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Aspiring consistent reader. 🇲🇽(she/her/ella)

Reading diversely & advocating

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Mohammad’s leg has been amputated and he’s in the hospital recovering. Boshra has to bring him food everyday but needs to take transportation to get there bc she has issues walking

To help make this a little easier for Boshra, please consider donating to help with transport costs

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Click here to support Rocio Hernandez's story *HelpDisabledCouple
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Regular reminder to stock & shelve Palestinian literature for young ppl, from picture books like Sitti's Bird (Malak Mattar) to middle grade like Susan Muaddi Darraj's "Farah Rocks" books & Sonia Nimr's "Thunderbird"s to YA like Sonia's "Wondrous Journeys" & Randa's "Does My Head Look Big In This."
September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books.

How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth
September 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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did you know that september is library card signup month? @queerliblib.bsky.social is such a fantastic FREE resource www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members
Members — Queer Liberation Library
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September 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Top reasons to get the ebook of House of Bone and Rain today:
- Only $3.99 everywhere!!!
- Creatures from beyond the reef
- Friendship
- Magic and monsters
- Violence
- Every copy pushes me closer to a new contract 😬
- It hates fascism and colonialism

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
September 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I am proud to be Black AF, A GenXer whose love languages are books, music and creating cultural moments.

Black AF History is essential reading for ANYONE that knows that Black History IS American History.

Find a copy, read it and share the knowledge for generations to come!

MamaK
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Today's quick update [Sep 2]:

- SAF drone strikes reported in Mellit, North Darfur; at least 13 civilians reported killed & 7 others injured; Mellit, which lies north of Elfashir, was taken over by the RSF in April 2024.

- Clashes continue in Elfashir.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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💸 Powerball ticket: $3. Odds of winning? 1 in 292.2 million.
📚 My book on Kindle: $2.99. Odds of enjoying it? Pretty high.

Take a bet on a good story. 😉✨

#Booksky #IndieAuthor #ReadersWin #WhenPalomasVisit #KindleReaders
September 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Now that it’s basically fall, all I want to read is horror books. But then also all Latine books.

So I think I’m going to focus on Latine horror these next two months. 🤭 especially after going through the Charco Press catalog #booksky
September 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.

There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.

Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this book so much! Always thinking about it a year later!
The ebook of House of Bone and Rain is only $3.99 everywhere for a limited time! A Stoker, Locus, and Goodreads finalist. Glowing reviews in the NYT and NPR. Friendship, grief, magic, vengeance, and monsters. A cheap, weird date!

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September 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Before and during the Israeli genocide!

Two scenes reveal the massive destruction caused by the Israeli genocide on Al-Rasheed Street in the Gaza Strip.
September 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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All through A Sky Full of Dragons, there is wonderful artwork created by the very talented artist Ayesha L. Rubio @ayeshalrubio_illustration (IG) This art is from Chapter 1 of Aunt Cauldroneyes, the magical hatmaker. If you swipe through the slides, you’ll read some tidbits about her.
#fantasybooks
September 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I would like to make another pitch that you support @hammerandhope.bsky.social by donating and becoming a member. They provide ESSENTIAL analysis to help us better understand the moment we are in. I am a donor/member: hammerandhope.org/membership
Hammer & Hope
A magazine of Black politics and culture
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September 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Today's quick update [Jul 30]:

- Following RSF attack, SAF withdraw from Um Sameema, North Kordofan; town now in RSF control.

- SAF aistrikes reported targeting RSF positions in Bara, Jabrat Alsheikh, and Um Siyala areas of North Kordofan.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
July 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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LAST DAY TO DONATE IS 7/31! Spread the word and donate if you can! Critiques, AMA calls, commissions, mentorships, school visits, books, non-publishing items the list goes on! 💗
Hey everyone,

#KidLit4Ceasefire has now fundraised the evacuation of 10 people.

I am focusing on the next two families.
One family of 6 and another of just 3, with a 4-month-old baby. I need 500 items for this fundraiser.

I only have 218 at the moment.

Donate here:
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July 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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How Do I Leave the Prison of Gaza?

"The world is small," they say. But Gaza taught me that the world is too big to be shaken by the small tragedies that happen here. Too big to care about a starving human being who only dreams of crossing a crossing.
How Do I Leave the Prison of Gaza?
"The world is small," they say. But Gaza taught me that the world is too big to be shaken by the small tragedies that happen here. Too big to care about a starving human being who only dreams of crossing a crossing.
arablit.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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New: After Gaza aid flotilla volunteer & US citizen Christian Smalls was taken into Israeli custody, seven uniformed individuals beat him, choking him & kicking him in the legs, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Smalls is co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union.
July 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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It's infuriating but sadly not surprising that while I'm promoting an auction to benefit an LGBTQ charity founded by my friend (whom I met in Austin) a trans woman and her friends were assaulted at Barton Springs. These are the perpetrators (orange shorts, cowboy hat, and green shorts):
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Angry? I got you. Seriously. Either one will do.
July 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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If you can help financially please do. @michaellaborn.bsky.social does so much for this community. Let’s show up for him.

www.gofundme.com/f/aid-michae... Fundraiser for Michael LaBorn by Dominique Burleson : Aid Michael LaBorn in Overcoming Family Hardship
Donate to Aid Michael LaBorn in Overcoming Family Hardship, organized by Dominique Burleson
Hey y'all. My name is Dominique Burleson — many of you know me… Dominique Burleson needs your support for Aid Michael LaBorn in Overcoming Family Hardship
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July 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Top of mind - Boshra & Mohammad still need support. Please share or directly support if you’re able to ⬇️

They’re struggled severely last summer during the N Gaza siege, now, somehow.. it’s even more devastating.
Mohammad’s leg has been amputated and he’s in the hospital recovering. Boshra has to bring him food everyday but needs to take transportation to get there bc she has issues walking

To help make this a little easier for Boshra, please consider donating to help with transport costs

spot.fund/x88jgsc
Click here to support Rocio Hernandez's story *HelpDisabledCouple
*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.
spot.fund
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hello everyone 😅 I’m going to try to start posting on here again. It will heavily be focused on Gaza.

There must be an end to the starvation. End to the siege.
July 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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maybe we haven't been clear enough over here...

Sameer Project is running out of money.
June 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Today's quick update [Apr 6]:

- For the 11th consecutive day, RSF forces attack villages west of Jebel Awliya, Khartoum State.

- Over 90 civilians have been reported killed in the last 10 days, with reports indicating death toll may have now surpassed 100.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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We're finally at the halfway point! 🙌🏾😭

If you can contribute, please give, we're this young man's only remaining hope for treatment. Please help, and share widely. ❤️

#KeepEyesOnSudan
#mutualaid
#Sudan
April 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM