Sophia Babai
@swingingstorm.bsky.social
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Author | Activist | Cultural consultant | Somatic creativity coach | Sufi mystic 🇮🇷 🇹🇿 🇮🇳 🇦🇫 🇵🇸 🇦🇿 (my ancestors really got around) Posts about books, human rights, chaos baking, history/poetry/folklore, and other nerd stuff Rep Seth Fishman
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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🫂 The most immense of moods.
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Lol I was literally just writing about people like this: bsky.app/profile/swin...
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Eternally disturbed by the number of Democrats who seem to see “affirming everyone’s basic right to freedom and safety is just too radical” as a reasonable argument.
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Eternally disturbed by the number of Democrats who seem to see “affirming everyone’s basic right to freedom and safety is just too radical” as a reasonable argument.
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Thank you for the work you do. I will do what I can to support, and I pray for you ♥️
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Mohammed has no internet and almost no donations. Like everyone in Gaza, the occupation has destroyed his home, taken his food, and murdered his loved ones. Please help however you can.
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they killed his friend while he was searching for flour! He was supposed to travel before October 7, and all his papers were ready. But the war of genocide robbed him even of the simple life he wanted to improve.
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This sounds wonderful, good luck!
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The incredibly brave Jewish-American man who wrote this article is currently being illegally held in Israeli prison, alongside so many others.
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David Adler writes that “we are approaching interception at the onset of Yom Kippur—our annual day of atonement—which calls on us to reflect on our sins, and what can be done to repair them in the spirit of tikkun olam.”
From the Gaza Flotilla: “I'm Here Because My Jewish Heritage Demands It”
I hope that fellow Jews will join me in redefining their approach to atonement and move toward courageous action to put an end to this horrific genocide.
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That’s so frustrating :(
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*emerges from the woods* Oh hey I was on this podcast! I don’t remember what I said but probably some of it was funny!
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Hey Humans, we're back with another episode of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans! In this episode, @benjaminrosenbaum.com is joined by guest co-host @swingingstorm.bsky.social.

Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Ep. 68 "Flying Cars and Homosexuals with Guest Co-Host Sophia Babai"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
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Probably a wise approach; they truly have nothing to do with each other
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Eslam has worked so goddamn hard to build a community here, has contributed so much to everyone, and Bluesky keeps deleting her accounts over and over again.
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Mohammed has no internet and almost no donations. Like everyone in Gaza, the occupation has destroyed his home, taken his food, and murdered his loved ones. Please help however you can.
itsmeio.bsky.social
they killed his friend while he was searching for flour! He was supposed to travel before October 7, and all his papers were ready. But the war of genocide robbed him even of the simple life he wanted to improve.
swingingstorm.bsky.social
*emerges from the woods* Oh hey I was on this podcast! I don’t remember what I said but probably some of it was funny!
speclit.bsky.social
Hey Humans, we're back with another episode of Mohanraj and Rosenbaum are Humans! In this episode, @benjaminrosenbaum.com is joined by guest co-host @swingingstorm.bsky.social.

Check out the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts: youtu.be/GXGK6y1Eilk
Ep. 68 "Flying Cars and Homosexuals with Guest Co-Host Sophia Babai"
YouTube video by Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans
youtu.be
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You are!! Somewhat later than other faces because I missed my bus 😭 so I won't be at the coffee shop, but I'll see you at the ferry terminal!
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Off to flee the internet and make art in the forest for a week 🥰

Please tell me if you eat any particularly delicious food or have any particularly joyful experiences while I’m away!
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This panel was so much fun; Flights of Foundry is such a joy.
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Gonna continue hyping @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social panels that are done, because the Literary Spec Fic one that @swingingstorm.bsky.social moderated and that @vajra.me and @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social and I were on was lovely, and eventually devolved into us excitedly yelling about cool stories.
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Guess what starts today? @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social starts today! Here's where you can find me during the convention. Not yet registered for this fabulous online convention? It's free to attend! flights-of-foundry.org/registration/
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Day 1 @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social featured some impressive wifi hiccups but TODAY IS A NEW DAY and I still have two more panels!

11 AM PST: Setting Your Story in Real World Locations
4 PM PST: Literary Speculative Fiction (in which I shall ask scintillating questions such as “is genre a scam?”)
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Writing is hilarious because I finished an entire chapter before breakfast and then in the past two hours I have written only this.
Chapter header followed by the line "This is, objectively, a terrible idea"