Kristen Meston
@klpm.bsky.social
Reader, baker, naturalist with a zoology degree. 90s music store employee. Parent to an autistic young adult. Former book blogger at WeBeReading. Peculiar. Lakers, Storm, Lunar Owls 🏀. Seattle-adjacent. she/her
Currently reading: Midnight Timetable
Currently reading: Midnight Timetable
I’ve got my preorder in, do you? Buy yourself some hope!
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I’ve got my preorder in, do you? Buy yourself some hope!
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*clears throat* “a European story told in an extremely Latin point of view, an emotional Mexican melodrama” is my WHOLE THING. My whole! Damn! Thing!!
(CALL ME, GUILLERMO)
(CALL ME, GUILLERMO)
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
*clears throat* “a European story told in an extremely Latin point of view, an emotional Mexican melodrama” is my WHOLE THING. My whole! Damn! Thing!!
(CALL ME, GUILLERMO)
(CALL ME, GUILLERMO)
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My inability to use my $2,000 in FSA set-asides for my medications and the fact that I’m not getting paid even half salary anymore means I’m now overdrawn and falling into a deeper hole by the hour.
I hate asking for help, but I’d appreciate anything that comes into my tip jar. Thank you. 🙏
I hate asking for help, but I’d appreciate anything that comes into my tip jar. Thank you. 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My inability to use my $2,000 in FSA set-asides for my medications and the fact that I’m not getting paid even half salary anymore means I’m now overdrawn and falling into a deeper hole by the hour.
I hate asking for help, but I’d appreciate anything that comes into my tip jar. Thank you. 🙏
I hate asking for help, but I’d appreciate anything that comes into my tip jar. Thank you. 🙏
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An hour later and I think I can tell you all how much I loved Frankenstein without starting to cry again. I have loved this book since I first read it at 12 years old. @realgdt.bsky.social kept everything I loved about it and added something that mended 38 years of heartache. Absolutely beautiful.
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
An hour later and I think I can tell you all how much I loved Frankenstein without starting to cry again. I have loved this book since I first read it at 12 years old. @realgdt.bsky.social kept everything I loved about it and added something that mended 38 years of heartache. Absolutely beautiful.
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SFF author N.E. Davenport lost her husband. 😢 There's a GoFundMe to help support her and her kids. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
SFF author N.E. Davenport lost her husband. 😢 There's a GoFundMe to help support her and her kids. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
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Referring the admin’s emergency petition to the whole court would have slowed down getting the payments out. We expect a First Circuit decision within the next day, day and a half. Monday a.m. tops. Stay tuned.
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Referring the admin’s emergency petition to the whole court would have slowed down getting the payments out. We expect a First Circuit decision within the next day, day and a half. Monday a.m. tops. Stay tuned.
What a great statement. If only all politics were just about the details of execution and not the fundamentals.
Claudia Balducci has conceded the King County Executive race to Girmay Zahilay after today's results. However, Balducci will remain on the King County Council and Sound Transit Board of Directors.
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
What a great statement. If only all politics were just about the details of execution and not the fundamentals.
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All of these and The Ghostbusters, right? High five.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
All of these and The Ghostbusters, right? High five.
I’m going to “like” every sandwich pun that comes past me today. 🫡
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m going to “like” every sandwich pun that comes past me today. 🫡
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This is your LAST 23 HOURS to get TOTES: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...
The Witch of Prague, from Homeward Books!
Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is your LAST 23 HOURS to get TOTES: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...
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Today I finally got myself organized and did some food pantry donations. I started with the state-by-state stats on who benefits from SNAP the most and picked the 6 states with the highest percentage of recipients. 1/ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today I finally got myself organized and did some food pantry donations. I started with the state-by-state stats on who benefits from SNAP the most and picked the 6 states with the highest percentage of recipients. 1/ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
May tomorrow be even better.
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
May tomorrow be even better.
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Her Majesty Tahoma throwing a shawl of clouds over Her shoulders at sunset:
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Her Majesty Tahoma throwing a shawl of clouds over Her shoulders at sunset:
I manifested this too!
I want the US to somehow be a better country tomorrow night than it is tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I manifested this too!
Same in Seattle. The Times is sane most of the time and then the editorial board gets really weird around any election. I just started ignoring that section altogether.
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...
Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani
The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do.
www.cjr.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Same in Seattle. The Times is sane most of the time and then the editorial board gets really weird around any election. I just started ignoring that section altogether.
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Halloween was my last day at Crosscut/Cascade PBS, a month after my team was laid off. What do we lose when we lose a newsroom? Even before I was an editor there, Crosscut amplified abortion access and reproductive health policy coverage while other newsrooms waited for Dobbs to force the issue.
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Halloween was my last day at Crosscut/Cascade PBS, a month after my team was laid off. What do we lose when we lose a newsroom? Even before I was an editor there, Crosscut amplified abortion access and reproductive health policy coverage while other newsrooms waited for Dobbs to force the issue.
I manifested it!
I want the US to somehow be a better country tomorrow night than it is tonight.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I manifested it!
I want the US to somehow be a better country tomorrow night than it is tonight.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I want the US to somehow be a better country tomorrow night than it is tonight.
All I want from my government is for them to make sure each citizen has food, shelter, education, and healthcare, and that each citizen is safe from harassment and harm. I also want this for all of the non-citizens in my country.
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
@repkimschrier.bsky.social
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
@repkimschrier.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
All I want from my government is for them to make sure each citizen has food, shelter, education, and healthcare, and that each citizen is safe from harassment and harm. I also want this for all of the non-citizens in my country.
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
@repkimschrier.bsky.social
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
@repkimschrier.bsky.social
I just got really angry for a minute at Penguin Random House … for reasons.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I just got really angry for a minute at Penguin Random House … for reasons.
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