Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Going through a box of old stuff. I definitely used to be…uh…”cool.” 000
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Uzbek restaurant opened in Dayton, which is amazing (both the food, and that fact that an Uzbek restaurant opened…in Dayton). 011
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Saturday morning. Playing Gabby’s Dollhouse the way it was meant to be played. 000
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 26/08/2026As recipients, I can’t say enough how much we _loved_ reading the monthly book to our child and how much she benefitted from it. Our little learner’s growing love of reading is certainly due in no small part to these books. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This whole thread, but this comment especially pushed me to get tickets to the September show in Cincinnati; I’d seen Blues Traveler and Spin Doctors play in Boise in the late 90s and as integral a part of my 90s child they were, honestly hadn’t thought much about them since. Glad for Bluesky, lol. 050
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Have kid, would agree. Small child and I spent the afternoon reading actual books at the actual library yesterday. Not a screen in sight. 110
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Just *one* time I would love any one of the myriad of paid activities I put my child through to end 5 mins over time instead of 5 minutes early. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I also know nothing about Mongol history, to be clear, I just like manty. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I don’t read Spanish but I won’t let that get in the way of reposting Central Asian dumpling content. 😋 193
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 24/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/w...nytimes.comIn Kyrgyzstan, Girls Compete at Kok-Boru, a Game Like Polo (Gift Article)Here’s what happened when some teenage girls dared to compete in the dangerous sport of “kok-boru.” 020
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Made “Samarkand Plov” from Caroline Eden’s Samarkand cookbook, but doubled the meat and didn’t add the cayenne, to effectively transform it into плов по-казахски, much to the delight of my Kazakh dinner guests. 060
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Apparently this is the *only* vinyl record sold at *any* of 4 Meloman stores in Almaty, so I am now the proud owner of 1 from of a 200-copy pressing. Probably the fanciest record I own and certainly the most expensive. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 26/06/2026my child carefully unwraps manty and only eats the delicious doughy wrapper. same, but different. 140
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Appropriated some selections from my dad’s extremely legit vinyl collection for Father’s Day. 050
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It will take some time to work up the courage to do so! I also want to check out Omega Music in Dayton, which I definitely know is where actually cool people shop for their LPs. Maybe one day lol. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 29/05/2026My child (with mom’s help) gifted me a fancy record player for Father’s Day, so I can really lean in to being authentically Middle Aged (tm). But, so far, said child has only allowed us to play the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack on it. 🎶🎶🎶🎶Gonna be, gonna be golden. 🎶🎶🎶🎶 120
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 27/05/2026“Just enjoying some stuff” aligns with what I remember from reading John Bodnar’s Remaking America years ago, about how the bicentennial celebrations were received by the general public. 040
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I got the same result, and the lack of foreign language classes as a choice was almost enough to make me stop playing. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I can confirm that there ARE a lot of places in Dayton that look haunted. I lived in a smaller rust-belt town before moving to Dayton and Halloween was perennially a challenge - “is this house abandoned or decorated?” 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 25/04/2026As a Dayton resident, tell me more. I had no idea I’d leave no ghost behind. 110
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I gave up on my modest academic career ~3 years ago, and yet it brings me great joy (and wistful pangs of sadness) when scholars of repute continue to cite my little contributions to scholarship. Thanks, ResearchGate for letting me know, and Happy Friday! 120
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I am continuing to wrap my head around the fact that here not just in preschool (which I thought was an anomaly) but apparently in kindergarten too, the teachers are Ms. FirstName and Mr. FirstName and so forth. Even in grad school I never moved past Dr. LastName for any of my interactions. 000
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 12/04/2026That time of year in Ohio when you can just lazily spend all day outside enjoying nature :). 030
Reposted by Kristoffer ReesDr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Calling Central Asianists! CFP for the conference “Soviet Central Asia as a Totalitarian Testing Ground” in Warsaw, 15-17 June, is now open. Some travel funding available.instytutpileckiego.plCALL FOR PAPERS: International academic conference „Soviet Central Asia as a Totalitarian Testing Ground” | Deadline for submissions: April 30 - Instytut PileckiegoThe Pilecki Institute in Warsaw invites scholars to take part in the international academic conference “Soviet Central Asia as a Totalitarian Testing Ground”, to be held on 15–17 June 2026 at the Inst... 097
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Yes, and yes. I stayed home from school the day that news broke. 020
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 03/03/2026One of the coolest things my mom ever did when I was young was to stand in line at 6am at the Albertson’s Ticketmaster outlet to get 7th grade me floor tickets to this, my very first concert ever. $19, unbelievable. 221
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Yikes. I’ve watched enough Paw Patrol with my child to have unironically and without advance planning stated that “no job is too big, no pup is too small,” when describing the services my office offers to senior colleagues in a professional meeting. 000
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Even more excitingly, caffeine free Diet Coke, which I haven’t seen around my grocery stores for a really long time! 110
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 28/12/2025If you posted here about it, that’s probably how I learned of it!! I can’t remember what put it on my radar. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Georgian Bakery Tiflis in Parma Heights is delicious. 🇬🇪 120
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Little one rediscovered HOT TO GO, so it’ll be a Chappell Roan dance party on today’s drive to Cleveland 🎵🎵🎵 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 04/12/2025My child gnawed off a keycap or two from an old Apple Bluetooth keyboard we had given her at six months or so, and it was only happenstance that I glanced at her to discover them stuffed in her mouth before she attempted to swallow them. YMMV of course. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 24/11/2025We’re enjoying Thanksgiving week on the Oregon coast. No clouds are too grey to keep us away! 040
Reposted by Kristoffer ReesAmanda Lanzillo @amandazillo.bsky.social · 20/11/2025What I've been noticing lately in convos with students is that they *despise* the AI-slopification of everything as much or even more than I do. And yet our universities & their admin seem to believe that students for some reason want it integrated into everything. THEY DON'T. 534594
Reposted by Kristoffer ReesJonathan Campion @jonathancampion.com · 13/11/2025'SILK MIRAGE: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan' by @joannalillis.bsky.social is out today with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. It's a brilliantly written account of how the country's two 21st century leaders have shaped the lives of Uzbekistan's fearless, remarkable people. Order it here ⬇️ 1104
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Only “as bad as” and not “worse”? I feel like for PoliSci anyways, “as bad as” would be good news. 110
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I like when the camera does weird things with the exposure so the bottom looks nearly black and white while the top is awash in color. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 02/11/2025“Huh, I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this” @ Denver International Airport. 010
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Real question - our little one wants us to plant an apple tree, and I was waiting until spring. Is fall the more appropriate time? 110
Kristoffer Rees @krisrees.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Surprisingly, my child made it to level 9 of the game she invented, forced me to play, and didn’t share the rules for, whereas I only made it, apparently, to level 4. 🤷 010
