Srishti Chatterjee

what an absolutely amazing day to be a hot South Asian socialist who really likes suits!!!!

learnt today that Amazon runs Canvas because I could not access urgent readings. not being able to access books urgently due to data centre shutdowns is actually I will learn that the world is ending!!!!

we're doing class presentations today and I am so impressed by every single one of my classmates!!!!! doing a phd is such a wonderful exercise in being able to fanboy over my peers and I love this!!!!

ohmygod can we please make the time to learn how to pronounce global south scholar names, especially in classes ABOUT the global south???? I nearly ripped my hair out, made sure the correct name was said like 6 times and YET.

Ohhh I thought you meant "on tap" like at a bar!!!! Was so confused!!!!

what the hell is vinegar water

people whose entire sense of political practice is the fkn elections are actually so confusing to me??? you live in a late capitalist settler-state ffs

Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

"You know you're living in a fascist society when you're constantly going over in your head the reasons why *you're* safe." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

I was singing Solidarity Forever today with a bunch of comrades in Milwaukee, while watching coverage of all the ICE raids in Chicago. It's giving real early 20th Century. Rising fascism, I'm study French philosophy in graduate school, singing around with unionists. Should I make a documentary?

According to lawyers from the NGO Adalah, the rights of the crew members have been “systematically violated”, activists denied water, sanitation, medication and immediate access to their legal representatives “in clear breach of their fundamental rights to due process, impartial trial and legal representation”. The Italian legal team representing the flotilla confirmed those detained were left “for hours without food or water – until late last night”, with the exception of “a packet of crisps handed to Greta and shown to the cameras”. Lawyers also reported instances of verbal and physical abuse. During a visit to Ashdod on Thursday night, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, was filmed calling the activists “terrorists” as he stood in front of them. “These are the terrorists of the flotilla,” he said, speaking in Hebrew and pointing at dozens of people sitting on the ground. His spokesperson confirmed the video was filmed at Ashdod port on Thursday night.

Labeling Humanitarian Aid as terrorism sounds a lot like labeling Antifa (Anti-fascism) as terrorism.

In other words: they threaten your evil.

You only criminalize food if it threatens your plan for starvation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

the real question to ask before I make a new friend:

my ukrainian lyft driver, who doesn't speak english, was able to explain to me using a few words, some signs, and some radio shuffle, that he loves indian films. big fan of the classic song, "Jimmy, Jimmy, Aaja! Aaja!" i love this world so much.

normal feelings in my first weekend as a 25-year-old: omg i should call my mom and clean my house. omg i am turning into my mom.

I cannot believe I dropped Math in YEAR 10 (as soon as I could) only to pivot to computational rhetoric during my PhD literally just because I love graphs 😭

oh, youre here from tik tok? (chuckle's lightly ) Is that like reddit for babies

heading how to delete facebook left side map of U.S. all blue except for one state how to delete facebook right side Related queries Rising 1 bluesky Breakout 2 alternative to facebook Breakout 3 zuckerberg +750% 4 how to quit facebook +500% 5 how to delete all photos on facebook +350% < Showing 1-5 of 17 queries > A “BREAKOUT” MEANS THAT THE SEARCH TERM GREW BY MORE THAN 5000% IMAGE CREDITS:GOOGLE TRENDS

Google Searches for Deleting Facebook, Instagram Explode After Meta Ends Fact-Checking

The popularity of these searches suddenly increased by over 5,000% (breakout) compared to previous periods.

Increases in searches for "Bluesky" also increased by over 5,000%.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/g...

Seattle was so incredibly wonderful to me, so restful and full of love to end the absolute roller-coaster that 2024 was! Feeling rested, looking forward!!!!

Subtitles! I find dubs a bit disorienting, honestly. I also watch things in languages I do know with the subtitles, for access reasons.