@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
@macrogers.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialOkay so we have a number now: the Onion is officially 6 months ahead of reality.
@flfreedomread.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialNote: It’s absolutely not about giving public school parents more control over what’s in their library.
This is a narrative to sell a bill. There is evidence this is not true.
Please see this post. TX was one of the states : bsky.app/profile/flfr...
@motherjones.comReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialThe disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our history.
@carlquintanilla.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.social(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday ..
@carlquintanilla.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.social“.. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991 ..”
@marisakabas.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialIt’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
@theguardian.comReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialWomen suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
@nbedera.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialWhenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)
@neillewisjr.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialHere is the original (found it in the Wayback Machine):
@shelleyenglish.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialRemembering Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered on October 2, 2018 by Saudi agents. karenattiah.substack.com/p/rememberin... @karenattiah.bsky.social
@samiraahmed.bsky.socialRead this whole thread. These practices by USA Today are absurdly unethical.
@samiraahmed.bsky.socialThis is neglect. WTF
@samiraahmed.bsky.socialThe lack of basic professionalism is absolutely maddening!
@samiraahmed.bsky.socialSalaams! Great to see you again, brother❤️
@billcorbett.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialfucking GOOD
@owillis.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialthe following is a paid political announcement from the democratic national committee
@fatedmates.netReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialTHIS SATURDAY, September 19th, at 1pm eastern, join Fated States to phonebank for Jon Ossoff, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Democrats all the way down the ballot in Georgia!
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@samiraahmed.bsky.socialIf only these assholes had even an ounce of shame...
@authorsabb.bsky.socialReposted by @samiraahmed.bsky.socialThese weeks as we approach the election are going to frustrating & exhausting. You'll do a bunch of stuff & still feel like you still should do more. Find a focus of course, but also, remember to take breaks! Have fun! Read books!! Keep yourself well because we need your work.
