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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 15/09/2026

Contra dances cure whatever ails us.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 11/07/2026

I like this guy and suspect he has a good chance of beating Susan Collins.

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

My final piece on Graham Platner and the US Senate race. At almost 5000 words, it's long but based on several meetings with Platner and others. I'm not arguing with people online, so there are no comments. Life is too short to be stressed. open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

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Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My Final Thoughts

NOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Karoline Leavitt being interviewed by FoxNews: “There will be shots fired” tonight.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 17/04/2026

Tom Waits new song! You can click on it in this article.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 14/04/2026

Grateful to WriteStats for this interview.

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

One is reminded of the story of King Croesus, who, before attacking Persia, consulted the oracle. The oracle told him that if he proceeded, he would destroy a great nation. What Croesus didn't realize was that the nation would be his own.

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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Calls to Wipe Out a ‘Whole Civilization’ as Iranians Reject Threats

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 16/03/2026

I'm happy to report that my novel, titled DEAR GHOSTS, will be published by Unsolicited Press in October of 2027. Thanks to poet Julia Bouwsma for the title. It's set on a college campus, and although it's not a traditional ghost story, there is a ghost! (I'm refraining from posting a ghost GIF!)

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

my living room is ready for guests. the only thing prohibiting entrance right now is i am blindly firing a 30.06 at my door. should i stop doing that, it will be perfectly safe to enter.

The strait of hormuz is open for transit defense secretary Pete hegseth said. The only thing prohibiting transit in the straits right now is Iran shooting at shipping he said it is open for transit should Iran not do that

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 02/03/2026

My daughter sent this just now from Lapland. The only light here is from the moon.

Two images of deep snow and trees lit by a full moon.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 16/02/2026

Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act

Contact Congress today!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 04/11/2025

Yay! I reached 1000 followers! Probably 100 of them are real people and to them I say Hi!!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 03/11/2025

I need just one more person (or pretend person) to reach 1000 followers!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 26/10/2025

So glad I was able to see the beautiful show by Shanna McNair in the Emery Center at its closing, and to hear her read from her book SOUL RETRIEVAL. Shanna was a BFA student years ago who helped shape the program, and shape me as a writing teacher.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 27/09/2025

Here is the town of Broto, Spain, from our hotel.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 10/09/2025

Where is my dead sister? I want to know.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 08/09/2025

Rustica is a beautiful new journal from central rural Maine. I'm happy to have my story "The Night It Happened" in it.

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Pine Tree Activism @pinetreeactivism.org · 05/09/2025

==================== Mainers – Absentee Ballots Available for Request Online ==================== Absentee ballots for 2025 are now available for request online. Remember to VOTE NO ON 1 to Save Maine Absentee Voting. #Maine #MEpolitics #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 20/08/2025

Pips #3 Hard 🔴 3:59 New game, new way to waste time.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 11/07/2025

Along with three other writers, I will give a short reading from my work at the Bangor Beer Company in Bangor, Maine this Sunday, July 13th, at noon. Join us!

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

there's always a tweet

@realDonaldTrump
Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!
6:55 PM · Nov 10, 2013

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 20/06/2025

My husband wants to write a book called: "The Organised Chef." I think the subtitle should be: "How to Take the Fun Out of Cooking."

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 19/06/2025

"What’s missing in this current narrative is the fact that Bluesky’s social app is only meant to be one example of what’s possible within the wider AT Proto ecosystem."

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Bluesky backlash misses the point | TechCrunch

Not only is Bluesky more than just a Twitter/X alternative, it's just one app in a wider social ecosystem built on open technology.

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” - James Baldwin (1924-1987)

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 03/06/2025

I haven’t posted a photo for a while. This is a block from where I live in Wilton, Maine. Lovely day after days of rain.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 31/05/2025

This puts things into perspective.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 22/05/2025

Friends from Maine: Public pressure does work. Here's Susan Collins' phone number, to call her with your thoughts about the Big Barbaric Bill: (207) 622-8414

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Ellen Clair Lamb @eclamb.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? —Langston Hughes

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 03/05/2025

I bought myself a gift today, inspired by a Jill Lepore piece in The New Yorker. A box of little Black Books.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

america rn

4 panel comic

Panel 1: Mum pushing her baby in a pushchair. ICE agent blocks their path and says “cute baby. mind if I lean in closer?”

Panel 2: ICE agent leaning close to baby, revealing a microphone/wire in his jacket.
Baby: Ga-Ga

Panel 3: ICE agent in inside unmarked van rips off his headphones and screams “WE’VE GOT THAT MOTHERFUCKER”
Behind him other ICE agents grab guns

Panel 4: ICE agent pinning down baby with his foot. He points a gun at the baby and yells “STAY DOWN SCUMBAG”

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 05/04/2025

HCR writes that Trump "didn’t land on a plan until less than three hours before he announced it . . . Neither Republican lawmakers nor the president’s team knew what Trump would do. 'He’s at the peak of just not giving a f*ck anymore,' a WH official told reporters." Some of us do give a fuck.

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 27/03/2025

I volunteer in a food pantry that always needs fresh produce, and to see this waste is appalling.

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LumenARRT! @lumenarrt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

LumenARRT! paid a visit to the Federal Building in Portland recently. In case of coup remember, we are many, they are few. #upholddemocracy #Resist #MEpolitics

A member of LumenARRT! reached up to adjust a GOBO projector that is projecting a message in white text on the Federal Building in Portland, Maine. A street light shines on the upper right and the streets are wet from recent rainfall. The message reads "In Case of Coup: We Are Many They Are Few #UpholdDemocracy

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 11/03/2025

@divy great job talking about Bluesky on Maine Calling!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 11/03/2025

Rumford, Maine public library! Book talk/reading Tuesday, March 11, 6:30! See you there!

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Patricia O'Donnell @patriciaodonnell.org · 23/02/2025

Another of Pt. Reyes for peace. Estero trail.

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