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Prof. English. MFA Fiction. M.A. History. PhD Teaching/Learning. Sci-Fi/Fntsy, Arab American. Secular Humanist. Texas.Missouri.Palestine 🇵🇸. Politics, cats, #UAPsky / #UFOsky 👀. Editor of @baladimagazine.bsky.social
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This is one of my favorite accounts on this site. ❤️

The magic that persists - in both personal praxis and the wider body of witchery - is the magic that works. You may think candle magic or charm bags twee, but their efficacy means they will outlast you and still be part of a living current of folk magic in a hundred years. - #EmilyCBanting #WitchSky

He's no hero and never will be

High-altitude, noctilucent clouds, moving through the sky. The Martian sky.

The reason Palestinians from Gaza are more desperate today than ever is because tomorrow is eid. These are all parents trying to buy a tiny piece of sweet that probably costs $200 at this point for their kids. Some probably just want to make sure they have anything to eat at all for their kids.

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

I’ll be reading in Chicago this week.

Saw a post on TikTok about Columbia taking away degrees backfiring, and it made me realize - taking Degrees is way as punishment demonstrates how these institutions believe that their mission is conferring privilege and not providing education.

"Zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor” 🐉🔥#RachelZegler #Daenerys #FreePalestine

'Cat and Frog' - unknown artist, ca. early 20th century. #Caturday #JapaneseArt

#BookWormSat “Sometimes the desire to be lost again, as long ago, comes over me like a vapor. With growth into adulthood, responsibilities claimed me... Now in the spring I kneel, I put my face into the packets of violets, the dampness, the freshness, the sense of ever-ness.” ― Mary Oliver

In neglected churches, old saints often divorced from their names, tarry in strange boxes. Relics of not only lives, but a time of faith in bones, an expectation of miracles. Here the knuckle of Osgyth, here the hallowed thigh of Wulfhilda who was once said to raise the dead. – Dr. M. Benn, 1982

Wow, look at this absolute MONSTER of a CME that occured today. This may have caused G4/G5 storming if Earth-directed. This region is rotating into the Earth-strike zone over the next week, so any further eruptions we will have to monitor closely for Earth-directed components! #heliophysics

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching No Other Land, a documentary about the occupation of the West Bank. I understand why Zionists want to do everything in their power to stop people from watching it. The theatre was FULL, and not a dry eye in sight. Free Palestine.

Honestly it is infuriating that even now, in this moment, self described progressives are still doing "but Hamas." Folks your rhetoric is getting people shipped to literal torture gulags by fascists. You think Donald Trump just happens to be right on this one fascism? Really? Come on.

I’m down as long as we stay in the dark forest.

Good morning from the garden. :)

Wake up, a new Palestinian dark fantasy/horror submission window is about to drop: soniasulaiman.com/the-apocryph...

Mabruk to the winners!

@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social Hello dear, I need new support after the crossings were closed, aid stopped, and prices rose again. We can no longer afford to buy food. We rely on this campaign to provide us with a decent life. Help me spread my campaign by sharing and quoting this tweet.

The cruelty of being displaced over and over and over again I swear

Western press going "why the ceasefire broke down is complex and multifaceted' you disgraces to journalism and humanity the ceasefire broke down because Israel kept murdering, starved the concentration camp, didn't keep to any agreement, and then straight-up started massacring Gaza again

Hi! I’m Ariel Slamet Ries, an Australian-Indonesian cartoonist, illustrator, and eggplant. Prone to doing Bits. Interested in de-westernising SFF. My new graphic novel Strange Bedfellows is coming out in March 2025! See my socials and preorder it here: www.arielries.com/links/ Projects in thread ⬇️

Teaching has to change in response to this technology. Teachers don’t have to welcome it, but just calling AI use “cheating” is not a solution.

Please help if you can

💔 Save My Daughter from Pain My daughter was hit by shrapnel when our home in Gaza was bombed. Her surgery failed, and her condition is worsening. She needs urgent treatment abroad, but we can’t afford it. Any help, big or small, could save her. Donate : gofund.me/be672f7c Please Respost .. 🙏

For today's #thicktrunktuesday, here is a photo (taken this morning) of the magnificent oak tree we are so lucky to have right outside our front door 😊 #oak #oaktree #tree #trees #pembrokeshire #bluestonecottage #pembrokeshirelonghouse #bluesky #photography #holidaycottage

Before laser pointers we had to just point at the wall with a stick. Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

My services now include grant writing, and/or consultation. I have successfully written grant applications for provincial and federal art (creative writing) programs for grants from $1500 to $25000. I have also been a judge on a grant panel. Get in touch if I can help!

Oak trees for #ThickTrunkTuesday. I love them. :) I took this picture last autumn.

“Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters, We are raising urgent funds to support Mahmoud Khalil and his family, a dedicated advocate for Palestinian rights and a recent graduate of Columbia University” chuffed.org/project/just...

So @rohangrey.bsky.social has THE paper of the moment. There's a link to it in this piece. It's the must read of must reads and deserves as high a placement as it can get this late in the law review cycle. Get to it student editors of law reviews. www.crisesnotes.com/special-noti...

I know the hills of England are hollow for I have put my ear to them an hear the century-slow breathing of dragons and sleeping kings. Put my ear to them and heard the distant bells of St. Martin's Land, a swinging of hammers in the Devil's own forges. – #CLNolan #Folklore

The recent drone incursions will be the subject of Sunday's 60 Minutes episode. Not sure who this guy is, but he's had classified briefings and says "the Pentagon and the national security advisers are still mystified." Okay. www.cbsnews.com/video/drones...