Katya Cengel

Words, wonder and tea this Sunday. All welcome

In anticipation of spring, @univnebpress.bsky.social is offering 40% off baseball books, including these two -how cool that my book is next to a book about baseball in the Czech Republic. Use code 6BAB26 at checkout www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/baseball-sale/

“I think part of medicine in any way, shape, or form is listening,” Anger said. “You sit and you listen ...“

The magic of this little tea shop comes alive in this feature by Fiona Hastings
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Great deal on some great books, including mine: Bluegrass Baseball: A Year in the Minor League Life

Excited to be reading with these talented writers. Please join us March 8 in Atascadero CA for words, wonder - and tea.

The “Angel of Death” Was a Notorious Killer. Then an Unlikely Team of Scientists Cracked the Case. Efren Saldivar was charged with using a “magic syringe” to paralyze and kill helpless hospital patients.

My latest for @popularmechanics.bsky.social is about the lab that helped bring a serial killer to justice www.popularmechanics.com/science/a699...

I can attest they do good work, they published three of my four books.

Wildlife attacks and strange animal behavior — fake images spark conservation concerns When Houssein Rayaleh received a WhatsApp message from a local ecotourism guide showing footage of a lioness in Djibouti, he was excited. The video showed the big cat running directly in front of a mo...

"Fake images spread misinformation about animal behavior, and fake footage or photos of people playing with or cuddling wild animals can feed demand for the exotic pet trade, endangering already threatened species."

Sean Mowbray for @mongabay.com:

Mongolian 2026 winter olympics uniforms

Haitian 2026 Winter Olympics uniforms

Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms

A Gen-Zer tries to love a world wrecked by humans As climate change worsens, a college student says she's done with hopelessness and is trying hard to love a world that's being destroyed.

Some goods news: a story in a new publication by a former student and relative.
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People like to point out Sithy was the only one among her family who did not become a U.S. citizen. What many don’t know is the U.S. is rare in not awarding refugees automatic citizenship. You can hear more by clicking on the 4 p.m. slot on feb 3 www.920kvec.com/show/dave-co...

Many of you know Sithy from my book Exiled. She has been detained by ICE. Her family put this out www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Calling all journalists! ICFJ is looking for input on how to improve existing programming and expand its opportunities for the international journalism community. Take the survey to let us know your journalism training needs: forms.gle/UULactvgC7DC...

My interior decorating pro tip: match the dog with the furniture - long couch, long dog.

Hanging on the wall in a hotel in India. Caption needed

The “Angel of Death” Was a Notorious Killer. Then an Unlikely Team of Scientists Cracked the Case. Efren Saldivar was charged with using a “magic syringe” to paralyze and kill helpless hospital patients.

Coming soon: a story I reported last year on the lab that helped convict a serial killer for @PopMech It is up now, but only for members. www.popularmechanics.com/science/a699...

I love it.

I hate this on so many levels. What do they even think they’ll get out of it?

Beautifully said

14,445 and Counting - The Atavist Magazine Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America.

“Wilcox explained that she didn’t want the “human, spiritual part” of tracking stripped away. “This is sacred work,” she said.” Fascinating @atavist.com read on counting femicide magazine.atavist.com/2025/14445-a...

AI saves some people time. But what about all the time it wastes? As a writer I get tons of this junk daily and this human using an AI template didn’t even bother to insert my name and book title. Then she had the nerve to follow up three times!

Playing Santa Does Strange Things to a Man. What It Did to Bob Rutan Was Even Stranger. Bob Rutan is legendary among the tight-knit fraternity of Macy’s Santa Clauses. Like many of these men, playing Santa changed Bob. Profoundly. His story is one of struggle and failure, heartbreak and ...

I was over Christmas and Santa even before December 25 but nevertheless this beautiful story by David Gauvey Herbert got me. Too many great anecdotes and quotes to mention here you just have to read it. www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a6...

A calf waiting politely at the door. Odisha, India

Great idea, can’t wait to read some of them.

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2026. Although it’s still 2018 in Ethiopia and already 2082 in Nepal and I am sure various other years other places…

Picked up my new @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social novel from Monarch Books and Echo has already claimed it.

Show bears bask in retirement / Dancing bruins live better than most in Bulgaria Once a popular attraction at fairs and circuses across Europe, the primarily Roma (Gypsy)...

One of the many things Brigitte Bardot did was support a Bulgarian sanctuary for retired dancing bears which I was able to report on earlier this century. www.sfgate.com/news/article...

Happy Boxing Day! My latest newsletter is out mailchi.mp/5f7e260a75a4...

The colors of rural India. Odisha state.

A cow, a girl, a vehicle: pretty typical - and beautiful - India scene.