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#WTF?! 🤩

#Obama, 1 of my literal heros, just dropped another piece on #Medium. This #platform is the coolest. Re: his convo w/ #MarcMaron, too: medium.com/@barackobama...

Haven't even read it; so excited I had to bleet the good news!

Follow me there while you're at it 😘

#MediumWriter #comedy

My Conversation with Marc Maron

More than a decade ago, I sat down with Marc Maron in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record…

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October 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

Hm! This is curious & mildly bothersome. My old #OceansTwelve piece (not the 1 I just pubbed) has precisely 666 Claps on #Medium.

#TheNumberofTheBeast. I guess it's the right time of year for it, but if any #superstitious #MediumWriter wants to help out...

kcookandcatsco.medium.com/the-worst-mo...

I've highlighted it. Right at 666. It's... well, I always wish it were more, don't I? That's always bothersome, that it isn't a bigger number. So for that reason, alone...

October 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

What is the #GuillotineMindset 😎 and why is it always accompanied by the #emoji with the sunglasses? 🤔

Go read it on #Medium: kcookandcatsco.medium.com/this-is-the-...

#MediumWriter #Guillotine #Guillotines #Antifa #fascism #fascists #TheCureForFascism #resist #resistance

This is the kind of vile, glib, left-wing rhetoric & imagery you’ll find on BlueSky

We investigate: what does this awful #GuillotineMindset actually mean, and why is it always accompanied by the sunglasses emoji? 😎

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October 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

I just had a very productive online conversation with one of my favorite #MediumWriter (s) & #filmcritic Simon Dillon.

Simon thinks I’m kind of a nut, and wasting my #writing talent, and maybe he’s right, #lol.

Go read him! We’re fans 🤩

#Medium: medium.com/@simondillon

#FilmSky #Film #MovieSky

Simon Dillon – Medium

Read writing from Simon Dillon on Medium. Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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October 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM Everybody can reply

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Iban VdZ

@ibanvdz.bsky.social

Free link to my article on Medium for non-members: medium.com/arts-o-magaz...

#medium #mediumwriter #ArtistOnX #artbusiness

The Pointless Necessities of the Art Business

Things you need to do or have to be taken seriously as an artist

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October 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM Everybody can reply

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Anna & Daniel

@pleasurematters.bsky.social

#ThoughtsfromaHedonist
medium.com/@Flourishing...

#hedonism #pleasure #GoodVibesOnly #eros #erotic #erotica #livefree #MAKETHEWORLDABETTERPLACE #nonmonogamy #NSFW #mediumwriter

October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM Everybody can reply

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Iban VdZ

@ibanvdz.bsky.social

Read about this painting and the other animal pieces I made in this Medium story: medium.com/arts-o-magaz...

#medium #mediumwriter #mediumstory #mediumarticle

The Curvist Animal Paintings I Made for My First Featured Show

I tried something new for my big exhibition, and it was a hit

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October 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

@coachtony.bsky.social what’s up with these read-time estates, dude? You’re KILLING me 😑

There’s no way my cute, fun little #DannyAmendola story takes a competent reader FIFTY FIVE MINUTES TO READ, Coach 😤

See for yourself: kcookandcatsco.medium.com/two-time-sup...

#MediumWriter #Medium #writer

Two-time Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola beat me up once in high school, and I DO NOT blame him…

Process, Progress — Payback 😆 | #StoryTimeWithKay

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September 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM Everybody can reply

Anna & Daniel

@pleasurematters.bsky.social

Hedonists–ordinary people with extraordinary fantasies. #ThoughtsfromaHedonist medium.com/pleasure-fil...

#hedonism #pleasure #GoodVibesOnly #eros #erotic #erotica #livefree #MAKETHEWORLDABETTERPLACE #nonmonogamy #NSFW #mediumwriter

September 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

I’m working on a really fun one. Can’t wait to show you guys 🤓

#WriteSky #writer #MediumWriter

It’s another in my continuing series of famous people beating me up and me deserving it. If you missed my #TobyKeith story, it’s live currently: kcookandcatsco.medium.com/storytimewit...

#memoir #gonzo

Wasn’t fun when it happened, but a fun story to tell, anyway 😅

September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM Everybody can reply

K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

It went well with #DeconstructingChristianity, and to this very moment, yea until the day I die, we’re well behind them!

Everyone go read DC, from Lilith Helstrom. It’s a good #publication, and you know it, bc I turned up in it 😤

medium.com/deconstructi...

#KCookandCatsCo #Medium #MediumWriter

Deconstructing Christianity

Christianity has taken over American culture. As a result, many people have been abused and manipulated by it. The writers of this publication want that to change, so they write articles deconstructin...

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September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM Everybody can reply

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Bomani-Hamlet Cook

@bomani-hamletcook.bsky.social

Kay is pitching again — this ought to be good 😆

Everyone remember #CounterArts and #FrameRated? 🤣

#writer #MediumWriter #MediumPublication #LGBT #CatSky

K. Cook & Cats, Co. @iamkaymichelle.bsky.social · 23d

Ooh, this is fun! Disregard my bleets from days prior... there are still TONS of good #publications on #Medium, & this is one of them!

medium.com/prismnpen

And, as a bonus, they're also here on #BlueSky: @prismnpen.bsky.social. I'm pitching them a piece of mine, so love them up ;)

#queer #trans

Prism & Pen

Amplifying LGBTQ voices through the art of storytelling

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September 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

Hey! We've had some pieces hit a lil bit, recently (thanks to all who read & clapped), & we've now got a neat, little portfolio of 500+ Claps #KCookandCatsCo pieces 🤩

kcookandcatsco.medium.com/list/k-cook-...

#SignalGate, #FilmSky, #Severance analysis... check it out! 🤓🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

#MediumWriter #Medium

List: K. Cook & Cats, Co. Greatest Hits | Curated by K. Cook & Cats, Co. | Medium

K. Cook & Cats, Co. Greatest Hits · As of press time, these are all the Medium stories we've written that have garnered 500+ Claps, making these our Greatest Hits. NOT our Best Of, but our Greatest Hi...

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September 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM Everybody can reply

K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

Ooh, #CharlieKirk is still #trending on #BlueSky! 🤩

That’s handy, bc I wrote about that dude’s #Utah slaying by one of their own on #Medium! 🤗

kcookandcatsco.medium.com/charlie-kirk...

Public murder isn’t fun, but I’d argue my article definitely is 🤓

Give it a read!

#MediumWriter #writesky

I mean, HA! What’s amusing is how little admiration I have for Charlie Kirk, and how little, therefore, I care that he’s dead; fair enough on that count. But that’s not a hate crime, and that’s not hate speech, either.

Kirk is more valuable to Donald J Trump — somehow the president of the United States of America — dead than alive, and that’s why he’s dead.

This would be a lucky break for him, if luck had anything to do with it.

September 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM Everybody can reply

K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

This article by #British #MediumWriter Paul Mason is INCREDIBLE. Obviously, so many parallels to our own #fascist #whitesupremacy situation here in the States.

Nfn, the ‘Problem’ seems to be strongly correlated with cis, straight, white men here, as well 🤔

paulmasonnews.medium.com/the-biggest-...

A bunch of text. Some of it is green. What does that mean? Hm. Curious. Maybe the answers lie on the other end of that blue hyper-jump 🤓

It’s not even my writing. I just think it’s THAT good. Everyone should read this.

September 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM Everybody can reply

Michael Thacker

@michaelthacker.bsky.social

I remember it like it was yesterday...well, sometimes!

Read it at the link below.

https://f.mtr.cool/icwefksngr

#medium #writing #mediumwriter

An amusement park at night with a Ferris wheel all lit up and lots of people walking around. Our Night at the Amusement Park - A story by Michael Thacker on Medium.

September 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM Everybody can reply

pounceswithwolves

@cayseshultz.bsky.social

The Motherload accepted my personal essay “Something Wasn’t Right.” 🥹💕

#amwriting #mediumwriter #motherhood #chronicillness #neurodiversity #writesky #writingcommunity

medium.com/the-motherlo...

Something Wasn’t Right.

A reflection on years of systemic medical negligence and my boy’s resilience in the face of it all.

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September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM Everybody can reply

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K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

Well, well, well! 🤓

Despite what SOME of you dumb pricks have said about my #writing, one of MY favorite #writers on #Medium (Debasmita Dutta) just said I’m one of HER favorite #MediumWriter s AND that I always make her laugh 💁‍♀️

See for yourself: medium.com/@debasmita.s...

#WriteSky #WriterSky

Hahaha...thank you so much for reading the reviews!! It's so good to hear from you and your cats. Returned to Medium after a month's gap. Have been dealing with this and that, including ill health. Lot of your pieces to catch up with! I am hoping to get back to the pieces by my favourite writers on Medium soon. You always make me laugh! I am glad Oogway's philosophy resonated with you and the cats.
About Kung Fu Panda 4...I hated that film, and if I ever review it, it will be bad. In fact, I feel that the first one is the best and they keep deteriorating! 3rd is still better but 4th is rubbish.
Thanks again for reading so attentively and leaving your comments. 😊😊🤗

One of her favorites!! Huh!! Wa wa wee wah!

September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM Everybody can reply

K. Cook & Cats, Co.

@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

The #cats & I are some of the poorest people you know, but it's SO worth it to set aside $5 for a month of #Medium (when we can) to be a #MediumMember, as well as #MediumWriter.

@coachtony.bsky.social says Medium is member, not #ad, supported 😤

Follow us, too: medium.com/@kcookandcat...

#WriteSky

This is a confirmation Medium shows users after they purchase a month of membership, touting some of the advantages of being part of their community of members.

The cats & I believe firmly not only in their platform and vision, but also specifically their leadership. It's kind of inspiring and incredible, and it just so happens that, as a currently-unemployed writer looking for a writing job that I can best find with a portfolio of recent writing, Medium is PERFECT for my needs, as well.

You should be on it! And it's always 100% free to read anything I write (no paywalls or ads ever), we also think you should pay $5 a month for unrestricted access to what everyone ELSE has put behind paywalls, and to support their mission.

September 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM Everybody can reply

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@iamkaymichelle.bsky.social

It’s always a especial delight when fellow #MediumWriter @xander51.bsky.social reads & responds to 1 of our #Medium stories, this one (kind of) a review of #Moonfall: kcookandcatsco.medium.com/me-myself-ro...

What would end one dude’s #writing career but would jumpstart mine? Curious… 🤔

#WriteSky