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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 · 2h

I know this sinking feeling. Dating myself all the way back to the Iron Age. (Still remember some of these phone numbers, too.)

#bogs #BogBodies #Preternet #Preternetural

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 18h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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

When "liberals" and "conservatives" become two sides of the same coin, it seems the best, most opportune time for a third option to gain ground. We need the folks who stand up for environment, health and education, and protection of human rights for immigrants, women/girls and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Lower Bills.

Protect our NHS.

And invest in our communities.

Let's make hope normal again.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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

Mimicking those who use google and are served up AI slop. No return on investment. #NoAI

umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 1d

Fiction meats reality:

"Markets were rattled in August after researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that 95% of firms surveyed have not seen returns on investments into generative AI."

They will improve yes, but by how much?

AI Promises Productivity. It's Delivering ‘Workslop’

Most of us have encountered “AI slop,” the deluge of low-quality content produced by generative artificial intelligence tools that has inundated the internet. But is this computer-made hogwash taking ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Palestinian prisoners released from Israel have been greeted by huge crowds in the occupied West Bank, as a prisoner and captive exchange took place on Monday as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal.

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

Support your local indie bookstores!

Always, whenever you can, buy indie. I attended the @afterwordsliterary.bsky.social book crawl in Halifax last year and wrote about some great indie bookstores here in #HFX:
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Photograph at twilight of indie bookstore window display at Bookmark in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with words that say "I ❤️ Local." Photo credit: Nancy Forde. nancyforde.com. October 2024.

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

Chatfishing 🤦🏻‍♀️
"felt like I was sitting opposite someone I’d never even spoken to,” she says. “I tried to have same sort of conversation we’d been having online, but it was like, ‘Knock, knock, is anyone home?’ – like he knew basically nothing about me. That’s when I suspected he’d been using #AI.”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

These modern day takes on Cyrano really suck.

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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

perfect video (see beginning of thread above 👆🏻) of folks holding signs that say "this is fascism" with various definitions (continued):
* accusing others of your crimes
* pardoning criminal loyalists
* normalizing political violence
* suppressing the vote
* erasing and faking government data
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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 2d

perfect video (above 👆🏻) of folks holding signs that say "this is fascism" with various definitions (continued):
* appointing incompetent loyalists
* rewriting history
* ignoring due process
* labelling minorities as enemies
* using fear to gain power
* replacing science with ideology
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nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 2d

For accessibility, perfect video of folks holding signs that say "this is fascism" with various definitions:
* using secret police
* denying reality with constant lies
* controlling media
* normalizing corruption
* rejecting election results
* controlling education
* using military on civilians 1/3

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

This Is Fascism

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 2d

"i stand with the frogs" works for like 99% of the issues we are facing today.

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

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

Ian Bartlett @ianbartlett.bsky.social · 2d

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

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

More bog love to be had...

Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 3d

“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 · 3d

Vaccinations save lives. #ScienceIsReal

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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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.

theconversation.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 3d

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 · 3d

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

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

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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 · 3d

This is fascism.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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

Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 3d

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...

www.rawstory.com

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

dying from woofter 😂😅

nancyforde.com @nancyfjorde.bsky.social · 4d

Things are absolutely getting out of hand. #NoAI

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4d

“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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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