Velvet Rapture

A collage of frustration, a kaleidoscope of anger.

He/Him

[Velvet Rapture @RaptureVelvet]

Anti-fascism is a global humanitarian duty.
Our basic freedoms depend on the vigilance, justness and transparency of democratic systems around the world and their fight against corroding and hateful fascist politics and rhetoric.
Simple as.

#antifa #AntiFascism

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@gregorymconway Very exciting to hear about the publishing!

But "Tactical vomit" is, I have to say, outstanding.

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it's a joku iiris summer

[gregory conway @gregorymconway]

some albums that i listened to this week

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@gregorymconway The third option would of course be the most interesting/difficult exercise!

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@gregorymconway amazing musicians in her band this time

[Yoon @nicoscosc]

“There is eternal youth in the impossible.”

— Valéry, Analects (tr. S. Gilbert)

[dr. ballsack 🔞 @donquipanties99]

yall remember the girl who got a copy of her grandpas moby dick and it had this

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@gregorymconway Beautiful idea! Especially if it’s on your side of the border… or we should drag both of you to Finland to get you better acquainted with this strange niche of Nordic literature

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@gregorymconway If I had tried to send you every astonishing book Poesia has published, we would’ve had to send them in a shipping container and that, sadly, we couldn’t afford

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@gregorymconway His work is quite anglo-influenced so I think it would work extremely well. And the work is fucking brilliant and eccentric. Safar and Remora are my favourites of his books.

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@gregorymconway I was certain it would be a Poesia book. Teoria is perhaps the least strange of Luoma-aho’s books so maybe it’s a good thing this reader started here.

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@14JUN1995 You should read what Baudelaire and Sebald write about Belgium, especially Brussels.

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@juubuu77 @katmarmi Haloo

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

The couple in this video are Wesam Mekdad, a Palestinian from Gaza, and his heavily pregnant German wife.

Police were called after Wesam broke his TV — he had just learned that 'israel' murdered his brother. The couple were cooperative. They explained the situation. The wife wanted to ask the police if she can accompany her husband.

The police responded with brutality.

People from Nationaal Protest (an anti‑immigration group) are so outraged by how a pregnant woman was treated that they have offered to help the couple file a complaint against the police.

The wife gave birth earlier than expected. A baby girl. Healthy, thank God. Her name is Reem. 🤍

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@aliner :’)

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@stoneandthestar @saintsoftness Gridded are often used in school so the habit might linger with people. I used to write prose on gridded pages when I was younger, it felt somehow less imposing. But I haven’t used gridded notebooks since I was maybe 18 and I don’t really know anyone who uses them.

[Velvet Rapture @RaptureVelvet]

One of the most interesting and fresh Finnish poetry collections of recent years. And "Cyborg Summer" is already one of the best titles imaginable.

[gregory conway @gregorymconway]

back at it

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@gregorymconway @saintsoftness This is THE classic for learning Finnish as an English speaking person.

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@gregorymconway @saintsoftness Extremely beneficial, extremely necessary.

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@saintsoftness Gregory has a lot to answer for.