Author M.K. Deppner
@mkdepp.bsky.social
Author of bookstore romance A Rare Find and atmospheric horror Photographs of October
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Smith was 25 in 2000 when she published her critically acclaimed first novel. Now 50, her latest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, reflects on middle age, climate change and generational gaps. n.pr/4q2S7cC
Zadie Smith's heads up to young people: 'You are absolutely going to become old'
Smith was 25 in 2000 when she published her critically acclaimed first novel. Now 50, her latest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, reflects on middle age, climate change and generational gaps.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Smith was 25 in 2000 when she published her critically acclaimed first novel. Now 50, her latest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, reflects on middle age, climate change and generational gaps. n.pr/4q2S7cC
Getting ready for @sportingkc.com with @johnbrownsrifle.bsky.social! Last match of the season, and we’ve got some of the best seats in the house! @fortheglorykc.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting ready for @sportingkc.com with @johnbrownsrifle.bsky.social! Last match of the season, and we’ve got some of the best seats in the house! @fortheglorykc.bsky.social
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Highly recommended, if you can swing it: blocking off 24 hours for a “readathon” where you just try to read as much as you can in the time that you have. No phone, minimized distractions
I finished two books today and started a third, and I feel significantly less stressed and despairing
I finished two books today and started a third, and I feel significantly less stressed and despairing
September 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Highly recommended, if you can swing it: blocking off 24 hours for a “readathon” where you just try to read as much as you can in the time that you have. No phone, minimized distractions
I finished two books today and started a third, and I feel significantly less stressed and despairing
I finished two books today and started a third, and I feel significantly less stressed and despairing
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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We have to end the backlog!
More states are tracking rape kits. But key support for survivors may be slipping away. | via Amanda Hernandez #ksleg
More states are tracking rape kits. But key support for survivors may be slipping away. • Kansas Reflector
At least 37 states have committed to establishing rape kit tracking systems that allow survivors to monitor the status of their kits.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We have to end the backlog!
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June 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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They are not picking up dangerous criminals, but the immigrants who were actually complying with the conditions of their presence in the US. And now, other immigrants have less and less reason to do so.
"At about 15 minutes past the hour every hour all afternoon, teams of agents, many of them masked, left the building escorting four people, each in handcuffs, into parked SUVs that then quickly zipped across the street to the garage of 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE has its local field office."
“Three women who also received the message and came to the office on Tuesday told THE CITY they were instructed to return on Wednesday — but this time to bring their children with them.”
harrowing new reporting from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:
harrowing new reporting from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:
June 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
They are not picking up dangerous criminals, but the immigrants who were actually complying with the conditions of their presence in the US. And now, other immigrants have less and less reason to do so.
@fortheglorykc.bsky.social
So we’re watching the match tonight, and I’m thinking about the podcast and how absolutely confused I made y’all re: my gma’s mac ‘n cheese shenanigans during last week’s match—there’s definitely a lot more to the story! I always wondered as a kid why it tasted so bland…
So we’re watching the match tonight, and I’m thinking about the podcast and how absolutely confused I made y’all re: my gma’s mac ‘n cheese shenanigans during last week’s match—there’s definitely a lot more to the story! I always wondered as a kid why it tasted so bland…
June 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
@fortheglorykc.bsky.social
So we’re watching the match tonight, and I’m thinking about the podcast and how absolutely confused I made y’all re: my gma’s mac ‘n cheese shenanigans during last week’s match—there’s definitely a lot more to the story! I always wondered as a kid why it tasted so bland…
So we’re watching the match tonight, and I’m thinking about the podcast and how absolutely confused I made y’all re: my gma’s mac ‘n cheese shenanigans during last week’s match—there’s definitely a lot more to the story! I always wondered as a kid why it tasted so bland…
I made you a REAL summer reading list of fifteen REAL books by REAL authors— books that might not be on your radar. Some old, some newer. Here it is.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Any librarian at any of the Chicago public libraries would've whipped up a list for free for the Sun-Times.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Any librarian at any of the Chicago public libraries would've whipped up a list for free for the Sun-Times.
This also ran in Philly. Add it to the list of issues we run into when we replace humans in jobs that AI cannot and should not do.
I spoke to the person who AI-generated the Chicago Sun-Times reading list. Says he's very embarrassed. This was part of a generic package inserted into newspapers and other publications, so likely to run elsewhere. He didn't know it'd be in Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."
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May 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This also ran in Philly. Add it to the list of issues we run into when we replace humans in jobs that AI cannot and should not do.
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Opinion from Dave Kendall: Kansas public broadcasting stations would suffer crushing setback under Trump order #ksleg
Kansas public broadcasting stations would suffer crushing setback under Trump order • Kansas Reflector
In May 1993, Kansas Sen. Bob Dole addressed the annual public radio conference at an early morning session, introduced as “one of the toughest critics of public broadcasting.” Saying he shouldn’t be t...
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May 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Opinion from Dave Kendall: Kansas public broadcasting stations would suffer crushing setback under Trump order #ksleg
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In production and ready very soon: Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? A new booklet I wrote at the instigation of @prisonculture.bsky.social.
May 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In production and ready very soon: Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? A new booklet I wrote at the instigation of @prisonculture.bsky.social.
And more excellent ideas in the comments!
May or may not be planning a campaign embroidery class soon 💁🏼♀️
May 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And more excellent ideas in the comments!
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“Trans woman falsely linked to DC plane crash sues influencer for defamation ***
Jo Ellis was thrust into the spotlight after Matthew Wallace amplified baseless claims of her involvement” 4/9/25 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jo Ellis was thrust into the spotlight after Matthew Wallace amplified baseless claims of her involvement” 4/9/25 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trans woman falsely linked to DC plane crash sues influencer for defamation
Jo Ellis was thrust into the spotlight after Matthew Wallace amplified baseless claims of her involvement
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April 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Whoah… so much for it just being about *going* to the US. I was going to see Ali Hazelwood in a couple of weeks but she’s cancelled because she doesn’t feel safe enough to leave and then return to America.
April 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Whoah… so much for it just being about *going* to the US. I was going to see Ali Hazelwood in a couple of weeks but she’s cancelled because she doesn’t feel safe enough to leave and then return to America.
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Absolutely horrible for museums and libraries. The arts continue to be decimated: bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted
DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.
bookriot.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Absolutely horrible for museums and libraries. The arts continue to be decimated: bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
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Opinion by Katie Hancock: Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/02/25/c...
Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. • Kansas Reflector
Hearing that 1,200 Natural Resource Conservation Service employees have been eliminated nationwide is heartbreaking.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Opinion by Katie Hancock: Conservation service has offered vital support to Kansas farmers and ranchers. Cuts imperil it all. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/02/25/c...