Reposted by KA HoltMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Becky and Carolyn do great work in one of the least hospitable states to fight against book bans within, so if you want to donate somewhere meaningful and grassroots this #BannedBooksWeek TX FReadom Fighters are a great choice! 24419
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Love love loving this docu series. Dont tempt me to go back to school to get my MLIS. 🙈 roadtripnation.com/roadtrip/bey...roadtripnation.comBeyond Books | Roadtrip NationDiscover the surprising, delightful, and important work being done in America’s libraries through the eyes of three aspiring librarians. 031
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All three of these guys are me, being a Gen X old, watching Backrooms. #gowatchBlairWitchProjectyall #sweetsummerbabyRTFMFAs #atleastitsnotaMarvelmovie 000
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026(Also sharing some serious score similarities with BSG 👀) 000
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Jimmy and Kayla sharing an office building with (nearly almost) Green Lantern. #hbomax #hacks #lanterns 100
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026PSA: watch Stath Let’s Flats. I promise you. Britbox 4eva. 010
Reposted by KA HoltKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Love to see someone booed lustily. Lustily: the only way to boo. 595287388
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026And the worst thing he has on Talarico is that he might have been a vegan once and also the president thinks he looks like Alfred E Nueman. 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴 (PS. the latest polls in TX have Talarico at 47% and the indicted pedo protector “getting divorced for biblical reasons” turd in a human suit at 44%) 120
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My book has been selected as part of the Word Nerd First Chapter Friday Summer Challenge! Teachers are discovering new books and building recommendation skills all summer long. Use this link to join the challenge: wordnerd.myflodesk.com/fcf-challeng... 030
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026And YOU get a ballroom! And YOU get a ballroom! Who needs climate information and safety when you, too, can get A BALLROOM* 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴 *bunker 000
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026It took 100 years for me to be cool with me. And you know what? That’s totally ok! We all have a journey, and every journey is valid. When you’re ready, you’re ready. High-five if you’re all set, and *secret high-five if you’re not quite there*. Happy Pride, y’all. You’ll figure it out. Love you. 080
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026(I am here for this awesome desert-y rebellion, if that is what, indeed, is happening) 000
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Are we in the middle of a NM pop culture zeitgeist right now? Or a quiet rebellion? Or both? 🧐 000
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Dropping by after a million years to ask a v v important question: watching lots of movies and shows recently filmed in the SW (Albuquerque in particular). Pluribus, The Boroughs, I Love You I Miss You, etc. Is this because Hollywood hates GA and FL and TX now?? Even with the tax breaks?? Or nah? 🧐 211
Reposted by KA HoltKatie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Get a Grip,Vivy Cohen @sarahkapit.bsky.social Honestly Elliot @gillianmcd.bsky.social BenBee series @kaholt.bsky.social The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by @stacymcanulty.bsky.social How to Make Friends with the Sea @tanyaguerrero.bsky.social Good Different @medenkuyatt.bsky.social 122
Reposted by KA HoltKatie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Looking for great middle grade books featuring neurodiverse characters? I've started making book recommendation bookmarks for my 5th graders. #BeAnAmbassador #5thgradebooks What would you add? Read the article and download the bookmarks here: www.thelogonauts.com/2026/05/neur...thelogonauts.comFavorite Neurodiverse Middle Grade StoriesA resource for diverse and global books for middle to upper elementary. 8166
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Just watched the first episode of My So Called Life with my 19yo daughter. I was her age when I watched that show in my freshman dorm common room. Too real then, still real now. Wild to realize how much one show has influenced so much of my creative work. 030
Reposted by KA HoltDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026This is excellent coverage: it gives readers context beyond the specific incident, showing a pattern of excessive force, and also documents that DHS keeps using the same and increasingly debunked explanations. Much better than both sidesing the shooting. 211861689
Reposted by KA HoltLydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop. 50102382388
Reposted by KA HoltLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...lithub.comRenee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s… 5751102410
Reposted by KA HoltCongresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 08/01/2026I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...robinkelly.house.govRep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi NoemWASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. 465182264383
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 03/12/2025[fart noise] At least it gives us more time to write more banned books? 010
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Running numbers with my CPA so she can prep my taxes and WOOF Y’ALL. My author visit income is down 92% from last year and 87% from the year before. In case you’re wondering how the book banning era is going. 120
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Obergfell stands. Thank you, SCOTUS. Love is love is legal is love. (Even in Texas) 1110
Reposted by KA HoltWe Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum! Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today! 16953
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2025My favorite time of the week is when my wife and I are on the couch and the light is dimmed and we’re watching #gbbo and we both simultaneously go “oh nooooooo” very quietly under our breath. 020
Reposted by KA HoltBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.yahoo.comLet’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy KimmelTrump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet. 19826137419523
Reposted by KA HoltKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...substack.comThe Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job. 24524479315575
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Mark Ruffalo as Tina Belcher in the (inevitable?) Bob’s Burgers Broadway show. Yeah? FUCK yeah. 010
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 08/09/2025While we’re suing AI companies, can authors also, as a class, start suing the organized groups behind book banning? We have literal receipts proving the tremendous personal, professional, and financial damage incurred because of their malevolent libel and slander. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comApple sued by authors over use of books in AI trainingTechnology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight over protections for intellectual property in the AI era. 02511
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Last night’s dream: Me, on a spacewalk, “Guys, shouldn’t we be wearing spacesuits? Or at least helmets?” Also me: *accidentally breaks space telescope in half, watches it float off into oblivion* “It’ll still work tho, right guys?” Exciting addition to my (robust) collection of anxiety dreams! 020
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 07/09/2025(An extension of the Sticks & Rocks Box we kept in the car when they were little, I guess) 020
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Indeed, indeed. (Except this isn’t my childhood home, it’s a rock drawer I found in my kid’s room 😅) 2140
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Watching Alien:Earth and realllllly wondering if Noah Hawley pitched it as “what if Flight of the Navigator went horribly wrong?” 010
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025At last, it’s Javier’s turn to tell his story. Available in May! Pre-order from your favorite bookstore now! 🐦⬛🌀💛 030
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Like, make up your mind, dudes. Either our books are the devil or they are integral for future survival. *flips table* 010
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I’ve worked REALLY hard FOR YEARS to write books that are being SHAT UPON by state legislatures and school boards… banned for no reason… yet AI companies have stolen MANY of them to train their monsters so that ASSHOLES like this can grift??? I just. I cannot. What even is anything anymore. ☹️ 140
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Sounds like a decent settlement for when we win our class action lawsuit(s). 051
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I just really miss Television Without Pity. Like, how am I supposed to understand my feelings when I watch shows? Also? How am I supposed to understand *THE SHOWS*? 😭 230
Reposted by KA HoltWe Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2025We Need Diverse Books and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden. Share & act now ⬇️ 📧 bit.ly/EmailHayden 11813
Reposted by KA HoltTexas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Don’t mess with Texas Libraries! 🤠📚 Texas Freedom to Read Project cofounder, Laney Hawes, joined fellow Texas advocates and book lovers for a press conference and a demonstration in support of Texas libraries and the freedom to read in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol. 2163
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Showed up to my doctor’s appointment 24 hours early. Cool cool. Good job brain. 🥴 010
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Last night my daughter’s girlfriend’s mother died. It was sudden and horrific. We are grappling without a rope or any footing at all. Her name was Trish. Can you please say her name? Even though you don’t know her, hold her stardust in your heart for a second? 150
Reposted by KA HoltMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 03/05/2025This isn't a real government, it's a monster energy drink and a copy of Mein Kampf in a trench coat 011023
Reposted by KA HoltMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 03/05/2025How many more examples of successfully pushing back on these fascist idiots do we need before industry leaders, politicians, etc get the fucking clue 415830
KA Holt @kaholt.bsky.social · 03/05/2025(Also, re-watching The Morning Show and Cory Ellison *also* only speaks like a character in a novel-in-verse. PROVE ME WRONG.) 010
