rain by the enormous nose of a commercial jet. That pencil balanced endless checkbooks and ticked off wishlists in electronics (computer) supply catalogs.

2 25

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 8h

Well, my legacy from my dad arrived.

It's his Pentel Japan P207 pencil. They launched it in 1971, and he must've bought it very soon after that. I played with it as a toddler, and it was in his shirt pocket always until he grew very old. It's now missing its eraser and cap, but the rest still works

2 1 73

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 9h

I always assume that people understand the ways that Uber and Lyft drivers are NOT medallion taxi drivers, but it's been so long since they changed the landscape you might read this piece about the challenges of organizing gig workers.

and taxis aren't the only industry destroyed by gig work.

Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 9h

On the cover this weeks, Uber and Lyft drivers are joining together to fight for better working conditions. https://bit.ly/4nD6WBP

Illinois rideshare drivers organize for labor rights - Chicago Reader

Uber and Lyft drivers are joining together to fight for better working conditions.

bit.ly

5

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 9h

oh nooo!

1

Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 9h

On the cover this weeks, Uber and Lyft drivers are joining together to fight for better working conditions. https://bit.ly/4nD6WBP

Illinois rideshare drivers organize for labor rights - Chicago Reader

Uber and Lyft drivers are joining together to fight for better working conditions.

bit.ly

24

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 9h

Like the Pope grew up here or something.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

5 47

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 10h

Now open at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -
Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

www.pafa.org/museum/exhib...

The show runs through January 4, 2026

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Rediscover the work of three trailblazing women—Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—in Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. This exhibition reveals a broader pictu...

www.pafa.org

1 4

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

230 4K 13K

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

fascinating take (read the whole piece)

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 13h

“The Frog is ludicrous. The Frog makes no sense. The Frog is a viral symbol of resistance against the Trump regime, and the key to understanding what has happened to discourse in the second Trump presidency.” www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

1 3

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

Well to their credit, fully half the conference already was remotely accessible for precisely those reasons and more, but somehow they found fast money for equipment and support to get the rest up online too a week before going live.

2

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

I remember driving down Market in west Philly w/my brother, not too long out of Iraq, again, and something about it caused him to notice and point out all the useful sniper emplacements along our route.

The costumes here draw the eye and should, but we created the human weapons up on the roofs too.

MJ @ambientheat.bsky.social · 1d

Transmission from the front lines in war torn Portland Oregon.

6

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

Upcoming conference just announced remote options for every session in case attendees did not feel safe traveling to (and around in) Chicago.

Our times.

2 11

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 13h

“The Frog is ludicrous. The Frog makes no sense. The Frog is a viral symbol of resistance against the Trump regime, and the key to understanding what has happened to discourse in the second Trump presidency.” www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

11 30 130

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 13h

Jousting lances apparently out in force today in IL.

GeekFilter 🏳️‍🌈🐻 @geekfilter.bsky.social · 1d

Found it!

1 3

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 14h

yeah I lived across the street from an elementary school for many years--that's a happy racket but this is much much much closer. But the weekend will end eventually, and the children go home, presumably

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

Well I'm v glad that they're a good lot--good neighbors are a great good thing. Sorry about this yokel spoiling that vibe : (

2

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

oh dear. I do wish we could get you and the fam out of IN (I know I know but still!)...

1 1

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

*hands you a cuppa tea*

1 5

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 15h

As the holiday weekend guest children upstairs thunder past overhead, yelling, as they have been doing in my timber frame building since before 0800, a reminder, if you need one, that neurodiv folks overcome (and sometimes fail) more challenges every single day than others. Our world is just harder.

1 1 16

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 16h

and Shanks Armitage is from Kansas.

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

I found out that my US bank still sends paper checks to some billers when I set up auto-pay...

5

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17h

it's all true--even chip and pin cards came a decade late, and THEN still handled the pin tech differently, same w/tap cards, etc. It's ridic difficult for int'l travelers (US abroad or global to US!) I say this as I prepare for whatever process is necessary to wind down my UK accts from the US...

1 8

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

the Chicago neighborhood model has been pretty effective so far--not perfect, but genuinely helpful--worth raising that model to see how it might be applied locally there if/when : /

2 10

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

*wheezing w/laughter in the elevator of the One Magnificent Mile building*

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

1 11

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

....

Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 18h

I loved this entire bit of research! (I miss doing this sort of thing myself!)

2

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

270 2.3K 17K

MJ @ambientheat.bsky.social · 1d

Transmission from the front lines in war torn Portland Oregon.

14 89 250