Majda Gama
@majda.bsky.social
Debut poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” Wandering Aengus Book Award (April 2025). Two Sylvia’s chapbook prize winner for The Call of Paradise (‘23). Graybeal-Gowen prize. ‘24 Gregory Djanikian Scholar. https://www.majdagama.com
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Poets in the Conversation Room - Majda Gama and Zeina Azzam
events.sjc.edu
Free in #Annapolis on 12/6/25! I join poet Zeina Azzam in the St John's College conversation room. The audience will choose a poem from each of us to interact with after a short reading. Such a unique opportunity for us, to have this collaborative experience. events.sjc.edu/event/poets-...
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because the US hasn't done enough to collectively punish people from afghanistan
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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For context, outdoor equipment, especially 2-cycle engines that use a mixture of oil and gas, are horrific for air pollution and carbon emissions. #ElectrifyEverything
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
For context, outdoor equipment, especially 2-cycle engines that use a mixture of oil and gas, are horrific for air pollution and carbon emissions. #ElectrifyEverything
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but what about the bamboo
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
but what about the bamboo
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how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
how it started vs how its going! 3 years ago today, fish dad and i got the best black friday deal of all
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How a lot of educators sound when talking about AI
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UARrFv/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UARrFv/
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
How a lot of educators sound when talking about AI
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UARrFv/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UARrFv/
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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I don’t know who needs to read this but the Farragut Metro station is not the White House.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I don’t know who needs to read this but the Farragut Metro station is not the White House.
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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Hilarious thread of throwback clips of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade:
I’m convinced that the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a large-scale psychological experiment to determine just how much disparate nonsense the human brain can process without shutting down. I dare you to to make sense of everything you see presented in this clip…
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Hilarious thread of throwback clips of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade:
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Not kidding about pies, btw.
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Not kidding about pies, btw.
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Imagine if everyone went to the hometown BOOKSTORE before going out, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Why not Bookstore & Blackout Wednesday? We can make that a thing.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Imagine if everyone went to the hometown BOOKSTORE before going out, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Why not Bookstore & Blackout Wednesday? We can make that a thing.
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Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
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If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” from @wapress.bsky.social was released in April!
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My poetry book “In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls” from @wapress.bsky.social was released in April!
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Smithsonian Folklife just released an oral history interviewing guide for people who want to interview family members, neighbours, and friends about the history, culture, and tradition they bear. Here's hoping this sort of conversation finds its way around your Thanksgiving table. #folklore
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
Here are some guidelines Smithsonian folklorists have developed over the years for collecting oral histories from family and community members.
folklife.si.edu
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Smithsonian Folklife just released an oral history interviewing guide for people who want to interview family members, neighbours, and friends about the history, culture, and tradition they bear. Here's hoping this sort of conversation finds its way around your Thanksgiving table. #folklore
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"Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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DC TONIGHT: Wednesd4y’s Party PIE RAFFLE!
Each alcoholic drink you purchase gets a raffle ticket for a fresh baked pie, to take home for your Thanksgiving table.*
DJ's DEVOLUTIONARY & RED LEADER spinning 4+ decades of dark/alternative music every 4th Wednesday of the month.
#MusicSky #PieSky
Each alcoholic drink you purchase gets a raffle ticket for a fresh baked pie, to take home for your Thanksgiving table.*
DJ's DEVOLUTIONARY & RED LEADER spinning 4+ decades of dark/alternative music every 4th Wednesday of the month.
#MusicSky #PieSky
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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didn’t know you could walk back death
CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
didn’t know you could walk back death
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
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Always cool, always lovely and had time for everyone. Not forgetting the most amazing bone structure! London has lost a sparkling flash of colour and a proper legend
RIP Pam Hogg
Pic: @kiprice.bsky.social
RIP Pam Hogg
Pic: @kiprice.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Always cool, always lovely and had time for everyone. Not forgetting the most amazing bone structure! London has lost a sparkling flash of colour and a proper legend
RIP Pam Hogg
Pic: @kiprice.bsky.social
RIP Pam Hogg
Pic: @kiprice.bsky.social
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The amount of Americans each year that ask me if we celebrate Thanksgiving in Ireland.
a man wearing a plaid shirt is smiling and looking at the camera
ALT: a man wearing a plaid shirt is smiling and looking at the camera
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The amount of Americans each year that ask me if we celebrate Thanksgiving in Ireland.
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the Pope from the top rope
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the Pope from the top rope
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
(the secular way of putting this, for those so inclined, is that AI cannot experience the sublime and thus can't be said to be "creating" anything)
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"they never taught in history class
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
poem on unceded land
here is the block quilt patternwhere the river stitches New Hampshire to Vermont: and they call me sweetie where I go for coffeeat the combination arts collective / caféand there’s live bait in the…
www.whaleroadreview.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"they never taught in history class
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/