Seelai Karzai
@ancientrunes.bsky.social
A writer who loves The Hobbit, chocolate, sushi, and bubble tea. Interested in poetry, fantasy, science fiction.
https://www.seelaikarzai.com
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Thank you @tinhouse.bsky.social for this ARC of THE NEAR AND DISTANT WORLD by @biancatherosestone.bsky.social! I can't wait to dive in.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Thank you @tinhouse.bsky.social for this ARC of THE NEAR AND DISTANT WORLD by @biancatherosestone.bsky.social! I can't wait to dive in.
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Thank you @tinhouse.bsky.social for this ARC of THE NEAR AND DISTANT WORLD by @biancatherosestone.bsky.social! I can't wait to dive in.
Note to self: in the year of our lord 2025, next time, don't rely on an old crusty USB flash drive to save documents. (Don't worry, I backed up the files elsewhere, but still-- don't do what I did!!)
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Note to self: in the year of our lord 2025, next time, don't rely on an old crusty USB flash drive to save documents. (Don't worry, I backed up the files elsewhere, but still-- don't do what I did!!)
I can't wait to teach Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness this semester, but I'm nervous about introducing this slow-moving novel to a group of students used to 280 characters or less. Do any teachers here have suggestions on how to introduce this novel?
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I can't wait to teach Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness this semester, but I'm nervous about introducing this slow-moving novel to a group of students used to 280 characters or less. Do any teachers here have suggestions on how to introduce this novel?
I would absolutely watch this.
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy likes the idea of a Kleya and Vel ‘Nazi hunters’ spin-off series in which the duo hunt after former Imperials following the fall of the Empire with the assistance of Dedra Meero in a Hannibal Lector-esque role.
(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)
(Source: youtu.be/mGBXFWvPRsE?...)
September 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I would absolutely watch this.
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Finally an article for me and my once a year interest in cycling paging @ancientrunes.bsky.social
Presenting: Everything you need to know about the Tour de France.
All takes on here are correct. Yes, I hate your favorite rider. Do not @ me.
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All takes on here are correct. Yes, I hate your favorite rider. Do not @ me.
hiitskim.beehiiv.com/p/an-entirel...
An entirely vibes-based guide to the 2025 Tour de France
I know you're used to actual sports analysis from my content but that's tough shit.
hiitskim.beehiiv.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Finally an article for me and my once a year interest in cycling paging @ancientrunes.bsky.social
This is a sad development. It's unfortunate that volunteers, moderators, and NaNoWriMo's stance on AI did the whole organization in. I would love to see more coverage of writing groups that encourage community, which was the best part of NaNo.
In an email, NaNoWriMo announced that they’re wrapping things up for good.
NaNoWriMo is shutting down.
Looks like that’s the end of the manuscript for NaNoWriMo. In an email, the nonprofit announced that they’re wrapping things up for good. NaNoWriMo—which stands, for the uninitiated, for Nati…
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April 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is a sad development. It's unfortunate that volunteers, moderators, and NaNoWriMo's stance on AI did the whole organization in. I would love to see more coverage of writing groups that encourage community, which was the best part of NaNo.
I cannot explain to you how traumatic it is to continue seeing footage from 2021 of Afghan people running alongside or gripping, then falling from US military airplanes as they left Kabul airport. To be reminded, again and again, of this chaotic moment is unbearable.
March 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I cannot explain to you how traumatic it is to continue seeing footage from 2021 of Afghan people running alongside or gripping, then falling from US military airplanes as they left Kabul airport. To be reminded, again and again, of this chaotic moment is unbearable.
On this #InternationalWomensDay (and every day), pay us more.
March 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On this #InternationalWomensDay (and every day), pay us more.
Does anyone have a good alternative to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The danger of a single story" TED lecture?
January 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Does anyone have a good alternative to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "The danger of a single story" TED lecture?
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The news I will think about when thoughts gets dark.
#Shrek5 will now release December 23, 2026 🟢
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz are all returning
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz are all returning
January 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The news I will think about when thoughts gets dark.
Awful updates. This will only fan the flames of horrible rhetoric and commentary on Facebook.
1. Meta’s policy bans allegations of mental illness *unless* the person is LGBTQ, in which case you can falsely say the person is mentally ill:
(The policy uses the word “transgenderism,” echoing right wing terminology.)
(The policy uses the word “transgenderism,” echoing right wing terminology.)
January 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Awful updates. This will only fan the flames of horrible rhetoric and commentary on Facebook.
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For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
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Another world is possible if we fight for it
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November 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
Another world is possible if we fight for it
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
I'm having a painful learning moment in the class I'm teaching. Quite a number of my students don't seem to "like" the book I've assigned. It is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Yes, it is 200 years old and the language is a little "flowery"
How do you get 18 year olds excited about older novels?
How do you get 18 year olds excited about older novels?
November 10, 2024 at 9:07 PM
I'm having a painful learning moment in the class I'm teaching. Quite a number of my students don't seem to "like" the book I've assigned. It is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Yes, it is 200 years old and the language is a little "flowery"
How do you get 18 year olds excited about older novels?
How do you get 18 year olds excited about older novels?
A very telling liberal note in the past week is all the folks emerging from the woodwork to say how angry they are now, how they hope everyone is doing okay despite the circumstances.
No, I have not been okay, and that has been happening longer than this election cycle.
No, I have not been okay, and that has been happening longer than this election cycle.
November 8, 2024 at 10:11 PM
A very telling liberal note in the past week is all the folks emerging from the woodwork to say how angry they are now, how they hope everyone is doing okay despite the circumstances.
No, I have not been okay, and that has been happening longer than this election cycle.
No, I have not been okay, and that has been happening longer than this election cycle.