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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Happy pub day to @variolator.bsky.social! SNEEZE, The History and Science of the Common Cold, is out today! Yay David! There book includes a fascinating chapter on Long Covid so pick it up y’all! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814031...

The cover of Sneeze, The History and Science of the Common Cold

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I gotta go to the neuro hospital in Phx later this week (just more tests) and I always like to see what’s nearby in case I want to grab a snack or do some shopping and oh. Oh no thank you

Screen shot of a map of downtown phoenix showing the ICE field office

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Looking for your next hot read and love White Lotus? The @Nytimes has you covered! They recommend KISMET (yes my KISMET, full of gross smoothies and bodies in the desert and talking ravens) so go pick it up www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Screenshot of four books including the cover of Kismet, my book.

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Proof of life (and my see thru skin lol)

A selfie of me lying in bed, no makeup, sick because I’m always sick these days

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Before and after I asked who was a pretty lady

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

On sundays we stare into the void

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

You know what you don’t want to find between your screen and the window at night? Spider eggs, hatching.

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Y’all very exciting news: my one year old orchid IS BLOOMING! I have kept it alive and it’s thriving! How?? I don’t know. Its sister plant needs time to bloom still.

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

On the bright side of having nausea and being on meds that make me food averse: my cheek bones are ready for the spotlight I guess

A selfie of me with my messy bookshelves behind me

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I’m tired of living in a magical land of snow and ice, aka Arizona

Small dog in a parka is skeptical about the snow

It snowed in northern Arizona, pictured is snow on a stone fountain surrounded by desert forest trees

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Bean is wondering why no one is petting her. (Ignore the clothing chair behind her that makes her fur look larger 😂)

Small dog staring intently at the camera while sitting on a bed

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Me: I’m not a fashion girl anymore! Also me: throws in designer boots and a cape when it snows 🤷🏽‍♀️

A pic of my boots and the lower hem of my cape but trust me it’s fabulous

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Persephone is never coming out of the Underworld at this rate

A pomegranate plant covered in snow in Arizona

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Everything is terrible etc but the stars are still stunning

The stars in tonight’s sky behind a tree

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

She’s outraged I’ve not managed to make it second-dinner time. 20 more minutes, Bean.

Small dog staring into the camera with a very serious expression

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

My fault, I’ve been dead. She’s snoozing very loudly next to me. Here’s a pic of her hiding at the vet

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

We ran out of birdseed. These moochers (they steal the birdseed) aren’t pleased

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Did a zoom so here’s proof of life

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Just a coyote sitting on my patio, staring off looking majestic, all while it rains

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Every night Bean tries to lick the skin off my arm—it’s the lotion. I have to let her or she’ll sneak attack me all night. After I get her to stop, she invariably sneaks an elbow lick. Such a little weirdo. I love her.

A close up of a small—and insanely adorable—brown and black dog.

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My win today besides my orchid looking like it’s gonna grow some flowers is that I bitched so much to our trash co about our missing trash container (it’s been weeks) that they gave us a free month of trash pickup. That’s all I got.

An orchid with a stem with little bulbs on it that look like they could grow into flowers

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Having Stephen King weather and the only birds around are these two

Two ravens perched on a fence on a foggy AZ day

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

And some scenery shots because snow in the desert mountains is always stunning

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Anyways, it's snowing in AZ and Bean is not that into it

a small brown dog wearing a puffed vest carefully stepping through slushy snow

small dog in parka says no to the snow and nopes out

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

She’s not allowed second dinner tonight bc her stomach is upset. I’m sorry Bean!

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

1. I don’t even want to chat with real people 2. My mom always wore a lace bustier when we talked obviously 3. Cup.

Instagram’s weird AI characters we can chat with, including a mom in a see through bustier, and a cup.

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I’m totally winning this day

Email spam that says “big pharma likes your penis”

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Uh, excuse me ma’am. Your baby has walked off.

Small baby javelina walking away from the herd on my patio

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

She would like second dinner now

A small dog on a sofa staring into your soul

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Then just tap the item and hit hide. This is amazing.

Screenshot showing a feature on safari iPhone that hides distracting items

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

You’ll get this menu, tap hide distracting items

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I just realized safari on iPhone has a hide distracting items feature. So if you’re trying to read something and ads are popping up, you can get rid of them! Was I the last to know? Tap that icon top left of the browser

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Currently at the vet and Bean is not happy (it’s fine, she needs a shot)

My dog in panic mode on my lap at the vet

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Mom can’t get a break even while eating

Babies feeding off mom javelina while she tries to eat

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I’ve been remiss in providing baby javelina content. I love them.

Baby javelinas following their mom while she steals birdseed

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Y’all, please look at this stunning quill set @benjaminharnett.com’s better half sent me. I’m so touched!! After the year I had this is such a wonderful way to kick off 2025. (Ben please give Toni the biggest hug for me!)

An actual quill set complete with tips and ink

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Would you like visual inspiration?

Door cam picture of some idiot dressed as Pennywise running around a neighborhood in TX

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Please enjoy Bean’s reaction to the art my neighbor made for/of her (Bean in the Moon) “Is that me??”

My dog looking adorable standing next to an art work featuring her in the moon

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I’m cleaning up all the foam the roofers left in our yard and some is too small to pick up. Enter: Dustbuster! Vacuuming my yard worked!

Little bits of roofing foam along the side of my house

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Amina Akhtar @amina.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I love my dog, I do. She’s adorable and sweet. But my god the girl does not know how to push 💩 out her butt and then looks to me in panic. Just push! Anyways I had to run and get a napkin (we were in our yard and no I don’t pick it up bc there’s wild animal crap everywhere already).

My weird little dog staring into your soul

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