Rasa Samimi
@RassaSamimi
Writer. Vegan. Manufacturing process engineer. Writer of the novel Where the Dead Go [email protected]
"[The situation has] reached levels where you cannot comprehend the amount of suffering." - Amy Low, Medical Team Leader in #Gaza. Amy Low has worked with Doctors Without Borders in Gaza three times. She describes her experience with @CTVNews. ctvnews.ca/video/2025/07/…
Stunning stat, from @nybooks: "Soon after publication, sales of The Great Gatsby dried up. Four months before Fitzgerald died of alcoholism and heart disease in December 1940, the last royalty statement he saw reported seven copies sold in the previous year."
“This is the world that Gatsby warns of: one with no solidarity, just avarice and pleasure-seeking.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week. bookmarks.reviews/5-reviews-you-…
The incredible shrinking novel: why we’re all reading shorter books archive.ph/Xh6C6#selectio…
Kimbal Musk, Elon's brother and $TSLA board member/puppet, basically just called Trump a "retard". I bet the Trump/Elon fallout is ahead of schedule.
White House just clarified to me that Trump yesterday wasn’t promising that the big Canada/Mexico tariffs are coming in March 4 Says that tariff’s fate is still TBD. Says yesterday he was promising to pursue reciprocal tariffs cbc.ca/news/world/tar…
Thou Shalt Not Kill or You Shall Not Murder? tbsbibles.org/page/Exodus20v…
Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret is officially ready to stream 🙌 plantbasednews.org/culture/film/h…
'Human stories are always about one thing—death': Why the shadow of death and WW1 hang over 'The Lord of the Rings' | @bbc buff.ly/3YHltD5
What Julia Phillips learned about writing from fairy tales: “Close the circle—even if your characters suffer, your readers will remember it.” lithub.com/julia-phillips…
The Secrets of Suspense in Storytelling | @newyorker buff.ly/3K8Kqi5
The Emotional Lives of Animals and Why They Matter Detailed comparative research clearly shows that diverse animals are sentient and have rich and deep emotional lives. In the past 20 years, research in this field has exploded. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal…
Nearly two thirds of Canadian dairy farms use tie-stall housing where cows are short-chained continuously all their lives. agriculture.canada.ca/en/sector/anim…
Halter Breaking Farm animals short-leash tied by the nose/mouth so that they're forced to stand; unable to move/sit/lie—not just for a few minutes/hours—but, for days, in order to break their spirit. (A standard torture practice in animal farms, with cows, horses, etc.)
