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indrapramitdas.bsky.social
aka Indra Das, author of THE DEVOURERS and THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, Lambda, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award winner, Crawford Award finalist. he/they/she indradas.com
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My brother and I had a book of old VARIETY reviews, & they had a negative one of BLADE RUNNER which I'd accepted as truth. Watched it 1 day on TV circa 98 or 99, theatrical cut, probably censored, & loved it so much the Vangelis score accompanied most of my earliest attempts at writing sf.

Hard to believe this movie exists

Happy 43rd birthday, John Carpenter's THE THING!

My friend Samaa had her account banned in the middle of trying to feed herself, her husband, and their children. Please give what you can as they navigate this terrifying landscape.

Your departure is very sad, my brother would like to give you one last farewell hug, your family loves you, I hope you are in a better place💔🥺 Please help us escape this massacre, our family is in danger🇵🇸 #gazagenocide #FreeGaza #MutualAid #Helpsky www.paypal.me/AhmadMohamed... goget.fund/4eGOovZ

Please share & give to help Mithqal's family survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. His son needs medicine for burns from unsafe cooking fires. They're being starved, attacked, & displaced, & donations are slow:

All we want is food. All we want is food. All we want is food. www.chuffed.org/project/128329

The fucking evilness of these scum bastards

Please share & give to help Moamen's family, including his little twins who are growing up in the midst of carnage & famine, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. Donations are slow, & they're being starved, attacked, & displaced:

That other nations--ones in the global north!--are placidly allowing the US to do this to their citizens for having memes on their phone illustrates how, collapsing or not, the US is still the biggest and most powerful imperial bully on the world stage.

Today is #NationalWritingDay and the theme is ‘Share Your Voice’. So, whether you’re an aspiring writer, a published author, or something in between: tell us what you're working on! Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.

My 2nd book, THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, is about an uncracked egg, as it were, in a dragon's nest in Calcutta. The mc Ru is *not* me, but my experiences growing up queer in India without realising it did flow into Ru's life.

One of the sweatiest high-tension thrillers ever made. Vibrating with chaos and existential horror. Like if Aguirre was a road movie. FRIEDKIN THE GOD

[Sees large Jewish turnout for a democratic socialist who advocates solidarity, denounces ethnic hatred, and resonates with NYC's vast Jewish socialist history] "This proves why Jews cannot survive outside a genocidal ethnostate."

Please share & give to help Nour's family, including her little daughter Julia & son Ziad who are sick & need urgent treatment, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being starved, attacked, & displaced:

It's great is what it is for sure.

BLACK FLAME is almost here. Pre-order now before the August 5th release! torpublishinggroup.com/black-flame/...

Thai poster for PRINCE OF THE CITY (1981), directed and co-written by Sidney Lumet - BOTD in 1924

Please share & give to help Nour's family, including her little daughter Julia & son Ziad who are sick & need urgent treatment, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being starved, attacked, & displaced:

Please share & give to help Nurse Hammam's family survive & escape Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being starved & displaced, & donations are slow:

Please share & give to help Tahini's family, including her sick little daughter Mira who needs treatment, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being starved, attacked, & displaced, & donations are slow:

Dear Lord, they sound incredible still

I'm in this! With 4! whole ass demons! Here's Baal. Some absolutely stunning works by some of my most talented friends.

Please support Sahar and Odai

After we raised over a $100 last time (!!!) I'm hosting a meet up again next Saturday to read, listen, and share Palestinian art and literature. I've linked one here but you can donate $1 to any Palestinian cause and get a meeting link Please come if you're able, or share with anyone interested! 🍉

G@za dying silently,but not just because of the bombs I've lost everything.Plsdon't letme lose mybaby& myfamily while world keeps scrolling Mybaby suffers anemiaweight loss, myfamily suffers hunger chronic illness Don't let ourpain fade into silence💔 Please stand withus🙏🏻 chuffed.org/project/1315...

American media thinks all Muslims are Arab so they only cover Mamdani's views on Israel through the lens of "why are Arabs so antisemitic" rather than how being the son of a guy forcibly expelled from his country on the basis of ethnicity might approach the issue

In the last week, I've seen news of 2 lethal lynchings in my city (one against merchants for selling fake gold, another against an alleged phone thief), & news of at least 3 other lynchings (by Hindutva thugs) elsewhere in the country, & that's just what I've noticed & has been reported.

By now anyone who follows me should know Adham, one of the earliest people to be harassed by Bluesky for being a Palestinian genocide survivor. Please share & give to help his family continue surviving as they're starved & hounded by Israel:

Please share & give to help the Nashwan family, including 5 children who're sick from malnutrition & infections, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being attacked, starved & displaced, & donations are slow:

Please share & give to help Rania's family, including her 4 children, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. Donations are slow, & they're being starved & hounded:

Salammbô (Salammbo) by Suzanne-Raphaële Lagneau, 1928. Initially done for a 1928 edition for the novel of the same name written by Gustave Flaubert. Was then reused for a 2022 French reprint by Callidor.

Please share & give to help Ahmad's family survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. His mother needs urgent treatment for diabetes & retinal disease. Aid is scarce & dangerous to get. Donations are slow, & they're being starved & hounded:

Please share & give to help Malak's family, including her disabled sister Maali who urgently needs diapers & treatment, survive Israel's genocide in Gaza. They're being starved, attacked, & displaced, & donations are slow. Bsky relentlessly harasses them by deleting their accounts:

"Meena", my Twine game about a sand cat and her dreams, is now officially out with a fresh new look, courtesy of Twine Guru @gcbaccaris.itch.io, and a new illustration by @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social for its cover!

The great comet of 1881, observed 144 years ago on the night of June 25–26 — plate XI from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882). More comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars through the ages in our post "Flowers of the Sky" publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #onthisday #OTD