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Shannon Kelly Donahue

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Writer ~ Editor ~ Advocate Wildlife, Banshees, Climate, Language, Grief, Music, Gaeilge Ciarraí Abú! Words in Catamaran, Forum, Writers Rebel 2025 Evangeline Atwood Fellow at Storyknife Honored to live in Alaska on Jilkáat Aani shannonkellydonahue.com

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · Dec 4

Hello BlueSky!

I'm an environmental writer & advocate living on Jilkáat Aani, also known as Haines, Alaska. I also spend time in Corca Dhuibhne, the westest of West Kerry, Ireland, where I write, improve my Irish, and play with dogs.

I write creative nonfiction, poetry, and advocacy pieces.

Sunset over the Blasket Islands and the Three Sisters, West Kerry, Ireland. This is the view that inspires my writing the most.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 3h

Friday late afternoon storm info on Alaska Public Media. #akwx #weather #ExtremeWeather

alaskapublic.org/2025-10-10/w...

Western Alaska in crosshairs for major storm, with high wind and flooding expected

That's according to the National Weather Service, which has issued weather warnings or watches along most of Alaska's west and northwest coast, from the Kuskokwim Delta all the way north to Utqiagvik.

alaskapublic.org

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 9h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 3h

Yessssss!!!!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 3h

Wasn’t that on the menu for the Trump-Putin summit?

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 3h

Amazing how much more interesting and entertaining Actual Alaska is. Give us those feuding alligator/crocodile brothers from the Mat-Su. The Fox News affiliate anchor who melted down & posted a pic of the mayor’s butt, hurling anchorage into chaos.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4h

I was planning to be in Vancouver this week to see them and Lankum (separately)! Thankfully I have tix for Kneecap in Killarney in December. Mary Wallopers too!

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4h

I can’t stop thinking about the power of absurdity/absurdism in a post-satire society.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 4h

The auld triangle was jingling and jangling throughout my cabin, all along the banks of Lynn Canal.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 5h

@kneecapceol.bsky.social livestream is pure entertainment! With members of @lankumdublin.bsky.social, Mary Wallopers, and Damo. This is great craic.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 16h

IDK, man. School started 2 weeks ago for us, and once again students remind me that they’re so curious and interested in the world and anxious to ask big questions. We hear that these questions are no longer useful or relevant, but wherever that’s coming from, it’s not what students believe.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 1d

Yes, definitely!

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 2d

Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers.

Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd

We’d love to hear from you.

stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 1d

Been waiting so long….

Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

The long-awaited, definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry is out today, with illuminating critical notes and a selection of previously unpublished poems. Edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O'Donoghue, with Matthew Hollis.

www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

This has always been my dream car, but in mustard yellow.

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💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 2d

Important context for out-of-state folks: all of these communities are off the road system. Think about all the struggles communities face to evac in more typical situations when you can drive some place safe, and then imagine there's no road and no flights. That's what we're talking about here.

Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 2d

The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. That's as the community prepares for flooding the National Weather Service warns could be worse than last year's, which led to dozens of evacuations and two families losing their homes.

Mandatory evacuations ordered in Kotzebue as flooding from coastal storm begins

Water could rise as much as 10 feet above the high tide line, according the National Weather Service.

akpub.io

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Princess Daazhraii Johnson @princessdaazhraii.bsky.social · 2d

Sending prayers to relatives along the coast of Alaska. It’s so maddening to see us all suffering effects of the #climatecrisis & dealing with an Administration hellbent on destroying #Alaska - pushing #AmblerRoad, oil drilling in the #ArcticRefuge, #Willow, pulling back funding for science, etc.

Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 2d

A powerful fall storm hitting a swath of Alaska’s coast triggered evacuations in several communities including Kotzebue, where officials urged residents to relocate to a shelter before conditions worsened.

Major fall storm prompts evacuations in Northwest Alaska communities, including Kotzebue

A strong storm bringing high winds and coastal flooding and erosion concerns to coastal communities is expected to peak, according to forecasters.

www.adn.com

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 2d

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

When you’re denied an opportunity to speak up for what’s right, make the opportunity. #NoRoad #CherishTheChilkat #IBelieveInFerries

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Concerns flare in Haines that a road to Juneau would be a ‘road to resources’ - KHNS Radio | KHNS FM

A DOT spokesperson said finding ways to partner with industry is an important part of the process, adding that the potential project is not purely a “road to a ferry terminal.”

khns.org

Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

I got an email from Claddagh Records saying if you pre-ordered the album you'd get a link to pre-order the jersey.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

My thoughts are with Kotz. I'll be looking out for any calls for mutual aid and hope others will share info if they see it. #AlaskaSky

Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 2d

Wednesday early afternoon: mandatory evacuation for the entire city of Kotzebue (posted on the city FB page) for expected coastal flooding later today. No roads in or out of Kotz, so in this case, evacuation means go to the High School. #akwx #weatther #Alaska

City of Kotzebue Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued 1205pm October 8, 2025. Due to incoming storm.water surge, the City of Kotzebue is issuing a mandatory evacuation order for all residents, effective immediately.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing them.

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

NOT thankful for the unhinged rhetoric in the announcement though!

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 2d

Thank goodness.