Katie Karnehm-Esh

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I found out I have a last minute spot in the Vermont Studio Center in March for a writers residency! You can help me make this possible by sharing the link, letting me know about funding opportunities, or donating if you feel led. Thank you!
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Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Abolish. ice. 💔

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

A black and white terrier puppy running toward the camera

The black and white terrier puppy looking at the camera.

Emotional support terrierorist

state-sponsored child trafficking

The Year of the Snake What I needed to live well, with thanks to Hanif Abdurraqib

I wrote a substack about dogs disguised as a substack about snakes.

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If you're rich and powerful enough, rich and powerful Republicans will ignore your crimes -- including child molestation.

I want people to understand that in my youth, a youth that happened somewhere between the youth of Epstein, Trump, Maxwell, ex-Prince Andrew, et al & that of their victims, the term "jail bait" was framed as a compliment.

AOC leading school tours during the shutdown. Always doing the most.

Republicans took the day off while all democrats showed up to work. Could you see a republican showing students around just as a nice gesture?

We can, in fact, oppose ALL political violence, no matter the form, source, or reasoning.

Genocide (& supporting it) is bad.
Ethnic cleansing is bad.
Murdering people in a boat off Venezuela is bad.
Murdering people for Existing While Black is bad.
Shooting someone whose views are repellant is bad.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

This. Times a thousand. Again and again.

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Life comes at you fast

Are You Rude With Money? Our readers share annoying financial scenarios to avoid when splitting the bill.

This article increasingly horrified me, and made me grateful that I might be out of bachelorette trip demographic. www.thecut.com/article/awkw...

Dumpster and Dumpster alone is getting me through the horrors. Anyway call your congress people.

Even worse if you're dual career.

When you strip away humanity

Midsummer circling back and letting go

I started a post in January, and finished it today. Which kind of lets you know how my mental health (not great Bob!) went this winter. Thanks to @lyz.bsky.social and @theferocity.bsky.social for helping me get some initial ideas going.
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An Interview with Dom Flemons My guest post at the Double Down Blog

I got to interview Dom Flemons, a hugely talented multi-instrumentalist and performer and music scholar back in January, and wrote about it for Nevada Humanities in May. Here it is on my new Substack!
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Welcome to High Desert Humanities A midwesterner meets cowboy country

I started a Substack to write about my arts/humanities work in the Wild West. I hope you check it out.

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#uketa #scam

UK Electronic Travel Authorisation | UKETA.com Your guide to the United Kingdom’s Electronic Travel Authorization (UK ETA) information and UK ETA application.

If you use the website uketa.com, you are getting triple charged for a UK travel visa, even though they make it look like they are affiliated with the UK government. Ask me how I know.

Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.

The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.

Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

With the $45 million being spent on the president's parade here’s what that money could do for veterans instead:

House 3k veterans for an entire year in transitional housing

Provide full PTSD treatment for 3.75k veterans for a year

Deliver job training to 9k veterans through 12-week programs

Today someone I know who has fought for low wage workers his whole life was detained while observing an ICE raid. David Huerta is a citizen and a proud Angeleno. He must be released now. If this can happen to David, it can happen to anyone. It’s unacceptable.