Ritesh Pakala Rao
@rao.nyc
My life is a eternal "Pt. 2" constantly.
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Define "Perfect Ending"
Gattaca. I cry every time.
Gattaca. I cry every time.
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Define "Perfect Ending"
Gattaca. I cry every time.
Gattaca. I cry every time.
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The billionaire, his pregnant wife, their friendship with a convicted predator, and the daughter he called his own. What the Dubins reveal about how power protects itself. New article below. 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/amberspe...
open.substack.com/pub/amberspe...
No One Asked the Dubins Anything
Her new memoir Nobody’s Girl doesn’t just confirm what was said in court years ago.
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The billionaire, his pregnant wife, their friendship with a convicted predator, and the daughter he called his own. What the Dubins reveal about how power protects itself. New article below. 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/amberspe...
open.substack.com/pub/amberspe...
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The tension of being the only functional adult in your family can become, over time, a complex traumatic stressor-- especially if you've been the only functional adult in multiple versions of your family, going back to childhood.
Parentification is a form of neglect.
Parentification is a form of neglect.
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The tension of being the only functional adult in your family can become, over time, a complex traumatic stressor-- especially if you've been the only functional adult in multiple versions of your family, going back to childhood.
Parentification is a form of neglect.
Parentification is a form of neglect.
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Today, Californians joined millions nationwide to say loud and clear:
NO to authoritarianism.
NO to assaulting our democracy.
NO to censorship and fear.
NO to hate and division.
NO to corruption and cruelty.
NO to kings.
YES to a government by and for the people.
time.com/7326801/no-k...
NO to authoritarianism.
NO to assaulting our democracy.
NO to censorship and fear.
NO to hate and division.
NO to corruption and cruelty.
NO to kings.
YES to a government by and for the people.
time.com/7326801/no-k...
‘No Kings’ Protests Draw Millions Across U.S.
More than 2,600 "No Kings" rallies have been planned across the country Saturday against the Trump Administration.
time.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Today, Californians joined millions nationwide to say loud and clear:
NO to authoritarianism.
NO to assaulting our democracy.
NO to censorship and fear.
NO to hate and division.
NO to corruption and cruelty.
NO to kings.
YES to a government by and for the people.
time.com/7326801/no-k...
NO to authoritarianism.
NO to assaulting our democracy.
NO to censorship and fear.
NO to hate and division.
NO to corruption and cruelty.
NO to kings.
YES to a government by and for the people.
time.com/7326801/no-k...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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"This couldn't have happened without a huge organization supporting it. There are so many people who enabled and were complicit." - Anouska De Georgiou
Video taken by me Sept 3rd
Video taken by me Sept 3rd
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"This couldn't have happened without a huge organization supporting it. There are so many people who enabled and were complicit." - Anouska De Georgiou
Video taken by me Sept 3rd
Video taken by me Sept 3rd
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Well. It’s the truth.
October 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Well. It’s the truth.
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True story: while JD Vance turned the hollers into a book and movie and political talking point…
My family barely survived them.
In January of 1929, my great-grandfather Sam Croy was murdered running moonshine through the mountains of Virginia.
Justice has always been personal to me.
Thread ⬇️ 🖤
My family barely survived them.
In January of 1929, my great-grandfather Sam Croy was murdered running moonshine through the mountains of Virginia.
Justice has always been personal to me.
Thread ⬇️ 🖤
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
True story: while JD Vance turned the hollers into a book and movie and political talking point…
My family barely survived them.
In January of 1929, my great-grandfather Sam Croy was murdered running moonshine through the mountains of Virginia.
Justice has always been personal to me.
Thread ⬇️ 🖤
My family barely survived them.
In January of 1929, my great-grandfather Sam Croy was murdered running moonshine through the mountains of Virginia.
Justice has always been personal to me.
Thread ⬇️ 🖤
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Trump just posted an AI slop video of himself dumping shit on protestors from a fighter jet while wearing a crown, just in case you were wondering how today’s events impacted his mental health situation.
They’re losing. They’ve already lost. He will get a lot more weird and aggro from here on out.
They’re losing. They’ve already lost. He will get a lot more weird and aggro from here on out.
October 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump just posted an AI slop video of himself dumping shit on protestors from a fighter jet while wearing a crown, just in case you were wondering how today’s events impacted his mental health situation.
They’re losing. They’ve already lost. He will get a lot more weird and aggro from here on out.
They’re losing. They’ve already lost. He will get a lot more weird and aggro from here on out.
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One has to wonder if we’d be having mass No Kings protests today if not for this.
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One has to wonder if we’d be having mass No Kings protests today if not for this.
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think happy thoughts
Ohtani leaves sporting world in awe as Dodgers return to World Series reut.rs/4ovlWSr
Ohtani leaves sporting world in awe as Dodgers return to World Series
"It's like we're the Chicago Bulls, and he's Michael Jordan."
reut.rs
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
think happy thoughts
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Thankful for the safety of the demonstrators today ☮️
October 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Thankful for the safety of the demonstrators today ☮️
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You know they’re out of arguments when they go from “Hamas-loving terrorist Antifa Marxists” to “Ya….well, I saw a lot of old people.”
October 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
You know they’re out of arguments when they go from “Hamas-loving terrorist Antifa Marxists” to “Ya….well, I saw a lot of old people.”
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SEVEN MILLION. WOW.
Nice work everyone, especially @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social and the whole team at @indivisible.org.
Nice work everyone, especially @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social and the whole team at @indivisible.org.
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
SEVEN MILLION. WOW.
Nice work everyone, especially @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social and the whole team at @indivisible.org.
Nice work everyone, especially @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social and the whole team at @indivisible.org.
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Half the country gives up before the fight even starts. 👇🏻 🧵
October 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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No, Kings 2025 - the UK👇
October 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
No, Kings 2025 - the UK👇
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Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
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California Dreamin’ of No Kings in San Diego.
October 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
California Dreamin’ of No Kings in San Diego.
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"For some very silly reason in this country, we’ve decided that if you want to help working people, somehow that makes you some kind of wild progressive." ICYMI, @lauren-egan.bsky.social's interview with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Graham Platner Makes the Case for Doing ‘Something Different’
Watch now | Maine’s upstart Senate candidate tells The Bulwark he is a different breed of Democrat than Gov. Janet Mills—but not a progressive.
www.thebulwark.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"For some very silly reason in this country, we’ve decided that if you want to help working people, somehow that makes you some kind of wild progressive." ICYMI, @lauren-egan.bsky.social's interview with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner: www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...
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When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, it will be a hub for change — a place for people from all over the world to come together, get inspired, and take what they learn back to their own communities. obama.org/presidential-center
We’re thrilled to take you behind the scenes of the Obama Presidential Center, a new home for hope located in Chicago, built for the world. @barackobama.bsky.social & Michelle Obama recently walked the site- “a living, breathing, dynamic cultural & gathering space.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...
October 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, it will be a hub for change — a place for people from all over the world to come together, get inspired, and take what they learn back to their own communities. obama.org/presidential-center
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It’s not “woke” to want due process.
It’s not “woke” to defend rights, uphold the law, or demand equality in education and opportunity.
It’s called democracy and if that offends you, the problem isn’t the word “woke.”
And now, I walk and I do so, peacefully.
It’s not “woke” to defend rights, uphold the law, or demand equality in education and opportunity.
It’s called democracy and if that offends you, the problem isn’t the word “woke.”
And now, I walk and I do so, peacefully.
October 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s not “woke” to want due process.
It’s not “woke” to defend rights, uphold the law, or demand equality in education and opportunity.
It’s called democracy and if that offends you, the problem isn’t the word “woke.”
And now, I walk and I do so, peacefully.
It’s not “woke” to defend rights, uphold the law, or demand equality in education and opportunity.
It’s called democracy and if that offends you, the problem isn’t the word “woke.”
And now, I walk and I do so, peacefully.
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He’s attacking the free press, criminalizing dissent, and spreading lies that divide Americans against one another. That’s not leadership…it’s manipulation. And it’s what authoritarians do to control the people.
October 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
He’s attacking the free press, criminalizing dissent, and spreading lies that divide Americans against one another. That’s not leadership…it’s manipulation. And it’s what authoritarians do to control the people.
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Wow, what a game!
The Dodgers are headed back to the World Series for a second year in a row after sweeping the Brewers. A proud night for California.
The Dodgers are headed back to the World Series for a second year in a row after sweeping the Brewers. A proud night for California.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Wow, what a game!
The Dodgers are headed back to the World Series for a second year in a row after sweeping the Brewers. A proud night for California.
The Dodgers are headed back to the World Series for a second year in a row after sweeping the Brewers. A proud night for California.
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Acosta called young traumatized girls “unreliable witnesses” instead of acknowledging what trauma does, seeking counseling and support for them throughout.
This isn’t accountability — it’s an excuse for enabling a predator.
This isn’t accountability — it’s an excuse for enabling a predator.
October 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Acosta called young traumatized girls “unreliable witnesses” instead of acknowledging what trauma does, seeking counseling and support for them throughout.
This isn’t accountability — it’s an excuse for enabling a predator.
This isn’t accountability — it’s an excuse for enabling a predator.