Dean of faculty, @GothamWriters; CNF teacher&writer. I live in NYC, but still say gapers' block. She/her.
I'm @kkc212 at bluesky, Threads, & Insta too.
Anyone else remember being just light enough that you could perch on top of an icy snowbank and feel like you ruled the world? My essay about that, and my mom, and Perihelion (which was this week!), is up today at @SugarSugarSalt_:
https://t.co/3VPapf8uNM
#amwriting
#Lebanon: Urgent! RSF calls on the international community to immediately pressure the Israeli army into allowing the rescue of Al Akhbar journalist Amal Khalil, currently trapped near Tayri in southern Lebanon following an Israeli airstrike close to her vehicle. Her life is in danger right now! Continued Israeli airstrikes are preventing rescuers from reaching her.
Please help Mochi Pacheco be seen at Oregon Trail Vet. Call 541-567-1138 and ask to donate to Mochi's care. He has a detached lip that needs to be sewn back on 💔 #cats
.@maddow reported *two* days ago on Russia's sabotage campaign in Europe, and the WH easing off efforts to prevent it. #heathrow
https://t.co/ScB0ccHzKk via @msnbc
A good friend/all-around Great Human has been fighting leukemia for the last few months and is now in need of a (very $$) bone marrow transplant.
If you can, please consider donating - Adam and his wonderful family can use all the support they can get 💜
https://t.co/hczAAOFKAR
Morning after reality check:
The Oscars last night were not good enough.
Appealed to very few outside Film Twitter bubble.
Lack of iconic star power, lack of I’m Just Ken viral moments. Also just too long.
Wicked will be back next year.
I critique bc I care!!!
"Have you ever had to look into your three-year-old’s eyes and explain to them why you don't have a house anymore?"
Rep. @aimeforiowa explains the devastating impact that removing gender identity from Iowa's Civil Rights Act will have on families.
Statement from MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber regarding legal filing to continue benefits of the congestion pricing program:
“Today, the MTA filed papers in federal court to ensure that the highly successful program—which has already dramatically reduced congestion, bringing reduced traffic and faster travel times, while increasing speeds for buses and emergency vehicles—will continue notwithstanding this baseless effort to snatch those benefits away from the millions of mass transit users, pedestrians and, especially, the drivers who come to the Manhattan Central Business District.
"It’s mystifying that after four years and 4,000 pages of federally-supervised environmental review—and barely three months after giving final approval to the Congestion Relief Program—USDOT would seek to totally reverse course.”
Donald Trump and Elon Musk illegally removed $80.5 million in @fema funding from New York City’s bank accounts.
This highway robbery is a betrayal of everyone who calls NYC home.
BRAVO Erin Entrada Kelly on winnnig her SECOND Newbery Medal for her beautiful middle-grade novel The First State of Being!
This book almost makes you want to time-travel back to your 12-year-old self, just to give it to them.
I said almost!
https://t.co/SBJf15V4MS...
If you're among the (lucky) ones who get a wave of energy in the new year, some tips to help you ride it and bring your story to shore.
https://t.co/brAKeDe1EH
#WriteTip
.@AndrewClyde_ also calls Criswell "stupid" for saying something totally obvious (and true) about diaster response, that you can't flood an active disaster zone with people and airplanes. I mean, duh.
#lafires