Máire Keene
LightNews LightNews
banner
mkeene.bsky.social
Máire Keene
@mkeene.bsky.social
560 followers 470 following 33 posts
Just trying to be a good human.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Máire Keene
angushervey.com
Youth Crime. Now that's definitely increasing. There's even been machete bans in Australia to try and curb this wild trend. What does the data say? Youth crime in developed nations has plummeted since the 1990s. Well I never.

tinyurl.com/27w7g2l2
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
douglasmack.bsky.social
1. Great, let's do this

2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators

3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Regarding deadlines and form submission: Rights holders have until March 23, 2026 to submit a claim. Look on the Works Lookup Page for your titles If you have published works under different names, be sure to search each of those names Illustrators are now included as part of the settlement and should submit a claim if their work is on the Works Lookup page.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
cultauthor.bsky.social
Writing Hookland. #Writing #Hookland.
I try to write with deep focus. Everywhere I let the eye of the reader turn should be in deep focus. It should be an implied, readable background at almost all times. The reader and I may not being going into the post office today, but if we walk past it and gaze at the window I am going to let them see the posters in it, the droplets of rain racing the glass. Most of us desire immersion, I have to facilitate this. Whatever the level of fantasy in the world that you are building, it has to feel real. Hookland is a salt-line blur of the actual and imaginary. Its actualities require as much thought and work as its imagined elements. If I am going to used a Ford Cortina as bridge into the 1970s, I have to do it well because I want the existence of it to imply beyond itself, to imply that the world contains not only it, but other cars, roads, garages. I will combine real world details of model, engine capacity et al with haptic fiction, textured writing. The way the vinyl feels to the touch, the way the car smells of plastic tainted by cigarette smoke, the way surface of the road travels through the seats, that squeaking that comes only from the left-side of the vehicle. My guiding principle is always EVEN A CLEAR FICTION MUST FEEL REAL.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
felipegaonar.bsky.social
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
leahlitman.bsky.social
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
wsj.com
Seven lawsuits allege OpenAI encouraged suicide and harmful delusions. The suits represent four people who died by suicide and three more who experienced psychological trauma following interactions with ChatGPT.
Seven Lawsuits Allege OpenAI Encouraged Suicide and Harmful Delusions
The suits, filed in California, represent four people who died by suicide and three others who experienced psychological trauma following interactions with ChatGPT.
on.wsj.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
fahad-s-ali.bsky.social
Good morning beautiful people! If you’re in Sydney or Melbourne, PARA is looking for furniture donations for Palestinian refugees. If you don’t have any furniture to donate, they have options to purchase items for the families directly. See below, poke me if you have questions.
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
beebrookshire.bsky.social
I know a lot of people (cough Millennials) feel like they need to START a thing, START a food bank, build a little free food pantry.

My friends, my loves, my dears.

Don't start.

JOIN.

These exist. They have community ties! They have some funding! Accountability! Regulations!
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
noethematt.bsky.social
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
catsofyore.bsky.social
Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.
Photo of a glowing jack o’lantern sitting in a dark room. It is illuminated from within so you can see that a cat wearing a surgical recovery collar also known as Elizabethan collar has been carved on the surface.
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
guante.info
"Become that something that doesn’t love a wall. Give it a name. A history. Tell us in verse why it hates walls so desperately. Why we all should."

from “Poetry Prompts for Detained Children” by Joaquín Zihuatanejo
Poetry Prompts for Detained Children
Write about the untouchable. Something out of arm’s reach, like freedom...
www.texasobserver.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
lenoret.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's ON. Vote for your bird, every day from today...
Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll
From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
guante.info
For anyone else out there who thinks in grids and continuums, this is a visual from ep. 3 of my asynchronous course, “MEETING THE MOMENT: Political Poetry and the Anthemic Impulse,” and it’s a good peek into what the rest of the class/workshop is about.

More: guante.info/meetingthemoment
A four-part grid: at one end of the y-axis is “Art makes no material impact on the harms people are facing and is therefore useless, even (or especially) when it has radical characteristics.” At the other end of the y-axis is “Art is inherently, actively revolutionary and if you just write good enough, it will wake everyone up and usher in a magical new era of enlightenment and radical change.” At the left end of the x-axis is “Meeting the moment” as a destination. At the right end of the x-axis is “Meeting the moment” as a direction. A small pink star with the word “try” is in the middle of the y-axis, toward the right end of the x-axis. Text: What does that pink star on the field represent? (1) Humility. We know art won’t magically solve all the problems of the world, but we cannot see what impacts/ripple effects it might have. An arts practice is bigger than the individual pieces of art it produces. (2) Perspective. Art isn’t the only thing we need in this historical moment, but there is no version of victory in which art, storytelling, and culture work are not elements of the struggle. (3) Intentionality. Some work moves the floor, and some moves the ceiling. Some work plants seeds, and some plants crops. Some work preaches to the choir, and some invites new people in. Some work is for you, and some is for others. All of it matters.
October 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
adzebill.bsky.social
Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...
Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
September 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
guante.info
For both creative writers looking to engage more deeply with political/social issues, AND organizers looking to explore creative writing as a tool in their toolbox:

An asynchronous course - and there's no application, no requirements, no taking out a loan to pay for it: guante.info/meetingthemoment
Meeting the Moment: Political Poetry and the Anthemic Impulse
YouTube video by KTM aka GUANTE
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
australiainstitute.org.au
Join us next Thursday with some of the nation’s leading thinkers as they share a big idea for a better Australia.

@juliannes.bsky.social
@thomasmayo.bsky.social
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
@alicektg.bsky.social

Free webinar, RSVP here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
verybadllama.bsky.social
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
timothysnyder.bsky.social
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
silverpebble2.bsky.social
My Etsy shop's now open for my 5 sets of greetings cards:spring,summer,autumn,nature/botanical collections & tiny posies.I post to the US now too
I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
skullbird.bsky.social
The end isn’t the part that matters most.
You’d think, with how life ends in death, we’d all figure out that true value and purpose doesn’t exist in the end result. It’s in the experience we take to get there.
August 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
pollyjhemming.bsky.social
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, @australiainstitute.org.au published "What’s the Big Idea?"— leading thinkers on creating meaningful change. I'm giving away my chapter here 👇 because I want ideas to reach people who can use them (but pls buy the book)! #auspol
australiainstitute.org.au/store
Just as there is evidence pointing to the innate altruism of humans, there is also significant evidence demonstrating that humans preference morality over economics or efficiency when it comes to making big decisions. Of course, morality is subjective, but humans immortalise in history, religion, art and culture those who saved lives, sacrificed themselves and spoke truth to power. It’s hard to recall a historical figure who has been celebrated for their centrism, fiscal pragmatism or techno-optimism.
August 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
onenerdsopinion.bsky.social
It’s been 1 year since a little orange fluffball climbed my leg in the parking lot at work. Since then Dandy has grown to be a part of Spike’s and my family. She’s also gained a bunch of aunts and uncles here and I hope has brought some joy into the world. Happy Gotcha Day Dandy!
August 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
mkeene.bsky.social
strong contender for best thread ever
captainawkward.bsky.social Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · Jul 29
This is a 🧵of things that feel awesome. Add your own.

The pleasure of taking off constricting shoes & clothing at the end of a day.

When the cat falls asleep in a bagel on your hip and you can feel the moment it goes completely boneless.

When a toddler uses you as trusted steadying furniture.
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Reposted by Máire Keene
guante.info
...just adding one more link to my pinned post: If people know me at all, it's usually via one random performance they happened to see here or there, but a ton of my work is accessible online; here's a page pointing to some highlights, plus a playlist of almost 50 (!) videos:
Spoken Word Videos
A lot of my writing/performance work is documented online, but I wanted to set up a page here just with a handful of personal favorites. They're in no particular order; some I wrote when I was like 18...
guante.info
July 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Máire Keene
guante.info
Been working on this behind-the-scenes project for a long time: guante.info/resources

My site has always been a place to share resources that I use in my ed/facilitation work; here are 3 new "resource hubs:" on spoken word, counter-narrative masculinity, and plugging into activism/organizing.
a screenshot of three resource hubs: one for spoken word and slam poetry, one for counter-narrative masculinity, and one for activism and organizing
July 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM