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Ajantha Subramanian @ajanthasubramanian.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Check out the latest episode of The Caste Pod on Dalit feminism with Thenmozhi Soundararajan @dalitdiva.bsky.social! thecastepod.org/episode-9/

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Episode 9 – The Caste Pod

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Shalimar Books @shalimarbooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Caste—one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world—is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is perpetrated against a Dalit person. 📚📚💜 @dalitdiva.bsky.social

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Today @rlivier.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social releases new research showing that every major U.S. media and tech company (except one) has eliminated or backpedaled on commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion in the face of Trump administration threats. www.freepress.net/policy-libra...

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COMPLICIT: Corporate Media's Capitulation to Trump's Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

This comprehensive report sheds new light on the ongoing capitulation of major media, tech and telecom companies to the dictates of a bigoted and corrupt administration.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Please consider donating and also forwarding this request for support the mother of our dear friend Praveen Sinha. His Mother has one of the rarest of cancers and they are having to pay for medication out of pocket. Any amount will be so appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/2z3um-supp...

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Donate to Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle, organized by Praveen Sinha

My mom is a retired school teacher. She worked in the nuclear industry for t… Praveen Sinha needs your support for Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle

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Donate to Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle, organized by Praveen Sinha

My mom is a retired school teacher. She worked in the nuclear industry for t… Praveen Sinha needs your support for Support for Retired Teacher's Cancer Battle

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"there's a new serif in town"

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 13/11/2025

I see the BJP propaganda chief is already in damage-control mode, not sure how successfully

Two quote-tweets of BJP propaganda chief Amit Malviya, who's attempting to explain Hardeep Singh Puri's inclusion in a 2014 Epstein email. The first, from journalist Anisha Dutta, points out that Puri was not a U.N. ambassador at the time of that message. The other, from "shivambanga," rhetorically asks whether Epstein was indeed referring to Puri.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 13/11/2025

wait I'm sorry I know this isn't the point but did Narendra Modi's oil-and-gas minister—Hardeep Singh Puri, whose name is misspelled here as "puree"—meet with Epstein during that year's U.N. climate conference???

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article-14.com @article-14.com · 01/11/2025

“There is always an attempt to diminish, undermine, or say caste does not exist…” @equalitylabs.bsky.social co-founder & winner of 2025 Vaikom Award from TN @dalitdiva.bsky.social says anti-caste movement in the US is being eclipsed by the collapse of democracy article-14.com/post/-aligni...

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‘Aligning Caste Interests With Extremists Has Not Worked In The US’: Winner Of 2025 Vaikom Award

Vaikom awardee and executive director of Equality Labs, a US Dalit civil rights advocacy, Thenmozhi Soundararajan talked to us on identifying a “different orientation” for hope in the US at a time whe...

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

What an honor to receive the 2025 Vaikom Award for Social Justice from the Government of Tamil Nadu—in the name and spirit of Periyar. His legacy calls us to action: end discrimination in all its forms—caste, gender, sexual orientation, religion—and make self-respect a lived reality for everyone.

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samira is querying her MG fantasy🍉🍉🍉 @goodsamiratan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Hunger is unacceptable. On Nov 1, SNAP benefits will be cut for 40 M children, elderly, and those with disabilities. Food banks are already stretched thin due to funding cuts. Please donate AND share your local food banks links to #writingcommunity #writersagainsthunger www.foodbanknyc.org

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Home - Food Bank For NYC

NYC's Largest Hunger-Relief Organization. Your $1 = Up to 5 Meals For Families.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

A 85K #SpaceOpera ✨WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE✨ Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers & choose between revolution or redemption. #WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SFF #DVpit !

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE 85,000 Word #Spaceopera 🛸 Nesamma Abbas, a washed-up alien musician, 🎸 joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire ✨with a martial art of sound ⚡🎶 .😢She must confront her pain, 🧘‍♀️ Master her powers ⚔️ & choose: revolution ❤️ or redemption #WOC #Asian #SFF #DVpit

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVPit: ✨Welcome to WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE✨ Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption. #WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SF #SFF #POC

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Dear #litagents, I'm happy to present an #agentsguide for a revised version of WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE an 85K word Adult #SPACEOPERA. This will be pitched for #DVpit! #WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SF #SFF #POC ALT

A Speculative Fiction Space Opera
85,000 Words
Freeing the Galaxy
Begins with Healing Yourself

This features an ethereal image from Joshua Mays with a woman holding a globe of sound magic. The pitch is:

Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band plotting a galaxy-wide uprising against the Human Empire. As the rebellion hurtles toward its final battle, she must confront her past, master the ancient martial art of sound, and choose
between revolution and healing the galaxy.

This is the comparisons page showcasing books with similar themes to WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE
The First Book is Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun with this text: Epic in scale
Explores generational trauma
Dazzling System of Magic

The next book is Space Oddity by Catherynne Valente with this text:
Distinctive Worldbuilding
And Marvelous Alien Races

The Last book is A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers with this text: Soothing Narrative Philosophical and Poignant Exploration of Healing

This is just an excerpt of WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE:
Everyone can recall the first time they heard or saw Nesamma. Mine was outside a café in New Jerusalem. Her wide eyes, rimmed with golden kohl, her bronzed java skin, lean, quick frame, and her hair that cascaded like liquid onyx past her hips—I remember it all.

I never knew what I was missing until I heard the longing in hers. Raw and husky, with the timbre of truth, such a voice comes once in a generation, once in a galaxy.

Even now, in certain alien districts on Earth, they whisper her name like that of a prophet who offers mystical proofs. Was she not trained by Oopan Brass, the last singing-warrior monk of Lethaa? A genius in his own right, blending the arts of war and song. The monks of Lethaa stood at the forefront of each battle, their fierce drums and songs the single force capable of turning the tide in their favor.

Before her final performance, Nesamma began with a quote from their holy book: “A song is a thing of both physics and psyche, for the right song can slice glass as easily as it can open an opponent’s heart.”

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Day 6 of #DVParty My next book is WE DRUM FREEDOM: 🧘Jemina Brass is the first nun in Lethan’s warrior order 💔The monks haze her brutally. ✨The One Sound leads her to a secret mystic network 🪄Jemina learns to wield sound as power 🌟Now she must choose: tradition or a bolder future for all. #DVPit

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Day 5 of #DVParty: sharing the inspo playlist for my #SpaceOpera, WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE. These tracks were recorded with Marvin Etizioni for my Sufi-blues album. They capture the book’s spirit & its emotional core. #DVpit #WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SF #SFF #POC soundcloud.com/dalitdiva/se...

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We Sang Down the Empire

Listen to We Sang Down the Empire by dalitdiva #np on #SoundCloud

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We Sang Down the Empire

Listen to We Sang Down the Empire by dalitdiva #np on #SoundCloud

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#DVparty Day 4 This is my #spaceopera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE as a meme. My novel examines the pain of colonization and how to heal yourself and free your communities. It incorporates buddhist and sufi themes of freedom from suffering. #DVpit #WOC #SouthAsian #Asian #A #SF #SFF #POC

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE's opening:"Nowhere in New Jerusalem, as the sun sank behind the horizon of aging buildings, was there even a hint of change. And yet, it was there, waiting. Here in the capital of empire, the rot of power met the chaos of millions yearning for a different destiny." #DVparty

This card is my third day entry into the Diverse Voices Pitch Day for the hashtag #DVparty. We are sharing our opening lines. So this card features a capitvating and ethereal women of color singing in galactic space with a space lute. I have underneath it shared my opening lines to my novel WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE: Nowhere in New Jerusalem, as the sun sank behind the horizon of aging buildings, was there even a hint of change. And yet, it was there—waiting. Here in the capital of the Human Empire, the rot of power met the chaos of millions yearning for a different destiny.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Meet the MC of my #spaceopera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE: Nesamma Abbas a pop star who sang the Human Empire to its knees and pushed galactic history to the brink. Outrageous, kind, and wildly entertaining, her journey to heal herself and the galaxy is one of my favorites. #DVparty #booksky #writersky

This graphic is part of the #DVparty pitch campaign where for Day 2 we share the main characters of our books. My book is named WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE and my main character is named Nesamma Abbas. Say her name, and it echoes across every star system of the dying Human Empire. The enigmatic pop star who sang the empire to its knees, she drove galactic history to the brink of chaos.

Born to blaze across the stars, Nesamma lost everything when the Empire razed Jangoa, her homeworld, stranding her on Earth—alone and out of options. The empire’s brutality shook her faith in her lineage. For Jangoans are a rare people who can turn song into power. Refusing to be counted out, she joins a rebel rock band to heal herself—and to help free the galaxy.

The graphic features an ethereal women of color holding a globe of sound in a futuristic landscape of an alien landscape. It features the beautiful art of Joshua Mays.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Today is DAY 1 of #DVparty, a community event to talk up projects that Diverse Creators plan to pitch during #DVpit! Since it's our inaugural year on Bluesky, we'd like to invite any diverse creator to participate! Share about your beautiful work & let's build a #writercommunity here! #writersky

#DVparty
Day 1 October 2, 2025):
Post a moodboard or art for your project!
Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag.
Open all day!
Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed.
Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit!
More info at dvpit.carrd.co
Follow us at dvpit.bsky social for more updates!

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Hey #DVparty! Here’s the moodboard for my #SpaceOpera WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE. Washed-up alien musician Nesamma Abbas joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire with a martial art of sound. She must confront her pain, master her powers and choose between revolution or redemption.

Mood board of my upcoming Space Opera We Sang Down the Empire. It features ephemeral and evocative art of artist Joshua Mays to convey the spritual element of the martial art of sound that is at the heart of the book. There are women of color in space age futuristic background and magic practices.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Dear Ones ~ Please join @EqualityLabs @BuddhistPeace & Black Buddhist Studies Initiative for a processing space. We will grieve, we will sit, and we will heal & organize. This Thursday, September 18th 2025 5-6:30pm PT/ 8-9:30pm ET. Register at bit.ly/RootedCommunity or tap the link in bio

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Today I walked the picket line with @teamsters.bsky.social Local 210 members on strike in the Bronx. When Perrigo picked this fight, it wasn't just with these workers — it's with all of us. Because New York is a union town.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

South Asian MAGA relatives made a calculated bet: their wealth and caste privilege would protect them from right-wing extremism. They're learning the hard way that fascism doesn't discriminate. Read to get more context the time to deprogram is now. unherd.com/2025/09/why-...

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Why the Right turned on Indians

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James Griffiths @jamestgriffiths.com · 09/09/2025

As part of a consortium of researchers and journalists, I spent the better part of a year digging into leaked documents from Chinese security company Geedge, which plays a pivotal role exporting the Great Firewall around the world: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/15c699a...

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Leaked files show a Chinese company is exporting the Great Firewall’s censorship technology

Geedge Networks is providing censorship capabilities to foreign governments, including those in Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/09/2025

If you have a screenshot of a US politician or leader blaming the left, or declaring some war, or anything before we knew who the shooter was, please post in the comments. We will need to keep these

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 13/09/2025

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

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Lindsay Ballant @lballant.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 13/09/2025

I used to credit him simply for being the stupidest person on Fox, which (a) he is, and (b) is quite an accomplishment, but (c) this is really kicking it up a notch.

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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Rajasthan has passed a draconian anti-conversion bill with punishments up to life imprisonment. A BJP MLA even urged Muslim legislators to “return to original religion”—showing exactly how such laws enable bigotry. Read more: thewire.in/law/rajastha...

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Rajasthan Passes Anti-Conversion Bill, BJP MLA Asks Muslim Legislators to ‘Return to Original Religion’

Congress MLA and chief whip Rafeek Khan said that the statement of the BJP legislator showed “how the Bill will be misused in the future.”

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The State Dept is warning “immigrants” not to mock Kirk’s death. Puzzling: if the murder is causing the government to warn a group, shouldn’t it be 22-year-old white men from conservative families?

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Weyodi OldBear- The Root and The Seed is available. @weyodi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In a corrupt and confusing world I want to give a big LULULULULULU (we call it a katatakin) to the people of Nepal

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Noémie Ann @anylu77.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The fact that USA will lower their flag in memory of racist and misogynistic figure, Charlie Kirk, and will not for the HUNDREDS of American children that have died in classrooms tells you everything you need to know.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Didn’t have “debating the impact of Etsy witches’ hexes on bad actors” on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are. The real tragedy: more right-wing extremists are now threatening writers with violence. We have to break this cycle. www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...

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We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk

If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

From @annaforflorida.bsky.social. I hope that all Universities consider how dangerous it is to have guns on campus. #Gunreformnow

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Not a fan of how MAGA is already spinning this into attacks on the left. The right needs to own the culture of political violence that’s now coming for them, too. Bullets aren’t partisan—they’re coming for all of us. We need real gun reform now. #GunReformNow #EndPoliticalViolence

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Today we went from a college shooting to a school shooting. This is what unchecked guns & rising political violence look like. I mourn all victims—yet it’s hard to ignore how figures like Charlie Kirk helped fuel this culture. And let’s not forget Rep. Melissa Hortman’s murder just 12 weeks ago

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This is one of the most disturbing images from the Epstein files. With several Trump cabinet members tied to Epstein and Trump's own documented connections, it's deeply troubling that our government is being run by pedophiles and their associates. We need the release of all of the files now.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/09/2025

The Wall Street Journal just published the photo of the birthday letter from Trump to Epstein. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

A stylized letter in the shape of a woman’s torso with dialogue printed inside. The text is a back-and-forth exchange labeled “Voice Over,” “Donald,” and “Jeffrey,” discussing life, enigmas, and friendship. At the bottom, it ends with “A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday—and may every day be another wonderful secret.” Signed “Donald J. Trump” with his signature. A caption below reads: “A photo of the letter, which has been turned over to Congress by the Epstein estate.”

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Me every time Eric Adams claims he's a "working class candidate" while being corrupt AF. The fact that every national pundit and the white house feel they need to keep pushing these corrupt mediocre alternatives shows how scared they are of working class power

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ALT: a cartoon character with a beard wearing sunglasses and a t-shirt that says supreme

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The mutual aid that is shoring up our militarized cities is remarkable. As much suffering as there is people are stepping forward to care for each other in ways that rebuke the violence of the supremacists driving our government. It gives me hope to see such generosity. This is mutual solidarity!

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