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Shamana

@shamana58

Writer, singer, photographer, carbon-based life form. I write poetry, magical reality fiction, and blues songs. Sensitivity consultant. Occasional juggler, and vexillologist, aspiring lamp shade.

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Michael Griffith, a white man with salt-and-pepper hair and tortoiseshell glasses, sits on an outdoor patio. He smiles gently.

Michael Griffith, a white man with salt-and-pepper hair and tortoiseshell glasses, sits on an outdoor patio. He smiles gently.

Rebecca Lindenberg, a white woman with a gray bob in a white collared shirt, smiles.

Rebecca Lindenberg, a white woman with a gray bob in a white collared shirt, smiles.

Speak with our genre editors today in AWP booth 1065! Catch Fiction Editor Michael Griffith between 9:30am and 10:30am, and Poetry Editor Rebecca Lindenberg from 11am-1pm!

06.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Beauth by Shamana. Image of a patch of ice in white on black background.

Beauth by Shamana. Image of a patch of ice in white on black background.

Tin Town CafΓ© in Courtney BC is carrying my poetry book Beauth:)

06.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a poem makings its word debut on the Victoria Writers Society webpage!! (See what I did there, lol)

06.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Very Khornate Catepillar

06.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would finally finish the novel series, and poetry chapbooks, busk and record my blues-soul-gospel-jazz sound, maybe try my hand at drawing and painting…

06.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This makes me so happy.
Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social .
#Chasms is my second chapbook, it means a lot to me and is being presented by @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social .
#poetrycommunity
🩢

06.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

why anon is important to women: brutish men

06.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center β€” NBC News EMS crews were called to the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas at least 11 times since September for children in medical distress, records show.

Jesus Christ

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02.03.2026 06:05 πŸ‘ 1262 πŸ” 754 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 59
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this policy is cruel and will make minimal difference to immigration numbers (as refugees are only a small % of overall immigrants, and most of them come from countries that aren't going to be safe any time soon [e.g. eritrea;afghanistan]).

It will actively harm integration and finding work.

02.03.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 292 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4

And also to thee

19.02.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It ys a moost terrible tyme. My greatest wisshe ys that you may fynde sum unpredicted moment of peace, delight, mirthe, pleasure, discoverye, connectioun, or fascinacioun that doth make yower day just a litel bettir, that doth helpe you thrugh. Ich wisshe thys for thee wyth all of myne hearte.

19.02.2026 07:26 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Criminalize someone, make it impossible for them to get hired, to use the court system, and then profit from their slave labor after criminalizing them for seeking any available alternative: that's been the case for centuries.

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Top Trump advisor furious about true cost of tariffs being revealed, vows to punish New York Fed for β€˜worst paper’ ever in history | Fortune β€œThe paper is an embarrassment,” Kevin Hassett fumed on CNBC, calling it β€œthe worst paper I’ve seen in the history of the Federal Reserve System.”

"Hassett’s comments add fresh fire to the White House’s pushback on a growing body of research that shows Trump’s tariffs are disproportionately hurting American consumers and businesses," writes Jake Angelo, adding last August, Goldman Sachs stood by a similar tariff analysis that Trump attacked.

19.02.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
A drawing of a cute funny cartoon brown horse with it's tongue sticking out, large cartoonish eyes and it's on fire.

A drawing of a cute funny cartoon brown horse with it's tongue sticking out, large cartoonish eyes and it's on fire.

Happy Lunar New Year 🐎

17.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 913 πŸ” 298 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
Napoleon the white and black cat

Napoleon the white and black cat

Good morning! Boop for luck πŸ’•πŸ±

16.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
The Curse of Us by Monique Goode
Owned by Siren Crow
Love From The Cosmos by Mowa Badmos
Celestial Bodies by R.A Moreau
The Between: The Awakening of Renee Caldwell by Jeni Tholmer
Forever Is Now by Marima J. Lockington
Project Protections by Alyana McCoy
Livewire by Sarah Raughley
May A Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley
The Devil's Angel by Margaret Bernard
Kuxtal Academy: The Beginning by Nelle Nikole &  Mikayla D. Hornedo
Dating Jessica Brown by T. Ashley

The Curse of Us by Monique Goode Owned by Siren Crow Love From The Cosmos by Mowa Badmos Celestial Bodies by R.A Moreau The Between: The Awakening of Renee Caldwell by Jeni Tholmer Forever Is Now by Marima J. Lockington Project Protections by Alyana McCoy Livewire by Sarah Raughley May A Divine Awaken by Michael Tinsley The Devil's Angel by Margaret Bernard Kuxtal Academy: The Beginning by Nelle Nikole & Mikayla D. Hornedo Dating Jessica Brown by T. Ashley

As we are still in Black History Month, here's some more books I recommend by Black Authors to check out.

If you aren't reading diversely year around you are doing it wrong. I'm always looking for more authors and books to read, so here's some for you!

πŸ“šπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ #booksky πŸ“šπŸ’™πŸͺ

14.02.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A donkey is reunited with the girl who looked after him when he was little 😭❀️
A donkey is reunited with the girl who looked after him when he was little 😭❀️ YouTube video by Teddy Dear

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15.02.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The art of no deal: A Greenlandic carver's vengeful response to Trump shows opportunity amid crisis | CBC News Greenlanders don't think that Donald Trump is done with their island quite yet, but some are determined to make the most of the crisis. Carver Kim Kleist-Eriksen β€” who carved his own rebuttal of Trump...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/g... That is one cool sculpture, Peter. @petehoekstra

15.02.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so deeply fucked. I wish these people would just admit they hate the idea of democracy and get it over with. This kayfabe bullshit is just silly at this point.

15.02.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 1370 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8

White Christian men who are angry because they feel there weren’t enough white Christian men in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl appearance can just open up and start reading the Epstein Files. There are nothing but white Christian men in there. #FDT #ProsecuteThePedophiles #EpsteinFiles

11.02.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 230 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Pam Bondi needs to be questioned about the failed indictments of Mark Kelly and others when she appears in Congress today.

11.02.2026 06:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. Go horocrux yourself

11.02.2026 06:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We have an update on the Liam Ramos family, and it isn’t good.

The family is in hiding, and Liam is waking up in the middle of the night screaming for his daddy.

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β€œIf you are free, then you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”

β€” Toni Morrison

11.02.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 202 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

apart from the ten thousand more immediate things wrong with them (see: racism) it is impossible to ignore how JOYLESS these people are. angrily choking down the worst shit in the world and pretending it’s delicious rather than admit something can be both β€œgood” and β€œin Spanish” at the same time

09.02.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 565 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

See this everyone? #BoycottMcDonalds

09.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As an occasional DM, I can say there should always be times when the protagonist(s) cannot win. It can give them a good reason to improve or develop their character, and means they're more like us than some always-winning superhero.

It also increases the stakes and tension.

07.02.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.huffpost.com Uber Must Pay $8.5M After Being Found Liable In Sexual Assault Case

Uber Must Pay $8.5M After Being Found Liable In Sexual Assault Case

07.02.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Stop the β€œShow your papers” Save Act

07.02.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.

This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

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