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Rimi B. Chatterjee

@rimibchatterjee.bsky.social

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Writing the Antisense Universe. E-books @one dollar Cities of the Future https://books2read.com/u/470ZrL (editing, currently delisted) Signal Red: Remounted https://books2read.com/u/bMyzjV Ashqabad: City of Stories, https://books2read.com/u/3R70gp

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 16d

So here’s a thread about Signal Red. My 2005 novel in which I predicted the rise of fascism in India. It’s currently out of print but I have rewritten and reissued it for its twentieth anniversary. books2read.com/u/bMyzjV

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Signal Red: Remounted by Rimi B. Chatterjee

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Mena 🕊️🌹 @me--na.bsky.social · 6h

I’m Taghred from Gaza, a mother to my only daughter, Mena a miracle that came after 14 y of waiting and heartbreak.

Today, Mena can’t walk like other children. Hunger has weakened her fragile body, and pain grows with each passing day.

Mena needs your humanity… your open hearts❤️
gofund.me/6750d2bd

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 5h

I am not looking forward to India supporting the nexus of evil: Russian, Israel, US, Taliban.

Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 6h

Welp there goes culture.

Ness @nesstheenby.bsky.social · 9h

So that's Deutsche Bank, The Bank of England and the IMF warning about the AI bubble bursting now. Oh and JP Morgan's boss and the Federal Reserve Chair

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 7h

Uh oh

Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 8h

Use nazi rhetoric on Indian Muslims at home while establishing ties with an Islamic fundamentalist regime.

Scroll @scroll.in · 11h

The home minister said that the BJP government will ‘identify infiltrators’, ensure their names are removed from the voter list and deport them.

scroll.in/latest/10875...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 8h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Azza. Before this Azza worked in a kindergarten and her husband owned a small coffee shop. They lost their home in the first two weeks of the war. They are trying to survive with their children Nisreen, 16, Layan, 14 and Ibrahim, 11.

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Exposing the Labour Right 🥀✊🇵🇸 @labourrightwatch.bsky.social · 8h

Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn is one of Labour's most prolific donors. He invests in BlackRock, social care, gambling and private equity; his wife is a top exec at Facebook/Meta for 12 yrs; and he was at the centre of one of Labour’s worst lobbying scandals.
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/l...

Lord Mendelsohn connects Labour to the gambling industry, BlackRock, Intel, Meta, Rupert Murdoch, a free market think tank and a major lobbying scandal

Labour peer Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn has investments in BlackRock, social care, gambling and private equity; his wife has been a top executive at Facebook/Meta for twelve years; he’s a patron…

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 7h

I didnt expect much from a foundation that exists to moralwash dynamite royalties, but damn...

Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 7h

2)regime, intimately linked to drug trafficking & terrorism

I’m unclear if Venezuela has its own Israeli lobby or if Machado was simply calling for one

Obviously, this sort of thing doesn’t count as treason when people in the global south do it

Venezuelan woman who begged Trump to bomb her country wins Nobel Peace Prize

María Corina Machado has become the first person since Barack Obama to win the Nobel Peace Prize for doing absolutely nothing.

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 8h

This explains AI.

Arfur Towcrate @arfurztowcrate.bsky.social · 8h

Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 9h

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

A digital poster features two Palestinian doctors, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, against a blurred background of destruction and smoke. Text at the top reads in bold yellow letters: “They are not coming home.” Below, in white and yellow text, it says: “Israel denies release of abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams in deal.” Both men appear serious—Dr. Abu Safiya in a white medical coat, and Dr. Al-Hams in dark clothing with a stethoscope around his neck.

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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 9h

in the first hours after the ceasefire was started and people walked over to their destroyed houses over 100 skeletal remains were found just lying in the streets.

the skeletal remains of a Palestinian lying in the streets of gaza, found in the hours following the ceasefire

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 11h

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Help MOTAZ Family 🫶🏻🙏🏻 @motaz97.bsky.social · 9h

M.O.T.A.Z @motaz-aarchitect.bsky.social · 10h

STOP A MOMENT🚨

This campaign is all I have left to provide food for my family💔

Donations have decreased a lot & my campaign needs your support now more than ever😭

Please keep supporting my family & me so we can have daily food

Please🙏🏻Share & Donate
🔗 gofund.me/4851238e8

✅ @mommunism.bsky.social

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 9h

Caste supremacists are fascists and genAI is an infoweapon/toy for fascists.

RR📷 @roshn.me · 10h

I am not surprised. Majority of Indian content on the internet have caste biases. Majority of Indian GenAI users also display a caste-biased behavior.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people.

www.technologyreview.com

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 9h

Gazans raise the Palestinian flag in the midst of the rubble of their homes that were destroyed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza.

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t let this happen.

Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 10h

In a decade middle class people will cruise to Gazapalooza, fly into Netanyahu International to stay at Med resorts where they’ll voice variations on “love what you’ve done with the place” and be served by imported workers from the currently broken country then claim “the locals are friendly”.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

Help us get out of Gaza
let us rebuild our lives, please, my friends. share for us much as you can during this period, because there is news that the crossing will open so we can get out from Gaza.

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 24d

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 9h

According to Lebanese sources, an Israeli drone targeted a house in the Al-Rajm neighborhood of Aita al-Shaab, south Lebanon, at dawn today.

In the first image, a beige multi-story house bears extensive damage: its upper balconies and walls are riddled with shrapnel holes and cracks, and parts of the roof and railings are broken or missing. The facade is scarred, and nearby trees are stripped and partially uprooted.

In the second image, the ground around the building is covered with heavy debris—broken concrete blocks, shattered tiles, and twisted metal—spilled from the building’s collapsed exterior walls. Another damaged home is visible in the background, reflecting the blast’s reach and destruction.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 12h

One of those days where I feel like I typed the wrong words to help. Mahmoud’s wife has a baby on the way and they have two small kids- they’ve lost literally everything- any help is appreciated

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mahmoud. Mahmoud was a computer engineer doing web development before this. He’s lost his job and home (and many coworkers) and is in a tent with his family including his children Zeina, 6 and Zane, 2. His wife Malak is 7 months pregnant.

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 10h

Lunar Lander, a game based on the Apollo moon landings. I played a related game on the ZX Spectrum in the 1980s.

Mx Maddison Stoff @thedescenters.bsky.social · 10h

If you see this QRP with a game that released the year you were born.

I have a copy of the master system version too.

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Sharif 🎬169 @shadowtrace.bsky.social · 15h

We once had a beautiful, warm home a refuge from danger, cold, and rain. I’d return from work tired, and Lina would open the door; her hug and the scent of our home erased all fatigue. Now it’s all gone, Lina. They left us nothing to hold onto. Can I ever get my home back?
chuffed.org/project/sharif

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 10h

Octavia Butler. Everything about her inspires me.

Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 10h

There's two, #pretendpanel.

I didn't find Ursula K. Le Guin until just before she died, and that's a huge shame, but like my other author I'm going to mention, it feels like a bit of an honour to have existed on Earth at the same time, however briefly.

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Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.bsky.social · 10h

#pretendpanel I can't wait to catch up with your responses! Life is super busy here - I'm at a fundraising dinner right now - but let me know...

October 11th: Is there a deceased author, writer, or poet that you've really connected with?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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Thempire Iain 🏳️‍🌈🧡🏳️‍⚧️ @thempireiain.neocities.org · 10h

If you care at all about truth and any sense of consensus reality, you have to tell people posting ai fear mongering videos as "news" to fuck off, even if they are ostensibly on your side politically

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Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 11h

Dominion has just been bought by a right winger. The freezing of America’s electorate also benefits incumbent Dems. They are in on this.

Rimi B. Chatterjee @rimibchatterjee.bsky.social · 11h

There need to be protests clogging the streets right up to the day. The point is to prevent forces from moving. Don’t be normal till then, it will be too late.

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12h

No, Speaker Johnson: The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a “hate America” rally. Quite the contrary. It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 14h

We are fucked and elected Dems aren't doing jack shit about any of this horror.

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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