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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE!

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🏳️‍⚧️Iranian Chicagoan author: THE BRUISING OF QILWA (adult queernorm Persian fantasy; Crawford, Locus, World Fantasy finalist) & THE GLADE (🏳️‍🌈🍄MG horror, Ignyte winner!). Worker-owner at Sword & Kettle Press. Newsletter, teaching, & more: lnk.bio/jamsternazzy

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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
unfortunately, that’s not the case with book bans and challenges, unless you mean it in the sense of once an author gets a few of their titles banned, it brings attention to their other titles to ban. PEN is calling that the “scarlet letter” effect
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social this feels relevant to y'all's interests
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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is a great thread, and an excellent broad overview. I will note that a year's exclusivity on print rights is the upper edge. By sheer volume of markets who use it, 4 to 6 months exclusivity is the average. With carve outs for year's best/anthology reprints. Also, work-for-hire is tricky. ->
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Writer Beware is a great resource for looking up potentially problematic publishers. They published this updated history of MRM’s rights grabs yesterday. Their history lesson on MRM will be better than mine.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I’m psyched to learn more!!! See you SATURDAY 🤩🤩🤩
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
no demons, but several jinn hang around! writing is going well BUT I am just starting to prod a cosmic horror-y project so come back to me when that's well underway (the jinn may have multiplied by then)
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 07/10/2026
Today, Palestine can be seen & heard everywhere. And while public opinion has shifted, we still haven't seen this translate into a shift in policy. Three years into the Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Diana Buttu reflects on why the reality on the ground hasn’t changed. 🔗 zeteo.com/p/israel-is-...
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Israel demolishes properties of Palestinian who saved 30 Israelis on 7 October - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israel demolishes properties of Palestinian who saved 30 Israelis on 7 October
<article data-history-node-id="448965" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-properties-palestinian-who-saved-30-israelis-7-october" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-properties-palestinian-who-saved-30-israelis-7-october" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes properties of Palestinian who saved 30 Israelis on 7 October</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;authorities have demolished properties belonging to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;citizen of Israel, who rescued 30 Israelis from the Nova music festival during the 7 October 2023 attacks.</p> <p>The Israeli news site Local Call&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mekomit.co.il/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9-%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%93%D7%97%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95-%D7%A9%D7%9C/" target="_blank">reported</a>&nbsp;on Monday that Israeli authorities razed a warehouse and chicken coop belonging to Yousef Zyadna, while his nephew's home was demolished.</p> <p>Zyadna, a minibus driver, drove to the site of the Nova music festival in the early hours of the attacks to help people escape.&nbsp;</p> <p>He was subsequently awarded for his heroism at an event at Israel's Friends of Zion museum.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-demolishes-properties-palestinian-who-saved-30-israelis-7-october">Israel demolishes properties of Palestinian who saved 30 Israelis on 7 October</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli soldiers at a damaged house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on 7 October, picture taken on 31 October 2023 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4b626ae2-cc31-4714-986a-cc43b7115c96" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/IMG_0584.jpeg" width="1242" height="684" alt="Israeli soldiers at a damaged house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on 7 October, picture taken on 31 October 2023 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli soldiers at a damaged house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on 7 October, picture taken on 31 October 2023 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I love these memories!! thanks for sharing. The hole-y line is SUCH a dad joke
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4
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hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Condolences and virtual hugs if you want them. If you'd like to share and have the capacity for it, at any point, I'd love to hear a beloved memory with your father
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Omg I’ve been thinking of taking improv classes for this exact reason!!!! 👀👀👀
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
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Lizard Lizard Lizard
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
thanks so much!!!!!!!!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
kheyli mamnoon Eva joon!!!! AHHHHHHHH
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can I just say how well deserved this is, @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social!!! I am such a huge fan of Alex’s important work in the industry, in libraries, and beyond!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
HUGE CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!!!!!
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Don't Forget 3.Oct
Alt: Fullmetal Alchemist: Don't Forget 3.Oct pocket watch from the intro as Ed and Al get up and walk into the distance
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
OMG OMG OMG OMG?????? CONGRATS TO ALL THE FINALISTS AND WINNERS AND ALSO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Screaming Crying
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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Illinois artists have a similar program! $10,000 - it's awarded by lottery and the application is pretty easy.
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Creative Accelerator Fund
The Creative Accelerator Fund (CAF) provides holistic support to Illinois artists. A primary goal of the program is to bolster a creative workforce that composes a significant portion of Illinois’ cre...
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
alas I am not in Chicagoland anymore either!! If we ever move back, I am JUMPING on all the arts money available!!
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Matt Neil Hill @mattneilhill.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heartily seconded! @sillysyntax.bsky.social's SKIN THIEF is one of the best single author collections I've read in a long while. Just be prepared to have your heart broken a few times (in a good way, of course).
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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON! Join 10 authors of reality-redefining Fiction as they converge in a bizarre bazaar for the imagination: Oct 4, 3-4:30 PM Eastern www.twitch.tv/csecooney Read more about the authors and their works here: csecooney.com/2026/09/23/o...
An orange and yellow poster with black lettering depicting ten genre authors.
Top (left to right): Amanda McGee, Steven Gibbon, Emma Gibbon, Francesca Forrest
Middle (left to right): Zig Zag Claybourne, Christa Carmen, Virginia Mohlere, Eden Royce
Bottom (left and right) Nadia Bulkin, A T Sayre
The text reads: 10 Authors of Reality-Redefining Fiction converge in a bizarre bazaar for the imagination
Sunday, Oct 4, 2026 3-4:30 PM Eastern Time
twitch.tv/csecooney
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
AHHH, BLUESKY! DON'T YOU DARE BE SOUR! CLAP FOR YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS! AND FEEL THE POWER!!! #Booksky It's BUY A BOOK FRIDAY, yes it is! The rules are simple, you see a book by myself or one Bluesky's talented artists, YOU BUY THAT BOOK! Help support us and enrich yourself! 🧵 BELOW, LET'S GO!!!
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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 02/10/2026
ICYMI, the 2026 Q4 #SFFH small press new release lists went live yesterday! #BookSky Check them out to find your next spec fiction indie read 👇
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Small Press New Releases Subscribe and receive all the lists of quarterly new releases in your inbox Have an upcoming small press SFFH book? Fill out the form. For now, we only list science fiction…
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Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October 31 is Run With the Hunted Day! That means you've got the WHOLE MONTH to catch up with the series (they're novellas, it's FAST, run is in the title)! Run With the Hunted is cyberpunk heists, with rotating narrators. How cyberpunk it is depends on who's telling the story! also how reliable!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As a Chicagoan, I have never so badly wished to be in NYC as I am with this brown man in office. (Also Nevada has VERY little arts money 🥲) SUPPORT HUMAN-MADE ART ALWAYS!!!!!!
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 02/10/2026
It's not REALLY spooky season until you've read your first October Flytrap Fridays post luckily this one from @sesmith.lol is fuckin excellent and omg this @meowwwls.bsky.social illo
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Worst Vacation Ever
Underneath every quaint small town, there's class war. It's just a little more literal in some.
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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I can't believe I have to keep doing this, but time to tap the sign again. Emily Bell, who also edits Atthis Arts under the name E.D.E. Bell, is still harassing me and others. Read my original report for details. New details in following thread. 1/ www.patreon.com/jasonsanford...
Emily Bell, who also edits Atthis Arts under the name E.D.E. Bell, is still harassing Jason Sanford. Read Jason's original report for more details. https://www.patreon.com/jasonsanford/posts/genre-grapevine-161758874
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My somewhat belated blog post about accessibility issues at the Los Angeles Worldcon is up: marikness.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Worldcon 2026: Yes. Again.
Worldcon San Antonio 2013: I am on the floor, on a panel about poetry and fiction, unable to join my fellow panelists up on stage, because I am using a wheelchair, and the stage does not have a ram…
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026
My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere
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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
~two more weeks for this!
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026
In no circumstances ever should the state be murdering people. Judicial or extrajudicial. Period.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 01/10/2026
oh my god this is fucking horrifying. they lethally injected her twice and she didn't die and now they're trying to save her so they can presumably.... try again? I ran out of words for the barbaric horror with the Alabama gas executions but somehow TN is inventing new nightmare torture
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That makes sense! Are they facing prejudice because of their queerness in your world(s), like there is an assumption of what a “normal” relationship is?
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
gripes with certain approaches to worldbuilding—it’s why I teach an inclusive worldbuilding class that focuses on power structures and cultural suppositions because of them, because that’s what “normative“ in any world boils down to. *steps off soapbox 😅*
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
create matriarchies where (assumedly cis?) men are oppressed, or ones where racialized people in power oppress white people (race in our world is a construct of colonialism, so why does this world even have race to begin with, and why does it map onto our own definitions?). these are likely my own
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also, I don’t consider a queernorm world as one where cishet relationships are taboo. That feels antithetical to me, because a cishet relationship would just be another type of relationship—there’s no concept of cishet if there’s no concept of queer! it‘s a boring inversion imo, like when people
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Spongebob Hyperventilation
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
have to figure out what gender and gender roles mean in a society where gender is both fluid and not assumed!).
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Going to second this. When I use queernorm to describe my secondary worlds, I’m describing a world where there is no such thing as queerness—because “queer” in our world functions in relationship to cishetnormativity. And for me that necessarily also reflects gender and transitions (although now I
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
THERE'S A NEW ISHIGURO??
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is also how I feel when people use fatness as a shorthand for his fascism!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every scientist I know (myself included) fucking hates that show with a passion!!!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm also including a giveaway: If you donate at least $10 to @evavroslin.bsky.social's fundraiser to keep them safely housed and send me a receipt, I'll enter you in to win a personalized copy of one of my books!
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I went to an absolutely mind-blowing retreat this weekend with mid career writers, hosted by @catrambo.bsky.social and led by @ccfinlay.bsky.social and @donaldmaass.bsky.social, and decided to share our first craft lesson on creating points of connection. It goes live in 3 minutes!
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Hi! I'm Naseem Jamnia.
Every other week, I send out a newsletter as part of my Tuesday Telegrams; one is on writing, publishing, and craft, and the other personal reflections on my life and the times. THE BRUISING OF QILWA,...
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
😇😇😇 (closest I could find to "I broke your brain")
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Jessica Chastain: How Broke That Brain SNL
Alt: Kate McKinnon in an SNL skit saying, "My question is: How broke that brain?"
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Naseem Jamnia (they/them) THE GLADE WON THE IGNYTE! @jamsternazzy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
BRO absolutely not Karen Osborne and I have been singing your praises all weekend!!!!
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