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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

"LET TONIGHT BE THE FINAL TIME I UTTER HIS NAME" exactly the kind of burn that smug Islamophobic sex pest deserves - and more, it was almost an incantation

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Kinda sounds like Machado might be the Chalabi of Venezuela. We CANNOT be repeating Iraq in Venezuela.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I keep thinking how it wouldn't be so easy to weaponize the phrase "terrorist sympathizer" against folks refusing to glowingly memorialize CK, if centrists hadn't stood by (or worse, joined in) every time it was weaponized against people speaking out in support of Palestinian liberation.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

While rising political violence is not good, I think it's also important to recognize the extent to which ALL politics is a negotiation over exactly what violence is legitimate (in the sense of the definition of a state as the monopoly on legitimate violence). 1/x

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Do I know anyone on here who'd be interested in seeing Georg Friedrich Haas's "11,000 Strings" on Oct 4 (2pm and/or 8pm) in NYC with me? I got tickets for myself, my parents, and a friend, but the friend isn't able to attend.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

If you're short on time, I also recommend making sure to watch her answer to the question on screen at about 8:00 minutes - what she says about her reaction to filming a torture scene is really powerful and heartbreaking.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

#TheWheelofTime S3 just had too many incredible moments to pick only one (which is why we have to #SaceWoT!) The rotating Shredding tableau Siuan/Mat 305 dream hopping Rand breaking down over Alsera The Bore The Rand verse quietly sung over the Aiel's shocked silence as it rains in the desert

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Young Cardamom x Philip Glass collab when?

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Y'all, Wheel of Time has simply THE best fandom 🥹

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Belated repost bc I've been so bummed about the cancellation - I flexed the ol' music theory muscles a bit to talk about the Wheel of Time soundtrack! Part 1 of several. The unique musical melting pot and the way it's woven into a semantically rich tapestry is one of many reasons to #SaveWoT!

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Co-signing all 7 of Daniel's points. I may not have been as loud about it recently, but WoT third season placed it amongst the top tier of genre fiction TV of the decade, right alongside Severance and Andor, and as good or better than any Game of Thrones season. Apple would be a great new home!

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

#WoTSkies y'all should be checking out @thousandeyespod.bsky.social!! Their pod's coverage of WoT on Prime is funny and insightful in equal measure - one of them has never read the books, the other has read through about book 5 but has a very open mind about adaptation changes. Highly recommended!

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David Opie @davidopie.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I’m so tired of people being snobby about film over TV when TV just gave us two of the most incredible, well crafted hours of storytelling I’ve seen in forever. What #Severance and #TheWheelOfTime achieved this week puts most mainstream cinema to shame.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I'm taking this as confirmation of my theory that the cold open is a flash-forward, and then we jump back to them arriving in Tar Valon the day before and having one last nice time together before all hell breaks loose #WoTShowSpoilers

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Tell them you can't take the T out of Stonewall!

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

From one government employee to another... #HoldTheLineDon'tResign Every federal employee who stays in their position is one more position that won't be filled with neo-Nazi stooges without a fight.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Read the thread. He's trying to apply laws against FGM to blocking transition. Fucking despicable. If anyone knows which organizations would make the most impactful use of donations to fight against this, let me know.

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Of interest to my #WoTSkies friends - a real historical precedent for the topless towers of Cairhien!

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

'Tis the season for reWoTching - and just in time, it's finally presentable: my guide to all the musical motives in the Wheel of Time show soundtrack! Feel free to use it however you like, share feedback, and geek out about your interpretations with me! #WoTSkies docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

All the misogynists in The Bad Place hating on the smell dissertation, meanwhile I'm over here rereading Cien Años and wondering if she had anything to say about Gabo's focus on the alluring scents of Pilar Ternera or Remedios the Beauty (because wow he REALLY harps on it)

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

had us in the first half dot gif

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It was inspiring to watch Koreans defend their democracy yesterday, but don't look away while Georgians are doing the same - against a police force much less squeamish about violence. This is their Maidan. If anyone knows of feeds beyond just following Mikiashvili and #GeorgiaProtests, please share!

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

On the 40th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal - where a chemical spill caused thousands to "drown on their own lungs" and maimed tens of thousands - this essay on ecology and utopianism remains as relevant as ever. "We must learn to hope with teeth." salvage.zone/mieville_all...

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SALVAGE: China Miéville : The Limits of Utopia

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) demands a shift in our emissions by a third to avoid utter disaster. KPMG, in the leaden chattiness of corporate powerpoint-ese, sees the same hori...

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Max Silva @max-silva.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

It's weird getting back on social media from scratch but "Wannabe Fascism Round 2: He Actually Has A Plan Now" makes me feel like I could use this kind of connection again and this seems like the best place for it. So hi!

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