Selena M Moon
@selenammoon.bsky.social
Disabled hafu Japanese American historian researching JA disability, mixed race, military hist, Smith College, UMass Public History. UMN American Studies PhD student, Accessibility consultant ♿ author; my posts. #DisabilitySky #AcademicSky, she/he
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1/2 Excited to announce this roundtable on #AsianAmerican #Disability: History, Archives, Methods with my amazing co-authors! March 26 4-5:30 pm Central (online) sponsored by the UMN Immigration History Research Center. We'll present on our articles Journal of American Ethnic History special issue.
"People would ask what happened to my skin. I'd tell them these were burns from the [atomic] bomb. When they heard that, they would turn away. Americans were reluctant to talk about the bombings then ― and I don't think that has changed much."
#Skystorians #HistMed
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
#Skystorians #HistMed
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
Anxiety without end: A Japanese-American hibakusha's lonely fight | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Japanese-American hibakusha in the US ― forgotten after Hiroshima. One survivor’s lonely, decades-long struggle for medical recognition, care, and justice.
www3.nhk.or.jp
February 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
"People would ask what happened to my skin. I'd tell them these were burns from the [atomic] bomb. When they heard that, they would turn away. Americans were reluctant to talk about the bombings then ― and I don't think that has changed much."
#Skystorians #HistMed
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
#Skystorians #HistMed
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Please don't do this in alt text. If you're posting a screenshot of text, you need to transcribe the actual text. You can use tools like Google Lens if rereading the text makes you sick.
February 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Please don't do this in alt text. If you're posting a screenshot of text, you need to transcribe the actual text. You can use tools like Google Lens if rereading the text makes you sick.
Really weird that I might be in some of yesterday's protest photos.
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Really weird that I might be in some of yesterday's protest photos.
Given all the screenshot posts:
1 Include alt text
2 Allows visually impaired & blind ppl (esp using screen readers) access
3 Alt text is image description and/or text transcript
4 Alt text is NOT extra info, vague descriptions, or "alt text" etc
5 Include everything sighted ppl see
#Accessibility
1 Include alt text
2 Allows visually impaired & blind ppl (esp using screen readers) access
3 Alt text is image description and/or text transcript
4 Alt text is NOT extra info, vague descriptions, or "alt text" etc
5 Include everything sighted ppl see
#Accessibility
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Given all the screenshot posts:
1 Include alt text
2 Allows visually impaired & blind ppl (esp using screen readers) access
3 Alt text is image description and/or text transcript
4 Alt text is NOT extra info, vague descriptions, or "alt text" etc
5 Include everything sighted ppl see
#Accessibility
1 Include alt text
2 Allows visually impaired & blind ppl (esp using screen readers) access
3 Alt text is image description and/or text transcript
4 Alt text is NOT extra info, vague descriptions, or "alt text" etc
5 Include everything sighted ppl see
#Accessibility
1. Narratives of Internment (led to my PhD/career)
2. Modern Biology for the Concerned Citizen (the plague still exists!)
3. Native American Indians, 1500-PRES (1st Native American hist course)
4. The Silk Road (Jews in China!)
5. Medieval European Hist (wrote about my ancestor Piers de Gaveston)
2. Modern Biology for the Concerned Citizen (the plague still exists!)
3. Native American Indians, 1500-PRES (1st Native American hist course)
4. The Silk Road (Jews in China!)
5. Medieval European Hist (wrote about my ancestor Piers de Gaveston)
1. History of Fascism and Communism
2. The Pacific War
3. The U.S. Civil War
4. The American Revolution
5. History of Africa
And many more.
2. The Pacific War
3. The U.S. Civil War
4. The American Revolution
5. History of Africa
And many more.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Introduction to Islamic Studies
2. Introduction to Rock Music
3. African Music
4. Arabic 101
5. Southern Politics
1. Introduction to Islamic Studies
2. Introduction to Rock Music
3. African Music
4. Arabic 101
5. Southern Politics
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
1. Narratives of Internment (led to my PhD/career)
2. Modern Biology for the Concerned Citizen (the plague still exists!)
3. Native American Indians, 1500-PRES (1st Native American hist course)
4. The Silk Road (Jews in China!)
5. Medieval European Hist (wrote about my ancestor Piers de Gaveston)
2. Modern Biology for the Concerned Citizen (the plague still exists!)
3. Native American Indians, 1500-PRES (1st Native American hist course)
4. The Silk Road (Jews in China!)
5. Medieval European Hist (wrote about my ancestor Piers de Gaveston)
Will there be weekly #ICEOut protests now (though we should be out there daily)? That was invigorating. And I can walk to them. When's the next one? #ICEOutOfMinnesota
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Will there be weekly #ICEOut protests now (though we should be out there daily)? That was invigorating. And I can walk to them. When's the next one? #ICEOutOfMinnesota
Finally feeling good enough to protest today!
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Finally feeling good enough to protest today!
Put alt text in your posts! That includes you #AltGov accounts, reporters, people posting about events etc. And use camel case (capitalize each word) for hashtags, it helps reading #doctorwhorewatch v #DoctorWhoRewatch, see the difference?) and screen readers. #Accessibility #DisabilitySky
January 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Put alt text in your posts! That includes you #AltGov accounts, reporters, people posting about events etc. And use camel case (capitalize each word) for hashtags, it helps reading #doctorwhorewatch v #DoctorWhoRewatch, see the difference?) and screen readers. #Accessibility #DisabilitySky
I worked a little on this project. I still didn't know there were that many sites even after that and researching the incarnation for fifteen years.
Your post and George Takei’s got me thinking, we (U.S.) incarcerated 120,000 Japanese Americans “75 sites around the country.”
How many sites is DHS pursuing, altogether?
How many sites is DHS pursuing, altogether?
The Public Finally Has Access to an Accurate List of Japanese Americans Detained During World War II
Researchers who spent years fixing errors in shoddy government records have partnered with Ancestry to make a wide selection of historical documents related to the period available for free
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I worked a little on this project. I still didn't know there were that many sites even after that and researching the incarnation for fifteen years.
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What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
What I'm talking about, and what non-white people have been talking about for a very long time, is how it's only when white people start getting hurt or dying that people start to be characterized as "heroes" and "martyrs".
Started listening to The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin. Debating if I should, given the title. Then it opens with this: "Do you think that modern civilization will ever fall?"
Need to find something else
#BookSky
Need to find something else
#BookSky
January 27, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Started listening to The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin. Debating if I should, given the title. Then it opens with this: "Do you think that modern civilization will ever fall?"
Need to find something else
#BookSky
Need to find something else
#BookSky
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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We’re looking for scholars who can write CLIO ER articles for the following topics: mutual aid, comparisons between MN and previous moments, and reduced vaccine uptake. We will also accept any other pitches you have! Pitch submission instructions below nursingclio.org/write-for-us...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
We’re looking for scholars who can write CLIO ER articles for the following topics: mutual aid, comparisons between MN and previous moments, and reduced vaccine uptake. We will also accept any other pitches you have! Pitch submission instructions below nursingclio.org/write-for-us...
I'm enjoying the #RebelBirds but y'all, loons have spots! And well it'd be nice if it looked a bit more...realistic like the chickadee and the cardinal ones.
January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I'm enjoying the #RebelBirds but y'all, loons have spots! And well it'd be nice if it looked a bit more...realistic like the chickadee and the cardinal ones.
I kept most of the books I had for my Master's. Just finished re-reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish which will go into my dissertation but is also timely. #AcademicSky #Skystorians #DisabilitySky #PhDLife
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I kept most of the books I had for my Master's. Just finished re-reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish which will go into my dissertation but is also timely. #AcademicSky #Skystorians #DisabilitySky #PhDLife
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Just got home from a vigil in the arts district in Minneapolis. All four corners were full. Lots of supportive honking.
January 25, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Just got home from a vigil in the arts district in Minneapolis. All four corners were full. Lots of supportive honking.
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White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
January 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
Reading The Manuscripts Club
The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
by Christopher de Hamel and the chapter discusses monks copying texts. I swear one of the monks is named Gandalf. #AcademicSky #Skystorians #BookSky
The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
by Christopher de Hamel and the chapter discusses monks copying texts. I swear one of the monks is named Gandalf. #AcademicSky #Skystorians #BookSky
January 23, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Reading The Manuscripts Club
The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
by Christopher de Hamel and the chapter discusses monks copying texts. I swear one of the monks is named Gandalf. #AcademicSky #Skystorians #BookSky
The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts
by Christopher de Hamel and the chapter discusses monks copying texts. I swear one of the monks is named Gandalf. #AcademicSky #Skystorians #BookSky
Gathered with mostly BIPOC colleagues and then had dinner and games with all BIPOC friends. Most of us haven't left our houses in days. It felt really good. But damn it's cold! Dress appropriately. Wear layers. If you get frostbite use lukewarm water.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Gathered with mostly BIPOC colleagues and then had dinner and games with all BIPOC friends. Most of us haven't left our houses in days. It felt really good. But damn it's cold! Dress appropriately. Wear layers. If you get frostbite use lukewarm water.
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If your feet get numb from the cold do NOT put them in hot water. It hurts. A lot.
Use warm water.
Use warm water.
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 AM
If your feet get numb from the cold do NOT put them in hot water. It hurts. A lot.
Use warm water.
Use warm water.
Dear professors, I get that you're busy, but if you're teaching an online course, can we please get a link/have access to materials more than a couple hours before class starts? Thank you. Sincerely, an anxious student. #AcademicSky #PhDLife
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Dear professors, I get that you're busy, but if you're teaching an online course, can we please get a link/have access to materials more than a couple hours before class starts? Thank you. Sincerely, an anxious student. #AcademicSky #PhDLife