Nicole Sune Sbitani
@nsune.bsky.social
Mostly microfiction, with little sprinkles of personality between. #amwriting #amreading Personal account, not representative of Department of State or USG.
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I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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A burst of color for your feed: flowers from yesterday's walk (thread): Calendula and water droplets #bloomscrolling
#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #macro #flowers
#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #macro #flowers
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A burst of color for your feed: flowers from yesterday's walk (thread): Calendula and water droplets #bloomscrolling
#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #macro #flowers
#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #macro #flowers
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*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
*playing guess who with werner herzog*
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
werner herzog: does your person have the demented soul of a trapped demon, held infinitely against his will in a universe with no time, his pointless despair flaying his mind into shards
me: yes
werner herzog: is it clive
To the media, she was another statistic, another young victim of a dangerous social media challenge to garnish their articles and boost their clicks. It's like they were abusing her memory all over again.
"But she was already #relevant," I whisper as I lay flowers on her grave.
#vss365
"But she was already #relevant," I whisper as I lay flowers on her grave.
#vss365
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"When I was young, my teachers told me anything I wanted would be #achievable given how bright I was."
"And was it?"
"Hell no! Turns out you need to work hard, too."
"And...?"
"And I wasn't much interested in that. Sometimes, I wish they'd never had such high hopes in the first place."
#vss365
"And was it?"
"Hell no! Turns out you need to work hard, too."
"And...?"
"And I wasn't much interested in that. Sometimes, I wish they'd never had such high hopes in the first place."
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"When I was young, my teachers told me anything I wanted would be #achievable given how bright I was."
"And was it?"
"Hell no! Turns out you need to work hard, too."
"And...?"
"And I wasn't much interested in that. Sometimes, I wish they'd never had such high hopes in the first place."
#vss365
"And was it?"
"Hell no! Turns out you need to work hard, too."
"And...?"
"And I wasn't much interested in that. Sometimes, I wish they'd never had such high hopes in the first place."
#vss365
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I’m having that thing where you log on to social and everyone is reacting to the new thing but the reactions are vague, aghast, angry enough that you’re struggling to figure out exactly what the new thing is. German must have a word for this.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m having that thing where you log on to social and everyone is reacting to the new thing but the reactions are vague, aghast, angry enough that you’re struggling to figure out exactly what the new thing is. German must have a word for this.
"We often rate our pain from 1 to 10. But the hurt I'm feeling now without a piece of my soul... It's not #measurable. I need to get it back."
"Is that possible?"
"Souls, like matter, cannot be created or destroyed. My piece is out there somewhere."
"I'll do whatever I can to help."
#vss365
"Is that possible?"
"Souls, like matter, cannot be created or destroyed. My piece is out there somewhere."
"I'll do whatever I can to help."
#vss365
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"We often rate our pain from 1 to 10. But the hurt I'm feeling now without a piece of my soul... It's not #measurable. I need to get it back."
"Is that possible?"
"Souls, like matter, cannot be created or destroyed. My piece is out there somewhere."
"I'll do whatever I can to help."
#vss365
"Is that possible?"
"Souls, like matter, cannot be created or destroyed. My piece is out there somewhere."
"I'll do whatever I can to help."
#vss365
"For a Brew to Unweave Time, you must add these ingredients to the cauldron. Quill ready?"
"Yes, Professor!"
"Quartz, mantis molt, eye of a lost fish, lavender sprigs, and a cup of tea, cold and forgotten. Not intentionally cold: it must have been forgotten."
"That's oddly #specific."
#vss365
"Yes, Professor!"
"Quartz, mantis molt, eye of a lost fish, lavender sprigs, and a cup of tea, cold and forgotten. Not intentionally cold: it must have been forgotten."
"That's oddly #specific."
#vss365
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
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What y'all need to understand is that "writing for the market" is flatly bonkers in traditional publishing, because "the market" when you start writing is not the same "market" that will be there when you finish the book, much less when they finally release it 2 years later.
Just write a good book.
Just write a good book.
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What y'all need to understand is that "writing for the market" is flatly bonkers in traditional publishing, because "the market" when you start writing is not the same "market" that will be there when you finish the book, much less when they finally release it 2 years later.
Just write a good book.
Just write a good book.
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repeat after me:
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
repeat after me:
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
the year is almost ending, but good things are still flowing my way. i've accomplished more than i often acknowledge. the work i've done on myself is visible in every corner of my life. i've grown, evolved & i am so proud of who i've become
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'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
What ‘Crip Time’ Means to Disabled People Like Me
Becoming a nonspeaking person changed my relationship with time and with other people.
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
'To crip something is to bend, compress, twist, subvert, and imbue disabled wisdom into systems, institutions, and cultures. As I’ve done before as a physically disabled person, I will now crip the world ... It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and physical labor to crip the world.'
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This feels like an ad written, directed *and* acted by people who have
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This feels like an ad written, directed *and* acted by people who have
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
1. Never played a game
2. Never watched anyone play a game
3. Never seen anyone interact with Alexa
4. Never seen anyone interact full stop
5. Never been alone in a room?
"Just #transport me."
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Just #transport me."
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
"Where to?"
"Anywhere but here."
"One delightful alternate realm, coming right up!"
#vss365
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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ahhhh my book is published today, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ahhhh my book is published today, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
They said no one would read it. She wrote anyway.
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
They said no one would read it. She wrote anyway.
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
They said it didn't hit market trends. She wrote anyway.
They said it was too ambitious for a new author. She wrote anyway.
They said it wouldn't be real #literature. She wrote anyway.
She wrote anyway.
She wrote.
Anyway...
#vss365
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It's always funny when young folks read or watch some unique, groundbreaking thing from 30-40 years ago and they're like "Yeah this is pretty cliched overdone stuff" 🫠
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's always funny when young folks read or watch some unique, groundbreaking thing from 30-40 years ago and they're like "Yeah this is pretty cliched overdone stuff" 🫠
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Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
"There are things in life you cannot #measure."
"You mean like love?"
"No, you fool. I love you exactly 87.3."
"That low?!"
"Well, you forgot to pick up the groceries. Normally you're in the 90s."
"Thanks..?"
"Anyway, there are things in life you cannot measure... Like stupidity."
"Come on!"
#vss365
"You mean like love?"
"No, you fool. I love you exactly 87.3."
"That low?!"
"Well, you forgot to pick up the groceries. Normally you're in the 90s."
"Thanks..?"
"Anyway, there are things in life you cannot measure... Like stupidity."
"Come on!"
#vss365
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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In this house we ask if someone's games are properly saved when we take turns on the Steam Deck or Switch 2 because we're a loving family who looks after each other's progress.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
In this house we ask if someone's games are properly saved when we take turns on the Steam Deck or Switch 2 because we're a loving family who looks after each other's progress.
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performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
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My mentions are full of people telling me not just about the books but about moments in their lives reading gave them, ppl who passed these titles along, the accidental match making of a book and reader in random shops and libraries, and of course, how words on a page made them into someone new 😭❤️
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My mentions are full of people telling me not just about the books but about moments in their lives reading gave them, ppl who passed these titles along, the accidental match making of a book and reader in random shops and libraries, and of course, how words on a page made them into someone new 😭❤️