anandi m
@anandimish.bsky.social
Communicator, writer, cinephile, bibliophile | Words in LA Review of Books, Atlantic, Frieze, Art Review, Virginia Quarterly, Public Books; etc
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Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
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Watched Peter Hujar's Day and I thought I would share this self portrait he took in his studio.
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Watched Peter Hujar's Day and I thought I would share this self portrait he took in his studio.
"François Truffaut, the patron saint of this weirdo sub-type, said that no child, on being asked to name their dream, replies: ‘I’m going to be a movie reviewer.’ He was wrong."
Uff! Deliciousness about movies, obsessing about watching them and then writing about them
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Uff! Deliciousness about movies, obsessing about watching them and then writing about them
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Leo Robson · Diary: What I Saw at the Movies
Jean Epstein compared going to a movie to entering a state of hypnosis, an aesthetic experience that ‘modifies the...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"François Truffaut, the patron saint of this weirdo sub-type, said that no child, on being asked to name their dream, replies: ‘I’m going to be a movie reviewer.’ He was wrong."
Uff! Deliciousness about movies, obsessing about watching them and then writing about them
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Uff! Deliciousness about movies, obsessing about watching them and then writing about them
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
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going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
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November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
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'Night Lights of Piccadilly'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'Night Lights of Piccadilly'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
move aside "man child". my new favourite nomenclature for men of that category is "aged infants". courtesy of Declan Ryan writing for The Times, UK.
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www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
The story of the world’s grumpiest bookseller
John Tottenham’s comedy about life in a bookshop needs editing, but it’s good, caustic, fun. Plus the best of November’s fiction
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November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
move aside "man child". my new favourite nomenclature for men of that category is "aged infants". courtesy of Declan Ryan writing for The Times, UK.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
Bollywood legend Dharmendra was a gorgeous actor from another world. Last seen in 2023 romancing Shabana Azmi, dancing, singing, the works. My favourite onscreen pairing of him, apart from Big B & Hema Malini, of course, remains with Sharmila Tagore. tinyurl.com/4vpsxzmv
Will miss him dearly ✨ 🪔
Will miss him dearly ✨ 🪔
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Bollywood legend Dharmendra was a gorgeous actor from another world. Last seen in 2023 romancing Shabana Azmi, dancing, singing, the works. My favourite onscreen pairing of him, apart from Big B & Hema Malini, of course, remains with Sharmila Tagore. tinyurl.com/4vpsxzmv
Will miss him dearly ✨ 🪔
Will miss him dearly ✨ 🪔
The Body-Temple-Woman-Dog principle goes a step ahead
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Body-Temple-Woman-Dog principle goes a step ahead
I'd written about finding solace in the fire literary twitter community that helped me so much while freelancing. Now, it's just a big, wide void. On most days I find myself thinking back to those days. So many screenshots of jokes, ops, just endless inspiration.
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www.essaydaily.org/2021/01/anan...
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'd written about finding solace in the fire literary twitter community that helped me so much while freelancing. Now, it's just a big, wide void. On most days I find myself thinking back to those days. So many screenshots of jokes, ops, just endless inspiration.
www.essaydaily.org/2021/01/anan...
www.essaydaily.org/2021/01/anan...
wrote about this movie last year. such a warm, all season favourite
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November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
wrote about this movie last year. such a warm, all season favourite
anandimi.substack.com/p/how-should...
anandimi.substack.com/p/how-should...
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When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
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The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny
an evergreen tweet from the good ol'days over yonder... today i’ve had walking around, amelioration, deliciousness, even goofing... let's see about what comes next.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
an evergreen tweet from the good ol'days over yonder... today i’ve had walking around, amelioration, deliciousness, even goofing... let's see about what comes next.
Beleaguered by (light) people, liberated by a heavy snow
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Beleaguered by (light) people, liberated by a heavy snow
why is the first snow of the season always this hopeful? the way it trellises and scallops the landscape outside but also something so similar on the inside. in falling, it traces silken curves outside the window while also silently quieting that endless trembling within. perhaps its pure naivete
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
why is the first snow of the season always this hopeful? the way it trellises and scallops the landscape outside but also something so similar on the inside. in falling, it traces silken curves outside the window while also silently quieting that endless trembling within. perhaps its pure naivete
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Never in my life have I had a dream as good as the one @blogmywiki.bsky.social dreamt last night.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Never in my life have I had a dream as good as the one @blogmywiki.bsky.social dreamt last night.
twilight scenes this side. accidental click
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
twilight scenes this side. accidental click
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This huge new book on Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray looks gorgeous. Honoured to have made a small contribution
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SATYAJIT RAY – CE QUE J'AI TOUJOURS SU, C'EST DESSINER | editions-de-loeil
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November 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This huge new book on Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray looks gorgeous. Honoured to have made a small contribution
www.editionsdeloeil.com/product-page...
www.editionsdeloeil.com/product-page...
the upcoming books say we don't
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
the upcoming books say we don't
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and to lead with this...
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
and to lead with this...
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.