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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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Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 9h

The subject I'm tackling this month is art through classical music. It's kind of fascinating how other cultures and societies use art to develop social engagement and culture, as a way for kids to feel like they matter. It's no wonder then that AI makes people feel as though they don't

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Parentball @parentball.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone misunderstood Deep Thought. He didn’t say the answer was 42. He said it was “For tea, two.” That’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything

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Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social · 12h

TOPIC: It's Fall, a new season! The light is changing, disappearing sooner. And it makes us wonder - how do you use things like the seasons or light and darkness or other nature-driven details in your work? And when you read, how do those details effect you (and the story)? #kidlitchat

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 15h

I was actually in the car when I took this so i think I was probably much too big 😆😆

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 16h

#BirdSky #birb

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 16h

Is this hawk judging my life choices y/y

Hawk on a wooden signpost facing the camera

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 16h

Is this hawk judging my life choices y/y

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 20h

i still have never tried pilates and don't really know what it is

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 20h

Still thinking about that time I drove past a sign for what I thought was a sign for "Pirates!" down the street from me, but it turned out to be a sign for "Pilates!". I wonder if anyone ever shows up for pilates in costume.

a man in a pirate costume is sitting in front of a computer

Alt: A man in a pirate hat, beard, and eyepatch, sitting in front of a cubicle with a computer. camera moves closer to his face as he has his mouth open and appears to be cackling

media.tenor.com

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Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 1d

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
@nymag.com -->

nymag.com/intelligence...

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

nymag.com

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 23h

Aww man. At least it felt real! That sounds cool

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 23h

One thing I keep doing is clicking a link on here and then somehow losing the original post so that I give up and close bluesky. Oh well! Probably better for my mental health that way 🤷🏽‍♀️

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⚜️New Logic @freshlogic.blacksky.app · 1d

Me at 11:45 pm on a school night: 🗣“HERE AND NOW…”

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 1d

The world is not out to get you. That's paranoid thinking. There are, at most, three to fifteen people out to get you, working day and night on your downfall. Relax.

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 3d

💔 "He designed and led literacy programs...tutored hundreds of fellow prisoners working toward high school diplomas. He became the first person in the 150-year history of the facility to earn a master’s degree, completing his coursework by correspondence with a 4.0 GPA."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Jules @librarydoodles.bsky.social · 4d

local Lord of Darkness just honestly not really feeling it this year

#cats #kidlitart #art

Illustration of a put out looking black cat wearing an elaborate black and red Dracula-esque cape

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 4d

I don't see your images either

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 4d

Yes. I keep telling myself to preserve my joy of writing and reading because it is an act of resistance. Sometimes I feel like that's an excuse to live in the bliss of ignorance, but my health is important. (And so is yours!)

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 4d

MIT course 7 alum. Despite having MIT alum family members and in laws, I have not donated to MIT in a long time for various reasons but esp after their treatment of student protestors, but I might reconsider at this moment when we need them to continue to stand up to this admin's war on science.

Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 4d

Some good news! Ideally this will inspire the others to reject the bogus contract as well. If you're in the MIT community, let 'em know they did the right thing.

MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 4d

I said I was going to do fewer news reactions on here for my mental health so I'm undoing a bunch of reposts! Trying to do a lot less doomscrolling

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 4d

Hang in there illustrators, I see you fighting that good fight.

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Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 4d

Did they end up refiling? I hope not

Amitha Jagannath Knight @amitha.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone know what happened with this?