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Dean Van Nguyen

@deanvannguyen.bsky.social

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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Love it

22.11.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How goes the #BeyondFriday Blu-ray collecting?

22.11.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Camโ€™ron rapping over AI garbage, man, everything is so finished

22.11.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:

๐ŸŒ GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
๐ŸŒน LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
โžก๏ธ RFM: 15.8% (New)
๐ŸŒณ CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
โš–๏ธ EQU: 2.5% (New)
๐Ÿ”ถ LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)

Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.

20.11.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 647    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82
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Tupac Shakur Was Forged in a Revolutionary Political Culture Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work.

"Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work." @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social on WORDS FOR MY COMRADES by @deanvannguyen.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/11/tupa... ๐Ÿ”ฅ

19.11.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Tupac Shakur Was Forged in a Revolutionary Political Culture Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work.

I am elated with Jacobinโ€™s thumpingly positive review of my book. They really bought into everything I was trying to do with it

17.11.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible

Oof John Crace, I was not familiar with your game

17.11.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching A Very Royal Scandal. Itโ€™s so funny how often Michael Sheen pulls the playing a real person gimmick. Him as Chris Tarrant had gotta be my favourite

17.11.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag

17.11.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Tupac Shakur Was Forged in a Revolutionary Political Culture Tupac Shakur was a deeply political artist, shaped by the radical left-wing traditions of black America. A new biography finally does justice to this side of his life and work.

I am elated with Jacobinโ€™s thumpingly positive review of my book. They really bought into everything I was trying to do with it

17.11.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.

16.11.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 226    ๐Ÿ” 80    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Late, Late Troy Show

16.11.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heimir Hallgrรญmsson you absolute lad! You proper legend! You right cunt!

16.11.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ALF HAS BEEN DEFERRED #COYBIG

16.11.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You donโ€™t see birthday bumps much these days. I suppose thatโ€™s because of Woke

16.11.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know weโ€™re in a Nothing Matters era but โ€œBritish patriotsโ€ siding with a foreign president over their own national broadcaster is crazy to me

16.11.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Claireโ€™s sis u ok? #fyp #claires #mysterybag @๐Ÿ–คmilaois ๐Ÿ–ค TikTok video by Shan ๐Ÿ–ค

This is the funniest thing Iโ€™ve seen in ages

16.11.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Tupac hinsides Thug Life Dean Van Nguyen har skrevet mer enn en biografi om ยซAmerikas siste store revolusjonรฆre figurยป, Tupac.

"Provides a fascinating insight into several underexposed but important parts of American political and cultural history from the 1960s to the present... I hope more biographers can learn from Van Nguyen's broad-based method."

Vinduet, Norway's oldest literary magazine, has praised WFMC

14.11.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Parrott = god
Ronaldo = cod
Goodnight

13.11.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Parrott, Ferguson and Ogbene at the World Cup

13.11.2025 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always said Heimir has cult hero vibes about him. He just beat Portugal the mad man!

13.11.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope Seamus Coleman never retires

13.11.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Principal Skinner: Right now, Cristiano Ronaldo is at home, crying like a little girl

Principal Skinner: Right now, Cristiano Ronaldo is at home, crying like a little girl

13.11.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thought theyโ€™d bottle it bc itโ€™s Ronaldo but clear red card

13.11.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the best night of my life

13.11.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hahahaha

13.11.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who Got Screwed When Vinyl Me, Please Went Bust? Inside the subscription vinyl club's unpaid debts and troubled relaunch

Great piece on this clown show

13.11.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.

โ€œIf Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as Indiaโ€™s 1.5 billion people, and is likely to emit nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as ExxonMobil, the worldโ€™s largest non-state carbon emitterโ€

Yet Iโ€™m told that capitalism is the best economic system we have..

13.11.2025 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I remembered that Roger Ebert didnโ€™t get to see The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon. It made me sad

12.11.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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