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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Would've put on the ol' trusty Hard Boiled if I was aware of the day beforehand but I do have Johnnie To's Longest Nite lined up for tonight

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Myself I'm seeing Ti Lung as Lan, Brigette Lin as Shae (more Peking Opera Blues than Chungking), Leslie Cheung as Anden and of course Chow Yun-Fat as Hilo P.S: No my favourite Woo film isn't A Better Tomorrow; it's not even in the top 3, comprises by Hard Boiled, Bullet In the Head and The Killer

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

@fondalee.bsky.social I only started Jade City yesterday due to my recently burgeoning obsession with classic HK cinema and am already over halfway in but I had a question: Did you ever visualise your characters as certain actors, HK or otherwise? (1/2)

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Ok this is much cooler than the other one. Good thing I'm moving to the UK later this year

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Anyone wondering about the book: Veiled Throne, book 3 of Dandelion Dynasty, by Ken Liu

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Picked @aptshadow.bsky.social's most celebrated book as my first of the year and just finished the first 3 chaps: the prologue, really. Everything about this opening is done so well. The emotions are strong, the stakes high, the setup solid. Incredible start to the book, and thus, my reading year.

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Adrian Tchaikovsky (read one book last year but wanna deep dive this time) Steven Erikson Peter F Hamilton Alastair Reynolds Douglas Adams Roger Zelazny Andrejz Sapkowski Ken Follett M L Wang

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Is Pillars your first Kingsbridge book? I ordered that and the prequel but Pillars was damaged so only have the prequel now, and am unsure if I should start it anyway or wait for Pillars again

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Chris Pratt returns as Mario the Odysseus

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

What if you don't have pillows around and need something to put your head on? Would you still recommend not sleeping on the books?

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Fun words from the only person himself making their own stuff up and then writhing around in the puddle of their own piss

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

If they really did want their hostages back safe and sound they wouldn't be bombing the literal living crap out of everyone and everything. Israel doesn't care about lives, not even their own people if they can't use them for any narrative

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Who the hell has done that here? Stop baselessly assuming stuff to get mad over lol

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Lol no one here has said even a bit of just what you've made up to get mad over. This reminds of this classic tweet

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

And it wouldn't have led to other hotels on the beach under Harris?

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It doesn't, unfortunately, but that's the nature of American politics. Both sides, even if unequally, are fed by AIPAC (just check their X proudly touting that). I once more want to clarify that I do not support Trump and do think he is worse. Yet the current admin hasn't proven itself good enough

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Would Guren no Yumiya count? (Crimson/Red/Bloody Bow and Arrow)

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The Gaza conflict only vigorously restarted under Biden and whatever he did to cease any fire is insignificant compared to the billions he flippantly gave out in aid to Israel indiscriminately bombing anyone and everyone around them

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

This is like hitting someone with a sledgehammer for over a year and then telling them that unless you're reinstated for 4 more years, they'll keep being hit but by another person. If you want to blame someone, blame the Dems for their incompetence at their job which led so many away from them

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I don't disagree that Dems are better than Reps in most ways! However, the original post I replied to was about Gaza and for that issue historically both parties have produced similar results. In no way am I saying Harris is as bad as Trump in every way, just in issues like the one above

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Stabbed US in the back? Of course you assume I'm American. I'm not. I'm someone who's just seen the US screw over parts of the world for decades. Never seems to matter much if it's Democrats or Republicans when it ends in rubble and corpses. Aid if you're white. Bombs if you aren't.

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

There's absolutely nothing to suggest Harris would have made it better. I'm not saying it won't get worse, but Harris has regularly shifted her positions. White Americans love to think how one party would solve everything, but us Easterners would get stomped this way or that. They only care about $$

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Voting for Stein? Cause Trump may be worse, but it's not like Biden/Harris didn't fully support Israel and veto multiple ceasefire deals. Everything that has happened so far has happened under the Biden/Harris administration. It may get worse now but it wasn't going to get any better the other way

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Spot on criticisms. Really hope big names speaking out will make Sanderson reevaluate his writing again. It just hasn't been the same since Moshe Feder left. He really needs someone with a strong hand again

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Is the giveaway US only or global?

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Beyond the confrontation, I also think this little conversation between Cole and Dorian about it may be the best bit of dialogue in the entire game youtu.be/iqvt6fXpeGA?...

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Cole about Dorian and his father | Dragon Age: Inquisition

YouTube video by DanaDuchy

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Of course XD, I didn't mean that way lol. Just, you know, what could have been

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Firstly thank you so much for reading all that! Secondly, ps: I think we could've also had a bit more discussion of their Pakistani identities, especially with the juxtaposition between Kay, who embraces it with sarees & Lee who's got more assimilated in UK culture. Maybe just a para from each POV?

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I know this is not what the book was about but I think a page or two more on this would not have hurt. I only took my time to write this because I respect you and like your work, and perhaps this feedback could be of some help. If there's a particular reason you didn't tackle this I'd love to know!

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I found this aspect having no mention quite baffling. Before meshing in with society, should we not have learned how they meshed with their families? And even if the families were accepting, imo there should have been some acknowledgement of this too, since it's still quite uncommon in SE Asia (3/4)

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

In the book, Lee and Kay are both LGBT POC and the former aspect, especially their struggles with rude white people (especially Kay's) is portrayed in great detail. But as a brown person I can assure you they'd have faced behaviour as harsh, if not much harsher, from fellow POC family members (2/4)

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Amir Hamza @kholinstark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Dear @aptshadow.bsky.social So far Doors of Eden is the only book I've read from you (altho I just got Children of Time today) and I loved the concepts a lot! I look very forward to reading more from you. However, as a brown person I must say I have been somewhat let down by the POC rep in DOE (1/4)

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