Keir DuBois
@keirtography.bsky.social
Imagination made me whatever I am today
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Keir DuBois
@keirtography.bsky.social
· May 6
New pin with all my vector projects plus one bitmappy book:
📣 I'm Keir, a freelance map artist. Hire me!
🗺️ I make #maps for publications & locations
🎨 Also custom #ttrpg maps for worldbuilding
⌛ Availability: full-time/contract/project
🌎 Working remotely from SoCal/805
💻 Contact: keirdubois.com
📣 I'm Keir, a freelance map artist. Hire me!
🗺️ I make #maps for publications & locations
🎨 Also custom #ttrpg maps for worldbuilding
⌛ Availability: full-time/contract/project
🌎 Working remotely from SoCal/805
💻 Contact: keirdubois.com
Not my first map job completed since May, but the first *new* map job completed since May: in November I finished a minimalist, modular map and inset depicting the city of Rudky, located in the west of Ukraine about 20 miles from the Polish border: keirdubois.com/portfolio/ru...
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not my first map job completed since May, but the first *new* map job completed since May: in November I finished a minimalist, modular map and inset depicting the city of Rudky, located in the west of Ukraine about 20 miles from the Polish border: keirdubois.com/portfolio/ru...
Keir-By-Bike mileage will finish on an upswing for 2025, which stops the recent years' down numbers. Not sure I'll hit 2021 levels again but I can always try.
2025: 1,600.13+
2024: 1,400.57
2023: 1,558.14
2022: 1,800.80
2021: 2,103.16
2020: 2,081.04
2019: 1,834.67
2018: 1,704.71
2025: 1,600.13+
2024: 1,400.57
2023: 1,558.14
2022: 1,800.80
2021: 2,103.16
2020: 2,081.04
2019: 1,834.67
2018: 1,704.71
I've 1,600.13 miles so far, which isn't great (I'll be lucky to hit 2018's total), but it's better than '24 and '23. But I bike mostly for exercise, so ramping up with bikeable errands seems like the way to go (not least because my car is very old).
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Keir-By-Bike mileage will finish on an upswing for 2025, which stops the recent years' down numbers. Not sure I'll hit 2021 levels again but I can always try.
2025: 1,600.13+
2024: 1,400.57
2023: 1,558.14
2022: 1,800.80
2021: 2,103.16
2020: 2,081.04
2019: 1,834.67
2018: 1,704.71
2025: 1,600.13+
2024: 1,400.57
2023: 1,558.14
2022: 1,800.80
2021: 2,103.16
2020: 2,081.04
2019: 1,834.67
2018: 1,704.71
Google Docs, your spellcheck is definitely garbage
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Google Docs, your spellcheck is definitely garbage
Watched the Beatles anthology anniversary edition this weekend and have now been swimming in a sea of my old band recordings for hours.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Watched the Beatles anthology anniversary edition this weekend and have now been swimming in a sea of my old band recordings for hours.
In an unrelated event this evening I also had my ass handed to me about incorrectly remembering what songs appear (or don't) on the Beatles' white album (for some reason I thought the only Revolution on it was Revolution 9 but of course that's untrue; I'd forgotten the slow version of Revolution 1).
I think I've overdone my "yell at clouds"/"get off my lawn" routine about "are the kids no longer being taught that figurative language is a thing," because I was just shown this thread of someone who's very much trying to do that (albeit in the face of a hurricane of apathy)
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In an unrelated event this evening I also had my ass handed to me about incorrectly remembering what songs appear (or don't) on the Beatles' white album (for some reason I thought the only Revolution on it was Revolution 9 but of course that's untrue; I'd forgotten the slow version of Revolution 1).
I think I've overdone my "yell at clouds"/"get off my lawn" routine about "are the kids no longer being taught that figurative language is a thing," because I was just shown this thread of someone who's very much trying to do that (albeit in the face of a hurricane of apathy)
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I think I've overdone my "yell at clouds"/"get off my lawn" routine about "are the kids no longer being taught that figurative language is a thing," because I was just shown this thread of someone who's very much trying to do that (albeit in the face of a hurricane of apathy)
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Everybody on this site griping about how Key Lime Pie is terrible better not be talking about the Camper Van Beethoven album because it rules youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Key Lime Pie - YouTube
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Everybody on this site griping about how Key Lime Pie is terrible better not be talking about the Camper Van Beethoven album because it rules youtube.com/playlist?lis...
My worst one is a duffel bag of old band gear that hasn’t been used in over a decade, primarily consisting of old guitar and PA cables
Bluesky, how big is your box of old cables? If you know you know.
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
My worst one is a duffel bag of old band gear that hasn’t been used in over a decade, primarily consisting of old guitar and PA cables
In three steps (and therefore three posts), it went loosely like this:
1) I failed at music, failed at journalism, and failed at music journalism all while slogging through campus office jobs for money
1) I failed at music, failed at journalism, and failed at music journalism all while slogging through campus office jobs for money
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In three steps (and therefore three posts), it went loosely like this:
1) I failed at music, failed at journalism, and failed at music journalism all while slogging through campus office jobs for money
1) I failed at music, failed at journalism, and failed at music journalism all while slogging through campus office jobs for money
The reason my mind went to this trivia in the first place is re-reading Rutherford’s “Sarum” novel and its goofy faux-clan of the cave bear eulogy for Doggerland (aka what’s now the North Sea floor)
Oh and the northern four islands were actially all one island, because glaciers
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The reason my mind went to this trivia in the first place is re-reading Rutherford’s “Sarum” novel and its goofy faux-clan of the cave bear eulogy for Doggerland (aka what’s now the North Sea floor)
Not sure how obscure this is but in prehistoric times, the California Channel Islands were home to itty bitty lil mammoths
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Not sure how obscure this is but in prehistoric times, the California Channel Islands were home to itty bitty lil mammoths
I really gotta spin up my second homebrew setting faster. My group hasn’t played in like 6-8 months and that’s no good!
I am playing D&D with five friends via Zoom and we’re all in our fifties and my young teen self knowing this would be happening would be so happy and satisfied.
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I really gotta spin up my second homebrew setting faster. My group hasn’t played in like 6-8 months and that’s no good!
My old 2010s/Twitter take on this was “scolds to the left of me/bullies to the right” but of course that doesn’t really compare 1:1
Tankies to the left of me, Nazis to the right
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
Here I am stuck in the middle with you
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My old 2010s/Twitter take on this was “scolds to the left of me/bullies to the right” but of course that doesn’t really compare 1:1
Reposted by Keir DuBois
work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for
Final band-nostalgia-trawl of the year is a big one: Honey White's sole L.A. gig, at the old Brown Derby Club 11/17/05. Like other venues we played, it's gone. By this time HW shows were special occasions, so this show pulled fans & friends from 4 counties, earning multiple encores and extra cash.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Final band-nostalgia-trawl of the year is a big one: Honey White's sole L.A. gig, at the old Brown Derby Club 11/17/05. Like other venues we played, it's gone. By this time HW shows were special occasions, so this show pulled fans & friends from 4 counties, earning multiple encores and extra cash.
New fun thing I'm doing to blot out our increasingly cruel and stupid world: Tumblr-blog about one of my songs each week, pulled semi-randomly from music I've made going back to about 1996. www.tumblr.com/50songs/8000...
Tumblr
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.
www.tumblr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
New fun thing I'm doing to blot out our increasingly cruel and stupid world: Tumblr-blog about one of my songs each week, pulled semi-randomly from music I've made going back to about 1996. www.tumblr.com/50songs/8000...
Didn't realize it was Neil Young's birthday, so that means I can somewhat-belatedly post my second band's cover of his instrumental theme from Jarmusch's "Dead Man" film www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ru...
Honey White - "Dead Man"
YouTube video by mybandrocks
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Didn't realize it was Neil Young's birthday, so that means I can somewhat-belatedly post my second band's cover of his instrumental theme from Jarmusch's "Dead Man" film www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ru...
Oh and I should note that once again, I was out biking when the current president had a terrible news day that people said would end him.
You all think I'm doing this for my health, but I'm really trying to be a flappy-winged butterfly.
And if it doesn't end him, at least I'm exercising.
You all think I'm doing this for my health, but I'm really trying to be a flappy-winged butterfly.
And if it doesn't end him, at least I'm exercising.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Oh and I should note that once again, I was out biking when the current president had a terrible news day that people said would end him.
You all think I'm doing this for my health, but I'm really trying to be a flappy-winged butterfly.
And if it doesn't end him, at least I'm exercising.
You all think I'm doing this for my health, but I'm really trying to be a flappy-winged butterfly.
And if it doesn't end him, at least I'm exercising.
The thing about jokingly firing off that Folsom Prison Blues line at someone online these days is you can't count on anyone to understand non-literal language usage in any context, but especially on the internet. I don't know why this is, but that's why I say shit like "literalism will end us all."
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The thing about jokingly firing off that Folsom Prison Blues line at someone online these days is you can't count on anyone to understand non-literal language usage in any context, but especially on the internet. I don't know why this is, but that's why I say shit like "literalism will end us all."
Reposted by Keir DuBois
just republished a piece I wrote about the Horses 30th Anniversary shows in 2005, which I am reliably informed was somehow 20 years ago: jukeboxgraduate.com/remnants-the...
remnants: "The Ritual of 'Horses'"
I know these songs. I know them. They know me.
jukeboxgraduate.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
just republished a piece I wrote about the Horses 30th Anniversary shows in 2005, which I am reliably informed was somehow 20 years ago: jukeboxgraduate.com/remnants-the...
Gee I’d love to actually think about things for a minute or two before forming an opinion but posting while enraged feeds my lizard brain fix so very much better
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Gee I’d love to actually think about things for a minute or two before forming an opinion but posting while enraged feeds my lizard brain fix so very much better
One day into the Craig Stammen Era and I feel nothing, which is as it should be. I refuse to make snap judgments or doompost about such things until the 2026 season actually starts.
Welp didn't have "Padres will yet again be seeking a manager this offseason" on my bingo card, but perhaps I should have
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One day into the Craig Stammen Era and I feel nothing, which is as it should be. I refuse to make snap judgments or doompost about such things until the 2026 season actually starts.
Ventura County went Yes +23 (so far). 4 points under the cumulative result for all counties and 21 points under LA County. As someone who's lived here for 21 years that seems...anecdotally normal-ish for VC.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ventura County went Yes +23 (so far). 4 points under the cumulative result for all counties and 21 points under LA County. As someone who's lived here for 21 years that seems...anecdotally normal-ish for VC.
I should also say that my "problem" is that I don't have an actual middle name. It's far from a unique thing, of course. I imagine these old systems don't handle hyphenated names well in, say, Spanish either.
Like, I could understand (but not like) the fact that some WASPy Boomer or Silent-Generation-era programmer made software that doesn't realize hyphenated French names are valid (I've also had the capital B in DuBois eliminated many times). I'm not very French but still
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I should also say that my "problem" is that I don't have an actual middle name. It's far from a unique thing, of course. I imagine these old systems don't handle hyphenated names well in, say, Spanish either.