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actually-alex.bsky.social
Ex-archivist, current librarian, future SFF author. Gamer and compulsive snacker. Former Massachusettsian hiding out in the Hebrides. I'm writing a fantasy novel called 'The Tome of Fragments'. She/her
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The Israeli humanitarian aid lie has killed more than 50people who were simply searching for food and medicine They were shot in the head including two of my relatives My husband is battling illness and his treatment costs$900We have nothing Ibeg you from my heart Help us save him gofund.me/ada35961

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Farrah. Farrah was engaged to Muhanad when the war started and they had just bought a small apartment to start their lives together. It was destroyed before they could move in. They married despite the chaos and are now just trying to survive

It's like finding out which parent your conservative family member is going to go live with after the divorce.

24 hours left in the @cymerafestival.co.uk auction!! Don't miss out on all these incredible lots! From signed and dedicated books to author 1-2-1s to games to critique packages, it's a smorgasbord of bookish delights! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Can anyone please make a donation to Ruaa today?

It's pride, so what better time to do this? Let's show them that women who would put OUR OWN RIGHTS on the market just to get a chance to bully the vulnerable do NOT represent the majority. Not In My Name

The only difficulty I've experienced adapting to British culture is putting periods outside of quotation marks. It just feels icky.

*Re-reading Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains* “'Today is August 4, 2026,” said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling,...' Well, shit.

To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions. To enter just repost. Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances. Winner chosen randomly from all entries.

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

Fatima Hassouna did not deserve this. Her family did not deserve this. No human being deserves this. Say her name.

Free Mahmoud Khalil. Free Rümeysa Öztürk. Free Mohsen Mahdawi. Free Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Free Juan Francisco Méndez. Free Elsy Noemi Berrios. Free the Venezuelan men. Free them all.

Stop using AI. Yes, even just for fun. AI is built on STOLEN images and text. That’s right: by using it, you’re stealing from your friends. There is NOT ethical generative AI. Bonus bullshit: it is HORRENOUS for the environment. (Yes, even the cutesy profile photo cartoon things.)

Mahmoud is in desperate need of some medical treatment for his hand. If you are able, please donate so he can reach the £200 required. ❤️

Students studying in the US are being kidnapped, tortured, and traumatised for protesting/writing about a genocide. America you're going to have to be LOUD about this. I'm not a social historian but I suspect that how a country treats its student protestors is akin to a canary in a coal mine.

Mahmoud is facing deportation and is going to miss the birth of his child because the elected officials of America have decided he is either a target, for protesting against a literal genocide, or not worth protecting. We should all be enraged and beyond concerned.

BREAKING | Israeli forces have fully surrounded Rafah. The military plans to seize the city and annex it into a “buffer zone” — led by the 36th Division. This is not about defense. Over a million displaced civilians are now trapped under the shadow of a military takeover. 😡😡

Poetry to shatter the heart. We are failing our fellow human beings. Where are our world leaders?

All those 'free speech absolutists' deporting people to concentration camps in El Salvador for saying Free Palestine

Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves www.newscientist.com/article/2475...

Rand al'Thor isn't just terminally boring, he's also a big, fragile ego, man-baby. How dare Egwene want to be fulfilled in multiple ways and not just obsess over him! Season 3 is seriously awesome though

It's 2025 and I still come across sub guidelines for lit journals and presses that simply say "No genre fiction" . . . and okay, fine, but maybe back that up a bit with some detail and rationale. The MFA/Lit ecosystem could learn from a submission guide like Clarkesworld.

Tax. The. Rich.

An actual genocide, no aid getting through, and the world is twiddling it's thumbs.

I'm taking a moment to reshare my friend Ruaa's Chuffed link. Please, if you have a moment pass it along, or if you have a few quid, please donate. She and so many others are suffering unnecessarily. I know it feels overwhelming because it is, but anything to help is better than nothing.

I'm sharing my friend Eslam's post in hope that it will reach someone who can give a little to help her family.

BREAKING: The first day of Eid in Gaza is not a celebration—it’s a bloodbath. 65 killed, 134 injured. This isn’t Eid Mubarak. This is Eid Massacre. Please repost 🙏🏻

Just watched No Other Land and feeling just about as gutted as expected. I wish Channel 4 would make it available for longer. Also, we need to stop calling them 'settlers'. They are Terrorists.

Abolish daylight savings time.

If you follow me I'm sure you know Ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social but if you don't, she's a brave young woman who is in Gaza, facing hardship and danger, and she shares her life. She is often labeled spam. She is NOT spam. Please follow her, share her fundraiser, donate if you can. tinyurl.com/HelpRuaa