Kelly Barnhill
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social
I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon a book by Kelly Barnhill
With more than a million copies sold, Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables. Every year, the people of t...
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Hello new followers! Welcome! I'm so glad you're here. Some quick things about me:
I write novels and short stories for both kid readers and grownups. For example! I wrote The Girl Who Drank The Moon which has magic, a swamp monster, a Perfectly Tiny Dragon and a witch. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
I write novels and short stories for both kid readers and grownups. For example! I wrote The Girl Who Drank The Moon which has magic, a swamp monster, a Perfectly Tiny Dragon and a witch. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
We are hosting Thanksgiving, madly prepping and cooking, and listening to The Roches, and damn. They really don't make albums like that anymore.
What's on your meal prep playlists, friends?
What's on your meal prep playlists, friends?
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We are hosting Thanksgiving, madly prepping and cooking, and listening to The Roches, and damn. They really don't make albums like that anymore.
What's on your meal prep playlists, friends?
What's on your meal prep playlists, friends?
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
Sometimes you need to ask "who benefits most?" and work backwards from there
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Sometimes you need to ask "who benefits most?" and work backwards from there
It's possible I finished a short story. I'm kind of astonished
Still might erase. Still happy with the milestone, either way. Brain injury recovery is a long, slow process and even imperfect wins are still wins.
Still might erase. Still happy with the milestone, either way. Brain injury recovery is a long, slow process and even imperfect wins are still wins.
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It's possible I finished a short story. I'm kind of astonished
Still might erase. Still happy with the milestone, either way. Brain injury recovery is a long, slow process and even imperfect wins are still wins.
Still might erase. Still happy with the milestone, either way. Brain injury recovery is a long, slow process and even imperfect wins are still wins.
A sincere apology, please and thank you.
New Rule:
Anyone who eagerly signal boosted Nuzzi's or Lizza's anti-Biden and anti-Harris hit pieces in 2024 needs to apologize for doing so.
Anyone who eagerly signal boosted Nuzzi's or Lizza's anti-Biden and anti-Harris hit pieces in 2024 needs to apologize for doing so.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A sincere apology, please and thank you.
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the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
Apparently there is a walnut shortage, so I am going to have to get creative with my mushroom walnut thanksgiving loaf.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Apparently there is a walnut shortage, so I am going to have to get creative with my mushroom walnut thanksgiving loaf.
Which one of you prissy nerds labeled "The Creation of Adam" as "adult content"? Honestly.
I keep seeing Fanttik and Hoto tools on all my feeds and all over every Black Friday list so I asked @seanhollister.bsky.social to figure out how they just appeared from nowhere. Scandal! Huge influencer budgets! Ferocious gadget competition! A perfect Verge story -> www.theverge.com/report/82926...
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Which one of you prissy nerds labeled "The Creation of Adam" as "adult content"? Honestly.
I mean. Who *hasn't* Petey Thiel accused of being the antichrist at this point?
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I mean. Who *hasn't* Petey Thiel accused of being the antichrist at this point?
An important distinction.
PSA: There are some accounts on here that are essentially religion news *influencers,* meaning they pump out viral posts that contain information that is *sometimes* accurate, sometimes *partially* accurate, sometimes purely speculative, and sometimes just…false.
Follow religion reporters.
Follow religion reporters.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
An important distinction.
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Worth a read.
Also? I've been wearing a wedding ring for 26 years now. I do dishes every day and have never once taken my ring off while approaching the sink.
Also? I've been wearing a wedding ring for 26 years now. I do dishes every day and have never once taken my ring off while approaching the sink.
The excuse for Usha Vance's missing wedding ring is bizarre and preposterous. Look, she doesn't do dishes, so why pretend otherwise?
But this bullshit claim tells us a lot about how JD Vance is trying to humble his wife in public.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
But this bullshit claim tells us a lot about how JD Vance is trying to humble his wife in public.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
Usha Vance doesn’t do dishes — so why the wedding ring excuse?
The second lady's staff runs the kitchen at the VP's residence
www.salon.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Worth a read.
Also? I've been wearing a wedding ring for 26 years now. I do dishes every day and have never once taken my ring off while approaching the sink.
Also? I've been wearing a wedding ring for 26 years now. I do dishes every day and have never once taken my ring off while approaching the sink.
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Why read past headlines: I fetched the receipts to show that the vice president's 33-room mansion comes with a full household staff, provided by the Navy.
So why did they lie? Because JD Vance is selling a pathetic tradwife fantasy.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
So why did they lie? Because JD Vance is selling a pathetic tradwife fantasy.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
Usha Vance doesn’t do dishes — so why the wedding ring excuse?
The second lady's staff runs the kitchen at the VP's residence
www.salon.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Why read past headlines: I fetched the receipts to show that the vice president's 33-room mansion comes with a full household staff, provided by the Navy.
So why did they lie? Because JD Vance is selling a pathetic tradwife fantasy.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
So why did they lie? Because JD Vance is selling a pathetic tradwife fantasy.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
Full support
America would be so much better if “dude, what the fuck are you talking about?” was normalized as a general response to politicians and pundits
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Full support
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Great thread that includes useful info for folks in Minnesota in particular.
If you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to thousands of journals and ebooks, the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, Star Tribune (all the way back to the 80s), and much more. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule! 2/4 elibrarymn.org
eLibrary Minnesota
elibrarymn.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Great thread that includes useful info for folks in Minnesota in particular.
Leather upstairs, leather downstairs. Ew.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Leather upstairs, leather downstairs. Ew.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
The fact that he pulls at all is evident that a lot of women were raised to have zero self respect, and that is the real tragedy.
It's a fucking embarrassment is what it is.
What the fuck this is
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's a fucking embarrassment is what it is.
Okay friends: favorite gingerbread recipes. The stickier the better. Go!
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Okay friends: favorite gingerbread recipes. The stickier the better. Go!
We have to be able to thread this needle, and the only way to do so is with clarity and precision of language. We must make arguments that illuminate, separate and refine. Because people on the right will want to tangle, muddy, confuse, and capitalize on chaos.
Israel is engaged in genocide, it is a genocide materially assisted by the US, and AIPAC is the biggest lobby pushing for that material assistance to continue.
AND.
We need to proactively address anyone trying to exploit these realities and justified anger to advance or engage antisemitism.
AND.
We need to proactively address anyone trying to exploit these realities and justified anger to advance or engage antisemitism.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We have to be able to thread this needle, and the only way to do so is with clarity and precision of language. We must make arguments that illuminate, separate and refine. Because people on the right will want to tangle, muddy, confuse, and capitalize on chaos.
Just read all of it.
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just read all of it.
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I have a lot to say about the X location feature/scandal but in the meantime @cwarzel.bsky.social is here to remind you that it was not a surprise (see next post), the incentives are misaligned, and the corporations generally do not want to fix it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have a lot to say about the X location feature/scandal but in the meantime @cwarzel.bsky.social is here to remind you that it was not a surprise (see next post), the incentives are misaligned, and the corporations generally do not want to fix it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
If you need a machine to come up with your sick insults for you because you lack the swiftness of thought and the flexibility in your own creative muscles, maybe you were never much of a "genius" in the first place.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you need a machine to come up with your sick insults for you because you lack the swiftness of thought and the flexibility in your own creative muscles, maybe you were never much of a "genius" in the first place.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
All I see are two sad, drab little men with little to offer other than ego.
Imagine being so petty as to unleash the world's worst monsters just because you couldn't bear having to share a fifth place ribbon with another girl.
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Imagine being so petty as to unleash the world's worst monsters just because you couldn't bear having to share a fifth place ribbon with another girl.
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@kellybarnhill.bsky.social Ooh, look what I found in today’s New York Times Book Review. Congratulations on the ink!
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@kellybarnhill.bsky.social Ooh, look what I found in today’s New York Times Book Review. Congratulations on the ink!