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Erin Keane

@erinkeane.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, poet, critic | Chief Content Officer at @Salon.com | Author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me | Faculty at Naslund-Mann MFA | KY Colonel | Blair Water Literary Society chair | March Xness Die-hard linktr.ee/eekshecried

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 3h
I would give anything to be able to vomit bees
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Kendra Salois @ksalois.bsky.social · 2h
Let them come. (Also,
Poster for the film The Swarm (1978)
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Dr Lena H @lenarivkah.bsky.social · 2h
My bees have multiple hives at this point! 33 to 41 is a huge fucking difference in rage, even without the world as clusterfuck.
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 3h
Posted this in 2018. Still remember the night that prompted it. Still so relevant today. 🐝 🐝 🐝
Tweet by me saying “Every woman I know has been storing anger for years in her body and it’s starting to feel like bees are going to pour out of all of our mouths at the same time.”
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Flowers Georg @pantalonesfuego.bsky.social · 7h
@erinkeane.bsky.social 's evergreen tweet 🐝
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h
"Mars Inc. is pulling its Pop-Tarts and BuzzBallz collaboration just a month into its rollout over concerns that the product could appeal to underage drinkers."
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Pop-Tarts Ends BuzzBallz Partnership on Underage Drinking Fears
Mars Inc. is pulling its Pop-Tarts and BuzzBallz collaboration just a month into its rollout over concerns that the product could appeal to underage drinkers.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 12h
Today in me being insufferable: A number of the zines and band posters inside that record shop, uh, belonged to me. The HF production design team borrowed* them from myself and other Chicago music scene/record store folks. The More You Know etc [*no I didn't get paid lol, I did it For the Culture]
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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 14h
Nominations for Best Small Fictions are due tomorrow, end of day, EST, 9/30! Looking for noms from 1/1-7/31, '26, but also all of '25, back-noms: 1.5-year issue. 5 noms from each, 10 total. Editors should throw your authors' hats into the ring! blacklawrencepress.submittable.com/submit/36331...
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Black Lawrence Press - Best Small Fictions Nominations
Open Call for Best Small Fictions 2027 The 2027 issue of Best Small Fictions will be a 1.5-year issue representing the best flash fiction published in 2025 and the first half of 2026.  This is an open...
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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 15h
🚨 ACQUISITIONS ANNOUNCEMENT: We're excited to announce two of our recent acquisitions! FAMOUS CHILDREN by John McManus (available Sept. 2027) and ENTER SANDWOMAN by Maria Kuznetsova (available May 2028) It's never to late to treat yourself! 🔗 Preorder here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/n...
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 16h
in my head canon, Mr. Christmas is a one-eyed cat who was finally found under the nextdoor neighbor's porch and this is a celebratory post www.justjared.com/2026/09/22/j...
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Jonathan Bennett Confirms 'Finding Mr. Christmas' Has Been Canceled by Hallmark Channel
Jonathan Bennett has some sad news for Hallmark Channel fans. The fan-favorite series Finding Mr. Christmas, a reality competition show searching for
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Ginny Hogan @ginnyhogan.bsky.social · 16h
Friday & Saturday!! rooster-t-feathers.seatengine-sites.com/events/135108
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 16h
I wish to be released from this dumb timeline
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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 16h
Aw
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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 18h
EXCLUSIVE: someone has an opinion
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sweetgreen guy got on LinkedIn in 2021 and started ranting about how fat people were preventing us from ending the pandemic and how our problems could be solved with “health mandates” so he is actually top of the list for people you should expect at this kind of thing
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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ok technically these are essays but these are also poems plus FALLOUT 4, people
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Desperate Christian women are turning to "wife school" and similar courses, hoping they can save their marriages. But there is no hope, ladies. The only fix is to divorce your MAGA husband. www.salon.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Wife school can't fix MAGA husbands - Salon.com
A new wave of Christian influencers claim women can save their marriages with more self-loathing
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"A university's obligation to the physical safety of its students is not one commitment among several, to be weighed against reputation or litigation exposure. It is antecedent to everything else the institution does." -- I wish our "professional " media had the guts of this student paper. 
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Matt Wolfbridge (read Typebar Magazine) @wolfbridge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My favorite essays are the ones that continue to generate discussion long after they've been published. This piece, by @tallesteden.bsky.social, was published in May of last year and is currently #1 on the site. www.typebarmagazine.com/weirding-the...
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Weirding the Periphery: How Imperialism Infiltrated Our Imagination Through Fantasy
So much of foundational fantasy is about the (often imperial) core versus outside territories.
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's pretty easy these days to avoid hearing very popular songs if mainstream popular music is not your thing AND your life is set up a certain way: - delivery over in-store - kids not commandeering car stereo - algorithm finely tuned to preexisting likes and impossible to fathom avoidance if not
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Neil Serven @neilserven.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Otters with jobs
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Salon.com @salon.com · 26/09/2026
“Citizens who aren’t likely to notice when their local newspaper becomes a bit more bare-bones, or that the already byzantine healthcare system becomes slightly harder to navigate, will definitely notice when their lunch gets worse.”
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The private equity backlash could start at the drive-thru
The places Americans once loved for being cheap are a lesson in what buyouts do
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wolfman's got nards!
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Nitehawk Cinema @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THE MONSTER SQUAD screens next weekend at Nitehawk Prospect Park in SPOOKY SEASON AT NITEHAWK
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 26/09/2026
If you bring an iced coffee near me I will call the cops
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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you shouldn't take an iced coffee to a job interview because you shouldn't be trying to get a job. you should be digging an enormous pit or a complex system of tunnels
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm honestly shocked it took this long for iced coffee discourse to trend on Bluesky
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I spent half mine on this week's emotional manipulation 51 minutes aka the new episode of Ted Lasso
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do we incentivize people to paint wizards on their vans again I haven’t seen a wizard van in a decade and it feels like we lost something precious Can we offer up a tax credit? Little bags of shrooms? Start a wizard van painting program at vocational schools?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026
Yup. We were deepfaked. But it's all part of a much bigger story about Russia's interference in our 2026 midterms to help the GOP.
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How a Russian attack on the midterms deepfaked Mother Jones
Putin's trolls are again looking to help Donald Trump and the GOP.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026
- Out where the river runs - High in the green hills on the outskirts of town - Over mountains draped in stars - Hiding on the backstreets - In the darkness on the edge of town buff.ly/58KuC1E
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Places Bruce Springsteen Fooled Around with Your Daughter
“A pretty little place in Southern California, down San Diego way.” Sept 23 2021 9/23/22 9/23/24
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
imagine
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AthensMusicJunkie @athensmusicjunkie.com · 24/09/2026
If REM announces a Reveal reissue this week I’m gonna just explode. Steak too juicy lobster too buttery
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Love @troyfarah.bsky.social on why every week should be Fat Bear Week: "Ping me when there’s a Sleekest Dolphin Week, Plumpest Mushroom Monday or the Most Insane Octopus of the Month. Give me the American Idol version of meadowlark songs." salon-crashcourse.beehiiv.com/p/fat-bear-w...
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Fat Bear Week should be every week
Plus: The Democratic playbook for taking on Trump after the midterms
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I miss Jane Goodall.
"I have body slammed countless chimps. It's the only way to make them respect you. "
-Jane Goodall
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm really sad about the death of one of my favorite wikipedia editors so here's a thread of some of the greatest articles he wrote
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In which @chrislhayes.bsky.social tells @salon.com's @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social how the Texas GOP has, perhaps, gone and played itself: "If people want to move to Texas, which a lot of people do, then the state’s composition is going to change." www.salon.com/2026/09/22/c...
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Chris Hayes says GOP's domination of Texas is coming back to bite them
MS NOW host explains how turning Texas into a lab for "right-wing state policy" ultimately backfired
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I really wish the NYT would label their social share card headlines with the opinion writer's name. I'm sorry but I'm not reading Bret Stephens on the National Book Awards.
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Gwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...
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High Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen Marshall
A satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG!
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sometimes it really helps to have a dad with a deep knowledge of local & global politics & a mom who knows how to tell stories.
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River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Book reviewers, especially new ones: this is for you! 📚💙
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yesterday I said out loud "Don't get on your high horse unless you can ride all day" and I don't know if I made that up or if I'm quoting a Real Housewife.
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
what if we kissed in the hole at the bottom of the lake where the movies come from
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"midbrain" sounds like a particularly devastating insult though med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When I think back on how I used Napster the most I would want from it is if it could digitally clone O Town. www.wired.com/story/napste...
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Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#LocalAngle Mye Hoang, director of “Cat Daddies,” said she had seen an uptick in single men in the cat community in recent years, and was even considering moving to Portland or Minneapolis, which reportedly have higher concentrations of single cat dads.
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Dave Franco, Jordan Poole and Other Everyday Cat Dads Are Redefining Gender Stereotypes (Gift Article)
We’re living in the age of the “cat dad” and he’s being used to sell premium cat products and talk about healthy masculinity.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Water tower Friend, NE
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Cindy Phan @cindyphanauthor.com · 20/09/2026
Jesus just gonna be like
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Mariah Carey: I Don't Know Her
Alt: Mariah Carey: I Don't Know Her meme. She shakes her had and smiles daring us to contradict her.
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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ok so I’ve decided someone should offer me a 1-2 course load for one semester in a pretty, inexpensive place to live. I teach good! Teach many things.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why they love “Tilly” so much.
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