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· 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.
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.
When you call me close
to tell me
your body is not beautiful
I want to summon
the eyes and hidden mouths
of stone and light and water
to testify against you...
I want them
to surrender before you
the trembling rhyme of your face
from their deep caskets.
Beneath My Hands
Leonard Cohen (circa 1961)
to tell me
your body is not beautiful
I want to summon
the eyes and hidden mouths
of stone and light and water
to testify against you...
I want them
to surrender before you
the trembling rhyme of your face
from their deep caskets.
Beneath My Hands
Leonard Cohen (circa 1961)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
When you call me close
to tell me
your body is not beautiful
I want to summon
the eyes and hidden mouths
of stone and light and water
to testify against you...
I want them
to surrender before you
the trembling rhyme of your face
from their deep caskets.
Beneath My Hands
Leonard Cohen (circa 1961)
to tell me
your body is not beautiful
I want to summon
the eyes and hidden mouths
of stone and light and water
to testify against you...
I want them
to surrender before you
the trembling rhyme of your face
from their deep caskets.
Beneath My Hands
Leonard Cohen (circa 1961)
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Inishowen curlew today. Lifted my heart.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Inishowen curlew today. Lifted my heart.
Just to add: I'd love if media reporting on the anniversary would stop repeating they were killed "because they were women" as if it's somehow a reason in and of itself. They were killed because #misogyny. (And hope folks might read the story on gender while women and 2SLGBTQ+ remain under attack.)
I wrote this on the 30th anniversary and included a list of their names along with small blurbs curated about them, their lives/dreams. Then I shared a powerful story I heard when I was invited to speak at a memorial at my old alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca. #Dec6
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December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just to add: I'd love if media reporting on the anniversary would stop repeating they were killed "because they were women" as if it's somehow a reason in and of itself. They were killed because #misogyny. (And hope folks might read the story on gender while women and 2SLGBTQ+ remain under attack.)
I had my own baby via In Vitro Fertilization and anonymous donor and for those behind Herasight and other orgs like it to claim genetic screening for higher IQ is a bunch of absolute hooey and a scam. Not to mention ethics of 'customizing' your potential baby. I felt blessed to have any baby at all.
"This seems the best bang for your buck; it’s less per year than private school.” 🤢 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health
British fertility clinics raise scientific and ethical objections over patients sending embryos’ genetic data abroad for analysis
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I had my own baby via In Vitro Fertilization and anonymous donor and for those behind Herasight and other orgs like it to claim genetic screening for higher IQ is a bunch of absolute hooey and a scam. Not to mention ethics of 'customizing' your potential baby. I felt blessed to have any baby at all.
I wrote this on the 30th anniversary and included a list of their names along with small blurbs curated about them, their lives/dreams. Then I shared a powerful story I heard when I was invited to speak at a memorial at my old alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca. #Dec6
nancyforde.substack.com/p/imagined-l...
nancyforde.substack.com/p/imagined-l...
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I wrote this on the 30th anniversary and included a list of their names along with small blurbs curated about them, their lives/dreams. Then I shared a powerful story I heard when I was invited to speak at a memorial at my old alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca. #Dec6
nancyforde.substack.com/p/imagined-l...
nancyforde.substack.com/p/imagined-l...
#VaccinationsSaveLives and they help prevent debilitating diseases like polio. One of the best reasons for scientific research/advances is to cure what ails us. Why would we ever choose to revert to a time when no cure existed? (See photo of children in iron lungs.) #ScienceIsReal #BelieveInScience
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#VaccinationsSaveLives and they help prevent debilitating diseases like polio. One of the best reasons for scientific research/advances is to cure what ails us. Why would we ever choose to revert to a time when no cure existed? (See photo of children in iron lungs.) #ScienceIsReal #BelieveInScience
The. Best. Answer.
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The. Best. Answer.
He had those same eyes,
just like yours
Under your dark glasses
just like yours
Under your dark glasses
Unlike most coyote stories, this story ends well.
Fort Myers Press – “Coyote trapped on ledge of luxury hotel in downtown Fort Myers” www.news-press.com/story/news/l...
Fort Myers Press – “Coyote trapped on ledge of luxury hotel in downtown Fort Myers” www.news-press.com/story/news/l...
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
He had those same eyes,
just like yours
Under your dark glasses
just like yours
Under your dark glasses
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December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Goodnight, Artisttect. RIP.
Canada-born US architect Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, has died aged 96.
jrnl.ie/6895268
jrnl.ie/6895268
Frank Gehry, master architect with flair for drama, dies aged 96
He popularised contemporary architecture, and became such a sensation that he was featured on The Simpsons.
jrnl.ie
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Goodnight, Artisttect. RIP.
Grateful for every media outlet that calls this absolute fraud out because his lies will result in many deaths. I also applaud every photojournalist and photo editor who carefully makes/select the photos to accompany calling out his utter BS. They do their own work in revealing the monster he is.
Hep B vaccines have been improving the health of newborn babies for generations. RFK Jr.'s roll backs are going to cause unnecessary harm to our children and expecting mothers.
Sign our petition to terminate Secretary Kennedy before he causes further damage: MoveOn.org/FireRFK
Sign our petition to terminate Secretary Kennedy before he causes further damage: MoveOn.org/FireRFK
Fire RFK Jr. NOW!
RFK Jr. was never fit to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary—and his failed leadership since his confirmation has put lives in danger. Sign the petition!
MoveOn.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Grateful for every media outlet that calls this absolute fraud out because his lies will result in many deaths. I also applaud every photojournalist and photo editor who carefully makes/select the photos to accompany calling out his utter BS. They do their own work in revealing the monster he is.
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"The only way to put an end to the Trump administration’s multipronged assault on press freedom is for every news outlet to fight back at every opportunity. We urge other news outlets to follow the New York Times’ lead." -- @trevortimm.bsky.social
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
The New York Times draws a line on Pentagon press limits - Poynter
The Times sues the Pentagon in a stand against the efforts by the government to intimidate and hinder the free press.
www.poynter.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"The only way to put an end to the Trump administration’s multipronged assault on press freedom is for every news outlet to fight back at every opportunity. We urge other news outlets to follow the New York Times’ lead." -- @trevortimm.bsky.social
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
@poynterinstitute.bsky.social
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Neither Donald Trump nor any Supreme Court majority can “roll back” birthright citizenship. It’s a power the people have never granted them.
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Neither Donald Trump nor any Supreme Court majority can “roll back” birthright citizenship. It’s a power the people have never granted them.
Even if this creature cannot help me live forever, I still love love love the axolotl. And remember how to properly pronounce its name from the Nahuati language (the sound of which is equally as beautiful as this creature):
www.youtube.com/shorts/d79EB...
www.youtube.com/shorts/d79EB...
One proposed strategy to promote a youthful immune system and human healthspan is to rejuvenate our thymus gland. Can we learn from this exceptional (and peculiar looking) vertebrate that can do this?
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Even if this creature cannot help me live forever, I still love love love the axolotl. And remember how to properly pronounce its name from the Nahuati language (the sound of which is equally as beautiful as this creature):
www.youtube.com/shorts/d79EB...
www.youtube.com/shorts/d79EB...
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Tonight is Krampusnacht my lovelies! (I'll be working on my yearly Krampus art of course!)
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Tonight is Krampusnacht my lovelies! (I'll be working on my yearly Krampus art of course!)
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Mark Carney has proven exactly the kind of petrostate sell-out that my lefty friends warned he'd be.
Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing, with the latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/04/n...
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Mark Carney has proven exactly the kind of petrostate sell-out that my lefty friends warned he'd be.
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Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News
How not to stand up for the planet during a #ClimateCrisis. #Starmer
"An ambitious scheme to restore England’s nature over coming decades has been undermined after the government inserted a clause allowing it to terminate contracts with only a year’s notice"
Th Starmer government's assualt on British nature continues unabated
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Th Starmer government's assualt on British nature continues unabated
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nature recovery plan in England hit by clause allowing contracts to end with a year’s notice
Conservationists say changes, coupled with underfunding, will curb take-up and leave less land protected for nature
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
How not to stand up for the planet during a #ClimateCrisis. #Starmer
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Today #RFKjr is walking back life saving vaccines. We used to understand what that meant. My article, below. 🧪🗃️
When Paul woke, he couldn’t move. A tent surrounded him, too foggy to see through. The humidity was supposed to help, but in the damp darkness he felt only fear. In a scene that predates the Matrix by 50 years, he was one kid in a sea of many, each in a metal pod and plugged in to machinery. #Polio
American Ingenuity Beat the Polio Outbreak—So Why Risk Letting It Return?
We should, none of us, consent to going back to the past…
medium.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today #RFKjr is walking back life saving vaccines. We used to understand what that meant. My article, below. 🧪🗃️
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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This holiday, remember: every heartbeat is a transmission, every kindness a ripple through spacetime. Keep yours hopeful and welcoming.
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This holiday, remember: every heartbeat is a transmission, every kindness a ripple through spacetime. Keep yours hopeful and welcoming.
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US poet (and Allen Ginsberg's dad).
(Also: I miss Canadian winters.)
(Also: I miss Canadian winters.)
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
US poet (and Allen Ginsberg's dad).
(Also: I miss Canadian winters.)
(Also: I miss Canadian winters.)