Kat Howard
@katwithsword.bsky.social
Writer of books, short stories, comics, and other things. Friend to cats and sometimes people. She/her. https://www.kathowardbooks.com/ and https://epigraphtoepilogue.substack.com/
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Hey @whitehouse.senate.gov look we know the republicans hate the ACA now, you still wanna go ahead with this sell-out of the American people disguised as a deal? How about you @kaine.senate.gov ?
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hey @whitehouse.senate.gov look we know the republicans hate the ACA now, you still wanna go ahead with this sell-out of the American people disguised as a deal? How about you @kaine.senate.gov ?
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Keeper of ghost stories.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Keeper of ghost stories.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
What a delight of a photo!
Remembering Ennio Morricone on his birthday 🎂
📷 Guido Harari, 1998
"Morricone’s music is anything but a backdrop. It’s sometimes a conspirator, sometimes a lampoon, with tunes that are as vividly in the foreground as any of the actors’ faces."
- Jon Pareles
@jonpareles.bsky.social
📷 Guido Harari, 1998
"Morricone’s music is anything but a backdrop. It’s sometimes a conspirator, sometimes a lampoon, with tunes that are as vividly in the foreground as any of the actors’ faces."
- Jon Pareles
@jonpareles.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What a delight of a photo!
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A joyous @faberbooks.bsky.social re-release of my gory angel baby with a new cover that's also the OG cover to all who celebrate. Namely me. I'm celebrating.
A Certain Hunger
A mouthwatering debut and ‘one of the most uniquely fun and campily gory novels in recent memory’ (New York Times)
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November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A joyous @faberbooks.bsky.social re-release of my gory angel baby with a new cover that's also the OG cover to all who celebrate. Namely me. I'm celebrating.
There is already too much Monday in this Monday.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There is already too much Monday in this Monday.
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The Vision, from The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1901, 📸 by Noah Graham
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Vision, from The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1901, 📸 by Noah Graham
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Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
USDA orders states to stop paying full SNAP benefits and "immediately undo" steps taken to issue them for November. Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
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As antidote to current US government's reprehensible erasure of Black soldiers' WWII contributions, here's Jacob Lawrence's "Beachhead," 1947, a work in his larger War series. Lawrence himself served in WWII as an artist on the US military's first racially integrated ship whitney.org/collection/w...
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As antidote to current US government's reprehensible erasure of Black soldiers' WWII contributions, here's Jacob Lawrence's "Beachhead," 1947, a work in his larger War series. Lawrence himself served in WWII as an artist on the US military's first racially integrated ship whitney.org/collection/w...
That thing where you forget to take the bracket notes out of your final draft.
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
That thing where you forget to take the bracket notes out of your final draft.
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Just finished @tashasuri.bsky.social’s The Isle in the Silver Sea. A smart, lovely book. And a great pairing with @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s The Everlasting! Lady knights and shifting stories and the fight for a better world.
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just finished @tashasuri.bsky.social’s The Isle in the Silver Sea. A smart, lovely book. And a great pairing with @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s The Everlasting! Lady knights and shifting stories and the fight for a better world.
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Aaaand I had to pay 244 dollars for 5 pills
Help a sad author and preorder Children of Owl, coming in 2026! XD
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Help a sad author and preorder Children of Owl, coming in 2026! XD
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Children of Owl
Check out Children of Owl - After Lipan Apache teenager Maisie sees the son of Owl, she knows it portends evil for one of her beloved cousins and that she must do anything to stop it happening. by Dar...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Aaaand I had to pay 244 dollars for 5 pills
Help a sad author and preorder Children of Owl, coming in 2026! XD
bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
Help a sad author and preorder Children of Owl, coming in 2026! XD
bookshop.org/p/books/chil...
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The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
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Logan Hosts Food Bank For TSA Workers Amid Longest U.S. Government Shutdown | WBZ NewsRadio 1030
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The airport in Boston is hosting a food bank for TSA workers because the GOP would rather send the cost of healthcare through the roof than make sure Americans can eat three meals a day
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These decorated bone slips were found during excavations at Cairn H, one of the Neolithic passage tombs at Loughcrew.
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
These decorated bone slips were found during excavations at Cairn H, one of the Neolithic passage tombs at Loughcrew.
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
Fender! Perfection.
Meet Fender, a majestic 6′7″, 230-lb bowmouth guitarfish! One of only nine pups to survive after his mother was caught in a fishing net, Fender represents a critically endangered species.
Come see Fender at the Tropical Reef Aquarium and learn how you can help protect ocean wildlife. 💙
Come see Fender at the Tropical Reef Aquarium and learn how you can help protect ocean wildlife. 💙
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fender! Perfection.
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Twin Cities folks! Reminder that its one of the big book events of the year tomorrow and this conversation in particular looks like fire 🔥 . . . already armed with both of these books for some fresh author ink.
People of Minneapolis and Saint Paul!
Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:
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Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:
twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
William Alexander and Amber Sparks
Finding Family in Speculative Fiction Saturday, November 8, 20252:30pm, Veterans Gallery (located upstairs from the Book Fair) ★ This event is ASL interpreted! Two lauded masters in their respective f...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Twin Cities folks! Reminder that its one of the big book events of the year tomorrow and this conversation in particular looks like fire 🔥 . . . already armed with both of these books for some fresh author ink.
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If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If this picture of my empire of Jell-O shots speaks to your soul, that's your sign to read HONEYMOON STAGE
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Donald Trump is AGAIN suing to avoid sending food to hungry children and seniors.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Donald Trump is AGAIN suing to avoid sending food to hungry children and seniors.
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It's really cool that some of the original sit-inners were present for the unveiling of this memorial.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's really cool that some of the original sit-inners were present for the unveiling of this memorial.
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www.oklahoman.com/picture-gall...
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Let's write together in 2026! If you're looking to jumpstart your memoir project—or are already underway & want some support to maintain momentum or figure out next steps—this @thewriterscenter.bsky.social workshop is for you. We'll meet twice a month, starting in February; learn more + apply here:
Memoir Year w/ Nicole Chung - The Writer's Center
Work on your memoir with bestselling author Nicole Chung! This intensive workshop is open to writers working on a memoir or memoir-in-essays. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in lively craft...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Let's write together in 2026! If you're looking to jumpstart your memoir project—or are already underway & want some support to maintain momentum or figure out next steps—this @thewriterscenter.bsky.social workshop is for you. We'll meet twice a month, starting in February; learn more + apply here:
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I can't believe I let the entire Louvre heist pass me by without recommending my novel END OF THE WORLD HOUSE, which is what happens when the Louvre heists you instead thankyoubookshop.com/item/rPCoGQ_...
End of the World House by Adrienne Celt | Thank You Bookshop
Groundhog Day meets Ling Ma’s Severance in this “brilliant” (PopSugar) and “exhilarating” (The Millions) comedic novel about two young women trying to save their friendship as the world collapses arou...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I can't believe I let the entire Louvre heist pass me by without recommending my novel END OF THE WORLD HOUSE, which is what happens when the Louvre heists you instead thankyoubookshop.com/item/rPCoGQ_...
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For Trumpsgiving, nobody will be able to travel to the dinners people can't afford to host anyway. SO MUCH WINNING.
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For Trumpsgiving, nobody will be able to travel to the dinners people can't afford to host anyway. SO MUCH WINNING.