Aditya
@adityamandrekar.bsky.social
Aero/Space Software guy, flannelled fool in the summer, Earth-bound misfit. No image reposts without alt text. (he/him)
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Aditya
@adityamandrekar.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I think everyone needs to see Olive at her dignified best. #DogsOfBlueSky
If I knew that adulthood would involve having to regularly clean the things that are supposed to be cleaning things for me - washing machine, hoover, etc - I'd have stayed a kid.
What do you mean I need to unclog the water spinning arm things in my dishwasher? This sucks.
What do you mean I need to unclog the water spinning arm things in my dishwasher? This sucks.
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If I knew that adulthood would involve having to regularly clean the things that are supposed to be cleaning things for me - washing machine, hoover, etc - I'd have stayed a kid.
What do you mean I need to unclog the water spinning arm things in my dishwasher? This sucks.
What do you mean I need to unclog the water spinning arm things in my dishwasher? This sucks.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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He's brought shame upon the FIFA Peace Prize.
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
He's brought shame upon the FIFA Peace Prize.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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AAAAAAHHHHHHH
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
AAAAAAHHHHHHH
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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This is a god tier thread on a god tier film by a god tier director
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is a god tier thread on a god tier film by a god tier director
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
My dog is better at boring holes than Elon.
Becoming a billionaire gives you the brain of a dog but without a dog's heart.
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My dog is better at boring holes than Elon.
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We absolutely do not need to know the origin story of Poirot’s mustache complete with flashback. Get back to over the top period detectiving.
WORD I am really, really tired of "we tease the tragic backstory of the detective" can't a detective just detect, the murder is surely sufficient drama.
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We absolutely do not need to know the origin story of Poirot’s mustache complete with flashback. Get back to over the top period detectiving.
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Alec Horne and his band heroically performed the same song for 24 hours yesterday to raise money for Stand-up to Cancer. This was my tiny contribution, at about the half-way mark. Feel free to sample it for an international dance banger.
@daraobriain.bsky.social Excited to see this new scatting direction in person! I'm looking forward to the scatting tour! @alexhorne.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Alec Horne and his band heroically performed the same song for 24 hours yesterday to raise money for Stand-up to Cancer. This was my tiny contribution, at about the half-way mark. Feel free to sample it for an international dance banger.
As a former Cornish resident, the gap between Cornwall and Devon makes me happy but that last line about cream teas is uncalled for (unless you put cream first on your scones).
In Issue 26 we have ranked the Ceremonial Counties of England, from top to bottom...
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As a former Cornish resident, the gap between Cornwall and Devon makes me happy but that last line about cream teas is uncalled for (unless you put cream first on your scones).
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Finally, what we've all been asking for at long last is here: a steering wheel designed by someone who is not a human being, and has never driven a car.
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
This Stellantis Brand Is Quietly Preparing Its Most Radical Steering Wheel Yet for Production | Carscoops
The Hypersquare steering wheel and steer-by-wire technology are headed for a production car soon, as Peugeot begins early prototype testing
www.carscoops.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Finally, what we've all been asking for at long last is here: a steering wheel designed by someone who is not a human being, and has never driven a car.
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
www.carscoops.com/2025/12/this...
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It is incredibly sad that the BBC is a place for Robbie Gibb, Fiona Bruce and Laura Kuenssberg, and not Robin Ince.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It is incredibly sad that the BBC is a place for Robbie Gibb, Fiona Bruce and Laura Kuenssberg, and not Robin Ince.
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
I was the second lobster.
So - did you take part in a nativity play at school and if so, what part did you play?
I got the part of the frankincense guy - I was the only child in the class who could pronounce the word ...!
I got the part of the frankincense guy - I was the only child in the class who could pronounce the word ...!
Nativity plays have been a much-loved part of the school year in infant and junior schools across the UK for many years. These performances brought the Christmas story to life with a mix of earnestness and unintentional comedy. Classrooms buzzed with excitement as tea towels and
December 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I was the second lobster.
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Just got one of those AI-generated “let me promote your book” emails all writers are plagued with, only this time I am not the author of this work. Oh how I wish I were.
December 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just got one of those AI-generated “let me promote your book” emails all writers are plagued with, only this time I am not the author of this work. Oh how I wish I were.
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Nonetheless, I'm willing to strip billionaires of all their wealth to allow them to shine.
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Nonetheless, I'm willing to strip billionaires of all their wealth to allow them to shine.
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He's not, because the processing of Santa Claus's own "naughty or nice" data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out by Santa as a competent authority. (DPA 2018 s35(2))
he's making a list
he's checking it twice
gonna find out who's naughty or nice
santa claus is in contravention of the data protection act (2018)
he's checking it twice
gonna find out who's naughty or nice
santa claus is in contravention of the data protection act (2018)
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
He's not, because the processing of Santa Claus's own "naughty or nice" data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out by Santa as a competent authority. (DPA 2018 s35(2))
They could've called it "Rise of the Dawn of the Planet of the Pigs: An Animal Farm" and it would be less insulting to the book than this.
December 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
They could've called it "Rise of the Dawn of the Planet of the Pigs: An Animal Farm" and it would be less insulting to the book than this.
Watching Kung Fu Hustle in the cinema. Went in unprepared and cried laughing.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Watching Kung Fu Hustle in the cinema. Went in unprepared and cried laughing.
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The racists on X have found this piece, via a wonderful piece @jeevunsandher.bsky.social has written for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Mostly I just feel sad for them that they see Britain as a cruel & horrible place with no joy but the level of hatred & abuse on X is awful
bsky.app/profile/rene...
bsky.app/profile/rene...
"Most of us basically love our country, even if begrudgingly – not the version we’re told to, or even presented with, but the one we really see and live in every day. Silly Sausage Britain is the Britain most of us reside in, and love."
@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
@sofiejenkinson.bsky.social on "Mr Blobby patriotism"
Mr Blobby patriotism
Over recent weeks I have found myself thinking about the country we live in, what it feels like and what I like, and love, about it.
I guess I found myself thinking about this because of the summer w...
renewal.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The racists on X have found this piece, via a wonderful piece @jeevunsandher.bsky.social has written for @renewaljournal.bsky.social. Mostly I just feel sad for them that they see Britain as a cruel & horrible place with no joy but the level of hatred & abuse on X is awful
bsky.app/profile/rene...
bsky.app/profile/rene...
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used to be like "ha ha how could people fall for snake oil" and now it's like "oh everyone falls for every kind of snake oil possible all the time including billionaires and politicians, just guzzling up snake oil at a horrifically alarming rate and vomiting out onto the rest of us" 🫠🙃
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
used to be like "ha ha how could people fall for snake oil" and now it's like "oh everyone falls for every kind of snake oil possible all the time including billionaires and politicians, just guzzling up snake oil at a horrifically alarming rate and vomiting out onto the rest of us" 🫠🙃
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I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I genuinely don't think I've ever seen a more transparently corrupt government and I'm from India