K. P. Aldrich
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Poet🩵 Mom💕 ADHDer🌈🦋 Vegan🌱
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K. P. Aldrich
@kpaldrich.bsky.social
· Oct 3
"Lean into—not away from—empathy. Recognize that we are in serious need of each other’s support. Understand that if some are vulnerable, we are all vulnerable. Show up not just for your own groups, but for every group that you can…"
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All I can say this morning is look for the helpers, like Ahmed.
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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Bondi beach shooting live updates
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Bondi terror attack: full report
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What we know so far about the shooting in Australia
A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
All I can say this morning is look for the helpers, like Ahmed.
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
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Man if you see a video of scared kids (many non-white) afraid of being shot and all you can think to say is “well their parents are probably MAGA,” you are fucking evil. Evil.
December 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Man if you see a video of scared kids (many non-white) afraid of being shot and all you can think to say is “well their parents are probably MAGA,” you are fucking evil. Evil.
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I'm not usually one to cry but the combination of the Sandy Hook anniversary, the Brown shooting, the Bondi Beach antisemitic terror shooting, and the fact that ICE grabbed a kid in my neighborhood is just too much. How did we let this happen to us? We have to make it stop.
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm not usually one to cry but the combination of the Sandy Hook anniversary, the Brown shooting, the Bondi Beach antisemitic terror shooting, and the fact that ICE grabbed a kid in my neighborhood is just too much. How did we let this happen to us? We have to make it stop.
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Some advice? Limit all
expressions to loyalty. Sketch any schemes
on edible napkins. Paint your rage in our group
mural hidden by the dumpster.
—Tarn Wilson
expressions to loyalty. Sketch any schemes
on edible napkins. Paint your rage in our group
mural hidden by the dumpster.
—Tarn Wilson
Welcome to the Factory by Tarn Wilson - Rattle: Poetry
Look up. The ceilings are cavernous and full
of mysterious, humming ducts and flues.
Our tap water is yellow and tastes of glue.
www.rattle.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Some advice? Limit all
expressions to loyalty. Sketch any schemes
on edible napkins. Paint your rage in our group
mural hidden by the dumpster.
—Tarn Wilson
expressions to loyalty. Sketch any schemes
on edible napkins. Paint your rage in our group
mural hidden by the dumpster.
—Tarn Wilson
Two powerful tools for combating injustice.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Two powerful tools for combating injustice.
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Thou shalt stop attacking Ms. Rachel for caring about the lives of children.
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thou shalt stop attacking Ms. Rachel for caring about the lives of children.
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An interesting profile of a liberal white woman who I wasn't aware of until she interviewed Cory Booker and grilled him on his support for Israel. The piece devotes a few paragraphs to this, and how support for Palestine is now a mainstream position among liberals, but not Democratic congresspeople.
Is This Former Bravo Star Democrats’ Toughest Critic?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
An interesting profile of a liberal white woman who I wasn't aware of until she interviewed Cory Booker and grilled him on his support for Israel. The piece devotes a few paragraphs to this, and how support for Palestine is now a mainstream position among liberals, but not Democratic congresspeople.
Everytime I see something from Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, my day gets better.
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Everytime I see something from Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, my day gets better.
And now, for me as well.
December 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
And now, for me as well.
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“Tom was super excited to become a U.S. resident, so much so that he had insisted on a cowboy-themed wedding.” But then the German robotic engineer was arrested for a visa overstay based on a policy he had no way of knowing existed. Completely Kafkaesque. "We feel like we were tricked.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Tom was super excited to become a U.S. resident, so much so that he had insisted on a cowboy-themed wedding.” But then the German robotic engineer was arrested for a visa overstay based on a policy he had no way of knowing existed. Completely Kafkaesque. "We feel like we were tricked.”
Wake up. Parent. Eat. Dishes. Remember the horrors. Anger. Decorate for the holidays. Paw Patrol. Pet actual dogs. Eat. Laundry. Shower. Gather moral courage. Kiddo bedtime. Revenge bedtime procrastination. Lights out. Oh, right, horrors. Sorrow. Fury. Look up how to resist next. “Sleep.” Repeat.
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wake up. Parent. Eat. Dishes. Remember the horrors. Anger. Decorate for the holidays. Paw Patrol. Pet actual dogs. Eat. Laundry. Shower. Gather moral courage. Kiddo bedtime. Revenge bedtime procrastination. Lights out. Oh, right, horrors. Sorrow. Fury. Look up how to resist next. “Sleep.” Repeat.
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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I’ve submitted a lot of poetry to different publications in the past couple weeks, after having not submitted for a year while I worked on writing and dealt with life stuff.
I kind of feel like I’m in a weird limbo state. Like I sort of exist as a writer, and sort of don’t.
I kind of feel like I’m in a weird limbo state. Like I sort of exist as a writer, and sort of don’t.
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’ve submitted a lot of poetry to different publications in the past couple weeks, after having not submitted for a year while I worked on writing and dealt with life stuff.
I kind of feel like I’m in a weird limbo state. Like I sort of exist as a writer, and sort of don’t.
I kind of feel like I’m in a weird limbo state. Like I sort of exist as a writer, and sort of don’t.
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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
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Today’s Featured Poem:
[I've wanted to ask for a long time...] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings from from Girl with a Bullet published by World Poetry Books
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ive-wan...
[I've wanted to ask for a long time...] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings from from Girl with a Bullet published by World Poetry Books
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ive-wan...
[I've wanted to ask for a long time...]
I've wanted to ask for a long time: what is is like for you on
that side of the war?
poems.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
[I've wanted to ask for a long time...] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings from from Girl with a Bullet published by World Poetry Books
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ive-wan...
[I've wanted to ask for a long time...] by Anna Malihon, translated by Olena Jennings from from Girl with a Bullet published by World Poetry Books
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ive-wan...
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This Black Friday, weaintbuyingit.com.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This Black Friday, weaintbuyingit.com.
One of the national guard members who was shot yesterday—Sarah Beckstrom—died today. She was 20 years old.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
One of the national guard members who was shot yesterday—Sarah Beckstrom—died today. She was 20 years old.
Wishing everyone a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving with friends and loved ones🥰
Now to see how fast I can make an apple pie!
Now to see how fast I can make an apple pie!
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wishing everyone a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving with friends and loved ones🥰
Now to see how fast I can make an apple pie!
Now to see how fast I can make an apple pie!
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Seeing images of that devastating fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Hong Kong...
This is the one time I WISH the images and footage were all AI, because it is so absolutely horrific I wish it wasn't real.
This is the one time I WISH the images and footage were all AI, because it is so absolutely horrific I wish it wasn't real.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Seeing images of that devastating fire engulfing multiple residential buildings in Hong Kong...
This is the one time I WISH the images and footage were all AI, because it is so absolutely horrific I wish it wasn't real.
This is the one time I WISH the images and footage were all AI, because it is so absolutely horrific I wish it wasn't real.
I had to dig through all of my doom piles looking for my car keys today. I thought I had looked everywhere, and finally gave up, announcing to no one in particular, “UGH, I GUESS THEY’RE GONE FOREVER.”
And then it occurred to me to check the pocket of the coat hanging neatly in my closet.
And then it occurred to me to check the pocket of the coat hanging neatly in my closet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I had to dig through all of my doom piles looking for my car keys today. I thought I had looked everywhere, and finally gave up, announcing to no one in particular, “UGH, I GUESS THEY’RE GONE FOREVER.”
And then it occurred to me to check the pocket of the coat hanging neatly in my closet.
And then it occurred to me to check the pocket of the coat hanging neatly in my closet.
I am horrified, and my heart is breaking for the untold number of people caught in this fire.
This is terrible.
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
At least 36 people are killed and 279 reported missing in Wang Fuk Court, Hong Kong tower block fires
Hong Kong fire: At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I am horrified, and my heart is breaking for the untold number of people caught in this fire.