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Scott Koranda 5d ago

@dabeaz Having a 70's King trombone could help with that...

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Scott Koranda Feb 15

@astronomerritt
Disturbing and uncanny...I suspect your academia background only helps with that...

Scott Koranda Feb 5

Martin Paul Eve Feb 4

Digital Scholar Donates $20,000 to Knowledge Commons (and Why that Gift Matters) about.hcommons.org/2026/02/03/d...

Digital Scholar Donates $20,00...

Scott Koranda Feb 4

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Feb 4

I am enormously grateful for our colleagues at @digitalscholar and their commitment to open scholarly infrastructure -- both their own projects and the projects like Knowledge Commons that they help support. Nonprofit, community-oriented platforms are crucial to an open future for knowledge creation, sharing, and preservation, but many such platforms (ahem) are struggling in the current funding landscape. I hope that you'll consider supporting the free and open tools and services that you rely on, because those tools and services rely on you. @hello https://hcommons.social/@hello/116013075093039503

Knowledge Commons (@[email protected])

We are pleased to announce that Knowledge Commons has recently received a $20,000 donation from Digital Scholar 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 💙 https://about.hcommons.org/2026/02/03/digital-scholar-donates-20000-to-knowledge-commons-and-why-that-gift-matters/

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Scott Koranda Feb 3

Knowledge Commons Feb 3

Many thanks to #KatinaMagazine, who recently featured us as a #ResourceReview! ♥️ If your library, organization, or institutions wants to learn more about KCWorks, email us for a demo at [email protected].

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/review-of-kc-works-for-institutions

What Makes This Repository Different? Its Values.

KCWorks for Institutions, an open-source repository service affiliated with Michigan State University, is distinguished not only by its price, but by its mission.

Katina Magazine | Annual Reviews

Scott Koranda Jan 28

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Jan 28

There are many research hosting services out there. Lots of them want to host your work in order to mine it for profit. Knowledge Commons wants to build a coalition of researchers, teachers, students, and more, in order to resist the authoritarian effort to undermine public access to knowledge. Please join us by visiting https://hcommons.org, creating an account, and sharing your work with the world. And if you like what you find and want to support our efforts, become a KC Champion! We are committed to our community and its work, and we hope you’ll share that commitment. https://about.hcommons.org/kc-champions

Knowledge Commons – Open access, open source, open to all

Scott Koranda Jan 15

Ann H Jan 15

It is mid January and Christmas tree needles are still emerging from hiding to stab me in the toe.

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Scott Koranda Jan 11

@dabeaz I watched your video. I will take my chances with the table saw.

Scott Koranda Jan 7

Kathleen Fitzpatrick Jan 7

Just FYI: this is part of the damage being done by extractive AI companies. Their scraper bots routinely DDOS us, and they multiply to take up as much bandwidth as is available. We are having to put a huge percentage of our developers’ time into just keeping the site alive rather than building its future. They are actively destroying everything worthwhile about the internet. @hello https://hcommons.social/@hello/115854618561953712

Knowledge Commons (@[email protected])

We’re currently experiencing a widespread outage affecting access to Knowledge Commons, including KCWorks and all user sites. Our team is actively investigating and working to restore service as quickly as possible. Thanks for your patience, and we're sorry for the inconvenience.

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Scott Koranda Jan 7

MurderBotBot Jan 7

Yeah, corporations suck.

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