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@sittingsoweird.bsky.social

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I read books, watch dramas, and love people.

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · Jan 6

I’m trying to sell some of my used books if anyone is interested. #booksky pangobooks.com/bookstore/sa...

Browse books from samim93.

Samim’s shop on PangoBooks.

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 1d

Thor!!! I feel like I haven’t seen him forever!! #ThatSummerTheSeriesEp4

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 1d

I love Kay! I can’t wait to see him as a teacher. 🥰

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 1d

Thou shalt not shoot pastors in the head with smoke bombs. I shouldn’t have to say this.

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 3d

Poon is so handsome in this show. #TheDarkDiceEp5

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 4d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 4d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 5d

Nani is cracking me up 🤣 #muteluv

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 7d

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 6d

Greta Thunberg has been detained in an Israeli cell infested with bedbugs and supplied with insufficient food and water, according to activists:

“They dragged little Greta by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag.”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 7d

Absolutely heinous.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 9d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 9d

This phrase in books always confuses me 😭 “She looked up at him from under her lashes” how does that work???

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10d

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 10d

Got my covid vaccine 🎉

Sam making a kissy face and showing her shoulder with a small round bandage where she got her covid shot.

Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 10d

Yes! The show was based on the first two volumes I think. It’s so cute. 🥰

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Sam @sittingsoweird.bsky.social · 10d

September reading wrap up! #booksky

A collage of book covers on a blue background. It says September Reads in yellow font in the center-right of the picture. The books are: Babel by R. F. Kuang, I Hear the Sunspot limit 1 by Yuki Fumino, Leg by Greg Marshall, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert, and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez.

@samimarquis's
September 2025 Wrap-Up

BOOKS
7

PAGES
2,411

AV. RATING
4.04

Highest Rated Reads: Babel 4.5 stars, Black Sun 4.5 stars, I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 4 stars.

Average book length: 357 pages
Average time to finish: 13 days

fiction (86%)
nonfiction (14%)

audio (57%)
print (29%)
digital (14%)

Number of books in each genre:
3 LGBTQIA+
3 Fantasy
2 Contemporary
2 Romance
2 Historical

Calendar of the days I read in September. I read the most on September 15th, 376 pages.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 11d

Some true things (a non-exhaustive list):
--Kindness is never a mistake.
--Libraries are wonderful.
--You should drink more water than you are.
--If you're grouchy, eat something.
--No one is perfect. Pedestals are not safe for anyone.
--Love is the answer to a lot of questions.
--You are valuable.

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the haver of it🔞 @taylortitmouse.bsky.social · 12d

if you have democrat rep/senators i recommend calling and reminding them you will never vote for them again if they bend the knee on this. shutting down the government is the correct choice. that is the exact phrasing in my 3 calls and it took 5 min total

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