Agri Ismaïl
@agri.bsky.social
I am complicit in this festival of horrors // wrote a book called Hyper // cyberkurd, virtue signaller
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CHOTINER: so it’s your assertion that YouTube kids doesn’t work after dark?
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
CHOTINER: so it’s your assertion that YouTube kids doesn’t work after dark?
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
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it’s not that I don’t agree, but is there a single film listed below it that is more than an ok movie with some strong sequences? (I guess a case *could* be made that Last Jedi is a good film with some very bad sequences.)
I will never participate in the reclamation of Rogue One, an okay movie with some strong sequences, but decidedly mid-tier. But this is pretty good overall!!
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
it’s not that I don’t agree, but is there a single film listed below it that is more than an ok movie with some strong sequences? (I guess a case *could* be made that Last Jedi is a good film with some very bad sequences.)
I find this fascinating: the booker winners essentially have to be on a book tour for years after a win, uprooting families, living in hotels. It’s obviously not the worst life – it comes with fame and a modicum of fortune after all – but I get that it’s not conducive to writing something new.
Of the last twelve authors who have won the Booker Prize, only two (Marlon James and Douglas Stuart) have published another novel since their win. Obviously very recent winners skew the stat, but still a surprising figure to me.
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
Worth a read (though you may need to register to read it for free):
That difficult second Booker: the long-term impact of a win
In the week since its victory, 2025’s Booker winner David Szalay’s Flesh experienced a boost of 1,441% in week-on-week sales, according to NielsenIQ BookData.
www.thebookseller.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I find this fascinating: the booker winners essentially have to be on a book tour for years after a win, uprooting families, living in hotels. It’s obviously not the worst life – it comes with fame and a modicum of fortune after all – but I get that it’s not conducive to writing something new.
Jag har läst två böcker som du också bör läsa www.expressen.se/kultur/bocke...
AGRI ISMAÏL: Elon Musk försöker köra Sverige i botten
Samtidigt som Elon Musk utmanar den svenska modellen slavar paketbud redan under dystopiska villkor. Agri Ismaïl läser två böcker som övertygande visar att läget är akut.
www.expressen.se
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Jag har läst två böcker som du också bör läsa www.expressen.se/kultur/bocke...
Ehm erotisk pandemiroman? Yes pls.
”“Jag vill inte tänka på döden” råkar vara både något så exotiskt som en erotisk pandemiroman och en offlineroman i en tid då allt annat tvingades ske online.”
@myrannosaurus.doomscroll.se har läst @lottailonah.bsky.social’s “Jag vill inte tänka på döden men jag vill tänka på dig”
@myrannosaurus.doomscroll.se har läst @lottailonah.bsky.social’s “Jag vill inte tänka på döden men jag vill tänka på dig”
Hon skriver självutplånande covid-erotik utan digitalt bråte
Lotta Ilona Häyrynen lyckas förmedla stor intensitet med små medel, skriver Arbetets recensent.
arbetet.se
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Ehm erotisk pandemiroman? Yes pls.
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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Ny krönika om den mekaniska turken + samtidens osynliggjorda arbetare www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/agri...
Agri Ismaïl: Dolda händer styr tekniken som ska förenkla livet - Godmorgon världen
På 1700-talet uppfann den ungerske ingenjören Wolfgang von Kempelen en schackspelande maskin, den mekaniska turken...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ny krönika om den mekaniska turken + samtidens osynliggjorda arbetare www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/agri...
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Plattformsägarna har tvingat användare att skapa ett nytt språk.
Agri Ismail, @agri.bsky.social, läser "Algospeak" och inser att mystiken tätnar när sekretessbelagda algoritmer styr vad som får ses och höras.
www.flamman.se/i-lg0ritmern...
Agri Ismail, @agri.bsky.social, läser "Algospeak" och inser att mystiken tätnar när sekretessbelagda algoritmer styr vad som får ses och höras.
www.flamman.se/i-lg0ritmern...
I @lg0ritmerna$ vå1d
$kitsn@ck. Agri Ismail har läst "Algospeak" och ser språket förändras
www.flamman.se
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Plattformsägarna har tvingat användare att skapa ett nytt språk.
Agri Ismail, @agri.bsky.social, läser "Algospeak" och inser att mystiken tätnar när sekretessbelagda algoritmer styr vad som får ses och höras.
www.flamman.se/i-lg0ritmern...
Agri Ismail, @agri.bsky.social, läser "Algospeak" och inser att mystiken tätnar när sekretessbelagda algoritmer styr vad som får ses och höras.
www.flamman.se/i-lg0ritmern...
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The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
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I'm fucking cryinj
Worst hold music ever?
YouTube video by Unreasonable Steev
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm fucking cryinj
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Ursäkta upprepandet, men skriver som sagt om "sniper safari" och försöker kontextualisera den monstruösa företeelsen genom att både blicka bakåt och framåt. Har själv varit utsatt för krypskyttar och delar med mig en del erfarenheter.
www.gp.se/a30a0936-023...
www.gp.se/a30a0936-023...
Sanjin Pejković: Prickskyttarna sköt på oss barn – nu ska de utredas
Detaljerna om italienarnas ”mänskliga safarier till Sarajevo” är groteska.
www.gp.se
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Ursäkta upprepandet, men skriver som sagt om "sniper safari" och försöker kontextualisera den monstruösa företeelsen genom att både blicka bakåt och framåt. Har själv varit utsatt för krypskyttar och delar med mig en del erfarenheter.
www.gp.se/a30a0936-023...
www.gp.se/a30a0936-023...
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imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
Gah what an absolutely wonderful review
What a literary treat to see the latest mini issue of the Markaz Review with a focus on Kurdish literature - I may be biased as I consider Aryan Omar Hassan (of @henarpress.bsky.social) a friend, but his review of the novel “Hyper” by @agri.bsky.social is hilarious. themarkaz.org/agri-ismails...
Agri Ismaïl's Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible
Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.
themarkaz.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Gah what an absolutely wonderful review
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★ Agri Ismaïl debuts with a captivating satire of materialism and ambition. Cutting and self-assured, this heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in the vein of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. @coffeehousepress buff.ly/xEa2Nf9
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
★ Agri Ismaïl debuts with a captivating satire of materialism and ambition. Cutting and self-assured, this heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in the vein of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. @coffeehousepress buff.ly/xEa2Nf9
Orpheus and Eurydice but it’s me trying to not look back as I’ve left a toddler who doesn’t want to go to daycare
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Orpheus and Eurydice but it’s me trying to not look back as I’ve left a toddler who doesn’t want to go to daycare
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So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
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Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
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Sharing this haunting micro-fiction by Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social , an American poet based in Boston. I think it moved me partly because it reminded me of William Carlos Williams, and also that poem by Heaney (if you know it), “Midterm Break”. Beautifully sad piece.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sharing this haunting micro-fiction by Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social , an American poet based in Boston. I think it moved me partly because it reminded me of William Carlos Williams, and also that poem by Heaney (if you know it), “Midterm Break”. Beautifully sad piece.
Man basically went ”inshallah” and people be like
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Man basically went ”inshallah” and people be like
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit