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📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit
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Time-traveling, dimension-hopping, incredibly lost freelance writer and artist.
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📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit @kmitko.bsky.social · Dec 12
Hi! If you found me, I either did something right, or something terribly, terribly wrong.
I have short stories here: vocal.media/authors/kris...
I'm on podcasts here: shatteredworlds.libsyn.com
& here: www.patreon.com/ShatteredWor...
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/kmitko
Or hire me: kmit.kristy at gmail
kmitko.bsky.social
Whether you celebrate today, tomorrow, last week, next week, next month, or some other day: Happy Holidays.

May joy find you when you most need it, and may you know comfort and kindness at the turning of the year.
A silly indoor scene from the movie Better Off Dead. The main character's mother is on the right, dressed in a fuzzy brown reindeer onesie with jingle bells on the antlers and a garland of mistletoe along the shoulders. The father is on the left, and he is wearing his gift for the year, given to him by the mother: a fuzzy aardvark onesie. It is grey and features a boutonniere of mistletoe and pinecones. It also has a very large, prominent aardvark nose, which hangs comically over the father's head. The father has an expression of disbelief, embarrassment, and discomfort, and he is slightly cross-eyed from looking up at the aardvark's nose. The mother, on the other hand, is positively delighted.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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audhd-psychnp.com
Christmas is hard.
New Year’s sometimes harder.
The holidays are not always merry & bright.

If you’re struggling and you see this,

plz know I’m glad you’re here. 🫶🏻

#AuDHD #Autistic
audhd-psychnp.com aslynn isn't very festive @audhd-psychnp.com · Nov 9
I was a floor nurse at Yale inpatient psych for 5 years and if you've ever been admitted to an inpatient unit I want to let you know:

Someone *loved* working with you

Doesn't matter how big an asshole you were (TRUST me)

There's a nurse out there who loves you
who would cry if they heard you died
December 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
How a microwave on a bench brought Clevelanders together, and why.

@thelandcle.bsky.social

thelandcle.org/stories/find...
Finding the microwave  – The Land
Clevelanders became obsessed with a microwave this week. AJ DiCosimo fell into its vortex and he's here to explain the fascination.
thelandcle.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
Just met Kat L Amsel at The Screw Factory in Lakewood, OH today, and I cannot express how absolutely wonderful both she and her art are. Genuinely filled me with joy. 🧡
glait.bsky.social glait.bsky.social @glait.bsky.social · Jul 10
Gearing up for an art festival this weekend so finishing up some more of my bird series paintings #birdart #watercolorandink #hummingbirds #collage
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
Friendly reminder to those looking to gift/get lessons:
Gig hire sites (lessons .com, thumbtack, etc.) often charge the teacher $20+ just to respond. Most teachers have all necessary info in their profiles; maybe contacted offsite w/ better rates. Please don't kick tires. You & them will be happier!
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
If you haven't heard about what's happening in the Rutherford Country Library System, I encourage you to read up on the plight of Luanne James.

www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...

www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

indecentlibraries.substack.com/p/rcls-board...
Luanne James during a Rutherford County Library System board meeting in Murfreesboro on December first, 2025. Photo by Hamilton Matthew Masters She is seated at a table with papers and a microphone before her, dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt and N-95 mask. Her dark hair is cut short and beginning to grey. She holds her face in her hands, crying, as board members look on in the background.
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
In case anyone isn't quite ready to put away their skulls and skeletons yet, here are some nice photos from Día de Muertos Cleveland and our Procesión de Calaveras y Esqueletos

coolcleveland.com/2025/11/phot...
PHOTOSTREAM: Dia de Muertos @ Gordon Square by Anastasia Pantsios | CoolCleveland
Sat 11/1 Dia de Muertos — the traditional Mexican Day of the Dead celebration honoring the ancestors — sponsored by Cleveland Public Theatre again turned... READ MORE
coolcleveland.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who came out to Día de Muertos Cleveland at Gordon Square yesterday; it was amazing seeing everyone having such a wonderful time. Thank you also to Hector Castellanos-Lara, CPT, & everyone who helped make yesterday possible. The hearse will be back next year-- "te veo pronto" 🧡
A plastic skeleton dressed up as Santa Muerte with the sun at her back; the photograph is shot at an upwards angle, making her look tall. She is draped in black cloth, with beaded necklaces around her neck (over the cloth.) On her head is a floral crown, made primarily of marigolds but accented with purple sprigs and berries. Blades of grass stick upwards in a crescent shape from the center of the crown to mimic the sun's rays. Behind Santa Muerte is a clear blue sky and some barely-visible brick buildings.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Reposted by 📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit
eljefetacoma.bsky.social
I have a space opera actual play podcast that is super funny and wild! Come check it out yall! The latest episode is hilarious! @doktormod.bsky.social @kmitko.bsky.social @ajtheslayer.bsky.social

shatteredworlds.libsyn.com
Shattered Worlds RPG
When civilization crumbles, the galaxy's greatests heroes emerge. From the mind of Jeff Richardson, this game has the gritty realism of Game of Thrones with the daring action of Star Wars, Kung Fu mov...
shatteredworlds.libsyn.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
"...the large-scale removal of trees could fuel major leaching of pollutants that have remained in the soil from the mining days but which, without live tree roots keeping it in place, could flow into waterways, poisoning drinking water for local communities."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging
Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
kmitko.bsky.social
Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino was rumored to be (unconfirmed) on site as radio DJs were escorted off campus.

October 3rd was also World College Radio Day.

www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...
Cleveland State University abruptly ends student-run WCSB radio, replaces with jazz run by Ideastream
Cleveland State University's student-run alternative radio station WCSB was abruptly shut down Friday and replaced with a jazz station operated by Ideastream Public Media.
www.news5cleveland.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
John Gorman, former WMMS Buzzard, on what happened with Cleveland State University's WCSB, what has happened at other colleges, and the difficulties of modern radio.

The link he mentions:
www.ideastream.org/community/20...

Photo of CSU added to complete alt text from John's post.
John Gorman's Facebook post: For months there were reports and rumors of an adjacent market entity negotiating with unidentified Cleveland market college radio stations for either a lease programming arrangement or a consummate sale. Now, we know. Ideastream Public Media, possessor of FCC broadcast licenses of WKSU, WVIZ-TV and their many media affiliates assumed what is still undetermined dollar-amount lease broadcasting deal with Cleveland State University's WCSB, which was consummated and announced in a what most in the broadcasting industry feel was in an undiplomatic manner. The story, from Ideastream, in attached below. The announcement was coincidentally announced on the 15th annual World College Radio Day, though I doubt the timing was intentional. As it often is with format and ownership changes, the WCSB staff was never provided the opportunity to bid their listeners goodbye. When they learned of the change, the new format ("Jazz NEO") was already on the air. The elimination of WCSB’s programming affects me personally. I enjoyed listening to and being an occasional guest on Ray Carr’s show and enjoyed Steve Trania’s Saturday morning folk show. Additionally, WCSB, in a prior incarnation (WCSU), was a early 1970s proving ground for many of the radio talents that helped make WMMS an international success, including Kid Leo, Mat the Cat, Betty Korvan, Ed Flash Ferenc, and Larry Bole. The leasing or selling of college radio stations has been an ongoing trend since federal radio deregulation in 1996 with a substantial surge since 2010s following the rapid drop in FM and AM radio listening and the decline in student interest in college radio. Those factors led many school administrators to conclude that traditional FM broadcasting, in addition to its expense of equipment, maintenance, and other fees, was no longer relevant for students. Confronting challenging financial decisions, universities prioritize core academic programs and often determine a school-owned radio station as a non-essential service. These schools eyed their FM licenses as valuable assets to sell for a one-time infusion of cash to take advantage of religious non-commercial broadcasters like the non-profit the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and other non-profit religious and Christian National groups that are willing to lease or outright buy their station’s broadcast license - with many willing to pay above market costs. In other cases, school radio stations, which are partially funded through average high five figure dollar contractual donations with independent music promoters, acting as pay-for-play mediator agents for music labels and artist management, will negotiate with other college stations to simulcast all or some of the host’s college radio’s programming for a predetermined fee. The station carrying the simulcast will also receive additional revenue for carrying the programming. There’s found money and expenses saved by schools leasing or selling their radio station licenses. Examples include include: In 2010, Rice University sold its KTRU, to the University of Houston for $9.5 million. In 2011, Vanderbilt University sold its WRVU to Nashville Public Radio for $3.3 million in 2011. In 201l, Duquesne University: Sold WDUQ-FM to Essential Public Media in 2011 for $6 million. In 2011, the University of San Francisco sold its KUSF to Classical Public Radio Network for $3.7 million, IN 2011, the Akron Board of Education’s WAPS instituted a programming lease arrangement with the Struthers Board of Education’s Stuthers High School WKTL in Youngstown for an undisclosed sum. (Photo of CSU tower, added to continue text from John's post.) In 2014, Georgia State University leased its daytime broadcast hours on WRAS-FM to Georgia Public Broadcasting for $150,000 for the first two years of the lease and a yearly payment of a minimum of $100,000in succeeding years. WRAS was one of the first album rock format stations in the U.S. In 2021, the Akron Board of Education expanded its reach to Athens, Ohio – home of Ohio University – through an FM translator, W211BT, for $425,000. In 2022, Genesee Community College in Batavia, NY sold its WGCC-FM to Family Life Ministries in 2022 for $55,000. In 2025 the University of Texas at Tyler sold its KVUT to Scottie Rice's RCA Broadcasting for $100,000. Terrestrial radio is dying. Consider that Nielsen, the ratings service rates less than 800 households to represent the estimated radio listening habits over 1.5 million in the five-county Greater Cleveland radio market (which does not include Summit county). Participating households are paid to participate and “rewarded” gift cards for restaurants and retail outlets. For struggling households, being a Nielsen household is added value. I hope all WCSB announcers and support staff can migrate to either another area college station or an online broadcaster. This was move was handled poorly, especially considering public radio’s current plight with the Trump administration and Congress’ decision to de-fund the system. A little diplomacy toward their staff, many which volunteer their services, would have softened the blow.
October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
"Both sides knew the eventual handoff would be a quick 'flash cut' ... Bloomberg said she understands that 'this feels like a substantial loss,' especially as the station is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year."

Many sad Clevelanders today.

signalcleveland.org/ideastream-c...
Ideastream takes over Cleveland State’s student-run radio station
University President Laura Bloomberg said she recognizes the closing of WCSB "feels like a substantial loss."
signalcleveland.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
“We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.”

A monumental loss today -- the world has lost a tender soul. Walk with compassionate steps.

You're already missed, Dr Goodall.
Dr. Jane Goodall sits, smiling at something off to the side of the camera, or perhaps smiling at a memory. She is older in this photograph, hair grey and white, one hand caught in a thoughtful gesture near her face. She is wearing a light green button-up shirt, and behind her, out of focus and on a desk, is perhaps a chimpanzee toy or another similar object. The entire photo is very wabi-sabi, very wistful and full of light, all at the same time.
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reposted by 📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit
sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Maybe I’m speaking out of line here (that’s heavy sarcasm by the way) but individuals with Autism aren’t pawns to be used in political games and shouldn’t continue to be further stigmatized for an agenda.

Which is exactly what is happening here.
September 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
If you're canceling your Disney+ subscription today, consider re-routing that money towards a recurring donation to NPR or PBS.

www.npr.org/donations/su...
www.pbs.org (Donation button at top -- takes you to a local donation site.)
Donate : NPR
Power independent journalism in your community. Donate to your NPR station.
www.npr.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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neohionewsguild.bsky.social
Signal Ohio workers across the state walked off the job for two hours! We're still demanding that our CEO & board members recognize us as one bargaining unit. @newsguild.org

Show your support by sending an email to them here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...

📸: Reporters in Akron & Cleveland
September 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
I spent many nights at IOG back in the early 2000s. At a time when much of my inner self was in turmoil, Darren was one of the kindest people I knew. IOG was unique because of him; though IOG can't be replaced, I hope other lost souls find a place of their own
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/longtim...
This metro Phoenix gaming store is closing this week after 27 years
Beloved shop Imperial Outpost in Glendale will shut its doors at the end of the week.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
“This is our opportunity to celebrate the greatest artist in our state’s history. Her writing challenges and inspires us as much today as when it was first published, and we can’t wait to bring it to life this year all across Ohio.”

www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/o...
Ohio to host statewide, yearlong celebration of Toni Morrison in 2026
“Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison” will run from February 18, 2026 to February 18, 2027. This statewide, yearlong celebration salutes the legacy of Ohio native Toni Morrison, one of the most not...
www.daytondailynews.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
Signal Ohio is forming a union with the Northeast Ohio NewsGuild and could use some help.

"[Reporters] are calling on readers and supporters to sign a petition urging CEO Rita McNeil Danish to recognize the union."

Link to petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Signal Ohio journalists launch union drive
All 14 full-time reporters signed on to the effort, calling for a seat at the table as the nonprofit news network grows.
www.axios.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
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Lyrics to the song "Goodness Gracious" by Kevin Gilbert Goodness Gracious is there nothing left to say? When the ones that get to keep looking are the ones that look away It's pabulum for the sleepers in the cult of brighter days In the cult of brighter days Goodness Gracious at the mercy of the crooks We're broke and stroking vegetables and there's way too many cooks In every pot a pink slip, in every mouth a hook Every mouth a hook Goodness Gracious I'm not listening anymore ‘Cause the spooks are in the White House and they've justified a war So wake me when they notify we're gonna fight some more We’re gonna fight some more Goodness Gracious not many people care Concern is getting scarcer, true compassion really rare I can see it on our faces, I can feel it in the air Goodness Gracious me Goodness Gracious my generation's lost They’ve burned down all our bridges before we had a chance to cross Is it the winter of our discontent or just an early frost? Just an early frost Goodness Gracious of apathy I sing The baby boomers had it all and wasted everything Now recess is almost over and they won't get off the swing Won’t get off the swing Goodness Gracious we came in at the end No sex that isn't dangerous, no money left to spend We're the cleanup crew for parties we were too young to attend Goodness Gracious me Goodness Gracious we came in at the end No sex that isn't dangerous, no money left to spend We're the cleanup crew for parties we were too young to attend Goodness Gracious me Goodness Gracious my grandma used to say The world's a scary place now, things were different in her day What horrors will be commonplace when my hair starts to grey
August 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reposted by 📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit
joannechocolat.bsky.social
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 65:
Freelance? Respect other freelancers. Editors, illustrators, designers - all the people who help make your book the best it can be - deserve to be acknowledged and paid. This community works on symbiosis, not exploitation. Without it, we all go under.
August 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by 📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit
joannechocolat.bsky.social
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 6336675: You have to actually WANT to write. The world is filled with would-be writers fantasising about lunch with agents, foreign tours, prizes, six-figure book deals, meeting movie stars. But that’s all mostly fiction. None of it makes you a writer.
August 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by 📎Kristy Ockunzzi-Kmit
davis.social
gentle monthly reminder 🩵
davis.social Davis Bickford @davis.social · Jun 24
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but news / social media—especially when constant, chaotic, and unfiltered—can hit our brains like a DDoS attack: overload attention, flood emotions, and make it hard to think clearly.

It’s okay to step back and curate what you let in. Your mental uptime matters.
August 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
kmitko.bsky.social
Do you think Francis Scott Key ever got locked out of his house?
July 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM