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Pratik Chakrabarti
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Historian of Science and Medicine. Forthcoming book, Science as White Epistemology. Director "Health is Politics" https://uh.edu/class/history/about/project-on-health-is-politics/

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · May 30
Final ms ready for submission:

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d
We had one that had several different polarities.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d
Thank God for that.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d
Please tell me i am wrong or mistaken, but I am yet to come across a single statement by an Australian player or journalist in support of Khawaja.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d
Seems a paradigmatic moment in human morality.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 8d
Just read some white settler Australians calling Usman Khawaja "ungrateful".😆

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 11d
A quiet New Year's party for us. Happy 2026!!

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 14d
I haven't read the book but I read this quite brutal review:
scroll.in/article/1087...

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14d
“The case is the first positive test in Cook County since 1964, and the first in Illinois since 1994, according to the department… Thirteen people who had contact with the dog have not shown symptoms and are being given preventative treatment, according to the county.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Chicago dog with rabies marks first positive test in Cook County in decades
The positive case came after the dog showed a shift in behavior last week and was euthanized and tested, the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control, said in a statement.
chicago.suntimes.com

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
When you are imprisoned by your own rhetoric...

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
The only job I would want AI to take would be Sam Altman's

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
Not sure if it's cool at all, definitely striking: a piece of mummy cloth attached to a report on a mummy. I took a photo just so that I know i didn't imagine it.
cethompson.bsky.social Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 15d
Not an archivist, but one of the most striking things I've ever seen in an archive (@ Duke): a midwife's tiny notebook, containing locks of hair of the babies she delivered. How do you digitize that?? No digital copy could capture it or inspire the same feeling as holding it in your hands.
erinbartram.bsky.social Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 21d
Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
Or live telecast your board meetings...

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
May help to replace "writing" with "love"...?

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
It is Saturday, 27th of December, 2026...
a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf filled with tiaras .
ALT: a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf filled with tiaras .
media.tenor.com

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 15d
I left home for some errands. Nandini sent me this photo. Hes refusing to move. 😞

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 15d
Not an archivist, but one of the most striking things I've ever seen in an archive (@ Duke): a midwife's tiny notebook, containing locks of hair of the babies she delivered. How do you digitize that?? No digital copy could capture it or inspire the same feeling as holding it in your hands.
erinbartram.bsky.social Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 21d
Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.
bungdan.bsky.social Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 21d
I live in the heart of California gold country. One of the richest mines ever in CA is nearby. Opened circa 1860 closed 1942. A local foundation has preserved the records on site. I know not a stitch has been digitized and am confident no more than 2 pro historians have ever been in there.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 16d
Controversial take: By definition, a pizza is a flatbread. So a deep dish pizza isn't a pizza. Just a deep dish. Peace.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 17d
Personally, I dont like Shastri, but I truly believe this will be good for English cricket. Hes technically more sound than Mccu, mentally equally strong, and more pragmatic. Used to English cricket too.
www.indiatoday.in/amp/sports/c...
Ravi Shastri backed to replace Brendon McCullum as England coach after Ashes defeat
Former England spinner Monty Panesar has urged England to turn to Ravi Shastri as a replacement for Brendon McCullum, arguing that ex-India coach's proven success against Australia makes him the ideal...
www.indiatoday.in

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 17d
Happiness awaits, for us and others.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 17d
I, for my personal biases, thought it was written: Early Morning!

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 17d
I know nothing about selecting wine, which i vital at this time of year. So I use my simple method:
Two parameters. One personal one about the pallette. Works more for Red.
Mood, ocasion: Relaxed or strong.
Then,
Taste: sweet or dry.

Might be useful for some others like me.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 19d
Absolutely. We must protect and nurture it.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 19d
Atherton and Nasser Hussein grilling Rob Key is nothing but an Old Boys Club.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 19d
Eighteen...

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 20d
Inverted fullback. Send him to me, i will tell him all about it, in football and in life...

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 21d
roast?

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 21d
appreciate the politics, but I would hasten to add after 20 years in the UK, there are different kinds of Europeans as are Americans...

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 21d
As I begin my new journey into documentary making and writing a script, my mantra remains the same as it is in writing books:
Never underestimate your audience.

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 21d
Nothing like a Sunday that starts with baking bread

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Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social · 22d
The local council can be useful. While they, most probably, will not be able to do anything, they can come with some ideas. Happened to me once with the neighbors (building block) trees.