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/
"Fall of bale of cotton" (workplace accident)
November 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Fall of bale of cotton" (workplace accident)
"Run over by ice cart" (age 6)
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Run over by ice cart" (age 6)
In between all the depressing communicable diseases in this 1872 mortality schedule there are occasional, unusual misadventures. Like "explosion of soda generator."
No, I'm not sure what a soda generator was, but it wasn't his job, he was a brass finisher.
No, I'm not sure what a soda generator was, but it wasn't his job, he was a brass finisher.
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In between all the depressing communicable diseases in this 1872 mortality schedule there are occasional, unusual misadventures. Like "explosion of soda generator."
No, I'm not sure what a soda generator was, but it wasn't his job, he was a brass finisher.
No, I'm not sure what a soda generator was, but it wasn't his job, he was a brass finisher.
Last summer's heat had some ... effects.
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Last summer's heat had some ... effects.
Noted with only this comment.
October 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Noted with only this comment.
Nothing new under the sun ... a tiny house from 1917, marketed in a NYC paper to families of military officers.
October 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nothing new under the sun ... a tiny house from 1917, marketed in a NYC paper to families of military officers.
Random newspaper find. I'm both surprised and not surprised given how natural hair is still looked down on over a hundred years after 1915. (Further down in the ad there was a skin whitener by the same company.)
October 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Random newspaper find. I'm both surprised and not surprised given how natural hair is still looked down on over a hundred years after 1915. (Further down in the ad there was a skin whitener by the same company.)
Good morning, Bluesky! Listen to Superman. This can be applied outside the USA too.
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Good morning, Bluesky! Listen to Superman. This can be applied outside the USA too.
Good morning, Bluesky! Do what you want to do.
October 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Good morning, Bluesky! Do what you want to do.
Random lithograph image of the day (1858).
September 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Random lithograph image of the day (1858).
Noted without comment.
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Noted without comment.
Post cats, not takes.
September 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Post cats, not takes.
Sorry but there's no way these islands actually exist, right? (Copied from the tour video.)
August 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sorry but there's no way these islands actually exist, right? (Copied from the tour video.)
Nice of nature to give us something else to worry about, I guess.
August 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Nice of nature to give us something else to worry about, I guess.
Personally, I was liberated from uncertainty about using "dr" by this tweet:
August 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Personally, I was liberated from uncertainty about using "dr" by this tweet:
I misplaced the printout of this meme that I used to keep taped to my monitor, I should probably print it out again.
August 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I misplaced the printout of this meme that I used to keep taped to my monitor, I should probably print it out again.
An on-point piece of evidence that the upper levels of the business world have abandoned actual business in favor of business vibes.
August 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
An on-point piece of evidence that the upper levels of the business world have abandoned actual business in favor of business vibes.
I think I've said it before, but I hate this timeline.
July 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I think I've said it before, but I hate this timeline.
Possibly the worst part of this is that I can hear somebody running some kind of yard machine, probably a wood chipper.
June 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Possibly the worst part of this is that I can hear somebody running some kind of yard machine, probably a wood chipper.
Update. Without air conditioning, I'd be hiding out in the cellar.
June 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Update. Without air conditioning, I'd be hiding out in the cellar.
Once upon a time, the federal government published annual lists of all its employees. Here's part of one from 1879.
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Once upon a time, the federal government published annual lists of all its employees. Here's part of one from 1879.
Notwithstanding that NPS article, the Boston Massacre Monument on Boston Common was erected in 1888 and as this clip from an 1890 map shows, was better known as the Crispus Attucks Monument until some time in the 20th century.
June 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Notwithstanding that NPS article, the Boston Massacre Monument on Boston Common was erected in 1888 and as this clip from an 1890 map shows, was better known as the Crispus Attucks Monument until some time in the 20th century.
Got some bread made in advance of the heatwave.
Must ... not ... eat half of it today ...
Must ... not ... eat half of it today ...
June 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Got some bread made in advance of the heatwave.
Must ... not ... eat half of it today ...
Must ... not ... eat half of it today ...