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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 11/05/2026

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 10/02/2026

there is no jumpscare quite like a "oh my god adobe updated the hue/saturation panel for the first time since 1978" jumpscare

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rituja @chamelea.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

An old poem by yours truely

Not like i'm counting
but it has been 6,25,400 minutes since i kissed the moth
on your forearm. i still feel it on my lips. i wonder if
every person who kisses me now, feels it too. i don't
vant them to to. it is mine, mine, mine. all mine to keep
17600 minutes before you kissed my lips, i was falling
apatt in a libraty. Somehow - i think i collected myself
hen only so i'd be be able to kiss you 17600 minutes
later. it has been 86400 minutes since i last texted you
36,400 minutes from from now, - when i'm still fceling you
all over me, i will take someone else's hand, and try to keep
your touch selfishly to myself. In my generosity i want
them to feel that ecstasy too. but i'm a glutton. i'm a thief.
and i cannot help but keep all yout love within me
locked up. never letting anyone else as much as touch it.

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 08/01/2026

Strawberry milk that I made last week

A photo of my hand holding a glass of strawberry milk

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Come to our book launch for BANDIGOAT: A Collection of Strange & Horrible Tales! Saturday 4:30, Kannadi Cupboard in Tambaram! We'll be carving jack o'lanterns! RSVP!

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

FINE I will read Intermezzo after every single semi-literate gay man in my life recommended it

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Roses are red Violets are blue

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Good SquidDance Macabre @squidfromspace.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 03/03/2025

A sunrise for you beautiful people

Picture of a sunrise at Elliot’s beach Chennai, with a long row of clouds obscuring the horizon

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Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Free is Equal --> Free Libraries Equal L💙VE! Our Library Love fundraiser campaigns for the 'Right To Read' through free, anti-caste & feminist public libraries #ForALL Priya Kuriyan is making an amazing offer. So scan the QR code on slide 2 to donate OR Click www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

The image is a poster with several elements.
On a blue background, there are several elements of a flyer.
There is a photograph of a person looking at camera.
Below that, the person’s name, and a description:
Priya Kuriyan
Children's book illustrator
Next to it is this text:
For a donation of INR 3000, I am offering a signed original mini painting
In a band across the bottom are two logos.
On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters.
On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

I am offering 18 original mini paintings, acrylics on paper, of varying sizes.
I will try and send you the artwork of your choice, but if it's not available, I will send a random one.

Bio of the artist:
Priya Kuriyan is a children's book writer-illustrator, comics maker and chronic doodler. She has directed educational films for the Sesame street show (India) and the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) and has illustrated numerous children's books for publishers like Tulika Books, Penguin, Scholastic and Hachette. She is the recipient of the Big Little Book award, instituted by Parag, an initiative of Tata Trusts in recognition of her contribution to Indian children's literature. Her most recent children's picture book 'Beauty in Missing' was published by Pratham Books, India. She lives and works in the city of Bangalore.

Below that, a QR Code, and these words:
To claim this offer (and view all the other offers), please scan this code, or go to https://www.fln.org.in/librarylove/

FLN is a collective of grassroots organisations and practitioners building, operating and advocating for free, anti-caste and feminist libraries that guarantee equal access to reading, learning and information resources for all.
We work with governments, civil society, national and international library associations, publishers and literary groups and individuals, to create policy and implement free-library curricula and models, and to reform India’s public library system.
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Library Love (14–28 February)
Our storyteller friends are making an array of generous offers in exchange for donations to FLN.
Funds raised will go towards curating book sets for grassroots libraries, training library leaders, research and advocacy, and paying our team of educators, organisers, trainers, researchers and managers.
Donations to Free Libraries Network FLN are exempt from tax under section 80G of the Income Tax Act (old regime). FLN can only accept donations within India and in Indian currency.

The image is a poster with several elements.
In large text at centre are these words:
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Our vision of a free library does not stop at delivering excellent library services to all. It must also be anti-caste, gender and disability-inclusive, and do the essential work of welcoming into reading and thinking, those who have been historically excluded.
FLN asserts that free libraries are a matter of right.
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In a band across the bottom are two logos.
On the left, one logotype has a stylised image of three books on a shelf and next to it, the name of the organisation, Free Libraries Network, India & South Asia in dark blue letters.
On the right, the second logotype, which has a stylised image of a blue gift box opening and little red book flying out of it, and the name of the campaign, Library Love.

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Kris @cookieduh.xyz · 26/02/2025

If you love books and reading or believe that libraries create equity by spreading awareness and knowledge or believe in supporting just causes , please read this thread / Contribute or reshare

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Peter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

This is a 🧵 in which I aim to persuade you to support @freelibsnet.bsky.social and, if your finances permit it, to take advantage of the many fabulous offers in its #LibraryLove fun(d)-raiser.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Supper at Emmaus, by Pontormo, 1525, 📸 by Austin Bigoney

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 04/02/2025

Chennai la Ooty weather 😍

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Stags! Bickers! www.blaft.com/collections/...

Tamil Pulp Fiction Vol. 3, modelled by Mymoon Moghul at the beach

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 12/01/2025

Soo happy to finally receive this from @blaft.bsky.social! Beautiful cover and can’t wait to dig into the stories

A photo of my hand holding a copy of “The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF” by Blaft Publications. In the background out of focus is my full bookshelf.

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SG @silverlightgal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Times are a bit hard. Am urgently looking for paid writing assignments. If you or anyone you know requires a freelance writer (film/technology/travel/feature pieces/ghost writing), please hit me up.

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Free Libraries Network - India @freelibsnet.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

We are hiring! For details of job & application process click here: shorturl.at/cU6QI #Amplify #ReShare #RePost

Job Opening: Free Libraries Network-FLN is hiring a Curriculum Coordinator

* Fluency in Hindi & English
* Minimum 2 years experience working in libraries, classrooms, curriculum design or related fields
* Knowledge of curriculum design and pedagogy
* Degree in education or related field
* Preference will be given to applicants from Dalit, Bahujan, Adivasi backgrounds, religious minorities, women & gender minorities and persons with disability
The position is paid. Detailed job description & application process in bio/link: https://shorturl.at/cU6QI

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

"The goal of targeting trans women’s participation in sports is to create a federal law that declares trans women are men. Once that precedent is established, then the laws can become more restrictive until it’s no longer legally viable to exist as a trans person under federal law." 👇

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Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Chennai bookstores have been slow to stock Blaft's new releases but you can find ANTI-CASTE SF on the shelves of the excellent Neelam Books in Egmore! Please go support this super important space!

Lots of other books on display at Neelam -- including the works of Wangari Mathai, Jyothirao Phule, Alex Haley & Malcolm X in Tamil translation

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I have a brilliant plan, all I need is: - the copyright to everything - all the money in the world

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 30/11/2024

Hello everyone. I'm a photographer based in Chennai and it was my birthday yesterday! As a small gift I kindly ask you for a repost 😊 If you like my work please consider hiring me or referring me to your friends/family! You can see my work at thesimplecrew.com and www.instagram.com/thesimplecrew

Photograph for a fashion designer. Photograph has a model in the wearing designer teal/green designer skirt and a top. She is standing on the bank of the river Teesta, in the town of Sevoke, West Bengal. The river is visible in the background and on the other side of the river are rocks and the Mangpong Forest.

Portrait of a singer. It's a studio shot on a white backdrop. She is sitting on the floor, holding her tanpura vertically on her lap. She is leaning her head on the neck of the tanpura and her eyes are closed. She is wearing a deep blue sari with a red and gold border.

Rose petals covering the entire floor while the groom puts a “metti” (toe ring) on the groom’s toe.

Bride and groom kissing. The groom on the left is wearing a shiny red shawl and the bride is wearing a maroon/pink sari.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet, by Ford Madox Brown, 1850s

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The Arrest of Christ, German artist, 1480-1495, 📸 by @1ontapdigital

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Launch events for THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF: Dec 21: Champaca Bookstore, Bangalore Jan 5: Community Library Project, Delhi Jan 29: The Common Press, London Link to buy if you're in a different city or can't make it: www.blaft.com/collections/...

Champaca Bookstore event for The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF

The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF 5th January 2025. 5 to 6:30, the Community Library Project, South Extension, Kotla, Mubarakpur

The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF Jan 29 7 pm The Common Press, London

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Back in May we made a trip to Ahmedabad, where we met with veteran pulp authors H.N. Golibar, Bansidhar Shukla, and Ekta Doshi, all of whom are featured in our Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthology. Here's a 🧵 we posted back in May on the Dark Place, right before we gave up on it.

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction front cover

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Olga Nenazhivina Art 👩‍🎨 @nenazhivina.com · 06/12/2024

Me in the parallel universe 😎 #art

Christmas soon
New Yorker cover December 1942
by Garrett Price

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 08/12/2024

This was an excellent recdiffs episode!

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Just a few fireflies in Smoky Mountain National Park, TN. These are synchronous fireflies and the males flash their lanterns in bursts of light that look like waves through the forest. Then they all go dark at once, watching for females to flash back. #ArtAdventCalendar (Photinus carolinus)

A dimly lit forest with hundreds of small yellow lights throughout the lower half of the photo.

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 06/12/2024

My hot chocolate smells amazing

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 05/12/2024

I made egg fried rice and then masala tea

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We'll be tabling in Berkeley, California on Saturday! Come say hi!

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kalim @akhmxt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hello all, my former editor, Zubair ( @zoo-bear.bsky.social ) is here. Please add him to India sky feed and other misinformation/disinformation reporting starter packs. Thanks.

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 04/12/2024

Chennai mornings feeling like this nowadays

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 04/12/2024

Is there a snoopy feed?

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Rohini Lakshané @aldebaran14.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Blue Sky hive mind, what is a good place to buy replacement batteries for laptops online in India? Out of my depth on this. Exilient.com used to be good but I see the domain is dead.

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varun @thesimplecrew.com · 04/12/2024