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Zalina Alvi

@zalinaalvi.bsky.social

@tignotaro.bsky.social voicing Malachi on Radio Rental was a delightful surprise. Malachi said the witch's spell would last 2 weeks, so I'm hoping for a part 2.

July 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

theonion.com/historians-q...

From The Onion:

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM

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Human Rights Watch

@hrw.org

Israeli forces have killed Palestinian journalists Mohammed Mansour and Hossam Shabat in Gaza.

In 2024, Palestinians accounted for nearly 2/3rds of all journalists killed worldwide, some of them deliberately killed by Israeli forces, per the Committee to Protect Journalists. This is no accident.

March 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM

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Roxane Gay

@roxanegay.bsky.social

I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.

Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social · Mar 14

WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":

"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."

Last Friday afternoon, I got my first message from Ryan Daniels, public affairs manager of strategic response at Meta. When I declined his invitation to talk by phone, he wrote back again: “I was wondering if the Washington Post was going to write a review about a book that’s coming out this upcoming week on Meta. Do you have a couple minutes to chat?”

So, I called. Daniels said, “We don’t have the book,” but the company had prepared “preliminary statements” about it. Although he didn’t share those with me, he wrote to me again on Saturday and again on Monday trying to get information about our review plans. (In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me.)

March 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Zalina Alvi

@zalinaalvi.bsky.social

I was able to see No Other Land at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. I hope many more theatres continue to show it. deadline.com/2025/03/miam...

Miami Beach Mayor Threatens To Close Down Cinema For Showing Oscar Winner ‘No Other Land’; Director Says Banning Doc “Won’t Work”

Miami Beach, FL is threatening to shut down a theater for showing the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' branding the film "antisemitic."

deadline.com

March 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Zalina Alvi

@zalinaalvi.bsky.social

Spring isn't here to stay, yet, but it's still a good day in Toronto for this story. "The Breeze" by Joshua Ferris from @newyorker.com Make the most of it! www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

The Breeze

Fiction by Joshua Ferris: “The Breeze” The breeze, God, the breeze! she thought. You get how many like it? Maybe a dozen in a lifetime . . . and already gone, down the block and picking up speed, or d...

www.newyorker.com

March 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card
theonion.com/poll-fi...

March 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Zalina Alvi

@zalinaalvi.bsky.social

I'm all for getting people back into movie theatres, but the pleas need to include a reminder to BE QUIET DURING THE MOVIE. (That includes whispering! I can hear you whispering!) The main deterrent to seeing a movie in a theatre for me is that I can't trust other moviegoers anymore.

March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Zalina Alvi

@zalinaalvi.bsky.social

I can't be the only one confusing the ads for Questrade and Suits LA.

March 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM

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Megan Abbott

@meganabbott.bsky.social

if you needed one more reason to cancel your Prime

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Feb 26

Breaking News: The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving as the newspaper's owner, Jeff Bezos, focuses the section on “personal liberties and free markets.”

Washington Post Opinion Editor Exits as Bezos Steers Pages in New Direction

Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Post, said that the newspaper’s opinion section would focus on “personal liberties and free markets.”

www.nytimes.com

February 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)

@sadiehartmann.bsky.social

Celebrating horror from our friends in CANADA 🇨🇦many of these authors are featured in my book 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered! @daviddemchuk.com @acwise.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @nalohop.bsky.social I miss my friend, Andrew Pyper.
@premeemohamed.com #booksky 🩸📚