Intisar Khanani 🍉
@booksbyintisar.bsky.social
Fantasy author of The Dauntless Path novels and the Sunbolt Chronicles. Writing mighty girls in diverse worlds. Only occasionally active here.
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Debts of Fire is heeere! 🔥🔥🔥
A hunted mage.
A cursed land.
An impossible debt...
I am THRILLED to finally be releasing Debts of Fire (Sunbolt 3)! My disaster child heroine is back at it again, with found family, far too much magic, and LOTS of coffee.
Check it out! books2read.com/debtsoffire
A hunted mage.
A cursed land.
An impossible debt...
I am THRILLED to finally be releasing Debts of Fire (Sunbolt 3)! My disaster child heroine is back at it again, with found family, far too much magic, and LOTS of coffee.
Check it out! books2read.com/debtsoffire
So thrilled to be part of this fab StoryBundle! Check it out. :D
The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle:
You know how it goes. There's one female character in the book, and she's a love interest. She's given little to do and less to wear. She has no good lines, and nothing to contribute save her helplessness.
These are not those stories. storybundle.com/fantasy
You know how it goes. There's one female character in the book, and she's a love interest. She's given little to do and less to wear. She has no good lines, and nothing to contribute save her helplessness.
These are not those stories. storybundle.com/fantasy
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
So thrilled to be part of this fab StoryBundle! Check it out. :D
Kobo Plus readers, I've got a fabulous roundup of SFF reads for you, including my own Sunbolt and Memories of Ash! :D
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September 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Kobo Plus readers, I've got a fabulous roundup of SFF reads for you, including my own Sunbolt and Memories of Ash! :D
www.kobo.com/en/p/kobo-pl...
www.kobo.com/en/p/kobo-pl...
Ask FIFA to ban Isr@*l from the World Cup for their active engagement in gen0c!de.
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FIFA are rolling out the red carpet for Israel
But together with these brave Italian football coaches, we can do something about it. Join us.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ask FIFA to ban Isr@*l from the World Cup for their active engagement in gen0c!de.
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
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It's the FINAL WEEKEND to pre-order What the Sea Brings!
"...quiet, cozy, and emotionally powerful middle grade fantasy that gently washes over you like a tide—and leaves a mark long after the last page." - Goodreads Reviewer
#MGLit
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"...quiet, cozy, and emotionally powerful middle grade fantasy that gently washes over you like a tide—and leaves a mark long after the last page." - Goodreads Reviewer
#MGLit
books2read.com/whattheseabrings
August 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's the FINAL WEEKEND to pre-order What the Sea Brings!
"...quiet, cozy, and emotionally powerful middle grade fantasy that gently washes over you like a tide—and leaves a mark long after the last page." - Goodreads Reviewer
#MGLit
books2read.com/whattheseabrings
"...quiet, cozy, and emotionally powerful middle grade fantasy that gently washes over you like a tide—and leaves a mark long after the last page." - Goodreads Reviewer
#MGLit
books2read.com/whattheseabrings
It's an Epic Sale of Beloved SFF to cheer your weekend up! 😄 All books free or 99 cents, including my own Sunbolt. 🔥
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August 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's an Epic Sale of Beloved SFF to cheer your weekend up! 😄 All books free or 99 cents, including my own Sunbolt. 🔥
talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...
talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...
Hello friends - I don't often post appeals, but I've been following and supporting Qusai in Gaza for well over a year, and things are beyond dire. If you can spare even a few dollars, please consider donating.
gofund.me/9f2a5e03
gofund.me/9f2a5e03
Donate to Help Qusay's family evacuate from Gaza to safety, organized by Qusai Hani
Hello everyone, my name is Qusay, I am 23 years old, from northern Gaza - … Qusai Hani needs your support for Help Qusay's family evacuate from Gaza to safety
gofund.me
July 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Hello friends - I don't often post appeals, but I've been following and supporting Qusai in Gaza for well over a year, and things are beyond dire. If you can spare even a few dollars, please consider donating.
gofund.me/9f2a5e03
gofund.me/9f2a5e03
President Lula of Brazil has only a few days to stop an all-out corporate assault on the Amazon. Sign the petition urging him to veto the bill that will devastate regions of the Amazon twice as big as Portugal.
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Lula: A veto for the Amazon!
I just signed a petition to stop Brazil's 'devastation bill' – a reckless law that opens the Amazon to destruction. Lula has the power to veto it – let's show him the world is watching. Join me and sh...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
President Lula of Brazil has only a few days to stop an all-out corporate assault on the Amazon. Sign the petition urging him to veto the bill that will devastate regions of the Amazon twice as big as Portugal.
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Stephen Colbert got canceled just days after mocking Trump and CBS’s parent company. Coincidence? Sign now to demand answers! #Colbert secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Don’t let CBS get away with this 👀
🚨 CBS just canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — just 72 hours after he mocked CBS’s parent company for secretly settling with Trump. Coincidence? Tell CBS: we won’t let satire be silenced
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July 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Stephen Colbert got canceled just days after mocking Trump and CBS’s parent company. Coincidence? Sign now to demand answers! #Colbert secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Debts of Fire is heeere! 🔥🔥🔥
A hunted mage.
A cursed land.
An impossible debt...
I am THRILLED to finally be releasing Debts of Fire (Sunbolt 3)! My disaster child heroine is back at it again, with found family, far too much magic, and LOTS of coffee.
Check it out! books2read.com/debtsoffire
A hunted mage.
A cursed land.
An impossible debt...
I am THRILLED to finally be releasing Debts of Fire (Sunbolt 3)! My disaster child heroine is back at it again, with found family, far too much magic, and LOTS of coffee.
Check it out! books2read.com/debtsoffire
July 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Debts of Fire is heeere! 🔥🔥🔥
A hunted mage.
A cursed land.
An impossible debt...
I am THRILLED to finally be releasing Debts of Fire (Sunbolt 3)! My disaster child heroine is back at it again, with found family, far too much magic, and LOTS of coffee.
Check it out! books2read.com/debtsoffire
A hunted mage.
A cursed land.
An impossible debt...
I am THRILLED to finally be releasing Debts of Fire (Sunbolt 3)! My disaster child heroine is back at it again, with found family, far too much magic, and LOTS of coffee.
Check it out! books2read.com/debtsoffire
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unions: they get the job done
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
unions: they get the job done
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the mRNA vaccines are an absolute miracle of science that saved millions of lives and we're going to throw the entire technology out because they could not vaccinate society against putting the worst and most ignorant people alive in charge of our medical system
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
the mRNA vaccines are an absolute miracle of science that saved millions of lives and we're going to throw the entire technology out because they could not vaccinate society against putting the worst and most ignorant people alive in charge of our medical system
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The people of Missouri made it very clear: They wanted abortion rights (at least until fetal viability).
Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen.
Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen.
Missouri Supreme Court defies voters, halts abortions in the state
Despite passage of a constitutional amendment last fall, the ping-pong battle over "reproductive freedom" continues.
www.motherjones.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The people of Missouri made it very clear: They wanted abortion rights (at least until fetal viability).
Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen.
Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen.
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‘McKenzie says a better plan to deal with fascism is to continue to publish and pay the Nazis. Giving them the ability to earn money and distribute their ideas, he reasons, will ultimately help to “strip bad ideas of their power” by exposing them to scrutiny’
I see soooooooo many great writers putting so much of their time, effort, skill and money squarely in the lap of a really evil and untrustworthy company.
Morality questions aside: is it worth planting seeds in THIS soil, in this moment? Does it seem likely to pay off? So many alternatives!
Morality questions aside: is it worth planting seeds in THIS soil, in this moment? Does it seem likely to pay off? So many alternatives!
Substack Cofounder Defends Commercial Relationships with Nazis | TechPolicy.Press
Helping Nazis grow subscription newsletter businesses is ultimately best for the world, reasons Hamish McKenzie.
www.techpolicy.press
May 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‘McKenzie says a better plan to deal with fascism is to continue to publish and pay the Nazis. Giving them the ability to earn money and distribute their ideas, he reasons, will ultimately help to “strip bad ideas of their power” by exposing them to scrutiny’
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Reminder if you use Firefox and haven't done this yet
to disable their A/I chatbot feature (not just removing it from your sidebar):
➡ go to about:config (open a new tab and type it into the address bar)
➡ locate "browser .ml .chat .enabled" (or just search "chat")
➡ toggle to "false"
to disable their A/I chatbot feature (not just removing it from your sidebar):
➡ go to about:config (open a new tab and type it into the address bar)
➡ locate "browser .ml .chat .enabled" (or just search "chat")
➡ toggle to "false"
May 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Reminder if you use Firefox and haven't done this yet
to disable their A/I chatbot feature (not just removing it from your sidebar):
➡ go to about:config (open a new tab and type it into the address bar)
➡ locate "browser .ml .chat .enabled" (or just search "chat")
➡ toggle to "false"
to disable their A/I chatbot feature (not just removing it from your sidebar):
➡ go to about:config (open a new tab and type it into the address bar)
➡ locate "browser .ml .chat .enabled" (or just search "chat")
➡ toggle to "false"
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IGN: EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Studios www.ign.com/articles/ea-...
"Miele said that these changes, alongside other recent cancellations and layoffs, are being done to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.""
"Miele said that these changes, alongside other recent cancellations and layoffs, are being done to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.""
May 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
IGN: EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Studios www.ign.com/articles/ea-...
"Miele said that these changes, alongside other recent cancellations and layoffs, are being done to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.""
"Miele said that these changes, alongside other recent cancellations and layoffs, are being done to "sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities.""
Hey friends! Would you sign and share this petition? Avaaz is trying to put pressure on France, Canada, and the UK to sanction Israel and force the border open, allowing food and aid into Gaza. Goal is 1 M signatures.
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14,000 babies in Gaza could starve
Sign this urgent global appeal to world leaders
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May 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hey friends! Would you sign and share this petition? Avaaz is trying to put pressure on France, Canada, and the UK to sanction Israel and force the border open, allowing food and aid into Gaza. Goal is 1 M signatures.
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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And it's live! I'm so excited to share the Debts of Fire Deluxe Edition Kickstarter with you!
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
Debts of Fire: Signed Deluxe Edition
An action-packed fantasy adventure set in the gorgeously diverse world of Intisar Khanani’s Sunbolt Chronicles.
www.kickstarter.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
And it's live! I'm so excited to share the Debts of Fire Deluxe Edition Kickstarter with you!
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
Hitomi is my absolute disaster child, and I love her so much. In DoF, she's headed back to the desert to fulfill her promise to the phoenix...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...
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We helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms.
How ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Signing a Search Warrant
The Intercept helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We helped unseal an affidavit revealing how ICE got a “judicial fig leaf” to search two Columbia students’ dorm rooms.
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It is amazing to me that Dems are pressured to water down their messaging in order to avoid alienating 'centrists,' but Republicans can round up and deport sobbing children without fear of alienating 'centrists.' Says a lot about what we mean when we say 'centrists'
my kingdom for anyone on the “dems should take culturally moderate positions” to explain what this actually means in practice? www.thebulwark.com/p/hard-calls...
The Hard Calls Dems Must Make to Regain Power
Democrats want to win over more moderate voters. But are they willing to adopt moderate positions?
www.thebulwark.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It is amazing to me that Dems are pressured to water down their messaging in order to avoid alienating 'centrists,' but Republicans can round up and deport sobbing children without fear of alienating 'centrists.' Says a lot about what we mean when we say 'centrists'
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Just got my ARC for Debts of Fire by @booksbyintisar.bsky.social !! I've been waiting yearssssss for this!! 📚💙
You can start Hitomi's story w/ book 1 SUNBOLT for $0.99 now: books2read.com/sunbolt
You can start Hitomi's story w/ book 1 SUNBOLT for $0.99 now: books2read.com/sunbolt
April 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just got my ARC for Debts of Fire by @booksbyintisar.bsky.social !! I've been waiting yearssssss for this!! 📚💙
You can start Hitomi's story w/ book 1 SUNBOLT for $0.99 now: books2read.com/sunbolt
You can start Hitomi's story w/ book 1 SUNBOLT for $0.99 now: books2read.com/sunbolt
Just a quick heads up that the first in my Sunbolt Chronicles is on sale for just 99c (or equiv, worldwide).
Fast-paced fantasy adventure set in gorgeously diverse world with a disaster-child of a heroine (with a fab sense of humor). What are you waiting for? 😂
books2read.com/sunbolt
Fast-paced fantasy adventure set in gorgeously diverse world with a disaster-child of a heroine (with a fab sense of humor). What are you waiting for? 😂
books2read.com/sunbolt
May 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just a quick heads up that the first in my Sunbolt Chronicles is on sale for just 99c (or equiv, worldwide).
Fast-paced fantasy adventure set in gorgeously diverse world with a disaster-child of a heroine (with a fab sense of humor). What are you waiting for? 😂
books2read.com/sunbolt
Fast-paced fantasy adventure set in gorgeously diverse world with a disaster-child of a heroine (with a fab sense of humor). What are you waiting for? 😂
books2read.com/sunbolt
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A win for the good guys including @ufw.bsky.social! A judge has ordered la migra to halt illegal stops and warrantless arrests in California's central Valley.
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Judge orders Border Patrol to halt illegal stops in the Central Valley after dozens arrested in raids
A federal judge found Border Patrol agents engaged in "a pattern and practice" of violating people's constitutional rights after they detained and arrested dozens in a Central Valley raid in January.
www.latimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A win for the good guys including @ufw.bsky.social! A judge has ordered la migra to halt illegal stops and warrantless arrests in California's central Valley.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Very much looking forward to this today!
Our next guest is the amazing Intisar Khanani!
@booksbyintisar.bsky.social writes Mighty Girls In Diverse worlds! Her next book, Debts of Fire follows a young orphan hiding her magical gifts & concealing her role in the Shadow League. Released 8th July!
Live in the Discord, Sun 27th Apr 8:30pm BST
@booksbyintisar.bsky.social writes Mighty Girls In Diverse worlds! Her next book, Debts of Fire follows a young orphan hiding her magical gifts & concealing her role in the Shadow League. Released 8th July!
Live in the Discord, Sun 27th Apr 8:30pm BST
April 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Very much looking forward to this today!
Come join me on April 17 at 6 pm at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park (Seattle)! So excited for this fab reading alongside so many amazing Muslim storytellers!
RSVP (free, optional but recommended): www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/muslim...
RSVP (free, optional but recommended): www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/muslim...
April 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Come join me on April 17 at 6 pm at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park (Seattle)! So excited for this fab reading alongside so many amazing Muslim storytellers!
RSVP (free, optional but recommended): www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/muslim...
RSVP (free, optional but recommended): www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/muslim...