Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comA bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest booksWas a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"? 17885383
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 24/09/2026Friends, I need a Proton update. I migrated my email away after their CEO endorsed whatshisface, though I had multiple years of pre-paid service. I have still taken advantage of their VPN, though, and my account is nearing expiration. + 140
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026KC Champions help keep our network afloat, and ensure we're able to support global knowledge sharing. Plus, you can earn several awesome perks, like custom domains, merch, and so much more! about.hcommons.org/kc-champions/ 013
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Knowledge Commons is a community-governed, academy-owned project that relies on the support of our user community to keep the lights on ❤️ Become one of our KC Champions now! You'll earn a badge on your profile and several other special perks: about.hcommons.org/kc-champions/ 002
Reposted by Kathleen Fitzpatrickfolukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This essay reflects on hope, perspective, and why academics must resist despair in a post-truth age – not because it is all good, but because this is now looking like the very bad place and critical knowledge is desperately needed if we are to survive at all. folukeafrica.com/academics-as...folukeafrica.comThe Optimistic Salesperson: Reimagining Academic Purpose in a Time of DespairSurviving a Post-Truth World: Hope, Possibility, and the Academic Imagination 054
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 14/09/2026Halle-fucking-lujah. It's temporary but it's a start. 0124
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 14/09/2026What an *amazing coincidence* that the moves to undermine public higher education by shifting its costs from the government to students and families begins in earnest in the 1970s. 05914
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 11/09/2026My institution has a presidential initiative entitled "AI-Ready [MASCOT]s." And this is the very image I get every time I hear that phrase. 030
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickPublish-Review-Curate (PRC) Alliance @prcalliance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The PRC model of scholarly publishing can benefit not only researchers but also the library community! 🤝Community ownership and governance of publication infrastructures 💰Innovative models with reduced reliance on subscriptions and APCs 💧Participation in a transparent and trustworthy ecosystem 163
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickRyan Randall @www.ryanpatrickrandall.com · 10/09/2026Glad to see insightful people explaining how & why & what it means that we're still in the blogging era! Blogging, RSS feeds, etc. are still lively—and I agree with Nora Reed that you should have a website. If you don't already, maybe look at joining Knowledge Commons hcommons.org or Neocities?nora.zoneThe Website Manifesto 171
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickMike Thicke @mikethicke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Maybe it's time for higher education institutions to build an alternative cloud. 011
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 09/09/2026So, say you have a big project for which you've been trying to find an ethical provider of compute/hosting infrastructure. In this landscape, where do you turn? Is our only option owning the metal ourselves? (Farewell, Digital Ocean; I never knew you.)brennan.dayNormalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHHOpen source has become a safe harbor for far-right politics, from David Heinemeier Hansson's white-nationalist rhetoric and the Omarchy Foundation's $12 mi… 174
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 08/09/2026I neeeeeeed that DEALT WITH stamp. And I need to be able to use it on emails I receive. 070
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is the final week of our Knowledge Quest! 🥲 For the last challenge, you'll be diving into riddles that unveil several Commons secrets! 🤐 Get started and earn your badge today: hcommons.org/groups/commo... 001
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 05/09/2026One among many such hints we've been given.mastodon.socialmcc (@mcc@mastodon.social)There is a technology which is so expensive to operate that *just by existing*, it has made things like RAM and hard drives unaffordable to me and the humans I know, because the expensive technology's operational demands are so high they had to buy RAM and hard drives *until there weren't anymore RAM or hard drives*. *A technology with this property is not, and was never going to be, a "democratizing" technology*. 021
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 04/09/2026I finally couldn't resist. And as always, there are a couple of small peculiarities that make my hometown utterly unmistakable. 110
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 02/09/2026This is dismaying, to say the least. I've had a family account for 8 years and an individual account for years before that. I have trusted @1password with So. Much. Personal. Info. I do not want to have to migrate… but I will, if this doesn't change. 110
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 02/09/2026In yesterday's mail. Your women administrator friends *need* this book. @agilefacultyrpr.bsky.social 140
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This week's Knowledge Quest is an #OpenAccess Adventure! 📖 Dive into our repository and get started: hcommons.org/groups/commo... 011
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickPublish-Review-Curate (PRC) Alliance @prcalliance.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Can you imagine a world where publishing is not a secretive black box, but a transparent process? This is one of the PRC Alliance's goals! Follow us on this journey! Learn more 👉 publish-review-curate.org/benefits-of-... 075
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This week's Knowledge Quest is an Open Access Adventure! 📚 To earn your badge, you'll explore works.hcommons.org, our open access repository. Share your response in the Commons Room group and earn your badge 💖 hcommons.org/groups/commo... 001
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Would you like this beautiful badge on your Knowledge Commons profile?!?! 😍 Participate in this week's Knowledge Quest challenge and you'll be able to display your community-building skills. Read more: hcommons.org/groups/commo... 001
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickMike Thicke @mikethicke.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I saw from @kfitz.info today that @kcommons.bsky.social is working with PRC. I think this is a great direction and I'm looking forward to seeing what my former colleagues there will produce.publish-review-curate.orgWhat is PRC?The Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) model re-imagines scholarly publishing by breaking the traditional publishing process into three distinct, independently executable stages: publish, review, and cu… 042
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This week's Knowledge Quest is all about Community Connections! 💖 There are several different ways you can earn this week's badge. Get started in our Commons Room group: hcommons.org/groups/commo... 001
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 26/08/2026The @kcommons.bsky.social team is very excited to be working with the @prcalliance.bsky.social to rethink scholarly communication from the ground up. Very much looking forward to more! 272
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickPublish-Review-Curate (PRC) Alliance @prcalliance.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Have you heard of the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model of scholarly publishing? PRC reimagines scholarly publishing by breaking the traditional publishing process into independently executable stages: ✨publish, ✨review, and ✨curate. 1109
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Perfect picture. Via @mayor.nyc.gov 0237
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Join us on Tuesday for an introductory webinar on Knowledge Commons! 📚️ Register today! buff.ly/xtSFs4K 0910
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 19/08/2026Finally. Without action, the elimination of duration of status will go into effect on 15 September, with devastating effects for international students and the programs that support them.washingtonpost.comCoalition sues to block rule limiting foreign students to four-year staysThe Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and others contend the DHS limit would be “catastrophic for universities, international students and scholars.” 030
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A week from today, we're hosting an introductory webinar for our community to learn more about Knowledge Commons! 📚️ Register today! msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 022
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Welcome to Week Two of the Knowledge Quest, your opportunity to explore the Commons and earn badges! 😎 If you update your profile this week, you'll earn our Profile Power-Up badge. Read more in the Commons Room group: hcommons.org/groups/commo... 023
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 15/08/2026@jbj.bsky.social It's been 18 years and I still cannot listen to Hollaback Girl without thinking about you and A telling the 5yo that it was about a ship that eats bananas. 220
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 14/08/2026This raises an additional question: What kinds of swag do you NOT want? I, for one, am very fussy about pens and notebooks. I have a collection of them that I've been given in various meetings and will never use. glammr.us/@overholt/117095085... 400
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 14/08/2026Hive mind: What is the best swag item you have ever gotten? Bonus points if it's an item you use actively from a conference you continue to attend or an organization you continue to support. 500
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 12/08/2026How much do I love having a candidate that can actually bring joy right now? 030
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 07/08/2026It is Friday. And I have received GOOD NEWS.* And I'm seriously thinking about disconnecting myself from all forms of public communication so that I can roll into the weekend without anything interfering with my current state of euphoria. *Vaguepost will be unvagued in the near future. 3200
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 07/08/2026Alicia Salaz, vice provost and university librarian at the University of Oregon, writes in Katina about the failures of both the APC model and the so-called "transformative agreements" for open access journal publishing. +katinamagazine.orgThe Proposed NIH Policy on APCs Is Bonkers. Does it Matter?Instead of fixating on the latest chaos from an administration that excels in it, we should look ahead to the opportunity to build something new. 111
Kathleen Fitzpatrick @kfitz.info · 06/08/2026This is a big problem — and an unnecessary one. Funders should not just allow for but insist upon grantees writing support for research infrastructure into grant proposals. Sustainability of research demands sustainability of infrastructure. E.g., about.hcommons.org/contribute... 0147
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We bought a bunch of vowels to give you a preview of what's starting on the Commons next week! 💌 Check back each day this week to complete the puzzle! 011
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickKnowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Want to know more about who we are and what we do? Check out About, our Commons site that shows you what we're doing to expand the future of scholarly communication. 🤓 ❤️ about.hcommons.orgabout.hcommons.orgAbout Knowledge Commons – Your Home for Digital Scholarly WorkKnowledge Commons is an open, adaptable collection of tools that support the human work of education and research and make that work more visible and impactful. 011
Reposted by Kathleen FitzpatrickGreg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Coming not a moment too soon: Frayed: Leadership Burnout among Women in Higher Ed by @agilefacultyrpr.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...press.jhu.eduFrayedLeadership Burnout Among Women in Higher Ed 052