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@jayaprakash777.bsky.social
Can't not write. Not seeking publication. Plays bass guitar. Writes doom metal songs. He/him. AI-free. Lives in Bangalore, India.
My book, "The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate" is out! Promo Code WIN26 will get you 30% off at @yalepress.bsky.social. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The White Pedestal
How white nationalist thought leaders use ancient Greece and Rome to claim historical precedent for their violent and oppressive politics It is difficult ...
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I've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.
Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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I am honored to announce that in cooperation with the Toth family, I will be working on the official Alex Toth typeface in the coming months. The plan is for this to be a commercially available font via the official Toth estate. Stay tuned for updates.
I have a new story in this; 'Passengers', about two high school students on a class trip, travelling through 90s Bengal in a night train that leads them, through unforeseen circumstances, to the event horizon of death's country. Looking forward to reading my distinguished co-contributors' stories:
The Book of the Dead
We are all going to die. But how? Will it hurt? Where will we go? What will we find there? What will happen to the people we leave behind? Jonathan Strahan,...
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Obviously playing guitar in riff based music is thrilling. But I enjoy playing the bass in this music even more, I can lock into that mega riff, improvise around its edges, stick close to the drums, help keep the wall of sound solid during solos...glue things together without having to stick out.
For the most part, I feel out of the swim of the literature being produced in my times. And that's okay. Humanity has quite a large back catalogue.
Free #witmonth story via @grantamag.bsky.social: "An Unnecessary Man" by Maha Harada (1962- ) (translated by @louisehk.bsky.social) “The package arrived about a month after my father had passed away..."
An Unnecessary Man
‘I’d lived for half a century, but I had no sense of what that meant; no particular reaction.’ Translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.
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Finished MASKS by Fumiko Enchi, tr. Juliet Winters Carpenter as my 2nd #WITmonth #WomenInTranslation read. Okay this book unravels a series of interlocking love triangles with hints at lesbianism, incestuous closeness, intergenerational obsessions and i dunno what else.
Films advancing majoritarian politics, historical distortions & govt narratives are repeatedly rewarded at the National Film Awards these days. Latest example: 3 awards to the propaganda film Article 370 announced this month, writes Anna M M Vetticad article-14.com/post/how-the...
How The National Film Awards Became A Showcase For The Modi Era’s Favourite Narratives
The honours for Article 370, a Hindi film aligned with the Hindutva project, are the latest evidence of a decline years in the making: an awards system willing to recognise propaganda, historical dist...
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You know what I love? Looking at art. My god. We just invented this idea that some of us would arrange colours and lines and textures or make 3D objects in ways that other people could look at with pleasure. It blows my mind.
I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.
Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d agoRFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
I'd really like if progressive candidates who otherwise talk a really good talk would stop leaning into casual antisemitism, that'd be very cool I'd also like if people paid to talk about progressive candidates would stop saying "antisemitic" when they mean "Muslim" or "not pro-genocide"
I could see this coming down the pipeline given how reticent they were to draft any kind of AI policy when members were begging them to and that influenced my decision to let my membership lapse
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 19h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
1 like = 1 answer Questions for writers version (I'm assuming writers of fiction and/or poetry)
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
I try not to typecast Japanese literature as a playground of ominous sexual undercurrents (and overcurrents) but I'm currently reading MASKS by Fumiko Enchi, and that is exactly what it is, plus eerie hints of possession/psychic entanglement.
“To declare the great Yes or the great No.” A poem by C.P. Cavafy, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard.
I don't want to be mean but there's a 'questions for writers' version of the '1 like = 1 answer' game going around and my answer to 90% of those questions is 'what the fuck kind of question is that!?'.
The Doctor (Commissions open)@lucidillusions.in · 3d agoNot a huge fan of putting it out, but it's been such a month... I gotta raise around 300usd this week, and I'd rather find people who will like to commission work, buy some art or pick up prints (please share) lucidillusions.darkroom.com/collections/... ko-fi.com/lucidillusio...
Blackwell's works best for me if you are buying from that side of the world (AND they do free delivery): blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Everything Will Swallow You
Have you ever been curious about how people live when nobody is watching? Have you wondered whether there's more going on than meets the eye? Eric and Carl live
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Hogesonline@hogesonline.bsky.social · yesterdayWhich seller gives you the best margin? (Down under)
In case you missed it, here's the PW announcement! We're already finalizing the ARC & cover. I am excited. I am ready to make you suffer.
Undertow Publications 🇨🇦@undertow.bsky.social · 3d agoThe latest @locusmag.bsky.social — which you should subscribe to — has interesting book deal news, including forthcoming titles from @elliottgish.bsky.social @zinrock.bsky.social and @horrorsong.blog
"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care
Demon dog linoprint by my mum, Jo, printed onto an Ordnance Survey map of North Devon. How good is this? The original of this goes, for free, to the next person to subscribe to www.tom-cox.com at the annual Villager or Help The Witch level: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Someone, is getting dunked on this website. And I'm reminded how out of proportion these things are due to network effect / going viral. They need two people going "oh fuck off mate, you're talking crap" and they get 600 as everyone sticks a boot in a drive-by kicking.
You can help Suad, who was a nurse before displacement, care for her little son Omar under Israel's genocide by sharing & donating. Omar's severely malnourished & sick. They have no one else, & she's very scared for her child. They urgently need funds for food, healthcare, & essentials:
An urgent humanitarian appeal to save Suad and her child Omar after the war destroyed their lives.
My name is Liz and I reside in the US; Suad has asked me to manage this campaign on her behalf and all funds raised will go directly to her.
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liztism™ 🍉 ليز@lizardry.bsky.social · 2d agoemergency Soad, a nurse from Gaza, saved many lives through her volunteer work. She lost her family and home and continues to struggle to care for her son Omar, the sole survivor of the genocide Omar's condition is critical; he needs constant care and is losing weight rapidly❤️🩹 tinyurl.com/4rdnwyzx
