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# @AlexKleeman (Alexandra Kleeman) > Author of YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE and SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN ☀️ 🔥 professor teaching creative writing at @cornelluniversity Joined X on 2011-08-30. Profile counts at fetch time: 8,856 followers, 1,178 following, 11,443 posts, 25,054 likes, 91 lists, 175 media. Pinned post: [2021-02-23 — "My next novel, SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN, is out from @hogarthbooks on 8/3! It starts out as a Hollywood novel and th…" (797♥)](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1364340189305442311) ## Coverage 10,924 unique posts collected via full-archive search (`from:AlexKleeman`), about 95% of the 11,443 lifetime count X shows. That count includes deleted posts. Every yearly window (plus half-year windows for the dense years 2018–2022) was paginated newest-first until X returned no further page, so the archive is exhausted for what search can still see; the gap to the lifetime count is mostly deleted posts. The newest collected post is from Oct 13, 2026; anything posted after the 2026 window was first fetched (Oct 15, 2026) is not included. | Year | Posts collected | Unpaginated days | Original | Reply | Quote | Repost | Avg likes/own post | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | [[alexkleeman-2012\|2012]] | 72 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0.62 | | [[alexkleeman-2013\|2013]] | 108 | 0 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0.90 | | [[alexkleeman-2014\|2014]] | 72 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 1.08 | | [[alexkleeman-2015\|2015]] | 583 | 0 | 153 | 135 | 1 | 294 | 1.38 | | [[alexkleeman-2016\|2016]] | 487 | 0 | 125 | 106 | 1 | 255 | 3.07 | | [[alexkleeman-2017\|2017]] | 573 | 0 | 131 | 143 | 9 | 290 | 6.63 | | [[alexkleeman-2018\|2018]] | 855 | 0 | 237 | 228 | 85 | 305 | 125.67 | | [[alexkleeman-2019\|2019]] | 1,542 | 0 | 412 | 402 | 168 | 560 | 16.36 | | [[alexkleeman-2020\|2020]] | 1,721 | 0 | 502 | 572 | 125 | 522 | 16.10 | | [[alexkleeman-2021\|2021]] | 1,704 | 0 | 461 | 466 | 107 | 670 | 36.27 | | [[alexkleeman-2022\|2022]] | 839 | 0 | 181 | 256 | 56 | 346 | 12.30 | | [[alexkleeman-2023\|2023]] | 469 | 0 | 65 | 99 | 32 | 273 | 33.62 | | [[alexkleeman-2024\|2024]] | 580 | 0 | 41 | 59 | 41 | 439 | 320.94 | | [[alexkleeman-2025\|2025]] | 743 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 60 | 621 | 158.07 | | [[alexkleeman-2026\|2026]] | 576 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 510 | 845.44 | ## All-time stats (collected posts) **Posts collected:** 10,924 | Type | Count | Share | |---|---:|---:| | original | 2,479 | 22.7% | | reply | 2,567 | 23.5% | | quote | 733 | 6.7% | | repost | 5,145 | 47.1% | **Own posts (non-repost):** 5,779 · median length 85 chars · mean 103 · with media 1.4% · with external link 4.7% **Engagement on own posts:** likes 278,122 (avg 48.13) · reposts 51,942 · replies 5,095 · views 5,822,172 (views only recorded by X from late 2022) **Top hashtags:** #y2chablm (6), #metoo (5), #whatwerereading (2), #ttw16 (2), #oscars2016 (2), #mydreamjournal (2), #trumprussia (2), #marchforourlives (2), #trumpshutdown (2), #mtastories (1), #electrified (1), #hellosantafe (1) ### Top posts by likes - 2018-03-16 · 61567♥ 19689🔁 581💬 — [In case you missed my dog learning how to eat a string bean https://t.co/gckcC8noYB](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/974704687483105281) - 2024-10-14 · 35337♥ 17622🔁 53💬 — [A year ago we were being told that Israel would never bomb a hospital even when all evidence indicated they ha](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1845771626148700512) - 2026-02-20 · 28736♥ 821🔁 74💬 — [The real story about Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu is not US vs China but wasians with Asian dads vs wasians with As](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/2024747387525189732) - 2025-04-04 · 14282♥ 1255🔁 74💬 — [The ability to buy lots of goods cheaply and therefore feel rich has been key to pacifying the American people](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1908238508319183277) - 2026-08-04 · 13930♥ 358🔁 76💬 — [She tries so hard but she can’t shake that backup dancer energy https://t.co/s5MmByzHDI](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/2084535255588061206) - 2021-05-23 · 12114♥ 1314🔁 74💬 — [Completely unmoved by the panic over declining Western birth rates...if you’re so worried about your precious ](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1396645474795458564) - 2026-04-05 · 9496♥ 1223🔁 242💬 — [LLMs have been around for decades, I was in cog sci and nobody thought they were a pathway to general intellig](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/2040892579051458690) - 2021-03-30 · 3764♥ 515🔁 33💬 — [Tfw I see Black protesters in front of the building where a 65-year old Filipino woman was attacked, holding “](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1377077762582777859) - 2024-05-01 · 3439♥ 824🔁 26💬 — [What more is there to say? The line was supposed to be “vote Dem or get fascism” but under Biden we have milit](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1785634316346622161) - 2019-09-06 · 2593♥ 587🔁 21💬 — [Em-dashes are the most beautiful punctuation in existence, and should be used whenever one wishes to yoke two ](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1170050537938661383) **Most-used words (stopwords removed):** thank (465), thanks (309), think (239), love (233), book (212), good (198), reading (194), people (193), know (191), read (190), time (172), see (170), their (168), day (146), these (145), great (138), feel (132), hope (132), because (131), want (131), made (130), way (129), right (119), novel (118), make (116) **Topic hits (keyword buckets, a post can hit several):** books/writing 591 (10.2%), politics/news 121 (2.1%), teaching/academia 118 (2.0%), family 91 (1.6%), climate/nature 84 (1.5%), film/TV 58 (1.0%), NYC 35 (0.6%), music 33 (0.6%), Colorado 23 (0.4%), AI 14 (0.2%) ### Interaction partners - **Replies to:** [[jeffvandermeer]] (43), [[TheLincoln]] (38), [[Yolo_Tengo]] (35), [[rachsyme]] (29), [[ales_kot]] (29), [[salesses]] (25), [[carablueadams]] (22), [[ariellewiton]] (21), [[row_ie_argument]] (21), [[vanjchan]] (21) - **Mentions:** [[TheLincoln]] (49), [[jeffvandermeer]] (37), [[hiwildflower]] (36), [[HogarthBooks]] (33), [[rachsyme]] (30), [[salesses]] (26), [[nytimes]] (23), [[sasha_fletcher]] (23), [[carablueadams]] (21), [[gilvarry]] (21) - **Quotes:** [[AlexKleeman]] (10), [[jeffvandermeer]] (10), [[nytimes]] (7), [[AlexAndBooks_]] (6), [[washingtonpost]] (5), [[thehill]] (4), [[THR]] (4), [[bbgoriginals]] (3), [[EW]] (3), [[CNN]] (3) - **Reposts:** [[jeffvandermeer]] (88), [[danpjsheehan]] (50), [[gilvarry]] (34), [[MoiraDonegan]] (33), [[ewarren]] (29), [[ElectricLit]] (27), [[_conjunctions]] (26), [[4thEstateBooks]] (26), [[dwallacewells]] (25), [[zunguzungu]] (23) ### Timing (CT) | Month | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | posts | 847 | 1061 | 1117 | 1058 | 759 | 751 | 784 | 1073 | 1105 | 792 | 809 | 768 | | Weekday | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | posts | 1725 | 1825 | 1925 | 1783 | 1502 | 1050 | 1114 | **By hour (CT):** 00h 457 · 01h 384 · 02h 249 · 03h 206 · 04h 108 · 05h 109 · 06h 92 · 07h 119 · 08h 204 · 09h 411 · 10h 627 · 11h 885 · 12h 868 · 13h 804 · 14h 920 · 15h 791 · 16h 728 · 17h 606 · 18h 450 · 19h 424 · 20h 381 · 21h 359 · 22h 359 · 23h 383 ## Interactions with [[marshallpittman]] > [!important] Interactions with [[marshallpittman]] > **11 threads** (12 conversations) between [[marshallpittman]] and @AlexKleeman, **Jul 23, 2015 → Mar 8, 2026** (CT). **4 are two-way exchanges**; the rest are Marshall mentioning or replying to Alex. Posts in these threads: 20 by Marshall, 6 by Alex (reposts excluded, listed at the end). > Source: full-archive searches (2010 → Oct 15, 2026) `from:marshallpittman (@AlexKleeman OR to:AlexKleeman)`, `from:AlexKleeman (@marshallpittman OR to:marshallpittman)` and `from:marshallpittman retweets_of:AlexKleeman`, each paginated until X returned no further page, cross-checked against the complete `from:AlexKleeman` archive, plus root/parent lookups and a `conversation_id:` search per thread (run 2026-10-15 CT). Quotes are verbatim; long posts are cut with “…”. > > **1. 2015-07-23 — Marshall points @adamhill to Alex's old blog technicolor.org** · _one-way mention_ > - **@marshallpittman** · Jul 23, 2015 8:10 PM CT — “@adamhill like me, you probably read with interest @AlexKleeman's blog: http://t.co/lnKXCFxgIg http://t.co/OzJepJ4cYR (thx wayback machine)” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/624386198774132736) > - **@marshallpittman** · Jul 23, 2015 8:32 PM CT — “@adamhill like me, you probably read with great interest @AlexKleeman's blog technicolor.og http://t.co/QaNBwV17J1 (thx wayback machine)” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/624391674941157376) > - _Two near-identical standalone posts 22 minutes apart (separate conversations)._ > > **2. 2015-08-16 — Alex asks Marshall to reminisce about the technicolor days** · _two-way_ > - **@AlexKleeman** · Aug 16, 2015 3:06 AM CT — “@marshallpittman Hey--I'm thinking of writing about technicolor days/the old unmonetized internet! Any chance you'd be willing to reminisce?” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/632825867438288896) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 16, 2015 8:48 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman certainly! Almost any private journal cubby-hole is better than current "social media" for really knowing someone. I'd share.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/632911861802004480) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 16, 2015 8:52 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman I was impressed by your cleverness and freshness. It was familiar, like reading my old HS journals, except it wasnt about me!” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/632912749572571136) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 16, 2015 9:06 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman *I was not fresh nor clever in my HS journals...” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/632916306476593152) > - _Alex opened the exchange; Marshall answered in three replies._ > > **3. 2015-08-29 — Marshall hears Alex's voice for the first time (Lit Up podcast)** · _two-way_ > - **@litupshow** · Aug 25, 2015 2:13 PM CT — “Let's talk religion, inverse pornography, transformation & more w @AlexKleeman & @gilvarry http://t.co/evcEH0WL9C http://t.co/Xae9N326rC” · [x.com](https://x.com/litupshow/status/636254976415821824) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 29, 2015 1:21 AM CT — “You too can have a [disembodied voice] like mine: where I hear @AlexKleeman 's voice for the first time... https://t.co/m7mU8wIZdF” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/637510311407292416) > - **@AlexKleeman** · Aug 29, 2015 1:50 AM CT — “@marshallpittman Ha, must have been a surprise. My voice sounds like a pudding cup.” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/637517697379618816) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 29, 2015 2:47 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman yes. I'm certain there is a rice joke implied somewhere. Now I want tapioca (or butterscotch) pudding! #tooLateToEat” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/637531894779768832) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 29, 2015 2:53 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman I often listen + do something else. It inspires thought (I'm like you) but your "new" voice does not go w\trying to fall asleep” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/637533445967642624) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 29, 2015 2:57 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman I kept thinking: would I recognize her talking at a party if I passed an open window when walking down the block? #busyScenario” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/637534557172989952) > - _Marshall quote-posted @litupshow's episode with Alex; she replied, he answered three times._ > > **4. 2015-08-29 — Marshall shares Alex's writing-process piece** · _one-way mention_ > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 29, 2015 1:33 AM CT — “enjoy this topological treatise with @AlexKleeman 's voice back in your head, about her writing process & place: / http://t.co/zlZZILbAyJ” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/637513373588938752) > - _Standalone post the same night as the podcast thread._ > > **5. 2016-05-14 — “a dream about @AlexKleeman”** · _one-way mention_ > - **@marshallpittman** · May 14, 2016 4:51 AM CT — “a dream about @AlexKleeman: I was a fan & she was visiting me, except she was a singer w\ a 3D printer on my roof--I printed her my fav song” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/731421732976779264) > > **6. 2017-06-27 — Marshall recalls linking technicolor.org in 2002** · _one-way reply_ > - **@marshallpittman** · Jun 27, 2017 1:44 AM CT — “@AlexKleeman April 3rd, 2002: I wrote a blogger post where I linked to https://t.co/lnKXCFxgIg as infinitely better blog. I'm sad it's gone.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/879591267348381698) > - _No reply from Alex found._ > > **7. 2018-11-02 — “biopic” → “myopic”** · _two-way_ > - **@AlexKleeman** · Nov 2, 2018 3:10 PM CT — “Nothing kills my mind-boner like the word “biopic”” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1058451230601736197) > - **@marshallpittman** · Nov 2, 2018 3:21 PM CT — “@AlexKleeman It always looks to me that its pronounced like "myopic" (which would be the same kind of movie)” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1058454024477925379) > - **@AlexKleeman** · Nov 2, 2018 3:29 PM CT — “@marshallpittman A meaningful coincidence!” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1058456062016319488) > - _Alex's original post; Marshall replied, Alex answered._ > > **8. 2018-11-06 — Election-night reply in @Travon's thread, tagging Alex** · _one-way reply_ > - **@Travon** · Nov 6, 2018 9:58 PM CT — “Black women voted 95% for Beto. White women did what white women do. #ElectionNight https://t.co/EYHnBcE5mw” · [x.com](https://x.com/Travon/status/1060018697060798464) > - **@marshallpittman** · Nov 6, 2018 10:39 PM CT — “@Travon @AlexKleeman Yep. White women think for themselves.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1060028829098500096) > - _Marshall's reply includes @AlexKleeman; no post from Alex in this conversation was found._ > > **9. 2019-02-17 — “I miss technicolor.org” — and a troll, years later** · _one-way (Marshall defends Alex)_ > - **@marshallpittman** · Feb 17, 2019 8:10 PM CT — “@AlexKleeman I miss https://t.co/lnKXCFxgIg / it was a shining exception to trademark law! / and a brilliant insight into a random girl's life.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1097317354055364609) > - **@MountainManFC** · Mar 12, 2025 1:45 PM CT — “@marshallpittman @AlexKleeman I bet you like looking at “random” girls. Weirdo.” · [x.com](https://x.com/MountainManFC/status/1899894425234329682) > - **@marshallpittman** · Jan 25, 2026 4:47 PM CT — “@MountainManFC @AlexKleeman Alexandra is a gifted writer. It is obvious that you wouldn't be able to appreciate that.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/2015557172470435973) > - **@marshallpittman** · Mar 8, 2026 11:38 PM CT — “@MountainManFC @AlexKleeman We are contemporaries. @MountainManFC cannot read context.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/2030865872080777471) > - **@daanforhumanity** · Aug 21, 2026 6:42 PM CT — “@marshallpittman @AlexKleeman Thank you, my friend. 🙏❤️ Whenever you have time, I’d love to invite you to follow our Instagram page @elijah_brian_mukisa and see more abou…” · [x.com](https://x.com/daanforhumanity/status/2090947750443852083) > - _Alex did not post in this conversation. @MountainManFC replied in 2025; Marshall answered twice in 2026; a third account replied in Aug 2026._ > > **10. 2021-08-03 — Marshall's copy of SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN arrives** · _two-way_ > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 3, 2021 3:07 AM CT — “I have exactly one week until faculty report back to work for Fall, so I have just enough time for this new book arriving tomorrow (well, later today)... / / "Something…” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1422469278046040095) > - **@AlexKleeman** · Aug 3, 2021 3:47 PM CT — “@marshallpittman Thanks Marshall! Honored that you’d spend some of the precious week before school on my book. Hope you’ll tell me what you think!” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1422660332712087564) > - **@marshallpittman** · Aug 4, 2021 12:38 PM CT — “@adamhill @AlexKleeman I just got it today. / It is a densely packed tome of knowledge! / @edcatmull doesn't even show up until page 351, and you know it's another 20 yea…” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1422975333142257665) > - _Alex also reposted Marshall's post. Marshall's Aug 4 reply is to an @adamhill post that is not viewable (protected or deleted) and appears to be about a different book (#AlvyRaySmith)._ > > **11. 2023-04-20 — Alex's weeding question** · _Marshall replied_ > - **@AlexKleeman** · Apr 20, 2023 4:56 PM CT — “Can somebody help me, I’m trying to garden but weeding feels like doing plant genocide?” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1649170236221034496) > - **@marshallpittman** · Apr 20, 2023 7:54 PM CT — “@AlexKleeman weeds love a challenge! pull them out and set them aside and see if they can re-root themselves...somewhere far away, or course.” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1649215057371250689) > - _Alex did not reply back._ > > **Reposts (not counted as threads)** > - 2016-11-09 CT — Marshall reposted Alex: “RT @AlexKleeman: I know this is the last thing on anybody's mind, but what's wrong with Baron Trump? Is he ok? Does he n…” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/796278686735540225) > - 2021-07-16 CT — Marshall reposted Alex (her pinned novel announcement): “RT @AlexKleeman: My next novel, SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN, is out from @hogarthbooks on 8/3! It starts out as a Holly…” · [x.com](https://x.com/marshallpittman/status/1415907445143179265) > - 2021-08-03 CT — Alex reposted Marshall: “RT @marshallpittman: I have exactly one week until faculty report back to work for Fall, so I have just enough time for…” · [x.com](https://x.com/AlexKleeman/status/1422660182128087041) ## Who mentions her (recent snapshot) One page of `@AlexKleeman -from:AlexKleeman` since 2025-01-01 (17 posts): [[neverforgiveuft]] (4), [[withintheblues]] (2), [[emmaalpern]] (1), [[MR_INFO_Mark]] (1), [[daanforhumanity]] (1), [[invasiveivy]] (1), [[Edgar_IvanG]] (1), [[Hai4RT]] (1), [[meyecole]] (1), [[kcat969]] (1), [[seemprettyblue]] (1), [[manuzareon]] (1) ## Year files - [[alexkleeman-2012]] - [[alexkleeman-2013]] - [[alexkleeman-2014]] - [[alexkleeman-2015]] - [[alexkleeman-2016]] - [[alexkleeman-2017]] - [[alexkleeman-2018]] - [[alexkleeman-2019]] - [[alexkleeman-2020]] - [[alexkleeman-2021]] - [[alexkleeman-2022]] - [[alexkleeman-2023]] - [[alexkleeman-2024]] - [[alexkleeman-2025]] - [[alexkleeman-2026]] ## Resume state Raw pages and `state.json` live in `/workspace/alexkleeman-data/`. Open streams (0): none — archive complete. To refresh, fetch posts newer than the last run, then `python3 ak_analyze.py` (rebuilds the interactions callout too).