Yasaa Moin
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Yasaa Moin
@yasaamoin.bsky.social
Writer. Artist. Just your regular bloke.
In the "finding new hobbies, rediscovering old ones" era.

Love having long convos with a passion.
(Banner Quote source: Headspace)
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Just some brownie-cake thing I made once a long time ago...

Didn't turn out the best but it was surprisingly good.
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Like the idea of starting the new year by reading sci-fi alternate history with friends? I invite you to join the Lady Astronaut Book Club. We're spending Jan-Feb reading The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky with discussion questions and Zoom parties. Join free: maryrobinettekowal.com/book-club
January 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's that time of the year. 🤩🤩
@rustage.bsky.social thank you for all the awesome songs this year and for my old favourites of yours.
#spotifywrapped
December 13, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Since there's no save or bookmarking option yet, gotta quote-post so I remember to check it out.
Reading for the Hugo and Nebula Awards? Try the short story "Marginalia" by Mary Robinette Kowal! You can read it here!
@maryrobinette.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/marg...
December 7, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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Let's talk about peeing in space.

Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.

www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/s...
To Make It to the Moon, Women Have to Escape Earth’s Gender Bias (Published 2019)
The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. But NASA can learn from its failures as it aims to send women to the moon and beyond.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Just some brownie-cake thing I made once a long time ago...

Didn't turn out the best but it was surprisingly good.
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I don't see a bookmark feature on this app, so I guess this shall be my first quote re-post.

A list of bookish accounts to follow.
Lots of people still pouring in it seems - yaaay and welcome 👋

If books are your thing, then you might find my bookish starter pack of use

go.bsky.app/518dS5X
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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What short story will I discuss with @NYerFiction Editor Deborah Treisman for the @NewYorker Fiction Podcast’s first ever live episode? Join us at @HotDocsCinema on Saturday, October 21 to find out. Tickets: hotdocs.ca/fiction (& will my creaky old voice make it thru the story? Let's find out!)
Podcast Festival: The New Yorker Fiction Podcast featuring Margaret Atwood | Hot Docs
For its first-ever live episode, host Deborah Treisman welcomes literary legend Margaret Atwood for a reading and discussion of a short story from the magazine’s archives.
hotdocs.ca
October 8, 2023 at 9:44 PM