Katrina HB Keefer
@khbk.bsky.social
Game developer, Adjunct Professor of African History, Game Studies and Game Design. Sword-fighter (HEMA, SCA and sport foil fencing), artist, leatherworker.
I forgot to post for a while. Life has been a lot- my dad, who has congestive heart failure, agreed to declutter and sell the farm finally. Unearthing Canadiana, documents which need to go to an archive, original indentures..
April 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I forgot to post for a while. Life has been a lot- my dad, who has congestive heart failure, agreed to declutter and sell the farm finally. Unearthing Canadiana, documents which need to go to an archive, original indentures..
speaking as someone who studies body markings this is horrifying.
It's clear that the Trump administration denied due process to the migrants it banished to El Salvador *precisely because* any measure of judicial oversight would've proved their innocence immediately.
Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
We’re Finally Seeing the “Evidence” Against the Migrants Deported by Trump. It’s Unbelievable.
The Trump admin said a soccer player had a gang tattoo. It’s a tattoo of Real Madrid’s logo.
slate.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
speaking as someone who studies body markings this is horrifying.
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
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At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Jackie Robinson’s Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge
Robinson trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II.
www.nbcnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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Thrilled to announce my new history website, theUnchartedPast.com, is LIVE! A platform for history enthusiasts to share blogs (up to 1500 words) on ANY historical topic: Gender, Irish, Social, etc. Check it out & Submit your ideas on the site. Thanks for the support! @qubhistory.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thrilled to announce my new history website, theUnchartedPast.com, is LIVE! A platform for history enthusiasts to share blogs (up to 1500 words) on ANY historical topic: Gender, Irish, Social, etc. Check it out & Submit your ideas on the site. Thanks for the support! @qubhistory.bsky.social
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When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
I have to remind myself to post as a rule.
So I am posting again!
It's nice to see spring. But also so scary to see political instability growing. I am very worried about my friends to the south.
So I am posting again!
It's nice to see spring. But also so scary to see political instability growing. I am very worried about my friends to the south.
March 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I have to remind myself to post as a rule.
So I am posting again!
It's nice to see spring. But also so scary to see political instability growing. I am very worried about my friends to the south.
So I am posting again!
It's nice to see spring. But also so scary to see political instability growing. I am very worried about my friends to the south.
My mother, Dr. Sarah Keefer, died this morning. In her life she was a respected Anglo-Saxonist, a liturgist, and she loved Bede and Cuthbert and the beauty of Durham Cathedral.
Dementia is a hideous illness to have stolen her ability to enjoy those things from her. She is free now.
Dementia is a hideous illness to have stolen her ability to enjoy those things from her. She is free now.
February 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My mother, Dr. Sarah Keefer, died this morning. In her life she was a respected Anglo-Saxonist, a liturgist, and she loved Bede and Cuthbert and the beauty of Durham Cathedral.
Dementia is a hideous illness to have stolen her ability to enjoy those things from her. She is free now.
Dementia is a hideous illness to have stolen her ability to enjoy those things from her. She is free now.
Reflecting on the world in which we presently live, I find I have hardened my values significantly with the present rise of fascism and worse. I will not dignify oppressors with false respect. I will keep being kind, compassionate, and considerate because screw nihilism and cruelty.
February 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Reflecting on the world in which we presently live, I find I have hardened my values significantly with the present rise of fascism and worse. I will not dignify oppressors with false respect. I will keep being kind, compassionate, and considerate because screw nihilism and cruelty.
A powerful and stark read. Hat tip to @ebrandom.bsky.social
wrote a long piece about how fascists justify cruelty. It works a lot like John Wick or James Bond; you create a story about evil bad guys who deserve whatever happens to them. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-righte...
The (Righteous) Cruelty Is the Point
Fascists frame hate and violence as necessary to destroy “evil.”
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A powerful and stark read. Hat tip to @ebrandom.bsky.social
And for those who aren't on other media forms I'm on, the other fun update in my life is that I relax of late in full blued steel armour accented by brass I engraved with Latin I composed myself. Catharsis central and I recommend wholeheartedly!
February 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
And for those who aren't on other media forms I'm on, the other fun update in my life is that I relax of late in full blued steel armour accented by brass I engraved with Latin I composed myself. Catharsis central and I recommend wholeheartedly!
In a spirit of tooting my own horn, I will post that I published a new book last month or so and I hope folks enjoy it and find it valuable. I really need my life to slow down a smidge so I can get back to coding my game soon...
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In a spirit of tooting my own horn, I will post that I published a new book last month or so and I hope folks enjoy it and find it valuable. I really need my life to slow down a smidge so I can get back to coding my game soon...
Well, I guess I am finally hopping onto the bandwagon. Mostly because I do miss the social elements of the old Place Which Shall Not Be Named.
February 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Well, I guess I am finally hopping onto the bandwagon. Mostly because I do miss the social elements of the old Place Which Shall Not Be Named.