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KP Williams, Ph.D.

@kpwilliams.me
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Academic Citizen ✩ Kentucky ✩ Independent Professor of Possibility & Founder of @CreativeRecess.me ✩ Leadership Coach, Educator, Facilitator, Speaker ✩ FUNemployed ✩ Sovereignly Sober ✩ 🏳️‍🌈🪧✊🏻🧱 www.kpwilliams.me ✩ www.creativerecess.me

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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 24/09/2026
And yet… they straight up play in our faces while they exploit our creativity, humanity, and labor. I understand the instinct to cling to what little we have left, but at what cost? Give up a little now if we can versus wait for there to be nothing left to give (or get)?
Cartoon dog putting out fires everywhere and “There was no reason to let it last long and get this bad”
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 15/08/2026
It’s a big day for little ol’ me! Celebrating 1,000 days — and counting — without a hangover! #AlcoholFree #SoberSky #Sober #SovereignlySober
KP wearing a blue shirt and lanyard, holding a paper sign that says “1,000 days!” Taken outside.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 15/07/2026
Just like during the pandemic lockdown, all I wanna do is chow down at the salad bar. Le sigh. 🥗🦠
A “Salad Bar” sign above an array of fresh vegetables
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 13/07/2026
We are so back! After 20 years, I’m back on stage at Kincaid Regional Theatre n Falmouth, KY. We are currently playing “Sister Act” and I have an act one bar scene as a drag queen they mistake for Deloris 🤩🤣💃🏻 y’all come see us! www.krtshows.com
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 07/06/2026
It’s fire lookout season on TikTok and I’m not sure you understand how quickly I’d jump at the opportunity to be paid to spend four months in nature and solitude. #SignMeUp ⛰️🔥🧭
A fire lookout station atop a mountain.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 29/05/2026
Lucy and I wish you a fantastic start to the weekend! #TGIF #Friyay
A man wearing a white shirt featuring the likeness of the late comedic legend Lucy Arnaz
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 24/05/2026
#OnThisDay: KP at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 05.24.23
A man in a gift shop wearing a black shirt and yellow fabric crown
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 20/05/2026
2.5 years without a hangover! #SoberSky #SovereignlySober
Screenshot of a count-up clock from
November 19, 2023 (2 years, 6 months, 0 days)
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 16/05/2026
Closed primaries (and living in an 80% registered Republican place) are trash. I could only vote for the U.S. Senate primary, but it’s something. Let’s go, @booker4ky.bsky.social! 🗳️🐎🌹 #HoodToHoller #Booker4KY #Primary2026
A jacket with two voting stickers and a nametag
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 16/05/2026
Let’s go girls! 🪧✊🏻🧱 #BroadwayInCincinnati #SuffsTheMusical @suffsmusical.bsky.social
Playbill held at arm’s length and curtain (in the background) for Suffs the Musical
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 13/05/2026
It’s the corruption, stupid! 💰🤝🏻
Corruption in United States of America background with broken flag and map of America stock illustration
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 12/05/2026
Silent shout out to whomever snapped and posted this. If it was you, or you know who did, please claim/give credit in the comments! 🪧✊🏻🧱
White letter board with black text quoting the President of the United States who said, “Not even a little bit. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.”
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day {this is also not indicative of my own mother} 😂
Actress Faye Dunaway in “Mommie Dearest” • the infamous wire hanger scene
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 08/05/2026
@letsbecomefungal.bsky.social I read the first half yesterday, and I’m loving it! Would love to chat with you sometime about how our work intersects! 🍄💛
“Let’s Become Fungal” book on a glass table
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 02/05/2026
Back in the City! Got my ponies on for the #Derby! 🐎🌹 I may have to make this an annual tradition! #NYC #Kentucky #TalkDerbyToMe May 3, 2025 → May 2, 2026
Left: Man wearing a pink jacket and shirt with racing horses, riding the NYC subway 
Right: Man wearing a yellow jacket and shirt with racing horses, in NYC hotel.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 18/04/2026
On today’s episode of EllisonTok is f—g garbage… 🗑️
Screen shot of TikTok help center ticketScreen shot of TikTok help center ticket
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 05/04/2026
Dumbest. Timeline. Ever. #InfrastructureWeek
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 18/03/2026
Love that these two posts were together when I refreshed! Congrats, y’all! Let’s keep going! @katmabu.bsky.social @bencollins.bsky.social
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 17/03/2026
Celebrating Patty’s today and my birthday (St. Joseph’s Day) Thursday followed by the Spring Equinox Friday! 💚🍀🥳 aside: I was supposed to be named Dean Tyler - and then my granny insisted I would be born closer to Patty’s and needed an Irish name - I was destined to be Kyle Patrick lol. #Kentucky
Man in green shirt and glasses posing outside against a green fueled and trees
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 14/03/2026
Freaky Friday the 13th! This was my drive home after seeing #TheWiz tonight in #Cincinnati. INCREDIBLE touring cast in this production, by the way! 🚒🚨🔥 Alleged tanker fire on I471 in Newport, as we are bombing the world. Amazing. Hoping the driver and anyone else involve survived. #Kentucky
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 10/03/2026
Spring is springing in the Bluegrass! 🌸🌺🪻
Yellow daffodil flowerYellow daffodil flowerPurple crocus flowersPurple crocus flowers
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 06/03/2026
Congrats, @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social — looking forward to reading this in the fall!
Book cover and pre-sale announcement for “How to Eat an Elephant” featuring a headshot of the author wearing a blue blazer and glasses
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 05/03/2026
This video affected me enough to finally set this boundary with a queer high school friend and libertarian/conservative. ENOUGH.
Screenshot of a direct message to a friend, under a video of a U.S. Marine protesting, being assaulted, and having his hand broken while being thrown out.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 02/03/2026
Maybe Mr. Barr would prefer to lecture his campaign staff and the rest of his party rather than the rest of us. Some of y’all really need to get your own houses in order. @kentucky.com @wkyt.com {links in replies}
Lexington Herald Leader coverage of Representative and GOP Senate Primary candidate Andy Barr following a break-in at campaign HQ. Barr’s campaign claims the person who broke in and “damaged the campaign headquarters” was an “unhinged radical” who “has been a frequent critic of Barr’s politics.”WKYT coverage of Representative and GOP Senate Primary candidate Andy Barr following a break-in at campaign HQ. He called on all Americans, regardless of political affiliation, to de-escalate tensions.

“I just call on everybody, whether you agree with me or not, to keep the temperature down and let’s work through our differences in a civil way and without violence,” he added.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 25/02/2026
Last night, I streamed the People’s State of the Union and scrolled Bluesky commentary on the main event. After seeing some of the photos, this is all I could think of. Aside: the app I used blurred the swasitkas upon export, which is a whole thing as well.
Three photos in a collage: top and bottom feature scenes of the U.S. President at the 2026 state of the union address; middle features a historic photo of a crowd waving Nazi flags
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 17/02/2026
Blessings, all! ✨🥰🪩
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 15/02/2026
Multiple angles on my nearly-full sleeve, with the latest addition of passionflowers and greenery on my shoulder on Valentine’s Day. A little more negative space shading and color packing/touch-up to go… 😁🎨👨🏻‍🎨 #tattoo #tattosky
Multiple angles on a nearly-full sleeve, with the latest addition of passionflowers and greenery on my shoulderMultiple angles on my nearly-full sleeve, with the latest addition of passionflowers and greenery on my shoulder
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 15/02/2026
My artist asked me to be her galentine this year! Five-hour sesh followed by hibachi dinner! More pics to come in a few days (you know the drill). #tattoo #ink #valentine
A tattoo artist’s booth, featuring artwork on the walls, a ring light on a stand, and a large metal cabinet for storing tattoo supplies.A white paper plate with small cups of various color tattoo inks and petroleum jelly, in preparation for a tattoo.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 09/02/2026
I’m just shy of the seven-year anniversary of my dissertation defense; I've watched these monthly alerts arrive, and the number of downloads slowly tick up. “On the Move” must’ve made for good winter reading, as I blew past 1,000 downloads to start the new year! Wanna read? 🔗 doi.org/10.36837/cha...
A collage of screenshots from KP Williams’ doctoral dissertation and a global map illustrating where the document has been downloaded.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 06/02/2026
I was working on the road last week and bought some emergency supplies, including these scissors, which I absolutely forgot about before flying with this pen case in my backpack. Apparently, TSA couldn’t be bothered to notice or care 😂🤭
A pencil bag with various pens, highlighters and prominently featuring a pair of scissors
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 04/02/2026
Interesting ideas re: increasing popularity and legalization of marijuana and other plant medicines. My own plant medicine journey, scholarship on mycelial leadership, and two+ years of sobriety have cohered into what I’m comfortable naming spirituality at this point. www.astro.com/astrology/tm...
An excerpt from an astrology article noting increased awareness of worldwide natural collapse, extinction, and climate change, as well as patterns of advances in the legalization and popularity of marijuana and other plant medicines.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 30/01/2026
@creativerecess.me is on the road, joining friends from far and wide for the second ILA Dialogue Lab! #OverheardAtTulane: “Dialogue lab? That sounds TERRIBLE.” — student ☠️ Terrible? We have so much work to do, friends! Together. #CreativeRecess #Leadership #Dialogue
Direction signs reading “ILA Dialogue Lab” and “You’re Here” on campus at Tulane University, in New Orleans, LA, USA. 2026-01-30
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 25/01/2026
The #snowpocalypse began in NKY around 19:00 Saturday. I woke up to freezing rain, and it has switched off and on between large, snow globe-y flakes. Total accumulation TBD, as it continues falling. So much for moving back to the south!? Ha! #Kentucky
A man wearing a gray sweatshirt that has white “KENTUCKY” lettering, standing against a blanketed snow white landscape.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 24/01/2026
Comic by Greg Perry depicting a skeleton in a closet, wearing a sign reading “Epstein Issue” and holding another sign reading “Still Here” and depicting the President of the United States responding “Just checking.” and holding a file reading “Distraction du Jour."
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 14/01/2026
On Wednesdays we wear pink. Even when the winter rain makes us blah. #HumpDay #Wednesday #Pink #MeanGirls #Blah
A man wearing a pink quilted jacket and black browline glasses staring up at the overcast/rainy sky against a green landscape with barren trees and a wet one lane road behind him.A man wearing a pink quilted jacket and white shirt with “BLAH” printed all over it, and black browline glasses. He is smiling at the camera under an overcast/rainy sky against a green landscape with barren trees and a wet one lane road behind him.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 13/01/2026
A lot of ho(e)s today… #Apple #Crossword #Puzzle
Screenshot of the Apple Crossword puzzle from 01.13.26 featuring answer “hohos”Screenshot of the Apple Crossword puzzle from 01.13.26 featuring answer “hoes”Screenshot of the Apple Crossword puzzle from 01.13.26 featuring answer “hohum”
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 04/01/2026
KP: brought to you by solar power and coffee beans. ☀️☕️ Also, we should gain almost 45 minutes of daylight this month! ✨ and we thank you ✨
A man wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt, smiling while taking a selfie holding a coffee cup and sitting indoors with morning sunlight beaming through the window, creating light and shadows.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 04/01/2026
Someone put #cookies in the sewing kit! …and I’m gonna eat them ALL! 🍪🧵👹
A tin of sugar cookies in paper cup liners atop a fleece blanket atop a blanket featuring a wintery scene of red cardinals and fir trees.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 27/12/2025
Clock #Cincinnati rounding out the top ten! wallethub.com/edu/most-fun...
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 24/12/2025
😮🫨 SHAMEFUL, yet very on brand for those who seemingly made their concepts of a TikTok deal official, or something. When hate symbols are presented as trendy, discounted, and algorithmically surfaced, they stop being treated as warnings That shift is dangerous, and entirely preventable.
Screenshot of a TikTok Shop listing displaying a silver metal necklace with a pendant shaped like a swastika. The item is labeled “Hiphop titanium steel pendant,” priced at $7.99 with a 50% discount, categorized under “fashion accessories,” and shown with sales and free returns information.Screenshot of a TikTok reporting interface for the same swastika-shaped necklace. The selected reason is “Discriminatory or offensive items.” A text field reads: “No to fascism, no to Nazis, no to swastikas in the gift shop.” The product thumbnail remains visible at the top of the screen.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 04/12/2025
Sitting here cackling at the accuracy. I recently celebrated the two year milestone of my sobriety! Pictured: KP 1.0. Instead of trashed panda, now I’m a Cali-Sober Snackoon 🤣
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 26/11/2025
Yesterday was a relatively easy travel day, and I’m happily sipping coffee with a view of the Pacific this morning.
A view of the Pacific Ocean and palm trees between condo buildings in Southern California.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 05/11/2025
I thought for a second, no, surely he doesn’t remind me of Palin, so I searched images… 😆 *cant unsee*
A closeup shot of former Alaskan Governor and VP Nominee Sarah Palin, standing at a microphone, wearing glasses with minimal frames and bangs over one eye.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 01/11/2025
To all who celebrate!
A tray of deviled eggs (halved and filled with a yolk+mayo+spice blend) presented to celebrated National Deviled Egg Day - Nov 2.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 19/10/2025
Sobriety is pretty rad! #Sober #SoberSky #SoberAF #AlcoholFree #CaliforniaSober
A screenshot of various units of time that have elapsed since November 19, 2023 — KP’s sobriety date.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 19/10/2025
Bahahaha! Well done, Lexington (Kentucky)! www.reddit.com/r/lexington/...
A crowd of protestors and homemade signs at the October No King’s Protest in Lexington, KY. Emphasis on a sign depicting the deplorable Stephen Miller as Pee-Wee Herman. The sign reads “Pee-Wee German”
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 19/10/2025
From wrist to elbow, the jungle grows. 🌸🍃 A red ginger in full bloom and a mined leaf now live on my sleeve — a permanent reminder of Costa Rica’s wild beauty, resilience, and magic. Inked memories of a place that stays with me. #CostaRica #PuraVida #Tattoo
A fresh tattoo on a forearm showing a tall red ginger flower with layered petals and long purple-green leaves, extending from the wrist toward the elbow. The skin around the elbow looks a bit raised from healing.Full view of the red ginger tattoo from wrist to elbow, with the artist’s gloved hand holding the client’s wrist, highlighting the bold red and pink hues of the flower.Close-up of the lower section of the tattoo near the wrist, showing a detailed green “mined” leaf with lighter vein-like markings and hints of pink shading around it.Side view of the completed tattoo sleeve addition, showing how the ginger flower and mined leaf integrate with other existing tattoos on the arm.
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KP Williams, Ph.D. @kpwilliams.me · 18/10/2025
Happy National #Meatloaf Appreciation Day to all who celebrate 😌
Stock photo of a sliced meatloaf with green beans and roasted potatoes.
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