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Rectangular wooden box urn for Ash. A small plaque reads: Ash 11/15/2013 - 1/13/2026 Go catch those Frisbees
January 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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A small bouquet of flowered in a clear mason jar-type vase sitting in a wooden table with clutter in the background. The bouquet includes a red-pink rose, red and white carnations, greenery, and maroon flowers I can’t identify. A close-up of the card in the bouquet with one red and white carnation, greenery, and the maroon flowers in the foreground. The printed card reads: We’re So Sorry To Hear Of Your Loss. We Know This Time Is Tough. All Of Us Here At Chewy Are Always Here For You. Warmly, Your Chewy Family.
January 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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From my friend Iyad, a released prisoner and a father of five:
We’re living in very difficult circumstances. I hope you can help me; I also need cosmetic surgery.

Update: My friend Iyad said his accounts have been disabled many times; he needs your help now.

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January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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It wore him out.
Ash, a medium-sized blue-gray dog (blue heeler), laying on a scratched up brown leather couch in a sun spot with his eyes closed and ears standing up.
January 7, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Ash came over for a quick massage.

#BlueHeeler #BlueHeelerSky #AustralianStumpyTailCattleDog #DogSky
January 7, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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#CurrentlyReading #PerfectVictims by #MohammedElKurd.
#books #reading #BookSky
Black text on white background. Transcribed text: I did not “announce” that Shireen was a citizen of the United States. And when I wrote about her murder, I insisted to my editors that, if I must mention this fact, I would refer to her as a carrier of a US passport, not as an American citizen. Why contribute—even if only with a simple phrase—to a hierarchy of lives where citizenry, like race, class, gender, “civility,” plays a role in determining whether someone deserves compassion or due diligence? I wanted the world to stand still over the death of a Palestinian, regardless of qualifiers. But that didn’t matter: within hours, the news spread like wildfire. Her passport was the talking point. Shireen was an American and her alleged Americanness swiftly made her human. — Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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#CurrentlyReading #PerfectVictims by #MohammedElKurd.
#books #reading #BookSky
Black text on white background. Transcribed text: “You discredit the messenger as a way of discrediting the message” has long been an Israeli mantra. 14 For our plight cannot be “discredited,” but our characters can be. They turn us into criminals of thought, guilty of our rage and grudges, of our natural responses to brutalization. They test our answers against the viewer’s inherent bias. The bombs raining down on the besieged Gaza Strip become secondary, if not entirely irrelevant, to our televised trials. We die a lot as defendants. — Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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How was your #reading for 2025? Hint: as long as you read, you won! Here’s my 2025 #wrapup. Make sure to use #AltText if you’re posting images. #TheStoryGraph #BookSky #books
The image is a summary of reading activities from 2025 from The StoryGraph account @piecesofamber. It highlights key metrics such as the first, last, longest, and shortest books (When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar, Every Sound is Not a Wolf by Alberto Ríos, Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell, and And Still We Write respectively), number of books (226), pages (43,129), and hours (474.05). Below these metrics are the top genres (Contemporary at 54, Literary at 40, LGBTQIA+ at 37, Young Adult at 27, and Memoir at 27) and top authors which means most read (Jessie Sima, Juno Dawson, and Jude Devereaux). Below this is a randomized selection of 5 star reads from left to right: Brooms by Jasmine Walls, The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. The bottom right features The StoryGraph logo and reads “The StoryGraph Wrap-Up 2025 @piecesofamber”. The bottom right has a yellow box with “Avg. Rating 3.75★” inside.
January 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Here’s my December Wrap-Up from @thestorygraph.com. I started my first January book a few hours ago, a cozy queer romance. Check my bio for #CurrentReads. How was your December #reading? Make sure to use #AltText if you’re posting images. #TheStoryGraph #BookSky #books
The image is a summary of reading activities from December 2025 from The StoryGraph account @piecesofamber. It highlights key metrics such as the number of books (28), pages (4,301), hours (41.87), and average rating (3.68). Below these metrics are the highest-rated reads, featuring three individual book covers: "On the Pleasures of Living in Gaza by Mohammed Omer Almoghayer," "My Brother, My Land by Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha," and “Manboobs by Komail Aijazuddin," rated 5.0, 4.5, and 4.5 stars respectively. A section indicating that the average book length is 208 pages and the average time to finish is 3 days is followed by a breakdown of genres with bar graphs showing the number of books in each category (Poetry at 9, Contemporary at 5, Childrens at 4, Nature at 3, and Literary at 3). A pie chart on the left shows 56% of the books are fiction and 44% are nonfiction. Below it, a line graph details daily pages read and minutes listened throughout the month. Another pie chart indicates 82% of the books read were digital and 18% were audio. The bottom right features The Storygraph logo. The image shows a December 2025 reading calendar, featuring book cover art, a daily schedule, and statistics for reading progress. The calendar layout includes days starting from December 1, 2025, to January 4, 2026. Each day has spaces for entries of pages read and minutes listened. Book cover images are scattered across the calendar on specific days, indicating books read or listened to during those dates. Color-coded bars extend horizontally across several days, representing the duration spent on each book. Several icons depict pages read, minutes listened, and achievements in reading. Below the calendar days, cover art for twenty-two books is lined up with star ratings underneath each. @piecesofamber's December 2025 Reading Calendar Why So Few Women on the Street at Night 3.0★ My Voice Cannot Be Bombed 4.0★ Palestine Wail 4.25★ And Still We Write 4.0★ On the Pleasures of Living in Gaza 5.0★ Murder and Mamon 3.25★ Book Uncle and Me 3.0★ Birds on the Brain 3.5★ Inara 4.0★ Auma’s Long Run 4.0★ The Dinner 2.5★ An Ordinary Tale About Women 3.25★ The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop 3.25★ World of Wonders 3.75★ Weather Together 3.5★ Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) 4.0★ Manboobs 4.5★ Two Can Play 3.0★ How to Cure a Ghost 3.75★ Oceanic 3.5★ What an Owl Knows 3.0★ My Brother, My Land 4.5★ Blood Orange 4.0★ Parable of the Sower 4.25★ The Singular Life of Aria Patel 3.0★ Hope Ablaze 4.0★ Every Sound is Not a Wolf 3.0★ Parable of the Talents 4.25★ Pages Read Minutes Listened Most Pages Read/Minutes Listened THE STORYGRAPH.
January 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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From the book discussion w/ #OctaviaEButler at the end of #ParableOfTheTalents:
The problem, of course, with throwing people away is that they don't go away. They stay in the society that turned its back on them. And whether that society likes it or not, they find all sorts of things to do.
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Photo of my kindle paperwhite with the quote from the above post highlighted. The entire text on the page reads: even less well-funded public schools..? Well, tough! The problem, of course, with throwing people away is that they don't go away. They stay in the society that turned its back on them. And whether that society likes it or not, they find all sorts of things to do. Here in California, a few years ago voters passed an initiative intended to prevent illegal aliens from using our schools and hospitals. The courts have so far prevented this fantastically stupid law from being enforced, but what bothers me is, a majority of voting Californians thought it would be a really good idea to share our state with large numbers of sick, uneducated people. Of course, the true goal was to force the illegals out, but as long as there are jobs here even dirty, ill-paid, dangerous jobs—needy people from other con-tries will come here. Best they maintain their health, and in doing so, maintain the public health. And best their children go to school and become the educated Americans that the country will need for a positive future. Parable of the Talents and Parable of the Sower, after all, are about the kind of society we might wind up with otherwise. Book complete 99%
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Iyad let me know he and his family were flooded today from a very, very strong winter storm. He said water was pouring into the tents. It’s so important to stay dry. Please help Iyad and his family. Donate if you can, and share widely.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Iyad’s ig account has been deleted again. The account deletions are relentless. Please donate if you can, and share widely.

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Iyad wearing a long-sleeved dark blue shirt, black pants, and sandals, crouching over the rubble.
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Iyad has a new ig account, jihadqasim1421. His accounts have been taken down over and over; hopefully this one stays. Please follow him and donate if you can, and share widely.
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A photo of Iyad standing in front of rubble wearing a long-sleeved gray EA shirt and making a peace sign.
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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My friend Iyad Bajaj has had his account on instagram disabled more than five times. All social media except UpScrolled is hostile to Palestinians. Iyad and his family need warm clothes and blankets to get through the winter. Please donate if you can, and share widely.

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Iyad and his five children.
December 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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BlueSky keeps deleting Sama’a. Watch her video and listen to her message. Please donate to her if you can, and share widely.

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December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The perfect victims, you say?
#CurrentlyReading #PalestinianWail #YahiaLababidi #books #reading #BookSky #ReadPalestine Week
Black text on white background. Poem shown on iPad screen. Text: PALESTINE WAIL Double Bind To secure the world's sympathy Palestinians must be saintly - yet, Israel has universal trust despite continuing to act monstrously. Now, tell us the difference between Palestinians & Hamas? I sigh and say, again, Palestinians are an innocent people who want only to live in peace Caught between a rock, called Israel, and a hard place that is Hamas.
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Here’s my November Wrap-Up from @thestorygraph.com. I’ve already started my December books. How was your November #reading? Make sure to use #AltText if you’re posting images. #TheStoryGraph #BookSky #books
The image is a summary of reading activities from November 2025 from The StoryGraph account @piecesofamber. It highlights key metrics such as the number of books (22), pages (4,784), hours (16.15), and average rating (3.74). Below these metrics are the highest-rated reads, featuring three individual book covers: "The Birding Dictionary by Rosemary Mosco," "Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki," and “Thief of Fate by Jude Devereaux and Tara Sheets," rated 5.0, 5.0, and 4.5 stars respectively. A section indicating that the average book length is 264 pages and the average time to finish is 6 days is followed by a breakdown of genres with bar graphs showing the number of books in each category (Childrens at 4, Short Stories at 3, Mystery at 3, Nature at 3, and Romance at 3). A pie chart on the left shows 77% of the books are fiction and 23% of nonfiction. Below it, a line graph details daily pages read and minutes listened throughout the month. Another pie chart indicates 82% of the books read were digital, 9% were audio, and 9% were print. The bottom right features The Storygraph logo. The image shows a November 2025 reading calendar, featuring book cover art, a daily schedule, and statistics for reading progress. The calendar layout includes days starting from October 27, 2025, to November 30, 2025. Each day has spaces for entries of pages read and minutes listened. Book cover images are scattered across the calendar on specific days, indicating books read or listened to during those dates. Color-coded bars extend horizontally across several days, representing the duration spent on each book. Several icons depict pages read, minutes listened, and achievements in reading. Below the calendar days, cover art for twenty-two books is lined up with star ratings underneath each. @piecesofamber's November 2025 Reading Calendar Group Living and Other Recipes 3.0★ Who Will Bury You 4.0★ An Impossible Promise 4.0★ The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye 4.0★ How to Kill Your Family 3.75★ Christmas and Other Horrors 3.0★ Hardly Haunted 3.0★ Jules vs the Ocean 3.0★ Snow Kid 3.0★ Cookie Time 3.0★ Sabrina & Corina 3.75★ The Scammer 4.0★ Halal If You Hear Me 4.0★ The Chow Maniac 4.25★ Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop 5.0★ Murder in an Italian Cafe 4.25★ You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World 4.0★ Thief of Fate 4.5★ Marriage & Masti 4.0★ The Birding Dictionary 5.0★ Malinalli 3.25★ The Social Lives of Birds 2.5★ Pages Read Minutes Listened Most Pages Read/Minutes Listened THE STORYGRAPH.
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Resonates.
#CurrentlyReading #BestWishesFromTheFullMoonCoffeeShop #MaiMochizuki #books #reading #BookSky
Black text on white background. Transcribed text: My father was overbearing and emotionally abusive, the sort of person you’d call a toxic parent nowadays. He was not someone I could forgive. Mai Mochizuki Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee Shop: A Novel
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Happy 12th birthday to Ash!
#AustralianStumpyTailCattleDog #BlueHeeler #BlueHeelerSky #HeelerSky #DogSky #dogs
A medium-sized bluish-gray Blue Heeler sitting on a brown leather couch and staring into the camera. He has a birthday cake hat on his his head that has colorful candles on top and reads “Happy Birthday”. He also has a barely visible birthday cake toy between his front legs. A medium-sized bluish-gray Blue Heeler laying on a gray carpet with his head turned toward the left. He has a birthday cake hat on his his head that has colorful candles on top and reads “Happy Birthday”. He also has a birthday cake toy with candles upside down on his front paws.
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Here’s my October Wrap-Up from @thestorygraph.com. I still have three books in progress, but that’s okay. How was your October #reading? Make sure to use #AltText if you’re posting images. #TheStoryGraph #BookSky #books
The image is a summary of reading activities from October 2025 from The StoryGraph account @piecesofamber. It highlights key metrics such as the number of books (10), pages (2,504), hours (33.33), and average rating (3.45). Below these metrics are the highest-rated reads, featuring three individual book covers: "The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi," "The Drone Eats with Me by Atef Abu Saif," and “Birding for a Better World by Molly Adams and Sydney Anderson," rated 4.25, 4.0, and 3.75 stars respectively. A section indicating that the average book length is 316 pages and the average time to finish is 5 days is followed by a breakdown of genres with bar graphs showing the number of books in each category (LGBTQIA+ at 2, Science at 2, Memoir at 2, Feminism at 2, and Young Adult at 1). A pie chart on the left shows 50% of the books are fiction and 50% of nonfiction. Below it, a line graph details daily pages read and minutes listened throughout the month. Another pie chart indicates 80% of the books read were digital and 20% were audio. The bottom right features The Storygraph logo. The image shows an October 2025 reading calendar, featuring book cover art, a daily schedule, and statistics for reading progress. The calendar layout includes days starting from September 29, 2025, to November 2, 2025. Each day has spaces for entries of pages read and minutes listened. Book cover images are scattered across the calendar on specific days, indicating books read or listened to during those dates. Color-coded bars extend horizontally across several days, representing the duration spent on each book. Several icons depict pages read, minutes listened, and achievements in reading. Below the calendar days, cover art for thirteen books is lined up with star ratings underneath each. @piecesofamber's October 2025 Reading Calendar Clam Down 3.0★ Unwell Women 3.5★ The Final Strife 4.25★ The Drone Eats with Me 4.0★ Birding for a Better World 3.75★ The Family Recipe 3.0★ Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things 3.0★ Crows: Genius Birds 3.25★ The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park 3.25★ The Dilemmas of Working Women 3.5★ Group Living and Other Recipes Reading The Birding Dictionary Reading The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye Reading Pages Read Minutes Listened Most Pages Read/Minutes Listened THE STORYGRAPH.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I felt the same way at the beginning of the ongoing covid pandemic. I felt fear and immense possibility. I really thought this was the catalyst for us all to have better lives.
#CurrentlyReading #GroupLivingAndOtherRecipes #LolaMilholland #books #reading #BookSky
Black text on white background. Transcribed text: Strangely, there was a palpable feeling throughout the city that this might be a window of opportunity to set new priorities, centering care instead of punishment. Lola Milholland Group Living and Other Recipes: A Memoir
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Why not celebrate them all? We really need to shift our priorities.

#CurrentlyReading #GroupLivingAndOtherRecipes #LolaMilholland #BookSky #books #reading
Black text on white background. Transcribed text: I didn’t want to marry. I’d fallen in love with Corey, but I didn’t know how I’d feel ten, twenty, thirty years in the future, and I didn’t believe in promises I couldn’t keep. I also knew I didn’t want to be defined by a single relationship in my life, as though it were the biggest accomplishment, the most deserving of a banquet. Lots of things deserve parties and banquets. Lots of relationships are sacred. Why not celebrate them all? Lola Milholland Group Living and Other Recipes: A Memoir
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Today is Lily’s birthday! With everything going on with her, I’m so glad she made it and that she’s doing well lately. She is 12 years old. 🤗
#MiniaturePinscher #MinPinSky #DogSky #MinPin #dogs #DogBirthday #HappyBirthday
Lily, a small black and tan Miniature Pinscher, standing on a bed with a light green comforter and wearing a cake with candles hat that reads Happy Birthday (only the Happy is visible). Lily is facing the camera at a slight angle and standing up on all fours. She’s looking at three birthday cake toys. Two are a full birthday cake with colorful candles; one is mostly out of view. The third is a slice of cake with sprinkles and a blue candle on top.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Here’s my September Wrap-Up from @thestorygraph.com. I completely forgot to post it on October 1. I think it’s because of everything going on with Lily.
As always, make sure to use #AltText if you’re posting images. #TheStoryGraph #BookSky #books
The image is a summary of reading activities from September 2025 from The StoryGraph account @piecesofamber. It highlights key metrics such as the number of books (14), pages (2,838), hours (53.75), and average rating (3.89). Below these metrics are the highest-rated reads, featuring three individual book covers: "A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna," "Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado," and "Human Rites by Juno Dawson," rated 5.0, 4.75, and 4.5 stars respectively. A section indicating that the average book length is 314 pages and the average time to finish is 4 days is followed by a breakdown of genres with bar graphs showing the number of books in each category (Contemporary at 10, Literary at 4, Fantasy at 4, LGBTQIA+ at 3, and Young Adult at 2). A pie chart on the left shows 100% of the books are fiction. Below it, a line graph details daily pages read and minutes listened throughout the month. Another pie chart indicates 64% of the books read were digital and 36% were audio. The bottom right features The Storygraph logo. The image shows a September 2025 reading calendar, featuring book cover art, a daily schedule, and statistics for reading progress. The calendar layout includes days starting from September 1, 2025, to October 5, 2025. Each day has spaces for entries of pages read and minutes listened. Book cover images are scattered across the calendar on specific days, indicating books read or listened to during those dates. Color-coded bars extend horizontally across several days, representing the duration spent on each book. Several icons depict pages read, minutes listened, and achievements in reading. Below the calendar days, cover art for sixteen books is lined up with star ratings underneath each. @piecesofamber's September 2025 Reading Calendar The Dallergut Dream Department Store 3.75★ Fauna 2.5★ Fat Chance, Charlie Vega 4.75★ The Convenience Store By the Sea 4.25★ Human Rites 4.5★ Things Left Unsaid 4.25★ Shut Up You’re Pretty 2.75★ Aarzu All Around 3.75★ What Lies Between Us 3.5★ Sunshine and Spice 3.5★ A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping 5.0★ On Black Sisters Street 4.0★ Forever Is Now 4.25★ Enter Ghost 3.75★ The Final Strife Reading Clam Down Reading Pages Read Minutes Listened Most Pages Read/Minutes Listened THE STORYGRAPH.
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Communal and community.

#CurrentlyReading #GroupLivingAndOtherRecipes #LolaMilholland #books #reading #BookSky
Black text on white background. Transcribed text: Most people in the world live in communal settings. To stigmatize group living is to dismiss the pressures of the housing crisis; the need to reimagine women’s unpaid domestic labor; the fact that loneliness and isolation menace all ages; and the racist, classist roots of the nuclear family and single-family home. Lola Milholland Group Living and Other Recipes: A Memoir
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM