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Reader,
Something happened last week: I finished zero (0) books and barely got my Ray Bradbury Challenge reading in.
That’s it. That’s the tweet. That’s the post.
I have been working my way through Lesser Known Monsters Of The 21st Century: Stories by Kim Fu and I would have finished it if it wasn’t for the instances of reading my cousin’s recommendations.
More importantly, I’m experiencing a weird thing where I’m struggling to read if I can’t hear the text. It led to me adding a text to speech extension on my browser (I’m using Read Aloud from LSD Software) so that I can listen to pretty much any text I come across. Three cheers for accessibility, the basis of such tools online.
Anyway, a lot has happened this last week but not of the variety I want to memorialise here so I hope YOU are having a better reading/ living/ being week. I hope to bring something to the table next week 😅
P.S. I watched My Father’s Shadow (2025, directed by Akinola Davies Jr.) and I want to chat about it with someone so please comment or message me!!!
P.P.S. If you have a stash of Femiplan (once the most affordable oral contraceptive on the Kenyan market), please divide the national cake with me.
Quick news/ things that may be of interest:
Starting today:
This Saturday
On Sunday (RSVP here):
Next month:
I’ll be in conversation with a legend, join me if you can! RSVP here
Ongoing:
And:
Treat someone you like (me, for instance, I have a Switch) to the Tiny Bookshop Game (which is also on Discord)
Subscribe to my WhatsApp channel for texts I find while I spend time online
Film folks: Solidarity Cinema, for your consideration
If you’re in the Global North and would be open to engaging in the North-South solidarity that is sharing a library card, please email or message me so we can figure things out. Thank you!
The Queer Liberation Library 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, which is free to join here
Digital Library of Korean Literature, which is free to join here
Film folks: Check out the Japan Foundation’s JFF Theater online streaming platform
How to Write Alt Text and Image Descriptions for the visually impaired
Since Elon seems to want (some of) us gone, I’m trying to post more often on Bluesky. Follow me there if you’re on it!
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Enjoy the week ahead and have a lovely time reading. Talk to you soon!