Kaushik Karforma
@kaushikkwrites.bsky.social
#crimefiction #thrillers #spyfiction | Genre fan | Reviewer | #Bisexual, #kinkfriendly | #NSFW sometimes | MDNI | Pro-Science. Pro-Democracy. #Fuckcapitalism. #FuckFascism. Oh, and #FuckAI too while we're at it.
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I got annoyed about the three body problem. Both the actual mathematical/physics problem, and the book/TV show.
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I got annoyed about the three body problem. Both the actual mathematical/physics problem, and the book/TV show.
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We are delighted to welcome Cllr John Stuart to the Scottish Greens.
We look forward to working to build a fairer, greener Moray which delivers a Just Transition, protects nature, invests in public services and addresses the cost of living.
#VoteScotishGreens
We look forward to working to build a fairer, greener Moray which delivers a Just Transition, protects nature, invests in public services and addresses the cost of living.
#VoteScotishGreens
🚨BREAKING
We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens!
This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.
We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens!
This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We are delighted to welcome Cllr John Stuart to the Scottish Greens.
We look forward to working to build a fairer, greener Moray which delivers a Just Transition, protects nature, invests in public services and addresses the cost of living.
#VoteScotishGreens
We look forward to working to build a fairer, greener Moray which delivers a Just Transition, protects nature, invests in public services and addresses the cost of living.
#VoteScotishGreens
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🚨BREAKING
We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens!
This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.
We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens!
This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨BREAKING
We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens!
This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.
We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens!
This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.
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16th century Venetian lawyer/bibliophile Odorico Pillone shelved his books spine-inward and commissioned Cesare Vecellio (Titian’s nephew) to paint their fore-edges with colourful images suggesting their subject matter. Here’s how they looked on the shelf news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/p...
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
16th century Venetian lawyer/bibliophile Odorico Pillone shelved his books spine-inward and commissioned Cesare Vecellio (Titian’s nephew) to paint their fore-edges with colourful images suggesting their subject matter. Here’s how they looked on the shelf news.yale.edu/2019/03/14/p...
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Need some epic fantasy in your life? Some no-holds-barred action, big battles, with a couple of mad gods and megalomaniac humans thrown in the mix? Need some book buying ideas for family and friends?
Allow me to introduce you to the Godblind trilogy. Definitely #notromantasy
Allow me to introduce you to the Godblind trilogy. Definitely #notromantasy
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Need some epic fantasy in your life? Some no-holds-barred action, big battles, with a couple of mad gods and megalomaniac humans thrown in the mix? Need some book buying ideas for family and friends?
Allow me to introduce you to the Godblind trilogy. Definitely #notromantasy
Allow me to introduce you to the Godblind trilogy. Definitely #notromantasy
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Jules Verne’s original sketch map of Lincoln Island for L'Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island), 1874
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December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Jules Verne’s original sketch map of Lincoln Island for L'Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island), 1874
verne.garmtdevries.nl/en/maps/vari...
verne.garmtdevries.nl/en/maps/vari...
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I am very pleased to announce that I am supporting the wonderful Goldsboro Writing Academy to provide funded places on their courses for writers from low-income and under-represented backgrounds in 2026 and in 2027.
For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!
For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I am very pleased to announce that I am supporting the wonderful Goldsboro Writing Academy to provide funded places on their courses for writers from low-income and under-represented backgrounds in 2026 and in 2027.
For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!
For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
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gregpak.net
the community action news blog of writer and photojournalist Greg Pak
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December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The city starts getting electricity next month from hydrogen made at a Utah plant – and stored beneath it in a vast salt cavern – to help get to 100% carbon-free power.
L.A. Kicks Coal As It Fires Up The World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Power Plant
The city starts getting electricity next month from hydrogen made at a Utah plant – and stored beneath it in a vast salt cavern – to help get to 100% carbon-free power.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The city starts getting electricity next month from hydrogen made at a Utah plant – and stored beneath it in a vast salt cavern – to help get to 100% carbon-free power.
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the law is fickle, and money is powerful, but the good news is that transphobes cannot force you to be nice to them. so don't be
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
the law is fickle, and money is powerful, but the good news is that transphobes cannot force you to be nice to them. so don't be
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it should be illegal to have to get out of your warm bed and go to work
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
it should be illegal to have to get out of your warm bed and go to work
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
John Carpenter's Ballistic: Eckhart vs Sever
John Carpenter's What Women Want
John Carpenter's What Women Want
Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:
John Carpenter's Runaway Bride
John Carpenter's Runaway Bride
Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:
John Carpenter's The Shadow
John Carpenter's The Shadow
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
John Carpenter's Ballistic: Eckhart vs Sever
John Carpenter's What Women Want
John Carpenter's What Women Want
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The Fantasy Hive team have curated a Christmas Gift Guide to aid anyone out there struggling to buy for the reader in their life.
If you're looking for a recommendation we've missed in our categories, please comment! These 89 books are us holding back...
Read more: tinyurl.com/375wuk5k
If you're looking for a recommendation we've missed in our categories, please comment! These 89 books are us holding back...
Read more: tinyurl.com/375wuk5k
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Fantasy Hive team have curated a Christmas Gift Guide to aid anyone out there struggling to buy for the reader in their life.
If you're looking for a recommendation we've missed in our categories, please comment! These 89 books are us holding back...
Read more: tinyurl.com/375wuk5k
If you're looking for a recommendation we've missed in our categories, please comment! These 89 books are us holding back...
Read more: tinyurl.com/375wuk5k
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
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Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?
Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?
Try reading a book in public! 📖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Fuck! Only about 11%? Gotta up my motherfucking game.
@kaushikkwrites.bsky.social has swears! They've used 39 profanities in their last 360 posts.
🥇 "fuck" (11 times)
🥈 "fucking" (10 times)
🥉 "hell" (3 times)
🥇 "fuck" (11 times)
🥈 "fucking" (10 times)
🥉 "hell" (3 times)
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Fuck! Only about 11%? Gotta up my motherfucking game.
Okay, lemme join the fray. How much profanity have I used in my posts, @profanity.accountant?
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Okay, lemme join the fray. How much profanity have I used in my posts, @profanity.accountant?
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We are thrilled to reveal the cover for THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS by @mikebrooks668.bsky.social! 🐝
A smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts are thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destinies of empires.
Coming June 2026!
A smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts are thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destinies of empires.
Coming June 2026!
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS by @mikebrooks668.bsky.social! 🐝
A smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts are thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destinies of empires.
Coming June 2026!
A smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts are thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destinies of empires.
Coming June 2026!
I can't read Finnish, so have to wait for the English version. But Nebullama had me at "Douglas Adams-esque". Humor is much needed in today's "all-serious all the time" sci-fi.
My debut book drops next year!
First in Finnish 🇫🇮 (since I'm a Finn), and, if all goes well, later in English 🇺🇸 (sorry, my English-speaking friends 🫶).
I can't share many details yet, but expect a wild, Douglas Adams–esque sci-fi humor space adventure! 🪐🌌🤖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
First in Finnish 🇫🇮 (since I'm a Finn), and, if all goes well, later in English 🇺🇸 (sorry, my English-speaking friends 🫶).
I can't share many details yet, but expect a wild, Douglas Adams–esque sci-fi humor space adventure! 🪐🌌🤖
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I can't read Finnish, so have to wait for the English version. But Nebullama had me at "Douglas Adams-esque". Humor is much needed in today's "all-serious all the time" sci-fi.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM