oh the review is very entertaining! "There are more female characters than in most Nolan movies, thanks to the source material. " www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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Casey Stegman@caseystegman.com · last wk.

People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference

look at these brave young women <3 <3 <3 substackcdn.com/image/fetch/... by @prempanicker.bsky.social prempanicker.substack.com/p/five-young...

'The Delhi Police has denied using pellet guns against the protesters...an unidentified person at Lady Hardinge Medical College as saying that at least one of the 80 protesters injured had sustained pellet gun injuries and was undergoing treatment at the hospital.'

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fuck apologies, opposition should be sticking to demanding Modi's resignation. This protest should be expanding beyond the scope of education reform to everything this regime is doing to destroy India. The SIR & disenfranchisement of millions of voters should have caused this level of agitation.

Young people putting their bodies on the line, while standing up for their rights, are being tear gassed and lathi charged. Children as young as 12 years old. The state will not tolerate dissent or protests (that matter).

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2w ago

Police attack Cockroach activists as thousands march on Indian parliament https://aje.news/936c0h

Looking for publishers/lit agents who can help some friends make their telugu based coffee table books reach a wider audience to all the Telugu crowd esp in the West. pls ping me same @ at gmail if you do know

these pics. i'm crying. www.theguardian.com/world/galler...

Cockroach movement supporters stage protests in cities across India – in pictures

Tens of thousands of protesters defy police orders and descend on Delhi as demonstrators gather in other cities to demand the resignation of India’s education minister

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2 donations in 2 weeks. Hossam's need is very urgent, he's terrified, & not able to be on Bluesky. Please share & give if you can.

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · last mo.

From Hossam, deleted: 'Please don't leave me. I'm sick & have a 9 cm abscess on my prostate. My condition is very serious, & they're taking me into surgery without anesthesia. I swear to you, I'm exhausted.' Hossam is scared & desperate, & asking urgently for donations to cover surgery:

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🚨 Urgent: I’m asking everyone to help Ahmed before it’s too late. A dangerous virus is destroying his body. fever won’t go down painful sores keep spreading he’s suffering from dehydration and weakness. Ahmed’s family doesn’t want to lose him. Please save his life. 🙏😭💔 chuffed.org/project/1839...

You can help Amir's little brother Sanad survive Israel's genocide by sharing & donating. His family's starving, homeless, & is very close to bombing happening in their camp. Sanad has a high fever & Amir's mother also urgently needs treatment for an eye condition. They need £105 for meds:

Urgent Appeal: Save My Family in Gaza

Hi, I’m Tess from the UK and I’m raising money for Amir Shamala and family:

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Insatiable Antifa Slut@insatiableone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Because of your kindness we bought only part of my mother's medicine but still cant afford the full treatment My mother suffers from a serious retinal condition and still needs £80 while my little brother Sanad has a 38°C fever and needs £25 for medicine chuffed.org/project/help... Can you donate? 🙏🏻

You can help Mahmoud's family survive Israel's genocide right now by sharing & donating. Mahmoud is caring for his sister's orphaned children, who are starving, sick, & in urgent need, especially Ahmed whose life is in danger from a severe viral infection:

Help Mahmoud Care for His Family & Orphaned Children in Gaza

Short plea

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Insatiable Antifa Slut@insatiableone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

💔 Little Ahmed is suffering more every day. The painful sores on his body keep spreading, and his cries break our hearts. 😢 We urgently need $100 for treatment and care. Please don’t leave him alone. 🙏 Any donation or share can help ease his pain and give him hope. ❤️‍🩹 chuffed.org/project/1839...

Odai is a child shot by the IDF in urgent need of treatment. 'Odai Is Running Out of Time The donations have stopped. But Odai’s pain hasn’t...we cannot carry this alone anymore. Please, don’t let Odai face this pain by himself. A small act of kindness today could change everything.'

Donate to Helping Odai Walk Again, organized by Odai Support Team

Hi world , it’s Sahar Please read this as if I'm a member of your family .… Odai Support Team needs your support for Helping Odai Walk Again

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'My children have not eaten for 2 days. Watching them suffer from hunger breaks my heart...My youngest child keeps asking for food, & I have nothing to give. Please, if you can help with even a small donation, it could...bring relief to my children. Thank you for your compassion and support. 🙏💔'

Help Ease the Suffering of Ghaith, Yassin and Mohammed in Gaza

Please join us in defending Khalil and Noreen's kids from the brutality of war, winter, hunger and illness. Noreen suffers from damaged cartilege. She can't move easily. She also needs a corneal trans...

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Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'My children went to sleep hungry tonight, and I feel completely helpless. My little son is sleeping with an empty stomach. Please, if you can, help my children with even a small amount so they can have food in the morning. Thank you for your kindness. 🙏💔'

No donations for 3 d. You can help little Jamal survive Israel's genocide right now by sharing & donating for his insulin & asthma meds. He needs donations to live, & his family's $2000 in debt because of the exorbitant costs of healthcare & meds under Israel's siege. They urgently need help:

Donate to Every dollar counts: The Al-Hatal's Desperate Plea from Gaza, organized by Daniel Komesch

You clicked. Thank you. That simple act means the world to th… Daniel Komesch needs your support for Every dollar counts: The Al-Hatal's Desperate Plea from Gaza

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Serious, consistent attention for Palestinian life. Food, medicine, disability & baby needs, shelter. Pretty amazing. But then take action for their lives. Enough talk on this app. Something real. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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Happy Pride to everyone. Thinking about how my late uncle Aveek (lost to the pandemic), who was the first openly queer person I knew, gently told me I was queer many years before I realised it myself (I denied it at the time). I think it was not long after the below book was published.

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · last yr.

It's Pride month, so I'll say that my debut THE DEVOURERS, a novel about shapeshifters and queerness, sex and sexual violence, probably helped me figure out I was genderqueer & had experienced sexual assault (both belatedly, after publication). It also helps (v modestly) me earn an income:

Please help Mohammed get his son treatment for his vision loss. His family's gone through the ordeal of nearly losing Elias to Israel's ongoing genocidal famine, & you all helped him survive. He needs your help again:

Help Mohammed and his famile.

Father's call from under the rubble: Save Elias's life

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Insatiable Antifa Slut@insatiableone.bsky.social · 3mo ago

URGENT:Achild's world is fading to black. In Gaza, little Elias is losing his sight to a preventable darkness.Don't let his last memory be a shadow.Your kindness is the lens through which he will see the world again.Save his vision.Be his light. Verified by:molly shah chuffed.org/project/1624...

As easily as you have sworn off Harry Potter pish, you can stop buying games from Microsoft or Microsoft owned studios. This is such a small ask and low bar to clear, there are thousands of other games available at any moment, but the impact can be huge.

BDS movement@bdsmovement.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today, on Palestinian Prisoners' Day the BDS movement calls for intensifying BDS pressure against companies involved in genocidal Israel’s prison complex and its crimes against Palestinian prisoners, particularly Microsoft, HP, and Cisco. #FreeThemAll bdsmovement.net/news/Palesti...

Even if you follow me, you likely can't see my last repost: a Palestinian gamedev working on the lovely Dreams on a Pillow launched a promised follow-up crowdfunding campaign. But @moderation.bsky.app labeled him spam for daring to be Palestinian, so you can't see reposts, repost him, or tag him.

I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't   you can't you can never be sure you die without knowing whether anything you wrote was any good if you have to be sure don't write —W.S. Merwin, from “Berryman”

grief-stricken and raging. disappointed that the world cares so little about us--but not surprised, because cis people in India don't care either.

Transgender World@transgenderreport.com · 4mo ago

India passes law to end transgender self-identification.. The country that stood up for trans people gives in to colonial bigotry. qnews.com.au/india-p... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The bill passed both houses, no surprise, & India is degraded once more. 'Trans men, trans non binary persons and trans women who are not kinner-hijra will NOT be legally recognised as trans anymore! Bill passed without community or NCTP consultation. Calls to differ to select committee ignored.'

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Crickets on this on Bsky, but this bill that medicalizes & places transness in the hands of our fascist state & criminalizes trans community-building has been passed in the Lok Sabha by voice vote. Being rushed to a vote in the Rajya Sabha TODAY, if you're Indian URGENTLY email your MLA:

terrified and grieving (preemptively?). the trans bill might be passed today.

If you're in India: This site lets you email your Lok Sabha member very easily. Once you click on ‘send email’ it will either open your email app or let you copy paste the details—all customised to you. webionite.com/reject-trans...

"We don’t reconcile with something that drags us backwards,” Nadika says. “We fight it.”https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/this-bill-is-nothing-but-erasure-how-indias-new-trans-amendment-could-undo-decades-of-rights

‘This Bill is nothing but erasure’: How India’s new Trans amendment could undo decades of rights

Follow TNM's&nbsp;WhatsApp channel&nbsp;for news updates and story links.When the Supreme Court recognised the right to self-identify one's gender in the 2014 N

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Not a lot of Indians on here to talk about this, but here's a petition opposing the Indian governments move 'to redefine the term “transgender person” & remove the principle of self-identified gender identity from the law [and reverse] the constitutional progress achieved in recent years.'

Sign the Petition

Oppose the amendment redefining transgender identity in India

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Please help Mahmoud's family survive Israel's genocide. Mahmoud is caring for his sister's orphaned children, who are starving, sick, & in urgent need, especially Ahmed whose life is in danger from a severe viral infection:

Oftentimes Jack 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸@pepsffk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 My family of 13 is starving, and my child Ahmad’s life is in grave danger 💔😢. I cannot buy food for my family because of the high cost of Ahmad’s medicine. Their cries break my heart 😭. Friends around the world, you could be their last hope. Please help us with £200 🤲💔 chuffed.org/project/mahm...

Ryan from The OC going hard on how crypto is a scam is the wildest silver lining in this timeline

Ben McKenzie@benmckenzie.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

Ahmed is 17 and needs help to keep his family alive through Israel's genocide: