Talia Kolluri
@taliakolluri.bsky.social
Writer, cat wrangler. WHAT WE FED TO THE MANTICORE (Tin House 2022)
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Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here:
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Omar El Akkad on Genocide, Complicit Liberals, and the Terrible Wrath of the West
On October 25, 2023—when Israel’s war on Gaza had already claimed the lives of 6,500 Palestinians, including 2,500 children—the Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad posted …
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This wins the National Book Award for Nonfiction! Read more here:
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For those who would like to make a contribution to continue the legacy of her work, Alice's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
For those who would like to make a contribution to continue the legacy of her work, Alice's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us.
As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
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November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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For those who would like to make a contribution to continue the legacy of her work, Alice's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
For those who would like to make a contribution to continue the legacy of her work, Alice's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong...
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Going to try this approach next time I coach my daughter’s team.
"Everyone put down their objects, your infernal orange slices. Everyone come and look into my eyes — one by one, look into my eyes. After I make you cry we will scrub these cow bones and we will weep and sing. This is all I can offer you."
Marina Abramović is Your Kid’s New Soccer Coach and the Team is Down by Nine Goals at the Half
I face so much jealousy as Marina Abramović. Why are you jealous? Ask. Use your voices to ask and sing it as a question. Now get up. Really? Now si...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Going to try this approach next time I coach my daughter’s team.
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Red Cup Day is Starbucks’ biggest sales day of the year. Customers across the country line up before dawn for free reusable holiday cups, marking the kickoff of the coffee giant’s most profitable season.
This year the event falls on November 13, and Starbucks Workers United, the SEIU-affiliated...
This year the event falls on November 13, and Starbucks Workers United, the SEIU-affiliated...
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Red Cup Day is Starbucks’ biggest sales day of the year. Customers across the country line up before dawn for free reusable holiday cups, marking the kickoff of the coffee giant’s most profitable season.
This year the event falls on November 13, and Starbucks Workers United, the SEIU-affiliated...
This year the event falls on November 13, and Starbucks Workers United, the SEIU-affiliated...
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"Israel is the best playground,” Huber told the website CTech in a recent interview. He praised the “condensed area” for “training and operation,” while observing how the wars against Gaza and Iran have demonstrated the “big flexibility” of drones electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
German weapons giant acts as sales rep for Israel's "suicide drones"
UVision sees genocide as a business opportunity.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Israel is the best playground,” Huber told the website CTech in a recent interview. He praised the “condensed area” for “training and operation,” while observing how the wars against Gaza and Iran have demonstrated the “big flexibility” of drones electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...
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“We have seen pigeons fall from the sky, shot down by drones. My nephews & nieces cried over them as if they had lost loved ones.” In Gaza, survival means union—even across species. We're bombed together, starved together, displaced together. We do not abandon each other, says Hend Salama Abo Helow.
Israel calls us “human animals,” never understanding that our bond with animals is the deepest proof of our humanity
Like all of us Palestinians in Gaza, our animals have been displaced, starved, bombed, and terrorized, yet we refuse to abandon each other
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October 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“We have seen pigeons fall from the sky, shot down by drones. My nephews & nieces cried over them as if they had lost loved ones.” In Gaza, survival means union—even across species. We're bombed together, starved together, displaced together. We do not abandon each other, says Hend Salama Abo Helow.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning
The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it
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October 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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As several Western nations announce their recognition of a Palestinian state ahead of an upcoming UN General Assembly vote, Israel is accelerating its illegal annexation measures of the occupied West Bank to render a Palestinian state impossible.
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#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
Israel plans to forcibly expel thousands of Palestinians to clear the way for a settlement that will split the West Bank in half
As several Western nations announce their recognition of a Palestinian state ahead of an upcoming UN General Assembly vote, Israel is accelerating its illegal annexation measures of the occupied West...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
As several Western nations announce their recognition of a Palestinian state ahead of an upcoming UN General Assembly vote, Israel is accelerating its illegal annexation measures of the occupied West Bank to render a Palestinian state impossible.
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#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
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“A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.” - Albert Einstein
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.” - Albert Einstein
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Forever disturbed by the way the cops are at the beck and call of the most irritating white person you've ever met as an armed hall monitor
September 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Forever disturbed by the way the cops are at the beck and call of the most irritating white person you've ever met as an armed hall monitor
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Pre-order THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES from @boa-editions.bsky.social today! www.boaeditions.org/products/the...
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pre-order THE MUSEUM OF FUTURE MISTAKES from @boa-editions.bsky.social today! www.boaeditions.org/products/the...
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
@taliakolluri.bsky.social says, the book "takes a blade to the seams of ordinary lives to reveal the uncanny nature of the storm that roils beneath the surface for us all."
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we are fucking broken as a society when mainstream news publications are saying things like "the school shooting industry is worth billions"
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
we are fucking broken as a society when mainstream news publications are saying things like "the school shooting industry is worth billions"
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“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.
(Published June)
(Published June)
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.
(Published June)
(Published June)
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You guys see where this is going? Right?
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You guys see where this is going? Right?
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I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I was just telling my girlfriend the other day that the old world is dying. And, my stars, the new world is struggling to be born. And now is the time when you meet such INNNNteresting monsters.
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Agents amass in DC, unclear why or which agency. Some masked.
Residents: “You’re in a church parking lot—get out!”
“We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!”
Agents start recording too.
Soon decide to leave, some mockingly wave their phones. They zoom down the 25mph road, skimming by our feet.
Residents: “You’re in a church parking lot—get out!”
“We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!”
Agents start recording too.
Soon decide to leave, some mockingly wave their phones. They zoom down the 25mph road, skimming by our feet.
August 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Agents amass in DC, unclear why or which agency. Some masked.
Residents: “You’re in a church parking lot—get out!”
“We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!”
Agents start recording too.
Soon decide to leave, some mockingly wave their phones. They zoom down the 25mph road, skimming by our feet.
Residents: “You’re in a church parking lot—get out!”
“We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!”
Agents start recording too.
Soon decide to leave, some mockingly wave their phones. They zoom down the 25mph road, skimming by our feet.
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Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
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"Not long after we met, I knew I wanted to spend my life with you. Let me know if you’d like these opening lines to be warmer or more emotional. Do you want me to personalize them in some way?"
Honey, I Have No Clue What You’re Talking About—I Did NOT Use AI to Write My Wedding Vows
Kasey — From the moment I first saw you, I knew my life was about to change. You were beautiful—also intelligent, funny, and kind. Not long after w...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"Not long after we met, I knew I wanted to spend my life with you. Let me know if you’d like these opening lines to be warmer or more emotional. Do you want me to personalize them in some way?"
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It's almost like gutting the NPS and illegally firing thousands of rangers and wildland firefighters was a stupid idea.
Grand Canyon blaze grows into a megafire and creates its own weather. It’s not done yet | CNN
The Dragon Bravo Fire exploded in size along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim this week as heat and strong winds drove the growth.
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August 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's almost like gutting the NPS and illegally firing thousands of rangers and wildland firefighters was a stupid idea.
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Zohran Mamdani won Hakeem Jeffries's district by 12 points.
July 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Zohran Mamdani won Hakeem Jeffries's district by 12 points.
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I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡