Dr. Kristen "NO KINGS" Keegan
@knkeegan.bsky.social
Public and academic history & geography in action. She/her. Sometimes cake, sometimes politics. In the distance, sirens. https://kristen-noble-keegan.com & https://bywaterhistorical.com/
Pinned
I am once again reminded that I'm the weird one for thinking that database design and editing is pretty straightforward and doable.
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A short 🧵: one astounding thing I learned while researching TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES was the existence of the Willow Palisade, a 700-km wall made of interlocking trees, an extension of the Great Wall planted in NE China in the 17th century. This map shows approx. Amur tiger range in 1850. 1/9
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A short 🧵: one astounding thing I learned while researching TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES was the existence of the Willow Palisade, a 700-km wall made of interlocking trees, an extension of the Great Wall planted in NE China in the 17th century. This map shows approx. Amur tiger range in 1850. 1/9
I'll play: Governments should fund replacement or conversion of all gas-powered vehicles on a sliding scale. Stretch it out over 10 years so the vehicle makers can finish adjusting to EV only production, and gas station owners can get EV hookups installed.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'll play: Governments should fund replacement or conversion of all gas-powered vehicles on a sliding scale. Stretch it out over 10 years so the vehicle makers can finish adjusting to EV only production, and gas station owners can get EV hookups installed.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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one day, Kim Davis’ casket will be lowered into the deep earth and gay people will still exist. Her life has had no meaning, no impact, no great purpose.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
one day, Kim Davis’ casket will be lowered into the deep earth and gay people will still exist. Her life has had no meaning, no impact, no great purpose.
Reading the Constitution of the State of Connecticut because *gestures at everything.*
Read it yourself at portal.ct.gov/sots/registe... or just follow along here for the commentary. 1/??
Read it yourself at portal.ct.gov/sots/registe... or just follow along here for the commentary. 1/??
Constitution of the State of Connecticut
portal.ct.gov
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Reading the Constitution of the State of Connecticut because *gestures at everything.*
Read it yourself at portal.ct.gov/sots/registe... or just follow along here for the commentary. 1/??
Read it yourself at portal.ct.gov/sots/registe... or just follow along here for the commentary. 1/??
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Grad Students: The Larry Summers news should shed any shred of imposter syndrome you've felt in academia. Clearly, academics* can be far from perfect (at everything from spelling to relationships to human decency) and still make it all the way to the top of ivory tower.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Grad Students: The Larry Summers news should shed any shred of imposter syndrome you've felt in academia. Clearly, academics* can be far from perfect (at everything from spelling to relationships to human decency) and still make it all the way to the top of ivory tower.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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A tiny Indian primer, or book of religious instruction written in Wampanoag and printed at Harvard College in 1669; the buckskin cover and wooden binding are original, and the now-faint strawberry design is believed to have been done by an Indigenous binder. The book has been in Scotland since 1675.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A tiny Indian primer, or book of religious instruction written in Wampanoag and printed at Harvard College in 1669; the buckskin cover and wooden binding are original, and the now-faint strawberry design is believed to have been done by an Indigenous binder. The book has been in Scotland since 1675.
Whaaat? Whyyyyy?
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Whaaat? Whyyyyy?
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Look, i know a lot of us live for the schadenfreude of the crash & burn but i don't think some of you realize just in how many ways we are all in the fucking plane.
Some of the biggest buyers-into of this "AI" hype cycle have: your medical data, your identity data, control over the carceral system…
Some of the biggest buyers-into of this "AI" hype cycle have: your medical data, your identity data, control over the carceral system…
July 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Look, i know a lot of us live for the schadenfreude of the crash & burn but i don't think some of you realize just in how many ways we are all in the fucking plane.
Some of the biggest buyers-into of this "AI" hype cycle have: your medical data, your identity data, control over the carceral system…
Some of the biggest buyers-into of this "AI" hype cycle have: your medical data, your identity data, control over the carceral system…
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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You love to see a classic playthrough:
Winter: undefeated
Feds, Napoleon, Hitler, et all: 0
Winter: undefeated
Feds, Napoleon, Hitler, et all: 0
News: Feds are said to be on their way out of Chicago in the near future. Via @jmetr22b.bsky.social and me www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You love to see a classic playthrough:
Winter: undefeated
Feds, Napoleon, Hitler, et all: 0
Winter: undefeated
Feds, Napoleon, Hitler, et all: 0
Excuse me? @sarahkendzior.bsky.social suspended? Without explanation? What the hell is going on? And Link is still suspended too.
@support.bsky.team, news flash: turning this place into unflavored cottage cheese isn't going to help it make money.
@support.bsky.team, news flash: turning this place into unflavored cottage cheese isn't going to help it make money.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Excuse me? @sarahkendzior.bsky.social suspended? Without explanation? What the hell is going on? And Link is still suspended too.
@support.bsky.team, news flash: turning this place into unflavored cottage cheese isn't going to help it make money.
@support.bsky.team, news flash: turning this place into unflavored cottage cheese isn't going to help it make money.
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apropos of nothing I wrote a book a long time ago about how the DLC and Bill Clinton redefined winning for an entire generation of Democrats as "getting something done" through bipartisanship and compromise rather than achieving (or even having!) a specific outcome in mind, and, what do I know.
Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center
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November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
apropos of nothing I wrote a book a long time ago about how the DLC and Bill Clinton redefined winning for an entire generation of Democrats as "getting something done" through bipartisanship and compromise rather than achieving (or even having!) a specific outcome in mind, and, what do I know.
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Jesus, people, I'm not saying they'll all fall on their swords because we ask politely.
You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off.
It's a vote of no confidence.
You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off.
It's a vote of no confidence.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Jesus, people, I'm not saying they'll all fall on their swords because we ask politely.
You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off.
It's a vote of no confidence.
You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off.
It's a vote of no confidence.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."
This shit is why people don’t trust the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."
How have I never heard this name before
Now online! Laura André Lombard (Université Panthéon Assas) reviews "The Political Thought of Anacharsis Cloots: A Proponent of Cosmopolitan Republicanism in the French Revolution (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2023) by @fepoulsen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How have I never heard this name before
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This feels like a good time to remind everyone that budgets are moral documents
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This feels like a good time to remind everyone that budgets are moral documents
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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These people are mad about being judged on the content of their character
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
These people are mad about being judged on the content of their character
Never have I ever, and never will.
I did play with the Midjourney toy a little bit when it first came out, and I've tested whether Grammarly can easily be fooled by complexity (it can). Oh and somebody put up a "test your ability to get past AI security" awhile back and I succeeded.
I did play with the Midjourney toy a little bit when it first came out, and I've tested whether Grammarly can easily be fooled by complexity (it can). Oh and somebody put up a "test your ability to get past AI security" awhile back and I succeeded.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Never have I ever, and never will.
I did play with the Midjourney toy a little bit when it first came out, and I've tested whether Grammarly can easily be fooled by complexity (it can). Oh and somebody put up a "test your ability to get past AI security" awhile back and I succeeded.
I did play with the Midjourney toy a little bit when it first came out, and I've tested whether Grammarly can easily be fooled by complexity (it can). Oh and somebody put up a "test your ability to get past AI security" awhile back and I succeeded.