Kaia Ball (They/Them)
@kaiaballwrites.bsky.social
Writer? I hardly-
Check out my soup history blog: https://soupapalooza.wordpress.com/
There's a professional website too with essays and poetry and stuff but I really really wanted you to read the soup one first: https://kaia-ball.com/
Check out my soup history blog: https://soupapalooza.wordpress.com/
There's a professional website too with essays and poetry and stuff but I really really wanted you to read the soup one first: https://kaia-ball.com/
Pinned
Now on shelves wherever you buy books, Both/And is edited by Electric Lit’s own Denne Michele Norris, and features 17 eclectic essays by trans and gender non-conforming writers of color from all walks of life, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.
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Wherever you buy books 😍
Check out my essay "In My Worst Nightmares, My Father Transitions" in Both/And !
Check out my essay "In My Worst Nightmares, My Father Transitions" in Both/And !
everytime i turn up the volume on my ASL homework I feel myself falling further from the warm embrace of god
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
everytime i turn up the volume on my ASL homework I feel myself falling further from the warm embrace of god
Rettel Set Go
Build as many words as possible within 60 seconds.
rettelgame.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Connections
Puzzle #876
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Puzzle #876
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November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Connections
Puzzle #876
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Puzzle #876
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Wordle 1,598 4/6
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November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wordle 1,598 4/6
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yeah that sounds like chitown
Burger King Bratwurst Sandwich (2013-2013): Released for football season, this sandwich featured a butterflied Johnsonville bratwurst, raw onions, and yellow mustard on a sesame seed bun. Sold ONLY in Wisconsin and Illinois, with University of Wisconsin and Chicago Bears branding, respectively
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
yeah that sounds like chitown
"They cast aspersions on the throwing of lots, and yet they perform baseless augury of their own"
-a wizard watching dudes play fanduel
-a wizard watching dudes play fanduel
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"They cast aspersions on the throwing of lots, and yet they perform baseless augury of their own"
-a wizard watching dudes play fanduel
-a wizard watching dudes play fanduel
pina colada song update where the couple rendevousz's via christian mingle posts
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
pina colada song update where the couple rendevousz's via christian mingle posts
Reposted by Kaia Ball (They/Them)
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
Wordle 1,596 5/6
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November 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Wordle 1,596 5/6
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Wordle 1,595 5/6
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October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wordle 1,595 5/6
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tricky one
Reposted by Kaia Ball (They/Them)
"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value
Since Biblical times, stoning people to death has been a horrible punishment reserved for the worst criminals. But now, in PC liberal America, the ...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Lotteries and ritual stoning are integral parts of American life. Whether or not the lottery actually increases the yearly harvest, rural working-class Americans think it does. Let me be blunt: liberals who want to abolish ritual murder are the reason that Donald Trump won."
tryna bump my duotrigordle.com ranking. think i miiight be able to shave off a guess next time
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
tryna bump my duotrigordle.com ranking. think i miiight be able to shave off a guess next time
Connections
Puzzle #871
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I practiced with a Connections archive this weekend and now the thrill has been entirely lost to me. learn the dangers of over sharpening your blade. learn sooner than i did
Puzzle #871
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I practiced with a Connections archive this weekend and now the thrill has been entirely lost to me. learn the dangers of over sharpening your blade. learn sooner than i did
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Connections
Puzzle #871
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I practiced with a Connections archive this weekend and now the thrill has been entirely lost to me. learn the dangers of over sharpening your blade. learn sooner than i did
Puzzle #871
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I practiced with a Connections archive this weekend and now the thrill has been entirely lost to me. learn the dangers of over sharpening your blade. learn sooner than i did
worst part of working at a nonprofit is all the whimsical, misleading names. "Director of Individual Gifts" "Chief Party Officer"
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
worst part of working at a nonprofit is all the whimsical, misleading names. "Director of Individual Gifts" "Chief Party Officer"
🥵 Daily Extreme 442
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⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
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⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🥵 Daily Extreme 442
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m-w.com/games/quordle/
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m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Ep 5 of ALPHANUMERIC, Haunting Hollers, is out now!
I love love love being the lead editor of ALPHANUMERIC & collating the work of incredible authors, and helping to bring that work to a podcatcher near you!
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I love love love being the lead editor of ALPHANUMERIC & collating the work of incredible authors, and helping to bring that work to a podcatcher near you!
www.zoeticpress.com/4lph4num3r1c
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October 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Ep 5 of ALPHANUMERIC, Haunting Hollers, is out now!
I love love love being the lead editor of ALPHANUMERIC & collating the work of incredible authors, and helping to bring that work to a podcatcher near you!
www.zoeticpress.com/4lph4num3r1c
I love love love being the lead editor of ALPHANUMERIC & collating the work of incredible authors, and helping to bring that work to a podcatcher near you!
www.zoeticpress.com/4lph4num3r1c
the next "murder mystery enemies to lover romantasy ABO" i see is getting the guillotine
Genres aren't real. They are mental projections we impose on stories to simplify the way talk about and sell them but stories come unshaped from deep within us and writers shouldn't feel constrained by or even respect genres at all. The story comes first.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
the next "murder mystery enemies to lover romantasy ABO" i see is getting the guillotine
getting into wordle variants isnt great for my emotional health but it is also bad for my mental health
Daily Duotrigordle #1319
Guesses: 37/37
2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
duotrigordle.com
Daily Duotrigordle #1319
Guesses: 37/37
2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
duotrigordle.com
Duotrigordle
Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words. A new Duotrigordle available each day to solve.
duotrigordle.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
getting into wordle variants isnt great for my emotional health but it is also bad for my mental health
Daily Duotrigordle #1319
Guesses: 37/37
2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
duotrigordle.com
Daily Duotrigordle #1319
Guesses: 37/37
2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣
1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣
1️⃣2️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣1️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣3️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣
duotrigordle.com
Wordle 1,574 5/6
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close one!
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close one!
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Wordle 1,574 5/6
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close one!
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close one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZIK...
Just learned* about the Polish sport Ringo and now I want to see this adapted in a sci-fi setting so badly
*shoutout to my ASL teacher
Just learned* about the Polish sport Ringo and now I want to see this adapted in a sci-fi setting so badly
*shoutout to my ASL teacher
Ringo singles QF Poland vs Belarus 2018
YouTube video by Craig Ogilvie
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZIK...
Just learned* about the Polish sport Ringo and now I want to see this adapted in a sci-fi setting so badly
*shoutout to my ASL teacher
Just learned* about the Polish sport Ringo and now I want to see this adapted in a sci-fi setting so badly
*shoutout to my ASL teacher
hmm. institutional recognition truly is farcical
October 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
hmm. institutional recognition truly is farcical
Reposted by Kaia Ball (They/Them)
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
Reposted by Kaia Ball (They/Them)
Black Speculative Fiction Month starts next week. Read/reserve/rec/preorder/buy accordingly
September 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Black Speculative Fiction Month starts next week. Read/reserve/rec/preorder/buy accordingly
no, im not removing Venmo from the "Social Media Proficiencies" part of my resume. its valuable experience
September 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
no, im not removing Venmo from the "Social Media Proficiencies" part of my resume. its valuable experience