Erin Fornoff
@erinfornoff.bsky.social
Poet, writer, mountain girl from western North Carolina, currently in east County Clare. 08 Obama campaign staff, Ashoka. Books: Hymn to the Reckless, Folk Heroes. Play: We Are An Archipelago, due to be published June 2025. A real trouper
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It’s a collage type of day. 😉 16 little snippets of details taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline… 🪡🌿🌺✨🌱🪻🪷 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It’s a collage type of day. 😉 16 little snippets of details taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline… 🪡🌿🌺✨🌱🪻🪷 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
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on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
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The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
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I'm sure that Jimmy Wales has many bad opinions. But Wikipedians aren't a pro-Wales cult. He's not growing rich off clicks.
Some very rich, very awful people are determined to discredit the last mega-website that isn't run for profit and being actively made worse in the pursuit of that objective.
Some very rich, very awful people are determined to discredit the last mega-website that isn't run for profit and being actively made worse in the pursuit of that objective.
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm sure that Jimmy Wales has many bad opinions. But Wikipedians aren't a pro-Wales cult. He's not growing rich off clicks.
Some very rich, very awful people are determined to discredit the last mega-website that isn't run for profit and being actively made worse in the pursuit of that objective.
Some very rich, very awful people are determined to discredit the last mega-website that isn't run for profit and being actively made worse in the pursuit of that objective.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
I am performing WE ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO this Saturday as part of Westival in Westport, accompanied by Patrick O'Laoghaire of I Have a Tribe! 7:30pm. Come see us! westival.ie/products/we-...
We Are An Archipelago
Grove House | Saturday 25 October 2025 | 7:30pm We Are An Archipelago is a unique poetry/music show - a dynamic, performed story set to live score. An hour long, it is told in three voices, interspers...
westival.ie
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I am performing WE ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO this Saturday as part of Westival in Westport, accompanied by Patrick O'Laoghaire of I Have a Tribe! 7:30pm. Come see us! westival.ie/products/we-...
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
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‘We offer our soldiers socialism to go abroad and defend capitalism, and I was too poor to say no.’
Great points, delivered in a blunt, articulate way.
Great points, delivered in a blunt, articulate way.
September 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
‘We offer our soldiers socialism to go abroad and defend capitalism, and I was too poor to say no.’
Great points, delivered in a blunt, articulate way.
Great points, delivered in a blunt, articulate way.
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I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
Let's All Remember When We Saved The World
To remind ourselves we can do it again.
everythingisamazing.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
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These very true words from Steve Hely have given me tremendous comfort over the years.
September 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
These very true words from Steve Hely have given me tremendous comfort over the years.
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Can I ask my writer/poet/artist friends here to consider signing this statement in support of Sally Rooney and the right to peaceful protest in democratic society? chng.it/DP4sSJ9N4d #sallyrooney #palestineaction #peacefulprotest #democraticsociety
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chng.it
September 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Can I ask my writer/poet/artist friends here to consider signing this statement in support of Sally Rooney and the right to peaceful protest in democratic society? chng.it/DP4sSJ9N4d #sallyrooney #palestineaction #peacefulprotest #democraticsociety
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I wish Bluesky critics would acknowledge this simple, somewhat horrifying fact
we are the only usable social media platform — no, mastodon does not count — that is not controlled by a passive or active ally of the government
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I wish Bluesky critics would acknowledge this simple, somewhat horrifying fact
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I wrote this in January, about the issues we face when responsibility for covering the irony-poisoned and extremely-online trolls of the far right, falls to journalists who can't rotate a PDF.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
September 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I wrote this in January, about the issues we face when responsibility for covering the irony-poisoned and extremely-online trolls of the far right, falls to journalists who can't rotate a PDF.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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It really, really isn't. Finland solved the problem almost entirely through Housing First years ago, and they told the Irish government how to do it - the Irish govt just ... didn't bother.
This is from 2019:
www.broadsheet.ie/2019/05/01/a...
This is from 2019:
www.broadsheet.ie/2019/05/01/a...
September 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It really, really isn't. Finland solved the problem almost entirely through Housing First years ago, and they told the Irish government how to do it - the Irish govt just ... didn't bother.
This is from 2019:
www.broadsheet.ie/2019/05/01/a...
This is from 2019:
www.broadsheet.ie/2019/05/01/a...
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We need to treat social media as humanity's demented id - which is pretty much what it is - and stop feeling like everything on here is a thought out policy position that requires a response. Everyone on the internet is basically mad & drunk & has a real job/family somewhere they're neglecting.
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We need to treat social media as humanity's demented id - which is pretty much what it is - and stop feeling like everything on here is a thought out policy position that requires a response. Everyone on the internet is basically mad & drunk & has a real job/family somewhere they're neglecting.
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Rookie numbers y’all.
September 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Rookie numbers y’all.
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‘Sharp, funny & vivid, these stories are brilliantly attuned to the messiness of life.’ @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
August 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
‘Sharp, funny & vivid, these stories are brilliantly attuned to the messiness of life.’ @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
‘Gritty & soulful, spiky & incisive...A memorable debut collection.’ @colinbarrett.bsky.social
@davetynan.bsky.social's We Used to Dance Here published today.
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'You’re always trying to write what you don’t feel is out in the world already.
Dave Tynan's We Used to Dance Here will be out in the world this Thursday!
Dave Tynan's We Used to Dance Here will be out in the world this Thursday!
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
'You’re always trying to write what you don’t feel is out in the world already.
Dave Tynan's We Used to Dance Here will be out in the world this Thursday!
Dave Tynan's We Used to Dance Here will be out in the world this Thursday!
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Verification means we can establish what is true in ways we can trust, through journalism, science, courts, audits, transparency. Deliberation means we can reason together across differences, in parliaments, the press, social movements.
Accountability means power can be held to account.
Accountability means power can be held to account.
August 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Verification means we can establish what is true in ways we can trust, through journalism, science, courts, audits, transparency. Deliberation means we can reason together across differences, in parliaments, the press, social movements.
Accountability means power can be held to account.
Accountability means power can be held to account.
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To expand on some of the points I make in this, we often talk about democracy as if it lives or dies on elections. But elections are just one part of the picture. At its core, a healthy democracy depends on three functions working together: Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability, aka VDA.
Here's my interview with Amol Rajan on BBC Radio 4's Radical about what's going wrong with democracy and how we can fix it
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radical with Amol Rajan - Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins) - BBC Sounds
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on the crisis of democracy.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
To expand on some of the points I make in this, we often talk about democracy as if it lives or dies on elections. But elections are just one part of the picture. At its core, a healthy democracy depends on three functions working together: Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability, aka VDA.
Amazing insight in this
Fantastic read by Trevor Quirk on the most fascinating topic: data flows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/m...
I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Amazing insight in this
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Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
think this is sort of interesting as actually.....no you probably didn't need to do "more research" into it? you just had to trust the state and local authorities to know better than you when it came to vaccinating your child? not good that the internet has killed faith in institutions!
July 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
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the turtle in particular keeps cracking me up he’s so ready for a scrap
When the auld lads get to the pub and all their seats are taken.
June 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
the turtle in particular keeps cracking me up he’s so ready for a scrap
I was Obama staff in 08 and I am begging you @barackobama.bsky.social please dispense with the causation and this what it is: open fascism. You should be losing your g-d mind, they should have to cut your mic….
Barack Obama warned on Tuesday night that the U.S. was “dangerously close” to allowing its government officials to act in a way “consistent with autocracies,” offering a veiled rebuke of the Trump administration that was delivered with trademark caution.
Obama Steps Back Into the Public Eye Amid Political and Global Unrest
He spoke about the risks of autocracy during an appearance on Tuesday night with the writer Heather Cox Richardson at a time of deep volatility for his party, the country and the world.
trib.al
June 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I was Obama staff in 08 and I am begging you @barackobama.bsky.social please dispense with the causation and this what it is: open fascism. You should be losing your g-d mind, they should have to cut your mic….
Equivalent to the entire population of Ireland turned out to protest Trump and fascism this weekend
I love seeing the massive #NoKings turnouts in major cities, but what I love even more are the hundreds and hundreds of small, rural towns that had relatively bigger turnouts compared to their populations 💙🙏
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Equivalent to the entire population of Ireland turned out to protest Trump and fascism this weekend