Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What's more Florida than their traffic data analytics: hurricanes, tourism, and college football. www.fdot.gov/statistics/d...fdot.govDatalytics 021
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meeting with students about their research projects is simply the best. Highly recommend it. 060
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineTim Stebbins @timstebbins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Austin Hedges: "I'm really proud of this group because boy, it wasn't easy. It never is. Just being able to celebrate with this group, to earn that bye, the division runs through Cleveland." 1434
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026September 26, 2024 was a big day. The A's played their last game at the Oakland Coliseum. @ucaft.bsky.social librarians TA'd our contract after 10 months of bargaining. www.uclibrarians.com/ta-summary/ Remember that day always makes me cry. (Like right now.)uclibrarians.comRatified Contract Summary - UC-AFTWhat We Won: UC Librarians Contract Campaign The full text of the TA’ed articles is available. these versions contain markup. REPRESENTED LIBRARIAN SERIES FISCAL YEAR SALARY SCALE Challenges we aimed ... 0100
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 26/09/2026Why is UCLA (admin) LIKE THIS? The week before the fall quarter starts, we got told that all computers will be disappearing from classrooms. Especially frustrating for those faculty who don’t have a UCLA-supplied device. Thanks to @ucaft.bsky.social for pushing back. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comUC-AFT: Computer Removal/BYOD SurveyIt has come to UC-AFT’s attention that the University has begun the transition to a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model for computer access in classrooms, and has already removed computers from several... 4298
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I can’t believe that in 1997 I named a cat after him. 000
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026One of the best things about working in a cafe is hearing people's conversations. "I'm like a queen bee, I can't work with drones." 181
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There’s a guy at the Berkeley Amtrak station wearing a Yankees jersey right now and it’s funny to me. 000
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineAFA-CWA, The Flight Attendant Union @afacwa.org · 24/09/2026"Tuberville wants to focus on anything except the real problems facing the American public, [cost of fuel]. He could end the Iran War...but instead he's calling Care Bear “violent” to try to distract people from the problems he helped create." - @flyingwithsara.bsky.social 14624
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a good explanation of Tuberville talking about furries flying planes. Which if you missed that... you're lucky. 040
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy 924 Day - www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW56...youtube.comFifteen - 924YouTube video by MrCrimpshrine 000
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I have so much stuff I need to do (like get kicked off WorldCat again for searching too much), but I am feeling like spending the morning pulling articles about stress and traffic violence. Wasn't there an LA Times article from a while back? 120
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The guy who almost ran over me probably is a neighbor. What’s more neighborly than almost driving your car into somebody crossing the street at a signalized intersection in a crosswalk? 190
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just almost died crossing San Pablo on Alston. I was in the crosswalk and a driver in a Prius didn’t see me and tried to turn left to go southbound and came inches from hitting me. I yelled “What the fuck!!!” And he didn’t look embarrassed or surprised. Just angry and yelled “fuck you” at me. 8434
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Air to Ground Message: AFT GALLEY HAD NO COFFEE WE ELECTED TO PUSH WITHOUT AS THERE WASNT AN ETA FOR GETTING IT NEED SOME BROUGHT TO US IN LAS MAYBE BORROW FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT Area: Seattle, WA, USA Type: Boeing 737 MAX 9 A: #aea4c7c6e19 F: #f1add62b772 061
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Getting this error message from WroldCat is making me questions the whole system. I'm trying to figure out if something is held elsewhere and instead, I'm cut off. AI is the best. 231
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Don't you love it when your colleagues (who presumably worked really hard on something) send you an AI slop announcement about their thing like you should be bothered to read the slop? I don't. 030
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m deep in a pile of cataloging issues I’ve put off for a decade and I feel like avoiding it for another one. 110
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineRebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Meeting canceled: bsky.app/profile/rebe... 072
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineACARS Drama @acarsdrama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Air to Ground Message: HI. PAX HAS BEEN SICK ON REAR GALLEY CURTAIN. CAN THIS PLZ BE CLEANED B4 A/C DEPARTS FOR NEXT SEC TOR. ADDED TO TECHLOG MANY THNX. BRGDS XXXXX + XXXXX Area: Le Mans, France Type: Airbus A321neo A: #a1d708a54a3 F: #fac4b42e2a8 011
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This new article by Karen Frick is fascinating and I'm still trying to figure out lessons I can take from it: Karen Trapenberg Frick, "Accountability to God, We the People and local government activism in rural Shasta County, California," Cities, v. 179, 2026 doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...doi.orgRedirecting 020
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is actually a good thing. What’s with all the radio haters? 141
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tufts library staff are unionizing with SEIU 888! If you have any connection to Tufts, and/or are a Somerville/Medford resident, please sign this petition calling on President Sunil Kumar to voluntarily recognize their union.docs.google.comWe Support the Tufts Library Union!On September 8, 2026, Tufts library staff made the brave decision to publicly announce their union with SEIU Local 888. The Tufts Library staff maintain Tufts' collections, support student and facult... 01610
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineRebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The AC Transit Board has refused to hold Director Young accountable so let’s make some noise and urge them to censure him. Join me to make public comment at the AC Transit Board meeting tomorrow, Wednesday at 5 pm, 1600 Franklin St, Oakland or on Zoom: actransit.legistar.com/MeetingDetai... 24112
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We're looking at rebranding the little league (it's overdue) and in the process I realized that wild turkeys are truly the mascot for Berkeley and Albany. Their menacing ways know no boundaries. 070
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This morning I'm getting back to my library worker roots.* *fixing a busted printer 2150
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026According to the silly "prove you're human" check on our repository, an ottoman is a chair. Now I'm having an ontological spiral. Thanks, AI bots. 180
Reposted by Kendra K. Levinee.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21/09/2026this is so good... raising a kid requires balancing a lot of intersecting factors, but "don't be boring" is an incredible heuristic that cuts through so many of them 5829
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I love taking the lane with my kid on a bike boulevard with sharrows (Gilman), and having drivers aggressively pass us (crossing a shingle yellow) and then acting a victim when I express my disdain. A parent and kid biking is a threat to drivers I guess. Stay true Berkeley. 1240
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s so great that Sheffield Wednesday fans are back Hillsborough. Last season was so bleak. 041
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I know the Giants are terrible, but what’s with all these Dodgers fans who spent $1k to sit behind home plate and look totally bored? 030
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There’s a transportation meeting in Hanford in October? How do I get an invite? 000
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Every time I open Caltrans report and see "Edumnd G. Brown, Jr. Governor" and "Adriana Gianturco Director of Transportation", I smile a little. 010
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineGeorge Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have A LOT more to say about this, but I think it's most important to recognize that Joel Young is a tall pole in the tent of the AC Transit culture of steady decline. Most people in management, and Young and his allies on the Board will tell you that ACT is a system of last resort. 1/x 2427
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For folks who stuck around the #berkmtg this week - how did the vote on the tear gas ban go? Local news outlets talked about the agenda item, but not the outcome. 100
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Those kinds of posts are not about baseball and are about the owners' push for a salary cap. It's only going to get worse as we lead up to the end of the CBA. (Also imagine a world where Dolan actually spent money on the Guardians...) 010
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm feeling pretty old and decrepit when people start talking about some cool thing AI agents can do and my first reaction is, "what's the point?" 040
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Shot: AC Transit Director Joel Young with a pretty outlandish claim that isn't really based in reality. 1172
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Is today the day I finally dig into the morass of "host boundwith" in Alma? Perhaps... 010
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Tonight I think I'm going to go to Costco because I have to drive my kid to baseball over there and it's not safe enough to bike with them. Probably not though because we don't really need more peanut butter pretzels. 040
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One of the most messed up things about the Costco in Richmond, CA is that the bike racks are kind of a pain to get to and the parking lot is hard to leave by bike. A few small fixes would make it so easy shop by bike. 4382
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineAdriana Valencia for AC Transit Ward 3 2026 @valencia4actransit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What @rideact.bsky.social needs to have: an unwavering focus on the user experience. Bus reliability needs to be evaluated at every single board meeting, not as an abstract once every 6 months. When enough buses are cancelled or delayed, bus transportation becomes the option of last resort. 1316
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There are a lot of people who have built their careers using LLMs for research to ask really insipid questions. This just speaks to the need for more interdisciplinary research, where you take on interesting problems. Not the easy ones where funding agencies think one more study will convince you. 030
Reposted by Kendra K. LevineAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Yes, it is my job to be the annoying "what if the Olympics and/or Paralympics were today" voice repeating with growing insistence in the back of your brain for the next 671 days. Plus LA28's plan to use street vendors, LA County's economic impact report, and much more in this week's Hot Links 🔥torched.la"The surf took the beach we planned this on"A hurricane canceling a 30,000-person megaevent demonstrates the future that's coming for us 04710
Kendra K. Levine @kklevine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The A’s are a fun to (hate) watch. /jilted Oakland fan 181
