Kelly J. Baker (she/her)
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social
writer. mother. little gremlin. PhD. MFA student. author of Gospel According to the Klan, The Zombies Are Coming, Grace Period, Final Girl, etc. co-host of @podonlyknows.bsky.social newsletter: https://www.kellyjbaker.com/newsletter/
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
My children made popcorn and did not share.
I just...
I just...
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My children made popcorn and did not share.
I just...
I just...
Am in a bad mood because of A) a headache B) a depressive mood C) *gestures to everything* or D) or all of the above?
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Am in a bad mood because of A) a headache B) a depressive mood C) *gestures to everything* or D) or all of the above?
His little face...
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
His little face...
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i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
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me waking up and opening this app
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
me waking up and opening this app
What...is...happening...today?
Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What...is...happening...today?
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every week just gets weirder tbh
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
every week just gets weirder tbh
I finished it.
Grudgingly.
Grudgingly.
I could finish a project today.
Or I could not.
A memoir.
Or I could not.
A memoir.
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I finished it.
Grudgingly.
Grudgingly.
I could finish a project today.
Or I could not.
A memoir.
Or I could not.
A memoir.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I could finish a project today.
Or I could not.
A memoir.
Or I could not.
A memoir.
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What the fuck.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the fuck.
I finished a draft! Hooray!
Perhaps, I needed to do laundry as part of my process yesterday.
Perhaps, I needed to do laundry as part of my process yesterday.
I have now done some research for a project I need to complete.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I finished a draft! Hooray!
Perhaps, I needed to do laundry as part of my process yesterday.
Perhaps, I needed to do laundry as part of my process yesterday.
Now, Harvard, cut ties with him altogether.
Lawrence Summers will reportedly immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the university investigates his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Now, Harvard, cut ties with him altogether.
I have reached the laundry stage of procrastination.
I have now done some research for a project I need to complete.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I have reached the laundry stage of procrastination.
It was this cat.
(The picture really doesn't do justice to the fact that he is a 13 lb cat.)
(The picture really doesn't do justice to the fact that he is a 13 lb cat.)
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It was this cat.
(The picture really doesn't do justice to the fact that he is a 13 lb cat.)
(The picture really doesn't do justice to the fact that he is a 13 lb cat.)
Our least lap-sitting cat sat mostly in my lap for the last hour. And then, got up moved as if nothing special had happened.
Cats, man.
Cats, man.
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our least lap-sitting cat sat mostly in my lap for the last hour. And then, got up moved as if nothing special had happened.
Cats, man.
Cats, man.
I have now done some research for a project I need to complete.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I have now done some research for a project I need to complete.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
But I have no motivation to do the project.
School's going great.
Me *takes a sip of coffee*
Also me: Not enough coffee in the world to deal with this day.
Me *takes another sip of coffee anyway*
Also me: Not enough coffee in the world to deal with this day.
Me *takes another sip of coffee anyway*
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Me *takes a sip of coffee*
Also me: Not enough coffee in the world to deal with this day.
Me *takes another sip of coffee anyway*
Also me: Not enough coffee in the world to deal with this day.
Me *takes another sip of coffee anyway*
Screw it, I am having nachos for dinner.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Screw it, I am having nachos for dinner.
Or maybe I need hand and finger tattoos...
I don't need new glasses frames. I don't need new glasses frames. I don't need new glasses frames. I DO. I don't need new glasses frames.
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Or maybe I need hand and finger tattoos...
I don't need new glasses frames. I don't need new glasses frames. I don't need new glasses frames. I DO. I don't need new glasses frames.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I don't need new glasses frames. I don't need new glasses frames. I don't need new glasses frames. I DO. I don't need new glasses frames.
I went for a walk for the first time in MONTHS because of foot surgery, recovery, sprained ankle, and then recovery.
It was actually...nice.
It was actually...nice.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I went for a walk for the first time in MONTHS because of foot surgery, recovery, sprained ankle, and then recovery.
It was actually...nice.
It was actually...nice.
Me: Today, I will get things done.
The universe: Here's a sick kiddo.
The universe: Here's a sick kiddo.
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Me: Today, I will get things done.
The universe: Here's a sick kiddo.
The universe: Here's a sick kiddo.
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I for one do not believe Larry Summers is capable of deep shame.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I for one do not believe Larry Summers is capable of deep shame.