Manas Paradkar
@manasparadkar.bsky.social
Copywriter. Hungry traveler. Raging feminist. Joyful warrior.
Absolutely gutted to learn about the findings of the preliminary report on Air India 171’s crash last month. Wrote a little piece on it. #Aviation #Writing #AirIndia #Flying
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The Unthinkable Descent
Why Human Error in Air India 171 May Be the Most Haunting Outcome
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July 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Absolutely gutted to learn about the findings of the preliminary report on Air India 171’s crash last month. Wrote a little piece on it. #Aviation #Writing #AirIndia #Flying
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Is there a universal rule I am unaware of that every time you’re running late, you happen to get the slowest uber driver ever?
May 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Is there a universal rule I am unaware of that every time you’re running late, you happen to get the slowest uber driver ever?
One of my all time favorite poems.
March 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
One of my all time favorite poems.
Guess we just don’t learn. Everyone in the comments is like Bernie!!! Pete!!! AOC!!! As if they have any chance getting elected. The hard lesson from 2024 was to embrace pragmatism over idealism. The answer is anyone who can actually win in 2028. And that would be a center-ist straight white man.
If you could nominate any Dem for President, who would you pick and why??
March 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Guess we just don’t learn. Everyone in the comments is like Bernie!!! Pete!!! AOC!!! As if they have any chance getting elected. The hard lesson from 2024 was to embrace pragmatism over idealism. The answer is anyone who can actually win in 2028. And that would be a center-ist straight white man.
Honestly fuck Michigan and everyone who didn’t vote for her. Especially the Gaza performers.
March 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Honestly fuck Michigan and everyone who didn’t vote for her. Especially the Gaza performers.
I was peer pressured into watching Paradise. And hot take: I think it’s not that great!
March 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I was peer pressured into watching Paradise. And hot take: I think it’s not that great!
Big week tomorrow. New client coming into the office for the first time in many many months. Kinda nervous. But excited to present all our (at least what we think are) great ideas. #Advertising
February 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Big week tomorrow. New client coming into the office for the first time in many many months. Kinda nervous. But excited to present all our (at least what we think are) great ideas. #Advertising
2024 should have been Hillary’s second term, her handing the baton to Kamala Harris.
For all the unfair characterizations of women as being subpar “DEI” hires, most of the BEST managers I've ever reported to were women.
I can think of TWO highly-qualified Women in particular who aren't convicted felons who would be a TRILLION times better than the buzzard in the Oval Office.
I can think of TWO highly-qualified Women in particular who aren't convicted felons who would be a TRILLION times better than the buzzard in the Oval Office.
February 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
2024 should have been Hillary’s second term, her handing the baton to Kamala Harris.
Everyone should find themselves a husband like Doug Emhoff.
🚨BREAKING: @DouglasEmhoff reportedly confronted Bruce Fischer, Sen. Deb Fischer's husband, at the inauguration, saying, “Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?” This came after Fischer declined to shake VP Harris's hand but attempted to greet Emhoff.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Everyone should find themselves a husband like Doug Emhoff.
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The repeated "Madam President" in this certification stings, NGL.
January 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The repeated "Madam President" in this certification stings, NGL.
That familiar hollow dread you have to deal with once you’ve finished a good piece of writing. The languishing sense of emptiness, the feeling that you’ll never be able to write something good again.
January 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
That familiar hollow dread you have to deal with once you’ve finished a good piece of writing. The languishing sense of emptiness, the feeling that you’ll never be able to write something good again.
Year-end musings on gratitude and despair. Please give it a read!
#Writing #WritingCommunity #NewYear #musings
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#Writing #WritingCommunity #NewYear #musings
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An Endless List of Platonic Soulmates
As another year tiptoes to its finale, I’ve caught myself rhythmically oscillating between gratitude and despair. I’m rooting for one, but…
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January 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Year-end musings on gratitude and despair. Please give it a read!
#Writing #WritingCommunity #NewYear #musings
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#Writing #WritingCommunity #NewYear #musings
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Any book worth banning is book worth buying.
December 30, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Any book worth banning is book worth buying.
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Writing can be such an isolating exercise.
December 19, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Writing can be such an isolating exercise.
Why do some people become so tediously insufferable during the holiday season?
December 17, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Why do some people become so tediously insufferable during the holiday season?
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Im not gonna go into detail about what just happened at the gym because they’ll just be a ton of people goin ‘never happened’. But what gets on my nerves being fat is youre judged badly when you eat literally anything and then also judged for having the audacity to go to a gym without a perfect body
December 15, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Im not gonna go into detail about what just happened at the gym because they’ll just be a ton of people goin ‘never happened’. But what gets on my nerves being fat is youre judged badly when you eat literally anything and then also judged for having the audacity to go to a gym without a perfect body
I visited Iceland last summer and absolutely fell in love with the country’s breathtaking beauty. Now I found another reason to love it.
In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️
December 15, 2024 at 4:59 AM
I visited Iceland last summer and absolutely fell in love with the country’s breathtaking beauty. Now I found another reason to love it.
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This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
December 1, 2024 at 10:47 PM
This coulda been our president-elect tonight America but you chose authoritarianism instead
How have we already entered the last month of this year?
December 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
How have we already entered the last month of this year?
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Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.
Go shop local today. ❤️
Go shop local today. ❤️
November 29, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.
Go shop local today. ❤️
Go shop local today. ❤️
Never let anyone tell you your vote does not count.
🚨UPDATE: Democrat Adam Gray has overtaken his Republican opponent John Duarte in California’s 13th congressional district. Gray now leads by a razor-thin margin of 105 votes (103,790 to 103,685).
November 27, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Never let anyone tell you your vote does not count.
Date idea: we proofread each other’s essay drafts.
November 27, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Date idea: we proofread each other’s essay drafts.
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Pete cooked Elon
November 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Pete cooked Elon