@raniasaid.bsky.social
Boston-based professor. Arabic literature. Comparative literature.
Tunisian.
Tunisian.
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Meta deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots’ sloppy imagery and tendency to lie in chats with humans.
Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies | CNN Business
Meta deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots’ sloppy imagery and tendency to lie in chats with humans.
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January 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Meta deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots’ sloppy imagery and tendency to lie in chats with humans.
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We have added several more notable titles to our FORTHCOMING IN 2025 list. In particular don't miss:
*Batool Abu Akleen's debut collection of poetry
*Several new short-story collections from @commapress.bsky.social
Basically get everything in the below image.
Full list arablit.org/2025/01/01/a...
*Batool Abu Akleen's debut collection of poetry
*Several new short-story collections from @commapress.bsky.social
Basically get everything in the below image.
Full list arablit.org/2025/01/01/a...
January 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We have added several more notable titles to our FORTHCOMING IN 2025 list. In particular don't miss:
*Batool Abu Akleen's debut collection of poetry
*Several new short-story collections from @commapress.bsky.social
Basically get everything in the below image.
Full list arablit.org/2025/01/01/a...
*Batool Abu Akleen's debut collection of poetry
*Several new short-story collections from @commapress.bsky.social
Basically get everything in the below image.
Full list arablit.org/2025/01/01/a...
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I ranked the best Arabic albums of 2024 www.milleworld.com/the-years-be...
The Year’s Best Albums, Handpicked by Danny Hajjar
Sonically speaking, this year was special. Listeners from all over the music spectrum were treated to a wave of fresh projects, many of which will be
www.milleworld.com
January 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I ranked the best Arabic albums of 2024 www.milleworld.com/the-years-be...
Currently reading: Elsa #Schiaparelli: a Biography by Meryle Secrest. Tout y est: fashion, surrealism, luxury, 1930’s influencers, Bolshevism in Boston, oil rush in Mexico, Tunisia, Paris, Rome, Moscow. I am mesmerised
January 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Currently reading: Elsa #Schiaparelli: a Biography by Meryle Secrest. Tout y est: fashion, surrealism, luxury, 1930’s influencers, Bolshevism in Boston, oil rush in Mexico, Tunisia, Paris, Rome, Moscow. I am mesmerised
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January 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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We ask that you:
📸 Attend at least 3 events a year
📸 Create social media content monthly relating to the Associates
Apply by Jan 10, 2025. forms.gle/a32ZAgNGEkYV...
📸 Attend at least 3 events a year
📸 Create social media content monthly relating to the Associates
Apply by Jan 10, 2025. forms.gle/a32ZAgNGEkYV...
Literary Influencer Application - Associates of the Boston Public Library
Apply to the Associates of the Boston Public Library’s 2025 Literary Influencer Program
Are you passionate about books, libraries, and preservation? Apply to support our mission to preserve and promo...
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December 9, 2024 at 3:12 PM
We ask that you:
📸 Attend at least 3 events a year
📸 Create social media content monthly relating to the Associates
Apply by Jan 10, 2025. forms.gle/a32ZAgNGEkYV...
📸 Attend at least 3 events a year
📸 Create social media content monthly relating to the Associates
Apply by Jan 10, 2025. forms.gle/a32ZAgNGEkYV...
So excited about many of these!!
Arabic literature forthcoming in English translation 2025.
Includes the first works in English by the fantastic Gaza-based poet Nasser Rabah, Egyptian novelist Shady Lewis, Omani poet-novelist Zahran Alqasmi, Syrian-Kurdish writer Jan Dost, +++
arablit.org/2025/01/01/a...
Includes the first works in English by the fantastic Gaza-based poet Nasser Rabah, Egyptian novelist Shady Lewis, Omani poet-novelist Zahran Alqasmi, Syrian-Kurdish writer Jan Dost, +++
arablit.org/2025/01/01/a...
Arabic Lit in Translation: Forthcoming in 2025
The list of Arabic works forthcoming in English translation often shifts through the year; this is why we also have lists at start of each month. This list — of more than 30 titles — re…
arablit.org
January 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So excited about many of these!!
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Does BlueSky know about our Annual New Year's Day Sale? Damn everything in the store will be 20% off from 1-5PM on New Year's Day! www.portersquarebooks.com/event/new-ye...
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December 30, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Does BlueSky know about our Annual New Year's Day Sale? Damn everything in the store will be 20% off from 1-5PM on New Year's Day! www.portersquarebooks.com/event/new-ye...
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You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.
December 31, 2024 at 4:54 AM
You know why I love reading? These days it’s one of the few respites from being constantly advertised to.
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No one asked for this but I’m sharing anyway: I ❤️ Wisdom Kaye. Mans is one of my top favorites. I hope he continues to go far because he’s talented!
I enjoy the way his comment section trolls him for a bait reaction/post and he takes it and makes amazing content from it. And the vid edits 🔥🔥🔥
I enjoy the way his comment section trolls him for a bait reaction/post and he takes it and makes amazing content from it. And the vid edits 🔥🔥🔥
December 3, 2024 at 4:12 AM
No one asked for this but I’m sharing anyway: I ❤️ Wisdom Kaye. Mans is one of my top favorites. I hope he continues to go far because he’s talented!
I enjoy the way his comment section trolls him for a bait reaction/post and he takes it and makes amazing content from it. And the vid edits 🔥🔥🔥
I enjoy the way his comment section trolls him for a bait reaction/post and he takes it and makes amazing content from it. And the vid edits 🔥🔥🔥
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After the documentary “Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse” premiered, Spiegelman told the audience that his next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco.
Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy
The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.
hyperallergic.com
December 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
After the documentary “Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse” premiered, Spiegelman told the audience that his next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco.