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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔

@amitha.bsky.social

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Award-winning author and poet, identical twin, parent, MD (not practicing). Also: guitar, piano, bharatanatyam student. Boston area, MA, USA. Rep: @karisutherland.bsky.social www.amithaknight.com She/her

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · Feb 6

My picture book: USHA AND THE BIG DIGGER (Mathical Honor Award winner)
Kids poems in: GNOMES AND UNGNOMES anthology
Adult speculative poem in: BRAVE NEW WEIRD vol 2 award anthology
Adult Spec. short story: "Kaliya, Queen of Snakes"

more info: www.amithaknight.com

Writer | Amitha Jagannath Knight, Children's Author | Boston

Website and blog for writer and children's author Amitha Jagannath Knight and her books.

www.amithaknight.com

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harpy halloween @harpy.party · 5h

my latest rose is one of my best yet

a beautiful red rose, at the perfect moment when it's fully unfurled but not yet fucked up by life

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 1h

if anyone has a favorite show to watch while cooking, let me know. it has be an hour or less, easy to understand without looking at the screen the whole time, family friendly so i'm not embarrassed when my kids walk in, but also not too boring and smarmy.

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 1h

like just let the characters have magic no one is going to get mad, and if they do they really should watch a show that doesn't have "witch" in the title

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 1h

it was like they forgot that the characters were supposed to be witches and have magic and not just be quirky

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 1h

I have to decide whether to try the good witch on netflix again. i enjoyed a season or two before it became too smarmy for me

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 1h

I have just realized i've reached the final season of Doc Martin, my favorite show to watch while cooking 😭

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 1h

just added you!

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 12h

to all the new Bluskiers:

please prepare a one pager that describes your posting style, a few personal details, and what you are personally going to do to make this web site a success in 2025. You will be asked to present your slide on the Bluesky all hands meeting coming up in 17 minutes

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 3h

"Voice is a manifestation of courage...Have the courage to free your voice."-- @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social from her @12x12challenge.bsky.social talk from February. I'm just catching up with this! I will have to think about this more! Love it.

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 4h

will do!

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 4h

For new folks I made this starter pack a while ago! #kidlit

go.bsky.app/E2AUDvR

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 4h

😂😂

ceej @ceej.online · Nov 21

I made a starter pack of people who made a post so good I showed my wife. my wife is normal so I have to physically show her posts on here. I'll update this list every time someone makes a post so good I show it to my wife

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 5h

sometimes can't tell which

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13h

sometimes writing good! sometimes? writing? very very bad

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13h

sometimes writing good! sometimes? writing? very very bad

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 5h

Ending remote work for...journalists? The people who really shouldn't be at the office but out there covering stories?

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 6h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 6h

*One Piece whoops for the typo I didn't see the first 1000 times I read this.

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 7h

wondering when everyone will start banning manga from libraries 🤔

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 7h

"Young protesters in Madagascar and elsewhere are reimagining the manga characters’ fight against injustice as their own, anime experts say." <-- now picturing all the reporters racing to find One Piece experts to quote from. these experts are like "my time has finally come."

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 7h

Governments toppled by Gen Z Once Piece fans is just...wow.

www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...

Gen Z protesters united by an anime pirate flag are challenging governments around the world

Madagascar's government is the second to be ousted in recent weeks as young people angered by economic hardship and perceived injustice demand change.

www.nbcnews.com

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 7h

i have fallen for a few "author" accounts

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 7h

also be aware of the numerous fake accounts that look real and use real people's pics but are really just ai chatbots

Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 7h

be sure to use blocklists!!!

Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 7h

Hey newskies! You'll like it here if you make friends. Especially with marginalized people. And this place is run by some villains like twitter but you can achieve a lower bullshit factor.

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 8h

This is the song: Unravel by Björk. It's a lovely song I hadn't heard in a while. youtu.be/29MOyw2RYbM?...

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Amitha Jagannath Knight 🪔 @amitha.bsky.social · 8h

Anyway, I'm still under the weather but obviously well enough to write stuff on here so am going to try to catch up on chores and get some work done.