Swati Avasthi (SWA-thee)
@swatiavasthi.bsky.social
Author of Split and Chasing Shadows. (Knopf BFYR). Adj Professor at Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and YA. Obsessed with all things bunny on bluesky.
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Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
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Took this one tonight at sunset up on La Cumbre Peak and I don't hate it! #Sunset #Photography #SantaBarbara
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Took this one tonight at sunset up on La Cumbre Peak and I don't hate it! #Sunset #Photography #SantaBarbara
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Stacking rabbits
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stacking rabbits
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Not sure everyone took these lessons onboard…
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not sure everyone took these lessons onboard…
A moment of beauty
#inkMine
flanked by time and space
between emptiness and form
our paths cross briefly
#Photography JBC
@johnbcaddell.bsky.social
flanked by time and space
between emptiness and form
our paths cross briefly
#Photography JBC
@johnbcaddell.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A moment of beauty
Sunday joy
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sunday joy
This is why I loved living in the shadow of a mountain. If you need perspective, just look up.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is why I loved living in the shadow of a mountain. If you need perspective, just look up.
Enjoy your Saturday
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Enjoy your Saturday
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Always
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Always
Beautiful
NEW: Amid the pop and wail of fireworks, the family of Jamar Clark unveiled a marble stone bench at the place he took his last breath. The bench unveiling came after an event commemorating ten years to the day that the 24-year-old was fatally shot by Minneapolis Police on Nov. 15, 2015.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Beautiful
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"Let's go over this one more time."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"Let's go over this one more time."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."
I’m feeling low key called out by this post
Steve has really been trying his best recently. I think it's taking it's toll.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’m feeling low key called out by this post
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Doom and gloom everywhere
Have a puppy in a basket
Have a puppy in a basket
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Doom and gloom everywhere
Have a puppy in a basket
Have a puppy in a basket
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My profession is legitimately being called into question. 🤣🤣🤣
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My profession is legitimately being called into question. 🤣🤣🤣
Nighttime fur routine.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Nighttime fur routine.
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Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
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Huge win for Missouri and for all libraries. Thank you to MASL, MLA, the ACLU, and everyone involved! @la-cac.org #FReadom
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
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Missouri court strikes down book ban law that pushed libraries to remove hundreds of titles
A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees who supply ‘sexually explicit material’ to students is now void.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Huge win for Missouri and for all libraries. Thank you to MASL, MLA, the ACLU, and everyone involved! @la-cac.org #FReadom
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Me, watching a horror move and reading the news
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Me, watching a horror move and reading the news
Timeline cleanse
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Timeline cleanse