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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 3h

nah

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 4h

didn’t realize we’d already reached that stage of things

Screenshot of a notification that reads “Your package is arriving tomorrow.

From Al”

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 5h

really need future me to remember to update mx records the next time i switch registrars

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 8h

For anyone in NYC also seeking more H Abdurraqib opinions, might I recommend this bit of pogramming at BAM in November: www.bam.org/hanif

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wee boss @weeboss.bsky.social · 12h

this was AMAZING to behold; i told 16 all about it as it was happening+we still talk about it on the reg

it got us to watch trigun (HIGHLY rec)

i had already read the book but if you haven’t go to your nearest indie bookstore or bookshop.org + read This Is How You Lose the Time War *immediately*
🫶🏼

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 12h

It didn’t happen to me, but I got to watch The Last Good Thing to Happen on Twitter unfold for @amalelmohtar.com & @maxgladstone.bsky.social back in 2023
amalelmohtar.com/letter-of-ne...

The Twelve Days of Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood

Dear Friends, Previously, on Amal Content: A lot has happened since then. I truly struggle with how to talk about the past 12 days, during which a viral tweet from an anime fan account with an exce...

amalelmohtar.com

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 12h

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 9h

me playing divinity: original sin 2

Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 20h

Keanu Reeves gesturing no, text reads Save and exit game. Keanu gesturing acceptance, and text reads Save game, Save and exit game.

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 11h

yep. contemplating that or the mini stub

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 11h

the object of my current interest is indeed an esterbrook

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 12h

I was gonna go with pensive but that’s better

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 12h

10/10

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 12h

stressed about the state of the world so obviously now spending time thinking about how a new fountain pen would solve all my problems

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 13h

Tommy Orange won a MacArthur!!

www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Tommy Orange

Illuminating the richness and complexity of contemporary, urban Native Peoples’ lives.

www.macfound.org

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

sure, and that is not what i am talking about.

stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

criticism is not the same thing as "being mad at" for the love of all the things

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

'Like the others languishing in these camps, this was not a life Karmar chose. He was pushed into it, by soldiers who razed his village and beat his brother to death...

Life here has never been easy, he says. But since the aid cuts, it has become unbearable.'

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

'For some, the pain caused by the aid cuts has become so intense that death seems like the only escape...One day in June, as the family gathered for a meal, Eliyas began to cry.

The family did not realize he’d mixed poison into his rice.

He never said goodbye.'

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 23h

doomscroll break

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

intellectually, i appreciate everyone sharing what books they're buying right now

emotionally, my to-be-read-pile guilt is at critical levels

financially, this is ruinous

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▶️ spookily playing @vintage.dubstep.lol · 2d

#caribbeansky

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 2d

Applications for JamCoders, a 1 month free algorithms & programming camp for Jamaican high schoolers, are now open.

Head over to jamcoders.org.jm#apply. No programming experience required for students.

We're looking for students & teaching assistants.

Deadline January 31.

JamCoders

jamcoders.org.jm

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Guan Yang @guan.dk · 1d

“I’m just tired of talking to New Yorkers,” Schiffman said. “It’s just such a ordeal, I just don’t want to do it.”

The guy behind those ‘Friend’ ads in the subways is tired of talking to New Yorkers

New Yorkers are taking note and even scribbling their own graffiti on the ads. Avi Schiffman, 22, says that's the point — but doesn't feel like talking to them.

gothamist.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

all true things and i say this as someone who’s very proficient in all these things: omg data migration and hosting is so, so annoying

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

People of Columbus, OH: Samin Nosrat and Hanif Abdurraqib are in conversation on Friday October 10. I am wildly jealous that I can't attend this; this should be a great event www.capa.com/productions/...

An Evening with Samin Nosrat

Friday, October 10, 2025 | 8 PM Buy Tickets Plan Your Visit Spend an uplifting evening with Samin Nosrat as she discusses her new book, GOOD THINGS. Samin will share stories around the inspiration for...

www.capa.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

'“And then my agent was like, ‘Why don’t you write a book of recipes?’ And I was like, ‘I hate you. Have you ever met me? I would never do that.’ And then of course that planted a subconscious seed.'

'matternews.org/culture/word...

Samin Nosrat gets to the heart of cooking in ‘Good Things’ – Matter News

The celebrated chef and author brings her current book tour to the Davidson Theatre on Friday, Oct. 10, where she’ll appear in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib.

matternews.org

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

me to Gmail: please find this exact phrase

Gmail: no, also pay us more

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