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Nirali
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associate publicist at graywolf press. giver of gay awards. media monday quarterly. youtuber. phandom/swiffer/etc. firewordsparkler.com (she/her/any)
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New video! I finally got around to talking about how my Record Store Day went. I had a lot of thoughts on bringing kids, resellers, and how my local shop handled things.

youtu.be/psmyBDCs4SY
How my record store day went | RSD 2025 Vlog Haul and Thoughts
YouTube video by firewordsparkler
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The amount of personality Rose imbues in these pots is remarkable. This thing feels like it’s about to scurry off the table.
Oooh do we think a second single/MV?
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If I wanted to disrupt a protest, I'd start a rumor that the regime was going to send agitators to infilitrate the protest and act up.

Then I'd sit back and watch them all act like cops and turn on each other.

We go through this every 3 years and it works every time.
we've come a long way from the bedsheets and llama hats
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Kind of has DOGE vibes. Constant shell game of who is in charge to prevent any accountability or testimony.
Context: District Judge Sara Ellis on Thursday ordered Chicago ICE Field Director Russell Hott into court Monday to explain why it seems feds are violating her restraining order.

A day later, DHS says Hott isn't just the wrong person to appear in court, he will also no longer be ICE Field Director.
They argue it was mostly CBP, not ICE, who were involved with gassing Albany Park and East Side this week, making Harvey a better witness to testify to Ellis re: these incidents.

The govt's attys also say in a footnote that today is Hott's last day as ICE ERO Field Office Director for Chicago (!!)
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I'm going to gently suggest that people don't have the correct words to describe Mamdani. Is he "authentic?" What does it mean to perceive a public figure as authentic? How do you quantify authenticity in a way that doesn't take a parasocial position? Tbh you can't. Is he PERSONABLE? Absolutely.
Zohran Mamdani is a trained performer who has an extremely disciplined and laser-focused ability to recite on-message talking points in response to any question, and yet voters overwhelming praise him as being especially "authentic" compared to other politicians. There's a lesson here!
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Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.
Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat
Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.
www.theverge.com
"daisy's bare naked, I was distraught"
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Upcoming Courtwatch LA training for immigration courts--an important role in community defense. Court watchers, like cop watchers, show that the community is actively participating in its own safety, and in holding the justice system accountable. 

bit.ly/imm-training-116
I'm just relieved they didn't go with "Daniel Howell and Philip Lester" tbh
you forgot about the phrebrand already!
first phan hard launch and now this??
oh i'm about to be so annoying
The sequel to ‘RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE’ has officially been titled ‘RED, WHITE & ROYAL WEDDING’

Starring Taylor Zakhar Perez & Nicholas Galitzine.
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This “deal” is impossible to sign. You have to promise to protect freedom of speech and also to prohibit faculty from “belittling conservative ideas.” There is no way to comply.
Every CW possible - tread carefully if you read this
Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc
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Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day
I distinctly remember having to read EM Forster's work without any context about his life
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“When younger people call me mother, or grandmother, I feel as though it’s an honor. To them, it’s like, ‘Here’s an older trans woman who survived, and who’s out there still raising hell.’ Elders can teach the younger people to pick up the fight. In my mind it’s what they must do."
Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78
Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.
19thnews.org
@ phil we still want the baking video
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Starving two million people in Gaza — including a million children — is a war crime.

We’ve witnessed hundreds starve to death from Israel’s manmade famine; countless more will die unless Gaza is flooded with aid.

Keir Starmer must demand Israel’s lifts its illegal siege NOW.
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I don't know many Covid conscious people asking folks to cancel movie theatres & Thanksgiving. You can go to movies in a mask & test/ventilate before indoor gatherings. None of this is hard
When i was an adolescent going into young adulthood in while HIV was stalking and killing us. We lived our lives doing risk assessment and trying to live our lives and not not lose our minds. These people wouldn't last 10 mins in that shit. We're not canceling movie theaters and Thanksgiving.
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This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:

“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”
we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com