Farmehr Amirdust
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Taking a short break from academia, I’m discovering myself again: Translator & Writer, Journalist, Juggler, and more. They/Them
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This week in books I won’t read or review:
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
If You Could Be Mine
Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best…
www.goodreads.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This week in books I won’t read or review:
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
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On this day in 1847, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad opened. The second railroad in Canadian history, was built to bypass the Lachine Rapids and was 12 km long. In 1857, it merged with the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On this day in 1847, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad opened. The second railroad in Canadian history, was built to bypass the Lachine Rapids and was 12 km long. In 1857, it merged with the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad.
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"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.”
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.”
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Winter jacket and boots out.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Winter jacket and boots out.
Montreal 21k offered me a free ticket to run the same distance as last year.
I couldn’t be happier to run another 5k in April 2026.
Here’s a link:
raceroster.com/events/2026/...
I couldn’t be happier to run another 5k in April 2026.
Here’s a link:
raceroster.com/events/2026/...
2026 — 21K de Montreal - 2026 Edition —
21K de Montréal 2026 Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, QC, Canada - Le 21K de Montréal, course emblématique de la dynamique… - April 18, 2026
raceroster.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Montreal 21k offered me a free ticket to run the same distance as last year.
I couldn’t be happier to run another 5k in April 2026.
Here’s a link:
raceroster.com/events/2026/...
I couldn’t be happier to run another 5k in April 2026.
Here’s a link:
raceroster.com/events/2026/...
Soft belly! Please keep it going!
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Soft belly! Please keep it going!
Heavy rain, limited bus schedules, a visit to CLSC is not that bad, right!?
Right!?
Right!?
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Heavy rain, limited bus schedules, a visit to CLSC is not that bad, right!?
Right!?
Right!?
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Biiiiiiig stretch.
The best thing about having kittens is having kittens. You can smoosh your entire face into them when things feel hard and somehow, everyone helps everyone. Win win.
The best thing about having kittens is having kittens. You can smoosh your entire face into them when things feel hard and somehow, everyone helps everyone. Win win.
October 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Biiiiiiig stretch.
The best thing about having kittens is having kittens. You can smoosh your entire face into them when things feel hard and somehow, everyone helps everyone. Win win.
The best thing about having kittens is having kittens. You can smoosh your entire face into them when things feel hard and somehow, everyone helps everyone. Win win.
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the day that society at large understands that testosterone and estrogen are necessary hormones in your body regardless of your sex, and that hormone supplementation is a health question rather than a loaded emotional question, will be one of the greatest days in human history.
when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”
when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
October 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
the day that society at large understands that testosterone and estrogen are necessary hormones in your body regardless of your sex, and that hormone supplementation is a health question rather than a loaded emotional question, will be one of the greatest days in human history.
Feels truly like fall today in Montreal.
October 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Feels truly like fall today in Montreal.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Late Afternoon Light ~ Cyril Cox, 1958
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Late Afternoon Light ~ Cyril Cox, 1958
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“What We Can Know,” Ian McEwan’s 18th novel, takes place in the 22nd century, after a nuclear disaster. “Much of the novel’s charm lies in its re-creation of our era as seen from the future,” Katy Waldman writes.
Ian McEwan Casts the Climate Crisis as a Story of Adultery
His new novel, “What We Can Know,” imagines the historians of the twenty-second century, who long for the world that they’ve missed out on.
www.newyorker.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“What We Can Know,” Ian McEwan’s 18th novel, takes place in the 22nd century, after a nuclear disaster. “Much of the novel’s charm lies in its re-creation of our era as seen from the future,” Katy Waldman writes.
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Submit your abstracts on Christian apocrypha and come hang out with us at UVA this spring!
Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Submit your abstracts on Christian apocrypha and come hang out with us at UVA this spring!
The Rapture trend will ripple outward, and I sense its imminent appropriation for cultural consumption in Iran.
I should write about it before it’s late.
But time slips away. Frustratingly, bitterly so.
I should write about it before it’s late.
But time slips away. Frustratingly, bitterly so.
September 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Rapture trend will ripple outward, and I sense its imminent appropriation for cultural consumption in Iran.
I should write about it before it’s late.
But time slips away. Frustratingly, bitterly so.
I should write about it before it’s late.
But time slips away. Frustratingly, bitterly so.
Is it only me, or are you a sleep problem-solver too?
My best ideas arrive mid-REM.
If you want brilliance, let me nap.
Just putting that out there.
My best ideas arrive mid-REM.
If you want brilliance, let me nap.
Just putting that out there.
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Is it only me, or are you a sleep problem-solver too?
My best ideas arrive mid-REM.
If you want brilliance, let me nap.
Just putting that out there.
My best ideas arrive mid-REM.
If you want brilliance, let me nap.
Just putting that out there.
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Night night sweet dreamies
True control isn’t about hiding emotions, it’s about guiding them.
Emotions will rise, but they don’t have to rule.
Remember, your feelings are signals, not instructions, and your real freedom lies in choosing how you respond.
True control isn’t about hiding emotions, it’s about guiding them.
Emotions will rise, but they don’t have to rule.
Remember, your feelings are signals, not instructions, and your real freedom lies in choosing how you respond.
September 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
True control isn’t about hiding emotions, it’s about guiding them.
Emotions will rise, but they don’t have to rule.
Remember, your feelings are signals, not instructions, and your real freedom lies in choosing how you respond.
True control isn’t about hiding emotions, it’s about guiding them.
Emotions will rise, but they don’t have to rule.
Remember, your feelings are signals, not instructions, and your real freedom lies in choosing how you respond.
Our Marceline and Hunson.
Please show me your pets.
Please show me your pets.
September 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our Marceline and Hunson.
Please show me your pets.
Please show me your pets.
Just started Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Loving it—but episodic storytelling always scrambles my brain.
I crave big arcs, full-circle payoffs… or death.
Mandatory Star Trek gif 👇
I crave big arcs, full-circle payoffs… or death.
Mandatory Star Trek gif 👇
a man with the letter a on his shirt
ALT: a man with the letter a on his shirt
media.tenor.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Just started Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Loving it—but episodic storytelling always scrambles my brain.
I crave big arcs, full-circle payoffs… or death.
Mandatory Star Trek gif 👇
I crave big arcs, full-circle payoffs… or death.
Mandatory Star Trek gif 👇
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My son was 1 when leaders gathered in Paris & pledged to keep warming BELOW 1.5C.
He’s now 11, & we’re spending our second year ABOVE 1.5C.
They’ve doomed all our children because preserving a suicidal economy is more important.
We. Should. Be. Furious.
He’s now 11, & we’re spending our second year ABOVE 1.5C.
They’ve doomed all our children because preserving a suicidal economy is more important.
We. Should. Be. Furious.
September 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
My son was 1 when leaders gathered in Paris & pledged to keep warming BELOW 1.5C.
He’s now 11, & we’re spending our second year ABOVE 1.5C.
They’ve doomed all our children because preserving a suicidal economy is more important.
We. Should. Be. Furious.
He’s now 11, & we’re spending our second year ABOVE 1.5C.
They’ve doomed all our children because preserving a suicidal economy is more important.
We. Should. Be. Furious.
This. But can we also talk about how it’s draining the planet’s resources?
Decades ago, we knew unchecked population growth wasn’t sustainable.
We only revived pro-natalist rhetoric because the machine needs more bodies to keep running.
It’s time to break the cycle.
Decades ago, we knew unchecked population growth wasn’t sustainable.
We only revived pro-natalist rhetoric because the machine needs more bodies to keep running.
It’s time to break the cycle.
Having children is a commitment to the future.
And too many people don’t feel secure enough about their lives now or in the future to make that commitment and have the children they’d like.
And until we address that issue, birth rates are unlikely to increase. My op-ed in @newsweek.com.
And too many people don’t feel secure enough about their lives now or in the future to make that commitment and have the children they’d like.
And until we address that issue, birth rates are unlikely to increase. My op-ed in @newsweek.com.
Low Birth Rates Are Here To Stay | Opinion
Individuals and families need to be supported by a strong social safety net that includes paid leave and a robust child care infrastructure. There are no quick fixes.
www.newsweek.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This. But can we also talk about how it’s draining the planet’s resources?
Decades ago, we knew unchecked population growth wasn’t sustainable.
We only revived pro-natalist rhetoric because the machine needs more bodies to keep running.
It’s time to break the cycle.
Decades ago, we knew unchecked population growth wasn’t sustainable.
We only revived pro-natalist rhetoric because the machine needs more bodies to keep running.
It’s time to break the cycle.