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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 42m

also! ! !!!!!!!

@palfest.bsky.social has a new podcast where each episode will pair two writers for a free-flowing conversation.

First up: Batool Abu Akleen, a brilliant young poet in Gaza and Wiam-Al-Tamimi, one of the translators of her first collection, 48kg

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Wiam El-Tamami talks to Batool Abu Akleen about

Podcast Episode · The PalFest Podcast · 08/10/2025 · 1h 2m

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 1h

🚨1/ Has your church been targeted by millions of dollars of propaganda paid for by the Israeli government?

Use this tool to find out!

I have created a dashboard with a map of all churches that are potential targets of this campaign.

public.tableau.com/views/Toolto... #gazagenocide

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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 1d

ok no more posting until i have a draft of a book on my desk. BYEEEEEE!

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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 1d

see also: also amusing to realize that their descriptions of the average american - a kind of person they don't know - is just their lofty idea of themselves

Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 1d

anytime the FrEE SpEEcH crew starts describing the need for an appeal to ~ average americans ~ you can tell that they have, most certainly, never spent time in REAL AMERICA (TM)

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