Kristin
@kristin52.bsky.social
Author, writer, reader, organizer. I like turtles, walks, blueberries, naps, and Doctor Who. I have a blog at kristinking.org.
The key to successful persuasion is to understanding where the person you need to persuade is coming from. What are their values and ethics? Because my friends do have them. I choose friends well. And yet they still allow this to happen.
I have friends from high school who voted trump but are empathetic when it comes to their own families and neighborhoods. They are ostriching right now and I am sad. Because now I understand how ordinary Germans allowed genocide to happen. But I keep trying to get through.
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The key to successful persuasion is to understanding where the person you need to persuade is coming from. What are their values and ethics? Because my friends do have them. I choose friends well. And yet they still allow this to happen.
I have friends from high school who voted trump but are empathetic when it comes to their own families and neighborhoods. They are ostriching right now and I am sad. Because now I understand how ordinary Germans allowed genocide to happen. But I keep trying to get through.
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I have friends from high school who voted trump but are empathetic when it comes to their own families and neighborhoods. They are ostriching right now and I am sad. Because now I understand how ordinary Germans allowed genocide to happen. But I keep trying to get through.
Google broke gmail. What are the alternatives?
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Google broke gmail. What are the alternatives?
Reposted by Kristin
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA SHIT I NORMALLY DON'T MISS ANYTHING WHEN I SKIP THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT THIS RULES
MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
Also note that the Seahawks fans were chanting “FUCK ICE” so loudly during the national anthem that Fox cut the audio feed.
I was going to write a post about how Seahawks Patriots was a battle between good and evil because the Patriots private jet flew people to Guantanamo and then I discovered a COMPLETLEY UNRELATED CASE of a different Patriots jet doing deportation flights to Honduras!
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 AM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA SHIT I NORMALLY DON'T MISS ANYTHING WHEN I SKIP THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT THIS RULES
MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
Reposted by Kristin
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
Ever wonder what's on my mind? Now's your chance!
Kristin King writes about the work that sustained her in 2025. "In my understanding of our world, there is an otherworld, a land of dreams, the wellspring of art and music and story and soul. When art occurs, it opens up a portal..."
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The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and LIstening in 2025, pt. 25: Kristin King
Pleasures of 2025 by Kristin King When I write a story, where does it come from? Not my conscious mind, certainly. It comes from t...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Ever wonder what's on my mind? Now's your chance!
The latest installment in a series of year-end favorites. This is put out by Aqueduct Press and its authors. Aqueduct Press does science fiction and fantasy, but the recommendations are wide-ranging. This one by Tansy Rayner Roberts celebrates live theater.
Tansy Rayner Roberts writes about her favorite books, films, television, and theatre performances of 2025.
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The Pleasures of Reading, Viewing, and Listening in 2025, pt. 12: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Theatre and Other Pleasures in 2025 by Tansy Rayner Roberts My year has been a difficult one, and so as always I have turned to the co...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The latest installment in a series of year-end favorites. This is put out by Aqueduct Press and its authors. Aqueduct Press does science fiction and fantasy, but the recommendations are wide-ranging. This one by Tansy Rayner Roberts celebrates live theater.
THIS. I signed up for what was perhaps Ursula K. LeGuin's last workshop, a weeklong at Flight of the Mind. Joy is a good word for the experience.
In adulthood, I get to correspond with so many of the people whose games and books and art I devoured as a kid and young adult, and I gotta say, this is SUCH a joy and somewhere my teenage self just squeals with glee every once in a while. #bestlife
December 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
THIS. I signed up for what was perhaps Ursula K. LeGuin's last workshop, a weeklong at Flight of the Mind. Joy is a good word for the experience.
Seattle must be the most awkward city anywhere, with respect for transportation. Doesn't matter if you're driving or taking transit, the route is bound to be an embarrasment. Now that I've said that, though, I recall the magical route to Carkeek Park. Well, the awkward is also beautiful.
December 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Seattle must be the most awkward city anywhere, with respect for transportation. Doesn't matter if you're driving or taking transit, the route is bound to be an embarrasment. Now that I've said that, though, I recall the magical route to Carkeek Park. Well, the awkward is also beautiful.
Human beings make this kinda stuff. Cool, eh?
These appeared in the free zine corner and they're so cool??? Full of notes about local park trails and more! And the printing is so nice too. :0
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Human beings make this kinda stuff. Cool, eh?
Permission to hate AI.
This is such an amazing piece by @anthonymoser.com .
It should be spread far and wide, and read far and wide.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
It should be spread far and wide, and read far and wide.
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Permission to hate AI.
Oooh, a zine about fascism told through bunnies and frogs. I love it!
btw readable and printable versions of the frog/bunny WHAT IS FASCISM zine are available for free!
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Oooh, a zine about fascism told through bunnies and frogs. I love it!
Post a female character you love.
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Post a female character you love.
Repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Excellent post about organizing. It's rooted in successful union organizing but is also broadly applicable. firewithfire.blog/2025/11/22/b...
Building Organizing Networks through 1-on-1 Conversations
This post analyzes two types of activists: “floaters” who attend events without deep engagement, and “builders” who cultivate meaningful relationships through 1-on-1 convers…
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November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Excellent post about organizing. It's rooted in successful union organizing but is also broadly applicable. firewithfire.blog/2025/11/22/b...
Happy birthday, @nisishawl.bsky.social ! kristinking.org/2025/11/02/s...
Kristin Ann King
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November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Happy birthday, @nisishawl.bsky.social ! kristinking.org/2025/11/02/s...
"Those were the two choices. Violent or nonviolent. A binary. I was absolutely not expecting amphibians. And yet, here we are." kristinking.org/2025/10/17/r...
A Digression from Jung: FROGS!
Who knows what silliness lurks in the hearts of men? The shadow knows!
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October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Those were the two choices. Violent or nonviolent. A binary. I was absolutely not expecting amphibians. And yet, here we are." kristinking.org/2025/10/17/r...
From his FB page: "The portals this project have created are beginning to open. the portal I most want to see open, is the concept that home owners can hire artists to do work on their homes on any available surface they have."
Ryan Henry Ward is performing magic in Seattle. By the time patriarchy notices, it will be too late. Take note: 1000 Sasquatch are almost here.
October 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
From his FB page: "The portals this project have created are beginning to open. the portal I most want to see open, is the concept that home owners can hire artists to do work on their homes on any available surface they have."
Ryan Henry Ward is performing magic in Seattle. By the time patriarchy notices, it will be too late. Take note: 1000 Sasquatch are almost here.
October 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ryan Henry Ward is performing magic in Seattle. By the time patriarchy notices, it will be too late. Take note: 1000 Sasquatch are almost here.
The people with money and power will be the first to roll over to fascists. They are weak where they thought they were strong.
October 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The people with money and power will be the first to roll over to fascists. They are weak where they thought they were strong.
I would rather no war, and most definitely, if there happened to be a war, I would rather be somewhere else.
Time to reup the “What if they gave a war and nobody came?" slogan of the 1960’s.
September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I would rather no war, and most definitely, if there happened to be a war, I would rather be somewhere else.
Yeah, that's me! If not explicitly given permission, or even if I am, it freaks me out a little to send a message.
Aldrich said: “How many WhatsApp messages in a row is too many? Where’s the sweet spot between ‘I like you and wish to cultivate a friendship’ and ‘dear God stop before this person takes out a restraining order’?”
Autistic woman really sorry to bother you with her friendship
An autistic woman has spent every single moment of her friendship with you worried that she’s intruding on your precious time here on Earth, it has been revealed. Megan Aldrich, 24, reportedly loves…
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September 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yeah, that's me! If not explicitly given permission, or even if I am, it freaks me out a little to send a message.
Love the train, but King Street Station always fails accessibility for hard of hearing folks. I have normal hearing and cannot make out the oral instructions. Do better, Seattle!
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Love the train, but King Street Station always fails accessibility for hard of hearing folks. I have normal hearing and cannot make out the oral instructions. Do better, Seattle!
Post a female character you love.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Post a female character you love.