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Dean Van Nguyen

@deanvannguyen.bsky.social

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Writer. Irish-Vietnamese. Author of Iron Age: The Art of Ghostface Killah (2019) and Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur (May 2025). Agent: Chris Clemans at Janklow Nesbit

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · May 6

The day has come! Words for My Comrades is on sale in North America. Thanks to all the comrades, outlaws and generally scandalouz who have supported this book bookshop.org/p/books/word...

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 14m

A short piece I wrote some time ago

With 'Brown Sugar', D'Angelo ushered in a new era of neo soul

25 years later, we look back at 'Brown Sugar', a raw, erotic classic that sparked a new ethos

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 45m

Listening to that Festy Ebosele interview I’m convinced we’re going to win the World Cup #COYBIG

Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 4h

I’m sure I’m not the only one who was always dreaming of D’Angelo reemerging with another classic album. It always felt tantalisingly possible because he had done it before. That’s the kind of mystique that nobody else has and may never have again. RIP

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 4h

There can be no worse celebrity news than D’Angelo has died

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 23h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 6h

It’s good to be meticulous when considering what Zohran does and says, but those I see on the online left working hard to bring him down, I swear, yous are obsessed with losing

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 20h

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) There was an opportunity here to make a fun parody of 90s slasher movies. Instead it’s a safe retread that would be forgettable if not for the nostalgia hit people of my generation will get from the older cast members. It’s not enough 2/4

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 2d

So you saw the movie One Battle After Another and want to learn about America’s real radical left wing groups…

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His House (2020) Wish I could screen this to everyone in the UK and also Ireland who lends an ear to anti-asylum seeker bullshit. Horror will always be a genre of social commentary. Also the first film I’ve seen this month with real scares 3.5/4

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 2d

So you saw the movie One Battle After Another and want to learn about America’s real radical left wing groups…

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 2d

Him (2025) This is such a great idea for a horror movie, I wish it had been told in a more ambitious way. Still, it’s stylish, the soundtrack kicks ass, and I love seeing Marlon Wayans in these more serious roles 2.5/4

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 3d

Very refreshing to see a left wing politician not treat this question like some kind of minefield that needs to be carefully negotiated

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a skeleton costume is standing in a cemetery holding a shovel .

ALT: a man in a skeleton costume is standing in a cemetery holding a shovel .

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 3d

Is there nowhere more discreet they could put that thing?

Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 4d

Eden Lake (2008) I kept waiting for the monster to show up until I realised the “monster” was working class kids with overgrown haircuts. The depiction of peer pressure feels accurate. Nonetheless, this is Tory garbage 1.5/4

Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 5d

Mimic (1997) Visually striking (it is del Toro) but moody and plodding, especially in its first half, and never tense or scary. A-list actors give performances that suggest they weren’t comfortable with or convinced by the material 2/4

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 6d

“What’s the matter, babe? You’ve barely drank any of your Anderson .Paak Jameson”

Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 7d

Bug (2006) Friedkin takes you into the slimy-grimy world of a motel room. A highly compelling depiction of paranoia. I admire the actors for going fully in on his vision, and they’re all excellent. Good stuff 3.5/4

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 8d

The tenant at the centre of the Jim Gavin rent payments issue contacted Fianna Fáil on Saturday but has not received any call back from the party or the former candidate since, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6836666t

Tenant yet to hear from Jim Gavin or Fianna Fáil about money owed

The tenant is none the wiser about whether work is underway for his €3,300 to be returned.

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 8d

The funniest part of the Jim Gavin scandal is that his excuse is that back in 2009 he was in financial hardship, while running for… Fianna Fáil

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 8d

The Night House (2020) Highly compelling and truly chilling. The payoff is thin on surprises, but does just about hang together. Strong work all round 3/4

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 8d

Manifesting all the people who owe me money one day run to become the president of Ireland…

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Dean Van Nguyen @deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 8d

two men are sitting at a table in front of a crowd and one of them is saying that 's a bold strategy cotton

ALT: two men are sitting at a table in front of a crowd and one of them is saying that 's a bold strategy cotton

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