Namrata Patel

If you’re near NY Penn, my newest release is on a BILLBOARD. Thank you @amazonpublishing.bsky.social

Q&A with Namrata Patel about her new novel, YOUR NEXT LIFE IS NOW.
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Charlie Kirk, his Culture War Tour and Groyper trolls Charlie Kirk’s Culture War college tour was increasingly haunted by Groyper trolls that frame Charlie Kirk as a fake, 'anti-white' conservative. This article explains how.

Dropping this here for people who want real time context from 2019! www.diggitmagazine.com/column/charl...

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

24 is After the Fall - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

It was clear fairly immediately that the political goal of the attacks on September 11th was to undermine the American empire. It would seem that we could put up a banner saying “Mission Accomplished”. www.anildash.com/2025/09/11/2...

Thank you!

Thank you.

I have a close friend who is going through blood cancer treatment. Julie is an avid romance reader. If any authors have extras of your books and can send a signed copy to keep her company during her six-nine month treatment, DM me for details. I know she would greatly appreciate it. as would I.

every horrible person who does this wants to "flood the zone" and subject us all to hot garbage bc they're hoping people won't make the effort to wade through their bullshit to get to actual good things made by humans so pleaseeeee support creators *now*

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YES!!!

Ok I’ll procrastinate until you’re ready.. 😬. Take your time?

Same. I’ll write if you write!

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

Even the scars couldn’t hide the fact that his face was striking, arresting in a way that made half of me want to freeze in place while the other half ran in terror. He looked like a warlord or brigand. He looked *dangerous*. The corner of his mouth pulled up into a sneer, and he waved at his scarred cheek. “Shall I wait until you’re finished staring?” I hadn’t been staring at his scars, but telling him he looked like a bandit wasn’t much better. Preorder now, available January 2026!

A desperate mage finds her fate intertwined with the handsome, dangerous man who saves her from a deadly beast.

SILVER & BLOOD is available for reviewers now on Edelweiss & NetGalley, and it’s coming to a bookstore near you in January 2026!

More info / preorder links:
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Wired rules. Just an incredible group of journalists who are completely meeting the moment. And you can subscribe for $2 a month, which is insane www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

mamdanitimes.com only dropping hits

I keep coming back to, empathy is not a zero sum game.

Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani

I love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside.

"With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani.

"And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."

Project Hail Mary trailer is 🔥🔥🔥

Not guilty on all counts except OUI!

Has any American running for elections in the US ever spoken such good Hindi? #ZohranMamdani #NewYork #USA #Indian #MayoralCandidate TikTok video by Spot On

This man is the epitome of rizz. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjpt1nv4/

Father Nathan Monk posted on Facebook a message. This is a screenshot of the message, which says, "You are about to watch the whole world respect a chosen name. It's that easy."

It really is this simple.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

In an extraordinary move, MFA to return prized African art to wealthy donor and close gallery - The Boston Globe The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to Kingdom of Benin. The donor asked they be returned to him instead

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has apparently been trying to work with the (son of the Lehman Brothers CEO) donor of the Benin Bronzes collection to transfer ownership back to Nigeria, but instead he's taking all the statues back and they're closing the gallery entirely.

Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯!

"You journalists need to get your balls back"

The Saint was an absolute banger of a movie. RIP Val Kilmer.

I'm doing two events this week in Boston. Maggie Smith! Isaac Fitzgerald!

“I hope this apocalypse finds you well. Anyway, if you’re in the Boston-area and perhaps in need of good company, conversation and a dash of encouragement, you’re in luck.”

RETIRE, YOU RANCID RADIOACTIVE SKID-MARK.

I get why techbros and their ilk like gen-AI: artists and writers to them are just an obstacle to be bypassed. But I'll never get an author/artist/musician who uses it. "I want to be a writer." No you don't. You fetishize ideas but hate the work. You don't respect the craft or its practitioners.