Kory Graham
@korytellers.bsky.social
She/Her
Professional Hypewoman to people worldwide
Skilled at connecting the right people at the right time
Also very skilled in asking all sorts questions and rambling on and on
A Jersey Girl, with a huge heart for the Midwest, currently in Knoxville TN
Professional Hypewoman to people worldwide
Skilled at connecting the right people at the right time
Also very skilled in asking all sorts questions and rambling on and on
A Jersey Girl, with a huge heart for the Midwest, currently in Knoxville TN
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I just got a copy of THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai, which will be my treat to read once the grades are turned in. 📚
#BookSky
#BookSky
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I just got a copy of THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY by Kiran Desai, which will be my treat to read once the grades are turned in. 📚
#BookSky
#BookSky
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Here are the best books I read this year, in no particular order. They were not all published this year, but that is when I read them.
📘COLORED TELEVISION Danzy Senna
📗ISOLA Allegra Goodman
📕SPELL FREEDOM Elaine Weiss
📙A MARRIAGE AT SEA Sophie Elmhirst
📘GREAT CIRCLE Maggie Shipstead
📘COLORED TELEVISION Danzy Senna
📗ISOLA Allegra Goodman
📕SPELL FREEDOM Elaine Weiss
📙A MARRIAGE AT SEA Sophie Elmhirst
📘GREAT CIRCLE Maggie Shipstead
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Here are the best books I read this year, in no particular order. They were not all published this year, but that is when I read them.
📘COLORED TELEVISION Danzy Senna
📗ISOLA Allegra Goodman
📕SPELL FREEDOM Elaine Weiss
📙A MARRIAGE AT SEA Sophie Elmhirst
📘GREAT CIRCLE Maggie Shipstead
📘COLORED TELEVISION Danzy Senna
📗ISOLA Allegra Goodman
📕SPELL FREEDOM Elaine Weiss
📙A MARRIAGE AT SEA Sophie Elmhirst
📘GREAT CIRCLE Maggie Shipstead
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And if the goal is to have young people build identities as readers, you could not come up with a *worse* means to that goal.
What structure that literate adults participate in around literacy and books does this emulate?
What structure that literate adults participate in around literacy and books does this emulate?
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
And if the goal is to have young people build identities as readers, you could not come up with a *worse* means to that goal.
What structure that literate adults participate in around literacy and books does this emulate?
What structure that literate adults participate in around literacy and books does this emulate?
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Why does everything have to be a zero-sum competition with winners and losers, let alone getting kids to read books and answer stupid trivia questions about them to feel bad about.
JUST READ BOOKS, THAT'S THE INCENTIVE!
JUST READ BOOKS, THAT'S THE INCENTIVE!
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Why does everything have to be a zero-sum competition with winners and losers, let alone getting kids to read books and answer stupid trivia questions about them to feel bad about.
JUST READ BOOKS, THAT'S THE INCENTIVE!
JUST READ BOOKS, THAT'S THE INCENTIVE!
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Link: www.battleofthebooks.org
America's Battle of the Books - Home
www.battleofthebooks.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Link: www.battleofthebooks.org
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I remember when this was just a competition between me and how many of those lil personal pan pizzas I could eat
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I remember when this was just a competition between me and how many of those lil personal pan pizzas I could eat
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This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of and I'm mad that my 11yo is excited about the prospect of being one of the top 7 kids who answer a 40 question test about a book to join the Battle of the Books team.
Kids can't just have a Book Club? They have to turn it into a competition?
Kids can't just have a Book Club? They have to turn it into a competition?
December 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of and I'm mad that my 11yo is excited about the prospect of being one of the top 7 kids who answer a 40 question test about a book to join the Battle of the Books team.
Kids can't just have a Book Club? They have to turn it into a competition?
Kids can't just have a Book Club? They have to turn it into a competition?
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Okay, this is a fascinating case of social media priming.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Okay, this is a fascinating case of social media priming.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
So, this creator, Sarah Velush, basically has a channel devoted to deadpan lifestyle humour (a la Chef Tova).
But because a progressive account takes it literally and says... this? Hundreds of comments assuming she's an evil tradwife.
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
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I have some great trusted friends that I have really good conversations with, but otherwise I think the overall level of conversation in the world has suffered with the lack of a true public square that so many were a part of. I mean, how do you even go about replacing that?
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I have some great trusted friends that I have really good conversations with, but otherwise I think the overall level of conversation in the world has suffered with the lack of a true public square that so many were a part of. I mean, how do you even go about replacing that?
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My previous network there was both smart and kind, and there were people in so many different domains with deep and helpful knowledge. It also was like a crystal ball in that I always felt like I was several months ahead of everyone because of that knowledge. It’s just gone.
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My previous network there was both smart and kind, and there were people in so many different domains with deep and helpful knowledge. It also was like a crystal ball in that I always felt like I was several months ahead of everyone because of that knowledge. It’s just gone.
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The community that was built in that other place overtime was so deep and complex that it would take a similar amount of time to be able to re-create any of that here.
The moment and time is just so different too, so that many of us probably feel less able to speak openly in this kind of place.
The moment and time is just so different too, so that many of us probably feel less able to speak openly in this kind of place.
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The community that was built in that other place overtime was so deep and complex that it would take a similar amount of time to be able to re-create any of that here.
The moment and time is just so different too, so that many of us probably feel less able to speak openly in this kind of place.
The moment and time is just so different too, so that many of us probably feel less able to speak openly in this kind of place.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
@shanavwhite.blacksky.app Remind me again, how did you become a Ravens fan?
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
@shanavwhite.blacksky.app Remind me again, how did you become a Ravens fan?
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I found this interview with a tech expert and investor very helpful. It rebuts the idea some AI in schools boosters push that genAI is just going to keep getting better.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I found this interview with a tech expert and investor very helpful. It rebuts the idea some AI in schools boosters push that genAI is just going to keep getting better.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
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When Dr's don't know what is wrong, but your work bestie does...
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When Dr's don't know what is wrong, but your work bestie does...
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I am curious to know how Pete Hegseth's teetotal pledge is holding up.
December 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I am curious to know how Pete Hegseth's teetotal pledge is holding up.
@afreeparticle.com Thanks for the repost, that certainly will help more people see it.😁😊 I'm not ashamed to admit there are times I miss those follower numbers I had on Twitter, they did make me feel like I had a purpose in using them for good and helping others. I'm grateful for those years.
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@afreeparticle.com Thanks for the repost, that certainly will help more people see it.😁😊 I'm not ashamed to admit there are times I miss those follower numbers I had on Twitter, they did make me feel like I had a purpose in using them for good and helping others. I'm grateful for those years.
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I agree, I'm struggling with this. After 2020, most of my group chats, especially around higher ed, fell apart. So that social connection is missing. I think the fracturing of the networks we created on Twitter has been a challenge.
I don't have an answer.
I don't have an answer.
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I agree, I'm struggling with this. After 2020, most of my group chats, especially around higher ed, fell apart. So that social connection is missing. I think the fracturing of the networks we created on Twitter has been a challenge.
I don't have an answer.
I don't have an answer.
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Research help yelp!
I'm looking for sources on how white culture privileges the written word/literacy as a mode of communication.
I keep getting back to Tema Okun's essay "White Supremacy Culture" and... not much else.
Who's got more? Or better search terms? Or anything?
I'm looking for sources on how white culture privileges the written word/literacy as a mode of communication.
I keep getting back to Tema Okun's essay "White Supremacy Culture" and... not much else.
Who's got more? Or better search terms? Or anything?
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Research help yelp!
I'm looking for sources on how white culture privileges the written word/literacy as a mode of communication.
I keep getting back to Tema Okun's essay "White Supremacy Culture" and... not much else.
Who's got more? Or better search terms? Or anything?
I'm looking for sources on how white culture privileges the written word/literacy as a mode of communication.
I keep getting back to Tema Okun's essay "White Supremacy Culture" and... not much else.
Who's got more? Or better search terms? Or anything?
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y'all, it's Christmas Giving tree time at church and I picked 4 kids forgetting that most have basic needs this year.
if y'all wanna put something on it, lmk. 🧥👖👕
(i have old navy super cash and rewards so I will stretch it)
if y'all wanna put something on it, lmk. 🧥👖👕
(i have old navy super cash and rewards so I will stretch it)
![Image 1 (Pink box #65):
NAME: [redacted]
GENDER: F AGE: 7 GRADE: 3
CLOTHING CATEGORY: Girl
Requested Items: jeans, t-shirt, coat
SIZE: Med top, 10-12 bottom
CAREER GOAL: Nurse
FAVORITES:
COLOR: Pink ANIMAL: Dog
ACTIVITY: Cheerleading SUBJECT: Math](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uclondubjjrducdtaiemaq3i/bafkreihaomo4gbhn6it5pdquk7xr65abm7jykwc6dkeq55ybcee4wmmomi@jpeg)
![Image 2 (Yellow box #66):
NAME: [redacted]
GENDER: F AGE: 9 GRADE: 4
CLOTHING CATEGORY: Girl
Requested Items: jeans, t-shirt, coat
SIZE: Lg top, Lg bottom
CAREER GOAL: Teacher
FAVORITES:
COLOR: Pink/Purple ANIMAL: Dog
ACTIVITY: Cheerleading SUBJECT: Math](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uclondubjjrducdtaiemaq3i/bafkreibjyvcvbzozo4hayfkjqtcp5bwadd6zxlphe53pgorcjrpxz4poyi@jpeg)
![Image 3 (Blue box #60):
NAME: [redacted]
GENDER: F AGE: 4 GRADE: Pre-K
CLOTHING CATEGORY: Girl
Requested Items: slacks, blouse coat
SIZE: 5 top, 5 bottom
CAREER GOAL: Cheerleader
FAVORITES:
COLOR: Pink ANIMAL: Cat
ACTIVITY: SUBJECT: Coloring](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uclondubjjrducdtaiemaq3i/bafkreicabfeoy5mfh2g5kc7sknj2f64iwzregg2zp2b7wtfs4wtgldxrgu@jpeg)
![Image 4 (Pink box #61):
NAME: [redacted]
GENDER: M AGE: 4 GRADE: Pre-K
CLOTHING CATEGORY: Boy
Requested Items: slacks, shirt, coat
SIZE: 5 top, 5 bottom
CAREER GOAL: Football Player
FAVORITES:
COLOR: Red ANIMAL: Dog
ACTIVITY: SUBJECT: Coloring](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uclondubjjrducdtaiemaq3i/bafkreifiqd7coebkzik6ommrtc52fhww73cjudxsdefkcui656nlop5azq@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
y'all, it's Christmas Giving tree time at church and I picked 4 kids forgetting that most have basic needs this year.
if y'all wanna put something on it, lmk. 🧥👖👕
(i have old navy super cash and rewards so I will stretch it)
if y'all wanna put something on it, lmk. 🧥👖👕
(i have old navy super cash and rewards so I will stretch it)
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Did everyone get email notifications about terms of services from a bunch of providers today??
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Did everyone get email notifications about terms of services from a bunch of providers today??
I'm just tagging a few of you with this in hopes that you either have some suggestions for me or it will help more people see this, which will hopefully get me more suggestions. Thanks. @jennbinis.bsky.social @moniselseward.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social @mattneil.bsky.social
I realize the irony of me asking this and possibly not getting any response at all, but I have to try.
Those of you that were like me and used the good days of Twitter to have meaningful conversations on there to answer questions, discuss opinions, develop thoughts. Where are you doing that now?+
Those of you that were like me and used the good days of Twitter to have meaningful conversations on there to answer questions, discuss opinions, develop thoughts. Where are you doing that now?+
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm just tagging a few of you with this in hopes that you either have some suggestions for me or it will help more people see this, which will hopefully get me more suggestions. Thanks. @jennbinis.bsky.social @moniselseward.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social @mattneil.bsky.social