Sandjar
@sandjar.bsky.social
Scholar, designer, researcher, writer. #scifi #futures #writing #hci #uxdesign #booksky
PhD in Digital Media & Design.
www.sandjar.me
PhD in Digital Media & Design.
www.sandjar.me
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In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, and through the end of May, Fresh Pulp Press has discounted the price of Revenge In Three (featuring novellas by myself, @laurylsilvers.bsky.social and
@austinyoshino.bsky.social) when ordered through any independent bookstore.
@austinyoshino.bsky.social) when ordered through any independent bookstore.
April 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, and through the end of May, Fresh Pulp Press has discounted the price of Revenge In Three (featuring novellas by myself, @laurylsilvers.bsky.social and
@austinyoshino.bsky.social) when ordered through any independent bookstore.
@austinyoshino.bsky.social) when ordered through any independent bookstore.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Predator Badlands was so much fun. I think it's proof that even in the soul-sucking business of producing for franchises, taking risks (however small)and venturing into unfamiliar territory can be a rewarding experience. You don't have to rehash the same old story. #scifi #movies #writing
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Mamdani giving a shout out to the Uzbek community was not on my bingo card. Katta raxmat #democracy
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Mamdani giving a shout out to the Uzbek community was not on my bingo card. Katta raxmat #democracy
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Today, I figured out how to assign a dedicated IP address to a device through my advanced router settings. Simple, but I feel kind of bada$$.
October 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Today, I figured out how to assign a dedicated IP address to a device through my advanced router settings. Simple, but I feel kind of bada$$.
I've been using the Affinity suite of designer software for about five years now. It is an amazing piece of software and I recommended it to all my designer friends. It was an amazing value and incredible quality piece of software. Most importantly very fairly priced. One time fee!
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I've been using the Affinity suite of designer software for about five years now. It is an amazing piece of software and I recommended it to all my designer friends. It was an amazing value and incredible quality piece of software. Most importantly very fairly priced. One time fee!
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Ursula K. Le Guin, the inimitable author of SFF classics, a poet who won the admiration of Harold Bloom, and companion throughout her life to nearly two dozen cats, would have turned 96 years old today. Uncover her astonishing legacy, from the peaceful planet Haim to the wild shores of Klatsand.
Ursula K. Le Guin - Library of America
www.loa.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ursula K. Le Guin, the inimitable author of SFF classics, a poet who won the admiration of Harold Bloom, and companion throughout her life to nearly two dozen cats, would have turned 96 years old today. Uncover her astonishing legacy, from the peaceful planet Haim to the wild shores of Klatsand.
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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“i have friends everywhere” was EVERYWHERE
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“i have friends everywhere” was EVERYWHERE
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Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
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This really is a GREAT sign!
October 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This really is a GREAT sign!
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good work, good trouble today. | We Owe Allegiance to No Crown, by Philadelphian artist John Archibald Woodside. c. 1814 | courtesy, National Portrait Gallery #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
good work, good trouble today. | We Owe Allegiance to No Crown, by Philadelphian artist John Archibald Woodside. c. 1814 | courtesy, National Portrait Gallery #nokings
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume supply chain crisis. Thanks, Trump.
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume supply chain crisis. Thanks, Trump.
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Guy passing out constitutions who didn’t want me to show his face is where we are as a nation
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Guy passing out constitutions who didn’t want me to show his face is where we are as a nation
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People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
Photos: Scenes from the No Kings Protests
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
n.pr
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"I can see it all" and "Fate of Ophelio" is such a great rhyme. She really is a lyrical genius.
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"I can see it all" and "Fate of Ophelio" is such a great rhyme. She really is a lyrical genius.
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New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
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Before her death, Jane Goodall left us all with a compelling message from her last interviews: While we’re the most 'intellectual animals' to ever walk the planet, "we’re not intelligent."
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message
"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
www.motherjones.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Before her death, Jane Goodall left us all with a compelling message from her last interviews: While we’re the most 'intellectual animals' to ever walk the planet, "we’re not intelligent."
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.