Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿
@spiderswarz.bsky.social
He/Him, Data Waterbender. Kurdish Muslim. 🍅Words @ The Nerds of Color, But Why Tho?, io9, The New Arab, Nerdist. Host of The Middle Geeks Podcast.
https://www.swarasalih.com/
https://www.swarasalih.com/
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At First Glance, Universal’s ‘Mummy’ Sequel is Orientalist Regression
Swara explains why the announcement of Universal doing a “Mummy” Sequel may not be so exciting, and in fact may be regressive.
thenerdsofcolor.org
I am very much *not* excited about Universal's apparent #TheMummy sequel.
Especially in light of Lee Cronin's other Mummy film already in development with ACTUAL Egyptian leads.
Please read my latest for @thenerdsofcolor.bsky.social to understand why 🙏🏽
thenerdsofcolor.org/2025/11/05/a...
Especially in light of Lee Cronin's other Mummy film already in development with ACTUAL Egyptian leads.
Please read my latest for @thenerdsofcolor.bsky.social to understand why 🙏🏽
thenerdsofcolor.org/2025/11/05/a...
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Thank you to everybody organizing, posting, marching or protesting on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Remember this:
Remember this:
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to everybody organizing, posting, marching or protesting on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Remember this:
Remember this:
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Breaking | Israeli occupation forces carry out a demolition operation east of Gaza City.
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Breaking | Israeli occupation forces carry out a demolition operation east of Gaza City.
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Mutual Aid Request
Hi. I have had mixed results with big MA requests. But I am asking for $2000. Dealing w/ another bad housemate triggering my PTSD. Bills, expenses, breathing room to help me survive/recover. Please help. I'm sorry. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts
Hi. I have had mixed results with big MA requests. But I am asking for $2000. Dealing w/ another bad housemate triggering my PTSD. Bills, expenses, breathing room to help me survive/recover. Please help. I'm sorry. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mutual Aid Request
Hi. I have had mixed results with big MA requests. But I am asking for $2000. Dealing w/ another bad housemate triggering my PTSD. Bills, expenses, breathing room to help me survive/recover. Please help. I'm sorry. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts
Hi. I have had mixed results with big MA requests. But I am asking for $2000. Dealing w/ another bad housemate triggering my PTSD. Bills, expenses, breathing room to help me survive/recover. Please help. I'm sorry. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts
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If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If by some miracle the whole AI industry falls apart because some tech bros decided to spend trillions on compute without spending maybe tens of millions a year on licensing art, I will laugh so hard I'll be in danger of a ruptured spleen.
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Good day to buy some books from your favorite independent bookstore. (Really always a good day to do this.)
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good day to buy some books from your favorite independent bookstore. (Really always a good day to do this.)
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please, let there be justice
Infantino and Ceferin, leaders of FIFA and UEFA respectively, have been formally accused of aiding war crimes and crimes against humanity in a filing to the International Criminal Court.
You love to see it.
You love to see it.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
please, let there be justice
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"The next time you tip your barista, keep in mind that you might be helping to pay off a student loan."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Seattle just crossed a remarkable demographic threshold
Seattle is the only major U.S. city where 70% of the population 25 and older graduated from a four-year college, writes FYI guy.
www.seattletimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"The next time you tip your barista, keep in mind that you might be helping to pay off a student loan."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Hi, I am speaking to you from wretched #Gaza. I am a lost soul, a survivor of genocide. I am still striving to provide a decent life for my family and to save them. And I am striving to make my voice heard around the world.🤎
I've prepared my story for you read it and support us.👇🏽
gofund.me/a0a540b8
I've prepared my story for you read it and support us.👇🏽
gofund.me/a0a540b8
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hi, I am speaking to you from wretched #Gaza. I am a lost soul, a survivor of genocide. I am still striving to provide a decent life for my family and to save them. And I am striving to make my voice heard around the world.🤎
I've prepared my story for you read it and support us.👇🏽
gofund.me/a0a540b8
I've prepared my story for you read it and support us.👇🏽
gofund.me/a0a540b8
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I’m Heba from Gaza.
Bluesky’s rules make it hard for us to share our pain, but my family is suffering.
This is my new account after losing the old one, and I’m begging you…
Please help my family and my little boy Jamal. We have nothing left 🙏💔.
gofund.me/bf0c74f8c
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
Bluesky’s rules make it hard for us to share our pain, but my family is suffering.
This is my new account after losing the old one, and I’m begging you…
Please help my family and my little boy Jamal. We have nothing left 🙏💔.
gofund.me/bf0c74f8c
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I’m Heba from Gaza.
Bluesky’s rules make it hard for us to share our pain, but my family is suffering.
This is my new account after losing the old one, and I’m begging you…
Please help my family and my little boy Jamal. We have nothing left 🙏💔.
gofund.me/bf0c74f8c
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
Bluesky’s rules make it hard for us to share our pain, but my family is suffering.
This is my new account after losing the old one, and I’m begging you…
Please help my family and my little boy Jamal. We have nothing left 🙏💔.
gofund.me/bf0c74f8c
@mommunism.bsky.social ✅
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Kneecap is suing Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for his lies and defamatory comments.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Kneecap is suing Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for his lies and defamatory comments.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
I couldn’t possibly love this any more.
🎶And just to clear the air...🎶 www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/n...
No, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are not in a ‘semi-binary’ relationship
Wicked protagonists Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are at the centre of a case of online misinformation claiming that they are in a “semi-binary” relationship.
www.thepinknews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🎶And just to clear the air...🎶 www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/n...
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My name is Ahmed Jarwan, a photojournalist from Gaza. I’m trying to rebuild my life and start again, hoping for a chance to live with dignity.
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
My name is Ahmed Jarwan, a photojournalist from Gaza. I’m trying to rebuild my life and start again, hoping for a chance to live with dignity.
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
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I’m doing everything I can to build a shelter to protect my children from the cold and wind, but the needs are bigger than I can handle—food, Nabil’s school fees, winter clothes. Support has dropped, and BlueSky’s policies even deleted my account. Any help means safety for us.
gofund.me/35fdca7d
gofund.me/35fdca7d
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m doing everything I can to build a shelter to protect my children from the cold and wind, but the needs are bigger than I can handle—food, Nabil’s school fees, winter clothes. Support has dropped, and BlueSky’s policies even deleted my account. Any help means safety for us.
gofund.me/35fdca7d
gofund.me/35fdca7d
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The Atlantic used to be one of my go-to media outlets. That changed during the pandemic, as explained here. Great piece.
. @theatlantic.com has some some of the best writers around.
But, under the guise of being moderate and nuanced, they were also perfectly happy to elevate right disinformation talking points to numb people to the risks of COVID and MAHA.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
But, under the guise of being moderate and nuanced, they were also perfectly happy to elevate right disinformation talking points to numb people to the risks of COVID and MAHA.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
If The Atlantic Wishes to Honestly Understand the Origins of MAHA, They Need to Investigate The Atlantic.
The Atlantic has some of the best writers around. But they were also eager to launder right-wing talking points under the guise of a being liberal, reasonable, and moderate publication, able to see a
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Atlantic used to be one of my go-to media outlets. That changed during the pandemic, as explained here. Great piece.
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As COVID tore across the US and killed over a million Americans, The Atlantic conflated reasonable debate during a novel viral pandemic with gratuitous ego-driven contrarianism, and now the doctors they platformed and normalized are dismantling the best parts of American healthcare.
. @theatlantic.com has some some of the best writers around.
But, under the guise of being moderate and nuanced, they were also perfectly happy to elevate right disinformation talking points to numb people to the risks of COVID and MAHA.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
But, under the guise of being moderate and nuanced, they were also perfectly happy to elevate right disinformation talking points to numb people to the risks of COVID and MAHA.
My latest.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/if-the-atlan...
If The Atlantic Wishes to Honestly Understand the Origins of MAHA, They Need to Investigate The Atlantic.
The Atlantic has some of the best writers around. But they were also eager to launder right-wing talking points under the guise of a being liberal, reasonable, and moderate publication, able to see a
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As COVID tore across the US and killed over a million Americans, The Atlantic conflated reasonable debate during a novel viral pandemic with gratuitous ego-driven contrarianism, and now the doctors they platformed and normalized are dismantling the best parts of American healthcare.
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Please don't forget me.
I'm Sally, Umm Anas. 🙏
I've lost so many family members.🥺 Please help me feed and keep my children warm🙏. Please share and donate. I have great hope in you. Every donation, no matter how small, means life to us.🙏🙏🥺
gofund.me/001d3fab
I'm Sally, Umm Anas. 🙏
I've lost so many family members.🥺 Please help me feed and keep my children warm🙏. Please share and donate. I have great hope in you. Every donation, no matter how small, means life to us.🙏🙏🥺
gofund.me/001d3fab
Donate to Please help my family get out of Gaza., organized by Nuages Quinze
Hello, I am Sally from Gaza. I am married and I lost my husband and my little g… Nuages Quinze needs your support for Please help my family get out of Gaza.
gofund.me
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Please don't forget me.
I'm Sally, Umm Anas. 🙏
I've lost so many family members.🥺 Please help me feed and keep my children warm🙏. Please share and donate. I have great hope in you. Every donation, no matter how small, means life to us.🙏🙏🥺
gofund.me/001d3fab
I'm Sally, Umm Anas. 🙏
I've lost so many family members.🥺 Please help me feed and keep my children warm🙏. Please share and donate. I have great hope in you. Every donation, no matter how small, means life to us.🙏🙏🥺
gofund.me/001d3fab
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Libraries, like public schools, are FREE to the user. But they are funded. And when you use them, a record is made. The popularity of a work can be charted. Piracy offers no similar exposure.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Libraries, like public schools, are FREE to the user. But they are funded. And when you use them, a record is made. The popularity of a work can be charted. Piracy offers no similar exposure.
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Although lifeline4gaza.com ensures that no listed appeal is ever forgotten, the stories behind each of them can easily be overlooked amid the sheer vastness of the list.
lifeline4gaza - a list of appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza
lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing chuffed & gofundme appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza.
lifeline4gaza.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Although lifeline4gaza.com ensures that no listed appeal is ever forgotten, the stories behind each of them can easily be overlooked amid the sheer vastness of the list.
My interview with the immensely talented Raffi Barsoumian, one of the stars of Meet the Cartozians for @thenerdsofcolor.bsky.social thenerdsofcolor.org/2025/11/27/r...
Raffi Barsoumian on Embodying the Armenian American Struggle in ‘Meet the Cartozians’
We speak with actor Raffi Barsoumian on his pivotal dual roles in Talene Monahan’s Armenian-American play “Meet the Cartozians, now playing at NYC’s Second Stage Theater.
thenerdsofcolor.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My interview with the immensely talented Raffi Barsoumian, one of the stars of Meet the Cartozians for @thenerdsofcolor.bsky.social thenerdsofcolor.org/2025/11/27/r...
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NEW: Energy giant Shell has been fined more than £500,000 after a 'potentially catastrophic' gas leak occurred on a North Sea oil rig
Shell fined £560,000 after 'potentially catastrophic' gas leak on North Sea rig
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW: Energy giant Shell has been fined more than £500,000 after a 'potentially catastrophic' gas leak occurred on a North Sea oil rig
Watch this, and keep going. #climatechsnge youtu.be/fJvyka4rT0w?...
Is There Good News About Climate Change?
YouTube video by Our Changing Climate
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Watch this, and keep going. #climatechsnge youtu.be/fJvyka4rT0w?...
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Excellent piece again by Ari Paul on the horrifying words of Sarah Hurwitz and her personification of the banality of evil.
thebattleground.eu/2025/11/25/s...
thebattleground.eu/2025/11/25/s...
Statehood is Not the Answer: The Sarah Hurwitz Tragedy
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
thebattleground.eu
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Excellent piece again by Ari Paul on the horrifying words of Sarah Hurwitz and her personification of the banality of evil.
thebattleground.eu/2025/11/25/s...
thebattleground.eu/2025/11/25/s...