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Writer. Photographer. Irish mamaí (she/her) 🌈 all opinions here=my own • Settler. Kjipuktuk. SSHRC Canada Graduate Research Award • MFA Creative Nonfiction (26) • MA Doc Photography & Photojournalism (21) ✨noli timere • b. 322ppm linktr.ee/nancyforde

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · Nov 17

Good morning. I aim to regularly share a photo either recently made or from cutting room floor.

From my recent trip researching #bogs in Ireland (I #AmWriting about bogs, #IronAge Bog People, death, photography and preservation for my current MFA):

Here are some magnificent, 200+ year old beeches.

A strand of 200+ year old beeches, I think copper beeches, in late afternoon sun in County Kildare, Ireland. Photo credit: Nancy Forde. All rights reserved. | nancyforde.com

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 7h

👀😍🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻✨
Adding to my wish list
#bogs

Ian Bartlett @ianbartlett.bsky.social · 8h

Another for the @littletollerbooks.bsky.social collection! 👍

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 7h

More bog love to be had...

Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 1d

“Getting into the bog” — an online writing workshop. Tuesday October 28th, 7-9pm.

“We’ll explore how the peatland, moors and marshes can become an expression of our own stories.”

Click below to book your place.

Proceeds to “The Book of Bogs” crowdfunder.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-in...

Getting Into The Bog

An online, fundraising creative writing workshop with writers Anna Chilvers and Clare Shaw.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 12h

Vaccinations save lives. #ScienceIsReal

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

153 kids are in quarantine in South Carolina.

118 kids in Minneapolis.

This is what happens when we ignore the science.

When we stop vaccinating, long eradicated diseases come back.

The kids deserve better than this. Measles can disable. It can kill. And it’s completely preventable.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 1d

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OpenAI’s newly launched Sora 2 makes AI’s environmental impact impossible to ignore

As AI shifts from text to video, its appetite for power and water soars, presenting a climate-policy issue.

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WIRED @wired.com · 12h

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 12h

Entire thread of good advice re ICE and tracking ICE...

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 13h

i read a lot of stuff, but i don't own every bit of info i get. i can't prove everything I hear. but if you're using any kind of "ICE tracking" app & you're not really, really smart, you're really putting yourself out there. i don't care myself. but i don't have anything to lose. but you outta know.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

Standing up to fascism is always the right choice.

Rejecting censorship is always the right choice.

Fighting for marginalized and vulnerable communities is always the right choice.

A Wyoming librarian refused to purge books with LGBTQ+ content and was fired for it.

She won a $700,000 settlement

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 12h

‘… Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.’

🤔

PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2025
TO: KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY PROGN TO THE PRESENA DO Ja co.
PHYSICIAN TO THE PRESIDENT
CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY
SUBJECT: President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The visit was part of his ongoing health maintenance plan and included advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists. These evaluations were performed in coordination with leading academic and medical consultants to ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.
Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.
In preparation for upcoming international travel, President Trump also received preventive health screenings and immunizations, including annual influenza and updated COVID-19 booster vaccinations.
without restriction.
SUMMARY: President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

This is fascism.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Always love to see true justice in action. #LoveWins 🌈

Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 1d

Heh

Librarian gets massive payday after firing for refusal to yank LGBTQ books off shelves

A librarian fired by county officials in Campbell County, Wyoming, for refusing to remove LGBTQ books from shelves got the last laugh with a $700,000 settlement. According to The New York Times, "Terr...

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes. May have spoken (skeeted) too soon. She's apparently aligned with far right in Spain and thanking Trump in her statement is unnerving. My thoughts with all the people of Venezuela who seek to get out from under the rule of right-wing fascists. (Like so many current Americans, really.)

MLuisa @choroniven.bsky.social · 1d

Please do your research about Machado before making celebratory statements on her winning the Nobel Prize: she has all along been involved in attempts to overthrow by force Chavez (2002) & Maduro (2014) & stirring unrest (2014-2018). Aligned with Trump & Spanish right www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/w...

The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Marja Kingma @marjakingma.bsky.social · 1d

If you read one book during #Bannedbooksweek read Burning the Books by Bodley’s Librarian @richove.bsky.social. The strongest wake up call yet that we need to stand up for our intellectual freedoms!

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

dying from woofter 😂😅

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Things are absolutely getting out of hand. #NoAI

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

“In September, scientists at Stanford reported they had used A.I. to design a virus for the first time.”

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

www.nytimes.com

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Let's see if it *stays* in effect. I hope so. This being the case (if true), Israel must release everyone they've detained and imprisoned from the Global Sumud Flotilla and finally allow humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians. 🍉

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

The Israeli military said Friday that a cease-fire had come into effect at noon and that its soldiers were repositioning themselves within Gaza. Here's the latest: nyti.ms/43feq5J

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

This is fascism.

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Misogynist men really scrambling to outdo their misogyny on a daily basis.

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Irish writer and author @naoisedolan.bsky.social and everyone participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza have shown incredible courage and the best of humanity. I urge President Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin @gov.ie to demand Ms. Dolan's release immediately.

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2d

Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.
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Irish novelist Naoise Dolan has been abducted by Israel.

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, was earlier today abducted and detained by Israeli forces after the aid flotilla on which she was traveling to Gaza was intercep…

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 1d

Let's not forget their incredible courage this morning (and every day.) 🍉 #FreePalestine

Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 2d

the group & people most deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize this year are the Palestinian journalists in Gaza, who kept courageously telling the world the truth no matter the cost #nobelpeaceprize @nobelprize.bsky.social

Illustration of some of the Palestinian journalists in Gaza

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

When you see scary things in the news, look for the helpers.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 2d

Bidding a joyous evening to David Simon. #HumanMade #NoAI

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 2d

I rarely read stuff about celebrities, but because I adore the hell out of George Clooney, I click on the Esquire piece about him, then bawled my fecking Irish eyes out over the image of his father saluting the television because my Dad is 92 and I miss the hell out of him and my Mom (also 92.) 😭

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 2d

Shoutout to all the Librarians everywhere and all the readers reading banned books. #BannedBooksWeek ❤️📚

Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · 2d

Just an FYI for #bannedbooksweek. This fight isn't about books. It's about freedom.

#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Edusky #Librarians #Skybrarians

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 2d

"Suspected humanity in Pope riles right-wing conservatives."

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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