Dale Stromberg

here’s my review of Wake Up!, a novella many of you would really love, I think

Thanks, Briar!! For the three people who are like, FINALLY! The t4t mahjong thriller I've been waiting for!! 😍🀄
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Right. It's a removal of the actor from the sentence.

As if people "lose" jobs all on their own, with nobody else involved.

Exactly this.

So-called "objectivity" can be a covert way of choosing a side.

yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too

the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them

Sama’a and three year old Julia standing in front of their home, totally collapsed from the bombs. Julia is in the front, facing left, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Sama’a is wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is looking into the camera with a meek smile and has her right hand in a peace sign, and holding hands with Julia, who is looking down but toward her mother. She wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers

Sama’a standing in a bombed out building surrounded by rubble and dirt, holding her 5 month old daughter, Talia. She is wearing a Black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse, and black pants. Baby Talia is swaddled in a white blanket, and wearing a white headband with a bow.

Baha’a sets in their apartment, wearing a black sweatshirt. On his shoulders is 3 year-old Julia wearing a white fleece sweater with big pink hearts and pink fleece pants, her head resting on her father‘s head in his lap is baby Talia wearing a blue sweater and holding a bottle of milk that she is looking at

4 month old Baby Talia lying on her back over a white embroidered pillow. She is wearing a blue hooded sweater with a white cotton shirt underneath, and burgundy pants, holding a bottle of milk that is hiding most of her face. Her three year old sister Julia is lying next to her, her hand helping to keep the bottle steady. She is wearing a purple sweater and her hair is a mess of dark curls. Both girls are looking directly into the camera with big brown eyes.

I'm not asking for comfort, but to survive.

My children don't know what safety means; all they know is the sound of bombs.

My home is destroyed. My dreams are buried under the rubble.

If you don't help us today, when will you? Your support saves our lives.

- Sama’a 🤍

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My hand holding the novel Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings. The cover shows an abstract image of a figure, probably a woman, holding one hand to what looks to be a floor-length window through which light is streaming.

More #bookhaul

Meet Me at the Crossroads by @megiddings.bsky.social , which I grabbed after being impressed by one of the author's short stories online.

An illustration of two little girls looking out their bedroom window at a giant snake. Cover for Black Hole Science Is Filled with Apologies, a hybrid poetry collection by Never Angeline North, with poems collected from over a decade. Cover designed by author. Book released by tRaum Books.

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My new genre is "special contemporary disaster"!! 🌟🌟
A lovely review of the (quietly) upcoming Wake Up! <33333
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A woman marches in a crowd while holding a sign that says "Unapologetic Unafraid Undocumented Pinay."

A bunch of people are protesting outside of a building. They are signs that say "Defend DACA Defend Dreamers" and "No Human Being Is Illegal."

But I am saying that the system you see today was not around forever. And the specific US system is so convoluted and broken that it basically pushes good people into the undocumented status. Those people *want* to do things the right way, but law makes it difficult.

Corey's original tweet, which reads: "You don’t get it. Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"

Depending on what you mean by "foundational immigration law," it's not true that this system has existed over a millennia.

For much of US history, migrants arrived by simply walking off of a boat. First US immigration law came in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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Sama’a stands with her two daughters in front of the market on a dirt road. Sam is wearing a black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, black pants, and is holding baby Talia in her arms who is swaddled in a white blanket, and wearing a headband at her hip is three year-old Julia, who is wearing a blue and green plaid dress with a white collar and white shoes with big gold flowers on them. Her dark hair is pulled back into two pigtails.

5 month old Talia lying in a wrought iron bassinet, with a blue cushion with white stars. She has dark hair and light skin, wearing a brown fleece sweater and is covered in a white knitted blanket, looking at the camera with big brown eyes. Behind her is her 3 year old sister, Julia, who has her hands on Talia’s head. She is wearing a white fleece sweater with pink hearts. Her dark hair is in pigtails, and she is looking at the camera.

Three year old Julia and 4 month old Talia sleeping together under an orange blanket. They are cuddled and facing each other. Julia is on the left wearing a purple fleece sweater, her dark curly hair in pigtails. Talia is wearing a brown sweater with a white turtleneck underneath, her hair short and curly, her face very chubby.

Gaza is not just news…

It is children falling asleep to the sound of explosions, and mothers fearing each hug might be the last.
We only want to live… not to wait for death every night. 💔

Your support is a lifeline for my family

- Sama’a 🤍

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Gaza is cold. Bombs fall like rain. The holy month of Ramadan brings no relief. Please give what you can to help my friend Sama'a.

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Everything the House passes is called some shit like the PROTECT Act and it makes it illegal to vote or have a bank account if you can't prove that you're genetically Christian.

I'm also curious, if the LLM is a person, how old is it? Do we count its age from when it is instantiated? If so, is it a minor (since it was instantiated less than 18 years ago)? When you make Grok generate porn, are you perforce exposing a minor to porn?

House Republicans call to investigate Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show over 'widespread twerking, grinding, pelvic thrusts' Rep. Mark Alford said the fallout "could be much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."

If these guys are shocked by this, wait till they hear about the Epstein files.

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There are a lot of other things that you can do to stop death camps from being constructed but this is a real-name account. I'm sure you can read accounts of WWII and dystopian fiction to find out what some of them are.

Sama’a standing atop the rubble of her home after it was bombed by Israel. She is wearing a black hijab, a black and white hooded sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse, denim pants, smiling and holding a peace sign.

Sama’a and Julia standing in the rubble of their home after Israel’s bombardment. Julia is in the front, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Sama’a, her mother, is about six feet back, wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is holding up her hands in a peace sign.

Little Julia sitting atop a large pile of debris that was once the contents of their home, before it was bombed. She is two years old in this photo (now 3). She is wearing a dark pink puffy coat, denim pants, with a grey wool hat, her dark curly hair peeking out. She has olive skin, and is looking to the left.

Sama’a and her daughters in front of a red sheeted wall. She is smiling, wearing a black hijab and a white Mickey Mouse sweatshirt, holding baby Talia in her arm, who is swaddled in a white blanket and wearing a white headband with a bow. At her hip is 3 year old Julia, wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, smiling with her dark hair pulled up into pigtails.

Ramadan is approaching…and my heart trembles with fear that it will come with no food or warmth for my two little girls.

Our home is gone, and donations have almost stopped.

Please don’t let us enter the month of mercy in this helplessness…be mercy for us. 🤲🏻

- Sama’a 🤍

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Hey folks on here, did I see someone recently (thread? Essay?) posting about how AI is fundamentally anti-consent, in its copyright infringement and its uses for non-consensual imagery, and also its pedagogical uses? I’m looking for a source.

This book was so strange and good.

The Seldom, №15 Unsober yammering, unpublished fiction, uneasy legacies

I newslettered.

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Two little girls in a bedroom stare out the window at a giant snake. Illustration is the cover for Never Angeline North's Black Hole Science Is Filled with Apologies, a hybrid poetry volume, released by tRaum Books. Cover art by the author.

A tessellation of stickers featuring Never Angeline North, with some doodles over her black and white picture. Photo by the author; stickers released by tRaum Books.

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Sama’a and three year old Julia standing in front of their home, totally collapsed from the bombs. Julia is in the front, facing left, holding onto a large gray fallen pole of some sort, wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers. Sama’a is wearing an oversized white shirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, with a black hooded shirt underneath that is pulled over her head, a black open zip up jacket, and jeans. She is looking into the camera with a meek smile and has her right hand in a peace sign, and holding hands with Julia, who is looking down but toward her mother. She wearing a pink puffy coat, denim pants and blue sneakers

Sama’a stands in a room with a white tile floor next to a table, decorated with a white lacy tablecloth, holding her four month old daughter, Talia. Sama’a is wearing a black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, and black pants. Talia is wearing a fuzzy white footie pajamas, with a hood, and a white headband with a bow. Sama’a is holding a plastic bag with treats and snacks inside.

Baby Talia lies on a brown mattress with her head on a blue pillow. She is wearing a fuzzy white zip up pajamas with a hood and has a white headband with a bow. She is looking at her sister three-year-old Julia, who is sitting next to her looking at the camera. Julia is wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, white stockings, and her dark brown hair is pulled back into two pigtails.

Baby Talia lays on a Brown mattress wearing a fuzzy white onesie pajamas, with a hood. Her sister three year-old Julia is leaned over giving her a kiss. Julia is wearing a blue and green plaid dress with a white collar and white stockings. her dark hair is pulled back into two pigtails

Ramadan is just around the corner. While homes around the world are preparing joyfully, our house is destroyed, and my daughters are waiting for safety before celebrating.

I'm not asking for luxuries, just the necessities to live this holy month with dignity.

- Sama’a 🤍

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Good to see this.

I need to fasttrack it in the TBR pile then…

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Sama’a taking a selfie with her daughters. They are standing on the concrete ground with red sheeted walls behind them. Sama’a is wearing a black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse on the front, and black pants, and holding sleeping baby Talia in her arm who is swaddled in a white blanket and wearing a white headband with a bow. Three year old Julia stands at her hip, wearing a blue green plaid dress witha white collar, white shoes with rose gold flowers, and her dark hair is in pigtails.

4 month old Baby Talia lying on her back over a white embroidered pillow. She is wearing a blue hooded sweater with a white cotton shirt underneath, and burgundy pants, holding a bottle of milk that is hiding most of her face. Her three year old sister Julia is lying next to her, her hand helping to keep the bottle steady. She is wearing a purple sweater and her hair is a mess of dark curls. Both girls are looking directly into the camera with big brown eyes.

3 year old Julia sitting inside of a tent, on a green and grey patterned rug. She is wearing pale pink sweats. She has light skin and her dark curly hair is pulled back into pigtails.

Baha’a (father, not pictured) taking a photo as he holds 4 month old Talia at his chest, you can see his hand holding her up. She is wearing mint green fuzzy pajamas with an animal print, and looking over her shoulder. She has light brown skin and a mess off dark hair on her head.

I have two young daughters, Julia and Talia, who have known nothing but war and fear.

Our home was destroyed, our dreams shattered, and the sound of shelling terrifies them every day.

I am a mom who asks only for mercy; your support protects their childhood.

- Sama’a 🤍

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