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KA Holt

@kaholt.bsky.social

Writer, poet, lavender menace

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Just watched the first episode of My So Called Life with my 19yo daughter. I was her age when I watched that show in my freshman dorm common room. Too real then, still real now. Wild to realize how much one show has influenced so much of my creative work.

07.02.2026 05:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting.

07.01.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1878    ๐Ÿ” 698    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

After the assassination of Melissa Hortman itโ€™s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says heโ€™s a cop.

08.01.2026 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10348    ๐Ÿ” 2416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Hereโ€™s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] sโ€ฆ

โ€œi want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...โ€

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

08.01.2026 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5159    ๐Ÿ” 2446    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 119
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Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem WASHINGTON โ€“ Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.

I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...

08.01.2026 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18431    ๐Ÿ” 4441    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 477    ๐Ÿ“Œ 441

[fart noise]

At least it gives us more time to write more banned books?

03.12.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Running numbers with my CPA so she can prep my taxes and WOOF Yโ€™ALL. My author visit income is down 92% from last year and 87% from the year before. In case youโ€™re wondering how the book banning era is going.

03.12.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Obergfell stands. Thank you, SCOTUS.

Love is love is legal is love.
(Even in Texas)

10.11.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pale yellow graphic titled โ€œCelebrate Indigenous Peoplesโ€™ Day with Heartdrumโ€ There is a photo collage made up of six picture frames, each displaying a close-up of a cover illustration from the Heartdrum catalogue. In the top right corner is a circular photo frame containing the logo for Heartdrum, a Native-focused publishing imprint under HarperCollins.

Pale yellow graphic titled โ€œCelebrate Indigenous Peoplesโ€™ Day with Heartdrumโ€ There is a photo collage made up of six picture frames, each displaying a close-up of a cover illustration from the Heartdrum catalogue. In the top right corner is a circular photo frame containing the logo for Heartdrum, a Native-focused publishing imprint under HarperCollins.

Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay โ€” and every day! โ€” with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum!

Hereโ€™s every Heartdrum title thatโ€™s been published in 2025 โ€” as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!

13.10.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

My favorite time of the week is when my wife and I are on the couch and the light is dimmed and weโ€™re watching #gbbo and we both simultaneously go โ€œoh noooooooโ€ very quietly under our breath.

28.09.2025 02:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trumpโ€™s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesnโ€™t like.

18.09.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61880    ๐Ÿ” 19686    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2007    ๐Ÿ“Œ 919
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The Washington Post Fired Me โ€” But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America โ€” and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

15.09.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45194    ๐Ÿ” 15738    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2496    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2157

Mark Ruffalo as Tina Belcher in the (inevitable?) Bobโ€™s Burgers Broadway show.

Yeah?

FUCK yeah.

15.09.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Apple sued by authors over use of books in AI training Technology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight over protections for intellectual property in the AI era.

While weโ€™re suing AI companies, can authors also, as a class, start suing the organized groups behind book banning? We have literal receipts proving the tremendous personal, professional, and financial damage incurred because of their malevolent libel and slander.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

08.09.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last nightโ€™s dream: Me, on a spacewalk, โ€œGuys, shouldnโ€™t we be wearing spacesuits? Or at least helmets?โ€

Also me: *accidentally breaks space telescope in half, watches it float off into oblivion* โ€œItโ€™ll still work tho, right guys?โ€

Exciting addition to my (robust) collection of anxiety dreams!

08.09.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(An extension of the Sticks & Rocks Box we kept in the car when they were little, I guess)

07.09.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Indeed, indeed. (Except this isnโ€™t my childhood home, itโ€™s a rock drawer I found in my kidโ€™s room ๐Ÿ˜…)

07.09.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching Alien:Earth and realllllly wondering if Noah Hawley pitched it as โ€œwhat if Flight of the Navigator went horribly wrong?โ€

07.09.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At last, itโ€™s Javierโ€™s turn to tell his story. Available in May! Pre-order from your favorite bookstore now!
๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐ŸŒ€๐Ÿ’›

04.09.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like, make up your mind, dudes. Either our books are the devil or they are integral for future survival. *flips table*

29.05.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve worked REALLY hard FOR YEARS to write books that are being SHAT UPON by state legislatures and school boardsโ€ฆ banned for no reasonโ€ฆ yet AI companies have stolen MANY of them to train their monsters so that ASSHOLES like this can grift??? I just. I cannot. What even is anything anymore. โ˜น๏ธ

29.05.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds like a decent settlement for when we win our class action lawsuit(s).

27.05.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you havenโ€™t watched Mrs. Davis, Iโ€™m mad at you.

22.05.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TWoP all day yโ€™all. TWoP all day.

21.05.2025 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just really miss Television Without Pity. Like, how am I supposed to understand my feelings when I watch shows? Also? How am I supposed to understand *THE SHOWS*? ๐Ÿ˜ญ

21.05.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blue and purple graphic titled, โ€œJoint Statement Regarding the Firing of Dr. Carla Haydenโ€.

Blue and purple graphic titled, โ€œJoint Statement Regarding the Firing of Dr. Carla Haydenโ€.

We Need Diverse Books and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.

Share & act now โฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ง bit.ly/EmailHayden

20.05.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Two Texas book lovers holding a sign that says โ€œdonโ€™t mess with Texas public librariesโ€ in the Capitol rotunda

Two Texas book lovers holding a sign that says โ€œdonโ€™t mess with Texas public librariesโ€ in the Capitol rotunda

Leila Green Little addressing a crowd at a press conference in the Texas Capitol to defend public libraries. Leila is wearing a kick ass dress featuring banned book covers.

Leila Green Little addressing a crowd at a press conference in the Texas Capitol to defend public libraries. Leila is wearing a kick ass dress featuring banned book covers.

Texas mom and author Jessica Hamilton-Young speaking at a press conference in support of Texas public libraries

Texas mom and author Jessica Hamilton-Young speaking at a press conference in support of Texas public libraries

A crowd of Texas public library supporters demonstrating support for libraries and holding signs that says โ€œdonโ€™t mess with Texas public librariesโ€ in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol building

A crowd of Texas public library supporters demonstrating support for libraries and holding signs that says โ€œdonโ€™t mess with Texas public librariesโ€ in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol building

Donโ€™t mess with Texas Libraries! ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ“š

Texas Freedom to Read Project cofounder, Laney Hawes, joined fellow Texas advocates and book lovers for a press conference and a demonstration in support of Texas libraries and the freedom to read in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol.

20.05.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Showed up to my doctorโ€™s appointment 24 hours early. Cool cool. Good job brain. ๐Ÿฅด

20.05.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Last night my daughterโ€™s girlfriendโ€™s mother died. It was sudden and horrific. We are grappling without a rope or any footing at all. Her name was Trish. Can you please say her name? Even though you donโ€™t know her, hold her stardust in your heart for a second?

16.05.2025 06:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isn't a real government, it's a monster energy drink and a copy of Mein Kampf in a trench coat

02.05.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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