L.J., nerd at large
@ljwrites.bsky.social
I like history, especially queer and otherwise marginalized history. I write a little poetry and historical fiction. I keep a smol blog. https://ljwrites.blog/ Free Palestine. Terfs fuck off.
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“Despite widespread complaints about often horrific conditions in detention centers, the Biden administration has extended contracts with privately-run facilities under ICE, even as members of Congress, federal watchdogs and advocates pushed for their closure.”
Biden extended contracts to private immigration jails despite reports of ‘horrific’ conditions
Congress, federal watchdogs and advocates call for closures of facilities as DHS inspector general reports medical shortages, sanitation violations and neglect of detainees
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:22 PM
“Despite widespread complaints about often horrific conditions in detention centers, the Biden administration has extended contracts with privately-run facilities under ICE, even as members of Congress, federal watchdogs and advocates pushed for their closure.”
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An offering for Read Palestine Week. This story is special to me. Fantasy was my dream publication; it quite literally started my serious engagement with the short SFF scene. This story was published in their last ever issue. www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/n...
Negative Theology of the Child from 'The King of Tars' - Fantasy Magazine
The muse calls me ‘Digenia.’ It is not my real name; that is suspended while I am traveling through these verses, now some 690 years old. To pass through this realm of allegory and myth, of device and...
www.fantasy-magazine.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 PM
An offering for Read Palestine Week. This story is special to me. Fantasy was my dream publication; it quite literally started my serious engagement with the short SFF scene. This story was published in their last ever issue. www.fantasy-magazine.com/fm/fiction/n...
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#freepalestine pins I’ve made at the bookstore where I work. Proceeds go to Palestine. @massybooks.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 4:42 AM
#freepalestine pins I’ve made at the bookstore where I work. Proceeds go to Palestine. @massybooks.bsky.social
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Boosting as Adham had to make yet another account because of being harassed, reported, and marked as spam. Please share or give if you can to help his family survive the ongoing starvation and genocide in Gaza:
December 5, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Boosting as Adham had to make yet another account because of being harassed, reported, and marked as spam. Please share or give if you can to help his family survive the ongoing starvation and genocide in Gaza:
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I am sorry to report that my friend Ahmed's family has lost a member to the genocide today, his sister's husband. Their three children are now without a father. Please consider donating to help the family.
Donate to Help Ahmad's Family Find Safety, organized by Ahmed Shahada
Hello, I'm Ahmad Algandour, and I am from northern Beit Lahia in Gaza, where I grew up a… Ahmed Shahada needs your support for Help Ahmad's Family Find Safety
gofund.me
December 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
I am sorry to report that my friend Ahmed's family has lost a member to the genocide today, his sister's husband. Their three children are now without a father. Please consider donating to help the family.
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What if instead of aggregating human knowledge into massive data sets and feeding them to forest burning, river sucking machines we just aggregated human knowledge into people who spend long amounts of time reading and talking to each other? We could call it, I dunno, Academia or something.
December 5, 2024 at 4:29 PM
What if instead of aggregating human knowledge into massive data sets and feeding them to forest burning, river sucking machines we just aggregated human knowledge into people who spend long amounts of time reading and talking to each other? We could call it, I dunno, Academia or something.
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Today is the last day to claim these free books and stories, including a story from Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction.
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/11/29/f...
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/11/29/f...
Free Palestine Reading List for November 29 – December 5, 2024
Publishers are offering more than 20 ebooks from around the world, including several award-winners and many books that are new in 2024, free during READ PALESTINE WEEK (November 29 – December…
publishersforpalestine.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Today is the last day to claim these free books and stories, including a story from Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction.
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/11/29/f...
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/11/29/f...
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This is true lol
Any problem you have, odds are some exiled Chinese bureaucrat wrote a poem about it 3,000 years ago
November 27, 2024 at 9:58 PM
This is true lol
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접촉하는 사람이 많아질수록 악의를 품은 누군가와 만날 확률도 높아진다. 사람들이 새로운 관계 맺는 걸 힘겨워하는 이유도 다 있어...
November 27, 2024 at 12:00 AM
접촉하는 사람이 많아질수록 악의를 품은 누군가와 만날 확률도 높아진다. 사람들이 새로운 관계 맺는 걸 힘겨워하는 이유도 다 있어...
X's argument that it has "superior ownership" over accounts on its platform is making me want to nope out of all corporate social media. The idea that a corporation can claim ownership over my presence and thoughts wigs me out on every level imaginable.
November 27, 2024 at 2:07 PM
X's argument that it has "superior ownership" over accounts on its platform is making me want to nope out of all corporate social media. The idea that a corporation can claim ownership over my presence and thoughts wigs me out on every level imaginable.
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I am pleased to present to you my story: Handala. The Olive, the Storm and the Sea. It's inspired by Palestinian folklore, including the figure of the child called Handala who represents Palestinian refugees. He is in this amazing art by Iasmin Omar Ata. podcastle.org/2024/11/12/p...
PodCastle 865: Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea - PodCastle
Handala. The Olive, the Storm, and the Sea by Sonia Sulaiman The little boy raised an umbrella over his head and looked out over the sea. His clothes were tattered, loose stitches of what had been a...
podcastle.org
November 12, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I am pleased to present to you my story: Handala. The Olive, the Storm and the Sea. It's inspired by Palestinian folklore, including the figure of the child called Handala who represents Palestinian refugees. He is in this amazing art by Iasmin Omar Ata. podcastle.org/2024/11/12/p...
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Next week is this amazing panel with contributors to Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction. Come and join us on November 20th at 6 pm EST!
November 13, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Next week is this amazing panel with contributors to Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction. Come and join us on November 20th at 6 pm EST!
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동탁 머스크의 폭정으로 트위터 커뮤니티는 여러 군데로 쪼개지기 시작하는데...
November 14, 2024 at 10:39 AM
동탁 머스크의 폭정으로 트위터 커뮤니티는 여러 군데로 쪼개지기 시작하는데...
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I’ve said this before, but I’m reminded of it now that I’m back with my child after being a way for a week: I will never be a parent without the children of Gaza in the corner of my eye, where the tears flow. I will never look at my child and not see all the displaced, orphaned, wounded, murdered.
November 14, 2024 at 11:49 PM
I’ve said this before, but I’m reminded of it now that I’m back with my child after being a way for a week: I will never be a parent without the children of Gaza in the corner of my eye, where the tears flow. I will never look at my child and not see all the displaced, orphaned, wounded, murdered.
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The Lesbian Historic Motif Project looks at chapter 3 of Derry's book on lesbianism and the law in England, in which a case involving a non-consensual medical exam is used to establish an age of consent for f/f sex.
alpennia.com/blog/peculia...
alpennia.com/blog/peculia...
A Peculiar Way of Acknowledging F/F Sexual Possibility | Alpennia
Once again, I'll save my overall thoughts for the end of this set of posts. (In part because I want to get the posts up and haven't yet solidified what I want to say, overall.)
alpennia.com
November 5, 2024 at 4:46 AM
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project looks at chapter 3 of Derry's book on lesbianism and the law in England, in which a case involving a non-consensual medical exam is used to establish an age of consent for f/f sex.
alpennia.com/blog/peculia...
alpennia.com/blog/peculia...
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So here is the complete text of the John Glassco Translation Prize jury's citation for The Lantern and the Night Moths. I am so deeply touched by the generosity of the comments. 💜😭🥺
November 5, 2024 at 5:42 PM
So here is the complete text of the John Glassco Translation Prize jury's citation for The Lantern and the Night Moths. I am so deeply touched by the generosity of the comments. 💜😭🥺
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우리도 박근혜를 경험하고도 5년만에 윤 뽑았잖아. 사돈 남말은 못하지... 근데 그렇다고 안 빡치는 건 아니라고!!!!
November 6, 2024 at 8:43 AM
우리도 박근혜를 경험하고도 5년만에 윤 뽑았잖아. 사돈 남말은 못하지... 근데 그렇다고 안 빡치는 건 아니라고!!!!
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At Least We Can Apologize - Lee Ki Ho, trans. Dykas
The Physics of Sorrow - Georgi Gospodinov trans. Rodel
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi - Borges&Bioy-Casares, trans. Di Giovanni
Antigonick - Sophocles trans. Anne Carson
Opera: the last 400 years - Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker
The Physics of Sorrow - Georgi Gospodinov trans. Rodel
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi - Borges&Bioy-Casares, trans. Di Giovanni
Antigonick - Sophocles trans. Anne Carson
Opera: the last 400 years - Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker
Repost with your 5 favorite reads from this year ~SO FAR~
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks
💙📚
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks
💙📚
Repost with your 5 favourite reads from this year ~SO FAR~
Di-Curious by Erin Branch
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
Madison Loves To Ride (Parts 1 & 2) by Matthew Lee
The Way Home by Dierdre Winter
Switcheroo by Cheyenne Blue
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
His Keepsake by Cari Silverwood
💙📚 #7not5
Di-Curious by Erin Branch
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
Madison Loves To Ride (Parts 1 & 2) by Matthew Lee
The Way Home by Dierdre Winter
Switcheroo by Cheyenne Blue
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
His Keepsake by Cari Silverwood
💙📚 #7not5
November 4, 2024 at 1:14 AM
At Least We Can Apologize - Lee Ki Ho, trans. Dykas
The Physics of Sorrow - Georgi Gospodinov trans. Rodel
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi - Borges&Bioy-Casares, trans. Di Giovanni
Antigonick - Sophocles trans. Anne Carson
Opera: the last 400 years - Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker
The Physics of Sorrow - Georgi Gospodinov trans. Rodel
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi - Borges&Bioy-Casares, trans. Di Giovanni
Antigonick - Sophocles trans. Anne Carson
Opera: the last 400 years - Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker
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개인적으로 생각하는 블루스카이와 마스토돈의 차이
🦋블루스카이
당신이 트위터를 좋아하셨다면 블루스카이를 좋아하실 겁니다.
🐘마스토돈
당신이 트위터를 싫어하셨다면 마스토돈을 좋아하실 겁니다.
하지만 답은 정해져 있죠.
🧟SNS 중독자
"블루스카이하고 마스토돈하고 둘 다 하면 그만 아닌가?"
🦋블루스카이
당신이 트위터를 좋아하셨다면 블루스카이를 좋아하실 겁니다.
🐘마스토돈
당신이 트위터를 싫어하셨다면 마스토돈을 좋아하실 겁니다.
하지만 답은 정해져 있죠.
🧟SNS 중독자
"블루스카이하고 마스토돈하고 둘 다 하면 그만 아닌가?"
October 28, 2024 at 4:01 AM
개인적으로 생각하는 블루스카이와 마스토돈의 차이
🦋블루스카이
당신이 트위터를 좋아하셨다면 블루스카이를 좋아하실 겁니다.
🐘마스토돈
당신이 트위터를 싫어하셨다면 마스토돈을 좋아하실 겁니다.
하지만 답은 정해져 있죠.
🧟SNS 중독자
"블루스카이하고 마스토돈하고 둘 다 하면 그만 아닌가?"
🦋블루스카이
당신이 트위터를 좋아하셨다면 블루스카이를 좋아하실 겁니다.
🐘마스토돈
당신이 트위터를 싫어하셨다면 마스토돈을 좋아하실 겁니다.
하지만 답은 정해져 있죠.
🧟SNS 중독자
"블루스카이하고 마스토돈하고 둘 다 하면 그만 아닌가?"
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I have to be honest, it's such a shock to see Handala's face. I'm so honoured that this is one of the rare depictions like that. If you know, you know why its so powerful. @deltahead.bsky.social is doing such great work!
The artwork by @deltahead.bsky.social represents "Handala. The Olive, The Storm, and the Sea" by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social, and is utterly gorgeous.
4 episodes, all next month, @podcastle.org
4 episodes, all next month, @podcastle.org
October 28, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I have to be honest, it's such a shock to see Handala's face. I'm so honoured that this is one of the rare depictions like that. If you know, you know why its so powerful. @deltahead.bsky.social is doing such great work!
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Hi,
Here is a starter pack for translators of speculative fiction from & into English.
Please reply if you are a translator and would like to be added. Let’s make SFFH #translators & their art more visible!
(With thanks to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social for the idea.)
go.bsky.app/Pf9V8DW
Here is a starter pack for translators of speculative fiction from & into English.
Please reply if you are a translator and would like to be added. Let’s make SFFH #translators & their art more visible!
(With thanks to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social for the idea.)
go.bsky.app/Pf9V8DW
September 14, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Hi,
Here is a starter pack for translators of speculative fiction from & into English.
Please reply if you are a translator and would like to be added. Let’s make SFFH #translators & their art more visible!
(With thanks to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social for the idea.)
go.bsky.app/Pf9V8DW
Here is a starter pack for translators of speculative fiction from & into English.
Please reply if you are a translator and would like to be added. Let’s make SFFH #translators & their art more visible!
(With thanks to @alexshvartsman.bsky.social for the idea.)
go.bsky.app/Pf9V8DW