kaitlyn
@kaitlynm.bsky.social
swamp dweller by day • writer by night • she/her 🌈
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Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
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“Here we go” said Frog.
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Here we go” said Frog.
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Now published in the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing: our research on YA Book covers, showing that book covers may be as powerful a driver of sales as author fame
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
YA book covers: likability and sales
Book covers have been an important aspect of book selling for the 20th and 21st centuries. In order to provide Young Adult (YA) authors with data about YA book covers, we asked: what makes a cover ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now published in the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing: our research on YA Book covers, showing that book covers may be as powerful a driver of sales as author fame
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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“We must stop eating!” cried Toad as he ate another.
October 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“We must stop eating!” cried Toad as he ate another.
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I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
October 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I understand why they had to stop him but I don’t agree with imprisoning him in the phantom zone
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my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)
www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
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you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it
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“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.
Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles
Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.
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Befuddled Magnus Carlsen Bested By Dreaded Checkmate Gambit
Befuddled Magnus Carlsen Bested By Dreaded Checkmate Gambit
STAVANGER, NORWAY—Moments after a stunning defeat by 19-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, befuddled chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen exclaimed Monday that he had been bested by the dreaded che...
theonion.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Befuddled Magnus Carlsen Bested By Dreaded Checkmate Gambit
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Dracula attempting to move on from a conversation topic
April 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Dracula attempting to move on from a conversation topic
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BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com
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🚨 YEATS: TURNING AND TURNING OF THE WIDENING GYRE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE FALCON NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE FALCONER, CENTRE NOT EXPECTED TO HOLD
April 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🚨 YEATS: TURNING AND TURNING OF THE WIDENING GYRE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE FALCON NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE FALCONER, CENTRE NOT EXPECTED TO HOLD
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Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
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“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
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One day I'll succeed in making a better habit of not staying up so late. Today is not that day.
March 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
One day I'll succeed in making a better habit of not staying up so late. Today is not that day.
oh my god yellowjackets and yellowstone are two different tv shows
March 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
oh my god yellowjackets and yellowstone are two different tv shows