Kevin roose is obsessed w anthropomorphising LLMs. Why??

A teen wizard runs a magic makeup business with resources from his Fae, Merfolk and Undead friends. When he learns someone is stealing these same items–and there’s a link to his missing dads–he must find the thief or risk losing his friends, his business and the chance to find his parents #DVPit #GN

When two ex-best friends are reluctantly crowned persons of honor, their petty feud escalates into all-out sabotage. When the bride vanishes a day before the wedding, they’re forced into a frantic search, only to discover the one thing they can’t sabotage is their feelings. #DVPit #romcom #MF #Black

I’d be embarrassed 🤭

A huge thank you to @alomshaha.bsky.social and Rebecca Struthers, on their launch for their book- ABOUT TIME. A brilliant book concept for young readers, about the history of telling time and clocks. The venue - Watches Of Switzerland on Regent Street was super cool!! Take a bow, Alom and Rebecca...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTo... you have to listen...watch nowww god this made me weeeeeep with pride, nostalgia, joy... I fucken love being sudaniaaa

This is unsurprising. When I first started on the patch in 2012, they needed two MWDs (workers) per rig. By the time I moved job two years later, one MWD was responsible for four rigs, via remote platforms etc. I was almost completely automated out in a tiny period of time.

Anytime folks bang on about Denmark’s gender equality and what not, I like to remind them of how they treat Greenlander folks. This story is terrible, but not surprising: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

I am ashamed to be living in this time. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sudan's war is about everything, and don't you forget it. Oh, you've already turned away? Mashallah 3alayk, mashallah. substack.com/home/post/p-...

England doesn’t even have a map of who owns what land (individuals, not shell companies/obscure bodies) - imagine this!

My iPhone is all but unusable only four years after I bought it new. An iPhone 12 mini. It’s been laggy and slow for about two years, and no matter how much space I make on it, its battery lasts barely a few hours…this forced obsolescence makes me so mad. Build things to LAST!

Another shout out for this excellent event happening next week in Sheffield, where the Sheffield Sudanis at??? www.englishpen.org/posts/events...

Thrilling panel at @edbookfest.bsky.social with @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social! @yassmin.bsky.social was our chair & interlocutor. For a 30% discount on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from @ucpress.bsky.social, 1/ 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #politics #HAMH #edbookfest

A brilliant few days @edbookfest.bsky.social. We talked all things demonisation, dehumanisation - and, of course, Gaza. Thanks to all who came and to @yassmin.bsky.social for chairing. Signed copies of 'Anywhere But Here' are in the festival bookshop now.

@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social's ANYWHERE BUT HERE should be required reading for anyone who wants to publish words about immigration or asylum seekers. She and I are speaking at the #edbookfest later today. www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

"I am reminded of the death of a marriage. When there is an argument there is the hope for progress, because at least the parties are engaged with each other. When there is silence, when all sides have left the table, then you know the battle is lost." yassmin.substack.com/p/the-battle...

If Elon Musk called me right now, told me to drop everything and come work on his project,” I said on the phone as I paced the cold, concrete sidewalks of Melbourne, “I’d do it. No questions asked.” 2005? Same @yassmin.bsky.social. Sudan is not alone in its reliance on Musk. #AusPol

Listening to @TheNewsAgents podcast talking anything to do with migration is a joke. 'There are some cultures where they treat women badly so we shouldn't let them in...' and yet the meaning is clear - they aren't talking about THE USA, they're talking bout *majority muslim country here*

A year or two ago I asked a senior news editor in Perth ABC why they seldom if ever covered events from Africa, Sth America, much of Asia… He said words to the effect, “I know. We should do better.” They didn’t. They don’t. They won’t. I can’t help wondering if racism has something to do with it.

How to write about Sudan ❤️‍🔥 @yassmin.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-...

Love that when outlets like the Atlantic or the NYT finally get around to writing a long piece on Sudan, they never, ever, ever, EVER, get a Sudanese person to write it. Despite Sudanese ppl pitching them 1000x over the last few years. And oh, let’s play ‘How to Write About Sudan’ bingo…

Folks in YORKSHIRE (esp SHEFFIELD)! Would love to see you at this special event, talking about Sudanese literature... www.englishpen.org/posts/events...

Join us at 6.30pm, 27 Aug, in partnership with @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social Sheffield, for an evening of readings and discussion with @yassmin.bsky.social, Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Salma Ali, Adil Babikir & @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social. Book now ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/events...

When this shit happens I’m like, KEEP SUDAN’S NAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!!!

Reminds me of the article by @yassmin.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-...

Loved this piece by Yassmin. A sharp, sardonic critique that playfully captures the sheer ridiculousness Sudanese people face in navigating a world that simply does not care about them. The level of patience it requires to not pull your hair out when facing this daily is otherworldly.

Thanks so much for sharing - really proud of this one 💕

academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-... Incredible piece by @yassmin.bsky.social

maybe I'm being an asshole, but if you see someone who is in the middle of writing something, on a computer, in a workspace, and you are curious, please for the love of GOD do NOT interrupt them to ask them 'are you a writer?'

I feel such mixed feelings about this idea of ‘swole girl summer’… and I’m not proud, but I don’t have time to pitch a piece so I’m just gonna think aloud here. Spurred on by listening to: open.spotify.com/episode/6Roj...

Check out the festival programme below. Join us, ably chaired by @yassmin.bsky.social, on Fri Au 15, 13:30-14:30! Ticket sales open tomorrow. 4/4 www.edbookfest.co.uk

It’s your last chance to sign up for this amazing workshop with the brilliant @yassmin.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/work...

This week's roundup! Featuring an epic piece on Starlink, a reflection on Chosen Families... and an invitation to my workshop tomorrow on Sudani stuff that you really MUST check out! yassmin.substack.com/p/starlink-c...

Really insightful and interesting piece by @yassmin.bsky.social I strongly recommend about a subject that the world is infuriatingly deaf to newlinesmag.com/spotlight/su...

Thrilled to be talking about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (@ucpress.bsky.social) at Edinburgh International Book Festival @edbookfest.bsky.social! On a panel with Omar El-Akkad & @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social. Chair @yassmin.bsky.social. Aug 15th! 💙📚🧪 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #globalhistory #HAMH 1/3

My latest!! On Elon Musk and the complicated feels one has about him as Sudanese… #KeepEyesOnSudan

This week's substack is on my love of being an outsider: yassmin.substack.com/p/the-freedo...

Yesterday the tragedy was just a story, today it's fashionable and John Lennon is refusing OBE for it, tomorrow it's a yesterday's hype. We have seen it all, and our job is to carry the flame and win. If not in flesh, then in the minds.

reminder if you're in town tonight I'm hosting this incredible panel at the London Library - last couple tickets left so please do come thru! www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/302...

Our next #Workshop4Sudan is upon us! Welcoming our next facilitator; @yassmin.bsky.social will be taking us through Sudan Through Story: The Power of Sudanese Art and Keeping Culture Alive, on Monday, June 16th at 4:30pm EDT! chuffed.org/project/worksh…

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In this week's substack, I write about how I feel about each of my previously published books (was I too honest? Not honest enough???) open.substack.com/pub/yassmin/...

ICYMI: My essay on the GILMORE GIRLS!!! yassmin.substack.com/p/daughter-i...

It's really not okay how little understanding and engagement there is on Sudan. Discovered this brilliant interview with @yassmin.bsky.social and it only has 300 views?? Listen to it, learn more, spread more: really just take it more seriously. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy9m...

Okay real talk is there anyone who has written about having a baby as a freelancer without their creative career completely imploding or being put on hold for like 15 years bc all yall getting parental leave and flexible policies is great but not relatable content (asking for a friend)

@hachettechildrens.bsky.social's has snapped up two middle-grade fantasy novels from presenter and activist @yassmin.bsky.social 👇 #BookSky