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Also recently interviewed in the Hindustan Times, if you subscribe (because paywalled, unfortunately; the print issue has a truly gigantic photo of me and no one should look at it) www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/ar...
The eras tour: A Wknd chat with Vajra Chandrasekera, author of the award-winning Rakesfall
The winner of the Ursula K Le Guin prize is a wild ride of time travel, world-rebuilding, rage, hope. ‘It is never too late to embody hope,’ Chandrasekera says.
www.hindustantimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Also recently interviewed in the Hindustan Times, if you subscribe (because paywalled, unfortunately; the print issue has a truly gigantic photo of me and no one should look at it) www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/ar...
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I have a new interview about RAKESFALL up at Reactor! In which I am quite verbose reactormag.com/author-inter...
A Conversation With Vajra Chandrasekera, Author of Rakesfall - Reactor
"I think writers, like all artists, have a responsibility to act as human cultural workers in an actual society"
reactormag.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I have a new interview about RAKESFALL up at Reactor! In which I am quite verbose reactormag.com/author-inter...
Asking the AI Lacanian psychoanalyst about my big 3 fictional universes now: Malazan, Warhammer 40k and Bakker's Prince of Nothing books:
1. "Malazan externalises their internal position: subjects inhabiting a broken symbolic order but maintaining coherence through choice, art, and sacrifice."
1. "Malazan externalises their internal position: subjects inhabiting a broken symbolic order but maintaining coherence through choice, art, and sacrifice."
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Asking the AI Lacanian psychoanalyst about my big 3 fictional universes now: Malazan, Warhammer 40k and Bakker's Prince of Nothing books:
1. "Malazan externalises their internal position: subjects inhabiting a broken symbolic order but maintaining coherence through choice, art, and sacrifice."
1. "Malazan externalises their internal position: subjects inhabiting a broken symbolic order but maintaining coherence through choice, art, and sacrifice."
Something of a middle-aged landmark, as I head to the funeral of one of my oldest and closest friends. Here come the drop dead years for men of a certain age.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Something of a middle-aged landmark, as I head to the funeral of one of my oldest and closest friends. Here come the drop dead years for men of a certain age.
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On this date in 1989, our hero, Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, gives Atlanta a 50 piece in a 117-106 win over the Hawks. Hooray Larry Bird!
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
On this date in 1989, our hero, Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, gives Atlanta a 50 piece in a 117-106 win over the Hawks. Hooray Larry Bird!
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Periodic bitching that the Substack algorithm keeps reminding me of the intense stupidity of centrist pundits.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Periodic bitching that the Substack algorithm keeps reminding me of the intense stupidity of centrist pundits.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
I swear, half the reason I watch reaction videos is for these types of anecdotes in the comments.
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I swear, half the reason I watch reaction videos is for these types of anecdotes in the comments.
I have a write-up planned on the upcoming wave of Mamdani clones, and unfortunately, it would be unprofessional to mention many of them are going to not just be from migrant backgrounds, but also "conventionally attractive".
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I have a write-up planned on the upcoming wave of Mamdani clones, and unfortunately, it would be unprofessional to mention many of them are going to not just be from migrant backgrounds, but also "conventionally attractive".
The one place I encounter new music is, oddly (perhaps?), Soundcloud. Based on this mixtape they've "create for me", they seem to have concluded my tastes are more esoteric than they actually are.
tbf, I am actually quite intrigued by the selections.
soundcloud.com/discover/set...
tbf, I am actually quite intrigued by the selections.
soundcloud.com/discover/set...
Your Mix 1
Listen to Your Mix 1 made for RH #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The one place I encounter new music is, oddly (perhaps?), Soundcloud. Based on this mixtape they've "create for me", they seem to have concluded my tastes are more esoteric than they actually are.
tbf, I am actually quite intrigued by the selections.
soundcloud.com/discover/set...
tbf, I am actually quite intrigued by the selections.
soundcloud.com/discover/set...
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The move here for democrats is to make this the campaign ad for every single election but then also actually make it come true
KEY PART
KEY PART
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The move here for democrats is to make this the campaign ad for every single election but then also actually make it come true
KEY PART
KEY PART
I have high hopes for Mamdani despite the fact he's a vile Gooner, but I'm also very tired of writing about him. 😩
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I have high hopes for Mamdani despite the fact he's a vile Gooner, but I'm also very tired of writing about him. 😩
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An Animated History of the Ottoman Empire (1299 — 1922)
An Animated History of the Ottoman Empire (1299 — 1922)
History is selective. Or, rather, it's selected by those in power for their own uses.
www.openculture.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
An Animated History of the Ottoman Empire (1299 — 1922)
One of the more enlightening outputs from my AI psych analyst has been about my preference for Celtic noir vs. my indifference to Nordic noir. Obviously, some sweeping generalisations are involved, but I did find it elucidating.
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
One of the more enlightening outputs from my AI psych analyst has been about my preference for Celtic noir vs. my indifference to Nordic noir. Obviously, some sweeping generalisations are involved, but I did find it elucidating.
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Good a time as any to remember that Jaylen Brown is an #MVP
My favorite #Celtics player in a long time, so grateful he's in #Boston and hope he always is
"I'll go to way for this city."
#BostonCeltics
My favorite #Celtics player in a long time, so grateful he's in #Boston and hope he always is
"I'll go to way for this city."
#BostonCeltics
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Good a time as any to remember that Jaylen Brown is an #MVP
My favorite #Celtics player in a long time, so grateful he's in #Boston and hope he always is
"I'll go to way for this city."
#BostonCeltics
My favorite #Celtics player in a long time, so grateful he's in #Boston and hope he always is
"I'll go to way for this city."
#BostonCeltics
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Josh Minott with a career high 21 points tonight. He's 3/5 from beyond the arc. There's also been an intriguing and exciting chemistry between him and Jaylen Brown, with the latter finding the former for several dunks. Perhaps the new iteration of Cookies and Cream.
NEW @forbes.com:
"It feels good to, I guess, see that preparation meet opportunity, but that's just the first step."
I spoke with Josh Minott to learn about the Miami training & pick-up runs with a group that included Bam Adebayo, which prepared him to seize an opportunity he was starving for. 1/2
"It feels good to, I guess, see that preparation meet opportunity, but that's just the first step."
I spoke with Josh Minott to learn about the Miami training & pick-up runs with a group that included Bam Adebayo, which prepared him to seize an opportunity he was starving for. 1/2
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Josh Minott with a career high 21 points tonight. He's 3/5 from beyond the arc. There's also been an intriguing and exciting chemistry between him and Jaylen Brown, with the latter finding the former for several dunks. Perhaps the new iteration of Cookies and Cream.
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Brown is lowering his shoulder, driving, and rising up as defenders naturally use their arms to brace and push back. It is an incredible foul-drawing skill that he can build on and carry through the next phase of his career when his athleticism starts to fade.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Brown is lowering his shoulder, driving, and rising up as defenders naturally use their arms to brace and push back. It is an incredible foul-drawing skill that he can build on and carry through the next phase of his career when his athleticism starts to fade.
Featuring the very rare sight, in a music video, of people playing cricket.
Simply Red releases “Holding Back the Years” 40 years ago today.
“I didn’t realize what it was about until I’d finished it,” said Mick Hucknall. “It’s about that moment where you know you have to leave home and make your mark — but the outside world is scary. So you’re ‘holding back the years.’”
“I didn’t realize what it was about until I’d finished it,” said Mick Hucknall. “It’s about that moment where you know you have to leave home and make your mark — but the outside world is scary. So you’re ‘holding back the years.’”
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Featuring the very rare sight, in a music video, of people playing cricket.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
Fuck man, ten years ago, I'd be morning drinking watching the various results come in, with three monitors in front of me. 👴
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Fuck man, ten years ago, I'd be morning drinking watching the various results come in, with three monitors in front of me. 👴
No doubt posted with gritted teeth, with being nice for Chelsea's eventual senatorial campaign in mind.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
No doubt posted with gritted teeth, with being nice for Chelsea's eventual senatorial campaign in mind.