Recent Read: The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli

"within 30 pages of this 180 page book, Highway will have bought Marilyn Monroe’s teeth and transplanted them into his own mouth."

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7d48...

I trust you all, my friends, and I know that you will do what you can to save my children. Everything here is indescribable. The extreme cold and the continuous bombing, and we have nothing for these poor children.
Your donation, no matter how small, will help my children a lot.

Recent Read: These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed

"In just 150 pages we’re introduced to both of these characters, the groups they’re a part of, the situations both are in, and how both want to solve the great mystery: who is/was attacking humanity?"

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/12d6...

Going to share this post from @jgsseeerd41.bsky.social as a screenshot w/ the link to the family fundraiser as the video shows more of the baby than is safe for her (creepers be creeping & I want the family protected from those people). Donate and share. www.muslimgiving.org/arfat

Dear friends, please this may be the last time I can write. Please help me and my child. We are in a dangerous area. We must evacuate immediately. Help me so we do not die. Any donation from you will save our lives.🙏
chuffed.org/project/1258...

🚨Thank you friends for the welcome to Bluesky. I am very grateful for your support. As you must know, these campaigns are the difference between life and death for Gazans. My life has been turned upside down by this conflict. I lost my home and everything😔. Please donate or share
gofund.me/3bf5f14b

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Today's thread highlighting people who have requested help on Bluesky. 13 today, bonus post is a petition

1. Fayez (linking directly to fundraiser due to spam label): chuffed.org/project/1399...

Recent Read: The Ægypt Cycle by John Crowley

"Crowley’s prose holds its readers in place, enchanting them to his world, while the dense exploration of ideas, philosophies, and emotions comes together as one of the most convoluted, yet most beautiful bows I’ve ever seen."

When I heard about @augursociety.bsky.social's #AugurMicros2025 contest this was the single idea that floated round my head for the past week or so:

Whelp, this is what it's coming to: entire websites now unusable if you're in the UK