Nirupama Chandrasekhar
@niruchandra.bsky.social
UCSB PhD student, studying Okinawan tourism, colonialism, indigeneity, and public memory.
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Darkly comic, that Black people are talking about racism and how it affects them, are constantly accused of being grifters when people have been riding this gravy train to open whole universities, take over CBS News, etc. etc.
If you haven't read my book, On the Warpath: My Battles with Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors, make sure to get a copy!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Darkly comic, that Black people are talking about racism and how it affects them, are constantly accused of being grifters when people have been riding this gravy train to open whole universities, take over CBS News, etc. etc.
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"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
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Well hey, the AI bubble’s bursting faster than I thought it would. Hold tight, everyone!
Oracle is already underwater on its ‘astonishing’ $300bn OpenAI deal
AI’s circular economy may have a reverse Midas at the centre
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Well hey, the AI bubble’s bursting faster than I thought it would. Hold tight, everyone!
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The US embassy is warning residents about increased bear activity in Japan, and just like that we have another social predicament in which a bear is the obvious choice.
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The US embassy is warning residents about increased bear activity in Japan, and just like that we have another social predicament in which a bear is the obvious choice.
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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Is the AI bubble the only thing preventing this from being an official recession?
Verizon is preparing to eliminate as many as 20,000 jobs and convert about 180 to 200 stores into franchises, marking one of the largest workforce reductions in its history, according to sources.
Verizon to cut up to 20,000 jobs in one of the largest tech layoffs ever
Verizon is preparing to eliminate as many as 20,000 jobs and convert about 180 to 200 stores into franchises, marking one of the largest workforce reductions in its history, according to sources.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Is the AI bubble the only thing preventing this from being an official recession?
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People are roasting this lede, but NYM is actually correct to print it. Toilet paper is so scarce in prisons that it is sometimes used as a currency.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
Apparently, Ghislaine Maxwell is living it up in prison with unlimited toilet paper. Here’s what we know about her alleged special privileges at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
Ghislaine Maxwell Is Living It Up With Unlimited Toilet Paper
What we know about the special privileges Epstein’s accomplice is reportedly receiving at her new federal prison camp in Texas.
nymag.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
People are roasting this lede, but NYM is actually correct to print it. Toilet paper is so scarce in prisons that it is sometimes used as a currency.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
It shouldn't be restricted, for any person, but the fact that it isn't for her (and her alone) is a sign of extremely special treatment.
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I think it’s not really recognized outside leftist circles just how utterly broken terror of the left makes some people’s brains
Like a genuine kind of derangement, a distortion of reality and how to engage with it that’s incomprehensible from the outside
Like a genuine kind of derangement, a distortion of reality and how to engage with it that’s incomprehensible from the outside
Defend NYC, a pro-Cuomo super PAC operated by Trump adviser Jason Meister, is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on sending out this text message to NYC voters, hoping it'll convince them to vote Cuomo for mayor, new filings show.
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I think it’s not really recognized outside leftist circles just how utterly broken terror of the left makes some people’s brains
Like a genuine kind of derangement, a distortion of reality and how to engage with it that’s incomprehensible from the outside
Like a genuine kind of derangement, a distortion of reality and how to engage with it that’s incomprehensible from the outside
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Eddy Burback just posted an astonishing video about how far ChatGPT would egg on dangerously delusional thinking - funny, yes, but also very scary: youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q?...
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Eddy Burback just posted an astonishing video about how far ChatGPT would egg on dangerously delusional thinking - funny, yes, but also very scary: youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q?...
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A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
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Yes. One of the most powerful drivers of elite political discourse right now is wishful thinking: We don't want what's happening to be happening, so we make up a story in which it in less bad and more fixable than it is.
All very understandable but it is false and not helping!
All very understandable but it is false and not helping!
I think we all know this but a lot of us desperately want to believe otherwise. We assume that most people are fundamentally decent and that we should be able to find common ground even if we disagree. It's shocking to find so many who genuinely have nothing but hate in their hearts.
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Yes. One of the most powerful drivers of elite political discourse right now is wishful thinking: We don't want what's happening to be happening, so we make up a story in which it in less bad and more fixable than it is.
All very understandable but it is false and not helping!
All very understandable but it is false and not helping!
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I know this reinforces a narrative about condescending leftists calling all conservatives bigots but I'm sorry, every form of data — anecdotes, polling and public statements by conservatives — indicate that these are the main drivers.
It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.
It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I know this reinforces a narrative about condescending leftists calling all conservatives bigots but I'm sorry, every form of data — anecdotes, polling and public statements by conservatives — indicate that these are the main drivers.
It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.
It's a doomed quest to keep looking for good underneath evil.
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I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
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The unspoken end of these statements being “therefore we need segregation” ought to be remembered.
This is an absolutely incredible thing to say. As someone in Ivy-ish (Duke) classrooms from 2016-2022… I call bull.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The unspoken end of these statements being “therefore we need segregation” ought to be remembered.
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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Hunter's Point: "a type of plutonium called Pu-239 was detected in an air filter at the site when workers were grinding asphalt during field work operations last year. The plutonium levels were more than double the Environmental Protection Agency’s “action level"
'Deeply concerned': Dangerous radiation levels detected in San Francisco www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti... **Good to know?**
'Deeply concerned': Dangerous radiation levels detected in San Francisco
Plutonium was detected at the decommissioned Hunters Point shipyard.
www.sfgate.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hunter's Point: "a type of plutonium called Pu-239 was detected in an air filter at the site when workers were grinding asphalt during field work operations last year. The plutonium levels were more than double the Environmental Protection Agency’s “action level"
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That a federal judge had to block the Trump administration from pushing millions of Americans into hunger says everything about this President and the party he leads.
Grateful to our Attorney General for being on the frontlines of this fight.
Grateful to our Attorney General for being on the frontlines of this fight.
In a major victory, a court ruled the Trump administration must use emergency funds to provide food stamps to Americans.
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
No one should choose between paying bills and buying groceries.
We'll continue our lawsuit to fight for our families and the services they deserve.
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
That a federal judge had to block the Trump administration from pushing millions of Americans into hunger says everything about this President and the party he leads.
Grateful to our Attorney General for being on the frontlines of this fight.
Grateful to our Attorney General for being on the frontlines of this fight.
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rubella was SO around in the 60s that Gallaudet (probably the number one deaf/hoh university in the world)’s enrollment more than doubled between 1982 and 1985 www.nytimes.com/1985/01/06/e...
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
rubella was SO around in the 60s that Gallaudet (probably the number one deaf/hoh university in the world)’s enrollment more than doubled between 1982 and 1985 www.nytimes.com/1985/01/06/e...
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not sure how this vote went but the rallies are ongoing for the next few days, there may be one in your area
The strike authorization vote has begun!
While voting commences, union baristas are holding 70 rallies and pickets through November 1st. It's time to get serious about finalizing fair contracts, Starbucks.
While voting commences, union baristas are holding 70 rallies and pickets through November 1st. It's time to get serious about finalizing fair contracts, Starbucks.
Baristas are rallying at Starbucks stores across the country this weekend. Here's why
As 70 rallies kick off across the country, unionized baristas say they’re fighting for fair pay and hours—just as fall coffee orders surge.
www.fastcompany.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
not sure how this vote went but the rallies are ongoing for the next few days, there may be one in your area
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I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.
How Do Scholars Take Notes?
How do scholars take notes? I like seeing examples of different people’s notetaking, so I asked scholars to show me how they take notes for research.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I made my students a little “book” (just using Google slides) to show them how you all answered my question about how you take notes for research. Just to show the variety.
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Went back to Santa Cruz on October 17 and picked up the 2025 UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award! Back in September they sent a camera crew to @unhresearch.bsky.social to interview me. Here's the video they made about my journey as a physicist/astronomer and my time as a banana slug.
UCSC 2025 Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
YouTube video by UC Santa Cruz
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October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Went back to Santa Cruz on October 17 and picked up the 2025 UC Santa Cruz Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award! Back in September they sent a camera crew to @unhresearch.bsky.social to interview me. Here's the video they made about my journey as a physicist/astronomer and my time as a banana slug.
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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The thing to understand about fascism is that most people you know will be bought off. Bought with promises of peace and stability, bought with business opportunities or paid with actual cash. Most people aren't going to resist. Get used to it and get used to operating in that environment.
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The thing to understand about fascism is that most people you know will be bought off. Bought with promises of peace and stability, bought with business opportunities or paid with actual cash. Most people aren't going to resist. Get used to it and get used to operating in that environment.
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Some of the details may be disputed but this man’s cause of death was determined to be dehydration. It takes over a week without water for an adult to die of dehydration. One officer’s suggestion he needed medical attention was ignored. There’s no plausible situation where this wasn’t intentional.
Lamont Mealy, a mentally ill man, was locked in solitary confinement in a Maryland prison. Guards shut off water to his cell. A fellow prisoner says guards taunted him. He died of dehydration after 8 days. His family's lawsuit asserts officials covered it up.
How a Maryland prisoner died an ‘excruciating’ death from dehydration
Lamont Mealy died of dehydration in an isolation cell at Western Correctional Institution in 2023. A lawsuit claims state officials covered it up.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Some of the details may be disputed but this man’s cause of death was determined to be dehydration. It takes over a week without water for an adult to die of dehydration. One officer’s suggestion he needed medical attention was ignored. There’s no plausible situation where this wasn’t intentional.