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creative nonfiction, food, agriculture, horror, everything FRIGHTFUL HARVEST, McFarland Books 2026 writing found here: keeneshort.com

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · Jul 19

Cover reveal and preorder link.

I wrote a book about food and ecocriticism in #folkhorror films, out early 2026 from McFarland Books.

Preorder links make good spooky season gifts for the ecocrit professor haunting your department.

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/Frig...

FRIGHTFUL HARVEST: FOOD, AGRICULUTRE, AND LANDSCAPE IN FOLK HORROR FILMS by Keene Short.

Image: against a red background, a white plate is decorated with pinecones, moss, berries, and a single bloody finger.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 17h

"The administration’s decision to remove almost all personnel for the special education office is not just a betrayal of students with disabilities. It also is the final nail in the coffin for Republican support of the idea that people with disabilities can and should access public education."

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

My latest for @msnbc.com: The Trump administration's gutting the special education personnel not only betrays people with disabilities; it rolls back the work of four Republican presidents who passed bills for special education (Nixon, Ford, and the Bushes)
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | Trump's mass firings strike a hammer blow against Americans with disabilities

The GOP once supported special education programs. Recent dismissals at the Education Department put an end to that support.

www.msnbc.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h

Trump has cancelled $18B of spending in blue states. He fired more than 4,000 federal employees the same day he sent $20B to Argentina. He is propping up the government of the guy on the left, while firing government officials working for the guy on the right. But those employees also work for us!

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 1d

"We emailed several Media School administrators Monday, asking them for more clarity behind the order and requesting they rescind their directive.

Instead of a clear response, they fired a faculty member."

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.

Fifth National Climate Assessment

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…

nca5.climate.us

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 4d

he's going for the full Trotsky
#horrorwatch

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 4d

an intellectual carrot. my god
#horrorwatch

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 4d

was not expecting rope play as a subplot, but sure, i'm in i guess
#horrorwatch

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Harmonyfb @harmonyfb.bsky.social · 4d

Once again, the natives are so much smarter - the Inuit said, "You dug up some weird-ass man in the ice? NOPE." #HorrorWatch

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 4d

i'm listening
#horrorwatch

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 4d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 4d

it's difficult to keep up with how evil this administration is. i worry this particular evil is one that will be overlooked, so let me just say how irredeemably evil this is, and i'm at a loss for words about what to do to protect students who deserve infinitely better

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

that seems fairly sound

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

my dream essay is about folk horror films in the communist bloc near the end of the Cold War, and LOKIS is the fundamental text, more them VIY even. it's so good
#folkhorrorfriday

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

a masterpiece

#folkhorrorfriday

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

hell yeah

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

animals in the communist sphere are weirdly prevalent! bears, boars, elk, i dont know it seems relevant
#folkhorrorfriday

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

i think about NOVEMBER so much
#folkhorrorfriday

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

i think longing is key to both, which isn't necessary queer but raises questions to be sure. both would be the best of all possible worlds, but ambivalence is a great place to start that doesn't exclude julia per se

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

this and NOVEMBER seem to treat class and folklore in very similar ways. nobles are atmospheric, but not absolute, in both
#folkhorrorfriday

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keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

Misha!
#folkhorrorfriday

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

possibly??

keeeeeene @librarygoblin.bsky.social · 5d

OK there has to be a queer reading to this, right? the way those lads eyes each other at the wedding?
#folkhorrorfriday

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