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Tell-Tale TV @telltaletv.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Maryam Ahmad’s top TV shows of 2025 include High Potential, The Residence, The Wheel of Time, Deli Boys, and more. Read on for the full list! @curiousmaryam.bsky.social buff.ly/pXmIofR

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin

More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover

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Prism @prismreports.org · 09/09/2025

Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.

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Prism @prismreports.org · 04/09/2025

We're heartbroken to share the news that reporter Ahmed Abdel Aziz, pictured below on the right & a crucial source for this story, was one of the many reporters killed by Israel in the bombing of Nasser Hospital on August 25. prismreports.org/2025/07/30/g...

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Gaza journalists sell their equipment in the hunger market

Gaza’s journalists stand at the fragile boundary between their profession and staying alive

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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 20/08/2025

“Criticism, like all good things, is about the discovery of the self inspired by our interaction with an art form that tells us about our world. It too is an ‘empathy machine.’” In my Locarno wrap up for @ebertvoices.bsky.social I wonder about what the future holds.

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Locarno Film Festival 2025 Wrap-up | Features | Roger Ebert

A recap of this year's Locarno Film Festival.

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Israa, 🫒🍉 @israsaa.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

@curiousmaryam.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/isra... With a heavy heart, I share that I’ve lost my father, my home, and my livelihood because of the war in Ga..za.💔 Every bit of support, whether a donation or just a share, makes a huge difference. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

New Substack post! I wrote about the plague of revivals and reboots and sequels on TV, and what is lost in the streaming era. Check it out :) open.substack.com/pub/curiousm...

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Why is every TV show so detached from reality?

The answer: escapist fantasies and throwbacks to the "good old days"

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 15/07/2025

you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...

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What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT

“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

For @thepolisproject.bsky.social, I wrote about the selective politics and empathy of The Hunger Games fandom, who will mourn for fictional characters but not for those suffering in real life. It’s a piece I am very proud of, so pls give it a read :) www.thepolisproject.com/read/hunger-...

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The Hunger Games' Fandom And Selective Politics

The Hunger Games have perpetual relevance to our present day, but analyses that assume the revolution will begin in the US are reductive and delusional.

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The Hunger Games' Fandom And Selective Politics

The Hunger Games have perpetual relevance to our present day, but analyses that assume the revolution will begin in the US are reductive and delusional.

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Always read @hurwitz.bsky.social !!! An excellent (if terrifying) piece!!

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It’s honestly so disrespectful and irresponsible that the national media has mostly ignored the DC33 city worker strike in Philly so far. It’s a huge story with massive implications for the 6th biggest city in the country. Hell, I’ll write about it for ya! Email me! www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

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Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding?

So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986.

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Tell-Tale TV @telltaletv.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

#Ironheart Season 1 Episodes 4-6 throw away an intriguing story about Riri Williams’ quest to forge a new suit in favor of setting up yet another MCU big bad. (via @curiousmaryam.bsky.social) buff.ly/jrtfhca

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Dan Berger @dnbrgr.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

I reviewed Chuck Schumer’s new book. It is very bad. But @journalspectre.bsky.social is very good for publishing it and letting me go with Yiddish subtitles throughout. Check it out! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ spectrejournal.com/chuck-schume...

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Chuck Schumer in America—A Warning – Spectre Journal

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

hello! summer is here - and so am I with a reminder that I am still looking for freelance/part-time/full-time work in journalism! If you're looking for insightful culture analysis and thorough TV and film reviews, look no further! here's my portfolio :) maryamahmad.com/portfolio/

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Reviews The Residence Review: An Intriguing Whodunit that Fumbles its End – Tell-Tale TV Deli Boys Review: A Rollicking but Heartfelt Family Crime Comedy – Tell-Tale TV Zero Day Review:…

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Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Jonathan Joss was MURDERED. Words matter here. He was MURDERED. it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man. Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...

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Teachers Are Not OK

AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 23/05/2025

students the world over have spent another graduation season bringing Palestinian flags and signs to commencement stages, from the U.K. to Qatar. at NYU and George Washington, student commencement speakers had their diplomas withheld or face campus bans for bringing up Gaza. @teenvogue.com

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Students Are Protesting For Palestine — And Being Punished — At Graduations

“There was just never any point where I was not going to say something,” one punished student told their student paper.

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I think one of the reasons I'm so frustrated about people acting like indie media just started in 2024 as someone who has been running an outlet for 8 years is that it really shows that either no one cared before or no one cares actively unless you had recognition and bylines already.

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Juan Manuel CC (Baal) @andeanhermedic.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I'm so tired of corporate media

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

rip to the #WheelofTime series, gone too soon! Truly a shame, it was getting so much better each season, and the cast + crew were so invested in it, I was really looking forward to see what they did next :((( deadline.com/2025/05/the-...

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‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons

Prime Video will not be renewing The Wheel of Time for a fourth season.

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

To fully address the root of the Gaza Holocaust we still see unfolding, as well as the root of so, so many horrors we've seen in the SWANA region and elsewhere, we must name and explain the original culprit that has plagued our region for literal centuries now. Ethnonationalism. 🧵

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Molly works so tirelessly to share and boost donation requests, if you have the means, please donate to/share to someone from this thread!!

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hello! I'm Maryam, a writer on the intersections of politics and pop culture! I specifically write about South Asian and Muslim representation (and am a Ms. Marvel expert!), and fandom and politics on the internet! Here is my portfolio, if you want to learn more :) maryamahmad.com/portfolio/

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Reviews “The Diplomat” Season 2 Review: A Shorter and Somehow Crazier Season – Tell-Tale TV Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” Fights for all Underdogs – The Wellesl…

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Maryam Ahmad @curiousmaryam.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Officially putting in my two cents in #Andor discourse! I wrote about how the existence of it as a Disney product and the hesitation of the creators to draw concrete, real-world parallels (especially to Gaza) dilutes the series' power. Check it out! curiousmaryam.substack.com/p/is-andor-r...

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Is Andor really revolutionary?

Or alternatively: How the hell did Disney let this get made?

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

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