Keli O’Connor
@kelioconnor.bsky.social
Ineffectual intellectual. Professional ne’er-do-well. Editor-in-Chief of Canid Literary & Arts and author of dog fiction. Never AI.
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Hi! I’m Keli and I write stories about women and their four-legged best friends. Chicklit, romcoms, etc, etc.
So if you like books with:
-dogs 🐶
-humor 🤭
-friendship 👯♀️
-neurodivergent rep 🧠
-disability rep ♿️
give me a follow and I’ll show you pictures of my dogs! Sometimes my dogs reading books!
So if you like books with:
-dogs 🐶
-humor 🤭
-friendship 👯♀️
-neurodivergent rep 🧠
-disability rep ♿️
give me a follow and I’ll show you pictures of my dogs! Sometimes my dogs reading books!
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I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
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The FDA is finalizing plans to put a "black box" warning on Covid-19 vaccines, sources tell CNN, its most serious alert meant to warn about drug risks.
https://cnn.it/4rRBxy5
https://cnn.it/4rRBxy5
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The FDA is finalizing plans to put a "black box" warning on Covid-19 vaccines, sources tell CNN, its most serious alert meant to warn about drug risks.
https://cnn.it/4rRBxy5
https://cnn.it/4rRBxy5
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A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
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Italian cuisine became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. But American cooks face a new potential tariff that may double the cost of pasta from Italy, an essential part of that cuisine.
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
A new U.S. tariff could double the price of Italian pasta
Italian cuisine gained a new honor this week when it became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO, the United Nation's cultural body. But American co...
www.pbs.org
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Italian cuisine became the first gastronomic style to be recognized as “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. But American cooks face a new potential tariff that may double the cost of pasta from Italy, an essential part of that cuisine.
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
https://to.pbs.org/3YpsK8U
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Today is the day!
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Canid Literary & Arts is here! You can check out Volume 1 as a flipbook or poke around over at canidpress.com/lit
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Canid Literary & Arts is here! You can check out Volume 1 as a flipbook or poke around over at canidpress.com/lit
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today is the day!
🐾
Canid Literary & Arts is here! You can check out Volume 1 as a flipbook or poke around over at canidpress.com/lit
🐾
Canid Literary & Arts is here! You can check out Volume 1 as a flipbook or poke around over at canidpress.com/lit
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So close, yet, so far.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So close, yet, so far.
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watching disabled people across the globe have to deal with insurance companies denying life-saving treatments and procedures is heartbreaking.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
watching disabled people across the globe have to deal with insurance companies denying life-saving treatments and procedures is heartbreaking.
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The bill only forces the release of unclassified information.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The bill only forces the release of unclassified information.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reporting speed checks on your Map apps counts as community building ☺️
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reporting speed checks on your Map apps counts as community building ☺️
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Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wild graphic on front page of WSJ.
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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Fifteen years ago, my husband and his buddy formed the HBAC, the Humans Before Automatons Committee to combat the inevitable AI uprising, and today, I am proud to become their third member
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Fifteen years ago, my husband and his buddy formed the HBAC, the Humans Before Automatons Committee to combat the inevitable AI uprising, and today, I am proud to become their third member
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Today is the final day of our 2025 submissions window. If you would like your work considered for our first issue head over to canidpress.com/submissions for details.
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Today is the final day of our 2025 submissions window. If you would like your work considered for our first issue head over to canidpress.com/submissions for details.
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Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
I just wrote a quote from Henrick Ibsen who said, “Who has not, when standing with someone by an abyss or high up on a tower, had a sudden impulse to push the other over,” and I’m sitting here like… UH, I HAVEN’T?
IS EVERYONE OUT THERE THINKING THIS??
IS EVERYONE THINKING THIS???
IS EVERYONE OUT THERE THINKING THIS??
IS EVERYONE THINKING THIS???
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I just wrote a quote from Henrick Ibsen who said, “Who has not, when standing with someone by an abyss or high up on a tower, had a sudden impulse to push the other over,” and I’m sitting here like… UH, I HAVEN’T?
IS EVERYONE OUT THERE THINKING THIS??
IS EVERYONE THINKING THIS???
IS EVERYONE OUT THERE THINKING THIS??
IS EVERYONE THINKING THIS???
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We have today and tomorrow left for submissions to our first issue of Canid Literary & Arts.
If you have any dog-themed essays, stories, art, or photographs, we would love to review your work. See our submissions page for details.
If you have any dog-themed essays, stories, art, or photographs, we would love to review your work. See our submissions page for details.
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We have today and tomorrow left for submissions to our first issue of Canid Literary & Arts.
If you have any dog-themed essays, stories, art, or photographs, we would love to review your work. See our submissions page for details.
If you have any dog-themed essays, stories, art, or photographs, we would love to review your work. See our submissions page for details.
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Clankers need not apply
Three days left until submissions close and we are looking for visual art of various media and photography to line our pages.
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
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If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Clankers need not apply
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Three days left until submissions close and we are looking for essays, personal narratives, and non-fiction to line our pages.
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
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If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Three days left until submissions close and we are looking for essays, personal narratives, and non-fiction to line our pages.
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
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If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
🐾
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Five days left until submissions close and we are looking for short stories to line our pages.
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
🐾
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
🐾
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Five days left until submissions close and we are looking for short stories to line our pages.
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
🐾
If you have a short story, personal essay, or visual art about or including womankind’s best friend, see our submissions page for details on how to submit your work.
🐾
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Here is the mod in action. We paid for a pair and of glasses and for the hobbyist to mod the glasses. Shows that the light is disabled, and yet taking photos/recording still works www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here is the mod in action. We paid for a pair and of glasses and for the hobbyist to mod the glasses. Shows that the light is disabled, and yet taking photos/recording still works www.404media.co/how-to-disab...