Mythili Sampathkumar
@mythilisk.bsky.social
Journalist. Bylines everywhere. Community media, public interest tech, politics, climate, South Asian diaspora. Collage Artist. NYC.
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
This is...sane? Professional? Baseline but still a pleasant surprise since the bar is set at Meth Head Crash Out.
It gives me pause tho. Is it bc Mamdani agreed to a concession? NYPD Tisch was one, are we going to see more? Or is it that Trump's marketing genius understands Mamdani's popularity?
It gives me pause tho. Is it bc Mamdani agreed to a concession? NYPD Tisch was one, are we going to see more? Or is it that Trump's marketing genius understands Mamdani's popularity?
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is...sane? Professional? Baseline but still a pleasant surprise since the bar is set at Meth Head Crash Out.
It gives me pause tho. Is it bc Mamdani agreed to a concession? NYPD Tisch was one, are we going to see more? Or is it that Trump's marketing genius understands Mamdani's popularity?
It gives me pause tho. Is it bc Mamdani agreed to a concession? NYPD Tisch was one, are we going to see more? Or is it that Trump's marketing genius understands Mamdani's popularity?
Did she lose it..
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In the couch cushions? I'll see myself out.
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In the couch cushions? I'll see myself out.
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Did she lose it..
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In the couch cushions? I'll see myself out.
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In the couch cushions? I'll see myself out.
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Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team | TechCrunch
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Khan's appointment sends a message to the tech industry, whose most powerful players have already been critical of Mamdani, a Democratic socialist.
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becasue of tv and that two years they spent here after college. But, it’s much, more than Manhattan or the 20-something experience from the mid-2000s. Just be mindful of who you’re reading and what you’re reading on this one. 2/2
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
becasue of tv and that two years they spent here after college. But, it’s much, more than Manhattan or the 20-something experience from the mid-2000s. Just be mindful of who you’re reading and what you’re reading on this one. 2/2
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I encourage everyone reading the Mamdani takes today to be cautious of who is writing them. I’m sorry, but if you don’t live here, didn’t spend time here as a kid - your take is not going to be as in-depth or capture the emotion and history of this moment. NYC is a city everyone thinks they know 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I encourage everyone reading the Mamdani takes today to be cautious of who is writing them. I’m sorry, but if you don’t live here, didn’t spend time here as a kid - your take is not going to be as in-depth or capture the emotion and history of this moment. NYC is a city everyone thinks they know 1/2
I encourage everyone reading the Mamdani takes today to be cautious of who is writing them. I’m sorry, but if you don’t live here, didn’t spend time here as a kid - your take is not going to be as in-depth or capture the emotion and history of this moment. NYC is a city everyone thinks they know 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I encourage everyone reading the Mamdani takes today to be cautious of who is writing them. I’m sorry, but if you don’t live here, didn’t spend time here as a kid - your take is not going to be as in-depth or capture the emotion and history of this moment. NYC is a city everyone thinks they know 1/2
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Mamdani just hit ONE MILLION votes in an off-election year.
The People’s Movement is flexing its muscles. Trump, and his billionaire donors (and both party establishments) better watch out.
A wave of working families is coming to wash you away
The People’s Movement is flexing its muscles. Trump, and his billionaire donors (and both party establishments) better watch out.
A wave of working families is coming to wash you away
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Mamdani just hit ONE MILLION votes in an off-election year.
The People’s Movement is flexing its muscles. Trump, and his billionaire donors (and both party establishments) better watch out.
A wave of working families is coming to wash you away
The People’s Movement is flexing its muscles. Trump, and his billionaire donors (and both party establishments) better watch out.
A wave of working families is coming to wash you away
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I run the Export Quality newsletter on Substack. It features news from and about South Asians in North America and my own writing. I hope you can read and share my latest issue - a little love letter to NYC and what Mamdani's campaign is bringing back to it open.substack.com/pub/exportqu...
New York's lost and found - and an election night live chat
Welcome to Export Quality, your home for news by and about South Asian Americans and Canadians - with a little spice
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I run the Export Quality newsletter on Substack. It features news from and about South Asians in North America and my own writing. I hope you can read and share my latest issue - a little love letter to NYC and what Mamdani's campaign is bringing back to it open.substack.com/pub/exportqu...
I run the Export Quality newsletter on Substack. It features news from and about South Asians in North America and my own writing. I hope you can read and share my latest issue - a little love letter to NYC and what Mamdani's campaign is bringing back to it open.substack.com/pub/exportqu...
New York's lost and found - and an election night live chat
Welcome to Export Quality, your home for news by and about South Asian Americans and Canadians - with a little spice
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I run the Export Quality newsletter on Substack. It features news from and about South Asians in North America and my own writing. I hope you can read and share my latest issue - a little love letter to NYC and what Mamdani's campaign is bringing back to it open.substack.com/pub/exportqu...
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Jimmy Kimmel just now on Donald Trump: “He tried his best to cancel me. Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
September 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Jimmy Kimmel just now on Donald Trump: “He tried his best to cancel me. Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”
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As chair of the Senate committee that oversees FCC, Ted Cruz could do something more about this than talk about it on his podcast www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
Ted Cruz says FCC chair sounded like a mafia boss in threats against ABC over Jimmy Kimmel
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz says FCC chairman Brendan Carr sounded more like an organized crime boss than a federal regulator when he threatened to yank ABC’s license...
www.dallasnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As chair of the Senate committee that oversees FCC, Ted Cruz could do something more about this than talk about it on his podcast www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
This is an actual headline from the newspaper we all came up idolizing. In reporting on the sanctification of a 31 yo influencer, the paper of record is sanctifying him too. It's the one place in news that doesn't need to do clickbait and yet here they are pushing white, Christian supremacy too
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is an actual headline from the newspaper we all came up idolizing. In reporting on the sanctification of a 31 yo influencer, the paper of record is sanctifying him too. It's the one place in news that doesn't need to do clickbait and yet here they are pushing white, Christian supremacy too
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NEW: Brendan Carr — the FCC official who had a role in suspending Jimmy Kimmel amid Trump’s crackdown on speech under the flag of stopping “political violence” — once railed against censorship specifically against “late-night comedians” and said Donald Trump was responsible for “political violence.”
Trump FCC Chair Who Demanded Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Once Slammed Censoring ‘Late-Night Comedians’
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr also once said Trump bears responsibility for the “political violence” on January 6.
zeteo.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
NEW: Brendan Carr — the FCC official who had a role in suspending Jimmy Kimmel amid Trump’s crackdown on speech under the flag of stopping “political violence” — once railed against censorship specifically against “late-night comedians” and said Donald Trump was responsible for “political violence.”
A desi in Gracie (almost) and the return of the newsletter
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A desi in Gracie (almost) and the return of the newsletter
Welcome to Export Quality, your home for news by and about South Asian Americans and Canadians - and everything in between
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A desi in Gracie (almost) and the return of the newsletter
open.substack.com/pub/exportqu...
open.substack.com/pub/exportqu...
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The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
The elder millennial woman's urge to Leslie Knope +Gina Linetti the shit out of your life.
It's been a difficult three months but I'm told by TikTok tarot ladies that things are supposed to be better going forward.
It's been a difficult three months but I'm told by TikTok tarot ladies that things are supposed to be better going forward.
September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The elder millennial woman's urge to Leslie Knope +Gina Linetti the shit out of your life.
It's been a difficult three months but I'm told by TikTok tarot ladies that things are supposed to be better going forward.
It's been a difficult three months but I'm told by TikTok tarot ladies that things are supposed to be better going forward.
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I know basically no one votes on foreign policy but it is instructive to me, as a voter or journalist or w/e, that a U.S. government that will support to the hilt things like this is more than capable of doing deeply barbaric things to people at home, & tho things were Not Good under Biden, we are…
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I know basically no one votes on foreign policy but it is instructive to me, as a voter or journalist or w/e, that a U.S. government that will support to the hilt things like this is more than capable of doing deeply barbaric things to people at home, & tho things were Not Good under Biden, we are…
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The national security and cybersecurity impacts of this Trump-Musk fallout are out of this world. Musk and the DOGE boys have their tentacles all up in just about every system that supports US government function…
June 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The national security and cybersecurity impacts of this Trump-Musk fallout are out of this world. Musk and the DOGE boys have their tentacles all up in just about every system that supports US government function…
This is the first day I've had fun online since the Election. I can't believe this Real Housewives level of drama is what brings me back but also of course it is
June 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is the first day I've had fun online since the Election. I can't believe this Real Housewives level of drama is what brings me back but also of course it is
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
I’m normally not one to indulge in conspiracy theories nor am I Catholic, but Vance getting cussed out by Pope Francis for the VP’s lack of compassion towards ~ millions of immigrants/refugees ~ and then the Pontiff’s death being announced the Mon after Easter is just too coincidental, even for me.
April 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’m normally not one to indulge in conspiracy theories nor am I Catholic, but Vance getting cussed out by Pope Francis for the VP’s lack of compassion towards ~ millions of immigrants/refugees ~ and then the Pontiff’s death being announced the Mon after Easter is just too coincidental, even for me.