Erin Keane
@erinkeane.bsky.social
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 | https://linktr.ee/eekshecried
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Erin Keane
@erinkeane.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Welcome, new friends! My book is pop culture criticism woven around my family's origin story: my mom ran away from her military officer family's home at 13, hitchhiked around the country, lived as an adult in 1970s NYC, then married an ex-con her own father's age. bookshop.org/p/books/runa...
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It is good post because apples are amazing!
Before I moved to the USA I thought there were only a few varieties of apples. When I was a kid there were Jonathans & Granny Smiths.
I've now tried dozens of different varieties. Total revelation. My faves are Golden Russets but i love many others.
Before I moved to the USA I thought there were only a few varieties of apples. When I was a kid there were Jonathans & Granny Smiths.
I've now tried dozens of different varieties. Total revelation. My faves are Golden Russets but i love many others.
Here's an extremely mundane post:
I just ate a snapdragon apple that made me extremely happy. They're not lying about that crunch.
Ok that's all.
I just ate a snapdragon apple that made me extremely happy. They're not lying about that crunch.
Ok that's all.
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It is good post because apples are amazing!
Before I moved to the USA I thought there were only a few varieties of apples. When I was a kid there were Jonathans & Granny Smiths.
I've now tried dozens of different varieties. Total revelation. My faves are Golden Russets but i love many others.
Before I moved to the USA I thought there were only a few varieties of apples. When I was a kid there were Jonathans & Granny Smiths.
I've now tried dozens of different varieties. Total revelation. My faves are Golden Russets but i love many others.
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But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
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This is going into my Finding Your Organization’s Authentic Voice training..
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is going into my Finding Your Organization’s Authentic Voice training..
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My Struggle
work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My Struggle
I am reminded of this dude I used to know who extolled the virtues of dating women 20 years younger: “They have less baggage.” Not by the time they’re done with you, guy.
W/ Summers and Nuzzi/Sanford/RFK/Olberman thing, I am reminded of the axiom that men are afraid women will laugh at them, and women are afraid men will kill them.
Feels like part of the appeal for men like this is that there is less risk that a young woman will deadass laugh at them. 1/2
Feels like part of the appeal for men like this is that there is less risk that a young woman will deadass laugh at them. 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I am reminded of this dude I used to know who extolled the virtues of dating women 20 years younger: “They have less baggage.” Not by the time they’re done with you, guy.
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🎵 YOOOOOOOOU 🎵
🎵 YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 AND YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 OH BABY YOOOOOOOOOU 🎵
🎵 GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 AND YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 OH BABY YOOOOOOOOOU 🎵
🎵 GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🎵 YOOOOOOOOU 🎵
🎵 YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 AND YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 OH BABY YOOOOOOOOOU 🎵
🎵 GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 YOU GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 AND YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 OH BABY YOOOOOOOOOU 🎵
🎵 GOT WHAT I NEEEEEEEEEEED 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
🎵 BUT YOU SAY HE'S JUST A FRIEND 🎵
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In retrospect, the most realistic Roy was Connor
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In retrospect, the most realistic Roy was Connor
Knowing this about her now—an entire youth, it seems, spent trying to become Someone—makes me deeply sad about this half-baked book, these ill-advised, high-profile jobs. Leaving the men aside, the professional enabling points to a specific and shameless rot in media/publishing.
"Music and Lyrics: Livvy Grant" youtu.be/IFtjPsOj_No?...
Dorothy Shi Studio: Livvy Grant
YouTube video by Dorothy Shi
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November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Knowing this about her now—an entire youth, it seems, spent trying to become Someone—makes me deeply sad about this half-baked book, these ill-advised, high-profile jobs. Leaving the men aside, the professional enabling points to a specific and shameless rot in media/publishing.
I've cycled through schadenfreude, fremdschämen and assorted other German portmanteaux and here's where I've landed:
You can tell yourself that because you are in control of all your bad decisions, nobody could possibly exploit you. And telling yourself things doesn't automatically make them true.
You can tell yourself that because you are in control of all your bad decisions, nobody could possibly exploit you. And telling yourself things doesn't automatically make them true.
I'm sorry to be earnest on main here but I think it's maybe malpractice to publish this book.
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I've cycled through schadenfreude, fremdschämen and assorted other German portmanteaux and here's where I've landed:
You can tell yourself that because you are in control of all your bad decisions, nobody could possibly exploit you. And telling yourself things doesn't automatically make them true.
You can tell yourself that because you are in control of all your bad decisions, nobody could possibly exploit you. And telling yourself things doesn't automatically make them true.
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Orbs Are Now Mobile
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Orbs Are Now Mobile
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Gift guide, you said?
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Gift guide, you said?
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there is no precedent for how many edible mascots we will kill this year
BREAKING: We’re getting six (!) edible mascots at this year’s @poptartsbowl.com!
- six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls
- fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER
- six edible mascots, three on Team Sprinkles and three on Team Swirls
- fans get to vote on which mascot team to sacrifice to Mouth Heaven at game’s end, the biggest edible mascot sacrifice EVER
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
there is no precedent for how many edible mascots we will kill this year
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Judge formally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, with Sacklers paying up to $7B and some funds going to victims.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Judge formally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, with Sacklers paying up to $7B and some funds going to victims.
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Thank you, Hangman!
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thank you, Hangman!
This is fake (sorry to rain on the sicko parade!) and the tell (beyond the obvious) is how lucid the prose is compared to the rest of the excerpt, which I have now made myself read to confirm.
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is fake (sorry to rain on the sicko parade!) and the tell (beyond the obvious) is how lucid the prose is compared to the rest of the excerpt, which I have now made myself read to confirm.
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The thing is… old white men love to talk about themselves
You don’t have to sleep with them
You don’t have to sleep with them
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The thing is… old white men love to talk about themselves
You don’t have to sleep with them
You don’t have to sleep with them
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PUB DAY for DICTIONARY
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
PUB DAY for DICTIONARY
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This is so much better
In this Japanese folktale a bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl in a glowing bamboo plant and takes her home where he and his wife raise her as their own. It turns out she actually came from the moon & eventually she has to leave her earthly parents to return home.
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
#MythologyMonday
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
#MythologyMonday
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is so much better
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I DEMAND EVERYONE STOP MANIFESTING THIS IMMEDIATELY
she screamed into the void
she screamed into the void
Mentally casting Ryan Murphy’s Feud: Nuzzi/Lizza
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I DEMAND EVERYONE STOP MANIFESTING THIS IMMEDIATELY
she screamed into the void
she screamed into the void
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Yo dawg, I heard you desired desire, so I desired your desire while you were desiring desire.
i think this may be the bit that broke me bc I am picturing her self-satisfied smirk at coming up with this and it is, honestly, making me die a little on the inside
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yo dawg, I heard you desired desire, so I desired your desire while you were desiring desire.
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if writing about sex with weird people is political journalism now maybe i will get back into the industry
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
if writing about sex with weird people is political journalism now maybe i will get back into the industry
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Look, I already know I'm going to hell so I may as well enjoy this current rap battle of bad metaphors to explain affairs with political sources.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Look, I already know I'm going to hell so I may as well enjoy this current rap battle of bad metaphors to explain affairs with political sources.
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writers! do not date writers
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
writers! do not date writers
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just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness