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Erin Kissane

@kissane.myatproto.social

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Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, building at Unbreaking.org. Cofounded the Covid Tracking Project, previously OpenNews, old web nonsense.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · Aug 22

I believe we need to be able to understand what is happening to us. That's the sole reason for my work on knowledge ecosystems over the years, including Covid Tracking Project. A lot of things *can* be known, even in this political blender. We deserve real knowledge, not close-enough flyby guessing.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 14h

I am a similar enough fish but like…much pickier

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 14h

I mean that’s one problem down!

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 14h

Oh I know, I am a regular on obscure occult books lists, it’s just so funny to me that this is enough of a demographic to be worth spamming, even with such a mid effort

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 19h

It's "the case is going forward."

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 20h

true story, I tried to open photo booth to see if my camera was working before a call but what I typed into spotlight was "videodrome," which I have not consciously thought of in SOME TIME so uh

that's enough media studies insomnia reading for me I guess

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 22h

*CHINHANDS*

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Susan Mernit @smernit.bsky.social · 1d

Such an important read. @melissagiragrant.com well done! newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Trump Is Waging War on an American City

The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

newrepublic.com

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meetar @fjord.style · 1d

cold winters but it's steady work en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_F...

Moose Factory - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Someone please give me a grant to do an ethnography on folk beliefs about mass-scale platform moderation before next Halloween, I promise the results will be spookier than any ghost story you can come up with

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

she’s running, huh

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

…owls?

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Apparently many people would!

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Extremely yes.

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Good day madame! As it happens, I possess an extraneous macrame owl and a brown stoneware mug that smells like carob; perhaps a trade could be arranged.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Oddly specific DM spam 🧐

Hello! I have a bunch of practical witchcraft books, oracle decks and tarot cards which I am willing to rehome. These books are neat and are in perfect condition. I am moving and won't have space for materials. Willing to ship if possible. I really hope they find a good owner ❤️

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

It kind of does 😭

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

I probably need to do yet more SPF something something? Or it’s a shared hosting problem Or…

Time to retvrn to postcards

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

This will be the day I answer all my emails, I think, every single morning of my life. And yet.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

I’m so sorry you got laid off, which is much worse than needing to take my SPF behind the barn and bury it again.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Thank you!

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Oh my god YES. Ghost had to work on that for like a month and I was too afraid to ask anyone

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

Custom. Emails are delivering but links are all of a sudden popping scary warnings. I’ve done so many rounds of dns tweaks.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

I am pretty tired of jumping through flaming hoops to publish a small website and send some emails when I’m not even self-hosting (specifically to avoid the flaming hoops)

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 1d

So are other people on hosted Ghost (Pro) installs also seeing links *to their own sites, in their own newsletters* marked by Gmail as “likely to be harmful” or is it just me?

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