Shruti Muralidhar
@polybiotique.bsky.social
Neuroscientist turned science funder, Amateur cellist, intrepid seamstress, fearless baker, downhill cyclist, Founder+Editor @ indscicomm @biaswatchindia.bsky.social (She/Her)
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Pic credit: @bwjones.bsky.social
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Attention artists, tactical urbanists, designers and just generally creative people! As our new island at Ookwemin Minising continues to take shape, we’re also thinking about what it can be right now. We’ve issued an RFP for a pop-up gathering space on the island. Info at www.c40.org/work-with-c40
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Attention artists, tactical urbanists, designers and just generally creative people! As our new island at Ookwemin Minising continues to take shape, we’re also thinking about what it can be right now. We’ve issued an RFP for a pop-up gathering space on the island. Info at www.c40.org/work-with-c40
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Cannot tell you how much I adore this clip from 1941 of women from the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides singing as they work their Harris Tweed.
It was shot by the Oscar winning cinematographer JACK CARDIFF.
It was shot by the Oscar winning cinematographer JACK CARDIFF.
February 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Cannot tell you how much I adore this clip from 1941 of women from the Western Isles of the Outer Hebrides singing as they work their Harris Tweed.
It was shot by the Oscar winning cinematographer JACK CARDIFF.
It was shot by the Oscar winning cinematographer JACK CARDIFF.
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I will never be able to fully leave neuroscience, even if I haven't done any neuroscience in years, because it involves being around people asking questions like "why are mole noses like that" and the answers always being cool
Kenneth Catania spoke with @thetransmitter.bsky.social about how the specialized snout of the star-nosed mole allows for high-speed foraging and underscores the importance of studying behavior alongside anatomy.
By Lauren Schneider
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/n...
By Lauren Schneider
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/n...
Neuro’s ark: Understanding fast foraging with star-nosed moles
“MacArthur genius” Kenneth Catania outlined the physiology behind the moles’ stellar foraging skills two decades ago. Next, he wants to better characterize their food-seeking behavior.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I will never be able to fully leave neuroscience, even if I haven't done any neuroscience in years, because it involves being around people asking questions like "why are mole noses like that" and the answers always being cool
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The TTC map just got its biggest upgrade in decades. Meet the cartographer behind it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Meet the TTC cartographer giving its map a mega makeover | CBC News
You've probably noticed the Eglinton Crosstown LRT already showing up on transit maps, even though it's not open. That's the work of the TTC's cartographer, tasked with the map's biggest upgrade in de...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The TTC map just got its biggest upgrade in decades. Meet the cartographer behind it.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I think it's important to know that an oral history of Tim Curry's greatest line delivery exists
here it is
(and yes, it was his first take, and yes, they kept it anyway because how could you not)
here it is
(and yes, it was his first take, and yes, they kept it anyway because how could you not)
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I think it's important to know that an oral history of Tim Curry's greatest line delivery exists
here it is
(and yes, it was his first take, and yes, they kept it anyway because how could you not)
here it is
(and yes, it was his first take, and yes, they kept it anyway because how could you not)
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Sinners... but make it Leyendecker
#SinnersMovie
#SinnersMovie
December 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Sinners... but make it Leyendecker
#SinnersMovie
#SinnersMovie
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Ooooh someone finally uploaded Brandford Marsalis' Jazz à Vienne 1995 concert - rare example of succesfull jazz/hip-hop fusion. The guitar solo, sax/scratch back and forth, and Charlie Parker's Dora Lee reprise at the end... so good youtu.be/sIQ1j-fYLTU?...
Buckshot le fonque - some cow fonque ( live 95)
YouTube video by Dan sg ( l'office du son)
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January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Ooooh someone finally uploaded Brandford Marsalis' Jazz à Vienne 1995 concert - rare example of succesfull jazz/hip-hop fusion. The guitar solo, sax/scratch back and forth, and Charlie Parker's Dora Lee reprise at the end... so good youtu.be/sIQ1j-fYLTU?...
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This is exactly what happened in India from 2014-2019 after PM Modi was elected. In August 2019, Modi unilaterally abrogated Articles 370 & 35a that removed Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir’s constitutionally granted autonomy. /4
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is exactly what happened in India from 2014-2019 after PM Modi was elected. In August 2019, Modi unilaterally abrogated Articles 370 & 35a that removed Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir’s constitutionally granted autonomy. /4
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‘When we know someone’s eyes are fixed on us, we cannot function freely, no, we cannot function at all. We want to shoot an arrow into the eye that watches.’
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
The Marketplace | Perumal Murugan | Granta
‘He had gone to school fearful that they might drag him along for some work otherwise. This was how he received an education.’
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January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
‘When we know someone’s eyes are fixed on us, we cannot function freely, no, we cannot function at all. We want to shoot an arrow into the eye that watches.’
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
Fiction by Perumal Murugan.
granta.com/the-marketpl...
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one of the hardest things about homesickness is wanting to go home but then realising you’d need a time machine, not a plane ticket
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
one of the hardest things about homesickness is wanting to go home but then realising you’d need a time machine, not a plane ticket
Came for the geography
Stayed for the Rat Portage war
Stayed for the Rat Portage war
I am looking at how Canada's provincial borders were established.
Today it is Ontario.
The story of Ontario's borders include a near armed conflict with Manitoba, a treaty that divided the Great Lakes and a slow expansion north.
🧵 1/12
Today it is Ontario.
The story of Ontario's borders include a near armed conflict with Manitoba, a treaty that divided the Great Lakes and a slow expansion north.
🧵 1/12
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Came for the geography
Stayed for the Rat Portage war
Stayed for the Rat Portage war
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The Librarian
Florence Carlyle
1909
Florence Carlyle
1909
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The Librarian
Florence Carlyle
1909
Florence Carlyle
1909
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For all the ways in which the Indian people are divided these days, they’re seemingly united in their desire to set records. rootprivileges.net/2026/01/23/t...
To be Indian is to set records
For all the ways in which the Indian people are divided these days, they’re seemingly united in their desire to set records. On January 22, a tinkerer named Sohan Rai, a.k.a. “Zikiguy”, said …
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January 24, 2026 at 9:06 AM
For all the ways in which the Indian people are divided these days, they’re seemingly united in their desire to set records. rootprivileges.net/2026/01/23/t...
Me at the Wychwood dog park today, there because my Northern Ontario dog refuses to be affected by any amount of cold and insists that we simply must go outside for at least 1.5 hours , twice a day, so that she can socialize with her friends
Id almost forgotten how the sun feels like on my skin 🥲
Id almost forgotten how the sun feels like on my skin 🥲
Appreciate this woman a few hours ago who stopped for a minute in the -13C to face the sun by Christie Pits. 🌞
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Me at the Wychwood dog park today, there because my Northern Ontario dog refuses to be affected by any amount of cold and insists that we simply must go outside for at least 1.5 hours , twice a day, so that she can socialize with her friends
Id almost forgotten how the sun feels like on my skin 🥲
Id almost forgotten how the sun feels like on my skin 🥲
Heck of an article to read first thing in the morning. But it really puts the COVID years back into perspective.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/18/t...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/18/t...
What lingers in ‘The Pitt’ is heartache. What’s missing is outrage
“I am hungry, so hungry, for some depiction of Covid that tells the truth. That what was done to us was not just unbearable, but wrong,” an emergency physician writes of “The Pitt.”
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January 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Heck of an article to read first thing in the morning. But it really puts the COVID years back into perspective.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/18/t...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/18/t...
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Office in a Small City - Edward Hopper, 1953.
Source ; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Source ; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Office in a Small City - Edward Hopper, 1953.
Source ; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Source ; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Morning Sun - Edward Hopper, 1952.
Source : Musée d'Art de Columbus
Source : Musée d'Art de Columbus
January 17, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Morning Sun - Edward Hopper, 1952.
Source : Musée d'Art de Columbus
Source : Musée d'Art de Columbus
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the only ADHD advice that anyone needs is: don't sit down, never sit down, sitting down is what gets you
September 13, 2023 at 10:16 AM
the only ADHD advice that anyone needs is: don't sit down, never sit down, sitting down is what gets you
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Mumbai podcasters, I hope to see you here tomorrow evening: Jan 17, 2025, 5pm to 7pm.
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Mumbai podcasters, I hope to see you here tomorrow evening: Jan 17, 2025, 5pm to 7pm.
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
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The current protests in Minneapolis reminded me of the tactics used by protestors in Hong Kong in 2019 to coordinate supplies and aid for the front lines: www.reuters.com/graphics/HON...
Hong Kong protests: Coordinating chaos
The tactics protesters use to fortify the front lines
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The current protests in Minneapolis reminded me of the tactics used by protestors in Hong Kong in 2019 to coordinate supplies and aid for the front lines: www.reuters.com/graphics/HON...
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As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
As the world burns, let's get one thing straight. A video podcast is just a TV show.
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I purposely have made my to do lists for this week very manageable, because we are in the depths of the Long Dark January of the Soul times. I have accomplished my little to dos.
And yet. I still feel bad and guilty.
And yet. I still feel bad and guilty.
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I purposely have made my to do lists for this week very manageable, because we are in the depths of the Long Dark January of the Soul times. I have accomplished my little to dos.
And yet. I still feel bad and guilty.
And yet. I still feel bad and guilty.
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I wonder if other languages / countries have the equivalent of “Jhumri Telaiya” i.e. a random imaginary place of little consequence.
Oddly Jhumri Telaiya actually exists and the story of why people started to doubt its existence is really interesting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumri_...
Oddly Jhumri Telaiya actually exists and the story of why people started to doubt its existence is really interesting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumri_...
Jhumri Telaiya - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I wonder if other languages / countries have the equivalent of “Jhumri Telaiya” i.e. a random imaginary place of little consequence.
Oddly Jhumri Telaiya actually exists and the story of why people started to doubt its existence is really interesting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumri_...
Oddly Jhumri Telaiya actually exists and the story of why people started to doubt its existence is really interesting
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumri_...
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I want a cool jazz soundtrack to follow me around everywhere I go and I want a hyperintelligent corgi to fall in my lap
January 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I want a cool jazz soundtrack to follow me around everywhere I go and I want a hyperintelligent corgi to fall in my lap