KayBee
kayembee.bsky.social
KayBee
@kayembee.bsky.social
Cat-lady, mom, lefty, shoe-enthusiast.
Lovely work field trip with @amantiquarian.bsky.social to the @museumofprinting.bsky.social !
October 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."

--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.
Donate to your local PBS/NPR stations. It's up to us now.
July 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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What the defunding happening at the National Endowment for the Humanities means—for individual grantees and state humanities councils & their grantees (by Jennifer Schuessler at NYT) tl;dr It’s really bad!!
Groups Are Told That Federal Humanities Grants Are Canceled (Gift Article)
Letters informed grant recipients that funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities would be redirected to furthering “the president’s agenda.”
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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'OFFENSIVE TO ME': Brighton state Rep. Mike Moran, the No. 2 Dem in the House and a top ally of Mayor Wu, ripped into her opponent Josh Kraft at event this weekend
March 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"before the first abortion ban went into effect, the rate of sepsis for this patient population was remarkably steady.

After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"

@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
More pregnant women face life-threatening sepsis in wake of strict abortion laws
In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among wome...
www.pbs.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Your reminder that The Quick and the Dead is an underrated film. Eminently rewatchable, stacked cast. #genehackman
February 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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not paying indirect costs for research is like only paying the players in the Super Bowl.

can't have a Super Bowl without coaches, referees, security, janitors, announcers, stadium staff, and a stadium - and you can't have research without supporting people and facilities
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Here are some facts about "facilities and administrative" (F&A) costs, what we in the business call "indirects" and what Musk is calling "overhead" as he tries to convince Americans with being ok with cutting billions on dollars from medical and public health research at universities & hospitals

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February 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 27, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Trying to find a happy medium between not knowing anything that's happening in the world and being pissed off all the time
November 17, 2024 at 11:02 PM