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#Disavbled #Disabilities #SpecialNeeds #Accessibility #AliveAndAble
1/ This feels like a watershed moment to me. @rluk.ac.uk's Collections Strategy Network has posted new guidance on the criteria Research Libraries should use when making their investment decisions on #OpenAccess monographs, inc. recommending @openbookcollective.bsky.social as one model to consider
"we coped, but only just".
This is survivor bias. We didn't cope for the hundreds of thousands of people who died.
The people with inappropriate Do Not Resuscitate orders who died - did we "only just cope" for them? Nowhere near.
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends.
It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.
Every time someone wants to sue over multiple pages of “similarities” like “our heroes are both sexy” “our heroines are both from the same state,” I always say that it is a bad idea and you will lose and it will cost you a lot of money.
Oh that's absolutely me. In 6th grade they put a cubicle around my desk because I wouldn't stop talking. I put posters up inside it and they got super mad. I was just making myself comfortable.
This is a great explainer on why you should be VERY careful using AI agents and browsers, even if you're not using it for code. Good mitigation suggestions here.
Don't Use Any AI Agents or Browsers Until You Watch This
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdHg...
#cybersecurity #artificialintelligence
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
We are pleased to announce that Knowledge Commons has recently received a $20,000 donation from @digitalscholar.bsky.social to support our platform! We offer our sincere thanks to Digital Scholar for their generous donations and continued support. You can read more on our blog 💙
I feel seen: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care... #highered
A photo of fossilized trilobites; one individual pictured is a complete specimen.
It's Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is the Lower Cambrian Bristolia insolens—distinguished by the uniquely angled genal spines that emerge from its head. While specimens with disarticulated head shields are relatively common finds throughout the Western United States, complete examples are rare.
Once again I have to say how proud I am to work on this project and how much it means to be that others see what we're trying to do and the ways in which we're trying to enact our organization's values into our platform. #opeanaccess #repositories
Thanks @investinopen.bsky.social! So proud to be part of this work. If you haven't yet checked us out what are you waiting for? Come join us!
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So, another cool thing that we make and maintain, here at @kcommons.bsky.social, is the open-source, open-collaborative review platform, Pilcrow. I have been using it, with others, to comment on a document we are working on. It's working really smoothly!
We hope that you’ll consider becoming a KC Champion, and that you’ll let us know if you have ideas for additional benefits that would be meaningful for your use of the platform!
Knowledge Commons provides free tools for scholars, students, and independent researchers but we can't do that without community support. Check out our new program below and become a part of the future of scholarly communications.
Mnemonic Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. Unless a leap year is its fate, February hath twenty-eight. All the rest hath three days more, excepting January, which hath six thousand, one hundred and eighty-four. Brian Bilston
Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
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We’re excited to share that Knowledge Commons has a fresh new look! 🎨✨
Our updated theme on hcommons.org brings a cleaner design, improved navigation, and a more welcoming experience for our community. Same mission, new coat of paint — take a look!
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We're a non-profit, academic-run project that provides both the space and tools for building solidarity among knowledge creators. But we cannot do that work without support. To keep moving forward, we need your help building the Knowledge Commons coalition.
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/12/18/j...
Our coalition brings together individuals and institutions who want to preserve and protect the knowledge they create and the communities that rely on it at a moment when both are under threat. Those threats include corporate enclosure and governmental overreach, each of which works to restrict access to the knowledge necessary to a free and functioning society.
Knowledge Commons is not just a platform — we’re a coalition. And that coalition needs you. Read more on our blog and get involved today: about.hcommons.org/2025/12/18/j...
😮 A university without a library ceases to be a university. Full stop. I’m flabbergasted that a “determination” about a library’s future — besides FUND IT AND STAFF IT — needs to be made by an institute of higher learning.
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Oh yeah! We have a really funky new stats page for KC Works, our open scholarship repository! about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/i...
Screenshot of the KCWorks dashboard showing cumulative content totals for 2025
Did you know that, as of today, there are over 38,000 uploads to our repository, KCWorks?! 😍 Explore this and many other stats about our repository on our brand new dashboard. works.hcommons.org/stats
We have an early holiday treat for you! 😍 🎁 We're delighted to introduce brand new stats dashboards for EVERY collection in KCworks! Read more on our team blog, and stay tuned on social media all this week for more highlights! about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/i...
#VELI2026 applications are open! Read the FAQ, register for an information session, then put together a team and apply! Here's to fostering intentional change rooted in shared values in #HigherEd.
#AcademicSky #EduSkyChat #EduSky
🧵(3/5) However, we can’t keep doing this work without the support of our user community. Please consider donating towards us this week for #GivingTuesday. Learn more here: about.hcommons.org/contribute/
Over the last 13 years, I’ve had the privilege of taking a series of highly idealistic thoughts – What if we had an arXiv for the humanities? What if scholarly societies hosted spaces for member-to-member communication? What if universities collectively owned and operated digital infrastructure for knowledge creation and dissemination? – and working with an amazing group of collaborators to make them reality. Knowledge Commons has required the input and participation of scholars, societies, institutions, and funders to achieve our collective goals thus far, and we’re delighted to be where we are today, with more than 60,000 registered members, with a next-generation repository making available research in more than 90 languages, with over 2,000 WordPress websites hosting journals, portfolios, conferences, and more – and all of that open to any knowledge creator anywhere in the world, free of charge. The environment for doing this work is getting harder, however. In order to ensure that we can continue to provide the services on which so many scholars depend, however, we need your help, at whatever level you can provide it. If you can afford to make a contribution, you can do so through our CrowdPower page; if you can’t, you can help us out by encouraging your organization or institution to become a supporting, sustaining, or participating member. Sustaining and participating members have a direct voice in governing the Commons, and thus can work collaboratively to ensure their own digital futures. We hope you’ll join us and help make the dream of values-enacted, nonprofit research infrastructures a reality for everyone.
🧵(2/5) Our tiny team of 4 full-time employees and one half-time employee are constantly working to maintain our existing infrastructure while also continuing to expand our offerings. All week on our social platforms, you’ll get to hear from our team members about why they love working on KC!
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🧵(1/5) #GivingTuesday is tomorrow, and we wanted to kick off this week’s campaign with a short introduction. 🔍
We're a nonprofit, academy-led project where our users have access to free tools in order to develop a profile, join discussion groups, build websites, and use our repository, KCWorks.
