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@thesimplecrew.com
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varun @thesimplecrew.com · Nov 30
Hello everyone. I'm a photographer based in Chennai and it was my birthday yesterday! As a small gift I kindly ask you for a repost 😊 If you like my work please consider hiring me or referring me to your friends/family! You can see my work at thesimplecrew.com and www.instagram.com/thesimplecrew
Photograph for a fashion designer. Photograph has a model in the wearing designer teal/green designer skirt and a top. She is standing on the bank of the river Teesta, in the town of Sevoke, West Bengal. The river is visible in the background and on the other side of the river are rocks and the Mangpong Forest. Portrait of a singer. It's a studio shot on a white backdrop. She is sitting on the floor, holding her tanpura vertically on her lap. She is leaning her head on the neck of the tanpura and her eyes are closed. She is wearing a deep blue sari with a red and gold border. Rose petals covering the entire floor while the groom puts a “metti” (toe ring) on the groom’s toe. Bride and groom kissing. The groom on the left is wearing a shiny red shawl and the bride is wearing a maroon/pink sari.
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blaft.bsky.social
Come to our book launch for BANDIGOAT: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales! Saturday 4:30, Kannadi Cupboard in Tambaram! We'll be carving jack o'lanterns! RSVP!
yeeeerika.bsky.social erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Oct 23
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
atlantic article screenshot headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight by yasmin tayag
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
FINE I will read Intermezzo after every single semi-literate gay man in my life recommended it
September 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
Roses are red
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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squidfromspace.bsky.social
Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
thesimplecrew.com
A sunrise for you beautiful people
Picture of a sunrise at Elliot’s beach Chennai, with a long row of clouds obscuring the horizon
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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freelibsnet.bsky.social
Free is Equal --> Free Libraries Equal L💙VE!
Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL
Priya Kuriyan is making an amazing offer.
So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate
OR
Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/
The image is a poster with several elements. On a blue background, there are several elements of a flyer. There is a photograph of a person looking at camera. Below that, the person’s name, and a description: Priya Kuriyan Children's book illustrator Next to it is this text: For a donation of INR 3000, I am offering a signed original mini painting In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love. I am offering 18 original mini paintings, acrylics on paper, of varying sizes. I will try and send you the artwork of your choice, but if it's not available, I will send a random one. Bio of the artist: Priya Kuriyan is a children's book writer-illustrator, comics maker and chronic doodler. She has directed educational films for the Sesame street show (India) and the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) and has illustrated numerous children's books for publishers like Tulika Books, Penguin, Scholastic and Hachette. She is the recipient of the Big Little Book award, instituted by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts in recognition of her contribution to Indian children's literature. Her most recent children's picture book 'Beauty in Missing' was published by Pratham Books, India. She lives and works in the city of Bangalore. Below that, a QR Code, and these words: To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/ FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all. We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system. ===== Library Love (14–28 February) Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN. Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers. Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency. The image is a poster with several elements. In large text at centre are these words: ===== Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded. FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right. ===== In a band across the bottom are two logos. On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters. On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.
February 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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cookieduh.xyz
If you love books and reading or believe that libraries create equity by spreading awareness and knowledge or believe in supporting just causes , please read this thread /
Contribute or reshare
zigzackly.bsky.social Peter Griffin @zigzackly.bsky.social · Feb 25
This is a 🧵 in which I aim to persuade you to support @freelibsnet.bsky.social and, if your finances permit it, to take advantage of the many fabulous offers in its #LibraryLove fun(d)-raiser.
February 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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zigzackly.bsky.social
This is a 🧵 in which I aim to persuade you to support @freelibsnet.bsky.social and, if your finances permit it, to take advantage of the many fabulous offers in its #LibraryLove fun(d)-raiser.
February 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
Supper at Emmaus, by Pontormo, 1525, 📸 by Austin Bigoney
February 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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bedupolker.bsky.social
Outside
A two panel comic. The top panel depicts an adult June beetle talking to their child, a grub. They are both in a dimly lit living room, with the grub in front of a TV depicting a video game taking place in a lush, green meadow. Adult beetle's dialogue: Ugh kids these days! When I was their age I'd climb trees! And ride my bike... outside! Second panel, captioned "Meanwhile, outside..." Depicting a wide, hazy stroad (street-road). Cars are backed up at a stoplight and tall signs and billboards for vaguely fictional fast food and convenience stores can be seen. It looks like a desolate, unpleasant place.
February 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
thesimplecrew.com
Chennai la Ooty weather 😍
February 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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blaft.bsky.social
Stags! Bickers!

www.blaft.com/collections/...
Priyanka Paul's Anti-Caste Sticker Set Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 3, modelled by Mymoon Moghul at the beach
January 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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logophobe.bsky.social
ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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blaft.bsky.social
Order yours!

www.blaft.com/collections/...
January 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
thesimplecrew.com
Soo happy to finally receive this from @blaft.bsky.social! Beautiful cover and can’t wait to dig into the stories
A photo of my hand holding a copy of “The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF” by Blaft Publications. In the background out of focus is my full bookshelf.
January 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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silverlightgal.bsky.social
Times are a bit hard. Am urgently looking for paid writing assignments. If you or anyone you know requires a freelance writer (film/technology/travel/feature pieces/ghost writing), please hit me up.
January 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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freelibsnet.bsky.social
We are hiring!
For details of job & application process click here: shorturl.at/cU6QI
#Amplify #ReShare #RePost
Job Opening: Free Libraries Network-FLN is hiring a Curriculum Coordinator * Fluency in Hindi & English * Minimum 2 years experience working in libraries, classrooms, curriculum design or related fields * Knowledge of curriculum design and pedagogy * Degree in education or related field * Preference will be given to applicants from Dalit, Bahujan, Adivasi backgrounds, religious minorities, women & gender minorities and persons with disability The position is paid. Detailed job description & application process in bio/link: https://shorturl.at/cU6QI
January 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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juliaserano.bsky.social
"The goal of targeting trans women’s participation in sports is to create a federal law that declares trans women are men. Once that precedent is established, then the laws can become more restrictive until it’s no longer legally viable to exist as a trans person under federal law." 👇
January 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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sambiddle.com
Never in my career have I seen such a giant gulf between What Companies Think Is the Most Important Thing in the World and What Normal People Have Absolutely Any Interest in Whatsoever
jasonkoebler.bsky.social Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jan 6
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds

www.404media.co/instagram-be...
Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
www.404media.co
January 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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blaftrakesh.bsky.social
Chennai bookstores have been slow to stock Blaft's new releases but you can find ANTI-CASTE SF on the shelves of the excellent Neelam Books in Egmore!

Please go support this super important space!
Anti-Caste SF on the Neelam shelf! Lots of other books on display at Neelam -- including the works of Wangari Mathai, Jyothirao Phule, Alex Haley & Malcolm X in Tamil translation Neelam Books Logo (Elephant with ears stretched out, pawing the ground) Anti-Caste SF front cover
January 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
I have a brilliant plan, all I need is:
- the copyright to everything
- all the money in the world
edzitron.com Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Dec 28
Yeah I need way more money than anyone ever got before. I need it because my shit is difficult right now. But it's important in ways even I haven't been able to work out. OpenAI is a serious business. Help me. Please help me please my serious company is so good. Help me
www.cnbc.com/2024/12/27/o...
OpenAl says it needs 'more capital than we'd imagined' as it lays out for-profit plan
December 28, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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thesimplecrew.com
Hello everyone. I'm a photographer based in Chennai and it was my birthday yesterday! As a small gift I kindly ask you for a repost 😊 If you like my work please consider hiring me or referring me to your friends/family! You can see my work at thesimplecrew.com and www.instagram.com/thesimplecrew
Photograph for a fashion designer. Photograph has a model in the wearing designer teal/green designer skirt and a top. She is standing on the bank of the river Teesta, in the town of Sevoke, West Bengal. The river is visible in the background and on the other side of the river are rocks and the Mangpong Forest. Portrait of a singer. It's a studio shot on a white backdrop. She is sitting on the floor, holding her tanpura vertically on her lap. She is leaning her head on the neck of the tanpura and her eyes are closed. She is wearing a deep blue sari with a red and gold border. Rose petals covering the entire floor while the groom puts a “metti” (toe ring) on the groom’s toe. Bride and groom kissing. The groom on the left is wearing a shiny red shawl and the bride is wearing a maroon/pink sari.
November 30, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet, by Ford Madox Brown, 1850s
December 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social
The Arrest of Christ, German artist, 1480-1495, 📸 by @1ontapdigital
December 20, 2024 at 3:39 AM