Sonia Sulaiman
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
I write stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Ignyte and Ember Award winning, Pushcart, Palestine Book, & Lammy noms. BNW and Locus finalist. (she/her) Clarion West '25
https://www.soniasulaiman.com
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Sonia Sulaiman
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
· Dec 17
For the many new followers. Hi, I..
* write fantasy inspired by Palestinian folklore
*have been nominated for a few awards
* am spiritually fruity
* am aroace
* curate a reading list of Palestinian spec fic
soniasulaiman.com
* write fantasy inspired by Palestinian folklore
*have been nominated for a few awards
* am spiritually fruity
* am aroace
* curate a reading list of Palestinian spec fic
soniasulaiman.com
A splendid review of Palestine -1, am of speculative fiction at the Nakba: www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r...
Palestine -1 book review - The Skinny
In Comma Press's latest anthology, 12 writers imagine the year leading up to the Palestinian Nakba.
www.theskinny.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A splendid review of Palestine -1, am of speculative fiction at the Nakba: www.theskinny.co.uk/books/book-r...
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Well worth checking out, and also, there are a surprising amount of puzzle/thinky games are on the list, not only Blue Prince. There are also tabletop games!
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025. n.pr/3K8WaF5
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Well worth checking out, and also, there are a surprising amount of puzzle/thinky games are on the list, not only Blue Prince. There are also tabletop games!
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I opened a jewelry shop to spread my joy of shiny rocks and glass into the world:
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
Heart’s Blood II — Feral Rose Jewels
Another necklace of antique black seed beads, red white hearts, black mourning glass and a Colodente / Pigeon’s Egg glass focal.
www.feralrosejewels.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I opened a jewelry shop to spread my joy of shiny rocks and glass into the world:
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
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Wonderwench is one of my favorite people in the world and her jewelry is BEAUTIFUL go check it out!!
I opened a jewelry shop to spread my joy of shiny rocks and glass into the world:
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
www.feralrosejewels.com/shop/p/heart...
Heart’s Blood II — Feral Rose Jewels
Another necklace of antique black seed beads, red white hearts, black mourning glass and a Colodente / Pigeon’s Egg glass focal.
www.feralrosejewels.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wonderwench is one of my favorite people in the world and her jewelry is BEAUTIFUL go check it out!!
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Minnesota Native groups expand efforts to protect unhoused women.
Native Americans are 30 times more likely than white Minnesotans to experience homelessness. Native women also face disproportionately high risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking. sahanjournal.com/housing/home...
Native Americans are 30 times more likely than white Minnesotans to experience homelessness. Native women also face disproportionately high risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking. sahanjournal.com/housing/home...
Minnesota Native groups expand efforts to help unhoused women
The Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center is working to combat the disproportionate number of Native Americans who experience homelessness.
sahanjournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Minnesota Native groups expand efforts to protect unhoused women.
Native Americans are 30 times more likely than white Minnesotans to experience homelessness. Native women also face disproportionately high risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking. sahanjournal.com/housing/home...
Native Americans are 30 times more likely than white Minnesotans to experience homelessness. Native women also face disproportionately high risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking. sahanjournal.com/housing/home...
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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
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Same, and I will continue do so thanks to the encouragement, kindness, and authentic visibility of people like you. Thank you, Matt. 🩶
Asexual rep. I want to write stuff where asexual people are just there, existing, living normal lives like anyone else.
What’s something you try to include in everything you write? #WritingPrompt
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Same, and I will continue do so thanks to the encouragement, kindness, and authentic visibility of people like you. Thank you, Matt. 🩶
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Uh, this is called murder, and what was done is called murder, and Greg Gutfeld is a piece of shit.
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Uh, this is called murder, and what was done is called murder, and Greg Gutfeld is a piece of shit.
And I have chickpeas soaking for tomorrow’s recipe. I’m hoping to make up some falafel batter that I can freeze (plus cook up a few to munch on of course).
The muhammara was very satisfying and it made enough for a couple meals so I have that in the fridge.
The muhammara was very satisfying and it made enough for a couple meals so I have that in the fridge.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
And I have chickpeas soaking for tomorrow’s recipe. I’m hoping to make up some falafel batter that I can freeze (plus cook up a few to munch on of course).
The muhammara was very satisfying and it made enough for a couple meals so I have that in the fridge.
The muhammara was very satisfying and it made enough for a couple meals so I have that in the fridge.
It is done. I was going to garnish it but I’d rather just eat it. Sorry, not sorry.
I didn’t follow the recipe in every detail but I adjusted it to my tastes. It leans more sweet and tangy than salty or spicy but it’s all in there.
Next time, I may roast the peppers and walnuts myself.
I didn’t follow the recipe in every detail but I adjusted it to my tastes. It leans more sweet and tangy than salty or spicy but it’s all in there.
Next time, I may roast the peppers and walnuts myself.
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It is done. I was going to garnish it but I’d rather just eat it. Sorry, not sorry.
I didn’t follow the recipe in every detail but I adjusted it to my tastes. It leans more sweet and tangy than salty or spicy but it’s all in there.
Next time, I may roast the peppers and walnuts myself.
I didn’t follow the recipe in every detail but I adjusted it to my tastes. It leans more sweet and tangy than salty or spicy but it’s all in there.
Next time, I may roast the peppers and walnuts myself.
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My name is Hamza from Gaza. Losing our home in the war broke more than walls—it broke the future I worked for. I’m caring for my elderly parents and trying to start over. Any little bit of help truly makes a difference for us. 🙏🥺
I’m Ha.mza. Despite everything I’ve lived through, I still hold on to hope. My dream is to study medicine and take care of my parents, who depend on me. Your support, even the smallest amount, brings us one step closer to safety and a calmer life. 🥺🙏
tinyurl.com/Hamzahelp
tinyurl.com/Hamzahelp
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My name is Hamza from Gaza. Losing our home in the war broke more than walls—it broke the future I worked for. I’m caring for my elderly parents and trying to start over. Any little bit of help truly makes a difference for us. 🙏🥺
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Sigh. Can we please stop equating people not having sex with asexuality and with being inherently asocial or aberrant? That would be great, thanks. Signed, an actual asexual person.
Sure, Galloway is better than Peterson
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But he still believes the natural order of things requires men to be supreme. Men must protect, provide and procreate. It's dressed in progressive language, but it's fundamentally a patriarchal box to trap men in
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sigh. Can we please stop equating people not having sex with asexuality and with being inherently asocial or aberrant? That would be great, thanks. Signed, an actual asexual person.
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I switched to this and @bookshop.org for every book, ebook, and audiobook purchase where they have what I want - which is 99% of them -- and the apps are great, and I get to support a local bookstore. It's all win here, folks.
If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I switched to this and @bookshop.org for every book, ebook, and audiobook purchase where they have what I want - which is 99% of them -- and the apps are great, and I get to support a local bookstore. It's all win here, folks.
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Just placed my hold for this! #ReadPalestine #BookSky
Not enough people are talking about INARA: Light of Utopia. I feel like I’ve not done my bit. It’s a recent anthology of utopian art, poetry, and fiction by Trans and Queer Palestinians. You should read it. It is #ReadPalestine week after all. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Inara: Light of Utopia
Inara: Light of Utopia is a groundbreaking anthology th…
www.goodreads.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just placed my hold for this! #ReadPalestine #BookSky
I looked over to see this.
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I looked over to see this.
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"83% of heavy AI users couldn’t recall key points from what they’d “written,” compared to only 10 percent of those who composed unaided." This is my argument to my students: my class will be excruciating if they don't write their own stories & critiques, bc in class they have to explain*why*.
An excellent and brutal article. I don't think the situation is quite as hopeless as some of this suggests, but the challenges are enormous. Our only chance, as ever, is to hold together: bring faculty, well-meaning administrators, and especially students together: human learning for human beings.
If ChatGPT can generate student essays, complete assignments, and even provide feedback, what remains of the educational transaction?
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"83% of heavy AI users couldn’t recall key points from what they’d “written,” compared to only 10 percent of those who composed unaided." This is my argument to my students: my class will be excruciating if they don't write their own stories & critiques, bc in class they have to explain*why*.
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If you see your favourite indies, especially those who are wide or avoid Amazon, raise their prices... We all just had two emails in less than 24h:
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you see your favourite indies, especially those who are wide or avoid Amazon, raise their prices... We all just had two emails in less than 24h:
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
- Smashwords is cutting down its royalty rates, especially at lower price points
- Ingramspark is raising most of its printing costs again
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Imagine you are going into labor and the one shot you have if having a caring professional there to catch your baby is taking the bus and is about 2 hours out.
Birth workers need to be quick and @authorwinifred.blacksky.app is the one you want to have a car at the bottom of her Batpole.
Birth workers need to be quick and @authorwinifred.blacksky.app is the one you want to have a car at the bottom of her Batpole.
Support Winifred Burton ❤️
Support "Magical Black Girls Burning Shit Down," buy a cup of tea (you know how she gets when she's had too much coffee) for Winifred Burton! Become a "Freddie" and get even better acquainted with the...
ko-fi.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Imagine you are going into labor and the one shot you have if having a caring professional there to catch your baby is taking the bus and is about 2 hours out.
Birth workers need to be quick and @authorwinifred.blacksky.app is the one you want to have a car at the bottom of her Batpole.
Birth workers need to be quick and @authorwinifred.blacksky.app is the one you want to have a car at the bottom of her Batpole.
Not enough people are talking about INARA: Light of Utopia. I feel like I’ve not done my bit. It’s a recent anthology of utopian art, poetry, and fiction by Trans and Queer Palestinians. You should read it. It is #ReadPalestine week after all. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Inara: Light of Utopia
Inara: Light of Utopia is a groundbreaking anthology th…
www.goodreads.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Not enough people are talking about INARA: Light of Utopia. I feel like I’ve not done my bit. It’s a recent anthology of utopian art, poetry, and fiction by Trans and Queer Palestinians. You should read it. It is #ReadPalestine week after all. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
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"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Okay, I’m wondering if I should make muhammara today. I have most of the things in my pantry… I might finally find a use for the Aleppo pepper in my spice cabinet.
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Okay, I’m wondering if I should make muhammara today. I have most of the things in my pantry… I might finally find a use for the Aleppo pepper in my spice cabinet.
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The book community is working together to fund an African small press to translate two novels. #BookSky
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The book community is working together to fund an African small press to translate two novels. #BookSky
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
We need to close this. Very grateful for your help.
Still needed: $250 (USD)
Last donation/purchase: 11:00a EST / 18:00 SAST ($5)
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
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Hey Bluesky, what's a good anti distraction app? Is Freedom still a good one or are there better apps on windows?
(I need to block specific internet websites and some apps)
(I need to block specific internet websites and some apps)
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hey Bluesky, what's a good anti distraction app? Is Freedom still a good one or are there better apps on windows?
(I need to block specific internet websites and some apps)
(I need to block specific internet websites and some apps)
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We're getting closer now. A big thank you to Jim Shaffer and Associates for the generous contribution!
Go Ferndale!
Now $265 to go! Come on #BookSky - let's do #Translation!
Go Ferndale!
Now $265 to go! Come on #BookSky - let's do #Translation!
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We're getting closer now. A big thank you to Jim Shaffer and Associates for the generous contribution!
Go Ferndale!
Now $265 to go! Come on #BookSky - let's do #Translation!
Go Ferndale!
Now $265 to go! Come on #BookSky - let's do #Translation!
The food processor is set up.
a cartoon of a llama standing on top of a rock with the words heck yesss on the bottom
ALT: a cartoon of a llama standing on top of a rock with the words heck yesss on the bottom
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December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The food processor is set up.