K R
@kringelberg.bsky.social
they/them, Art Historian
I care a lot (too much?)
I care a lot (too much?)
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Black History Month starts today. Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African-American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution.
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Black History Month starts today. Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African-American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution.
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🔎 Februarius panel from the 3rd-c. mosaic of the months at El Djem, Tunisia.
It was the shortest month of the #Roman calendar from which the Julian & Gregorian February derived. The word is derived from februum, a tool used for ritual purification.
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology #art
It was the shortest month of the #Roman calendar from which the Julian & Gregorian February derived. The word is derived from februum, a tool used for ritual purification.
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology #art
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🔎 Februarius panel from the 3rd-c. mosaic of the months at El Djem, Tunisia.
It was the shortest month of the #Roman calendar from which the Julian & Gregorian February derived. The word is derived from februum, a tool used for ritual purification.
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology #art
It was the shortest month of the #Roman calendar from which the Julian & Gregorian February derived. The word is derived from februum, a tool used for ritual purification.
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #archaeology #art
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“As things become more popular on the side of the people, you see more desperate attempts by the regime to try and deter it.. One of the goals of an authoritarian regime is to scare the people into submission, and the most important thing that we can do to counteract that is to continue showing up."
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities
theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
“As things become more popular on the side of the people, you see more desperate attempts by the regime to try and deter it.. One of the goals of an authoritarian regime is to scare the people into submission, and the most important thing that we can do to counteract that is to continue showing up."
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Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
::taps mic::
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
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"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
www.rawstory.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to a document released by the Justice Department on Friday."
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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This idea that one can discern a technology is fascist and then still conclude "we need to collect data" is nonsense! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
February 1, 2026 at 7:06 AM
This idea that one can discern a technology is fascist and then still conclude "we need to collect data" is nonsense! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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this “chicago bail fund” and the entire network of newly registered bail funds are all scams. illinois made cash bail illegal in 2023 thanks to the incredibly hard work of many people, some of whom i know personally, so this is especially stupid
@forensicgarlic.bsky.social [@]chicagobailfund.bsky.social registered on Bluesky 20 days ago.
As did these "bail funds" for Boston, Seattle, and Portland.
Do you know if they are authentic?
idk the other followers. But could be sus also.
As did these "bail funds" for Boston, Seattle, and Portland.
Do you know if they are authentic?
idk the other followers. But could be sus also.
February 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
this “chicago bail fund” and the entire network of newly registered bail funds are all scams. illinois made cash bail illegal in 2023 thanks to the incredibly hard work of many people, some of whom i know personally, so this is especially stupid
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Excited my most recent article is out now! In it, we talk about our work to combat anti-trans misinfo at @transstudies.bsky.social and the research my students are I are doing advancing a new framework for understanding misinfo effects.
Give it a read here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R6MNB...
Give it a read here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R6MNB...
Combating anti-transgender misinformation: A sociological approach
Anti-transgender misinformation has become a defining feature of political discourse across the Anglosphere, driving a surge in harmful legislation and public attitudes. Learning from the change-ma...
www.tandfonline.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Excited my most recent article is out now! In it, we talk about our work to combat anti-trans misinfo at @transstudies.bsky.social and the research my students are I are doing advancing a new framework for understanding misinfo effects.
Give it a read here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R6MNB...
Give it a read here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/R6MNB...
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We are well aware of to whom you express gratitude.
January 31, 2026 at 7:59 PM
We are well aware of to whom you express gratitude.
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if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
Also voluntary blood drive blood is already used in profit schemes here--so much easier!
While Homeland Security embraces violence, I'm not saying it's exactly the same as these other groups. I don’t compare ICE to, say, Haiti’s murderous Tonton Macoute, which forced people to donate blood that they sold for profit. ICE doesn’t need blood money because Congress provides $$$. 10/10🧵
January 31, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Also voluntary blood drive blood is already used in profit schemes here--so much easier!
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Homeland Security’s targeting of peaceful observers and protesters is reminiscent of how dictatorships use arbitrary violence and accusations to crush dissent and compel obedience – an approach taken by China’s Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution. 8/10🧵
China’s Great Terror
Long before August 1966, when immense chanting crowds of young Chinese Red Guards began to mass before Chairman Mao in Tiananmen Square, alerting those in the wider world to the onset of the Cultural ...
www.chinafile.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Homeland Security’s targeting of peaceful observers and protesters is reminiscent of how dictatorships use arbitrary violence and accusations to crush dissent and compel obedience – an approach taken by China’s Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution. 8/10🧵
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ICE and Border Patrol’s showy displays of force, such as a parade through downtown Chicago at the start of the violent immigration crackdown there, are reminiscent of the famous “March on Rome” in 1922 by Italian fascist Benito Mussolini’s Blackshirts that brought him to power. 7/10🧵
Is Trump Building an Army of Modern Blackshirts?
The proliferation of pro-Trump militia groups across the country eerily echoes the rise of Hitler’s SA and Mussolini’s squadristi.
www.thenation.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
ICE and Border Patrol’s showy displays of force, such as a parade through downtown Chicago at the start of the violent immigration crackdown there, are reminiscent of the famous “March on Rome” in 1922 by Italian fascist Benito Mussolini’s Blackshirts that brought him to power. 7/10🧵
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When Homeland Security pushes ridiculously false accounts of its murders of 2 people in Minneapolis, it’s reminiscent of the absurd denials by Vladimir Putin and his authoritarian enforcers when Russians are mysteriously poisoned or supposedly fall out of high-rise windows. 6/10🧵
Putin denies involvement in poisoning of Kremlin foe Navalny
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected allegations that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of his top political foe, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and accused U.S. intelligence ag...
www.pbs.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
When Homeland Security pushes ridiculously false accounts of its murders of 2 people in Minneapolis, it’s reminiscent of the absurd denials by Vladimir Putin and his authoritarian enforcers when Russians are mysteriously poisoned or supposedly fall out of high-rise windows. 6/10🧵
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When ICE agents wear masks to hide their identity, it’s reminiscent of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s masked security forces such as FAES (Fuerza de Acciones Especiales). Some government thugs even have skeleton faces on their masks. Maduro is gone, but the terror remains. 5/10🧵
Report Unmasks 'State Terror' of Venezuela Security Forces
Investigation gathers damning evidence of abuses and boons to crime tied to Venezuela's ongoing OLP anti-crime operations.
insightcrime.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
When ICE agents wear masks to hide their identity, it’s reminiscent of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s masked security forces such as FAES (Fuerza de Acciones Especiales). Some government thugs even have skeleton faces on their masks. Maduro is gone, but the terror remains. 5/10🧵
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When we hear that 53 people have died in ICE or Border Patrol custody in the last year, we may recall the nightmarish prisons run by the SAVAK, the Iranian secret police under the U.S.-backed Shah, as well as those run by the Islamic Republic that replaced the Shah. 4/10🧵
Iran: Tortured prisoners at Evin prison are in urgent need of international protection - Amnesty International
The Iranian authorities must immediately allow independent international monitors unhindered access to Iranian prisons to investigate the harrowing use of unlawful force by security forces at Tehran’s...
www.amnesty.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When we hear that 53 people have died in ICE or Border Patrol custody in the last year, we may recall the nightmarish prisons run by the SAVAK, the Iranian secret police under the U.S.-backed Shah, as well as those run by the Islamic Republic that replaced the Shah. 4/10🧵
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When poorly trained ICE agents brutalize the general population, it’s reminiscent of the Black-and-Tans, constables hurriedly hired by the British in 1920 to help put down the Irish rebellion. Like ICE, the Black-and-Tans were known for violence that inspired public outrage. 3/10🧵
Who were the Black-and-tans? – History Ireland
historyireland.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
When poorly trained ICE agents brutalize the general population, it’s reminiscent of the Black-and-Tans, constables hurriedly hired by the British in 1920 to help put down the Irish rebellion. Like ICE, the Black-and-Tans were known for violence that inspired public outrage. 3/10🧵
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When ICE agents take photos of nonviolent observers and say they’re adding them to a database of “domestic terrorists,” that’s reminiscent of the Stasi, the communist secret police in East Germany during the Cold War. The Stasi kept files on 5.6 million people, about a third of the population. 2/10🧵
"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...
From the Maine community on Reddit: ICE tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully filming
Explore this post and more from the Maine community
www.reddit.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
When ICE agents take photos of nonviolent observers and say they’re adding them to a database of “domestic terrorists,” that’s reminiscent of the Stasi, the communist secret police in East Germany during the Cold War. The Stasi kept files on 5.6 million people, about a third of the population. 2/10🧵
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Up & @ 'em, Skeeple!
Whaddya know, today is another great day to stand up for trans kids.
Please take the time to learn how to submit effective comments (thank you, Matthew), and then do the thing!
Whaddya know, today is another great day to stand up for trans kids.
Please take the time to learn how to submit effective comments (thank you, Matthew), and then do the thing!
CTA Defend Trans Kids: If you're a clinician, a parent, a trans adult, or just someone who cares, I wrote a guide on how to submit effective comments opposing the federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Up & @ 'em, Skeeple!
Whaddya know, today is another great day to stand up for trans kids.
Please take the time to learn how to submit effective comments (thank you, Matthew), and then do the thing!
Whaddya know, today is another great day to stand up for trans kids.
Please take the time to learn how to submit effective comments (thank you, Matthew), and then do the thing!
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If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 PM
If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).
remembering how people with educations and authority complained that "cancel culture" was going to ruin us
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
remembering how people with educations and authority complained that "cancel culture" was going to ruin us
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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soon colleges will be generating AI students to generate opeds using AI to defend their contracts with AI firms (the contracts will also be generated by AI). A spiraling drain hole of fakeness.
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:36 PM
soon colleges will be generating AI students to generate opeds using AI to defend their contracts with AI firms (the contracts will also be generated by AI). A spiraling drain hole of fakeness.
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Amulet
Tlingit, Southeast Alaska
ca. 1840–1870
Tlingit, Southeast Alaska
ca. 1840–1870
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Amulet
Tlingit, Southeast Alaska
ca. 1840–1870
Tlingit, Southeast Alaska
ca. 1840–1870