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@arabbookworm.bsky.social
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Lover of books, art. Leftist. Opinionated. Recovering from cancer.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20h
The Los Angeles Times is running a full webpage advertisement promoting tourism to Israel. The ad is backed by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. The ad also includes a map of Israel that erases Palestine.
LA Times page promoting tourism to Israel
"Israel:

You'll Find It Here

Israel is a country shaped by ancient traditions and diverse cultures, where every region offers a distinctly different atmosphere. You can spend the morning walking ancient pilgrimage sites, the afternoon floating in serene waters or relaxing on the coast, and the evening eating your way through vibrant market stalls before heading out for a night that ends when the sun rises.



From sacred sites to desert adventures, these guides offer different ways to explore the country. There’s no single right way to experience it, so follow what interests you, mix and match along the way, and leave some room to wander."

Also includes a disclaimer from LATimes:
"This Paid Program is either (i) produced by the advertising department of the Los Angeles Times on behalf of the Advertiser or (ii) supplied by the Advertiser. The newsrooms or editorial departments of the Los Angeles Times are not involved. For those with questions, please email paidpost@latimes.com."
LATimes ad for Israel continued. Includes map of Israel that erases Palestine.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 7h
Wooooo! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 1st 2026 (Tricky), in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Need a non-cheese idea for drunch (need to take pilla ASAP) out of gf bread too
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️‍🌈🚀🦄 📜 @lynnemthomas.com · 28/09/2026
This is the way.
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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN REMINDER THAT ANYTHING WITH ACTIVATED CHARCOAL *WILL* FUCK WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS
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Nae King! Nae Quin! Nae Laird! Nae Master! @bloodyhades.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LRP: additionally important to know that if you’re allergic to coconut, you’re also allergic to most activated charcoal products. Many of them are made using burned down coconut husks, but no one advertises that/it’s extremely hard to find out. So be careful this Halloween season!
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What was the best baby product you got/purchased? I want to get something for my np who has been away having offspring
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
UN Israel ambassador, this guy, is staying in the building across from the Met on 82nd street. 99% sure we just saw him walking his dog, and suspicion heightened when his body guard noticed us noticing and almost stepped on our toddler in his ammateur hour body guarding.
Un Israel ambassador
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Elephants use medicinal plants to treat themselves, researchers find. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elephants treat themselves with medicinal plants, witnesses say
African elephants use dozens of different medicinal plants to treat themselves and their families when they are sick, research reveals.
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you are a dem willing to throw trans people under the bus BEFORE THE PRIMARIES EVEN HAPPEN, you are NOT an ally, you are NOT a good person, you are a walking talking self interest and unwelcome here. LGBTQIA+ with the T. Emphatically. Forever.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This this this
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 24th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟡🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh good lord, BA effed up bigly.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Turned the heat on this morning. Its going to be an expensive winter. Yes, i should probably change over to a heat pump, but I hate forced air, and mini splits are ugly af
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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nolan Wells autopsy report confirms signs of blunt force trauma to the back of his head and body www.instagram.com/p/DdmsmSeEi78
kollegekidd and kollegekiddmedia Ocean Springs, Mississippi

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Nolan Wells autopsy report confirms signs of blunt force trauma to the back of his head and body
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dear #apple, your transcription worked better without AI.. SIGNED DEAF LADY. I used to be able to get the gist, now it just leaves giant heaving swathes out.
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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was with friends at this concert, and we left after Mashrou' Leila's set (sorry, Sharmoofers). I remember sitting down at a restaurant after in silence — awed, inspired, and scared as hell about what was going to happen next. Sarah Hegazi was a force. She is grieved by so many. 🤍
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Anyplace interesting I should go in Boston/Quincy next week? Going for a day trip to look at appliances from Big Chill.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have the VHS set. I used to watch it after family drama tm to reassure myself that there were families that were more dysfunctional
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today marks 9 years since the Mashrou' Leila concert at which the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag in a moment of pure joy. Thinking of those who Egyptian regime repression has driven to lives underground, to lives in exile, and to lives no longer lived. We remember. 🤍
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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In a study of doctors in Poland, using an AI for three months, then ceasing to use it, resulted in a 20% loss of skill and accuracy. Cognitive systems are metabolically expensive. When your brain knows there's a substitute, it resents not having access to it.
medium.com
AI Took Something From Doctors and Nobody Noticed. The Lancet Caught It. Here Is the Story
A landmark study in The Lancet measured what happens to a physician’s diagnostic instincts when the algorithm is switched off. The findings…
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Accent question from a deaf gal… do California accents sound like deaf accents?
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Argh to enshittification. Was trying to research protein content of goat milk this morning…. So many hippy MAHA sites
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pope is still Catholic. Still going to be anti-choice, etc.
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Emma Arcadia @emarcadia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you are trans you are taken to a Catholic hospital, the staff is forbidden from even administering your maintenance medications. The personal beliefs of the staff and your medical history are irrelevant. About 1 in 7 hospital beds in the US are controlled by the Catholic church.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At this point, I almost just want to go back to cable…
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Woooo, finally! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 21st 2026 (Easy), in 04:42 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Their trans attacks are after women. Their immigrant prisons are after free speech. And by the time they’re here for your child it’s too late because when it was happening to someone else’s child you thought what does this have to do with me
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I say this over and over again. It’s trans rights. It’s immigrant rights. It’s Palestinian lives. It’s always been Black and indigenous lives. No one is free until everyone is free is a warning, not a mantra!
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Penzeys is FINALLY speaking about Palestine, so go buy some pepper from them and send them a note saying thanks
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Arrrrr (a day late)
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And its not just polio. Its rubella..exposure to rubella in pregnancy can/does cause disability.
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Natalya Alas ☿ 𓁛𓁿𓁞 ♄ @orphicastrology.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Spent the last few days de-googling my workspace. I should've done this a couple years ago but here we are. Proton for email, drive, calendar, vpn. Brave browser. A friend in cyber security shared this guide for Cutting Google Out of Your Life for anyone who needs it: git.tycrek.com/archive/dego...
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This chamber straight, the cries of distress. On rushing, in a back seat. Jim.
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We ain't gotta do that thing where whenever we're mad a celebrity, we pretend like they're not actually good at what they do. People can suck as a human but also still be talented. That is a thing that happens sometimes.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/09/2026
Okay this is once again a VERY SPECIFIC request and I once again ask that if you cannot provide a VERY SPECIFIC answer, that you boost or scroll on. I’m looking for a British tax adviser who can advise on British company ownership and taxes for an American citizen #iykyk
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026
Could new bus shelter roofs help New Yorkers stay cool in extreme heat? We're testing a few in Brownsville to find out: a green roof covered with native plants, and reflective roofs covered with low-cost, heat-resilient film.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Since the genocide began, artists have spoken up, donated, worn buttons, but what Macklemore is doing is forcing a much higher stakes conversation that pushes beyond comfortable solidarity and instead demands of artists to consider what they are actually to give up for their values.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Halloween Reminder 🎃
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is ridonkulous. A train from Hartford to Montrèal is 20 hours. A train fro NYC to M is 12. Driving? Six.
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arabbookworm.bsky.social @arabbookworm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Aaaauuuugggghhhhh
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's just a shame there aren't more opening acts to quit the tour, I was enjoying that
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This reminds me of my first series of throwdown when i pulled this bust of ed sheeran out the kiln and it had a massive hole blown out in his chest right where his heart would be
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 15/09/2026
Pretty funny that Ed Sheeran seemingly only hired Irish people and yet didn't see this coming.
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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 15/09/2026
this Kraft dude most of us had never heard of 24 hours ago is a real contender for the new Streisand Effect world champion
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
At least 3 decisions to dropout from Ed Sheeran's tour since the news announcing that Macklemore would be dropped for his performance of Hind Hall and his stance in support of Palestine. A powerful display of solidarity in the arts. 🍉
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
the Roman Emperor Commodus was all set to be perfectly assassinated by the killer his sister sent but after getting into his bedroom instead of stabbing, this dude started monologuing about how he deserved what was coming and the Senate wants you to know it was them and and was overheard and caught
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 15/09/2026
It indicates what a politician is willing to do to a minority group and I care both because transphobia is unethical, and because I do not want a politician that will turn against a marginalised group.
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