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Katrina Kortright
@katrinakortright.bsky.social
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Write|Art|Edit, she/her; hopeful cynic; endlessly curious
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KINDNESS & INTEGRITY ALWAYS
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christophercitro.bsky.social
Announcing my LATE FALL 2025 online poetry workshop! Registration just opened.

"In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry" meets on Zoom Weds 6-8 PM Eastern Time.

It starts Dec 3 & runs for 6 classes (skipping Dec 24 and 31).

See my website christophercitro DOT com for more info & to register.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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wrefinnej.bsky.social
Here's a simple way to disable AI mode in Google. I just did it, and I feel like a new, freshly showered woman!

www.engadget.com/big-tech/how...
How to turn off Google’s AI Overviews in web searches
If you find Google's AI Overview more irritating than helpful, here's now to turn it off in Chrome.
www.engadget.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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jennygaitskell.bsky.social
'To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair.'

Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

#BookwormSat
🎨 Courtenay Kusitor
'There is a power in being courageous' by Courtenay Kusitor. Abstract painting. Overlapping blocks of poppy red, sunshine yellow, black, white and sky blur. White and black line geometric shapes draw the eye in an upwards arc.
August 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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hcrichardson.bsky.social
Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 21
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
August 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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dell.bsky.social
there’s a popular digital guide written and used by police that recommends sharing links with URL tracking elements to capture people’s IPs.

Linkumori is a browser extension that purifies URLs before trackers can log you.
campfireharve.st Camp @campfireharve.st · Jul 11
I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!" This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="
August 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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parisreview.bsky.social
“If I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.”

We’ve unlocked interview with John Berryman. buff.ly/bOWysA8
August 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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helenmcclory.bsky.social
Ahead of a new story of mine on BBC radio four, you can listen (should you wish) to a couple of other pieces of mine. Together they'll make a loose folk horrorish trilogy. here's The Death of Wildflowers:
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, The Death of Wildflowers
A short story from Scottish writer Helen McClory marking the primal shift of the seasons.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
A gift, because at this point I have nothing else to give.

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/b...
Ann Patchett, Amy Bloom, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort (Published 2020)
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. Thomas Paine
July 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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kmelkes.bsky.social
Very happy indeed to have a short story commissioned by the BBC! Broadcast 3.45pm July 11th, on Radio 4 and Sunday 13th at 11.45pm

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Snowbirds and Coyotes by KM Elkes
After the death of her husband, Betty drives south from Ohio to the Arizona desert.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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wired.com
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
How to Advocate for Trans Rights in Your Community
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
www.wired.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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wired.com
Today, people—from students to federal workers, from immigrants to the LGBTQ+ community—find themselves forced to fight deportations, surveillance, and the drastic erosion of fundamental human rights.

So, WIRED dedicated a whole issue on How To Win A Fight. Start ⬇️:
www.wired.com/story/editor...
June 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
Happy Bloomsday to my fellow Joyce fans. If you don't know what Bloomsday is, but would like to learn more, here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomsday.

Image Credit: Irish Times
June 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social
Heads up: Buried in a 1,000-page bill is a section that would freeze every state’s ability to enforce A.I. laws for the next 10 years.

That means no new protections from A.I. scams, deepfakes, or impersonation.

Bad idea.
June 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
Credit: Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra (Mannequin on the Moon)
Cartoon drawing of minister delivering sermon at funeral next to closed casket + telling the mourners, "He died doing what he loved. Teasing bears."
June 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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taniahershman.bsky.social
My #UnboxYourWords' June writing prompt is writing joy, inspired by this from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social “Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection.” substack.com/home/post/p-...
A screenshot of a quote from Rebecca Solnit: "Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection.” And above are the words, in green: Unbox Your Words, June 2025: Writing Joy.
June 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
Currently reading. Not my usual fare, but I'm enjoying it at the recommendation of a friend. Wry humor, interesting characters, smart, intriguing plot, nicely paced. I'm hooked and will probably read more by Chris Pavone.
June 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Credit: Asher Perlman
Comic drawing by Asher Perlman of a couple posing for an outdoor photograph, with the female putting her hands around the man's neck and saying, "I never know what to do with my hands in pictures."
June 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
Brian Henry
#poetry
There are rooms that know you, rooms you know & can name, rooms that rise & stutter into view if you stare long enough. Rooms where nothing happened but in your head, where the world went on apart from you, you trying to rise to it. Rooms with walls of white blocks, one window, the only sound the bang bang banging of the headboard against the wall, your bed still. The room where the bed fell on you, the room where the hand going down was not your own, the groping tongue the proof. The room you talked your way out of, four men of monosyllables, thick arms & necks flushed pink, closing in, emptying the air between. The room where you were walked in on, the room where you were the walker, both times the last time in that room. The room with no door, a woman across the threshold, you crawling to her, over her to the bathroom to press your cheek against the white, your name an indictment among the stalls. The room the sun never touched, the sound of cars dropping you to sleep, your pupils large & hungry for light. Brian Henry
June 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Credit:
Writing Down the Bones Deck
Natalie Goldberg
#SundayWriting #writing #freewriting
In fifteen minutes write down everything you can name that will not last. Go. Keep the pen moving. Credit: Natalie Goldberg
June 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
katrinakortright.bsky.social
Currently reading. Already on chapter eight. It's excellent.

#reading #PercivalEverett #PulitzerPrize
Cover of novel JAMES by Percival Everett.
May 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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esfletcher.bsky.social
Who’s up for a body-horror love story? If you act fast, you can read it before my husband does.

Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.
Love, Distilled by Elizabeth Fletcher
If grand romantic gestures were my measure of true love, I never would’ve married my husband. He is nothing if not practical. He bought me a basic calculator our first Christmas together so I wouldn’t...
www.havehashad.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM