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YouTube video by Internet of Bugs Don't Use Any AI Agents or Browsers Until You Watch This

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 💙

The Early Republic Tracker The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…

Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

Academic Staff Expertise Is Largely Invisible (opinion) Universities are set up to recognize classification, not contribution—rendering the intellectual contributions of academic staff largely invisible.

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!

A picture of a threaded discussion in Pilcrow

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!

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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.

Screenshot of the new Knowledge Commons homepage

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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Quote graphic with text: "We are committed to remaining open and free in perpetuity, and we are committed to building and supporting the communities that use our tools. With your help, we will continue our work toward a transformation in global knowledge ecosystems.”

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.

A graph of stats in KC Works

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

Introducing the New Stats Dashboard in KCWorks! Curious about how your collection is performing? Our new Stats Dashboard is here to help you dig into the numbers and learn more about your collection’s reach and engagement! You can view stats for individual collections in KCWorks, or for the repository as a whole.

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.

KCWorks on WP Plugin Launches on Knowledge Commons The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available on Knowledge Commons! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are using the KCSites platform or a self-hosted WordPress installation. KCWorks is an enterprise-grade repository for academic research, collaboration tools, and publishing support for scholars and institutions.

📣 EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are creating a website on KC or a self-hosted WP installation.

🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...

Is Hotdog a Sandwich? An essay discussing the nature of definitions, using hotdogs as an illustrative example

Y'know what's fun about working on Knowledge Commons? Seeing a deposit to KCWorks like this: "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich." Definitely worth a read. works.hcommons.org/records/7sqf...

#openaccessweek #openaccess

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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YES! This is such excellent news. Utrecht University now supports Knowledge Commons.

PLEASE ask YOUR library today if they will consider supporting us. We are free to all to use, but we NEED university support to make that possible.

about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...

Sustaining members are crucial to Knowledge Commons’ ability to offer kcommons.org to users worldwide and free of charge. If you or your institution is interested in supporting us, email us at network@hcommons.org! #openaccess #openinfrastructure

Utrecht University Joins Knowledge Commons as a Sustaining Member We are excited to share that Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! Their participation will help us to continue supporting our community of researchers, educators, students, and creators as they discover open works, connect with their peers, and share their valuable contributions to our collective knowledge. We are grateful to everyone at Utrecht for their work in bringing our two organizations together, and we look forward to growing our relationship over the coming years!

We are excited to share that @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social in Utrecht, Netherlands is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! 🎉🎉🎉

Read more on our blog: about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...

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In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.