Aditya
@adityamandrekar.bsky.social
Aero/Space Software guy, flannelled fool in the summer, Earth-bound misfit. No image reposts without alt text. (he/him)
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Aditya
@adityamandrekar.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I think everyone needs to see Olive at her dignified best. #DogsOfBlueSky
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
BRING IT ON, SAM
Today's #cluesbysam might be the hardest daily puzzle to date.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
BRING IT ON, SAM
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Playwright and cricket fan Tom Stoppard, who has died aged 88, wrote a famous speech in praise of the cricket bat in his play The Real Thing (1982), using the skilful creation of a bat as a metaphor for the writing of plays.
#TomStoppard
#TomStoppard
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Playwright and cricket fan Tom Stoppard, who has died aged 88, wrote a famous speech in praise of the cricket bat in his play The Real Thing (1982), using the skilful creation of a bat as a metaphor for the writing of plays.
#TomStoppard
#TomStoppard
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"Love, said Sophocles, is like the ice held in the hand by children. A piece of ice held fast in the fist."
That one was.
And Stoppard can still make me cry.
That one was.
And Stoppard can still make me cry.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Love, said Sophocles, is like the ice held in the hand by children. A piece of ice held fast in the fist."
That one was.
And Stoppard can still make me cry.
That one was.
And Stoppard can still make me cry.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bryan Adams
Joe Satriani
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Madonna
A. R. Rahman
Bryan Adams
Joe Satriani
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Madonna
A. R. Rahman
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Nine Inch Nails
Duran Duran
Gary Numan
James Brown
Mötörhed
Nine Inch Nails
Duran Duran
Gary Numan
James Brown
Mötörhed
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Bryan Adams
Joe Satriani
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Madonna
A. R. Rahman
Bryan Adams
Joe Satriani
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Madonna
A. R. Rahman
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
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You should see how they all do with making a clock... updates every minute, and somehow most never get any better at it.. and those that do, will not necessarily in the next minute.
clocks.brianmoore.com?ICID=ref_fark
clocks.brianmoore.com?ICID=ref_fark
AI World Clocks
The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.
clocks.brianmoore.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
You should see how they all do with making a clock... updates every minute, and somehow most never get any better at it.. and those that do, will not necessarily in the next minute.
clocks.brianmoore.com?ICID=ref_fark
clocks.brianmoore.com?ICID=ref_fark
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"People will still find a way to gamble if they want to!"
Ok, but people still find ways to buy meth but we still don't sell it at Boots and let the Sinoloa Cartel advertise on football uniforms.
Ok, but people still find ways to buy meth but we still don't sell it at Boots and let the Sinoloa Cartel advertise on football uniforms.
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"People will still find a way to gamble if they want to!"
Ok, but people still find ways to buy meth but we still don't sell it at Boots and let the Sinoloa Cartel advertise on football uniforms.
Ok, but people still find ways to buy meth but we still don't sell it at Boots and let the Sinoloa Cartel advertise on football uniforms.
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In the Cycle Shop waiting for my fixed bike. A lady walks in with a puppy Jack Russell, which gets free and runs about; she sniffs me, darts away, back to sniff, retreats again.
“Don’t be silly Molly. He’s a nice man. A safe man. Look..I’m stroking him”
And this stranger starts stroking my jumper.
“Don’t be silly Molly. He’s a nice man. A safe man. Look..I’m stroking him”
And this stranger starts stroking my jumper.
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
In the Cycle Shop waiting for my fixed bike. A lady walks in with a puppy Jack Russell, which gets free and runs about; she sniffs me, darts away, back to sniff, retreats again.
“Don’t be silly Molly. He’s a nice man. A safe man. Look..I’m stroking him”
And this stranger starts stroking my jumper.
“Don’t be silly Molly. He’s a nice man. A safe man. Look..I’m stroking him”
And this stranger starts stroking my jumper.
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column on jude bellingham and the media. race is an issue, of course. but it's also the fact that bellingham has no time whatsoever for the core belief of english football: that england is the centre of the footballing universe
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
England deserve a tide of goodwill, yet somehow Jude Bellingham is still a target | Jonathan Liew
It’s hard to disagree with Ian Wright when he suggests the midfielder has been subjected to a timeworn double standard
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
column on jude bellingham and the media. race is an issue, of course. but it's also the fact that bellingham has no time whatsoever for the core belief of english football: that england is the centre of the footballing universe
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
As a software developer in safety-critical fields: Hahahaha no.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As a software developer in safety-critical fields: Hahahaha no.
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A book is not a luxury item.
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A book is not a luxury item.
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
(It can be, but so can food.)
Books are both amazing and cheap.
After all my years, I'm still thrilled by a new book.
Even a bad book is full of potential before you read it.
Read* more books. You'll see what the fuss is all about.
[*read paper or screen or listen]
I think your timelines need to see this friend I made yesterday.
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I think your timelines need to see this friend I made yesterday.
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Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
Oh look, India grouped with Pakistan in another ICC tournament. It's amazing how these coincidences keep happening. /s
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh look, India grouped with Pakistan in another ICC tournament. It's amazing how these coincidences keep happening. /s
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Pleased to announce that Google Photos is my therapist now
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pleased to announce that Google Photos is my therapist now
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I've said it begore and I stand by it: they need to limit the number of people a single account can follow. You can have as many followers as you like! But you can't follow more than 500 accounts at once. Make engagement farming unappealing, for heaven's sake.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've said it begore and I stand by it: they need to limit the number of people a single account can follow. You can have as many followers as you like! But you can't follow more than 500 accounts at once. Make engagement farming unappealing, for heaven's sake.
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Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
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“Immigrants don’t integrate”
*joins village Facebook group*
*group is filled with rants about non-white immigration*
*closes app and eats pulao and patisa instead*
*joins village Facebook group*
*group is filled with rants about non-white immigration*
*closes app and eats pulao and patisa instead*
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Immigrants don’t integrate”
*joins village Facebook group*
*group is filled with rants about non-white immigration*
*closes app and eats pulao and patisa instead*
*joins village Facebook group*
*group is filled with rants about non-white immigration*
*closes app and eats pulao and patisa instead*
So, #CricketSky... Shukri Conrad saying that SA wanted to make India "grovel" (and admitting that he chose the word with its historic connotation). What do we think - major faux pas or storm in a teacup?
IMO not actually a big deal, though a stupid thing to say. There's no race dynamic here.
IMO not actually a big deal, though a stupid thing to say. There's no race dynamic here.
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So, #CricketSky... Shukri Conrad saying that SA wanted to make India "grovel" (and admitting that he chose the word with its historic connotation). What do we think - major faux pas or storm in a teacup?
IMO not actually a big deal, though a stupid thing to say. There's no race dynamic here.
IMO not actually a big deal, though a stupid thing to say. There's no race dynamic here.
Just been followed by someone who follows 454,900 accounts.
Can I just set up a rule to auto block such spammers?
Can I just set up a rule to auto block such spammers?
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just been followed by someone who follows 454,900 accounts.
Can I just set up a rule to auto block such spammers?
Can I just set up a rule to auto block such spammers?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Epic thread for your enjoyment
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Epic thread for your enjoyment