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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 1d

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We’re still going!

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#ConnectingGaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

This was twenty-three months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 16,365 kids since.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 7

November 7, 2023 — Kids in Gaza host a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.

“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”

At the time, Israel forces had killed over 4,200 kids like these.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 14h

Discovery: publishing a book abt how abject societal neglect can persist in your life for yrs, bc ppl don’t take yr emergencies seriously, will not stop all access neglect.

Pre-booked assistance won’t show, ppl will still think ‘It’s not that bad.’

But nobody can take yr truth away from you. 🤍

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 21h

Will be here in video recording form. A genuinely marvellous anthology to be a part of. Ticket links:

In-person www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/glo...

Live-stream www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/glo...

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 6d

Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets (ed. @rachaelboast.bsky.social) is a @poetrydayuk.bsky.social Book Group recommendation for #NationalPoetryDay this year.
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This National Poetry Day panel shows the cover of Rachael Boast's anthology Versus Versus surrounded by a pink circle and set on a cream background.

The text reads 'Profoud, Urgent, and incredibly timely', and 'A celebration of diversity - from poetic forms to experiences'.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Sep 4

Greta Thunberg: global warming is a problem-

Media: YASSS

Thunberg: caused by capitalism and-

Media: BOOOOO

Thunberg: imperiali*drowned out by reporters making unusually loud moist mouth noises*

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely thrilled to be working with Louise again, tx Louise and Arvon. This class is a true joy to teach.

Writing the Body: Embodied Place Writing, 2026

#CripLit

Louise Kenward @louisekenward.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to be invited to run this course again with the wonderful @mailbykite.bsky.social for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social
Looking for support/time/space/encouragement/nurturing/nourishment for your writing? This might be the one for you.
#PlaceWriting #DisabilitySky
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

Online Writing Month (daytime): Writing the Body | Embodied Place Writing | Arvon

To be able to connect with place, it is not possible to ignore the body that carries you there, that arrives and that journeys through, however that might happen. It is impossible to ignore the human ...

www.arvon.org

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 1d

Getting a good access aide to work w, especially in difficult times, is an unbelievably wonderful thing for an artist.

I had a scary health wkend in Birmingham, preparing for a show,& am so grateful for an incredible access aide (if anyone ever needs a ref for that city, v happy to pass on details)

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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 9d

Slightly in love with my current #bookstack #booksky #autumnreads #kidlituk #ukkidlit

Speak Still
Wing Lam Tong

BFFS
Anahit Behrooz

POEMS FROM A WITCH'S POCKET Laura Theis

THE OTHERNAUTS CLARE POLLARD

ANNAH, INFINITE / KHAIRANI BAROKKA

Édouard Glissant Poetics of Relation

Writing the Magic: Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction
Ed.
Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst

THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON by Grace Lin

THE POISONED KING
KATHERINE RUNDELL

HENDRIX
THE MYTHMAKERS
THE REMARKABLE FELLOWSHIP OF C.S. LEWIS & J.R.R. TOLKIEN

MICHAEL ROSEN
ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Goldsmiths

SHATTERED LANDS
SAM DALRYMPLE

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a great point and idea.

Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · May 24

The best role for AI in alt text is as a series of prompts that can guide users through the alt text-writing process.

People don't have to be experts in the task.

Frankly outsourcing alt text to AI is fundamentally unfair to screenreader users. It says "you're not worth our time and effort".

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 7d

New development for nurse Hammam, he's been injured by a quadcopter. His family still doesn't have a home & needs food & he needs medicine if you can help!

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 7d

‘Winners will be chosen at random and contacted on October 6th.’

Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 7d

🌟 LIT GIVEAWAY ALERT

To celebrate ANNAH, INFINITE, we’re giving 5 free passes to TLC’s Conscious Writing Mth—w so much for writers, including my Masterclass on Writing w Grief.

To enter, share @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social post on IG, nominate in comments

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#BookSky

Against a green bg, a pic of a person in a dress on grass, looking up w a leaf to their eye, and white text saying ‘CONSCIOUS WRITING MONTH | An online series of workshops, readings, and talks for writers wanting to lead more conscious lives. Hosted by Being A Writer at The Literary Consultancy. Online, Oct 23rd-Nov 25th | Guest curated by Jade Cuttle | ALYCIA PIRMOHAMED • KHAIRANI BAROKKA • SALENA GODDEN • RISHI DASTIDAR • NATASHA CARTHEW • PENNY BATCHELOR • ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU • MAXINE MEI-FUNG CHUNG • ELISE VALMORBIDA • AKI SCHILZ • ELEANOR PENDER

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 7d

Terima kasih banyak!!! You made me google iktr like the elder I am.

Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 7d

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Pepe R @postcolsandwich.bsky.social · 7d

I’m a simple duck. I see a book critiquing Paul Gauguin & the (ab)use of Brown & Black womxn’s pain & corporeality in Western/colonial art “cannons,” I read it. @mailbykite.bsky.social
writes many things that make me feel okay to always mambuduik against this world.

Holding a book “Annah, Infinite” by Khairani Barokka (Tilted Axis Press 2025)

Description box for Paul Gauguin’s Tehamana Has Many Parents (1893). Chicago Art Institute

Paul Gauguin’s Tehamana Has Many Parents (1893). Chicago Art Institute

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone who has ever taught a university course involving gender/sexuality/race is familiar with these creeps. They take the course only to disrupt and harass. They should be removed from the class and campus.

The Gurgling Cod (he/him) @thegurglingcod.bsky.social · 9d

At Cornell University, an eminent prof, whose work I was reading in graduate school got suspended b/c an IDF veteran grad student enrolled in his class for the express purpose of disrupting it. We are all cooked.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Cornell Cut Classes by a Pro-Palestinian Professor After an Israeli Student’s Discrimination Complaint

Dr. Eric Cheyfitz, who has taught at Cornell for more than two decades, claims the university is attempting to silence him as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism.

www.thenation.com

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 7d

So many of these are all-time favs. Every year someone tells me ‘Okay, I finally read TENTACLE bc you never shut up abt it, and absolutely yes.’

Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · Oct 4

OKAY FOLKS FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKED FOR IT*
MY THREAD OF LATIN-AMERICAN HORROR IN TRANSLATION FOR THE PERFECT BOOK FOR THE OVERLAP OF HISPANIC HISTORY & SPOOKY MONTHS

*nobody asked but I KNOW WHAT YOU SECRETLY WANT 1/

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 7d

Have just heard they’re already sold out (!) but will continue to restock, and I remain so grateful for all Southeast Asian readers.

Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 9d

ANNAH, INFINITE has reached POST Santa, my neighborhood bookshop in JKT! 💜 They actually printed out colour postcards w one of my ANNAH artworks, and printed handwritten msgs I wrote for POST customers on the back… and made a stand w all my books.

Excuse me while I tear up. Aku cinta Jakarta.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 8d

On #ITD2025, remember that ALT-text is a form of translation that all sighted people can get into.

I remember when we in disability community socmed had to push and push for it to even exist on [other sites]. It’s always a win.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 8d

On #ITD2025, I’m completing a translation from Indonesian, and presenting in an all-day internal conference held by a European film archive, on archival materials from Indonesia.

And also? I’m reminding global majority translators: protect yr time, yr health, and yr energy as much as is possible.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t know if the right people will see this but I want to say thank you to the Palestinians who have entrusted me with publicizing their fundraisers

I am so sorry that I am not strong enough to get to everyone every time every day

But I will continue to do what mental & emotional health permits

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 9d

All five of Okka’s solo books, displayed on a bookshop table: INDIGENOUS SPECIES; ROPE; ULTIMATUM ORANGUTAN; amuk; ANNAH, INFINITE.

Two hands, one holding up ANNAH, INFINITE book, with handwritten message-side postcard inside it sticking out, and the artwork-side postcard in the other hand. The artwork is a greyscale abstraction of the painting, with a giant purple hand holding an eraser to it.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 9d

ANNAH, INFINITE has reached POST Santa, my neighborhood bookshop in JKT! 💜 They actually printed out colour postcards w one of my ANNAH artworks, and printed handwritten msgs I wrote for POST customers on the back… and made a stand w all my books.

Excuse me while I tear up. Aku cinta Jakarta.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 10d

In the mail: @travisclau.bsky.social’s debut collection, WHAT’S LEFT IS TENDER.

Tk you, Travis, for the kind inscription, for dedicating this to ‘the softest of us’, and for using one of my fav lines as an epigraph, Aracelis Girmay’s ‘& so to tenderness I add my action’.

So looking fwd to this ✨

A book on a wooden table. The front cover shows a watercolour illustration of a head with eyes shut, wavy hair, and facial hair, as well as a lotus flower and water above it. The title says ‘WHAT’S LEFT IS TENDER | TRAVIS CHI WING LAU’.

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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · 12d

‘Fossils held spiritual and economic value for local people, who were coerced into revealing fossil sites.’

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 12d

"The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities."

omg

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