Katie Kennedy
@katiewritesbks.bsky.social
History instructor, writer. Rep by Kate McKean. The Declaration Decoded (5/2026), Did You Hear What Happened at the Alamo (9/2026); The Presidents Decoded; The Constitution Decoded; Hearts on Thin Ice; Learning to Swear in America #lgrw
A coworker asked me to call a customer with our research results. It was clear AI--many words, no meaning. I took it to the boss, who threw the AI results away and spent half an hour of valuable boss time doing the research. How did this save us time? #AI
I have c.64 books beside me--sources for a NF bk. It's hard to organize/coordinate all of it properly. I haven't used AI. If I hadn't struggled through it, I wouldn't understand the topic w the depth I do now. I hope it shows in the finished work. If not, I'll still have my quiet pride. #AI
will the historian who puts the last fact in order please turn out the lights
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d ago"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
Willa Cather figuring out how to completely savage me from 100 years in the past😭
eileen chengyin chow@chowleen.bsky.social · 4d ago"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
I'm so grateful to the historians whose work makes mine so much easier. I see you, sleeves rolled, deciphering handwriting from previous centuries, adding indices, explaining outdated terms so I don't mess up. Thank you for your valuable and exacting work. #HistorySky
Had a conversation today with an unhoused man at our library. He's extremely concerned about global warming and had all this temperature information off the top of his head. I complimented that, and he said nobody's as aware of the weather as someone who sleeps outside. #ClimateChange
Gosh, the news out of Indiana is horrible. ICYMI, the Indiana Historical Society fired its entire Education and Engagement Team and its Exhibits staff. Apparently, the emergency all-hands meeting lasted 3 minutes & then they were all escorted from the building, having to return later for their stuff
Somebody asked today if I consider myself frugal. I told her I'm still using the grapefruit spoons my great-grandmother pulled out of the neighbor's trash. She lost her train of thought after that, just said, "Wow," and wandered away. I'm claiming that as a victory for my people.
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A patron asked if it was okay to request a paranormal novel through interlibrary loan, given its subject matter. This breaks my heart. #Libraries
"[I]t does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Thomas Jefferson
Welp. Word tells me I've misspelled "a." One of us has reached a new level of incompetence. #Writing
Waiter today told my husband the tacos weren't very hot. I said, "We're from Iowa." He took that in then suggested another item.
A reminder to anyone who is at the mercy of online reviewers...
Wil Eelsing@wileelsing.bsky.social · 4w ago
Happy sales to @katiewritesbks.bsky.social! Our founding fathers understood the importance of an educated citizenry. Know your documents. Teach them to your children. Happy 4th.
Katie Kennedy@katiewritesbks.bsky.social · last mo.A lot of people confuse the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution. THE DECLARATION DECODED can help. Written for middle grade through adult, it's a straight-forward explanation of an interesting--and important--story. #DeclarationOfIndependence www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-declar...
A lot of people confuse the Declaration of Independence with the Constitution. THE DECLARATION DECODED can help. Written for middle grade through adult, it's a straight-forward explanation of an interesting--and important--story. #DeclarationOfIndependence www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-declar...
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@literaturegeek.bsky.social made a zine that includes the original panels that were removed in case people want to see and circulate that.
Philadelphia Inquirer@inquirer.com · last mo.The new panels, which historians have criticized for whitewashing George Washington’s role in enslaving nine people, have been manufactured and stand ready to install, the Justice Department told the court.
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The ideal sports commentators are old broken philosophers who are a bit drunk and dazzled by the sudden beauty of a shattered world.
Had a phone call with our financial advisor this afternoon and this evening I have ads offering to buy my plasma. That algorithm is on top of things.
You know what's really hard to explain in writing? Geography. So there's this town, see? And there are ridges around it. And hills. And they're in specific locations and various directions and you must visualize it all precisely correctly. A map, a map, my kingdom for a map! #Writing
Started today by dropping a copy of THE DECLARATION DECODED on my foot, then picking it up and...dropping it again. Folks, if you, too, have foot pain, I can recommend it as a book that doesn't hurt that much when it lands on your toes. #FootPain
I've had a ton of fun talking with radio hosts today about THE DECLARATION DEOCDED. So grateful to everyone helping to get this book into kids' hands. (Also for adults who want a refresher.)
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
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BREAKING: the banjo player from Deliverance has withdrawn from President Trump's America 250 Celebration
