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listen i love ramadan but man oh man the iftar prep rush is giving the bear levels of anxiety and my mum highkey turns into carmy and tbh i would like to be excluded from this narrative 😅

They are playing in our faces every day. It's unacceptable to, not only fund it, but to not intervene. Show me any evidence that the status quo is in anyone's best interest. This is genocide.

Show Workshops4Sudan some love!!! Sign up and donate immediately to their first two incredible-sounding workshops that support people and orgs doing life-saving work on the ground in Sudan ❤️❤️❤️

We are happy to launch Workshops4sudan to raise funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan. Our debut series features the writer and abolitionist @williamcson.bsky.social and the organizer, artist and social justice educator @raniawrites.bsky.social. To sign up go to: sudansolidarity.com/workshops4su...

would love to see all the rah-rah-Canada fervour of the past month translate into Ontarians refusing to let snow keep them from voting, like wtf if ever there was a time to make lil videos of skating or skiing or snowshoeing to a polling station now is surely the time

I am excited to be speaking at The London Book Fair 2025! 3pm – Publishing responsibly in times of conflict (part 2): crises the industry ignores  A conversation on how the sector is responding – or not responding – to global geopolitics and regional conflicts.  www.englishpen.org/posts/events...

Friends, this is urgent. @palestinestudies.bsky.social is documenting the destruction of Palestinian life and history to preserve the truth. We need your support to keep going. Every donation makes a difference. Please take a moment to give: palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/247...

A brief history of Israel’s theft and trafficking of Palestinian organs mondoweiss.net/2025/02/a-br...

Sudanese pro-army militia accused of 'war crimes' after targeting civilians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-pro-army-militia-guilty-war-crimes-after-targeting-civilians

Israeli tanks enter the northern occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years as part of an intensified military offensive that has forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps. — in pictures aje.io/3mj6ua

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

Yesterday alone, Israel bombed Lebanon fifteen times. They also flew jets at low altitude over the funeral of Nasrallah and Safieddine. Remember that this is a 'ceasefire'.

Israel is delaying the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, disrupting the Gaza ceasefire deal, and its military is intensifying an offensive in the occupied West Bank.

Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank aje.io/gbbln5

Hey, join my 1st pages workshop w/the Metrowest Writers Guild (founded & run by the incomparable @kwonley.bsky.social )! This is aimed at advanced beginner/intermediate writers, w/a focus on longer works (novels & novellas). Registration closes Thurs! metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/fab...

Sudan is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian and hunger crises of our time and yet the Gezira irrigation scheme (2 mill feddans of fertile land between the Niles) could easily feed the entire country and region. Farmer's need the security and support to farm. A 🧵

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PLANES OMG 😬

(This was me last year; I got my PLR money and literally teared up with overwhelmed gratitude at all of these things. LITERALLY. Tears. I was like "?????")

Millions died, millions displaced, rancid ethnonationalisms took root deep across South Asia, and this dipshit is asking 'why not do that again'? A true quisling worm.

lol not quite an #mswl post but kind of???? toxic fmc, unite (begrudgingly, kicking and screaming the whole way) 🤪

happy #mswl day, everyone! just a reminder here is my 2025 #mswl refresh 🧵

Today is Manuscript Wish List Day, when you'll get to see what lots of agents are looking for in their submissions. The industry honestly takes it for granted; make sure to thank the good folks at @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social and @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social for this incredible resource.

today was kind of a rough day but i got to have an editorial call w a client where we basically talked about all the ways the fmc needs to be more ✨️toxic✨️ and tbh that's just beautiful to me 🥰

Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!

Duaa is pregnant, & cares for her children Huda & Khalil. Her family's lost their home & income to Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. Please share & give to help them, Duaa's injured husband and sick child Khalil urgently need expensive medicine & healthcare:

Greatest moment in football history and it is not close.

Still haven't hit my next milestone which is less than $800 away, so please keep sharing, boosting and donating. If all goes well today (literally at clinic right now), then surgery is early next month. Any help before then will be even more appreciated. Thank you!

I had an unexpected vet bill that's going to take out my savings-- which I was going to live on until I get paid next month. I live on a disability pension which doesn't cover everything. I could really use any help you can give. ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman

feeling personally victimized by my libby holds this month, i keep delivering later and they keep on coming 😭

ICYMI, my horror story about a young couple whose weekend trip to exurban Bengal turns into a crucible.

*wakes up* Good morning horrors.

Horrified by news of our friend & fellow bookseller Mahmoud being arrested by Israeli forces alongside his nephew. A tireless campaigner for the power of literature, Mahmoud was in Edinburgh with us just months ago - please join call for their release! #Booksky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop. Please share our statement below widely.