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Katie Kennedy

@katiewritesbks.bsky.social

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Instructor of history, writer of books, snarfer of cookies. Rep by Kate McKean. Did You Hear What Happened in Salem, 9/2025; The Presidents Decoded; The Constitution Decoded; Hearts on Thin Ice; Learning to Swear in America; What Goes Up #lgrw

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 3h

Did you ever think about how the first hour of the day is 12 o'clock, followed by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11? Twelve through eleven?--mathematicians have some explaining to do.

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 19h

All of this. Please read.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 2d

I sincerely apologize for borrowing a book from #MIT and returning it late. They need to concentrate on fighting bigger criminals than me.

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 3d

Put it inside a red solo cup.

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ceej @ceej.online · 6d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 6d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 7d

And it belongs to the captain!

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, Stephanie, it was so painful. I learned my lesson.

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 7d

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.

Standing with #Chicago.

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 7d

I told prof I was going to write a paper on Soviet/South African diplomatic relations for my SAf history class--then 2 days before paper was due, discovered they didn't HAVE relations. I wrote 10 pp on their ABSENCE--the space, instead of the form. Got an A. Try that, #GenAI.

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 7d

Got an ad telling me if I pay some bucks, I can extend the reach of my books to 0 people. It's nice to see honest advertising.

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 9d

I'm so glad, Debbie.

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to the Boston Book Festival! I'll be in Copley Square on Saturday, October 25! #BBF

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 12d

👇👇👇 From DID YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED IN SALEM? by @katiewritesbks.bsky.social — perfect spooky history (horstory?) for the season!

Nick Thornborrow @nickthornborrow.bsky.social · 12d

If you see this, post something monochromatic.

Illustration of a puritan girl having a bite mark on her forearm examined by a somewhat sinister looking puritan man with a tall hat.

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 12d

My elderly father wrote, "I have outlived optimism," and I am gutted. #ICE

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 13d

Seriously? You TRYING to piss off James Madison?

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 15d

They've got their own pillow!

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Charles Richter, in my Crypt Keeper SCARE-a! @richterscale.bsky.social · 17d

a copyright *is* an opt-out from this sort of use

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 17d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 18d

The Restricted Beach Boys

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 18d

Ruin a band with law:

Sex Post Facto Pistols

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 18d

Ruin a band with law:

Insane Clown Posse Comitatus

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 18d

Oh, no! Hahaha.

Katie Kennedy @katiewritesbks.bsky.social · 18d

Got a phone call at the library where I work part time.
Me: Information Desk.
Her: How do you spell diarrhea?
Me: D, I, A....
Just a regular day at the library. #Library