Katherine Locke
@katherinelocke.bsky.social
Author, writer, reader, cat owner, horse owner. Mostly made of rage and salt. Red Sea pedestrian. They/them.
Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Philly, I got this lil guy out of the pouring rain last night! If you're interested in adopting a very very friendly sweet kitten lmk!
This job listing is a recession indicator. This is a bonkers responsibility list to end the description with it being an unpaid internship. It says internship at the top (screenshot cut off) but not UNPAID. And that application question? I can't. Be so fr rn.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This job listing is a recession indicator. This is a bonkers responsibility list to end the description with it being an unpaid internship. It says internship at the top (screenshot cut off) but not UNPAID. And that application question? I can't. Be so fr rn.
Omg it's your whole page lmao look at you
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Omg it's your whole page lmao look at you
Look! I didn't even have to label you. Bluesky just knew who you are 🥹
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Look! I didn't even have to label you. Bluesky just knew who you are 🥹
Forced the bay mare to dress up. She was a great sport. Astronaut and The Night Sky (too windy for the cardboard moon cutout!) And obligatory one eyed horse with an eye patch picture.
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Forced the bay mare to dress up. She was a great sport. Astronaut and The Night Sky (too windy for the cardboard moon cutout!) And obligatory one eyed horse with an eye patch picture.
UPenn got hacked by a right wing group. TW for ableist and racism. Yikes on a bike. I've received multiple with different sender names and emails.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
UPenn got hacked by a right wing group. TW for ableist and racism. Yikes on a bike. I've received multiple with different sender names and emails.
One day I'm going to renovate this bathroom and Marble Dick will be gone and I'll miss it. I wonder if the previous owners selected this slab specifically for this specimen.
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One day I'm going to renovate this bathroom and Marble Dick will be gone and I'll miss it. I wonder if the previous owners selected this slab specifically for this specimen.
I have spots open in the small writing group I run! There are weekly write-ins on zoom, a monthly craft chat, and opportunity for one on one calls with me and edits on your page. I think it's pretty amazing but you don't have to take my word for it. Here's what current members say.
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have spots open in the small writing group I run! There are weekly write-ins on zoom, a monthly craft chat, and opportunity for one on one calls with me and edits on your page. I think it's pretty amazing but you don't have to take my word for it. Here's what current members say.
A great Yom Kippur to me (though I don't regularly recommend riding while fasting!). Back on the horse for the first time in 5 weeks. She's not 100% yet but we are getting there.
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A great Yom Kippur to me (though I don't regularly recommend riding while fasting!). Back on the horse for the first time in 5 weeks. She's not 100% yet but we are getting there.
If you're a high school teacher (or librarian!) in the continental US and you want a copy of FOR THE REST OF US, a YA holiday anthology edited by @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com, email me through my website (Katherine Locke Books dot com)! I have ~12 copies that I'd love to get into classrooms.
September 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you're a high school teacher (or librarian!) in the continental US and you want a copy of FOR THE REST OF US, a YA holiday anthology edited by @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com, email me through my website (Katherine Locke Books dot com)! I have ~12 copies that I'd love to get into classrooms.
If you see this post a bridge
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you see this post a bridge
I'm supposed to try to bring her back into work next week. Send help and an ambulance on standby.
September 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm supposed to try to bring her back into work next week. Send help and an ambulance on standby.
My most expensive child was having fun in the rain tonight.
September 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My most expensive child was having fun in the rain tonight.
Announcing my new think tank
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Announcing my new think tank
My cat who is very much not a lap cat is in my lap. So I guess I'm stuck here forever??
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My cat who is very much not a lap cat is in my lap. So I guess I'm stuck here forever??
Update from France. French cocks.
July 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Update from France. French cocks.
My horse thinks a cold shower on 101 deg day is a criminal offense.
June 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My horse thinks a cold shower on 101 deg day is a criminal offense.
I am not built for this weather. I come from cold weather people. I am made for potatoes and rain.
June 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I am not built for this weather. I come from cold weather people. I am made for potatoes and rain.
Are you going to be at ALA? I'll be there on Saturday! Swing by my signings over in the Land of Hachette. I'm signing ATHLETE IS AGENDER from 12:30-1 at Booth 205 (LBYR) and GENDER REBELS at 2pm at Booth 210 (Running Press).
June 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Are you going to be at ALA? I'll be there on Saturday! Swing by my signings over in the Land of Hachette. I'm signing ATHLETE IS AGENDER from 12:30-1 at Booth 205 (LBYR) and GENDER REBELS at 2pm at Booth 210 (Running Press).
A great example of why you can't trust AI search results.
Sen John Heinz DID die in an aviation accident. But in 1991. In PA.
I searched the same keywords again and got the second screenshot.
He does have a son, H. John Heinz IV, who also did not die in Pan Am 103.
AI makes shit up!!!!
Sen John Heinz DID die in an aviation accident. But in 1991. In PA.
I searched the same keywords again and got the second screenshot.
He does have a son, H. John Heinz IV, who also did not die in Pan Am 103.
AI makes shit up!!!!
June 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A great example of why you can't trust AI search results.
Sen John Heinz DID die in an aviation accident. But in 1991. In PA.
I searched the same keywords again and got the second screenshot.
He does have a son, H. John Heinz IV, who also did not die in Pan Am 103.
AI makes shit up!!!!
Sen John Heinz DID die in an aviation accident. But in 1991. In PA.
I searched the same keywords again and got the second screenshot.
He does have a son, H. John Heinz IV, who also did not die in Pan Am 103.
AI makes shit up!!!!
Less mad and can be bribed
May 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Less mad and can be bribed
Things I've pulled out of a coworker's car:
May 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Things I've pulled out of a coworker's car:
In my fb memories, a picture of a passage from a research book (THE BRIDGE AT ANDAU) about how Russia handled Hungary (and other communist countries). It's an interesting comparison to our current plight (though I think Russia had/has a hand, my blame is entirely on Christian nationalists.)
May 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In my fb memories, a picture of a passage from a research book (THE BRIDGE AT ANDAU) about how Russia handled Hungary (and other communist countries). It's an interesting comparison to our current plight (though I think Russia had/has a hand, my blame is entirely on Christian nationalists.)
ATHLETE IS AGENDER: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports is out today! This is a nonfiction anthology for readers 10+, and it's maybe the most important book I've sent into the world. I really mean that.
May 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ATHLETE IS AGENDER: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports is out today! This is a nonfiction anthology for readers 10+, and it's maybe the most important book I've sent into the world. I really mean that.
Philly area! On May 13th at 7pm, I'm launching my next book, ATHLETE IS AGENDER, a nonfiction MG anthology about LGBTQ+ people in sports, at Children's Book World in Haverford, PA. My coeditor, Nicole Melleby, and contributors @erikjbrown.bsky.social and @v-e-tirado.com will be there too! Join us!
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Philly area! On May 13th at 7pm, I'm launching my next book, ATHLETE IS AGENDER, a nonfiction MG anthology about LGBTQ+ people in sports, at Children's Book World in Haverford, PA. My coeditor, Nicole Melleby, and contributors @erikjbrown.bsky.social and @v-e-tirado.com will be there too! Join us!