Dr. காயத்ரி
@litoraptor.bsky.social
english phd | world literature | environmental humanities | contingent faculty | full-time mom
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
Annual reminder from my cleaning lady that I ought to repent and confess…or else!!
December 20, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Annual reminder from my cleaning lady that I ought to repent and confess…or else!!
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Nick Kristof must be humanely housed in a simulation where he can play Captain Save a Ho, run for political office, and write equivocating op eds without harming himself or others
I dunno man I feel like if you’re going to argue that Israel massacring 7,000+ Palestinian children is morally superior to Hamas killing or kidnapping 100 Israeli children, you don’t *have* to explain why directly to the grieving parents, but you sure as fuck should do it in your NYT column
December 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Nick Kristof must be humanely housed in a simulation where he can play Captain Save a Ho, run for political office, and write equivocating op eds without harming himself or others
I’m so sick of reading this woman or reading about her life every few months on the NYT.
December 3, 2023 at 6:15 PM
I’m so sick of reading this woman or reading about her life every few months on the NYT.
Urgent: If you are a faculty member in New England and a resident of CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT, please sign this letter to the senators (before Dec 4th) demanding immediate and permanent ceasefire: forms.gle/f8viaDZQD15w...
December 3, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Urgent: If you are a faculty member in New England and a resident of CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT, please sign this letter to the senators (before Dec 4th) demanding immediate and permanent ceasefire: forms.gle/f8viaDZQD15w...
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Just saw a horribly racist post I normally woulda blocked and moved on from
But then I noticed the poster's bio, which includes that he clerked for Justice Gorsuch & was Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senator Grassley
This disgusting racist had a key role filling the federal judiciary, I'm sick
But then I noticed the poster's bio, which includes that he clerked for Justice Gorsuch & was Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senator Grassley
This disgusting racist had a key role filling the federal judiciary, I'm sick
October 2, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Just saw a horribly racist post I normally woulda blocked and moved on from
But then I noticed the poster's bio, which includes that he clerked for Justice Gorsuch & was Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senator Grassley
This disgusting racist had a key role filling the federal judiciary, I'm sick
But then I noticed the poster's bio, which includes that he clerked for Justice Gorsuch & was Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senator Grassley
This disgusting racist had a key role filling the federal judiciary, I'm sick
The kids have been home practically all week. Which means bits of playdo stuffed into the couch, stickers glued to the floor, odd pieces of small toys squirreled away under pillows, cheerio trails that lead nowhere. And there’s still one more day left in the weekend.
November 25, 2023 at 10:17 PM
The kids have been home practically all week. Which means bits of playdo stuffed into the couch, stickers glued to the floor, odd pieces of small toys squirreled away under pillows, cheerio trails that lead nowhere. And there’s still one more day left in the weekend.
I noticed a typo in one of the job apps I submitted weeks ago. It’s one of those moments that’s going to haunt me randomly five years from now. And now I wanna vomit.
November 23, 2023 at 5:33 PM
I noticed a typo in one of the job apps I submitted weeks ago. It’s one of those moments that’s going to haunt me randomly five years from now. And now I wanna vomit.
The funny predicament of poc in this country--we either have to deal with Tr*mp-supporting racists or well-meaning liberal racists. This is not including the many poc anti-Black racists. Whats a multidimensional analogy for Scylla & Charybdis?
November 21, 2023 at 8:34 PM
The funny predicament of poc in this country--we either have to deal with Tr*mp-supporting racists or well-meaning liberal racists. This is not including the many poc anti-Black racists. Whats a multidimensional analogy for Scylla & Charybdis?
Reading a student paper trying to figure out how to make a capitalist country like the US better. It’s unknowingly arguing for socialism 😂 Every. Single. Time.
November 21, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Reading a student paper trying to figure out how to make a capitalist country like the US better. It’s unknowingly arguing for socialism 😂 Every. Single. Time.
A lot of students are home already so I had to teach a Zoom class today, my first since 2021. Flashed back to early pandemic and realized how much teaching over Zoom sucked so much. Students still came through though.
November 20, 2023 at 11:35 PM
A lot of students are home already so I had to teach a Zoom class today, my first since 2021. Flashed back to early pandemic and realized how much teaching over Zoom sucked so much. Students still came through though.
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My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
November 13, 2023 at 12:09 PM
My cover for today's A.I. issue of The New Yorker
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
more: www.christophniemann.com/detail/nyerc...
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new Halloween costume just dropped
November 8, 2023 at 5:25 PM
new Halloween costume just dropped
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Writing is thinking, the process of writing is where the learning happenings. The goal is to learn, not just to produce text. I don't think I'm stuck in the past for believing this.
November 7, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Writing is thinking, the process of writing is where the learning happenings. The goal is to learn, not just to produce text. I don't think I'm stuck in the past for believing this.
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All the cliche poems don't mean a damn thing in the grand scheme of things
When the moment came, Rupi Kaur was a real one
When the moment came, Rupi Kaur was a real one
November 7, 2023 at 8:02 PM
All the cliche poems don't mean a damn thing in the grand scheme of things
When the moment came, Rupi Kaur was a real one
When the moment came, Rupi Kaur was a real one
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Reporters Without Borders warns that journalists in Gaza are in ‘imminent danger of death,’ noting that ‘nowhere is safe’ for them amid ongoing Israeli air raids. In the past month of war, 41 journalists have been killed, while more than 50 media premises have been hit.
Israel vows to keep up Gaza attacks as Palestinians face mass displacement
Israeli leaders say offensive will go on amid ceasefire calls, as rights groups warn 1.5 million Palestinians displaced.
www.aljazeera.com
November 7, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Reporters Without Borders warns that journalists in Gaza are in ‘imminent danger of death,’ noting that ‘nowhere is safe’ for them amid ongoing Israeli air raids. In the past month of war, 41 journalists have been killed, while more than 50 media premises have been hit.
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This piece in Nature on disinformation summarizes how quickly the descent of X/Twitter has gone "it has become a ‘natural experiment’ in what happens as a company reduces existing trust, moderation and safety teams."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformation — study it now
Social-media researchers overemphasized the platform now called X for years. But now, as it rapidly changes into something new and frightening, we risk paying too little attention. Social-media resear...
www.nature.com
November 7, 2023 at 6:28 PM
This piece in Nature on disinformation summarizes how quickly the descent of X/Twitter has gone "it has become a ‘natural experiment’ in what happens as a company reduces existing trust, moderation and safety teams."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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If you’ve been going to protests, consider participating in direct action like this as well! We need a diversity of tactics and we *especially* need to disrupt the flow of blood money into the pockets of genocide profiteers! If we had to pick only one tactic, this would be it.
November 6, 2023 at 5:52 PM
If you’ve been going to protests, consider participating in direct action like this as well! We need a diversity of tactics and we *especially* need to disrupt the flow of blood money into the pockets of genocide profiteers! If we had to pick only one tactic, this would be it.
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They're actually gonna do it. They're actually gonna blame TikTok.
November 6, 2023 at 7:42 PM
They're actually gonna do it. They're actually gonna blame TikTok.
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November 4, 2023 at 11:10 PM
I haven’t had such a peaceful morning in several months—as soon as this thought appeared, I knew I had jinxed it by thinking it instead of quietly enjoying it
November 4, 2023 at 11:57 AM
I haven’t had such a peaceful morning in several months—as soon as this thought appeared, I knew I had jinxed it by thinking it instead of quietly enjoying it
Outside of college campuses, I see very little visible support for Palestine. In my 30-mile daily commute, I pass by many many Israeli flags and “i stand with Israel” lawn signs. And none for Palestine
November 4, 2023 at 2:32 AM
Outside of college campuses, I see very little visible support for Palestine. In my 30-mile daily commute, I pass by many many Israeli flags and “i stand with Israel” lawn signs. And none for Palestine
I don’t post much on instagram so I didn’t know how to do a story 🤦🏾♀️ I learned how to do that just to post about Palestine. Everyone should know what’s going on even if they hear it from a nobody like me.
October 29, 2023 at 12:38 AM
I don’t post much on instagram so I didn’t know how to do a story 🤦🏾♀️ I learned how to do that just to post about Palestine. Everyone should know what’s going on even if they hear it from a nobody like me.
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150 women a day are giving birth in Gaza without electricity or clean water. 50,000 Gazan women are pregnant right now and 5,500 will give birth in the next month www.npr.org/2023/10/28/1...
October 28, 2023 at 8:11 PM
150 women a day are giving birth in Gaza without electricity or clean water. 50,000 Gazan women are pregnant right now and 5,500 will give birth in the next month www.npr.org/2023/10/28/1...