Kim Middleton
@kimmiddleton.bsky.social
Dilettante, daughter of the west, and host of the podcast This Book Made Me.
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Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
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All these things are not without their meanings.
July 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
All these things are not without their meanings.
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So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that.
July 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So have I seen Passion and Vanity stamping the living magnanimous earth, but the earth did not alter her tides and her seasons for that.
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1st meeting with a cohort of doctors today & when I asked them to share something that had brought them joy lately, several shared books they were currently reading...& OTHER PEOPLE WROTE THEM DOWN
This is why I ask this question
Also: respect to the MD who said "Buying 3 burgers at Five Guys"
This is why I ask this question
Also: respect to the MD who said "Buying 3 burgers at Five Guys"
July 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
1st meeting with a cohort of doctors today & when I asked them to share something that had brought them joy lately, several shared books they were currently reading...& OTHER PEOPLE WROTE THEM DOWN
This is why I ask this question
Also: respect to the MD who said "Buying 3 burgers at Five Guys"
This is why I ask this question
Also: respect to the MD who said "Buying 3 burgers at Five Guys"
When you think of Paulo Coelho's award-winning, best-selling novel The Alchemist, do you groan or clap? Up now on the podcast: creator/educator/coach Marq Mervin on how it changed his life. #booksky #books #reading #alchemist
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The Alchemist: To Dream and To Love
This Book Made Me · Episode
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July 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
When you think of Paulo Coelho's award-winning, best-selling novel The Alchemist, do you groan or clap? Up now on the podcast: creator/educator/coach Marq Mervin on how it changed his life. #booksky #books #reading #alchemist
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open.spotify.com/episode/1vk2...
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It smells like the left wing of the day of judgment
July 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It smells like the left wing of the day of judgment
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A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 is on at The Clark through Sept 14. Read about it on here:
British Women Artist-Activists at The Clark Art Institute
artherstory.net/british-wome...
Pictured: Cyclamen & Primula, 1923, by Winifred Nicholson; @kettlesyard.bsky.social
British Women Artist-Activists at The Clark Art Institute
artherstory.net/british-wome...
Pictured: Cyclamen & Primula, 1923, by Winifred Nicholson; @kettlesyard.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 is on at The Clark through Sept 14. Read about it on here:
British Women Artist-Activists at The Clark Art Institute
artherstory.net/british-wome...
Pictured: Cyclamen & Primula, 1923, by Winifred Nicholson; @kettlesyard.bsky.social
British Women Artist-Activists at The Clark Art Institute
artherstory.net/british-wome...
Pictured: Cyclamen & Primula, 1923, by Winifred Nicholson; @kettlesyard.bsky.social
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can we please just have more book reviews instead of these weird pieces about whether or not straight white men can still read or publish novels
July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
can we please just have more book reviews instead of these weird pieces about whether or not straight white men can still read or publish novels
Same.
I just wanna be clear I overused em dashes well before chat gpt and I feel great about it.
July 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Same.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Marines and mission creep:
Marines are now stationed on the California border. Newsom's office calls it 'mission creep'
As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants deep in the country, it's sending Marines and soldiers to patrol the border.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Marines and mission creep:
Thankfully, I learned this juuust under the wire. #monsoonwedding
Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
June 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Thankfully, I learned this juuust under the wire. #monsoonwedding
Up now on the pod: stewarding the practices of joy, especially in doom times. A chat about the brilliance of #rossgay 's Inciting Joy, with @leeleewilma.bsky.social. #booksky #joy open.spotify.com/episode/7uGw...
Inciting Joy: More Capacity, More Access, More Poetry
This Book Made Me · Episode
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June 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Up now on the pod: stewarding the practices of joy, especially in doom times. A chat about the brilliance of #rossgay 's Inciting Joy, with @leeleewilma.bsky.social. #booksky #joy open.spotify.com/episode/7uGw...
Who doesn't have time to take a 5 minute survey about reading? Go help an Irish writer out! @1adoyle.bsky.social #booksky
If you read books and have 2-5mins to spare, filling out this survey will help me in developing an app that puts Irish storytelling in the palm of your hand! Gowan, be sound 😁✨
#Booksky #UKkidlit #speirgorm #storytelling #IrishArtist #StudentInc
#Booksky #UKkidlit #speirgorm #storytelling #IrishArtist #StudentInc
Microsoft Forms
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June 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Who doesn't have time to take a 5 minute survey about reading? Go help an Irish writer out! @1adoyle.bsky.social #booksky
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June 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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> Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment: “I can’t even describe how good it feels to know that someone who was trying to obliterate me and all the other women that he harmed did not succeed… His path to victory was to destroy all of us… and it didn’t work.” More below:
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
> Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment: “I can’t even describe how good it feels to know that someone who was trying to obliterate me and all the other women that he harmed did not succeed… His path to victory was to destroy all of us… and it didn’t work.” More below:
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The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
"This Book Made Me treat my words like an art object," says Emmy-nominated Sesame Street writer @jencapra.bsky.social. In this Pride Month episode, we fan-girl over Jeanette Winterson's luminous novel Written on the Body. #booksky
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Written on the Body: Words as Art Object
This Book Made Me · Episode
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June 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"This Book Made Me treat my words like an art object," says Emmy-nominated Sesame Street writer @jencapra.bsky.social. In this Pride Month episode, we fan-girl over Jeanette Winterson's luminous novel Written on the Body. #booksky
open.spotify.com/episode/2tRw...
open.spotify.com/episode/2tRw...
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My friend in LA says the city is in chaos. No one knows how to park in the Trader Joe's parking lot
June 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My friend in LA says the city is in chaos. No one knows how to park in the Trader Joe's parking lot
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE crowd peacefully protesting and marching in LA to protest ongoing ICE raid operations and Trump’s federalization of the National Guard
📍Los Angeles, CA
📍Los Angeles, CA
June 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE crowd peacefully protesting and marching in LA to protest ongoing ICE raid operations and Trump’s federalization of the National Guard
📍Los Angeles, CA
📍Los Angeles, CA
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
June 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
It's still #AAPI heritage month, and do we have an interview for you: it's @thaoworra.bsky.social , talking about the woefully under-recognized graphic novel Why I Hate Saturn.
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Why I Hate Saturn: Anything Goes
This Book Made Me · Episode
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May 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It's still #AAPI heritage month, and do we have an interview for you: it's @thaoworra.bsky.social , talking about the woefully under-recognized graphic novel Why I Hate Saturn.
open.spotify.com/episode/0dOz...
open.spotify.com/episode/0dOz...