“If we cannot name our costs, someone else will assign a value to what we do. Or they will assume it is marginal. Or they will eliminate the line item they do not understand. The equity risk we have been trying to protect against by staying invisible may now be higher than the risk we would face if we became legible.”

Cost Transparency Doesn’t Conflict with Library Values. It Can Help Us Defend Them. via Katina Magazine / Charleston https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2026/cost-transparency-library-values

“It’s unpleasant to be alone, in the same way it has been shown that it’s unpleasant to be hungry.”

— Neuroscientist Catherine Dulac to @KnowableMag

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/why-we-crave-social-interaction

“With climate change making heat waves more common, such cognitive impairments across the animal kingdom could ripple through entire ecosystems, putting already fragile species at greater risk.

If pollinators forget which flowers to visit, crops and wild plants may fail.

If birds can’t find food as easily, their young may not survive.

And on a warming planet, a sharp mind is particularly vital.”

Science journalist Marta Zaraska in @KnowableMag

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https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/heat-waves-scramble-animal-minds-trigger-aggression

“The key element is emphasizing supports for people, both library workers and community users, which sets a foundation for collaborative learning and knowledge sharing. Through responsive approaches, libraries and consortia can both revise the work to incorporate regulatory changes and meet immediate learning needs.”

Accessibility Compliance Can Be Daunting. Support Should Be Responsive and People-Centered. via Katina Magazine
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/consortial-coordination-for-advancing-accessibility

“But though puzzles remain, recent studies show that not only are paternal RNA fragments transferred to a fertilized egg, but also that they are capable of inducing changes in the offspring at the doses found in sperm.”

Do you take after your dad’s RNA? via @KnowableMag: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/epigenetic-effects-of-sperm-on-offspring

“We discovered that these frameworks function less as checklists and more like mirrors, helping infrastructure builders, funders, and users see if the tools they care about reflect the values held by the community.”

What Are Open Infrastructure Evaluation Frameworks Really For? via Katina Magazine https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2026/what-are-open-infrastructure-evaluation-frameworks-for

“We went into this research with the basic idea that the amygdala is the fear center, and we’d find fearless people, like S.M. But we got totally opposite results.” — social neuroscientist David Terburg

🧠 A social compass in the brain: People with a rare genetic disorder that damages the amygdala are helping neuroscientists rethink how the brain shapes fear, trust and concern for others

via @KnowableMag: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/genetic-disease-reveals-role-of-brain-amygdala

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