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Nirali

@firewordsparkler.bsky.social

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associate publicist at graywolf press. giver of gay awards. media monday quarterly. youtuber. phandom/swiffer/etc. firewordsparkler.com (she/her/any)

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Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · May 21

New video! I finally got around to talking about how my Record Store Day went. I had a lot of thoughts on bringing kids, resellers, and how my local shop handled things.

youtu.be/psmyBDCs4SY

How my record store day went | RSD 2025 Vlog Haul and Thoughts

YouTube video by firewordsparkler

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 4h

Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.

Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat

Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.

www.theverge.com

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 15h

"daisy's bare naked, I was distraught"

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Mikki Halpin @mikkipedia.bsky.social · 23h

Upcoming Courtwatch LA training for immigration courts--an important role in community defense. Court watchers, like cop watchers, show that the community is actively participating in its own safety, and in holding the justice system accountable.

bit.ly/imm-training-116

A flyer with text on it:
CourtWatch LOS ANGELES
Thu. Nov. 6th | 6:00 p.m.
GET TRAINED
TO COURTWATCH
IN IMMIGRATION COURTS
REGISTER
bit.ly/imm-training-116

courtwatchla.org

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 22h

This looks so cute omg

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 22h

I'm just relieved they didn't go with "Daniel Howell and Philip Lester" tbh

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 22h

you forgot about the phrebrand already!

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 22h

first phan hard launch and now this??

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 22h

oh i'm about to be so annoying

Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 1d

The sequel to ‘RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE’ has officially been titled ‘RED, WHITE & ROYAL WEDDING’

Starring Taylor Zakhar Perez & Nicholas Galitzine.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · 22h

This “deal” is impossible to sign. You have to promise to protect freedom of speech and also to prohibit faculty from “belittling conservative ideas.” There is no way to comply.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.

Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment

Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 1d

Every CW possible - tread carefully if you read this

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

Aftonbladet

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 2d

I distinctly remember having to read EM Forster's work without any context about his life

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Emily Ramshaw @eramshaw.bsky.social · 2d

“When younger people call me mother, or grandmother, I feel as though it’s an honor. To them, it’s like, ‘Here’s an older trans woman who survived, and who’s out there still raising hell.’ Elders can teach the younger people to pick up the fight. In my mind it’s what they must do."

Legendary transgender activist Miss Major dies at 78

Known as a surrogate mother of her community, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for trans and LGBTQ+ rights.

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 2d

@ phil we still want the baking video

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

Starving two million people in Gaza — including a million children — is a war crime.

We’ve witnessed hundreds starve to death from Israel’s manmade famine; countless more will die unless Gaza is flooded with aid.

Keir Starmer must demand Israel’s lifts its illegal siege NOW.

Screenshot of Reuters headline:

Gaza's Rafah border crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, Israel says
By Reuters
October 14, 2025 2:55 PM GMT+1 • Updated 52 mins ago

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know many Covid conscious people asking folks to cancel movie theatres & Thanksgiving. You can go to movies in a mask & test/ventilate before indoor gatherings. None of this is hard

Boo! Neil Pajamas @agrippanothing.bsky.social · 2d

When i was an adolescent going into young adulthood in while HIV was stalking and killing us. We lived our lives doing risk assessment and trying to live our lives and not not lose our minds. These people wouldn't last 10 mins in that shit. We're not canceling movie theaters and Thanksgiving.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 2d

This line from Mamdani's father just really struck me. Great profile:

“I was an Indian in Uganda. I was a Muslim in India. And I was all of these things in New York City,” Mahmood Mamdani explained to his son. And “to be a minority is also to see the truth of the place amidst the promise of it.”

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Sweasel von Trapped in Montresor's Cellars @irritatingly.gay · 2d

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elise @amazingphils.bsky.social · 2d

half a million views in four hours i’m scared

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 2d

I really hope they go out to dinner tonight lol

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 2d

watch their new video!

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TSCUniversity 🎓💟 @tscuniversity13.bsky.social · 2d

Ruby Rose, a longtime friend of Taylor Swift’s, recently spoke out about the allegations of TAS being a secret MAGA sympathizer via Threads.

“If you are falling for the propaganda “Trad wife” “X,y,z” claims, you are most definitely walking into the biggest man made, rage bait, black hole. Stop it.“

Ruby Rose via Threads: As someone who has spent many nights discussing the world, social injustice and life, with The Show Girl herself. I refuse to say her name in the same sentence as the hate group, Wackadoodles, are conspiring to attach her to. But what I will say is this -

Given her public position against Trump, and his against her. If you are falling for the propaganda "Trad wife" "X,y,z" claims, you are most definitely walking into the biggest man made, rage bait, black hole. Stop it. It's not true, and it's incredibly stupid. It's also embarrassing and hurtful to see energy put into this. Keep that energy and let's take it where it’s necessary.

Taylor in a plaid crop top and Ruby Rose in a tank top and jean jacket during the bleachella era.

Ruby Rose Thread post: lol. She used to scroll go fund me like a social media app. Clicking "reach their donation" like the "like" button.

Ruby Rosw with short slicked back hair and a white top holding a GLAAD media award with Taylor in all black on the right.

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phreddy phazbear @eddiesangels.bsky.social · 2d

hey guys just woke up from a 15 year coma. I wonder how amazingphil and danisnotonfire are doing

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 2d

there's something beautiful about being able to laugh through the hardest moments and decisions of your life, and dan and phil really did that for each other and for us

Nirali @firewordsparkler.bsky.social · 2d

If I wasn't already crying I would've started there