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erinkeane.bsky.social
Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @salonnewsroom.bsky.social | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
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Moving read from an independent journalist from Belarus. www.salon.com/2025/02/23/u...

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By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine

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I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

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Having the most enlightening conversation with a scammy book “reviewer” account on Instagram. Love a good pay-to-play scheme.

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When I changed my name 30 years ago, I got a new birth certificate in my new name, I strongly suggest doing so, if that is an option

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Hi dears 👋🏻new here. Into music, community, lit, art, independent journalism, structural critiques, solidarity. My podcast Sound Off with Katy Henriksen launches it's 3rd season March 6 with Liz Pelly discussing her new book Mood Machine ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Read an excerpt:

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Being potentially barred from voting in the future wasn't among the many reasons why I easily dismissed the idea of changing my last name to my husband's, but here we are. www.salon.com/2025/02/21/a...

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By the way, this is one of the issues where you might be able to make some headway with GOP reps if you live in a rural district. It has always been the heavily red rural districts that stopped them from destroying USPS in the past. Reps know their constituents depend on USPS.

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Kentucky Fried Chicken is now headquartered in Dallas, TX. Texas Roadhouse is headquartered in Louisville, KY. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen HQ is in Miami, FL. Church's Texas Chicken HQ is in Atlanta, GA. Interesting. At least Whataburger is still headquartered in San Antonio, I guess. Good times.

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For all the jokes about young people hooking up at CPAC or being a sort of Spring Break for conservatives, this year feels like there are far more young men than young ladies, even compared to past years of CPAC.

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I’m not a lawyer but I did read this enormous textbook! Let’s talk revocable living trusts. #deathsky #estateplanning

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why are people obsessed with amanita muscaria mushrooms? what’s not to love? @salonnewsroom.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/02/20/t...

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I posted this on evil X last year & it drew lots of responses. I thought it's time to share it here. We are living through extraordinary times & our work is more vital than ever but we can't do things the same way. There's no two sides to fascism just like there wasn't two sides in the Holocaust.

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We're open for submissions to our next print anthology: A Little Sugar in the Tank. Visit us on Submittable to read the full submission guidelines: miraclemonocle.submittable.com/submissions

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Here's one small thing to look forward to: An opera of THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY coming to the Metropolitan Opera in September. www.metopera.org/season/2025-...

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erotically seeking answers

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"We didn’t become the greatest shirtwaist factory in the world by resting on our laurels. That’s why we’ve brought in a new efficiency czar, Noel Skum, whose job is to cut unnecessary spending and roll back overly restrictive safety regulations." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...

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"Long before Instagram and TikTok injected jet fuel into influencer culture, YouTube democratized screen-based entertainment and opened the star-making pipeline to the world." Read the story by @mctelevision.bsky.social:

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SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is released from a Florida prison weeks after Biden commutes his life sentence.

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It’s still remarkable to me that the focus on generative AI has been writing essays – which is to say creative work – and not doing math problems. That poets will be replaced and not engineers. Hear an engineering professor wonders at how well the technology does on his exam. But /1

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goodnight moon would be NOTHING without the bowl full of mush. the luka doncic of goodnight moon

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This was my first deck and it’s gorgeous.

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Kentucky still in ‘search and rescue’ as death toll reaches 11, says Beshear kentuckylantern.com/2025/02/17/k...

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Not me starting a project about a CANADIAN book in this 2025. I swear I just wanted to make something fun that had nothing to do with This Awful Moment. Lesson learned. erinkeane.beehiiv.com/p/this-wasn-...

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I have fixed my broken WordPress theme author homepage so I can properly display links to my books, three of which are now out of print, hooray?

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Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg is open and has rooms available for Kentuckians who have had to evacuate their homes due to flooding. Please use caution while traveling, but know our Kentucky State Parks team is there for those in need.

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