Kami
@kamibratten.bsky.social
writer, reader, mom, home chef, PNW til I die
Open to everything, convinced of nothing
Open to everything, convinced of nothing
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scientists and scholars estimate we are only a decade away from learning all the lyrics to "black" by pearl jam
March 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
scientists and scholars estimate we are only a decade away from learning all the lyrics to "black" by pearl jam
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Forget armed bodyguards: I need someone to invent an Auntie app. It pairs you with an Auntie (any gender/race) about a generation older than you. They spend the day on the phone with you, tell you not to worry because you’re amazing, and make you give the phone to strangers so they can talk you up
February 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Forget armed bodyguards: I need someone to invent an Auntie app. It pairs you with an Auntie (any gender/race) about a generation older than you. They spend the day on the phone with you, tell you not to worry because you’re amazing, and make you give the phone to strangers so they can talk you up
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
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the joys of writing: 🤠
the terrors of self-promo: 🤡
the terrors of self-promo: 🤡
October 5, 2023 at 6:58 AM
the joys of writing: 🤠
the terrors of self-promo: 🤡
the terrors of self-promo: 🤡
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Big news. Bookshop.org is now offering eBooks!
Bookshop is a big online consortium of indie bookstores. You shop like Amazon, but all the profits go to indies! There's no need to shop-- or to sell your books-- through Amazon again. I've used it for a couple years now.
Erase Bezos from your biz!
Bookshop is a big online consortium of indie bookstores. You shop like Amazon, but all the profits go to indies! There's no need to shop-- or to sell your books-- through Amazon again. I've used it for a couple years now.
Erase Bezos from your biz!
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Big news. Bookshop.org is now offering eBooks!
Bookshop is a big online consortium of indie bookstores. You shop like Amazon, but all the profits go to indies! There's no need to shop-- or to sell your books-- through Amazon again. I've used it for a couple years now.
Erase Bezos from your biz!
Bookshop is a big online consortium of indie bookstores. You shop like Amazon, but all the profits go to indies! There's no need to shop-- or to sell your books-- through Amazon again. I've used it for a couple years now.
Erase Bezos from your biz!
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This is how you do it...
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is how you do it...
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Right, OK, 364 more days to go
January 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Right, OK, 364 more days to go
Unboxing videos/reels make me irrationally angry
January 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Unboxing videos/reels make me irrationally angry
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Write because you are going to run out of everything else: time, money, fucks to give. But you will never run out of your own bullshit. You could live forever on this unlimited fuel of emotional damage and charm. Plus people think you're funny. You're such a good writer. Live más.
December 27, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Write because you are going to run out of everything else: time, money, fucks to give. But you will never run out of your own bullshit. You could live forever on this unlimited fuel of emotional damage and charm. Plus people think you're funny. You're such a good writer. Live más.
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This works. I am not sorry.
December 23, 2024 at 12:40 PM
This works. I am not sorry.
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Last Syllable” Issue 3 showcases Kate Branca’s essay “Barrier.” Don’t miss this evocative essay—read it here: lastsyllablelit.com/barrier
December 22, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Last Syllable” Issue 3 showcases Kate Branca’s essay “Barrier.” Don’t miss this evocative essay—read it here: lastsyllablelit.com/barrier
Tis the season to finish the last 10-15% of all the books I’ve started but haven’t finished yet
December 2, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Tis the season to finish the last 10-15% of all the books I’ve started but haven’t finished yet
Ran into a couple photographing (him) and harvesting (her) mushrooms while hiking yesterday. When asked about what they were doing they were enthusiastic to point out other varieties we might enjoy. Delightful. (I harvested none)
December 1, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Ran into a couple photographing (him) and harvesting (her) mushrooms while hiking yesterday. When asked about what they were doing they were enthusiastic to point out other varieties we might enjoy. Delightful. (I harvested none)
The jump scare of pulling laundry out of the machine when an entire handful of raisins was in your son's pockets.
November 29, 2024 at 10:19 PM
The jump scare of pulling laundry out of the machine when an entire handful of raisins was in your son's pockets.
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It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
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When a writer says they've outlined their story, what they really mean is they've envisioned 3-4 cool scenes they now need to somehow tie together into a plot
November 19, 2024 at 11:56 PM
When a writer says they've outlined their story, what they really mean is they've envisioned 3-4 cool scenes they now need to somehow tie together into a plot
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Holy shit they did it
November 13, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Holy shit they did it
I'm applying for a mentorship program for Change Leaders in my area. I want it. I want it to be me!
November 14, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I'm applying for a mentorship program for Change Leaders in my area. I want it. I want it to be me!
For the love of God, I have to eat lunch AGAIN?
November 14, 2024 at 7:33 PM
For the love of God, I have to eat lunch AGAIN?
For those of you who host Thanksgiving, how do you handle leftovers? Does the host get to keep it all? Does someone bring Ziploc bags? Do you leave with leftovers you brought?
November 21, 2023 at 2:26 AM
For those of you who host Thanksgiving, how do you handle leftovers? Does the host get to keep it all? Does someone bring Ziploc bags? Do you leave with leftovers you brought?
I'm a better writer than I used to be, and it some ways it makes it worse (the rejection, the career angst, the desire for validation)
November 20, 2023 at 9:55 PM
I'm a better writer than I used to be, and it some ways it makes it worse (the rejection, the career angst, the desire for validation)
Something about being a compulsive audiobook listener is when you're on a new book and recognize the voice but can't place it, you have to scour 20 pages of that narrator's work until you find it.
November 19, 2023 at 12:54 AM
Something about being a compulsive audiobook listener is when you're on a new book and recognize the voice but can't place it, you have to scour 20 pages of that narrator's work until you find it.