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Usman T. Malik

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 1h

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 2h

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks Kate! I dont know how y'all have written book after book. Such a backbreaking task we put ourselves through

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 2h

That is very, very kind, Max. Thanks for ur support

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 2h

I'm quite happy with it and am sending it to a trusted reader friend, after which it will go to the editor.

Fly, youngling. You have been loved well.

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 2h

At 105,000 words, the third draft of "A Dark and Narrow House" is finished. I've spent so many days and nights on this, often working 80 hrs a week or more for months on end to make it happen, that it feels weird to finally be done.
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Paul @slycon8.bsky.social · 23h

"The Mosque at the End of the World", by @usmantm.bsky.social:
A phenomenal story of community standing together against evil despite overwhelming odds, complete with unlikely heroes, heartbreaking losses, & a hopeful ending...kind of like, you know, THE STAND, but in a different part of the world!

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Garry Messick @garrymessick.bsky.social · 2d

For Halloween, one of the most nightmarishly eerie short stories I’ve ever read. Written by Robert Aickman, produced and narrated by yours truly. youtu.be/UzoNIh4lHWE?...

The Cicerones by Robert Aickman, narrated by Garry Messick

YouTube video by Garry Messick

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

If ICE agents are proud of what they're doing, then why do they cover their faces like cowards, refuse to identify themselves, and hide behind anonymity?

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 6d

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

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Char’s Horror Corner @charshorror.bsky.social · 3d

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My TBR just took a hit. I’ve only read a few of these.

Join Us: Twenty of the Creepiest Cults in Horror Fiction

Beware strange or persuasive men and women who insist they have all the answers!

www.horrordna.com

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 3d

The most moral army in the world

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 4d

I’m pretty close to finishing the second draft of the novel. Like Kelly Link said in her One Story talk, Novelists who say short stories are harder, lie.

“To those of you who have already written a novel, I salute you and also I hate you.”

Here’s Kelly’s talk:

lithub.com/kelly-links-...

Kelly Link’s Advice to Debut Authors: Writing is Terrible, Complaining About it Is Fine

The following is a speech Kelly Link gave at the 2019 One Story Literary Debutante Ball. Thank you to Maribeth and Hannah and all of the wonderful One Story crew for, first of all, simply existing.…

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 4d

"According to the CGIL union, 300,000 people marched through the streets of Rome alone, while the national average participation in the general strike stood at around 60%, halting all the main services in key sectors including transportation and schools."

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 5d

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a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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Maggie Dunham @trypie.bsky.social · 4d

#Kavanaughstop ???

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 5d

Plestia Alaqad’s new book features her diary entries reporting on the ground in Gaza for 45 days after October 7. after a hospital is bombed on day 10, she uses the word genocide.

2 years later—as the UN has finally called it one—she says, “turns out, that's only the beginning.” @teenvogue.com

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"

"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”

www.teenvogue.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 4d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking on MSNBC:

An FBI agent in the Washington field office has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

This news was first reported by Reuters.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 4d

Oh hey, the Mercutio cover is up on the HarperCollins site now 👀. Cover by Leo Nickolls. Publication May 2026.

From Sunday Times bestselling author of The Embroidered Book and The Valkyrie comes an opulent 13th century epic retelling of the life of Mercutio before he ever encountered Romeo and Juliet.

harpercollins.co.uk

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taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)