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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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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 5h

I emailed the guy who originally drew Pepe to see if he had any comment about the current frog reclamation, and he was like uh what are you talking about

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 6h

fuck NOW you tell Keith Urban this?

Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 7h

Every A.I. CEO is like “We invented a robot that can fuck your wife so you have more free time to mow the lawn!”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 5h

the gospel according to me

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 5h

there’s pretty much no subset of the church I trust more than American nuns over 50

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 12h

Tired: Certified Bikini Inspector hat
Wired:

Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 12h

Haven’t seen this before

A “mandatory bear checks” sign in Montrose, CO

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goodriverreview.bsky.social @goodriverreview.bsky.social · 14h

Announcing our Best of the Net nominees!

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 15h

thanks!

Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 15h

OK for an ocean-obsessed 12 year old, you think?

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 16h

He was in a 10-minute play I wrote. Welp, there goes that memory.

Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 16h

Oh my god. This is horrific. I've known him casually for years, through covering theater. Also, Jesus, Manual has been through a lot in recent years.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17h

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 19h

Airports don't count for me (alas, Seoul!) and neither does through traffic, but if my feet touch the ground, it counts. (Hi, Montana!)

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 19h

Easy direct flight on delta!

Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 19h

Imagining getting my pit bracelet for that

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 19h

Fascinating: Germans love to complain about their trains never being on time. Deutsche Bahn plays for humor and sympathy by commissioning a YouTube sitcom (an Office on wheels).
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Boah, Bahn! - YouTube

BOAH, BAHN! Wir sitzen alle im selben Zug – eine Serie der Deutschen Bahn mit Anke Engelke.

www.youtube.com

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 19h

At first I assumed it was written by some youngun who was born the year Johnny died or something. But that's a whole grown Gen X man, no excuses.

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

OK Louisville Stoneware!

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

I feel bad even amplifying this, dude is getting cooked in the comments by WSJ readers who are like, you sir are the deeply uncool one.

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

"I didn't know anything about Johnny Cash's immense well of counterculture cred, so I assume nobody else did"

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

wtaf are you talking about

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

Cool James, Whom the Ladies Love, isn't even in the top 10 on his own station and he rhymed "denim" with "in 'em" which has lived rent-free in my head for 35 years.

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

I hear more inventive and memorable lyrics on any given 15 minute block of (contractually obligated station ID) L L Cool J's Rock the Bells Radio™ (my drive-time satellite preset) and that's no disrespect to Swift, just a fact about the depth of the hip hop canon.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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James Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 1d

CANNOT WAIT!!!

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 1d

We’re thrilled to announce our #AWP26 Conference & Bookfair keynote speaker, Baltimore’s own John Waters! Read more about the filmmaker, actor, author, and Charm City legend on our website. A heartfelt thanks to our premier sponsor, @jhu.edu, for making this address possible.

#AWP26 Keynote Address by John Waters, Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University

View the full line-up of amazing featured events from the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair literary partners!

conference.awpwriter.org

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

yaaaaay

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Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social · 1d

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It by Christopher Gonzalez

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Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

maudlinhouse.net

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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, "straight" or whatever sizes are more like every 20-25 pounds, roughly, there's a size step, in my experience, brands/cuts/body shape/etc variables not included. The good Goodwills, Poshmark, and consignment shops have been my friend.

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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 1d

*public media reporters stare in disbelief*

News/Media Alliance @newsmediaalliance.bsky.social · 2d

Last night, we gathered for the Support Journalism Awards Dinner at the Washington Marriott Capitol Hill. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) were honored for their willingness to stand up as champions of journalism and local news. #SupportJournalism

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