Kendra K. Levine
@kklevine.bsky.social
Transportation librarian, academic worker, unionist, bike person.
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.
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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.
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
Sometimes being a librarian means spending half an hour looking for the right screws to fix the chairs in your reading room.
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes being a librarian means spending half an hour looking for the right screws to fix the chairs in your reading room.
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"Mathematically, it might seem like I spend a disproportionate amount of my time making the world a significantly less safe and less empathetic place, but are you counting all the hours I spend sleeping?"
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Mathematically, it might seem like I spend a disproportionate amount of my time making the world a significantly less safe and less empathetic place, but are you counting all the hours I spend sleeping?"
Technology is grand, but all the CGI adds on the ice and boards for the Nashville-Pittsburgh hockey game in Stockholm are kind of distracting.
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Technology is grand, but all the CGI adds on the ice and boards for the Nashville-Pittsburgh hockey game in Stockholm are kind of distracting.
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
Partially because Swedes don’t care about UPMC, but also the odd blur anytime people skate over the ads (which is anytime they skate).
Is the University the work we engage in learning and research or of it the management of assets and debt?
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
One of the most important lessons you have to learn about what a university "is" is a very vulgar marxist distinction between its *managers* (directly or indirectly appointed by capital and/or state government) and its *labor,* who come to the university out of love and idealism.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Is the University the work we engage in learning and research or of it the management of assets and debt?
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
With many universities, those who hold power are so removed from the actual work of research and learning, and so their decisions tend to protect capital.
If I had a dollar for every time I was told by the University something wouldn’t be possible because UC Path couldn’t handle the change we proposed, I could buy you a decent lunch.
I could go on! I haven’t even mentioned UC Path!! The point is, something is deeply and structurally wrong with the leadership of this university, and the victories you hear about come in spite of them.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
If I had a dollar for every time I was told by the University something wouldn’t be possible because UC Path couldn’t handle the change we proposed, I could buy you a decent lunch.
Watching hockey right now - and UNC Health sponsors the Canes enough to get their logo on the ice at the Lenovo Center.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Watching hockey right now - and UNC Health sponsors the Canes enough to get their logo on the ice at the Lenovo Center.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
University hospitals and healthcare centers sponsoring sports teams encapsulates so many different problems.
So proud that @ucaft.bsky.social stood in solidarity with every other UC union to fight for the university we all deserve.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
So proud that @ucaft.bsky.social stood in solidarity with every other UC union to fight for the university we all deserve.
I was talking to a grad student today about how being in a flow state for searching can end up in unexpected rabbit holes.
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Oaks Park (stadium) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I was talking to a grad student today about how being in a flow state for searching can end up in unexpected rabbit holes.
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Looking for historical maps of West Oakland led me to question the existence of Emeryville and read about the history of the Oaks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Pa...
Remember that time I said I didn't like ultra bright, blinking bike lights because they hurt my eyes and lots of cyclists asked why I wanted them to be less safe (without considering that I too ride a bike most of the time)?
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Remember that time I said I didn't like ultra bright, blinking bike lights because they hurt my eyes and lots of cyclists asked why I wanted them to be less safe (without considering that I too ride a bike most of the time)?
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
That's when I knew this place had the juice.
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Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
So much for Gavin Newsom's electric vehicle mandate
California's leading the world on climate. So where's California going?
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Biggest climate news nobody's talking about: California is "rethinking" its 2035 electric vehicle mandate. Right while Gavin Newsom saunters around Brazil telling the world to follow CA's lead on climate.
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
More in my newsletter, Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/so-much-fo...
I was in a bad mood this morning because the DJ played a Beatles song on the radio.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I was in a bad mood this morning because the DJ played a Beatles song on the radio.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
But then I lead a bike bus for Ruby Bridges Day, and the celebration at my kid's school was really joyful.
Silly question - do you need a key to start an electric scooter?
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Silly question - do you need a key to start an electric scooter?
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
Across 25+ cities, Starbucks baristas have launched an open-ended strike. They are making the hard choice to stand up for better working conditions. Please consider making a donation in solidarity.
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
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Rather than admit Flock represents an untested tech w/unintended consequences, OPD and enabling Council members are rushing to trap public in a contract that will increase in scope over time. But unlike other jurisdictions, our local media is helping them.
Judge orders police to release surveillance camera data, raising privacy questions
The judge's ruling in a Skagit County case could affect dozens of Washington police departments using Flock technology.
www.king5.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Rather than admit Flock represents an untested tech w/unintended consequences, OPD and enabling Council members are rushing to trap public in a contract that will increase in scope over time. But unlike other jurisdictions, our local media is helping them.