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Karuna Riazi

@karunariazi.bsky.social

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Kidlit author. Blasian Muslim magical girl. Always dreaming. Latest: A BIT OF EARTH (Greenwillow 2023). Next: SABRENA SWEPT AWAY (Greenwillow 2025). Hamline MFAC July '21 | Rep: Thao Le No means to donate currently 💔

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 9h

AO3 is back! And now I vanish again ✌🏽

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 10h

I really need to follow this account more closely. I didn't download fics and was in the middle of reading one when the maintenance status came up 😭

AO3 Status @status.archiveofourown.org · 10h

[update] In Progress: Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 9h

I haven't done a #currentlyplaying look at the video games in the queue in a good while - so here's one!

🎮 Expedition 33
🎮 Kingdom Hearts (1)
🎮 Phoenix Wright Trilogy (replay)
🎮 Tiny Bookshop

(Also returning to Stardew, My Time at Sandrock & Fields of Mistria - 'tis the season for farming sims 🌻)

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy cover image

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 9h

LOLOLOLOL

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 9h

Smart!

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 10h

I really need to follow this account more closely. I didn't download fics and was in the middle of reading one when the maintenance status came up 😭

AO3 Status @status.archiveofourown.org · 10h

[update] In Progress: Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

AO3 Maintenance

Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.

stspg.io

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for so generously sharing a copy with me, friend!

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 3d

Boosting this - it's so good! Naseem rocks!

Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE OUT NOW! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 21d

DID YOU KNOW I WROTE A SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE AND WE ARE NOW IN SPOOKY SEASON

Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · Sep 10

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃
popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and...
#BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

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MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 18d

300k Black women got fired, Jimmy Kimmel was gon be OK. Give them their jobs back

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 22d

Ahhhhhh! Thank you to Anneliese!

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Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 26d

5th grader Anneliese rec'd GAUNTLET by @karunariazi.bsky.social ! #kidlit #5thgradebooks

"If you like books that have a little bit of mysterious and fantasy in them then you will love this book." 📚👍

www.thelogonauts.com/2025/09/blog...

The Gauntlet book reivew

A resource for diverse and global books for middle to upper elementary.

www.thelogonauts.com

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · Aug 30

you have three years to find a person who doesn't suck.

Get to it

@GBDinExile, but also spooky @gbdawkins.bsky.social · Aug 15

Prepare yourself for a Dem nominee (him or somebody else) with whom you don’t agree on everything (Gaza, trans issues, death penalty). You have three years to get the fuck over it because anyone the Dems offer up is better than this or something like this.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ok, you know why I don’t like Gavin Newsom? You know how in While You Were Sleeping, Peter Gallagher’s family all talks about how he rescued a nest of baby birds as a kid, and later he admits he knocked their nest out of the tree with a rock, then made sure everyone saw him rescue it?

That’s Gavin.

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you!!!

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks!

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · Aug 29

Could I start crying at everything happening. Sure. I used to.

But I gotta protect my neck. Especially because #yall continue to prove that yall aint doing shit about anything happening. So I gotta make sure me and mine cool.

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you <3

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you so, so much. I hope so too.

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Scissors @rningscissors.bsky.social · Aug 28

LOOOOOOOOK

LOOK AT THE EYE MOUNTAINS

Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

I know you do, my love. My world is so much better because I know you are out there in your luminous radiance.

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you so much <333333

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you, my dear Adib!

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you, my friend!

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you, dear one!

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you, dear one ❤️ I know you always do.

Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Happy birthday to me. I feel the least I can do with it is asking you - particularly non-Black PoC and white friends - to stand for something today. Give mutual aid. Speak out for what's right. Plant a seed of goodness even if you're worried it won't sprout. 🌻

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Aug 27

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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