Karthik K
@kkanagas.bsky.social
Posts about the Olympics, Sports, Math, Robots, and City Life (but mostly sports)
2013 TEDx speaker (link below), 2016 & 17 ESPN/CBS Robotics Host, STEM Education Advocate
https://youtu.be/MfC3JdkEVgQ
2013 TEDx speaker (link below), 2016 & 17 ESPN/CBS Robotics Host, STEM Education Advocate
https://youtu.be/MfC3JdkEVgQ
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Metrolinx can't run night trains "due to track ownership"?!
Metrolinx owns:
100% of Lakeshore East
100% of Stouffville
100% of Barrie
Kitchener line to just before Bramalea
Lakeshore West to Burlington.
Rather than sharing their actual constraints they spew vague misleading bullshit.
Metrolinx owns:
100% of Lakeshore East
100% of Stouffville
100% of Barrie
Kitchener line to just before Bramalea
Lakeshore West to Burlington.
Rather than sharing their actual constraints they spew vague misleading bullshit.
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Metrolinx can't run night trains "due to track ownership"?!
Metrolinx owns:
100% of Lakeshore East
100% of Stouffville
100% of Barrie
Kitchener line to just before Bramalea
Lakeshore West to Burlington.
Rather than sharing their actual constraints they spew vague misleading bullshit.
Metrolinx owns:
100% of Lakeshore East
100% of Stouffville
100% of Barrie
Kitchener line to just before Bramalea
Lakeshore West to Burlington.
Rather than sharing their actual constraints they spew vague misleading bullshit.
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The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
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Again, whatever happens, sports at this level is about living in the moment and feeling the emotions, which you do not get to choose
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Again, whatever happens, sports at this level is about living in the moment and feeling the emotions, which you do not get to choose
Love anything in your life as much as Vladdy loves turning a 3-6-3 double play!
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Love anything in your life as much as Vladdy loves turning a 3-6-3 double play!
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
#BlueJays #WorldSeries
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Try not to barf, everyone. Have fun?
November 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Try not to barf, everyone. Have fun?
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Whatever the result, I will not be OK.
November 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Whatever the result, I will not be OK.
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After going to game and making noise like a maniac last night and that backfired I am retreating back to watching alone in corner of couch in basement and screaming at the television when an ump misses a call by an inch tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
After going to game and making noise like a maniac last night and that backfired I am retreating back to watching alone in corner of couch in basement and screaming at the television when an ump misses a call by an inch tonight.
Tonight's Blue Jays win moves the team's all-time win-loss record to 3850-3850, bringing the team back to the .500 mark for the first time since May 20, 1995. It's taken over 30 years to get back to .500!
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
September 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Tonight's Blue Jays win moves the team's all-time win-loss record to 3850-3850, bringing the team back to the .500 mark for the first time since May 20, 1995. It's taken over 30 years to get back to .500!
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
#BlueJays #LightsUpLetsGo
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I highly recommend sharing articles you do agree with more or as much as you quote post writers and sharing articles you disagree with.
Give articles you like traffic! Not just give traffic to hate reads.
Give articles you like traffic! Not just give traffic to hate reads.
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I highly recommend sharing articles you do agree with more or as much as you quote post writers and sharing articles you disagree with.
Give articles you like traffic! Not just give traffic to hate reads.
Give articles you like traffic! Not just give traffic to hate reads.
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There has been a steady decline in reading for fun. From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40%, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds
From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.
nyti.ms
August 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There has been a steady decline in reading for fun. From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40%, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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ironically the education for its own sake, Enlightenment-coded, Great Books-ass liberal arts degree is one of the better employment bets you can make. learn how to read, write, think critically, develop curiosity so you can pick up new skills quickly, etc etc
"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ironically the education for its own sake, Enlightenment-coded, Great Books-ass liberal arts degree is one of the better employment bets you can make. learn how to read, write, think critically, develop curiosity so you can pick up new skills quickly, etc etc
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Buzzer-beater from Singapore, before I refile with quotes from the 18-year-old phenom: Summer McIntosh made her first gold at the worlds look easy, and then made her ensuing semi race look easy, at a worlds where for most, it's anything but. www.thestar.com/sports/amate...
Bruce Arthur: Summer McIntosh captures first gold at worlds as the road to swimming history begins
The 400 free was no contest in Singapore as Canadian phenom wins ahead of Chinese swimmer Li Bingjie in second and U.S. legend Katie Ledecky.
www.thestar.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Buzzer-beater from Singapore, before I refile with quotes from the 18-year-old phenom: Summer McIntosh made her first gold at the worlds look easy, and then made her ensuing semi race look easy, at a worlds where for most, it's anything but. www.thestar.com/sports/amate...
Here's Summer McIntosh's Worlds schedule. No indications out of the Canada camp on which relays they're prioritizing, but the finals of 4x100 and 4x200 free, along with the 4x100 medley seem most likely. Although tripling with the 400 free and 200 IM on night one seems daunting.
July 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Here's Summer McIntosh's Worlds schedule. No indications out of the Canada camp on which relays they're prioritizing, but the finals of 4x100 and 4x200 free, along with the 4x100 medley seem most likely. Although tripling with the 400 free and 200 IM on night one seems daunting.
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Something that I love about Canada is that we do have amazing regular people. The chance that any rando you bump into on the street is an outstanding person feels oddly high.
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Something that I love about Canada is that we do have amazing regular people. The chance that any rando you bump into on the street is an outstanding person feels oddly high.
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Buses in Toronto move a ton of people: 1.2 million trips per day.
Partly that’s high transit ridership overall, partly it’s having an underbuilt subway network.
Toronto’s buses need more space and priority.
Partly that’s high transit ridership overall, partly it’s having an underbuilt subway network.
Toronto’s buses need more space and priority.
some ~45,000 people rely on the dufferin bus everyday. buses every 3-4 minutes at times.
there's well over twice the number of people commuting by buses on this street than cars. this should be unacceptable.
this is just north of eglinton - we need those bus lanes all the way to wilson!
there's well over twice the number of people commuting by buses on this street than cars. this should be unacceptable.
this is just north of eglinton - we need those bus lanes all the way to wilson!
July 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Buses in Toronto move a ton of people: 1.2 million trips per day.
Partly that’s high transit ridership overall, partly it’s having an underbuilt subway network.
Toronto’s buses need more space and priority.
Partly that’s high transit ridership overall, partly it’s having an underbuilt subway network.
Toronto’s buses need more space and priority.
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How many times do we have to remind people: the chatbot *cannot* admit to *anything*. It *doesn't know*. When you ask it about itself, it generates its answer the same way it generates your request that it write an email. It takes what you tell it and responds in way to sound plausible.
July 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
How many times do we have to remind people: the chatbot *cannot* admit to *anything*. It *doesn't know*. When you ask it about itself, it generates its answer the same way it generates your request that it write an email. It takes what you tell it and responds in way to sound plausible.
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This throw seems impossible... it just kept going
July 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This throw seems impossible... it just kept going
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HEY here's a new piece for @crikey.com.au!
Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
Climate fatalism is just as wrong as climate denial — it's never 'too late' for change
Veteran environmentalist David Suzuki believes the time has passed us to stop climate change. He's wrong.
www.crikey.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
HEY here's a new piece for @crikey.com.au!
Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
Sparked by David Suzuki's recent comments, but more broadly in response to the recent rise of performative fatalism: the reassuring, widely popular and lazy idea that fighting back against fossil fuels is worthless
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/14/c...
Excited to announce that I'll be appearing in Season 2 of The Mightiest! Always excited to explain STEM concepts in a fun way, and to bring them to broader audience! I'm not sure which episodes I'll be in, but you can watch on Crave and in the CTV app!
youtu.be/7XR3na_Qup4
youtu.be/7XR3na_Qup4
First Look | The Mightiest Season 2
YouTube video by USA Network
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Excited to announce that I'll be appearing in Season 2 of The Mightiest! Always excited to explain STEM concepts in a fun way, and to bring them to broader audience! I'm not sure which episodes I'll be in, but you can watch on Crave and in the CTV app!
youtu.be/7XR3na_Qup4
youtu.be/7XR3na_Qup4
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Jhoan Duran's full entrance because it's fun at night
July 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Jhoan Duran's full entrance because it's fun at night
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