Iqra Asad Khan
@iqrawrites.bsky.social
Writer. Doodler. Daydreamer. Pakistani American book lover. You can find my writing at https://linktr.ee/iqrawrites
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This is obviously totally pointless for fiction but under the orders of a previous (rubbish) CEO we tried it for non fiction and it was also completely worthless and you got nothing from a summary of a book you wouldn’t from the back cover
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Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.
Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.
www.newyorker.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is obviously totally pointless for fiction but under the orders of a previous (rubbish) CEO we tried it for non fiction and it was also completely worthless and you got nothing from a summary of a book you wouldn’t from the back cover
bsky.app/profile/newy...
bsky.app/profile/newy...
My main use of Facebook is for reading and gaming groups, and reading a bunch of Not Always Right posts, which are really absurd stories from customer service. I don't even know what my friends on Facebook are doing.
August 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
My main use of Facebook is for reading and gaming groups, and reading a bunch of Not Always Right posts, which are really absurd stories from customer service. I don't even know what my friends on Facebook are doing.
Starting the blacksmith life is a real game changer in Fantasy Life because you can craft tools for other lives that increase your crafting ability more than the tools available to buy in shops. This is going to make crafting lives SO much easier.
August 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Starting the blacksmith life is a real game changer in Fantasy Life because you can craft tools for other lives that increase your crafting ability more than the tools available to buy in shops. This is going to make crafting lives SO much easier.
Started my fifth life in Fantasy Life today. I'm slowly going to unlock all 14 lives. Just unlocked miner. Blacksmith is next.
August 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Started my fifth life in Fantasy Life today. I'm slowly going to unlock all 14 lives. Just unlocked miner. Blacksmith is next.
So far the lives I've started in Fantasy Life i are
Mercenary
Woodcutter
Carpenter
I want to attempt all 14, though of course I probably won't master/max out all of them.
Mercenary
Woodcutter
Carpenter
I want to attempt all 14, though of course I probably won't master/max out all of them.
August 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
So far the lives I've started in Fantasy Life i are
Mercenary
Woodcutter
Carpenter
I want to attempt all 14, though of course I probably won't master/max out all of them.
Mercenary
Woodcutter
Carpenter
I want to attempt all 14, though of course I probably won't master/max out all of them.
Do you consider being a housewife a profession? I don't bc you're not financially supporting yourself by doing it. It's the unpaid labor that makes the world go round, it's work, but it's not a profession.
"These women went on to be housewives, without a professional care in the world." True/false?
"These women went on to be housewives, without a professional care in the world." True/false?
August 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Do you consider being a housewife a profession? I don't bc you're not financially supporting yourself by doing it. It's the unpaid labor that makes the world go round, it's work, but it's not a profession.
"These women went on to be housewives, without a professional care in the world." True/false?
"These women went on to be housewives, without a professional care in the world." True/false?
I started a videogame that's going to be my gaming while listening to audiobooks game for the foreseeable future. It's Fantasy Life i on the Nintendo Switch. I loved the Fantasy Life game on 3DS. This is more of the same with quality life improvements.
August 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I started a videogame that's going to be my gaming while listening to audiobooks game for the foreseeable future. It's Fantasy Life i on the Nintendo Switch. I loved the Fantasy Life game on 3DS. This is more of the same with quality life improvements.
I feel like I am due for a reread of Austin Kleon's books.
Steal Like an Artist
Show Your Work!
Keep Going
A must read (or listen, as there is a 3-in-1 audiobook) for all creatives. Note: he doesn't mean "steal" literally.
Steal Like an Artist
Show Your Work!
Keep Going
A must read (or listen, as there is a 3-in-1 audiobook) for all creatives. Note: he doesn't mean "steal" literally.
August 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I feel like I am due for a reread of Austin Kleon's books.
Steal Like an Artist
Show Your Work!
Keep Going
A must read (or listen, as there is a 3-in-1 audiobook) for all creatives. Note: he doesn't mean "steal" literally.
Steal Like an Artist
Show Your Work!
Keep Going
A must read (or listen, as there is a 3-in-1 audiobook) for all creatives. Note: he doesn't mean "steal" literally.
Introduce yourself with four games
November 19, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Introduce yourself with four games
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bad news bro, they're roasting you in party select. they're not even optimizing your equipment. you have 5 unspent skill points. you're not even wearing elemental resistant armor for this dungeon's theme. your loyalty mission is incomplete.
November 19, 2024 at 1:14 AM
bad news bro, they're roasting you in party select. they're not even optimizing your equipment. you have 5 unspent skill points. you're not even wearing elemental resistant armor for this dungeon's theme. your loyalty mission is incomplete.
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You know what'd be super cool? If Bluesky could fill the void twitter left by working out a deal with the console platforms for easy sharing of clips and screenshots.
November 17, 2024 at 11:49 PM
You know what'd be super cool? If Bluesky could fill the void twitter left by working out a deal with the console platforms for easy sharing of clips and screenshots.