@meerabetab.bsky.social
Story teller, passionate about books, cats, caffeine, bicycles, social justice. Prizes: City Novel Studio Competition, The Asian Writer Short Story, City Writes Short Story, The Book Edit Writers Prize shortlist. Novel gestating.
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I've been so excited to hold this in my hands... and it's finally here!
"Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism"
Thank you to the amazing team at Grand Central Publishing/Hachette and to Pablo Amargo for the stunning illustrations.
Canada, UK, USA - June 24th
Pre-Order Now! MagnaCata.com
"Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism"
Thank you to the amazing team at Grand Central Publishing/Hachette and to Pablo Amargo for the stunning illustrations.
Canada, UK, USA - June 24th
Pre-Order Now! MagnaCata.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've been so excited to hold this in my hands... and it's finally here!
"Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism"
Thank you to the amazing team at Grand Central Publishing/Hachette and to Pablo Amargo for the stunning illustrations.
Canada, UK, USA - June 24th
Pre-Order Now! MagnaCata.com
"Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism"
Thank you to the amazing team at Grand Central Publishing/Hachette and to Pablo Amargo for the stunning illustrations.
Canada, UK, USA - June 24th
Pre-Order Now! MagnaCata.com
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UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
June 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
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May 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Do you notice that every doctor who has been in Gaza comes back and describes it as an unimaginably horrific genocide, so vastly worse than even those of us following it realize?
Renowned Greek doctor describes bombs that produce shrapnel that makes tiny entry-wounds in the necks of children in Gaza, travelling through them such "that their larynx, their trachea, their spine had been destroyed."
"So these children could be 'used' to show how... effective these bombs are."
"So these children could be 'used' to show how... effective these bombs are."
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do you notice that every doctor who has been in Gaza comes back and describes it as an unimaginably horrific genocide, so vastly worse than even those of us following it realize?
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Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap youtu.be/b3GFjLR0Wjs?... The government claims it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.
Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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May 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap youtu.be/b3GFjLR0Wjs?... The government claims it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.
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Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
you.38degrees.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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What is the truth, and how do we strive for it? Author Rachel Toalson argues that we writers are more than truth-tellers—we are also leaders. She exhorts us to get in the fight, today at WU.
The World Needs Writers Now More Than Ever
“Lock up your libraries, if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” —Virginia Woolf Writers are truth tellers. We always have been. Throughou…
writerunboxed.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What is the truth, and how do we strive for it? Author Rachel Toalson argues that we writers are more than truth-tellers—we are also leaders. She exhorts us to get in the fight, today at WU.
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🌿☕The Tale of Genji is arguably the 1st novel ever written
.. and written by Murasaki Shikibu in C11th Japan, a bad ass female pioneer of her time💃
Writing in a 'improper' style & as a woman 😱 her 📚 was such genius she was taken extremely seriously 👏
She is now known as a Japanese Shakespeare 🇯🇵🌿
.. and written by Murasaki Shikibu in C11th Japan, a bad ass female pioneer of her time💃
Writing in a 'improper' style & as a woman 😱 her 📚 was such genius she was taken extremely seriously 👏
She is now known as a Japanese Shakespeare 🇯🇵🌿
December 13, 2024 at 4:15 PM
🌿☕The Tale of Genji is arguably the 1st novel ever written
.. and written by Murasaki Shikibu in C11th Japan, a bad ass female pioneer of her time💃
Writing in a 'improper' style & as a woman 😱 her 📚 was such genius she was taken extremely seriously 👏
She is now known as a Japanese Shakespeare 🇯🇵🌿
.. and written by Murasaki Shikibu in C11th Japan, a bad ass female pioneer of her time💃
Writing in a 'improper' style & as a woman 😱 her 📚 was such genius she was taken extremely seriously 👏
She is now known as a Japanese Shakespeare 🇯🇵🌿
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Revisiting this gem. For anyone feeling bad about their giant TBR pile.
Unread Books Make You Smarter | Better Reading
There has been a lot of talk lately about minimalism and being more conscious about the number of things we own…even books! The idea of owning a limited amount of books is stressful for any book-lover...
www.betterreading.com.au
November 30, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Revisiting this gem. For anyone feeling bad about their giant TBR pile.
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Went back to the Turner Prize at Tate Britain with the wonderful @meerabetab.bsky.social
I hadn’t seen this before but what an excellent idea - the finalists’ reading lists and playlists ❤️
I hadn’t seen this before but what an excellent idea - the finalists’ reading lists and playlists ❤️
December 7, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Went back to the Turner Prize at Tate Britain with the wonderful @meerabetab.bsky.social
I hadn’t seen this before but what an excellent idea - the finalists’ reading lists and playlists ❤️
I hadn’t seen this before but what an excellent idea - the finalists’ reading lists and playlists ❤️
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Welcome to Blue Sky.
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 AM
Welcome to Blue Sky.
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I feel mislead by all dystopian literature. It's supposed to be a powerful authoritarian government that lords over a cowering population, and and we just need need a few brave acts of heroism to give the people the courage to rise up.
Instead it's just half the country being dumb and mean.
Instead it's just half the country being dumb and mean.
November 14, 2024 at 7:56 AM
I feel mislead by all dystopian literature. It's supposed to be a powerful authoritarian government that lords over a cowering population, and and we just need need a few brave acts of heroism to give the people the courage to rise up.
Instead it's just half the country being dumb and mean.
Instead it's just half the country being dumb and mean.
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Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
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Good morning!
Happy Tuesday.
Be kind, be decent, but don't take a drip of shit from anyone.
Rise, shine, and have the day you need.
XO
Happy Tuesday.
Be kind, be decent, but don't take a drip of shit from anyone.
Rise, shine, and have the day you need.
XO
November 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Good morning!
Happy Tuesday.
Be kind, be decent, but don't take a drip of shit from anyone.
Rise, shine, and have the day you need.
XO
Happy Tuesday.
Be kind, be decent, but don't take a drip of shit from anyone.
Rise, shine, and have the day you need.
XO