Kathy Bryson
@kathybrys.bsky.social
Award-winning author of fabulously funny fiction. Feline factotum. Writing instructor. Knows where the comma goes.
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Happy Hanukkah!
the wall that protected the city then:
#Archaeologists Uncover Intact Section of Ancient #Jerusalem Wall From #Hanukkah Era - VINnews vinnews.com/2025/12/09/a...
#history #archeology
the wall that protected the city then:
#Archaeologists Uncover Intact Section of Ancient #Jerusalem Wall From #Hanukkah Era - VINnews vinnews.com/2025/12/09/a...
#history #archeology
Archaeologists Uncover Intact Section of Ancient Jerusalem Wall From Hanukkah Era - VINnews
JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between…
vinnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Happy Hanukkah!
the wall that protected the city then:
#Archaeologists Uncover Intact Section of Ancient #Jerusalem Wall From #Hanukkah Era - VINnews vinnews.com/2025/12/09/a...
#history #archeology
the wall that protected the city then:
#Archaeologists Uncover Intact Section of Ancient #Jerusalem Wall From #Hanukkah Era - VINnews vinnews.com/2025/12/09/a...
#history #archeology
December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Layout is important - do you check your #typeface? 😲 🤣
#Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#writing #amwriting #publishing #universaldesign #accessibility #sales
#Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#writing #amwriting #publishing #universaldesign #accessibility #sales
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#Layout is important - do you check your #typeface? 😲 🤣
#Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#writing #amwriting #publishing #universaldesign #accessibility #sales
#Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#writing #amwriting #publishing #universaldesign #accessibility #sales
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If you are looking for a holiday gift for someone who loves goats, please consider a sanctuary sponsorship! bsky.app/profile/merr...
Do you need a gift for the person who has everything? Consider a sanctuary sponsorship! We have different tiers that all include a personalized certificate, but more months means more bonuses including a wooden ornament hand painted by one of our staff members. 🎁
donorbox.org/holiday-spon...
donorbox.org/holiday-spon...
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you are looking for a holiday gift for someone who loves goats, please consider a sanctuary sponsorship! bsky.app/profile/merr...
Coming soon to a sky near you - #Geminids in mid-December & #Quadrantids in January1
2025's Best #Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide www.sciencealert.com/2025s-best-m...
#astronomy #skywatching #stargazing
2025's Best #Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide www.sciencealert.com/2025s-best-m...
#astronomy #skywatching #stargazing
2025's Best Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide
December has arrived, and with it the year's peak meteor season for the northern hemisphere.
www.sciencealert.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Coming soon to a sky near you - #Geminids in mid-December & #Quadrantids in January1
2025's Best #Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide www.sciencealert.com/2025s-best-m...
#astronomy #skywatching #stargazing
2025's Best #Meteor Shower Is About to Light Up The Sky - Here's Your Guide www.sciencealert.com/2025s-best-m...
#astronomy #skywatching #stargazing
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I got to talk 100 Notable Small Press Books on the Lit Hub podcast this week!
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
It’s Best-of Season on The Lit Hub Podcast
A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Br…
lithub.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I got to talk 100 Notable Small Press Books on the Lit Hub podcast this week!
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
We're trying hard to make 2026 happen, but we need a handful more reviewers. If you want to celebrate small presses & their authors, sign up here: tinyurl.com/100smallpress
lithub.com/its-best-of-...
#100smallpress
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There is a network of court watchers who support immigrants at the ICE courts in Manhattan.
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court
One day last month, a Peruvian mother and her daughter went into...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There is a network of court watchers who support immigrants at the ICE courts in Manhattan.
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
Reposted by Kathy Bryson
Reposted by Kathy Bryson
A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide
A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide
A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their…
www.sciencedaily.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide
Sometimes it's refreshing to switch your #reading up and try out some #nonfiction -
The best #science and #nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
also #history #biography #geography #amreading #TBR
The best #science and #nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
also #history #biography #geography #amreading #TBR
The best science and nature books of 2025
From the threat of superintelligent AI to the dangers of overdiagnosis; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sometimes it's refreshing to switch your #reading up and try out some #nonfiction -
The best #science and #nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
also #history #biography #geography #amreading #TBR
The best #science and #nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
also #history #biography #geography #amreading #TBR
Reinterpret and reimagine? Half the fun will be in rediscovering!
I can't believe all these pop-culture icons come out of #copyright in 2026 www.creativebloq.com/creative-ins...
#copyright #publicdomain #BettyBoop #NancyDrew #MalteseFalcon #MissMarple #Faulkner #VirginiaWoolf
I can't believe all these pop-culture icons come out of #copyright in 2026 www.creativebloq.com/creative-ins...
#copyright #publicdomain #BettyBoop #NancyDrew #MalteseFalcon #MissMarple #Faulkner #VirginiaWoolf
I can't believe all these pop-culture icons come out of copyright in 2026
Next year, an array of iconic characters and classics will become free for all to use. But beware the legal traps...
www.creativebloq.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reinterpret and reimagine? Half the fun will be in rediscovering!
I can't believe all these pop-culture icons come out of #copyright in 2026 www.creativebloq.com/creative-ins...
#copyright #publicdomain #BettyBoop #NancyDrew #MalteseFalcon #MissMarple #Faulkner #VirginiaWoolf
I can't believe all these pop-culture icons come out of #copyright in 2026 www.creativebloq.com/creative-ins...
#copyright #publicdomain #BettyBoop #NancyDrew #MalteseFalcon #MissMarple #Faulkner #VirginiaWoolf
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Looking for a fun #adventure over #holidays?
Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale!
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent
Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale!
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent
Kneehigh2AGrasshopper
An epic tale of freeways, friendship, and a noble quest on a micro-scale! Kneehigh is a 2" high gnome who's lived on the highway embankment long enough to forget who he is and where he came from.…
www.smashwords.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Looking for a fun #adventure over #holidays?
Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale!
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent
Kneehigh2AGrasshopper is #free this month in the #Smashwords 2025 End of Year #Sale!
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
#adventure #friendship #urbanfantasy #StreetSquirrel! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #Christmaspresent
Someone else who might like Chirstmas carols -
Does #music make animals calmer? www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#dogs #anxiety #classicalmusic #slowtempo #reducecortisol
Does #music make animals calmer? www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#dogs #anxiety #classicalmusic #slowtempo #reducecortisol
Does music make animals calmer?
You can find many different music playlists for dogs and cats online. Do they actually help animals relax?
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Someone else who might like Chirstmas carols -
Does #music make animals calmer? www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#dogs #anxiety #classicalmusic #slowtempo #reducecortisol
Does #music make animals calmer? www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#dogs #anxiety #classicalmusic #slowtempo #reducecortisol
for anyone who's struggling -
Powerful, important piece in @washingtonmonthly.com by my friend @jamesnorth7.bsky.social , on what a recovering alcoholic sees in Pete Hegseth. And an example that might help Hegseth. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/10/p...
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Hegseth said he’d stop drinking if confirmed. A former alcoholic on why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how Grant got clean.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
for anyone who's struggling -
I thought it was one of those online signature arrangements, but no, slightly older new-fangled tech!
The #Autopen: How the #Robotic Pen Has Changed Presidential History | Shapell Manuscript Foundation www.shapell.org/behind-the-s...
#techonology #adaptive #assistance #writingaid
The #Autopen: How the #Robotic Pen Has Changed Presidential History | Shapell Manuscript Foundation www.shapell.org/behind-the-s...
#techonology #adaptive #assistance #writingaid
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I thought it was one of those online signature arrangements, but no, slightly older new-fangled tech!
The #Autopen: How the #Robotic Pen Has Changed Presidential History | Shapell Manuscript Foundation www.shapell.org/behind-the-s...
#techonology #adaptive #assistance #writingaid
The #Autopen: How the #Robotic Pen Has Changed Presidential History | Shapell Manuscript Foundation www.shapell.org/behind-the-s...
#techonology #adaptive #assistance #writingaid
"If #lightning crackles on the red planet and no one hears it, does it still make a sound? "
#NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on #Mars For The First Time www.sciencealert.com/nasa-recorde...
#space #astronomy #electricity #weather #sandstorms
#NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on #Mars For The First Time www.sciencealert.com/nasa-recorde...
#space #astronomy #electricity #weather #sandstorms
NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on Mars For The First Time
A lonely rover toiling among the sands of Mars has now answered an age-old question: If lightning crackles on the red planet and no one hears it, does it still make a sound? In recordings obtained by…
www.sciencealert.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"If #lightning crackles on the red planet and no one hears it, does it still make a sound? "
#NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on #Mars For The First Time www.sciencealert.com/nasa-recorde...
#space #astronomy #electricity #weather #sandstorms
#NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on #Mars For The First Time www.sciencealert.com/nasa-recorde...
#space #astronomy #electricity #weather #sandstorms
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I'm so thrilled that my magical romcom
novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE is out in the world! Please consider getting it this week--you'll boost it before it gets lost in the holiday chaos!
And please repost! ✨
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749981...
#booksky #romancelandia #chicago #christmas
novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE is out in the world! Please consider getting it this week--you'll boost it before it gets lost in the holiday chaos!
And please repost! ✨
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749981...
#booksky #romancelandia #chicago #christmas
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm so thrilled that my magical romcom
novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE is out in the world! Please consider getting it this week--you'll boost it before it gets lost in the holiday chaos!
And please repost! ✨
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749981...
#booksky #romancelandia #chicago #christmas
novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE is out in the world! Please consider getting it this week--you'll boost it before it gets lost in the holiday chaos!
And please repost! ✨
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749981...
#booksky #romancelandia #chicago #christmas
really cool graphic - sadly overdone building
A 3-D Look at Trump’s Proposed #WhiteHouse Ballroom www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#architecture #3Drendering #datajournalism #reporting
A 3-D Look at Trump’s Proposed #WhiteHouse Ballroom www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#architecture #3Drendering #datajournalism #reporting
A 3-D Look at Trump’s Proposed White House Ballroom
A new architect will oversee President Trump’s vision for the East Wing ballroom. See what we know about the original design so far.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
really cool graphic - sadly overdone building
A 3-D Look at Trump’s Proposed #WhiteHouse Ballroom www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#architecture #3Drendering #datajournalism #reporting
A 3-D Look at Trump’s Proposed #WhiteHouse Ballroom www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#architecture #3Drendering #datajournalism #reporting
My Book, Kneedhigh2AGrasshopper is part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book at smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks
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December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My Book, Kneedhigh2AGrasshopper is part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book at smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks
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Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
Paris is getting a whole new Metro network. And it’s huge | CNN
The Grand Paris Express will add four lines, 68 stations and 200 kilometers of track to the French capital’s 120-year-old Metro system, providing vital suburban links – just not quite in time for the ...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS.
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
“…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.”
#ActionStartsHere
@mayors4climate.bsky.social
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December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
amazing sight!
Oh wow... Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with enthusiasm RIGHT NOW, and you can watch it on the USGS livestream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
(HT to @davidho.bsky.social for the link)
(HT to @davidho.bsky.social for the link)
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
amazing sight!
Remembering #PearlHarbor today and still living its impact -
Kirstin Downey: New Details Surface About Pearl Harbor Attack www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kirs...
#History #childhoodmemories #records #archives #WWII
Kirstin Downey: New Details Surface About Pearl Harbor Attack www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kirs...
#History #childhoodmemories #records #archives #WWII
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Remembering #PearlHarbor today and still living its impact -
Kirstin Downey: New Details Surface About Pearl Harbor Attack www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kirs...
#History #childhoodmemories #records #archives #WWII
Kirstin Downey: New Details Surface About Pearl Harbor Attack www.civilbeat.org/2025/12/kirs...
#History #childhoodmemories #records #archives #WWII
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.