Krittika
@krittikaa.bsky.social
Cat mom and somewhat nerdy. Ex-engineer now doing business things.
London-Bangalore-Delhi. Posts are personal opinions.
London-Bangalore-Delhi. Posts are personal opinions.
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1. Does this clip make you want to find out more about our cat Jim and how utterly brilliant he is?
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
1. Does this clip make you want to find out more about our cat Jim and how utterly brilliant he is?
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
2. Of course it does!
3. Well, I have good news, because you can do exactly that, here: www.tom-cox.com/jim/
Imagine having another baby with a guy who has publicly said he thinks your faith means you -his wife- are damned to burn in Hell.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Imagine having another baby with a guy who has publicly said he thinks your faith means you -his wife- are damned to burn in Hell.
I made the mistake of looking up David Beckham’s age. I will now crumble into dust.
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I made the mistake of looking up David Beckham’s age. I will now crumble into dust.
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anybody know if Trump is going to nuke us before the tax return deadline, or after it
January 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
anybody know if Trump is going to nuke us before the tax return deadline, or after it
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This afternoon’s data driven horror story for me is 1954 British civil servants proving the benefits of running over women www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Road deaths
Lessons in political science. This week: road deaths
www.politicshome.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This afternoon’s data driven horror story for me is 1954 British civil servants proving the benefits of running over women www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Compulsory interval if the film is 2+ hours. What's the downside? We all buy extra drinks and snacks, plus I don't have to forever associate the last hour of most films with bladder panic
Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director
Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director
Clare Binns warns three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinema
Directors should make shorter films if they want their work screened in cinemas, the head of one of the UK’s leading cinema and distribution companies has said.
Clare Binns, the creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas, made the comments after being named the recipient of this year’s Bafta award for outstanding British contribution to cinema, amid concern over steadily lengthening film runtimes. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Compulsory interval if the film is 2+ hours. What's the downside? We all buy extra drinks and snacks, plus I don't have to forever associate the last hour of most films with bladder panic
Look, I don’t want to scare anybody , but if you’re brown, living in the UK, and you’ve read the November 2025 US security strategy, please have a backup plan.
January 20, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Look, I don’t want to scare anybody , but if you’re brown, living in the UK, and you’ve read the November 2025 US security strategy, please have a backup plan.
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Dying because you haven't enough money for care, is not choosing to die.
Just fyi. On Friday, Lord Falconer, who's shepherding the assisted dying bill through the Lords, admitted that he thought it was fine if someone chose to die because they didn't have enough money for care
If you're left wing and support the principle, I really need you to look at the bill's details
If you're left wing and support the principle, I really need you to look at the bill's details
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Dying because you haven't enough money for care, is not choosing to die.
do they think international students are fools
In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
www.ft.com/content/a23c...
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM
do they think international students are fools
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On Soumitra Chatterjee's birthday, I am rewatching #Charulata yet again. This particular version has the most pleasing translation of samosa/singara that I have ever seen.
#desiwatch
#desiwatch
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
On Soumitra Chatterjee's birthday, I am rewatching #Charulata yet again. This particular version has the most pleasing translation of samosa/singara that I have ever seen.
#desiwatch
#desiwatch
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Reminds me of this really cringy poster that hangs in the entrance of my in-laws' church.
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Fascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day.
The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
Grain of Terror
Why is the Western world so afraid of reheating rice? Joe Zadeh reports. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Fascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day.
The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
this, I was smiling sadly to myself when I saw all those posts. Oh my sweet summer child etc
there are so many baffling takes on visas today. no, you can't "take away visas from US citizens visiting the EU" because there is no visa. no, a visa waiver stamp is not a visa. no, ETIAS is not a visa either (and isn't even live yet), unless you think ESTA and ETA are also visas (they are not)
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this, I was smiling sadly to myself when I saw all those posts. Oh my sweet summer child etc
Both from a physical and mental POV.
Being silent and stoic.
What's something everyone romanticizes but is actually terrible?
January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Both from a physical and mental POV.
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Do I know any Finnish translators?
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Do I know any Finnish translators?
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LATVIAN GENERAL OF INTERNATIONAL GIANT WOMEN.
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
LATVIAN GENERAL OF INTERNATIONAL GIANT WOMEN.
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We're not supposed to know what goes on at the bottom of the ocean. I saw this thing that looked like a carrier bag full of eyes holding an umbrella. That's nobody's business
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 PM
We're not supposed to know what goes on at the bottom of the ocean. I saw this thing that looked like a carrier bag full of eyes holding an umbrella. That's nobody's business
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It would be nice if Greenland belonged to the Inuit?
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 AM
It would be nice if Greenland belonged to the Inuit?
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This reminds of me of the time that my aunt’s friends got a magnetic catflap - which could only be opened by the magnet on their cat’s collar - and kept finding their cat stuck to the fridge.
The thing I like particularly about the fact that Isaac Newton invented the catflap is it gives the image of him trying to lay the foundations of classical mechanics but getting distracted by having to let a cat out then in again 40 seconds later and thinking, “Shit, I really need to sort this.”
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This reminds of me of the time that my aunt’s friends got a magnetic catflap - which could only be opened by the magnet on their cat’s collar - and kept finding their cat stuck to the fridge.
Me on Sunday evenings
“Save us, O Lord” by Edward Bairstow #nowplaying #radio3
January 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Me on Sunday evenings
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We went to the bug park today.
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
We went to the bug park today.
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
Being silent and stoic.
What's something everyone romanticizes but is actually terrible?
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Being silent and stoic.