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Chaitna Deshmukh

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · Sep 6

I had a blast covering @seattlein2025.org for @thedailyuw.bsky.social! My conversations with author @ceciliatan.com and Amy Gembala, president of @dfgamecon.bsky.social, were proof of the incredible range of the con. Topping it all off by attending the Hugo awards was a dream come true.

Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · Sep 6

Oh hey, nice writeup of @seattlein2025.org and @concurrentseattle.bsky.social in the U. of Washington Daily (byline @chaitnad.bsky.social I believe, though the webpage seems to be missing it...) www.dailyuw.com/article/seat...

Seattle hosts WorldCon and the Hugo Awards

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 7h

I prefer to spend exactly zero seconds of my life interacting with an A.I. wall downtown.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 13h

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 8h

Just got an email from Bruce Harrell's campaign about the Mariners.
I know it's heresy to say right now, but imagine Seattle having a mayor that got fired up about the arts, or rallied to save longtime venues, or talked about a great show they saw at a club or theater, or celebrated a local author.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

You guys may not be aware of it but there’s a silent struggle being fought between my competing desires to remain in bed, my need for coffee, and my urge to pee.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 13h

Like every mayor before him, Harrell wants arts and culture events downtown. The difference is that "you're going to see a lot of AI in it."

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Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 1d

I used to get mad when people misused "decimated" to refer to things that weren't 1/10th destroyed, but I've given it some thought and now I've done a complete 360 on it

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The Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 1d

ARCHIVES: The first out NFL player was a Husky: The legacy of David Kopay (via @jolenepollich.bsky.social)

www.dailyuw.com/article/b710...

The first out NFL player was a Husky: The legacy of David Kopay

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Agatha with equally gay friends every week was genuinely a highlight of last year

Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 1d

I particularly love writing this kind of article because people are always excited to talk about their research! I learned so much in the research process and in the interview. And when I sent the article to my family, I learned my mom had dengue when she was in school!

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to Professor Marissa Childs (of @uwdeohs.bsky.social) for @thedailyuw.bsky.social about what this means and why we should be concerned about it, even in the US where dengue is not (yet) common

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 1d

Right now probably Mitski's I Bet on Losing Dogs and no I don't really want to know what that says about me

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 1d

let's not think about this. let's think about something else. hah ha ha no I'm fine. hahah it's fine. I'm just saying let's change the subject is all. let's just change the subject to somtehing esle. I'M FINE.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com talks about the worst time in every book lover's life: moving.

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There Comes a Time in Every Reader's Life When You Have to Move the Books - Reactor

A lot of books have come in and out of my front door. But now they all have to go out, because I’m moving.

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The Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 2d

SCIENCE: Climate change is contributing to sharp rise in cases of dengue fever, UW researcher finds (via @chaitnad.bsky.social)

www.dailyuw.com/article/2025...

Climate change is contributing to sharp rise in cases of dengue fever, UW researcher finds

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 3d

I think this also applies in writing for newspapers (at least at college papers). Often, I'd like a lot more critique than I get!

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 3d

One thing people should know is that Choe works for Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk's group, and was at the WH on behalf of that group

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 3d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 3d

I'm writing a new arts column for @thedailyuw.bsky.social! In Seattle on Hold, I'll be exploring nearby branches of @spl.org to see what they have to offer students while the University Branch is under renovation. First up, Wallingford! Big thank you to library staff, who were very accommodating

Seattle on Hold: Exploring the Wallingford Library

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The Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 3d

ARTS + CULTURE: Seattle on Hold: Exploring the Wallingford Library (via @chaitnad.bsky.social)

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Seattle on Hold: Exploring the Wallingford Library

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Real Deal Pumpkin Spice Energy (C.A. MacLean) @camroundabout.bsky.social · 3d

While everything that falls under his purview is necessarily also Trump's fault, the direct impact from the destruction of USAid makes Elon Musk one of the worst mass murderers of the post-WWII worldstate and that is not a thing I will ever let go of no matter how hard captured media tries to do so.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 4d

Yeahhh I think it definitely makes getting into a new campaign harder, especially one with a bunch of new faces, but once I'm properly in it it's nice to be able to do hobbies and such along with

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The Daily of the University of Washington @thedailyuw.bsky.social · 5d

NEWS: UW mechanical engineering students are now required to pay $250 quarterly fee to participate in department-affiliated RSOs (via @benjaudon.bsky.social)

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UW mechanical engineering students are now required to pay $250 quarterly fee to participate in department-affiliated RSOs

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 5d

Capitol Hill Commuters Hold Séance to Summon Next Bus: tinyurl.com/2s39kexw

Three people holding hands over table with candles and orca cards next to pentagram on ground beneath bus stop sign

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 5d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Chaitna Deshmukh @chaitnad.bsky.social · 6d

That's great to know, thank you!! I'll definitely check out the article, too