dr.kwittman

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Community eng.+sustainability pro & historian. Knitter, runner, & adoptee rights activist. Cubs fan & cat mom. MS-born, Midwesterner at heart. 🔗 ko-fi.com/kwittman Interests: history of integration @ community colleges. she/her/dr.

The can for an Arpus Mango Apricot Almond Smoothie Sour Ale sits next to the beer poured into a funky glass that looks appropriate for Romulan Ale. The beer is completely opaque and the color of mango puree.
Empty Wunderkammer beer bottle with a small wildflower bouquet. Bottle has white label showing a sleeping person in bed, and a sky with stars, all in a 17-18c woodcut style.
Screencap of now-deleted post from Sayed AbuMusab reading: “Some people, in their anti-Al stance, claim they don't even use citation software like Zotero. They do all their citation manually.. I'm sure you do. lol” 19:04 • 7 Jun 2026
Screencap of tweet from IN Governor Mike Braun. I’m really sorry for the crap you’re going to hear now. It reads: Today, I proclaimed June as Nuclear Family Month in Indiana. As a father of four and grandfather of seven, I have seen firsthand the impact that loving, committed families can have across multiple generations. As we approach America's 250th anniversary, this proclamation recognizes the important role families play in shaping the future of our state and our country. Indiana will continue supporting policies that strengthen families and help the next generation thrive. STATE OF INDIANA EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT INDIANAPOLIS Decrie on PROCLAMATION TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS: WHEREAS, the nuclear family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God's design for the family structure and has been the foundation of society since the creation of the world; and WHEREAS, research reports that children living with their married, biological parents have better physical and emotional well-being; and WHEREAS, when families weaken, society must compensate with expensive, inferior approaches such as welfare systems, schools as surrogate parents, and police as surrogate discipline; and strong families are the most cffective means to raise children into capable adults; and WHEREAS, Hoosier values celebrate the commitment mothers and fathers have made to each other and to their children; and WHEREAS, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, we recognize that growing and strengthening families is critical to the next 250 years. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Braun, Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby proclaim the month of June, 2026, as Nuclear Family Month in the State of Indiana, and invite all citizens to duly note this occasion.
Dobby, the world’s cutest and sweetest calico cat, standing on my lap looking expectantly for treats. Our darling sweet girl died yesterday after 16 years with us.
Dobby, the world’s sweetest calico, in 2019, checking in on my homework, a page in Blackboard reading “Legal issues related to employment: employment issues and collective bargaining.” If the cats organized, we’d be much better off.
Tibby, a not-too-bright but very cute orange tabby lies on the desk between my wrists. His tail is curled around my thumb and much of his body and head rest on my left arm, which is positioned to type, since I am working. Tibby does not care about my 9-to-5; he just needs to be the center of attention.
B/W photo of Geraldlyn Cobb from Howard McCurdy’s Space and the American Imagination. Caption reads: “The visionaries of space flight promised that everyone would fly. In an odd departure from the aviation experience, where women played key roles, early space flight leaders excluded a substantial group of potential supporters from this tradition. In 1960 Geraldyn Cobb passed the physical screening tests given to Mercury astronauts. NASA officials disassociated themselves from the testing program after more women pilots applied and passed the exams. Not until 1995 did an American woman pilot an American spacecraft. In this photograph, Cobb is shown next to the Mercury space capsule in which she hoped to fy. National Air and Space Museum)”
An orange Tabby named Tibby, the biggest goofball, sitting on his cat tree, playing with the most expensive cat toy ever, the bouillon tassel for my doctoral tam.
I was in New York in May and will be in (Old) York in a few weeks. If you have favorite places, hidden gems, not-to-miss pubs, meals, or cuppas, let me know!
A 2020 electoral map from Community Commons, showing each state as a range of purple, rather than solidly red or blue.
An exceptionally goofy orange tabby cat named Tibby, looking shockingly dignified as he sits above me on the mantel. He looks to the right of the frame, wondering if there are snacks. Tibby’s tail curls over the long edge of the mantel and his toes peek out just a bit on the short edge.
Screenshot of an email confirming cancellation of my Paramount+ subscription.
Cover of Jesse Chanin’s book *Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008*
Biloxi, MS Sun Herald front page reporting on global, US, and/or local protests against Iraq War, 16 Feb 2003.
Erin, blonde with glasses in a striped shirt, joins me (brown hair with glasses wearing a mortar board and hood) in a huge smile.
Images of crochet patterns from Ravelry to challenge the idea that crochet is stupid and nothing nice is made from it.
Tibby, an orange tabby cat who thinks he’s a turtleneck, lies partially on a red and blue plaid blanket under the chin of the poster. She wears glasses and a sideways smile.
A leg tattoo from outer thigh to outer ankle including the above ground and root structure of the Silphium laciniatum, or compassplant.
Link sausage cut and roasted with green beans, mushrooms, and red bell pepper.
A Christmas pudding (like me, a little slumped but still tasty) sits soaked in bourbon (also a little like me.) Unlike me, it sits on a white plate, and the bourbon is burning off with a bright, blue, flame.
Front page of June, 1955 (Gulfport/Biloxi, MS) Daily Herald, with banner headline reading “Medical Experts Vote to Continue Polio Program.”
Newspaper screencap. Catholic Party May Join Nazis To Rule Prussia Centrists Believe Hitler Will Moderate Views if Given Responsibility Berlin, April 25 (AP)-A possibility that Adolph Hitler's National Socialists and the Catholic Centrist party might Join hands to frame a new Prussian State Government was discussed today. From the Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle, 26 APR 1932, p 17
Screenshot of Bluesky post with the following text: We filed first five hours ago. Every major news organization filed in the last hour. No hat tips in their pieces back to Court Watch and Google News doesn't show our story. I'm just a boy, standing in front of social media, asking you to subscribe to Court Watch. Image shared by Court Watch also contains a prominent typo in the story they’re quite proud of, titled, “FBI: Florida Man Planned to Bomb NY Stock Exchange“. Their text, posted at 7:45PM and not corrected for (now) over 6 hours reads: “The FBI has arrested Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, alleging he wanted to set off a series of bombs in the U.S saying "I feel like Biden Laden,” when it should obviously note the would be bomber felt like Bin Laden.
Photo of quote from article linked below: “But these swing voters did not hold Trump responsible for the job losses. "People gave him a total pass because of Covid," the operative says. "There was frustration inside the campaign that voters turned the massive job losses into a non-issue," added a second Democratic operative privy to internal data. The same thing happened with undecided voters' views of Trump's efforts as president to cut Social Security programs: Voters didn't believe he had done that, making it harder to make the case that he'd do so again. And even on abortion, in all this testing, voters didn't hold Trump responsible for appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, something Trump openly boasted about during the campaign.”
Text from BBC article linked below, reading: "As a person I don't like him, but as a politician, I like how he ran the economy. Many Latinos probably think he managed the country better," he said. "He allowed a large number of undocumented workers to come here and get work visas. I didn't see any family separations," he added. "I saw that he integrated and allowed undocumented immigrants to live and work here in a regulated way." Across the yard, Jorge's son, Jorge Jr, was under a car examining brake pads and checking an engine. As he swapped out wrenches, he said Trump…
An orange tabby cat named Tibby, sleeping in a tight ball with his white chin in the air. He’s curled next to the November issue of the Journal of Southern History and Alan Sharp’s 28 June.
A photo from the graphic edition of Tim Snyder’s On Tyranny. Reads: 1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power in authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.
Page from Levine’s work with a quote highlighted in yellow: “In a great democracy like ours,” the president of Ohio State University explained, “the State feels keenly that education and widespread intelligence are the safeguards of our perpetuity.”
A self-photo of K wearing a light brown, peanut-colored sweatshirt with cream block print reading WHAT WOULD JIMMY CARTER DO? Her face doesn’t show and her hair is over her left shoulder down the side of the type.