Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
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4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
Whenever someone insists that you stay on Twitter to avoid the echo chamber, remember that you're being given this speech so that they can stay in their echo chamber
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Whenever someone insists that you stay on Twitter to avoid the echo chamber, remember that you're being given this speech so that they can stay in their echo chamber
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I'm still astonished that it was somehow not newsworthy to the WaPo or NYTimes or any number of other outlets that the father of the alt-right, an inspiration for Dylann Roof's murder spree, had secured front row VIP tickets for Trump's inauguration.
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm still astonished that it was somehow not newsworthy to the WaPo or NYTimes or any number of other outlets that the father of the alt-right, an inspiration for Dylann Roof's murder spree, had secured front row VIP tickets for Trump's inauguration.
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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for so many reasons, wil wheaton shouldn't have had to write this eulogy. but for all those reasons, you should read it: wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this...
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were …
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
for so many reasons, wil wheaton shouldn't have had to write this eulogy. but for all those reasons, you should read it: wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this...
How is there a new Avatar film every 15 minutes, are they growing them in petri dishes
That’s avatar, careful buddy
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How is there a new Avatar film every 15 minutes, are they growing them in petri dishes
This obsessive need to give everything a backstory is starting to feel like nothing more than cowardice. Too scared to greenlight new ideas so let's just flog the ones that once worked to death
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This obsessive need to give everything a backstory is starting to feel like nothing more than cowardice. Too scared to greenlight new ideas so let's just flog the ones that once worked to death
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It is deeply important to understand that the Trump Administration is evil.
I was in a tribunal a week ago where DHS moved to pretermit every single asylum case on "safe third country grounds." Every. single. one.
At one point, a judge scheduled a second master for a man to prove he would be in danger in Honduras. Confused, he said "No, Peru. I'm from Peru."
At one point, a judge scheduled a second master for a man to prove he would be in danger in Honduras. Confused, he said "No, Peru. I'm from Peru."
Immigration judges are "pretermitting" huge swathes of asylum claims on the grounds that the person can be deported to a third country instead — one of the explicit statutory grounds for denying the right to apply for asylum.
This is now happening at large scale nationwide.
This is now happening at large scale nationwide.
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It is deeply important to understand that the Trump Administration is evil.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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Real reporting:
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
Rubio has repeatedly insisted the govt is restarting life-saving foreign aid.
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Real reporting:
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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trash decisions hellbent on preparing students for jobs in industries that will collapse before they graduate
Carnegie Mellon’s literature PhD is being liquidated in favor of “computation,” casualized labor, and AI.
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
Opinion | A Coup at Carnegie Mellon?
The university is replacing the humanities with more computers.
www.chronicle.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
trash decisions hellbent on preparing students for jobs in industries that will collapse before they graduate
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Reskeeting in hopes that the mutual aid community will notice
I hate that I'm doing this but with my Snap benefits being cut and needing to repair my car, I'm having a hard time affording food. Any thing is helpful but I understand if you can't.
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Reskeeting in hopes that the mutual aid community will notice
If mRNA can do all that why can't it make him smart
He really doesn’t understand any of the most basic biology concepts at all, huh
December 15, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If mRNA can do all that why can't it make him smart
I read this as Tesla liquor store and didnt even blink
Man arrested, accused of robbing Tulsa liquor store with antique gun
Man arrested, accused of robbing liquor store with antique gun
The Tulsa Police Department arrested a man accused of robbing a south Tulsa liquor store with an antique gun on Friday night.
www.fox23.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I read this as Tesla liquor store and didnt even blink
God bless whichever intern's job it is to produce a 10 min highlight video from this game
December 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
God bless whichever intern's job it is to produce a 10 min highlight video from this game
I made a meme for my friend the Raiders fan
December 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I made a meme for my friend the Raiders fan
I didn't miss this experience
Don't pretend you didn't miss this experience
And here I thought this week we wouldnt need the meme.
Every. Single. Time.
Every. Single. Time.
December 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I didn't miss this experience
And here I thought this week we wouldnt need the meme.
Every. Single. Time.
Every. Single. Time.
December 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
And here I thought this week we wouldnt need the meme.
Every. Single. Time.
Every. Single. Time.
People at the stadium down so bad rn theyre cheering when they don't fair catch the ball
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
People at the stadium down so bad rn theyre cheering when they don't fair catch the ball
The long national nightmare is over
The Chiefs have been eliminated from postseason contention.
For the first time since 2014, Kansas City will not be heading to the playoffs.
For the first time since 2014, Kansas City will not be heading to the playoffs.
December 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The long national nightmare is over
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Aside from winning a Super Bowl and making another, the Chiefs were never the same after Travis Kelce started dating Taylor Swift
December 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Aside from winning a Super Bowl and making another, the Chiefs were never the same after Travis Kelce started dating Taylor Swift
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Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it.
Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it.
white helmet eagle was right there
"bald eagle" is just the most fucked-up bird name, like there's red-tailed hawks and red-winged blackbirds and even blue-footed boobies, and then you've got ACTUAL bald birds that get called turkey vultures, like what the fuck
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
white helmet eagle was right there
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Re-upping this. SEATTLE, WA: this dog needs foster! Sweet 9yo Pyr who is a good family dog. Ignores cats. Was rehomed 2 months ago due to severe family medical issue but the new owners seem to have abandoned. Can anyone take him in? He can’t stay with OP
So like…this Pyrenees was tied up and left outside all day (after having been on the lam for a day or two) and I’d rather feel guilty for taking him to a shelter than think about him being stuck outside all night, so here we are. Locals? Anyone got room for a big sweetie boy?
December 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Re-upping this. SEATTLE, WA: this dog needs foster! Sweet 9yo Pyr who is a good family dog. Ignores cats. Was rehomed 2 months ago due to severe family medical issue but the new owners seem to have abandoned. Can anyone take him in? He can’t stay with OP
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Bluntly, Section 230 is almost literally the law that the entire internet rests upon, it makes it possible for user generated content to exist on the internet, it’s incredibly important, and genuinely we must defend it at all costs. This place literally would not exist without it.
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Bluntly, Section 230 is almost literally the law that the entire internet rests upon, it makes it possible for user generated content to exist on the internet, it’s incredibly important, and genuinely we must defend it at all costs. This place literally would not exist without it.