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Hari Kunzru

@harikunzru.bsky.social

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Writer. Immigrant. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men +3. www.falloffreedom.com

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Dec 31

A short thread on what I've done this year. In May my novel Blue Ruin was published. A kind of Covid pastoral, populated by art monsters ...

bookshop.org/p/books/blue...

Cover of Blue Ruin, black sans serif font, reflected in a kind of silvery mirror. A novel by Hari Kunzru, designed by John Gall, with a face emerging from clouds by Chad Wys.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 4h

And let’s not even get into what Blake thought of STEM

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 4h

Trouble is you soon stumble on Blake and Shelley and before you know it you’re telling pater and mater how mill owners are dark and satanic and the Peterloo massacre was bad actually

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 4h

It might be fun to spin up a Tory alt and post about how you can’t truly love your country unless you love English Literature www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_g...

www.kiplingsociety.co.uk

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 4h

I understand that Kemi Badenoch hates people like me and wants to stop more of us being formed, but even on conservative terms she’s a fool. If she’d read some Burke she might be skeptical that a nation can be held together with business studies and comp sci

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h

This is the Epstein files shutdown.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @AdelitaForAZ
, Adelita Grijalva, stating, "The people of Southern Arizona deserve representation and I'm ready to get to work. Swear me in NOW! @SpeakerJohnson
!" followed by a reply from @GavinNewsom
, Gavin Newsom, saying, "It's not even November and the GOP are already rigging elections." Below, a news headline from McClatchy by Nikki McCann Ramirez dated September 30, 2025, reads, "DEM SAYS MIKE JOHNSON IS DELAYING HER SWEARING-IN TO PREVENT EPSTEIN VOTE," with a photo of Adelita Grijalva smiling at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s video of the incident

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 23h

Another example of TPUSA ‘doing politics the right way’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Mr White I was thinking maybe you could like teach me to cook?

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

I think the bottom line is that it doesn’t do anything useful www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

A Walk With New York’s Most Hated Tech Founder

Avi Schiffman says he’s enjoying the angry reaction to the Friend AI pendant. Is he serious?

www.theatlantic.com

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

I saw earlier today that 40% of US GDP growth is from the build out of AI infrastructure and let’s just say the Friend does not seem like a thing that could exist outside a bubble economy

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly

Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t wait

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

The build quality of a $2 phone charger

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

My friend had a friend. It’s such trash that I’m more than ever convinced that the million dollar subway campaign with lots of white space for graffiti is an op of some kind.

A ‘friend’ plastic white disc giving off strong Canal Street electronic store vibes

Subway ad “Friend: someone who listens, responds and supports you” with graffiti saying’AI wouldn’t care if you lived or died”

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Nobel Peace prize day on Friday, just saying

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 2d

Cities with a higher violent crime rate than Chicago:

Houston
Dallas
Lubbock
Amarillo
San Antonio
Corpus Christi

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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 2d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 2d

Greg Abbott seems excited about invading Illinois. Running the Civil War in reverse probably plays well with his Neoconfederate base

Greg Abbott v
@GregAbbott_TX • 4h
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I fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officials.
You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let
Texas Guard do it.
No Guard can match the training, skill, and expertise of the Texas National Guard.
They defend our country with pride.
America must also know that Texas still has thousands of National Guard assisting with the Border security.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Bad Bunny responds to his Super Bowl critics in Spanish, and then English: “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 3d

Miller’s screed doesn’t include Judge Immergut’s citation of James Madison

“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home."

Miller fulminating on x : Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide).
This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.
Joyce Alene
@JoyceWhiteVance • 3h
1/ Judge Immergut just granted a restraining order that prevents Trump's mobilization of the Oregon National Guard in Portland.

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 3d

I take your point but it’s quite dark outside

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