Anita

Very happy that @tamarindlit.co.uk have run my short story 'Progresso' in their excellent new issue #9. Many thanks to @anitamchandran.bsky.social. Download the digital copy or buy the print edition here: tamarindlit.co.uk

Fiction Can Improve Communication Between Scientists and Society • SftP Magazine The generative possibilities of fiction for science communication: why fiction techniques are underutilized in science communication and scientific writing, and the benefits of fiction writing tools a...

Wrote about the relationship between science and fiction for @scienceforthepeople.org.web.brid.gy. Lots of thoughts about how the arts / sciences are more similar than we might think, and how the two disciplines are in constant conversation.

Read at magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol27-1-reth...

in all seriousness though read the article
newrepublic.com/article/2015...

as @walrusgames.bsky.social points out 2/3 aint bad

used to look forward to this column literally every year like a feral gremlin waiting for nerd xmas (Nobel season) and this does not disappoint

Congrats to László K and his fearless translator troops, also including Mari Alföldy, Hans Skirecki, and more

Sátántangó was one of the most brilliant, baffling, and bleak books I've ever read. I hated and loved it in equal measure. I think about it often. Congrats to László Krasznahorkai !

LatinElephant has an email template for Southwark councillors. Our local MP is is...Neil Coyle. I'll be emailing them but you can find a template here linktr.ee/latinelephant

devastating news about Kaiteur Kitchen and other potential evictions in Castle Square... between evictions of long-standing businesses and the hopeless and upcoming end of Corsica Studios, it feels that the life is being quickly drained from E&C

There's one week left to save one of London's best restaurants The battle for Castle Square, and suspicious goings on in Southwark, by Jonathan Nunn and Gavin Cleaver

'Last Wednesday, I received a call from Faye Gomes, owner of exceptional Guyanese restaurant Kaieteur Kitchen. Almost in tears, she told me she, along with 3 other food traders had been locked out of their premises at Castle Square in Elephant and Castle'

www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/theres-one...

two relentlesses but you know what? no regrets !! it's about relentlessness !

what a film, basically

PTA reminding us that everybody, even Sean Penn, is human --

also something about those roads, both as metaphors for relentless and uncertain journeys, and as borders that separate us from our loved ones

Hits hard, particularly for thinking about the relentlessness of activism as something of a crapshoot in terms of where you get. You pass the mantle to the generations that follow even though you don't/can't succeed.

Leaving One Battle After Another with the same feeling of being electrified that I had after Whiplash

On a Nature news article reporting that NIH planned to suspend subawards for foreign collaborations: “No, that’s false. There’s going to be a policy on tracking subawards. The NIH and the government should be able to see where the money’s going.” “I’m really uncomfortable with this conversation, because you’re like, actually spreading rumors that you don’t know anything about. … Nature also is spreading rumors. Halt foreign collaborations, that’s not true.” “We’re working on the policy, Jocelyn. You shouldn’t be reporting rumors. I know there’s leaks all over here, but the leaks don’t actually reflect what’s happening. Don’t write about rumors. It actually makes the things that you and I care about worse. Like it spreads panic.” Later that day, NIH released a policy that halted future subawards to foreign scientists and said they will need to apply directly for money under a system still in development.

With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond.

Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Letter: A flawed understanding of the nature of science From Gautam Kambhampati, Publisher, Tamarind Literary Magazine, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, UK

Had a letter published in the @financialtimes.com yday,written in response to a column last Monday that blames poor critical thinking on STEM education

Raising divisions between arts and science only helps those who want to undermine all education. The problem is the commercialisation of academia 🧪

Solidarity Izzy, today is a really dark day.

‘Slimy with algae and damp earth, the new root growth of a Huon pine rose up and out of the dirt and entered the cord's power socket, intertwining and fusing with the conductor.’ Jade Doyle Tamarind Issue 7

From the hauntingly beautiful ‘Forest Stratum’ by Jade Doyle in Tamarind Issue 7. On sale now at tamarindlit.co.uk/buy/. Ships globally, or available in digital.

Quote: ‘Cells proliferate, blood flows, proteins tumble, tissues grow. Gravidity is the sign of life.’ Sayani Sarkar Tamarind Issue 7

From ‘The Ripening’ by Sayani Sarkar in Tamarind Issue 7.

On sale now at tamarindlit.co.uk/product/issu...

Happy new year! If you’re trying to build a reading habit for 2025, why not support an indie lit mag? The latest issue of Tamarind, our not-for-profit lit mag focusing on the sciences and arts, is on sale now.

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Ships globally!

Tamarind issue 7 posed in front of a Christmas tree at a famous London bookshop 😌

Merry Christmas from the team at Tamarind. We wish you all a cosy holiday season and a wonderful year of reading ahead. ✨

Quite the gauntlet in production, but probably our best one yet. Tamarind issue 7 is on sale now!

To Know the Dark WENDELL BERRY To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.

On today, the day that follows the longest night, a little poem about darkness from Wendell Berry.

Sci-fi icon Kim Stanley Robinson: ‘there’s so much bad fiction about anthropomorphizing AI’ The influential writer talks about frighteningly accurate predictions, the creative act of reading, AI consciousness — and hope.

"AI is a poor name. If it was called ‘extremely rapid computation’, or ‘assisted data analysis’ or ‘cognitive prosthesis’ then that would de-emphasize the magical portions of it."
Kim Stanley Robinson
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Guardian & Observer journalists Hardship Fund Donate to the Fund to show solidarity and support colleagues in need of financial assistance.

As Guardian & Observer journalists begin third day of strikes to help #SavetheObserver please help by reposting, by not reading the Guardian or by voicing your opinion to guardian.readers@theguardian.com You can also donate to www.nuj.org.uk/resource/gua... @gonuj.org Thanks for your support!

#ukpoets

Syrian rebels seize Damascus, ending decades of brutal Assad dynasty rule Bashar al-Assad reportedly flees the capital by plane as State TV declares an end to his 'criminal regime' after lightning blitz by rebels

Syrian rebels seize Damascus, ending decades of brutal Assad dynasty rule - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syrian-rebels-control-south-approaching-damascus

NEW: the Scott Trust confirms sale of the Observer.

RIP the Guardian.

A total betrayal of the staff the organisation’s so-called ‘values’.

This is a deal negotiated between 2 chums on a billionaire’s yacht: welcome to the the Guardian’s very own VIP lane

(And done!)