Kunal Sawardekar
@smugdekar.bsky.social
A perfect blend of tradition and modernity | Proud to be followed by Suraj Menon on Bluesky also
Hear me out here guys:
Masala Papad Canapes
Masala Papad Canapes
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hear me out here guys:
Masala Papad Canapes
Masala Papad Canapes
Michael Collins overlooked once again
Let’s be honest: nothing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have done in the last 56 years justifies the tremendous cost of bringing them back from the moon. NASA should’ve spared the long-suffering taxpayer and left them up there
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Michael Collins overlooked once again
I first read Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga more than 10 years ago, I've re-read the whole series multiple times, and I've only just now realised that the title of "The Vor Game" is a pun
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I first read Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga more than 10 years ago, I've re-read the whole series multiple times, and I've only just now realised that the title of "The Vor Game" is a pun
We used to play the fiddle while ROM burned
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We used to play the fiddle while ROM burned
Clark Kent's family is Bengali? That actually makes so much sense
Just learned that Clark Kent's parents went by "Ma and Pa Kent" because their full names were "Martha and Partha Kent."
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Clark Kent's family is Bengali? That actually makes so much sense
This is the sort of thing 4th C. Roman senators said about paying the foederati in land rather than coin and look how that all ended up
Man you guys gotta be more normal about the one guy on your train not wearing headphones, it's annoying but it's not, like, a decay of society level issue.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is the sort of thing 4th C. Roman senators said about paying the foederati in land rather than coin and look how that all ended up
The measurements are incredibly imprecise. They didn't even specify what kind of rice
wake up babe, new units of measurement just dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The measurements are incredibly imprecise. They didn't even specify what kind of rice
I feel like we need a system to represent Indian sounds in the Latin script more accurately, but that doesn't require Indians to change the spellings of their names and therefore <<shudder>> have to revise their ID documents.
The solution, I feel, is diacritics
-Kuņāl Sāwarḑekar
The solution, I feel, is diacritics
-Kuņāl Sāwarḑekar
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I feel like we need a system to represent Indian sounds in the Latin script more accurately, but that doesn't require Indians to change the spellings of their names and therefore <<shudder>> have to revise their ID documents.
The solution, I feel, is diacritics
-Kuņāl Sāwarḑekar
The solution, I feel, is diacritics
-Kuņāl Sāwarḑekar
Churchill Alemão has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Churchill Alemão has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever
Man at chocolate museum pushes on door marked "Pull" and fails to make any headway
Man: "Coming here was a mistake, given that Birmingham, and by extension Cadbury World, is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as 'the UK'".
Man: "Coming here was a mistake, given that Birmingham, and by extension Cadbury World, is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as 'the UK'".
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Man at chocolate museum pushes on door marked "Pull" and fails to make any headway
Man: "Coming here was a mistake, given that Birmingham, and by extension Cadbury World, is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as 'the UK'".
Man: "Coming here was a mistake, given that Birmingham, and by extension Cadbury World, is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as 'the UK'".
Gift idea for your local municipal corporation candidate
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Gift idea for your local municipal corporation candidate
Chroniclers of the British upper classes are savage
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Chroniclers of the British upper classes are savage
Did Philip Kotler ever give out another one of his Presidential Awards?
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award at the draw for the World Cup on Dec. 5 in Washington. https://to.pbs.org/47LyluB
FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Did Philip Kotler ever give out another one of his Presidential Awards?
Losing it at "Cuomintang"
I'd be lying if I said I'm not enjoying all the meltdowns.
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Losing it at "Cuomintang"
What my banking app said: "Credit alert"
What I thought it said:
What I thought it said:
a group of people are sitting at a table and the words crisis alert are above them
Alt: a group of people are sitting at a table and the words crisis alert are above them
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What my banking app said: "Credit alert"
What I thought it said:
What I thought it said:
Change one letter, ruin a candy
5-Stab
5-Stab
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Geese's Pieces
Geese's Pieces
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Knickers
Knickers
October 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
5-Stab
5-Stab
WTAF
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
WTAF
The Nestorian Schism at the Council of Ephesus (431 CE), colourised
Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also born in Chicago, gave Pope Leo a Cubs jersey.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The Nestorian Schism at the Council of Ephesus (431 CE), colourised
He's replaced it with a tattoo of the roundel of the Finnish Air Force (1918-1945)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner tells AP he got a new tattoo to cover one seen as a Nazi symbol.
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
He's replaced it with a tattoo of the roundel of the Finnish Air Force (1918-1945)
Reposted by Kunal Sawardekar
An incredible public health success story.
Peanut allergies in children ages 0-3 declined 27.2% after a 2015 study resulted in guidance recommending the introduction of peanut products in infancy among children. More from Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An incredible public health success story.
Reposted by Kunal Sawardekar
I am only just now, at 50 years old and recovering from cancer, learning about George Wallace’s first wife, Lurleen. Her story is absolutely horrific (they knew she had cancer at pretty early stage, dct only told her husband, who didn’t tell her)-
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I am only just now, at 50 years old and recovering from cancer, learning about George Wallace’s first wife, Lurleen. Her story is absolutely horrific (they knew she had cancer at pretty early stage, dct only told her husband, who didn’t tell her)-
Reposted by Kunal Sawardekar
While the Pune Metro has realised that the Mangalwar Peth station was stupidly named because no one considers the location to be part of Mangalwar Peth, the new name isn't that great either. "RTO, Pune station" is hella confusing because it's the stop right before the "Pune Railway Station station"
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
While the Pune Metro has realised that the Mangalwar Peth station was stupidly named because no one considers the location to be part of Mangalwar Peth, the new name isn't that great either. "RTO, Pune station" is hella confusing because it's the stop right before the "Pune Railway Station station"