Book 6 of Read Around the 🌎: Present Tense Machine, by Gunnhild Øyehaug, translated from Norwegian by Kari Dickson. I'll finish it today, & that feels right given that, among other things, this book is all about time & shifts in perception & reality. It's a shorter book, but so, so clever #BookSky

While I hope everyone celebrating Xmas today has had a lovely, peaceful time, my heart remains in Palestine, with the people of Palestine. 🇵🇸 #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

Fellow Bluesky Canadians - please have a look at this letter and the work Just Peace Advocates is doing - consider adding your name and sharing: actionnetwork.org/letters/sanc...

Working on book lists today, I love my job. These ones are specifically for classroom books, so I'm dreaming up ways they could be used in lessons and early development. That said, if you are a library or an org who still has lists up that include books like Tikki Tikki Tembo, do better. #BookSky

A shout out for this important book by Rebecca Ruth Gould. I have done a lot of unlearning and learning since October 2023. This book was a huge part of the learning. I didn't know, and there's so much more for me to learn. On top of raising our voices against injustice, we have to get informed.

Contacting your MP isn't just for election cycles! This would mean deep cuts, if not entire cuts, to inter-library loans, & to services for folks who are visually & print impaired. Yes to responsible and transparent stewardship of public money, but I'm certain we could find better ways to save.

I have chosen my titles for Norway and India, & they're up next - but it's a big, beautiful world and there are many countries yet to visit on this project. So #BookSky - I'm reading around the world: what suggestions do you have? I 💚 stories of all kinds, any genre, & I'd love to hear from you!

Book 5 of my Read Around the World project is The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu - for China. I love good science fiction. With this one I find the science a little daunting at times, but the story is so compelling. I'm enjoying the philosophy woven throughout. #BookSky

Danielle Smith is now facing a recall petition — one of 21 Alberta MLAs under pressure. When even her own constituents say she’s not showing up, that’s a problem. CBC is breaking down what’s really going on. Read more: r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.

Read Around the 🌎 4 is from Mexico: Reservoir Bitches, by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated by Heather Cleary & Julia Sanches. These short stories are the perfect example of why I'm doing this project: to be exposed to new stories, to learn. It was challenging, I loved it, it broke my heart. #BookSky

"I am not in denial, but I am in open rebellion." That is a phenomenal rallying cry and one we should all carry, because it outlasts and outmatches any developments, any "improvements"; it doesn't matter how "good" the plagiarism machine gets. The better it steals and harms, the more we will rebel.

Book 3 of Read Around the World was: The Rainfall Market, by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung - South Korea. A sweet story; a modern fable, which I always love. There are also elements of Korean folklore in the characters. What would you do if you had a chance to pick a new life? #Booksky

YOU can affect Israeli policy Here is proof:

True maybe now more than ever. From The Essential June Jordan: bookshop.org/a/862/9781556596209 #poem #books #writing

Book 2 in my Read Around The World project was Above Us The Milky Way, by Fowzia Karimi - chosen for Afghanistan. The author grew up in the US after fleeing "the first land." The book tells the story of five sisters, their parents, two lands, and how the heart is forever affected by both. #BookSky

Inspired by Courtney Henning Novak, I've started by own Read Around the World project. It will take years and I love it! This was book one: What You Can See From Here, by Mariana Leky, translated from the original German by Tess Lewis - tender & utterly charming magical realism. ##Booksky

It’s absolutely right that workers walk off the job in response to the government taking a chainsaw to Canada Post. If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.

The Israeli military murdered Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif AND the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza. The only reason to do so—right before you illegally invade Gaza—is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate. www.qasimrashid.com/p/israel-mur...

The only reason you assassinate every Al Jazeera journalist left in Gaza is because you don’t want anyone to document the genocide you are about to accelerate. Any politician and any journalist who cannot call this genocide for what it is, is complicit, and I hope history remembers you as such.

The mollycoddling and political cowardice is so incredibly disappointing. This isn't a game where you win votes if you don't offend anyone! How many people have to say it's a genocide before we quit the bullshit song and dance?

Women and girl's art and lives in Afghanistan.... before the Taliban. #AfghanWomen #WomensArt

As the day Omar El Akkad predicted is slowly becoming a reality -- that “one day" when "everyone will have always been against this," people might forget what institutions, employers and peers did to those who really have always been against this. This new report helps to remind us:

Israel kidnapped 17 family members of Awdah Hathaleen, and is refusing to return the body of the martyr to the family. The women of the village have gone on hunger strike until the body is returned. 📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank, Palestine

How Awdah Hathaleen was murdered. And what he meant to us. Please watch. And remember his name.

#Canada please - add your name to this petition, at least share it, it takes so little time to add your voice to the pressure on our government to do something. Even this isn't enough, but everything counts. Palestine needs all the help we can give. nccm.ca/take-action/...

I wish American media would read Israeli media. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

At the Israeli prison, US human rights defender Chris Smalls was physically assaulted by seven uniformed individuals. They choked him and kicked him in the legs. We condemn this violence against Chris and demand accountability for the assault and discriminatory treatment he faced. #BreakTheSiege

Eyad Amawi, an aid coordinator in Gaza, says Palestinians need more than political statements in order to "stop the genocide" being carried out by Israel, including mass starvation of the civilian population. www.democracynow.org/2025/7/28/ga...

Adalah lawyers have met 17 of 21 detained activists. They are in relatively stable condition. Israel is treating them as if they entered illegally, despite abducting them in international waters. They were told to either accept “voluntary deportation” or remain detained and appear before a tribunal.

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Antonio La Picirella is a citizen of Italy. E: [email protected] X: ItalyMFA_int Antonio_Tajani FB: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale IG: italymfa antoniotajani

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Santiago González Vallejo is a citizen of Spain. Email and Tag the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs NOW: Email: [email protected] X: @SpainMFA Instagram: @exteriores.maec and @jmalbares

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Mohamed El Bakkali is a citizen of Morocco. Contact: Min Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation & Moroccan Expatriates E: [email protected] X: Marocdiplo_EN MarocDiplomatie MarocDiplo_AR Insta: marocdiplomatique FB: MarocDiplomatie

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Chloe Ludden is a UK citizen. E/Tag the FCDO NOW: Email: [email protected] X: @FCDOGovUK and @DavidLammy Instagram: @foreignanddevelopmentoffice and @david.lammy Facebook: @Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Gabrielle Cathala is a citizen of France. Tag the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs NOW: X: @FranceDiplo_EN and @francediplo FB: @FranceDiplomacy

SOS! The crew of 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Tan Safi is a citizen of 'Australia' E/Tag DFAT E: [email protected] X: @dfat @SenatorWong IG: dfat senatorpennywong FB: Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Penny Wong - Senator for SA

SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Braedon Peluso is a citizen of the U.S. Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW: X: @StateDept and @SecRubio FB: @U.S. Department of State Instagram: @statedept @secrubio

You can read my full rebuttal to the NYT whitewashing genocide on my human rights newsletter at www.qasimrashid.com/p/nyt-whitew... Be sure to spread the word to maximize impact. ❤️✊🏽

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Settlers Built Road Toward Mukhmas, Paving Way for New Outpost and full-scale raids

Join the #Handala surveillance team - watch the live feed from the boat here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lr...

"I’m joining the BDS movement calling for a sustained global boycott until it ends operations in apartheid Israel." Fashion and sustainability campaigner, Venetia La Manna, joins the BDS call to #BoycottZARA. Boycott ZARA until it ends its criminal complicity.

Palestinians call to urgently #BlockTheBoat. The COSCO Pisces ship, carrying military materiel to genocidal Israel, plans to dock in the port of La Spezia, Italy, on Friday July 25. Dockworkers, mobilize! #GenocideFleet

Day 4: Bob Suberi, on the 'Handala'. Bob reports on his sighting of a drone formation while on pre-dawn watch. Follow and support 'Handala': freedomflotilla.org/ffc-tracker/

It’s not just a humanitarian catastrophe; it’s a genocide that’s been enabled by the UK and other Western countries.

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East created an email you can add your name to, asking Carney to sanction Israel: nwmd.social/s/copylink/4... Please consider sending it, please share the link. It'll take less than a minute to lift your voice for Palestinians. Thank you @cjpme.org

Israeli Knesset just voted to annex the West Bank — there are two things you need to know:

6 US citizens aboard ‘Handala’ just read a powerful open letter to Donald Trump and the US Government. They plan to deliver food, medicine, and baby formula to Gaza in a few days. If anything happens to them, the world will know who is responsible.

I wonder how different our world would be if Canadian media could muster the same outrage over the government’s inaction on the forced starvation in Gaza as we do for foreign interference and government debt levels… Breaks my heart, truly. These are choices.