A year ago I tried the Moderna vaccine to see if it was safe. (Spoiler: It is!) Now, on my #COVIDvaccine anniversary, I’m happy to share that I just got a 3rd dose. This booster experiment will reveal (1) if strain-adapted vaccines boost immunity & (2) whether they are safe.

"The Oregon Trail" turns 50 this year. In the fall of 1971, the computer game was created for student teacher Don Rawitsch's 8th-grade history classes at Bryant Junior High in Minneapolis. In the fall of 1971, Prince was an 8th-grader at Bryant Junior High in Minneapolis.

The humble Bao is the world’s most perfect food. H/t Dino-Ray

My reading is tonight! 6 pm PT. With WWU's English Graduate Association. #zoomreading #amwriting Link: facebook.com/events/7804125…

I’m honored to become the next moderator of Washington Week with The Atlantic | PBS, a show that meant so much to Gwen Ifill when she helmed this chair. My guiding light will be focusing on the impact of politics on everyday people and vulnerable populations. Join me this Friday. nytimes.com/2021/05/04/bus…

I don’t trust y’all so I’m still wearing my mask.

Coming up in the The Texas Review All-Essay-Issue b-sides series shortly we'll see Nicole McCarthy and Piper J. Daniels, Lily Hoang, Vincent James, Michael Martone, Ander Monson, KO, @gothratitutde, Monica Prince—ROADMAP AVAILABLE NOW!, @addiebrook, @manyplums, and @Nikwalkotter

"Writing my essays only reinforced what I know to be sure: I deserve to live my life out loud. That includes holding up a light to my brilliant, happy, lonely, beautiful, harrowing upbringing." KO's The Texas Review b-side: essaydaily.org/2021/06/katrin…

My super-meta essay about writing an essay is up on Essay Daily! Check it out, read the other beautiful essays here and in The Texas Review: essaydaily.org/2021/06/katrin… #amwriting #yesstill #Essay #craft

*stops scrolling, looks around* ...is Bea me? ... I think Bea is me

This is hands down one of my favorite pieces of writing. I tell everyone I know to read it, it’s stunning

Wishing you all a happy 2022.

I am so tickled that Keweenaw County got a little mention in #TheGildedAge for the copper mines

you ever wish that fireworks were incredibly quiet and also didnt disappear so quickly and also you could keep them in your home and also you could hold them in your hands?? because if so, i’d love to introduce you to,, Flowers

How do I get a separate UI for people 35+?

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