Katie Kennedy
@katiewritesbks.bsky.social
Instructor of history, writer of books, snarfer of cookies. Rep by Kate McKean. Did You Hear What Happened in Salem, 9/2025; The Presidents Decoded; The Constitution Decoded; Hearts on Thin Ice; Learning to Swear in America; What Goes Up #lgrw
Insurance company required preauthorization for an itch cream--then denied it! Texted husband "The insurance company denied my cream. Those motherfu..." Predictive text had no idea where I was going. Really? All that effort on genAI and they don't know the word that comes after "insurance company"?
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Insurance company required preauthorization for an itch cream--then denied it! Texted husband "The insurance company denied my cream. Those motherfu..." Predictive text had no idea where I was going. Really? All that effort on genAI and they don't know the word that comes after "insurance company"?
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Hey @katiewritesbks.bsky.social, check out this beauty!
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hey @katiewritesbks.bsky.social, check out this beauty!
Ran into a friend as I came out of the store w a carton of ice cream in each hand.
Her, amused: Desperate need for ice cream?
Me: No, desperate need for my prescription. And the insurance company entered my birthdate wrong, and I have to make phone calls...
Her: Should have gotten three.
Her, amused: Desperate need for ice cream?
Me: No, desperate need for my prescription. And the insurance company entered my birthdate wrong, and I have to make phone calls...
Her: Should have gotten three.
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ran into a friend as I came out of the store w a carton of ice cream in each hand.
Her, amused: Desperate need for ice cream?
Me: No, desperate need for my prescription. And the insurance company entered my birthdate wrong, and I have to make phone calls...
Her: Should have gotten three.
Her, amused: Desperate need for ice cream?
Me: No, desperate need for my prescription. And the insurance company entered my birthdate wrong, and I have to make phone calls...
Her: Should have gotten three.
Worked at our public library today. Removed a bee from the window by a patron's table; answered Q on a screwdriver brand's handle color; checked out Plato's Republic to a young immigrant; ruined the workplace. #RuinTheWorkplace
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Worked at our public library today. Removed a bee from the window by a patron's table; answered Q on a screwdriver brand's handle color; checked out Plato's Republic to a young immigrant; ruined the workplace. #RuinTheWorkplace
Halfway through my book group, my bra came unhooked. We were discussing asking for help when you need it. I managed to surreptitiously refasten the bra, but the woman next to me came mighty close to getting to put her words into action. #BookGroup
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Halfway through my book group, my bra came unhooked. We were discussing asking for help when you need it. I managed to surreptitiously refasten the bra, but the woman next to me came mighty close to getting to put her words into action. #BookGroup
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What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What historians see when people claim AI is solving mysteries that have baffled historians for years.
Hotel employee thought stranger and I were together; we immediately bantered about why it never happened for us. Turns out he's a Bruins fan and I'm Red Wings; decided we're incompatible. Kept it going a long time--to employee's horror--and it was fun. Love those unexpected interactions. #lgrw
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Hotel employee thought stranger and I were together; we immediately bantered about why it never happened for us. Turns out he's a Bruins fan and I'm Red Wings; decided we're incompatible. Kept it going a long time--to employee's horror--and it was fun. Love those unexpected interactions. #lgrw
When you've pushed your publicist too far:
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
When you've pushed your publicist too far:
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My regular reminder to sign up for my newsletter so you won't miss news of workshops I'm giving, updates to my website The Purple Crayon, and the like. Simple form on my Contact page. Infrequent mailings: www.underdown.org/contact.htm#...
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My regular reminder to sign up for my newsletter so you won't miss news of workshops I'm giving, updates to my website The Purple Crayon, and the like. Simple form on my Contact page. Infrequent mailings: www.underdown.org/contact.htm#...
On tour with my publicist and she asked which of the deadly sins I think is my main one, and then we looked at each other and said, "Wrath!" That's a good sign for a working relationship, right? When they know your deadly sin? #TeamWrath #BookSky
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On tour with my publicist and she asked which of the deadly sins I think is my main one, and then we looked at each other and said, "Wrath!" That's a good sign for a working relationship, right? When they know your deadly sin? #TeamWrath #BookSky
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Announcing new deals for @zaybashah.bsky.social @katiewritesbks.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social + more
Rights Report: Week of October 27, 2025
New deals for Zeba Shahnaz, Kit Rosewater, Christina L. Chan, and others.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Announcing new deals for @zaybashah.bsky.social @katiewritesbks.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social + more
Had a great time at the Boston Book Festival! Fun panel with Erin Entrada Kelly. Hadn't been to the BPL before--what a fantastic interior courtyard. #WriterSky
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Had a great time at the Boston Book Festival! Fun panel with Erin Entrada Kelly. Hadn't been to the BPL before--what a fantastic interior courtyard. #WriterSky
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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The West Wing is now just the Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The West Wing is now just the Wing.
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hey this seems bad
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
hey this seems bad
Did you ever think about how the first hour of the day is 12 o'clock, followed by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11? Twelve through eleven?--mathematicians have some explaining to do.
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Did you ever think about how the first hour of the day is 12 o'clock, followed by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11? Twelve through eleven?--mathematicians have some explaining to do.
All of this. Please read.
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
All of this. Please read.
I sincerely apologize for borrowing a book from #MIT and returning it late. They need to concentrate on fighting bigger criminals than me.
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I sincerely apologize for borrowing a book from #MIT and returning it late. They need to concentrate on fighting bigger criminals than me.
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damn. hoping it at least signifies something
It is a tale
Told by an idiot
Told by an idiot
October 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
damn. hoping it at least signifies something