Akhila Ramnarayan
@akhilar.bsky.social
writer, indie musician, theatre actor, teacher, student, chaos agent
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So happy my (sort of) review essay on Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social is out in the world!
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‘Is a River Alive?’: Radical resistance and solidarity between humans and the natural world
Robert Macfarlane’s new book is a tripartite ecological-literary tour de force.
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June 15, 2025 at 6:19 AM
So happy my (sort of) review essay on Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social is out in the world!
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
Took a hiatus from Bluesky but hearing about the Adobe debacle makes me hopeful. Us–1, corporate fat cats–nil.
April 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Took a hiatus from Bluesky but hearing about the Adobe debacle makes me hopeful. Us–1, corporate fat cats–nil.
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So much profound beauty in our world. But it seems the forces unable to see beyond their own wealth, power, and egos are in the ascendant right now.
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So much profound beauty in our world. But it seems the forces unable to see beyond their own wealth, power, and egos are in the ascendant right now.
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍
I cannot describe how devastating it was to see a lifeless olive ridley sea turtle wash up on the shore this morning in Chennai. I tried to sing a lament over its body to honour its passing, but the words stuck in my throat.
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I cannot describe how devastating it was to see a lifeless olive ridley sea turtle wash up on the shore this morning in Chennai. I tried to sing a lament over its body to honour its passing, but the words stuck in my throat.
The Indian Ocean all diamond sparkles today, for anyone who could do with some radiance.
January 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Indian Ocean all diamond sparkles today, for anyone who could do with some radiance.
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24-hour news is so grotesque in times of crisis. I don’t know how these people live with themselves.
January 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
24-hour news is so grotesque in times of crisis. I don’t know how these people live with themselves.
"Do I read the news and open myself to the images of horror and injustice and suffering and atrocity [...]?
Or do I turn myself away, not to ignore what’s happening but to preserve the capacity of my heart to meet the world right in front of me [...]?"
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Or do I turn myself away, not to ignore what’s happening but to preserve the capacity of my heart to meet the world right in front of me [...]?"
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WHO BEARS THE WEIGHT - Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma — The Porch
Every day I face an impossible dilemma. Do I read the news and open myself to the images of horror and injustice and suffering and atrocity that come from every corner of the globe? Or do I turn mys...
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January 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"Do I read the news and open myself to the images of horror and injustice and suffering and atrocity [...]?
Or do I turn myself away, not to ignore what’s happening but to preserve the capacity of my heart to meet the world right in front of me [...]?"
www.theporchcommunity.net/recent/2024/...
Or do I turn myself away, not to ignore what’s happening but to preserve the capacity of my heart to meet the world right in front of me [...]?"
www.theporchcommunity.net/recent/2024/...
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Lovely piece by veteran editor-publisher Mini Krishnan on working in the pre-internet days with literary giant MT Vasudevan Nair. She draws attention through one example both to the travails of regional language writers through the decades and the unsung art of editing.
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‘Writing is a pleasure, an obsession’: A publisher’s tribute to MT Vasudevan Nair
Publisher Mini Krishnan recalls her long and fruitful friendship with the Malayalam author.
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January 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Lovely piece by veteran editor-publisher Mini Krishnan on working in the pre-internet days with literary giant MT Vasudevan Nair. She draws attention through one example both to the travails of regional language writers through the decades and the unsung art of editing.
scroll.in/article/1077...
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So very proud that Seattle-based poet- translator Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, dear friend of 20 years (we first met as grad students at Ohio State), was recognised by the Tamilnadu government for his Tirukkural translation (Beacon 2024). And so glad I got to attend the award ceremony in the flesh.
January 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So very proud that Seattle-based poet- translator Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, dear friend of 20 years (we first met as grad students at Ohio State), was recognised by the Tamilnadu government for his Tirukkural translation (Beacon 2024). And so glad I got to attend the award ceremony in the flesh.
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Noting a book reco by @akhilar.bsky.social - www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary
Over two years and three monsoons, Yuvan Aves pays scru…
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January 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Noting a book reco by @akhilar.bsky.social - www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
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Okay, so there's really no content in this article at all. Hinton gave slightly different made up numbers to the same ridiculous question and the reporter jumped on that as if it were meaningful
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‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years
Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10% to 20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast
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December 28, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Okay, so there's really no content in this article at all. Hinton gave slightly different made up numbers to the same ridiculous question and the reporter jumped on that as if it were meaningful
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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True story: crass organiser at packed book launch demands show of hands to indicate having bought the book, shames audience members who haven't. Badgering and hard sell when attendees represent a cross-section, the book is expensive, and the venue a schlep for most? Be grateful so many came, buddy.
December 22, 2024 at 9:41 AM
True story: crass organiser at packed book launch demands show of hands to indicate having bought the book, shames audience members who haven't. Badgering and hard sell when attendees represent a cross-section, the book is expensive, and the venue a schlep for most? Be grateful so many came, buddy.
Gaining courage for the battles that lie ahead by reading aloud lines from Arundathi Subramaniam's exquisite preface to her Wild Women (Ebury/Penguin 2024). It takes a poet to craft such prose.
December 22, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Gaining courage for the battles that lie ahead by reading aloud lines from Arundathi Subramaniam's exquisite preface to her Wild Women (Ebury/Penguin 2024). It takes a poet to craft such prose.
"As critics debate the inroads that private capital has made into many corners of the economy and public services — in Britain and elsewhere — children’s services are a flashpoint." - Abhinav Ramnarayan & Sabah Meddings
Proud of my brother for this one.🦚
#finance
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Proud of my brother for this one.🦚
#finance
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Private Equity Is Making Big Money From UK’s Most Vulnerable
As critics debate the cost of private capital’s inroads into many corners of the economy and public services, children’s homes have become a flashpoint.
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December 16, 2024 at 11:11 AM
"As critics debate the inroads that private capital has made into many corners of the economy and public services — in Britain and elsewhere — children’s services are a flashpoint." - Abhinav Ramnarayan & Sabah Meddings
Proud of my brother for this one.🦚
#finance
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Proud of my brother for this one.🦚
#finance
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Last full moon of 2024
December 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Last full moon of 2024
December 16, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Entry #26: Nothing/everything stays the same; nothing/everything is different. What matters in the grand scheme of things?
#blueskythinking
#blueskythinking
December 16, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Entry #26: Nothing/everything stays the same; nothing/everything is different. What matters in the grand scheme of things?
#blueskythinking
#blueskythinking
December 16, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Entry #24: working in, breath, meta-awareness, negotiating moments of transition.
December 16, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Entry #24: working in, breath, meta-awareness, negotiating moments of transition.
December 16, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Grateful my quadriceps are holding up, not to mention busted patellae I ruined with years of bad road running form. Strength/resistance training actually helps. Go figure.
#theatre
#theatre
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Grateful my quadriceps are holding up, not to mention busted patellae I ruined with years of bad road running form. Strength/resistance training actually helps. Go figure.
#theatre
#theatre
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Yup'ik woman scientist Charitie Ropati is on the Forbes 30 under 30 list! This is so fricking cool! Love this so much! #NativesInSTEM
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Yup’ik engineer named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Charitie Ropati, a 23-year-old water engineer from the Kuskokwim Delta coast, has been named to the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Education list for her work with her nonprofit education organization...
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December 11, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Yup'ik woman scientist Charitie Ropati is on the Forbes 30 under 30 list! This is so fricking cool! Love this so much! #NativesInSTEM
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...