Agri Ismaïl
@agri.bsky.social
I am complicit in this festival of horrors // wrote a book called Hyper
this one hits hard 💔💔💔
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
this one hits hard 💔💔💔
Read to find out about why i had to lie about the interior of the Connaught hotel
In research notes, @agri.bsky.social writes about HYPER from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/researchnote...
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Read to find out about why i had to lie about the interior of the Connaught hotel
”Along with many others, Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed in particular are known for publishing fiction that would give an ICE agent a stroke”
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 PM
”Along with many others, Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed in particular are known for publishing fiction that would give an ICE agent a stroke”
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I certainly hope to live long enough to see Stephen Miller imprisoned for his many crimes.
January 24, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I certainly hope to live long enough to see Stephen Miller imprisoned for his many crimes.
I hate this so much www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Six injured after knife attack at Kurdish demonstration in Antwerp
Incident outside Opera House that left two people in critical condition is not being investigated as terrorism, police say
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I hate this so much www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Jfc can you CHILL OUT
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Jfc can you CHILL OUT
you mean i don't have to pay *and* I don't get bombarded with "new AI features and content"? What more could I want?
January 14, 2026 at 8:35 AM
you mean i don't have to pay *and* I don't get bombarded with "new AI features and content"? What more could I want?
BREAKING: everything. Everything is breaking.
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
BREAKING: everything. Everything is breaking.
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🎉HYPER by Agri Ismaïl is out today!🎉 👉👉A hypermodern family saga: Dubai luxury malls, algorithms, corded radios, and desperate efforts to locate meaning and identify within the numb isolation of modern immigrant life. A stunning debut by @agri.bsky.social 👈👈
January 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🎉HYPER by Agri Ismaïl is out today!🎉 👉👉A hypermodern family saga: Dubai luxury malls, algorithms, corded radios, and desperate efforts to locate meaning and identify within the numb isolation of modern immigrant life. A stunning debut by @agri.bsky.social 👈👈
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Läs.
LAVAN MOHAMMADI: Sverige utvisar mig till en säker död i Iran
Vad hände med det Sverige som stod upp för mänskliga rättigheter, för press- och yttrandefrihet? Utvisningshotade journalisten Lavan Mohammadi vädjar till Migrationsverket att få slippa dö för sina ås...
www.expressen.se
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Läs.
The Minneapolis videos reminded me of how Blackwater used to operate in Iraq, the same brazen disregard for human life, a similar sense of judicial impunity. And yup sure enough, Foucault’s boomerang is in full swing: theintercept.com/2026/01/03/b...
Blackwater Successor Hunts Immigrants for ICE
Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince’s mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter.
theintercept.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Minneapolis videos reminded me of how Blackwater used to operate in Iraq, the same brazen disregard for human life, a similar sense of judicial impunity. And yup sure enough, Foucault’s boomerang is in full swing: theintercept.com/2026/01/03/b...
I just realised that we’re due another movie in the Up series this year, thank the lord finally something to look forward to
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I just realised that we’re due another movie in the Up series this year, thank the lord finally something to look forward to
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An excerpt from HYPER in today's LitHub Daily Fiction. Out next week! 💶💶💶
lithub.com/hyper/ @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
lithub.com/hyper/ @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
Hyper
A salesman’s hand stretched out towards the prospective buyer, cupped into a universal signifier. His fingers flexed slightly towards the palm, in case Rafiq Hardi Kermanj, the potential future owner …
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
An excerpt from HYPER in today's LitHub Daily Fiction. Out next week! 💶💶💶
lithub.com/hyper/ @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
lithub.com/hyper/ @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
My kid just asked ”what does everything mean”
Kid I don’t fucking know we’re just trying to get through the day here
Kid I don’t fucking know we’re just trying to get through the day here
January 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM
My kid just asked ”what does everything mean”
Kid I don’t fucking know we’re just trying to get through the day here
Kid I don’t fucking know we’re just trying to get through the day here
it's that time of year again when my dog, already a neurotic bundle of nerves, is stressed out of his mind because he thinks we are now in a war zone when, in fact, the neighbor's kids are just setting off firecrackers a bit early
December 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
it's that time of year again when my dog, already a neurotic bundle of nerves, is stressed out of his mind because he thinks we are now in a war zone when, in fact, the neighbor's kids are just setting off firecrackers a bit early
Everyone with their best songs of the year and I haven’t seen a single one of you single out a French song about polyamory the chorus of which goes, I swear to god, “vroum-vroum j’suis une polly pocket”
December 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Everyone with their best songs of the year and I haven’t seen a single one of you single out a French song about polyamory the chorus of which goes, I swear to god, “vroum-vroum j’suis une polly pocket”
Aw dang Bardot is dead – every year that batty bint would post some virulently Islamophobic shit just before Eid, I’ve basically lost my most accurate Eid calendar 😢
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Aw dang Bardot is dead – every year that batty bint would post some virulently Islamophobic shit just before Eid, I’ve basically lost my most accurate Eid calendar 😢
overheard in whatever act of Huis-Clos this household finds itself in: MEPHI STOP LICKING THE INTERNET
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
overheard in whatever act of Huis-Clos this household finds itself in: MEPHI STOP LICKING THE INTERNET
Nån måste skriva en novell om Swish konstråd som bestämmer vilka Swish-kort vi får varje år
December 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Nån måste skriva en novell om Swish konstråd som bestämmer vilka Swish-kort vi får varje år
because white men can't
police their imagination
ai images of violent black men are generated
police their imagination
ai images of violent black men are generated
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
because white men can't
police their imagination
ai images of violent black men are generated
police their imagination
ai images of violent black men are generated
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True story:
When I got my first copies of the UK hardcover of DE, I couldn't figure out what was going on on the jacket, so I asked two of my production colleagues.
me: Is that debossing?
colleague 1 (peering through a loupe): No, it's clear foil.
colleague 2: Oh, I love her on The Crown.
When I got my first copies of the UK hardcover of DE, I couldn't figure out what was going on on the jacket, so I asked two of my production colleagues.
me: Is that debossing?
colleague 1 (peering through a loupe): No, it's clear foil.
colleague 2: Oh, I love her on The Crown.
And of course please cite the lyric.
One is neither clairvoyant nor Foy.
One is neither clairvoyant nor Foy.
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
True story:
When I got my first copies of the UK hardcover of DE, I couldn't figure out what was going on on the jacket, so I asked two of my production colleagues.
me: Is that debossing?
colleague 1 (peering through a loupe): No, it's clear foil.
colleague 2: Oh, I love her on The Crown.
When I got my first copies of the UK hardcover of DE, I couldn't figure out what was going on on the jacket, so I asked two of my production colleagues.
me: Is that debossing?
colleague 1 (peering through a loupe): No, it's clear foil.
colleague 2: Oh, I love her on The Crown.
I wonder if the first time indigenous people in the Americas saw a conquistador they were like ”I wish he’d get off his high horse”
December 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I wonder if the first time indigenous people in the Americas saw a conquistador they were like ”I wish he’d get off his high horse”