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Julie Salmon Kelleher

@julieskelleher.bsky.social

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I write about selkies and saints. PNW. THE SEA-GLASS SHORE forthcoming from Forest Avenue Press in Fall 2026. www.underrevision.com

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · Apr 1

Looking real!

Publishers Marketplace deal report for THE SEA-GLASS SHORE, a midlife selkie story set in a mythic, contemporary Pacific Northwest that weaves through stages of marriage and parenting twins against the call of the sea, to Laura Stanfill at Forest Avenue Press.

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 1d

YES!!!

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Please observe my color-coordinated autumn trail buddies.

Trail dogs: a buff-gold Cardigan corgi and a gray-dappled heeler sit on a gray gravel path with buff-gold fallen leaves.

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 9d

Frogtifa

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! It's surprisingly demanding.

Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 8d

(Which is to say, can't wait for the next one!)

Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 8d

Today I had my first-ever in-person #calligraphy lesson and I came prepared with all kinds of verses in my head to inscribe and instead I spent two hours making o's and e's and s's, and I cannot remember when I have felt so mentally exhausted.

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 9d

YES

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 10d

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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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 10d

A man walks down the street, he says
why am I soft in the middle now?
why am I soft in the middle, the
rest of my life is so hard.

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 10d

Just before our love got lost you said
"I am as constant as the Northern Star" and I said
"Constant in the darkness? Where's that at?
If you want me, I'll be in the bar."

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 11d

Dog Sees the Spirits, 1960 by artist and printmaker of Inuit heritage Kenojuak Ashevak #WomensArt

Print featuring a black stylised dog looking up to purple animal ghost-like creatures which float above it

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 12d

In the age of ChatGPT, I find I have come to value the sort of student paper where Odysseus comes home to Icarus.

Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 21d

What's your sign?

A highway sign reading "WISDOM 50" on a dirt road edge in front of grassy hills.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 23d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 22d

Love these. And this!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3IP...

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So good. So much fun and so much heart.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 24d

This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

www.nytimes.com

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · 25d

Oh, fine, whatever, make me like fall.

A rose bush with green leaves and bright red-orange hips against a blue sky.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25d

As long as we’re all autism experts now, here’s an actual study showing links to air pollution and fossil fuel

hsph.harvard.edu/news/air-pol...

Air pollution linked with increased risk of autism in children | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution has been linked with significantly increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children, particularly if exposure occurs during the third trimester of preg...

hsph.harvard.edu

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28d

The mountain Taranaki Maunga on New Zealand’s North Island was granted legal personhood in January after unanimous parliamentary vote. By treating it as a living legal entity, it now holds rights to protection, preservation, and the ability to initiate legal action. buff.ly/5xnPDqm
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A New Zealand mountain has been granted personhood. Here’s why that matters | CNN

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand.

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Pastor Richenda @pastorrichenda.bsky.social · 28d

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Fantastic to see Sun Day getting so much press!!

Thank you @billmckibben.bsky.social for keeping this front and urgently center!

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/c...

Here Comes the Sun Day

www.nytimes.com

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Ali khaliq @khaliqali.bsky.social · 29d

North Cascade Range in Washington USA
www.facebook.com/100068245939...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · Sep 18

It's on.
explore.org/fat-bear-week

Fat Bear Week 2025

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Julie Salmon Kelleher @julieskelleher.bsky.social · Sep 18

final hurrah apple news

A round fruit pie with vent-holes in the shape of a wheat stalk, seen from above.

a slice of apple pie on a blue plate on a cutting board