Rakesh Satyal
@rakeshsatyal.bsky.social
Author of the novels Blue Boy and No One Can Pronounce My Name. Book Editor.
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The highlight of my 2024:
Closing night of the Busan International Film Festival, October 11th. I had such a blast walking the red carpet.
Closing night of the Busan International Film Festival, October 11th. I had such a blast walking the red carpet.
Ma Vie En Rose (the Alain Berliner film)
What movie are you most thankful for? (not necessarily your favorite!)
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Ma Vie En Rose (the Alain Berliner film)
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I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
This is what happens when you put a privileged, 14 year heroin addict in charge of health. Duh
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.
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The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
Omg I just met Jonathan Bailey
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Omg I just met Jonathan Bailey
I really hope that you’ll keep this book in mind as you do your holiday shopping. It’s wonderful.
Now is a really good time to buy this book, which couldn’t be timelier or more vital
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I really hope that you’ll keep this book in mind as you do your holiday shopping. It’s wonderful.
I got home just as my husband was singing “I ask forgiveness for the things I’ve done you blame me for” in the shower and surprised him by popping into the bathroom and singing “But then I guess we know there’s blame to share” and then we both belted “AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE” #GAY
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I got home just as my husband was singing “I ask forgiveness for the things I’ve done you blame me for” in the shower and surprised him by popping into the bathroom and singing “But then I guess we know there’s blame to share” and then we both belted “AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE” #GAY
Oh I’m SURE they’re delighted
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh I’m SURE they’re delighted
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You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
Our first Thanksgiving—11/22/2012
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Our first Thanksgiving—11/22/2012
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charisma is the one thing all the angry little nerds can’t build and can’t buy no matter how rich they get or how much of society they destroy and I just think that’s beautiful
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
charisma is the one thing all the angry little nerds can’t build and can’t buy no matter how rich they get or how much of society they destroy and I just think that’s beautiful
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
Please skip to 3:23 to see my Halloween costume featured on this card to Elphaba herself
Cynthia Erivo Fell to Her Knees and Wept After Watching Wicked: For Good
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Please skip to 3:23 to see my Halloween costume featured on this card to Elphaba herself
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Rachel Getting Married
They're the modern stone-age family
Margot At The Wedding
They're a page right out of history
They're the modern stone-age family
Margot At The Wedding
They're a page right out of history
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Rachel Getting Married
They're the modern stone-age family
Margot At The Wedding
They're a page right out of history
They're the modern stone-age family
Margot At The Wedding
They're a page right out of history
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They are so funny. Our neighbors are being stuffed into unmarked vans, and they’re all like let’s vote against a term we probably can’t define instead.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
They are so funny. Our neighbors are being stuffed into unmarked vans, and they’re all like let’s vote against a term we probably can’t define instead.
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Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang."
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang."
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Corporate Media will ignore this as Trump being Trump, but we need to stop them from normalizing & obfuscating fact that Trump is *insane* and calling for murder of Democrats. This is not normal, this cannot be ignored, he is US President and his words must be treated seriously & literally.
🚨 Trump calls for the death of Democratic senators and representatives who produced a video advising members of the military and intelligence communities not to follow illegal orders:
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Corporate Media will ignore this as Trump being Trump, but we need to stop them from normalizing & obfuscating fact that Trump is *insane* and calling for murder of Democrats. This is not normal, this cannot be ignored, he is US President and his words must be treated seriously & literally.
(Seeing it tonight)
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
(Seeing it tonight)
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American discourse is dominated by salacious stories about privileged people with obvious issues who make their issues everyone else’s problems.
The suffering of normal people gets lost because that’s the nature of this society. It’s sick and someday we’ll get past it.
The suffering of normal people gets lost because that’s the nature of this society. It’s sick and someday we’ll get past it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
American discourse is dominated by salacious stories about privileged people with obvious issues who make their issues everyone else’s problems.
The suffering of normal people gets lost because that’s the nature of this society. It’s sick and someday we’ll get past it.
The suffering of normal people gets lost because that’s the nature of this society. It’s sick and someday we’ll get past it.
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So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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Just a reminder that the circulation of the Epstein emails, reminding us not just how many people in power are predators... But how society will close ranks to protect them .... That might be hitting you some place soft, for a lot of reasons.
Be gentle with yourself.
Be gentle with yourself.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just a reminder that the circulation of the Epstein emails, reminding us not just how many people in power are predators... But how society will close ranks to protect them .... That might be hitting you some place soft, for a lot of reasons.
Be gentle with yourself.
Be gentle with yourself.
