Kaia
@kbhenrickson.bsky.social
Reader (esp SFF), information literacy librarian, teacher, parent, loves music, cooking, cats, and Alaska (she/her)
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Love & appreciation to all the people who enthusiastically make and share videos about how to do things (program electronics kits, sharpen mower blades, fix small engines, explain math problems). My teen has a lot of interests that I can't help with directly, and you make both of our lives better.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Love & appreciation to all the people who enthusiastically make and share videos about how to do things (program electronics kits, sharpen mower blades, fix small engines, explain math problems). My teen has a lot of interests that I can't help with directly, and you make both of our lives better.
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I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this.
Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.
Let people find joy where they can, please.
Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.
Let people find joy where they can, please.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this.
Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.
Let people find joy where they can, please.
Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.
Let people find joy where they can, please.
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Please share YouTube links to the most regionally specific representations of where and when you grew up. Like… local sandwich shop commercials. Footage of amateur theater productions. Hyper regional news stories. I wanna see it all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please share YouTube links to the most regionally specific representations of where and when you grew up. Like… local sandwich shop commercials. Footage of amateur theater productions. Hyper regional news stories. I wanna see it all.
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One thing at a time.
I know it's really hard right now.
But I see how hard you are still trying.
Deep breaths.
Please remember to take care of yourself.
Eat food, take your meds, and drink a big glass of water.
It's okay to be annoyed.
You can do things through spite, too.
Max loves you.
I know it's really hard right now.
But I see how hard you are still trying.
Deep breaths.
Please remember to take care of yourself.
Eat food, take your meds, and drink a big glass of water.
It's okay to be annoyed.
You can do things through spite, too.
Max loves you.
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One thing at a time.
I know it's really hard right now.
But I see how hard you are still trying.
Deep breaths.
Please remember to take care of yourself.
Eat food, take your meds, and drink a big glass of water.
It's okay to be annoyed.
You can do things through spite, too.
Max loves you.
I know it's really hard right now.
But I see how hard you are still trying.
Deep breaths.
Please remember to take care of yourself.
Eat food, take your meds, and drink a big glass of water.
It's okay to be annoyed.
You can do things through spite, too.
Max loves you.
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Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in Alaska!
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in South Dakota.
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Mamdani has won more votes than there are people in Alaska!
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It's election day and also new story day! My novelette "The Millay Illusion" is in the new issue of Uncanny!
Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Part 1 features new novelettes by Sarah Pinsker and Natalia Theodoridou and new short stories by Ana Hurtado and Russell Nichols! buff.ly/yEqnVQ3
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's election day and also new story day! My novelette "The Millay Illusion" is in the new issue of Uncanny!
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Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.
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No one is coming to save us but us.
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
No one is coming to save us but us.
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The saga of the beautiful husky who needed a home, & the BlueSky folk who stepped forward to make an old-fashioned internet miracle...has had a lot of developments I've been too busy handling to update you all on.
She's ON HER WAY!
The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
She's ON HER WAY!
The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
The Pawshank Redemption: A Dog And Her People | Catherynne M. Valente
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October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The saga of the beautiful husky who needed a home, & the BlueSky folk who stepped forward to make an old-fashioned internet miracle...has had a lot of developments I've been too busy handling to update you all on.
She's ON HER WAY!
The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
She's ON HER WAY!
The whole story, for all to read: www.patreon.com/posts/142111...
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Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Feeding America has a page where you can input your zip code and it'll show you all of the food banks near you overlaid on a map. If you need it, it's there. If you don't need it, think about donating money if you have it and your time if you don't.
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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On November 7, I'm giving another free talk, the history of Anchorage movie theaters, with film clips and local anecdotes. It's part of the First Friday festivities at the Anchorage Museum. 7:15 pm. (www.anchoragemuseum....).
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
On November 7, I'm giving another free talk, the history of Anchorage movie theaters, with film clips and local anecdotes. It's part of the First Friday festivities at the Anchorage Museum. 7:15 pm. (www.anchoragemuseum....).
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My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My friend told me that her 14 year old son started doing laundry on Sundays for some of his elderly neighbors. He doesn't charge for the labor. And now he is the most popular person in the building and has non stop pies, cookies, and cake. The 14 year old should be our model of modern masculinity.
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A year of #GoodMorningFromSaskatoon. A photo almost every* work day from Oct ’24 to Oct ‘25. Blue sky and clouds, sunlight and street lights, sea smoke and fire smoke, advance and retreat of the ice, sunrise at 4:45AM to sunrise at 9:15AM… so many things to see from this one spot (*210 pics) 😁📷
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A year of #GoodMorningFromSaskatoon. A photo almost every* work day from Oct ’24 to Oct ‘25. Blue sky and clouds, sunlight and street lights, sea smoke and fire smoke, advance and retreat of the ice, sunrise at 4:45AM to sunrise at 9:15AM… so many things to see from this one spot (*210 pics) 😁📷
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People who are dismissing these protests are missing the courage required for folks to show up to a #nokings event in small, rural, predominantly Republican communities. These people spend a lot of social capital to show up with signs and it’s really, really inspiring.
I sometimes see people dismissing the No Kings protests as performative.
Protesting *is* inherently performative. It's unity in the face of injustice, to inspire more people to notice and join. That leads to change.
It *is* brave to protest under a government that attacks dissenting speech.
Protesting *is* inherently performative. It's unity in the face of injustice, to inspire more people to notice and join. That leads to change.
It *is* brave to protest under a government that attacks dissenting speech.
October 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
People who are dismissing these protests are missing the courage required for folks to show up to a #nokings event in small, rural, predominantly Republican communities. These people spend a lot of social capital to show up with signs and it’s really, really inspiring.
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Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
Adak residents ‘getting by’ after two weeks without power
A replacement generator is currently being sent on a barge, but it’s not scheduled to arrive until Nov. 3 – weather dependent.
www.kucb.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
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“The North is calling on you to see us”…
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: The world needs to know about what the storm did to Western Alaska
Entire villages face impossible choices to leave the lands their ancestors have called home for thousands of years.
www.adn.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The North is calling on you to see us”…
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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ooh well done
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ooh well done
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A big question now is: why isn't FEMA in western Alaska?
Because they have not been deployed.
Gov. Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration, and Alaska is waiting to hear back.
In the meantime, it's all local, tribal and state led relief efforts.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/m...
Because they have not been deployed.
Gov. Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration, and Alaska is waiting to hear back.
In the meantime, it's all local, tribal and state led relief efforts.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/m...
Municipal, state officials mobilize to welcome hundreds of storm evacuees to Anchorage | Alaska Beacon
Alaska has requested a federal disaster declaration; in the meantime, the state is bearing the cost of aid, response and cleanup.
alaskabeacon.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A big question now is: why isn't FEMA in western Alaska?
Because they have not been deployed.
Gov. Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration, and Alaska is waiting to hear back.
In the meantime, it's all local, tribal and state led relief efforts.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/m...
Because they have not been deployed.
Gov. Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration, and Alaska is waiting to hear back.
In the meantime, it's all local, tribal and state led relief efforts.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/m...
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this is why I think the admin spending all week yelling about a “hate America” rally was stupid
anyone who tunes in gets to see funny signs, joyful crowds and shit like “an enormous constitution being carried to the White House”
this is a crowd that loves America and wants it to be better
anyone who tunes in gets to see funny signs, joyful crowds and shit like “an enormous constitution being carried to the White House”
this is a crowd that loves America and wants it to be better
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
this is why I think the admin spending all week yelling about a “hate America” rally was stupid
anyone who tunes in gets to see funny signs, joyful crowds and shit like “an enormous constitution being carried to the White House”
this is a crowd that loves America and wants it to be better
anyone who tunes in gets to see funny signs, joyful crowds and shit like “an enormous constitution being carried to the White House”
this is a crowd that loves America and wants it to be better