Rishita "Department of Error" Nandagiri

Also: the elaborate ‘you don’t need to thank friends’ is a ritual, almost code in India & you do need to perform it by saying thanks 🙄. Also also: you say ‘sorry’ when you bump into someone/they bump into you. if you needed to have a life in the uk test, that’s what should be on it.

The casteism & classism is so clear in this puerile piece - of course you don’t think you should thank deliveroo drivers or bus drivers or maids. ‘Why would you thank someone for doing their (‘menial’) job’ is caste in action.

any musicians wanting to do an album about global feminist reproductive health stuff

📆 GHI Event: Thursday February 5th at 6:30pm on LSE campus

Grief, Joy, and Laughter: Reimagining Abortion Through Creative Activism in Latin America

W/ Dr Nayla Vacarezza, @eecoast.bsky.social, @rishie.bsky.social

Open and free for all. Register if you are a non-LSE affiliate: bit.ly/3Y2n193

Do NOT use an app to track your hormones

Yup!

pals, @joestrong.bsky.social & i are bringing our beloved @abortionbookclub.bsky.social back from hiatus!

we're meeting every quarter (ish), & chatting abo books. join us!
www.otherabortionstories.space/2026

why, have we all magically forgotten how to write emails or edit or use a calculator or apparently create lesson plans (!!!!) or something? this isn’t upskilling anyone, it’s actively *de*skilling

The Trump administration is extending the Global Gag Rule beyond abortion to include “diversity, equity and inclusion” and “gender ideology" - just how broadly this will be interpreted is unknown but it will further expose and heighten violence towards trans & LGTBQI folks globally.

hahahahaha

anyone else have weird explicit/harrass-y e-mails sent to their work e-mail that feels like a sort of social engineering scam but also worried it's something more sinister? (yes, i've reported it to work already...)

a fluffy kitten sitting next to a cup of coffee on a table Alt: a fluffy kitten, with its hair stick up awkwardly, sitting next to a cup of coffee on a table; and looking puzzled

how am i ALREADY behind on everything at work? I've only been back for six days.

Archive Specialist (Library and Archive) | 28 January, 2026 | Jobs and careers with British Medical Association Jobs and careers with British Medical Association -

New Job alert 📣

Qualified #Archivist role at our sister union @bma-library.bsky.social based in #London

Closing Date 28 January

@araukie.bsky.social

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Apparently they toyed with it being a musical; it didn’t work but kept the tunes... I don’t think Boss is quite right for the tone & their song picks are questionable (honestly, the use of ‘I’m on Fire’ is a baffling choice). If you wanted a bit sillier/a musical... go O’Brother, Where Art Thou?

we saw & struggled with it- not only did it miss the political beats, it was very confused about what its message was & what it was attempting to say in this particular political moment. &, I LOVE Springsteen but it just didn’t work here (& like they didn’t understand his music either). Just a mess.

Perhaps (critical) demographers would also like to weigh in, as experts in population studies (!), on the populationism nonsense of Greenwashed?

I’m amazed at how many experts of Venezuelan politics, history, & economics I know.

“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."

― Edward W. Said

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

@thebodyserve.bsky.social were fantastic and on point in the ‘I said no’ episode- not just on how anti-trans & deeply problematic the stupid Sabalenka/Kyrgios thing is, but ALSO for the deep cut on early tennis twitter & the BS of now big-name tennis ‘journos’. Never forget.

Good Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting Podcast Episode · Kermode & Mayo’s Take · 20/12/2025 · 58m

Catching up on Kermode & Mayo, & how does Winslet speak so clearly about how Goodbye June was made… & still think nepotism didn’t play a role? Sure, you can be super talented etc but you still get a break cos of who your mum & dad are & the capital they have. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...

University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies | MEMOs University of Southern Denmark - 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies

University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies

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Everyone praising Rajat Kapoor in this, describing it as his best role to date as though he wasn’t Tej Puri in Monsoon Wedding & pretty villainous already

(Yes, it’s a scene that uses ‘Baar baar dekho’ - and while it isn’t a subtle nod to the themes, it’s quite effectively and menacingly done)

I’m watching Khauf (the sound on this is so terrifying- and that gnawing horror is well paced so far) & there’s not much to laugh at but it’s hilarious that ‘taalein ho’ (clap!) is translated as ‘tally ho’ 😂😂😂

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

watching Sean Combs The Reckoning & I’ve surprised myself (& my partner) with how much I know/remember from being a 13 year old obsessed with Tupac and (imo, the precursors to my fave ATCQ) Public Enemy.

This is a screenshot of a world quiz- 6 rows, 5 columns. First world is ‘TALES’, where E & S are yellow. second word is ‘PESKY’, where E is green but S is yellow. Third word is ‘Segue’- all green.

amazing how my brain actually functions when I’m on holiday

As a regular reader, I am out on the picket line again today, supporting staff at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who are JUST asking for decent pay

‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays

Good piece by @francesjones.bsky.social elevating the voices of researchers such as @petermandler.bsky.social on how the issues at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social are impacting scholarship including abandoned/postponed projects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...