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Zarina Dara
@zarinadara.bsky.social
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sneaking poetry into the corners of the day, and telling stories to myself in grasp of sanity
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welltoldgold.bsky.social
@thewomenslist.bsky.social are opening up their 2025 screenwriting search on Feb 13th. I say search, rather than contest because their mission is different. They are looking to promote production ready scripts written by women. In 2024 they selected 39. #scriptsky #womenwriters www.thewomenslist.org
The Women's List
The Women’s List is a non-profit organization created by a volunteer group of WGA writers, DGA directors, and SAG actors, among others. Our goal is to make The Women’s List the go-to resource for over...
www.thewomenslist.org
January 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mother-confessor.bsky.social
I ran across this on FB... @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social - true, very true!!
December 3, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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alexanderchee.bsky.social
I mention this all the time in conversations and no one I speak to seems to have heard about it. theconversation.com/ai-is-a-mult...
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Mel Nichols
the leaves fall and the woods fill with the sound of machines
November 30, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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amplifypalestine.bsky.social
Hundreds of authors, including @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @alexanderchee.bsky.social and @rokwon.bsky.social, call on NY State Writers Institute and PEN America to "issue a full correction" after vilifying Lisa Ko and Aisha Abdel Gawad for opposing war and genocide

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Hundreds of authors have signed an open letter in support of Lisa Ko.
Maxine Hong Kingston, Alexander Chee, Alissa Nutting, David Henry Hwang, Eugene Lim, Rachel Khong, Susan Abulhawa, Susan Bernofsky, Laura van den Berg, R. O. Kwon, Bryan Washington, Danzy Senna, an…
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November 30, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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npr.org
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says
An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three employees with the food aid charity. World Central Kitchen said that it was "urgently seeking more details."
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November 30, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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maudnewton.bsky.social
I first needed this Denise Levertov poem in the months after my father-in-law died. I've realized I also need it now.
Image reads Talking to Grief Ah, grief, I should not treat you like a homeless dog who comes to the back door for a crust, for a meatless bone. I should trust you. I should coax you into the house and give you your own corner, a worn mat to lie on, your own water dish. Image reads You think I don’t know you’ve been living under my porch. You long for your real place to be readied before winter comes. You need your name, your collar and tag. You need the right to warn off intruders, to consider my house your own and me your person and yourself my own dog. — Denise Levertov
November 30, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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ramzi48.bsky.social
I added a few more people, lovely Palestinians in Gaza.

Looking forward to adding more brilliant voices when they join

Come to Bluesky, please :)
Wizard Bisan, Susan Abulhawa, Mohammed el-Kurd, Yousef Munayyer, Noura Erakat, Makdisi brothers, Ramy Abdu, Mariam Barghouti
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November 24, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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joshtaylor.bsky.social
On the VPN question, the department is suggesting that if someone uses a VPN to sign up, then the platforms would be expected to check their posts on social media to see if they're actually based where the VPN says they are.
November 25, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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joshtaylor.bsky.social
Rennick asks the department what it will mean for young people with rare diseases to find each other.

Dept said: All that information should be on the internet so they can still go and google that disease and find someone with the disease.

Says people could then connect via messaging.
November 25, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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joshtaylor.bsky.social
About 73 of the 15,000 social media ban submissions have been published so far. X questions the lawfulness of the bill
At the outset, however, we would like to record our concern with respect to the unreasonably short timeframe of one day that was given to interested parties to review, digest and collate submissions on this very significant legislative proposal. Correspondingly, our observations as set out in this letter are our initial, high-level, observations only, and should not be construed as a waiver of any of our legal rights or remedies, which are fully and expressly reserved. Further, we have serious concerns as to the lawfulness of the Bill, including its compatibility with other regulations and laws, including international human rights treaties to which Australia is a signatory, as further detailed below. Our mission at X is to promote and protect the public conversation. We believe X users have the right to express their opinions and ideas without fear of censorship. We also believe it is our responsibility to keep users on our platform safe from content that violates our Rules. Violence, harassment, and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. X, as a platform, is not widely used by minors, currently has no lines of business that actively target minors, and does not allow advertisers to target minors. In line with our requirement that users must be 13 years of age to access the platform, we are currently examining dierent age assurance options, while carefully considering the legal global implications and privacy by design principles. While X agrees that robust strategies for mitigating the risk of harm to children are fundamental, we advocate for a balanced approach which protects children without compromising user privacy and freedom of expression. Implementing these strategies eectively requires global collaboration between regulators, industry, and child protection experts.
November 25, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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dworkin.bsky.social
I love this.
A restaurant board sign that reads: “we are not all in the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts. Some have canoes. And some are drowning. Just be kind and help when you can.
November 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social
Crows! What can they teach us about justice? More than you think (unless you are a crow reading this in which case hello) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Holding a grudge – is it a petty character flaw or a desire for justice in an unjust world? | First Dog on the Moon
Who better to ask than corvids
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social
Did you know The Bell Jar, The Handmaid's Tale, The Feminine Mystique, and more all appeared on Sesame Street in the 90s?

The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...
Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading Orlando by Virginia Wolfe. Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, holding The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading A Room Of Ones Own by Virginia Wolfe. Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading The Bell Jar.
November 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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redditspaceviewes.bsky.social
The Pillars of Creation taken by JWST
November 24, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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meganjherbert.bsky.social
Rising up.
My cartoon in today's The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
November 24, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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jdpaden.bsky.social
Poem published in Appalachian Review 50.1, Winter 2022
November 24, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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peterwening.bsky.social
"Rain is falling on large areas in the #Gaza Strip while people are in dilapidated tents, no heating, no clothes, not even food, and we have very cold days ahead of us."

#Palestine

Photography: Osama Al-Kahlout
"Rain is falling on large areas in the #Gaza Strip while people are in dilapidated tents, no heating, no clothes, not even food, and we have very cold days ahead of us." #Palestine Photography: Osama Al-Kahlout An aerial picture of a displacement camp during the rains this morning. The rain should ease the next few days, but it will be a few very cold days ahead.
November 24, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
pro tip: don’t call something a “debate” when one side is just trying to defend their human rights and the other is trying to punish their existence.
November 22, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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jongraywb.bsky.social
I’ve had so many students in the past 2 weeks get slurs hurled at them and all of them said “It’s okay. I’m used to it.” And my retort is “you shouldn’t ever have to be used to it.”

Last night I found myself saying the same thing in relation to myself and… I’ve rarely felt a bigger whiplash.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Nov 21
people who have never experienced open racism — or open bigotry of any sort — do not appreciate the way it can be psychologically destabilizing. and on the main, it actually isn’t healthy to be so resilient and thick-skinned that you don’t react to slurs and dehumanization
November 22, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
ICYMI! Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 Inquiry established today. Submissions close tomorrow. Have your say! #auspol
Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
On 21 November 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for report by 26...
www.aph.gov.au
November 21, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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floreani.bsky.social
as if this whole farce wasn't already deeply unserious, the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill has been referred to committee today, with a report due on November 26, leaving just a 24 hour window for the public to make submissions. www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
A screenshot of a parliamentary committee website for the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, allowing for submissions within the window of 24 hours.
November 21, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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antmandan.bsky.social
Some quick insight from me on the social media ban from me. In writing this I will also say hats off to @crikeynews.bsky.social, they are clearly one of the only news outlets that have done any real journalism around this awful policy and the road we've travelled. theconversation.com/the-governme...
The government has introduced laws for its social media ban. But key details are still missing
The ban will affect platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. But the bill is vague about how exactly these platforms must comply.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 AM
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caseybriggs.com
curious that the government have dropped so many of the details of the social media age verification bill ahead of its tabling in parliament, but not... its definition of social media

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Snapchat will not escape the government's proposed social media ban for under 16s
The government will introduce its bill to parliament to ban under 16s from social media sites including X and TikTok, with hefty fines for flouting rules.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 9:04 PM