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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1h

if you want bonus points, soften the "d" just a tad, so it's more like the word "the" (but the tongue stays fully behind the teeth).

But people are fucking up the easy parts - the "m" and "n"!

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1h

sure but this includes at least one person on stage last night at his rally (not going to name names) so the problem includes people who presumably consider themselves in his camp!

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1h

it is literally these people's job to say his name, and somehow they are unable or unwilling to say his name

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1h

how are people still having trouble saying "Mamdani", lmfao.

like, not only has it been months, but it's literally 100% phonetic. Just... say the letters that are written!

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 5h

yeah I'm genuinely shocked he's not an AI bro

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 5h

yeah he's extremely on the record as being masc 4 masc

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 5h

"extremely cringey and low-key problematic takes on queerness" is Russell Tovey's whole brand, though. If you take that away from him, what's even left??

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 5h

People use slide decks for three purposes, which are completely at odds with each other:

1) presentation aid to attendees

2) take-home reminder of the talk for attendees

3) convey information to people who weren't present at the time

Slides should focus on #1, treat #2 as a bonus, and ignore #3.

Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 12h

probably my most deeply-held belief: it is not possible for a slide deck to be both (1) a good presentation aide; and (2) a standalone document that can be read and understood in isolation.

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 17h

oh NO

Photo of Miss Major in a colorful, geometric pattern dress, with the text below it

It is with profound sadness that House of gg announces the passing of our beloved leader and revolutionary figure in the TLGBQ liberation movement, Miss Major
Griffin-Gracy. Miss Major, 78, passed away on October 13, 2025 in the comfort of her home and surrounded by loved ones in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her enduring legacy is a testament to her resilience, activism, and dedication to creating safe spaces for Black trans communities and all trans people-we are eternally r Miss Major's grateful folife, her contributions and how deeply she poured into those she loved.
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Carolyn Martinez-Class @cmartinezclass.bsky.social · 19h

this is how I find out zohran is also a libra.

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 20h

If you are reading this, you can help Zohran Mamdani win in November. You don't have to live in NYC!

Sign up to phonebank and help ensure the largest city in the country has the strongest, most progressive possible, one who will protect our neighbors from ICE.

zohranfornyc.com/birthday

QR code on stage for zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 20h

"I just met Zohran backstage. It's so nice to have a politician who's too young to have been friends with Jeffrey Esptein". - @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 20h

If you are reading this, you can help Zohran Mamdani win in November. You don't have to live in NYC!

Sign up to phonebank and help ensure the largest city in the country has the strongest, most progressive possible, one who will protect our neighbors from ICE.

zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 21h

"If Zohran has got the Italian Jews, Cuomo is really in trouble" - @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 21h

Guess who's MCing:

@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Photo of Gianmarco Soresi standing in front of a sign that says OUR TIME HAS COME

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 21h

আমাদের সময় এসেছে!

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Sign saying "আমাদের সময় এসেছে" in Zohran's signature orange and blue colors against a beautiful ornate palace theater

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

Aren't Slack and Notion famously remote-unfriendly? (ironically, given what they do!)

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

that last bit somehow managed to make it even worse than I thought possible

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

it's finally RICO!

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

bro wouldn't last two minutes in the Crusades

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, James Woods only had to conceal his transphobia for ONE TWEET just to try and slander Mamdani as transphobic, and he couldn't even manage that!

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

"concealing a core part of your being in order to prevent people from murdering you" is not a thing James Woods has ever had to worry about in his miserable life, and never will, and if he had any sense of shame he'd keep his mouth shut (but of course he doesn't & won't)

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

Weaponizing "taqiyya" against a Muslim who's proudly defending trans rights is bigoted and also hilarious, because the average trans woman has way more experience with the concept of "taqiyya" in practice than James Woods ever will.

Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 1d

"Mamdani is bad for being a Muslim and hating trans people, who I also hate..." is reaching Aaron Sorkin levels of Republican

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

RaDR has written a lot about it, but basically it's picked up a lot of antisemitic history in the ~2000 years since, to the point where it can be a dogwhistle/slur

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Fat fox in your area! @rowelandfox.bsky.social · 5d

I and millions of other queer people found each other, realized we weren't alone, and didn't kill ourselves

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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