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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 12h

"Your children are not your children"

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 1d

That's the first lesson of humanities. Given completly free. You're welcome.

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Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · 1d

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 1d

😲

Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 1d

In the UK, with little time to write between various responsibilities, I used a tomato timer to train myself: 25 mins writing, 5 mins break, then repeat. It builds the skill of short-burst writing. I kept my laptop ready on my office desk, ready for any 25-minute slot. Surprisingly effective

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 2d

Couldn't read the article as I dont have subscription, but the title seems contradictory. This building is not a reflection of what humanities can do, it's paid for by philanthropy. It CAN become so, if they will leave humanities to itself inside it and not set stifling conditions and expectations .

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 2d

Here comes the population bomb again, this time from Paabo about Neanderthals. European scientists cant get over this obsession that there are just too many people. Oh the lost, pristine world...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’

The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit

english.elpais.com

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

I was making a comment in jest. These people do not care about other people. They are deperate vote-seeking leeches.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

Expats are not immigrants

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

Will the rise of the Green party in the UK splinter Labour for ever? Would that indicate that we have finally embraced that social justice must go hand in hand with environmental justice in the future?

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

Will the rise of the Green party in the UK splinter Labour for ever? Would that indicate that we have finally embraced that social justice must go hand in hand with environmental justice in the future?

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

Made by ah, driven by ahs?

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

I don't want any airport to be sleeping friendly! I don't want sleep in an airport again!

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

Same here almost, except midday

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 4d

And wasn't it in September as well?Sorry can't recollect the street name...

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 6d

Now you see why I moved. Manchester weather almost killed me

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 7d

I thought you hated hot weather.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d

Many congratulations!!

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d

what...!!!
I'm going back to bed...

Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d

Festivities with friends

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d

A great opportunity to shape, define research in n Philosophy of Science and enhance ones own research career. And it's in Vienna.

Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 9d

#Postdoc at U. of Vienna in philosophy of science, with focus on scientific modeling, interdisciplinarity &/or philosophy of engineering, w/ Prof. Tarja Knuuttila. English & German language proficiency required.
Deadline: Oct 9th
#philsci

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University Assistant postdoctoral, in the research area of Philosophy of Science

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 9d

#Postdoc at U. of Vienna in philosophy of science, with focus on scientific modeling, interdisciplinarity &/or philosophy of engineering, w/ Prof. Tarja Knuuttila. English & German language proficiency required.
Deadline: Oct 9th
#philsci

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University Assistant postdoctoral, in the research area of Philosophy of Science

jobs.univie.ac.at

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 9d

Poor Hermes got bitten by another dog at his daycare. A few stitches and kisses later he's sleeping.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 9d

Can I just say only samosa crumbs can compete with croissant ones?

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 9d

We get paid after 3 months

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 12d

I feature in this podcast as an interviewee, although the content is in German

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Pest (4) | Der unberühmteste Mann

Podcast Episode · Pandemia · 09/08/2025 · 51m

podcasts.apple.com

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 12d

Et tu...Radio 4?

Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 12d

Because they want to "reflect" the public mood rather than report it?

Christina Lattimer @christinalattimer.bsky.social · 13d

I challenged a relative that believed this rubbish and they were adamant that because the papers said so it was true. Where are our media and why aren’t they reporting the truth?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13d

Reform UK’s Danny Kruger is a liar, and is putting out dangerous language like this.

There’s no evidence supporting this.

Comments like this lead to at best division and at worst violence against Muslims.

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