Shoili Pal
@shoili.bsky.social
Data Science by day. Crochet, reading sf/f, board games, fire spinning, adhd. Occasional translator for Parabaas Patrika
2 minutes late to an interview with a German company because MicroslopTeams suddenly decided I needed to solve a fucking captcha before letting me join, which I then proceeded to fail 3 times
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
2 minutes late to an interview with a German company because MicroslopTeams suddenly decided I needed to solve a fucking captcha before letting me join, which I then proceeded to fail 3 times
Every few months I switch the position of Libby and Instagram on my phone screen. This tricks my idiot brain into clicking on Libby and then I just read my library books
If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Every few months I switch the position of Libby and Instagram on my phone screen. This tricks my idiot brain into clicking on Libby and then I just read my library books
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Favorite books I read in 2025:
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
The River Has Roots- @amalelmohtar.com
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
The Everlasting - @alixeharrow.bsky.social
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - @sgj.bsky.social
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
The River Has Roots- @amalelmohtar.com
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
The Everlasting - @alixeharrow.bsky.social
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - @sgj.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Favorite books I read in 2025:
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
The River Has Roots- @amalelmohtar.com
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
The Everlasting - @alixeharrow.bsky.social
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - @sgj.bsky.social
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
The River Has Roots- @amalelmohtar.com
The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
The Everlasting - @alixeharrow.bsky.social
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - @sgj.bsky.social
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R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
R.I.P. 2025 (2025 - 2025)
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John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
I have been tricked into watching the family stone by multiple people sadposting about Diane Keaton and a post about warm colors in the set design. What the fuck guys these people are terrible. I looked up Wikipedia halfway through
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I have been tricked into watching the family stone by multiple people sadposting about Diane Keaton and a post about warm colors in the set design. What the fuck guys these people are terrible. I looked up Wikipedia halfway through
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This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is like the British Museum complaining that someone took their stuff
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
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If you do a google search for “Vim” it asks if you meant “Emacs,” and vice versa. This is pure chaos agent stuff.
December 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you do a google search for “Vim” it asks if you meant “Emacs,” and vice versa. This is pure chaos agent stuff.
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Thanksgiving dinner is usually a long, exhausting affair with endless food and boring, unfocused conversation. Skip it this year in favor of a single bowl of Soylent for the table and a lightning round where each family member pitches an idea for disrupting an established industry with AI
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Thanksgiving dinner is usually a long, exhausting affair with endless food and boring, unfocused conversation. Skip it this year in favor of a single bowl of Soylent for the table and a lightning round where each family member pitches an idea for disrupting an established industry with AI
I am now stretches in the aisle during long flights years old
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I am now stretches in the aisle during long flights years old
Opened bluesky today to close it two minutes later to Google "sandwich news"
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Opened bluesky today to close it two minutes later to Google "sandwich news"
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listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨
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The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
As Kim Kardashian’s All’s Fair sets a new low for TV, we revisit every single thing our critics have mercilessly panned. Brace yourself for the Mount Rushmore of rubbish!
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all are
Talk I did last month on being neurodivergent and job hunting in tech #DataBS
youtu.be/TZdKo1qNGuw?...
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Job Hunting: A Guide for the Neurodivergent
YouTube video by Data Science Festival
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October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Talk I did last month on being neurodivergent and job hunting in tech #DataBS
youtu.be/TZdKo1qNGuw?...
youtu.be/TZdKo1qNGuw?...
I have been thinking about this for 48 hours and it has reframed how I think about creative output. Thinking of the revision as a fun separate task instead of the whole as adhd hyperfocus fuelled misery.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have been thinking about this for 48 hours and it has reframed how I think about creative output. Thinking of the revision as a fun separate task instead of the whole as adhd hyperfocus fuelled misery.
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Vaccinate your children. My GOD.
October 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Vaccinate your children. My GOD.
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We're all in this together (hell)
October 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We're all in this together (hell)
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Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/
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doomscroll break
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
doomscroll break
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I cannot see that image of them zip tying that child anymore without just melting into despair
October 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I cannot see that image of them zip tying that child anymore without just melting into despair
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I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I accidentally glitched out an animation I was working on and created a perfect example of what the passage of time feels like to someone with ADHD
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It’s so weirdly lovely to be on a train & see someone reading a book by an author you like, just such a pleasant feeling of silent fellowship
September 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It’s so weirdly lovely to be on a train & see someone reading a book by an author you like, just such a pleasant feeling of silent fellowship