Kelly Barnhill
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social
I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
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Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon a book by Kelly Barnhill
With more than a million copies sold, Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables. Every year, the people of t...
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Hello new followers! Welcome! I'm so glad you're here. Some quick things about me:
I write novels and short stories for both kid readers and grownups. For example! I wrote The Girl Who Drank The Moon which has magic, a swamp monster, a Perfectly Tiny Dragon and a witch. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I write novels and short stories for both kid readers and grownups. For example! I wrote The Girl Who Drank The Moon which has magic, a swamp monster, a Perfectly Tiny Dragon and a witch. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Full support
America would be so much better if “dude, what the fuck are you talking about?” was normalized as a general response to politicians and pundits
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Full support
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Great thread that includes useful info for folks in Minnesota in particular.
If you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to thousands of journals and ebooks, the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, Star Tribune (all the way back to the 80s), and much more. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule! 2/4 elibrarymn.org
eLibrary Minnesota
elibrarymn.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great thread that includes useful info for folks in Minnesota in particular.
Leather upstairs, leather downstairs. Ew.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Leather upstairs, leather downstairs. Ew.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
It's a fucking embarrassment is what it is.
What the fuck this is
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's a fucking embarrassment is what it is.
Okay friends: favorite gingerbread recipes. The stickier the better. Go!
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Okay friends: favorite gingerbread recipes. The stickier the better. Go!
We have to be able to thread this needle, and the only way to do so is with clarity and precision of language. We must make arguments that illuminate, separate and refine. Because people on the right will want to tangle, muddy, confuse, and capitalize on chaos.
Israel is engaged in genocide, it is a genocide materially assisted by the US, and AIPAC is the biggest lobby pushing for that material assistance to continue.
AND.
We need to proactively address anyone trying to exploit these realities and justified anger to advance or engage antisemitism.
AND.
We need to proactively address anyone trying to exploit these realities and justified anger to advance or engage antisemitism.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We have to be able to thread this needle, and the only way to do so is with clarity and precision of language. We must make arguments that illuminate, separate and refine. Because people on the right will want to tangle, muddy, confuse, and capitalize on chaos.
Just read all of it.
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just read all of it.
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I have a lot to say about the X location feature/scandal but in the meantime @cwarzel.bsky.social is here to remind you that it was not a surprise (see next post), the incentives are misaligned, and the corporations generally do not want to fix it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have a lot to say about the X location feature/scandal but in the meantime @cwarzel.bsky.social is here to remind you that it was not a surprise (see next post), the incentives are misaligned, and the corporations generally do not want to fix it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
If you need a machine to come up with your sick insults for you because you lack the swiftness of thought and the flexibility in your own creative muscles, maybe you were never much of a "genius" in the first place.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you need a machine to come up with your sick insults for you because you lack the swiftness of thought and the flexibility in your own creative muscles, maybe you were never much of a "genius" in the first place.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
Imagine being so petty as to unleash the world's worst monsters just because you couldn't bear having to share a fifth place ribbon with another girl.
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Imagine being so petty as to unleash the world's worst monsters just because you couldn't bear having to share a fifth place ribbon with another girl.
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@kellybarnhill.bsky.social Ooh, look what I found in today’s New York Times Book Review. Congratulations on the ink!
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social Ooh, look what I found in today’s New York Times Book Review. Congratulations on the ink!
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My daughter taught me that if you add "-ai" after your query, it doesn't use AI. It's a pain, but I find their AI suggestions aren't thinking like I do; so not giving me helpful results.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My daughter taught me that if you add "-ai" after your query, it doesn't use AI. It's a pain, but I find their AI suggestions aren't thinking like I do; so not giving me helpful results.
Dear Google,
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Dear Google,
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
Stop suggesting your AI nonsense to me. I do not want it. I have never wanted it, and never will. The suggestions are disruptive and enraging and make me want to never use your services again. Just because you sunk your fortunes into AI slop doesn't mean we have to use it.
Love,
Us.
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Via @jimmcd.bsky.social in NCR - The challenging moral landscape of author Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked' … “I found myself confronted with a murky world filled with unsettlingly modern events and situations.”
#Wicked #WickedForGood
www.ncronline.org/culture/chal...
#Wicked #WickedForGood
www.ncronline.org/culture/chal...
The challenging moral landscape of author Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked'
For Catholic author Gregory Maguire, the magic of life is not to be found in some technicolor fantasyland somewhere over a rainbow, but in the goodness that we discover and reveal in this world throug...
www.ncronline.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Via @jimmcd.bsky.social in NCR - The challenging moral landscape of author Gregory Maguire's 'Wicked' … “I found myself confronted with a murky world filled with unsettlingly modern events and situations.”
#Wicked #WickedForGood
www.ncronline.org/culture/chal...
#Wicked #WickedForGood
www.ncronline.org/culture/chal...
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I like the "failed his saving throw against Charm Person" theory.
Every clip I've watched has been more insane than the last - this one's particularly remarkable because when asked "why do you think there's been more excitement around this meeting" Trump responds with a long monologue about how great and remarkable ZOHRAN is - not one single word about himself.
I think this clip is the key to understanding why Trump acted the way he did with Mamdani. His world revolves around TV ratings.
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
"I tell you, the press has eaten this thing up."
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I like the "failed his saving throw against Charm Person" theory.
I get one of these emails a day. Sometimes more. All from different addresses so I can't block 'em.
There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I get one of these emails a day. Sometimes more. All from different addresses so I can't block 'em.
RFK should volunteer to infect himself with it since he likes viruses so much.
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
RFK should volunteer to infect himself with it since he likes viruses so much.
We have a second generation Leaf that runs like a top and does everything a car should do. The best part? No janky software to contend with and no distracting screens. Cars should be cars. Stop it with the screens already.
Tastes between countries, ages, and buyers are different. And car software is just hard, period.
But Volvo is figuring out how to make things easier, its North American president said.
insideevs.com/news/779728/...
But Volvo is figuring out how to make things easier, its North American president said.
insideevs.com/news/779728/...
Volvo Admits Software Is Hard. But Its 2026 Cars May Finally Fix the Problem
Tastes between countries, ages, and buyers are different. But Volvo is figuring out how to make things easier, its North American president said.
insideevs.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We have a second generation Leaf that runs like a top and does everything a car should do. The best part? No janky software to contend with and no distracting screens. Cars should be cars. Stop it with the screens already.
Only the gayest.
wapo.st/4puCHh6
#RainbowWool
Designer #MichaelSchmidt created a knitwear collection made from the wool of #GaySheep rescued & cared for by #MichaelStücke at his farm in Germany.
#RainbowWool
Designer #MichaelSchmidt created a knitwear collection made from the wool of #GaySheep rescued & cared for by #MichaelStücke at his farm in Germany.
I love your sweater. Is it made from gay sheep wool?
Grindr partnered with Rainbow Wool and designer Michael Schmidt to create a fashion show featuring clothing made entirely from the wool of gay sheep. Wait, what?
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Only the gayest.
The answer to this question is the answer to every single question about Trump and his motives.
Putin. It's always been Putin. It will only ever be Putin.
Putin. It's always been Putin. It will only ever be Putin.
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The answer to this question is the answer to every single question about Trump and his motives.
Putin. It's always been Putin. It will only ever be Putin.
Putin. It's always been Putin. It will only ever be Putin.
Anyone have a lead?
Twin Cities artists: please recommend print and scan shops in the area. I'm new to making prints of traditional works and could use some advice. TYIA!
#twincities #minneapolis #art
#twincities #minneapolis #art
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Anyone have a lead?
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
Anyone know why my cat is suddenly obsessed with licking metal? He went from zero to President of The Society for Metal Licking Enthusiasts in about six hours
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Anyone know why my cat is suddenly obsessed with licking metal? He went from zero to President of The Society for Metal Licking Enthusiasts in about six hours