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Samira Ahmed

@samiraahmed.bsky.social
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NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans www.samiraahmed.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h
“.. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991 ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/meas...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h
It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h
Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
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Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55 Women report suffering more pain than men, a major new global study has found. That was true for all types of pain the researchers measured, and comes amid continuing concern about the gender pain gap, which means women are less likely to be prescribed the pain relief they need. Continue reading...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Whenever I see a current or former university president in the news for sexual misconduct, I think of this chart from 2015. (ABC seems to have pulled down the original Five Thirty Eight article, but here’s a Feministing blog about it.)
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Chart of the Day: College presidents think rape is only a problem at other schools
According to Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey, US college and university presidents demonstrate some very wishful thinking when it comes to sexual assault. While about a third believe that it is preva...
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Here is the original (found it in the Wayback Machine): web.archive.org/web/20150315...
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College Presidents Appear To Be Delusional About Sexual Assault On Their Campuses
About a third of U.S. college presidents believe sexual assault is a problem on American college campuses, but only 6 percent believe it's a problem on their own campuses. That's according to Insid...
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shelleyenglish.bsky.social @shelleyenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remembering Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered on October 2, 2018 by Saudi agents. karenattiah.substack.com/p/rememberin... @karenattiah.bsky.social
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Read this whole thread. These practices by USA Today are absurdly unethical.
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is neglect. WTF
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
fucking GOOD
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the following is a paid political announcement from the democratic national committee
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Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 18/09/2026
THIS SATURDAY, September 19th, at 1pm eastern, join Fated States to phonebank for Jon Ossoff, Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Democrats all the way down the ballot in Georgia! REGISTER NOW: fatedmates.net/fatedstates
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
These weeks as we approach the election are going to frustrating & exhausting. You'll do a bunch of stuff & still feel like you still should do more. Find a focus of course, but also, remember to take breaks! Have fun! Read books!! Keep yourself well because we need your work.
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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David Rose's WTF Reaction
Alt: David Rose's WTF Reaction
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Melody Simpson @melodysimpson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TAKE 2: I'm determined to expand Melanin in YA, your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publishing & I ain't too proud to beg! If you'd like to support THE ultimate resource for all things Black in YA, please share/donate. Thank you! NEW LINK: www.gofundme.com/f/support-me...
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Donate to Support Melanin in YA's Expansion, organized by Melody Simpson
Melanin in YA , your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publish… Melody Simpson needs your support for Support Melanin in YA's Expansion
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 16/09/2026
The KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic I created with @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social is spotlighted in this @nytimes.com by @georgegustines.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/a... @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social @nycschools.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov
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A New York City Comic Book Offers Tips on Rights and ICE Encounters
“Know Your Rights” is the latest publication from the public schools’ educational comics program Civics for All.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I voted for Sanders twice in primaries. I did so fully aware that the vast majority of my Black family and friends did not trust him. I thought that he was the better choice compared to others in the Dem primaries on policy grounds. There's no way to defend him on this Bannon gambit. It's disgusting
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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The war on Iran has cost consumers more than $100 billion in fuel costs. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
Higher gasoline and diesel prices have led many families to save less and curb spending elsewhere.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Postcards are a simple but effective way to make elected officials hear your input. Here's a quick template to help you write your own or even host a postcard writing party!
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How to write a postcard FTR campaign.docx
RHODE ISLAND FREEDOM TO READ ACT (S0238, H5726) POSTCARD CAMPAIGN You are invited to write a postcard to your state legislators to express your thoughts on the Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act…
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CNN @cnn.com · 15/09/2026
Pennsylvania reports fourth measles-related death, marking the most fatalities the US has seen in decades amid a rapidly growing outbreak. cnn.it/4AglPAL
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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Samira Squared! @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social talks Beatlemania, fandom, and “A Hard Day’s Night” with YA author @samiraahmed.bsky.social over on @literaryhub.bsky.social. Read their conversation: bit.ly/3UFyJrP 📽️ #BookSky @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social
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What Does Beatlemania Have to Teach Us About Pop Culture Today?
This conversation between two authors who happen to share the same name: BBC and Channel 4 broadcaster Samira Ahmed, whose A Hard Day’s Night in Bloomsbury’s BFI Film Classics series ju…
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely an insane paragraph from Sam Alito. “Voter fraud is real and scary and we have to stop it, so the fact that implementing Trump’s mail ballot rule will disenfranchise millions is legally irrelevant.” Brain melted. A right-wing podcaster in a robe. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
___, (slip op., at 9) (internal quotation marks omitted).
As for the equities, the Government has a strong interest
in enforcing the rule, and implementing it will also “en-
hance the visibility of Federal Ballot Mail” in order to better
detect election fraud. 91 Fed. Reg. 54972. On the other side
of the balance, the plaintiff States invoke the practical ef-
fects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elec-
tions. I take that problem very seriously, but it is not
enough to convince me to deny the application.
First, as the District Court acknowledged, the States dis-
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When public shaming is an absolute moral imperative and a good thing:
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
sikhs were beat up for supposedly being muslim. muslims were branded terrorist cells. democrats were sent anthrax and called pro-terrorist for opposing invading iraq. this post-9/11 unity you always hear republicans, democrats and the media talking about NEVER HAPPENED.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Get in, folks: a new Russian disinfo campaign is targeting the midterms, specifically Democrats, in what seems to be the first attempt by the Kremlin-backed op to meddle in this year’s U.S. elections. They're faking celebrity videos attacking Dems and are...very stupid. www.ms.now/news/russia-...
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A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.
An Onion article titled “Talking to your child about the WTC attack,” which is filled with real good info.
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No worries. Giant tech companies are famously trustworthy and ethical, guys!
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A fucking cult
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sometimes people really hate being called exactly what they are.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/09/2026
Every single Republican interviewed from now through Friday needs to be asked about Trump’s 9/11 lies. Anything less is journalistic malpractice.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Patriot Platform: The New Far-Right Vigilante Group Hunting Migrants and Getting a Pass from the Police” The failure of both police and politicians to treat last weekend’s vigilantism in Dover and Portsmouth with the seriousness it deserves will only encourage far-right thugs. From Zeteo UK:
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Patriot Platform: The New Far-Right Vigilante Group Hunting Migrants and Getting a Pass from the Police
The failure of both police and politicians to treat last weekend’s vigilantism in Dover and Portsmouth with the seriousness it deserves will only encourage far-right thugs to mobilise
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I've launched a new limited-run podcast. Liberating Lit brings to listeners the advocacy origin stories of the people who have been defending the right to read and championing literature, with the goal to inspire new advocates and refill the cups of those feeling depleted.
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I love this series! Would personally like another dozen or so books but apparently Stevie has to graduate from HS at some point. RUDE. But anyway, Velvet Knife has a cult so I'm all in!
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is all the news and Dems should be talking about right now. These are fucking egregious disgusting lies. Literally Jeffries and Schumer should be hammering away at this, shoving the lies in his face. AND YET...
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BREAKING The Emirati government is declining to comment on a Haaretz news story reporting that the president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed, called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu prior to Oct 7, 2023, to warn him that a Hamas attack on Israel was imminent.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/09/2026
Turns out you really do need food inspectors after all
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don't want to be the "can you imagine how the media would have reacted if Biden said something so obviously false" guy but CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE REACTED IF BIDEN SAID SOMETHING SO OBVIOUSLY FALSE
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
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How Corporations Crush the Working Class | Robert Reich
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down how power has shifted from labor unions to corporate giants over the
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/09/2026
For nearly 60 years, Dolly Parton kept up her membership in the Nashville Association of Musicians (AFM Local 257)—a notable commitment in Tennessee, a right-to-work state with one of the nation’s lowest union participation rates.
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Here's to Dolly: union member, vaccine hero, literacy giant, staunch gay ally.
Community-based philanthropy and fighting for the underdog defined the superstar’s legacy.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The race for Congress has been getting a lot of the attention. But what happens in state legislatures this November could matter just as much, if not more. Don't sleep on it.
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Trifecta Watch: The States Where Democrats Are Hoping To Win Full Government Power
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This absurd likeable v not-likeable binary still exists--especially for non-white female MCs in publishing and I'd really love for it to get tossed onto the ash heap of sexist & racisthistory. I'd like us to trust our authors and our readers. It's a simple ask but somehow so hard to enact.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Book banners tried to have me arrested. Tried to have me fired. Tried to destroy my life. Thankfully, I didn’t run into any of them at the Emmy Awards.
Martha holding an Emmy Award for The Librarians documentary
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/09/2026
Update: the dialect map quiz thing going around is a cheap knockoff of the good one, which is here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Published 2024)
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/09/2026
You can thank Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran for this. But don’t worry, the President is very focused on renaming lakes, constructing an arch, and building a ballroom you’ll never see.
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US diesel prices hit a record high, pushing up transportation costs for a long list of goods
Diesel has hit a record price in the U.S., soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What the hell?? Folks please make sure you check your claims including for anthologies. This is terrible. And I'm sure this dude is hoping that in the chaos he's causing, he'll manage to get some money because some authors won't have the time/ability to push back/jump through admin hoops.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/09/2026
Hi! Anthropic Q&A re:rights reversion and publisher claims. This is not legal advice; I can't give you legal advice. What I can do is tell you what I would do under certain circumstances.
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