Amitha Jagannath Knight
@amitha.bsky.social
Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA.
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Have uninstalled social media apps from my phone for December! I am going to try to be here a lot less and hopefully not at all during school vacation weeks. 💜
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1/2 If you know and are friendly with enough writers in your general cohort you will likely know one or two or a few who are "famous" for whatever value of "famous" is relevant to others. None of us knew who was going to be "famous" at the time, we just hung about enjoying each other's company. ALSO
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
1/2 If you know and are friendly with enough writers in your general cohort you will likely know one or two or a few who are "famous" for whatever value of "famous" is relevant to others. None of us knew who was going to be "famous" at the time, we just hung about enjoying each other's company. ALSO
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I'd believe this anecdote because I've met guys like this at conventions. People do ask (politely) about their work and they can't pitch it because what makes it special is that they are the specialest boy. They go to panels and hear queer and BIPOC writers talk about their work and think "ah ha". +
This shit is made up, actually
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'd believe this anecdote because I've met guys like this at conventions. People do ask (politely) about their work and they can't pitch it because what makes it special is that they are the specialest boy. They go to panels and hear queer and BIPOC writers talk about their work and think "ah ha". +
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A white dude has definitely done this to me, and when he came back to be all "Oh, wow, you're EK Johnston!", he literally blocked me from the person I'd been speaking to.
Yes, of course I hold a grudge.
Yes, of course I hold a grudge.
There is a person who eventually turned out to be an infamous level asshole, but the first time someone introduced me to him I had my name tag flipped backwards so he didn't think I was important and he literally looked me up and down and turned away.
Later he tried to walk that back but you can't.
Later he tried to walk that back but you can't.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A white dude has definitely done this to me, and when he came back to be all "Oh, wow, you're EK Johnston!", he literally blocked me from the person I'd been speaking to.
Yes, of course I hold a grudge.
Yes, of course I hold a grudge.
I really, really wish the year changing could magically change everything, and that we could just turn to the page into a brand new year with all the problems from the previous year left behind (only the day before). Here's hoping it'll happen one of these New Years.
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I really, really wish the year changing could magically change everything, and that we could just turn to the page into a brand new year with all the problems from the previous year left behind (only the day before). Here's hoping it'll happen one of these New Years.
Happy Thursday to all who celebrate! 😆🎅🏽
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Happy Thursday to all who celebrate! 😆🎅🏽
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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Rick Steves is a good dude
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Rick Steves is a good dude
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Sometimes writing is slap words on the page and reaching your word count goals.
Sometimes it's looking out through your window while sipping tea and asking yourself "man, how do I get out of this one?"
#writersky
Sometimes it's looking out through your window while sipping tea and asking yourself "man, how do I get out of this one?"
#writersky
December 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sometimes writing is slap words on the page and reaching your word count goals.
Sometimes it's looking out through your window while sipping tea and asking yourself "man, how do I get out of this one?"
#writersky
Sometimes it's looking out through your window while sipping tea and asking yourself "man, how do I get out of this one?"
#writersky
All I can understand from this is Brad Pitt: the movie
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
All I can understand from this is Brad Pitt: the movie
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I wanna be the first FIFA Poet Laureate
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I wanna be the first FIFA Poet Laureate
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Nuclear winter has all but collapsed civilization. I trudge through the knee-deep snow toward my childhood home, rifle slung across my shoulder. I break the window of my bedroom and climb in. Under the bed is a box covered with a thick layer of dust. I open it. My eyes well; Bluesky invite codes.
April 15, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Nuclear winter has all but collapsed civilization. I trudge through the knee-deep snow toward my childhood home, rifle slung across my shoulder. I break the window of my bedroom and climb in. Under the bed is a box covered with a thick layer of dust. I open it. My eyes well; Bluesky invite codes.
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This
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Again, I really need to learn how to crochet. #MoisturiseMe
Moisturize me #fyp #skincare #viral#improvement #67 @NIVEA Malaysia @aveenobabyus @vasilinekid
TikTok video by lemon
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December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Again, I really need to learn how to crochet. #MoisturiseMe
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong - Sea of Sorrow Teaser
YouTube video by Team Cherry
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December 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Hemingway’s editor: The short story you sent is great, but I’d like to see you flesh it out. Who is this baby— and why doesn’t he wear shoes?
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hemingway’s editor: The short story you sent is great, but I’d like to see you flesh it out. Who is this baby— and why doesn’t he wear shoes?
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Studies like this always make me think about how much I don't know about the world, & how much better off we'd all be if more people knew what they didn't know. 🧪🐙
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
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This octopus pigment could lead to a more sustainable sunscreen
A new metabolic engineering technique makes xanthommatin cheaper and easy to produce
cen.acs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Studies like this always make me think about how much I don't know about the world, & how much better off we'd all be if more people knew what they didn't know. 🧪🐙
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/biological-c...
by @theoceanwriter.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/biological-c...
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You may remember me from such maneuvers as crossing the street to avoid an old work acquaintance.
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You may remember me from such maneuvers as crossing the street to avoid an old work acquaintance.
Fascinating! www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/s...
These orcas have dolphin sidekicks. Scientists have untangled why | CNN
Scientists say dolphins and orcas have teamed up to hunt salmon off British Columbia. It’s the first time such behavior has been documented between the two mammals.
www.cnn.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Fascinating! www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/s...
A reminder about this! I have only 3 slots left.
I'm participating in #WorldReadAloudDay February 4, 2026. Signup for a free virtual storytime with me through my google form: bit.ly/AmithaWRAD2026
#teachers #storytime #kidlit #WRAD #WRAD2026
#teachers #storytime #kidlit #WRAD #WRAD2026
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A reminder about this! I have only 3 slots left.
👇🏽👇🏽 so true
It’s so baked into American society especially that suffering to work is virtuous
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
👇🏽👇🏽 so true
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I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).
3/ Isolation is important but only works if people can afford it. Many people simply can’t stay home when sick. Without meaningful sick pay, asking people to isolate is unrealistic. Better financial support is essential to reduce transmission.
December 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I agree with all this — sick leave is essential to a healthy society. While we’re working on that, though, we need to make it a general norm that if you MUST be around others while sick, you wear a mask (preferably a good one).
If only MAGA had stood for Make Appliances Great Again. Wouldn't it be nice if new appliances weren't garbage?
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
If only MAGA had stood for Make Appliances Great Again. Wouldn't it be nice if new appliances weren't garbage?