Kit, the thinking woman's crumpet
@criticalkit.bsky.social
they/them. Scholar at the intersection of children's literature and video games. Incorrigible nerd. My footnotes have footnotes.
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One of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants on Nicollet is giving back today for the next hour or so, but you can throw a little cash their way whenever
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
One of my favorite Vietnamese restaurants on Nicollet is giving back today for the next hour or so, but you can throw a little cash their way whenever
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just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
Our government is murdering the citizens of this country. They are doing it without any checks on their violence
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
just gonna throw out a quick reminder that in America police kill a yearly average of 3 civilians per day, routinely in situations very similar to these ICE killings, and decades of explicit support for police impunity by US politicians is why ICE feels theyre able to get away with this right now
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Normally don’t do this, but the Twin Cities are occupied and there are a lot of folks I know who are helping people with very acute needs. I know a lot of good folks out there have offered to help or want to know how they can help, so I may occasionally boost fundraisers for folk or causes I trust.
January 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Normally don’t do this, but the Twin Cities are occupied and there are a lot of folks I know who are helping people with very acute needs. I know a lot of good folks out there have offered to help or want to know how they can help, so I may occasionally boost fundraisers for folk or causes I trust.
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To my chronically ill friends: if stress worsens your conditions, make sure to take care of yourself right now. Get extra sleep. Stock up on easy meals. If you have the energy, clean what you can in your living space.
Unavoidable stressors are coming and you'll want protective measures in place.
Unavoidable stressors are coming and you'll want protective measures in place.
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 AM
To my chronically ill friends: if stress worsens your conditions, make sure to take care of yourself right now. Get extra sleep. Stock up on easy meals. If you have the energy, clean what you can in your living space.
Unavoidable stressors are coming and you'll want protective measures in place.
Unavoidable stressors are coming and you'll want protective measures in place.
going through which of my fun takeout work lunches I can still eat now that I've spontaneously generated a sesame allergy and... it's not looking great.
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
going through which of my fun takeout work lunches I can still eat now that I've spontaneously generated a sesame allergy and... it's not looking great.
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My wife now has both a steam deck and a switch and she didn't a year ago and all I wanna say is---
I'm a great influence 😈
I'm a great influence 😈
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 AM
My wife now has both a steam deck and a switch and she didn't a year ago and all I wanna say is---
I'm a great influence 😈
I'm a great influence 😈
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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"All things considered, Teaching with AI is not without value; it is a case study in how even well-meaning educators operating in good faith can become inadvertent agents of a pedagogical de-skilling and institutional dehumanization."
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable | Critical AI | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
"All things considered, Teaching with AI is not without value; it is a case study in how even well-meaning educators operating in good faith can become inadvertent agents of a pedagogical de-skilling and institutional dehumanization."
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
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I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
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I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!
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As I was saying: "The two parties are unconsciously regarded as akin to a husband and wife in a traditional marriage in which it's the job of the wife to placate and soothe the husband and help him realize his goals or be held responsible for his outbursts and outrages."
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
As I was saying: "The two parties are unconsciously regarded as akin to a husband and wife in a traditional marriage in which it's the job of the wife to placate and soothe the husband and help him realize his goals or be held responsible for his outbursts and outrages."
excited to announce both my parents are on snapchat, so I can now easily send them videos of my cats
more excited to announce my cat-aganda has been successful and they're seriously considering getting a cat (or two??) at the end of January
more excited to announce my cat-aganda has been successful and they're seriously considering getting a cat (or two??) at the end of January
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
excited to announce both my parents are on snapchat, so I can now easily send them videos of my cats
more excited to announce my cat-aganda has been successful and they're seriously considering getting a cat (or two??) at the end of January
more excited to announce my cat-aganda has been successful and they're seriously considering getting a cat (or two??) at the end of January
I work on a somewhat diffuse college campus in the city and i hate that anytime I hear sirens go by part of me wonders if a mass shooting has begun
January 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I work on a somewhat diffuse college campus in the city and i hate that anytime I hear sirens go by part of me wonders if a mass shooting has begun
it's actually de Quervain's tenosynovitis and i am doing my PT exercises SO diligently
Woolhaven better not release until I fix my tendonitis
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 AM
it's actually de Quervain's tenosynovitis and i am doing my PT exercises SO diligently
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
January 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
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You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
January 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
You ever think about how the Roman Senate kept meeting centuries into the reigns of emperors. Hanging out, shooting the shit, giving speeches, and play-acting that their positions of privilege remained positions of power.
we all have a bug to bear
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
we all have a bug to bear
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Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Best thing I’ve read this morning, from a human rights lawyer in Mexico. Translation is in the ALT-text.
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If YOU like creepy Crustaceans and enamel pins then I'd love for you to follow my Warped Ocean project launching in 20 days time! 😁
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(Had to redo this post because I used the wrong link lol!)
#crab #artShop #sciArt #illustration #Pintopia
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(Had to redo this post because I used the wrong link lol!)
#crab #artShop #sciArt #illustration #Pintopia
January 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
If YOU like creepy Crustaceans and enamel pins then I'd love for you to follow my Warped Ocean project launching in 20 days time! 😁
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(Had to redo this post because I used the wrong link lol!)
#crab #artShop #sciArt #illustration #Pintopia
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
(Had to redo this post because I used the wrong link lol!)
#crab #artShop #sciArt #illustration #Pintopia
plz explain why a gentle 40 minute PT appointment for my wrist tenosynovitis has resulted in full body fatigue
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
plz explain why a gentle 40 minute PT appointment for my wrist tenosynovitis has resulted in full body fatigue
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First art of 2026. Setting the tone.
January 2, 2026 at 12:11 AM
First art of 2026. Setting the tone.
just got a public works notification that gets worse with each paragraph
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
just got a public works notification that gets worse with each paragraph