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@abesheet.bsky.social
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A pro-gay rights, pro-choice, and pro-science Seattlite who loves books, coffee, and Oxford comma. Ethiopian-Americans who voted for Trump have my permission to jump off a bridge, head first.

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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Go to your room, Cedric. And if you talk about killing anyone ever again, you won't have ice cream for tea" [A discussion b/n a mother & her little boy who wanted to be a part of the detective's revelation at the end of a whodunit] #books #wachulistening #audiobooks #readersky #booksky #APund
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Listening to "The spy who came in from the bin" by Christopher Shevlin. More funny than the first book. Quite a joy to read. #skybooks #books #whachulistenin #30daybookchallenge #bookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Listening to "Everyone in this bank is a thief" by Benjamin Stevenson. Not as funny or intricate as the first two books, but not as bad as the last one. #skybooks #books #whachulistenin #30daybookchallenge #bookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Cudos to Bad Bunny and Apple Music. I already have Spotify but subscribed anyway as a thank you.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Listening to "When breath becomes air" by Dr. Paul Kalanithi, written posthumusly. It is unbelivable how good this book is. RIP, doc! Hope ur daughter knows what a superstar her dad was. We should be so lucky #CAbooks #skybooks #books #whachulistenin #30daybookchallenge #bookchallenge #paulkalanithi
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Just got my report card from audible. This is what I was doing in 2025: Hibernating----with books. #books #skybooks #readingchallenge #listeningchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Got the prettiest Christmas card for myself on Etsy this morning. One of those kids would have easily been mine if I chose to procreate. Represention matters.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Listening to "The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett. #skybooks #books #whachulistenin #30daybookchallenge #bookchallenge "If u trust in urself and believe in your dreams and follow your star.. you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard & learning things and weren't so lazy."
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Listening to "Britt Marie Was Here" by Fredrik Bachman. This is the 1st of his books I read after Beartown. Which was meh, plus a female narrator for a story revolving around an all male-hockey team was comically bad #skybooks #books #whachulistenin #30daybookchallenge #bookchallenge #fredrikbachman
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
My boyfriend's spooky version of a "toad in a hole". Bratwurst Sausages baked in a Yorkshire pudding.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#WatchaListening #WatchaListeningto Audible: Mother Mary comes to me by Arundhati Roy #bookchallenge #booklovers #30daybookchallenge #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Listening to "Mother Mary Comes to Me" by Arundhati Roy. I am only on Chapter 6, but it is breath-taking. And what an apt observation, this poem. Might have been written for me. #skybooks #books #skypoems #whachulistenin #30daybookchallenge #bookchallenge #ArundhatiRoy
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
It is okay to fight wars via tiktok & youtube. With thumbs up, down, and all the way around. But I believe in putting my money where my ❤️ is, even when I didnt have much to spare. So here is to u Bsky patriots, x-diasporas, men n women watching the country burn from the comfort of ur swives chair. 😁
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Listening to "The Moonflower Murders" by Anthony Horowitz where, in 1955 America, every bad guy is a really bad guy, every Dick, Tom, and Jane seems to want to kill the murdered woman and characters talk about being "an absolute fan" and deciding to "take control of" their life.👎💩 #skybooks #books
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I stood with PBS & NPR by donating a $100 for each few weeks back. I stood with Stephen Colbert & Jimmy Kimmel by cutting ties with Hulu yesterday I stood with the 1st Amendment by voting Democrat in the 3 elections I was allowed to vote in. What more? Blood?! I vote 👍 on #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I didnt mind my country. Had to come because my husband was here. Anywho, ahead of you on the boycotting. Cut my ties with Hulu yesterday. Read what it says at the bottom of image.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Already did, by cancelling my subscription to Hulu.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Just cancelled my Hulu subscription. They actually do ask why you cancelled. I wrote Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Agreed.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
"Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a 'significant cognitive disadvantage' compared to those who do use the tech" [Imange Kanye's Runaway sonf while reading this】
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I no longer believe in Democracy or care what happened to America. But I am still a fan of #NPR and my local public radio station #kuow. [The only friend I had when I came to this country 16 years ago]. It is Fall Fundraising Drive today and I did what I can. You can, too, by going to kuow.org.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
"Saying, rather handsomely, while, as a general rule, he yielded to none in considering me the world's premier half-wit; he was bound to own that, on this occassion, I had disaplayed courage, resource, enterprise, and an almost human intelligence." From The Mating Season #audiobooks #books #skybooks
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
#WatchaListening #WatchaListeningto Audible: The Hallmarked Man by "Robert Galbraith" by J.K. Rowling #bookchallenge #booklovers #30daybookchallenge #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is a playlist my boyfriend poured his time and soul into. Would you check some of the songs out? He'd be so happy. open.spotify.com/user/31kobne... #spotify #spotifymusic #spotifytracks #spotifyplaylist #musicwithsoul #music
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Books being carried on horseback to schools in the countyside of Ethiopia. This is why I hate the slogan "Send a laptop to Africa". I say send them books. They spend a whole day on Facebook when you send a laptop. #books #booksky #bookchallenge #30daybookchallenge #EthiopiaReads #ChildrenBooks
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
#WatchaListening #WatchaListeningto Audible: The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax by Christopher Shevlin #NativeBooks #NativeWriters #NativeAmericanWriters #WatchaReading #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #30daybookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this." #books
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
#WatchaListening #WatchaListeningto Audible: My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy [non-fiction] #NativeBooks #NativeWriters #NativeAmericanWriters #WatchaReading #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #30daybookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Donated to 2 #NPR stations, $100 each, after my lil sister, who works at Walmart, asked me if she can donate through me. Neither she, nor I, have money to spare. But #KUOW NPR has been my onl and bestest friend since 2011. Danke. Shikuren Gracias Enamesegnalen for it all. #pbs #supportpublicradio
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
#WatchaListening #WatchaListeningto Audible: There There by Tommy Orange #NativeBooks #NativeWriters #NativeAmericanWriters #WatchaReading #BookSky 💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #30daybookchallenge
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Strawberry embryo.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Wouldn't say "Beartown" made me literally sick. But it darn came close to. I am attaching a screenshot of my Goodreads review of it. It felt like one of those lip-service literatures which a writer comes up with to be on the right side of history and/or relevant. Like he hasn't put real effort in it
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"I usually keep my peanuts next to a jar of peanut butter, so they understand what I am capable of." From "The answer is no" by Fredrik Backman. #books #bluskybooks #funnywriters
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"I dont really feel comfortable answering that" green shirt mumbles. "U don't? Well, we can either stand here & argue abt it all day or u can just tell me the whole story right away & I'll disappear from ur life" the purple woman warns her, ice-cold, as if she was holding a gun loaded with annoyance
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"Thank you", the green shirt says quickly, and tries to disappear back into her apartment. This, she can, ofcourse, forget about because the woman in purple has been readying herself for the cruelest form of interpersonal-terrorism: small talk. From "The answer is no" by Fredrik Backman. #bluskyooks
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
About: Ideological purity and intolerance. From "The Ministry of Ultimate Happiness" by Arundhati Roy. #books #skybooks #quotablequotes #blskybooks #arundhatiroy
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Happy St. Paddy's day for Monday. From my 1/4th Irish boyfriend's kitchen. He thinks the Irish are the Ethiopians of Europe. So cheers. 🍺🇮🇪☘️🍺
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Only the funniest of diaries by the most conservative and anal-retentive kid in the planet spanning more than 25 years. Think "The curious incident of a dog in the night-time" without the murder.
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Choose 100 non-fiction books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 100 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. - 1 of 1 - 🤭 #Booksky #book #reading #NonFiction #Library #LairdHamilton
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
It is 01/01/25 and this is how I feel abt people wishing me a happy new year. “If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart”. #writing #writingcommunity #joinin #2025
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Hate to be a party pooper, & feel free to unfollow me for this, but I dont see much to be happy abt in 2025. In fact, save for 2016, I dont remember a year I anticipated less. Still, I have one #newyear resolution that I know I can keep: Listen to less news. More audibles. Less blksy visits. #🖕2025
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
A Christmas S.......pread. My first one ever. #joinin
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
From our Ethiopian American Christmas Tree to yours: Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, à la Eddie Murphy in Trading Places. #joinin
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Why oh why do writers want to narrate their book? First Zadie Smith and now this lady! Are they trying to save money or just because they know the material better, they think they'd be better at it? Ay ay ay. #booksky #books
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
4 years after its e-publication, I am still editing my debut novel "Virgins Always Bleed". It helps that no one read it. Yet. 🤭 🤞
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
4 years after its e-publication, I am still editing my debut novel "Virgins Always Bleed". It helps no one read it. Yet. 🤭 🤞
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አበሺት @abesheet.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
8 books & watching the protagonist go from an acne-ed teenager to a 40 year old man later, am only left with abt 53 minutes' worth of listening on my last Adrian Mole aubiobook. I feel bereft, not just coz am going to miss him. But because I dont know what else to fill my days with.😞 #booksky #books
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