Kendra K. Levine
@kklevine.bsky.social
Transportation librarian, academic worker, unionist, bike person.
If a Complete Streets project doesn't actually include all of the design element, is it actually Complete?
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
If a Complete Streets project doesn't actually include all of the design element, is it actually Complete?
This describes the transportation safety industry and I hate it.
most people, left and right, treat traffic violence like the weather and not a specific policy choice
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This describes the transportation safety industry and I hate it.
Love the question about trip generation to comic book stores. What is the closest analogs? What about the trip generation to a local card shop? What about the trip generation of a new Pokemon drop?
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Love the question about trip generation to comic book stores. What is the closest analogs? What about the trip generation to a local card shop? What about the trip generation of a new Pokemon drop?
Canadians - what is Harvey's like?
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Canadians - what is Harvey's like?
Sometimes I look up to see what (if any discourse) there is about my library on r/berkeley, and I'm always happy to see a few comments that we're underrated, but not so much that we lose our hidden gem status.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sometimes I look up to see what (if any discourse) there is about my library on r/berkeley, and I'm always happy to see a few comments that we're underrated, but not so much that we lose our hidden gem status.
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Universities have spent $228 million on coach buyouts (so far) this season.
www.si.com/college-foot...
www.si.com/college-foot...
Ranking College Football's Biggest Buyouts From a Historic 2025 Coaching Cycle
A record amount of buyout money is owed to college football coaches who were fired during this coaching cycle.
www.si.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Universities have spent $228 million on coach buyouts (so far) this season.
www.si.com/college-foot...
www.si.com/college-foot...
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one of the wildest stories i've seen in a minute: twin brothers who previously pled guilty to hacking the State Department while gov't contractors... got new jobs as gov't contractors.... then allegedly deleted a bunch of gov't data... and were just arrested again.
www.axios.com/2025/12/03/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/03/v...
Feds arrest twin brothers for allegedly deleting government data
The brothers worked for a contractor and previously pled guilty for hacking into the State Department.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
one of the wildest stories i've seen in a minute: twin brothers who previously pled guilty to hacking the State Department while gov't contractors... got new jobs as gov't contractors.... then allegedly deleted a bunch of gov't data... and were just arrested again.
www.axios.com/2025/12/03/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/03/v...
Steve Cropper was one of the best guitar players for hitting a groove with just the perfect embellishment.
So many moments in “Time is Tight” just hit so right. youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08?...
So many moments in “Time is Tight” just hit so right. youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08?...
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Steve Cropper was one of the best guitar players for hitting a groove with just the perfect embellishment.
So many moments in “Time is Tight” just hit so right. youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08?...
So many moments in “Time is Tight” just hit so right. youtu.be/nbBcXvKvB08?...
I don't know if he'd describe himself as such, but the only thought leader I really enjoy seeing on here is @costasamaras.com.
He's 💯 and doesn't come across as selling anything other than vegan McRibs and clean energy.
Same can't be said for a lot of posters.
He's 💯 and doesn't come across as selling anything other than vegan McRibs and clean energy.
Same can't be said for a lot of posters.
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I don't know if he'd describe himself as such, but the only thought leader I really enjoy seeing on here is @costasamaras.com.
He's 💯 and doesn't come across as selling anything other than vegan McRibs and clean energy.
Same can't be said for a lot of posters.
He's 💯 and doesn't come across as selling anything other than vegan McRibs and clean energy.
Same can't be said for a lot of posters.
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
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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.