Maitrey
@maitrey.bsky.social
Planetary Primate. History. Science. SFF. LFC. Dinosaurs. And quizzing.
Or the fellows like Aakar who used to tweet out links where folks could pirate his books, and there would always be chaps in the comments telling, 'thank you, now I'll go buy this book' :)
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Or the fellows like Aakar who used to tweet out links where folks could pirate his books, and there would always be chaps in the comments telling, 'thank you, now I'll go buy this book' :)
Lol, point taken (I hope to publish at least at some point in my life).
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Lol, point taken (I hope to publish at least at some point in my life).
I had one Indian prof, from India, who was serious and unapologetic about using diacritics when his name appeared as an author of an academic paper (so his last name only). I've actually met people later who thought he was French (still pronounced his name wrongly).
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I had one Indian prof, from India, who was serious and unapologetic about using diacritics when his name appeared as an author of an academic paper (so his last name only). I've actually met people later who thought he was French (still pronounced his name wrongly).
These are the same patterns that happened in India too, back more than 10 years ago. A substantial rightward shift among people who "consumed" media on YouTube or Twitter (overwhelmingly young people).
And it's still happening, the crazies are getting crazier, because it sells.
And it's still happening, the crazies are getting crazier, because it sells.
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
These are the same patterns that happened in India too, back more than 10 years ago. A substantial rightward shift among people who "consumed" media on YouTube or Twitter (overwhelmingly young people).
And it's still happening, the crazies are getting crazier, because it sells.
And it's still happening, the crazies are getting crazier, because it sells.
Wait wait wait, they colonised almost all of SE Asia to not even learn this!
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Wait wait wait, they colonised almost all of SE Asia to not even learn this!
I'm afraid then my TL will be like 4 folks :(
Really hoping for a mass exodus here still though.
Really hoping for a mass exodus here still though.
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I'm afraid then my TL will be like 4 folks :(
Really hoping for a mass exodus here still though.
Really hoping for a mass exodus here still though.
This is a great analogy! Going to keep using it from now on.
October 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is a great analogy! Going to keep using it from now on.
Amazing! Since this is published by Bloomsbury, we in India will get it soon too I hope! Can't wait to get my hands on it.
October 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Amazing! Since this is published by Bloomsbury, we in India will get it soon too I hope! Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Yes, it goes down as one of the best books I've ever read. Can't believe somebody can write like that, and weave such a narrative.
October 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Yes, it goes down as one of the best books I've ever read. Can't believe somebody can write like that, and weave such a narrative.
Yes, this has been on my tbr too! Thanks for the recco.
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yes, this has been on my tbr too! Thanks for the recco.
This was such a great review, thank you for sharing it!
October 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This was such a great review, thank you for sharing it!
Is this going to be screened or recorded by any chance?
October 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Is this going to be screened or recorded by any chance?
This looks like straight up greenwashing no? Allow these countries to show they're doing "meaningful work" to combat emissions, a very crude case of numbers go up, so doing good.
September 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This looks like straight up greenwashing no? Allow these countries to show they're doing "meaningful work" to combat emissions, a very crude case of numbers go up, so doing good.
My god, I thought they had kicked him out already. What more should it take?
September 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My god, I thought they had kicked him out already. What more should it take?
These articles look fascinating, thank you for sharing them.
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
These articles look fascinating, thank you for sharing them.
And unless the Democrat leadership realises they have to accommodate the working class in some way, it really does look terrible for them. Clearly Mamdani and the Leftward turn of some section of the Party is perhaps a harbinger of that.
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
And unless the Democrat leadership realises they have to accommodate the working class in some way, it really does look terrible for them. Clearly Mamdani and the Leftward turn of some section of the Party is perhaps a harbinger of that.
I am right now reading Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, written before the 2016 election, and it is the history of the Democrat Party leadership's turn towards Neoliberalism in the Clinton years. Makes for fascinating reading even now...
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am right now reading Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, written before the 2016 election, and it is the history of the Democrat Party leadership's turn towards Neoliberalism in the Clinton years. Makes for fascinating reading even now...
And Spinney walks us through with real skill, and dare I say, a wonderful sense of humanity and wonder. Really, all the tricky topics of the science and the history behind the genetics, linguistics, archaeology, and politics is handled with deftness. I was wowed.
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And Spinney walks us through with real skill, and dare I say, a wonderful sense of humanity and wonder. Really, all the tricky topics of the science and the history behind the genetics, linguistics, archaeology, and politics is handled with deftness. I was wowed.
This is so cool! Also, thank you for illustrating an underappreciated species. Do you know if people are studying jackal wolf, or jackal pet dog, or even jackal fox dynamics in any of these places?
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is so cool! Also, thank you for illustrating an underappreciated species. Do you know if people are studying jackal wolf, or jackal pet dog, or even jackal fox dynamics in any of these places?
Also, will whole heartedly recommend this book of you haven't heard of it already
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September 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Also, will whole heartedly recommend this book of you haven't heard of it already
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27...
Will whole-heartedly campaign for you and your party if the television channels you have in mind are ones that employ shouty "news" anchors, and a soap star turned MP turned cabinet minister who somehow can find the time to still become a soap star!
September 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Will whole-heartedly campaign for you and your party if the television channels you have in mind are ones that employ shouty "news" anchors, and a soap star turned MP turned cabinet minister who somehow can find the time to still become a soap star!
I think they filled their quota with famous beer :)
September 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I think they filled their quota with famous beer :)
Don't tell me the misattributed quote is LLM hallucinated, or a genuine misattribution?
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Don't tell me the misattributed quote is LLM hallucinated, or a genuine misattribution?