Shirsho Dasgupta
@shirsho.bsky.social
journo @miamiherald.com in dc. man utd fan. ex-soccer writer. usually cooking, fiddling with a camera or encouraging americans to start watching cricket.
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Shirsho Dasgupta
@shirsho.bsky.social
· Oct 21
"Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth."
— Herman Melville; MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
— Herman Melville; MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
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Breaking news: Tom Stoppard, the Czech-born British playwright whose intellectually daring and verbally dazzling works became some of the most acclaimed and frequently staged of the past half-century, has died at 88.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88
His intellectually challenging and verbally dazzling works, including “Arcadia” and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” were among the most acclaimed and oft-performed plays of the last half-cen...
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Breaking news: Tom Stoppard, the Czech-born British playwright whose intellectually daring and verbally dazzling works became some of the most acclaimed and frequently staged of the past half-century, has died at 88.
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NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabine...
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabine...
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Niki Lauda batting during a charity cricket match featuring most Formula One drivers. It took place on July 21st 1974, the day after the British Grand Prix, at Brands Hatch
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Niki Lauda batting during a charity cricket match featuring most Formula One drivers. It took place on July 21st 1974, the day after the British Grand Prix, at Brands Hatch
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just realised why TNT's coverage feels so weird but in a familiar way. it's exactly how eurosport would have done test cricket. affable. inoffensive. and the whole time you're expecting a sudden commercial break, a dramatic figure skating motif, and then an advert for cheese in three languages
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
just realised why TNT's coverage feels so weird but in a familiar way. it's exactly how eurosport would have done test cricket. affable. inoffensive. and the whole time you're expecting a sudden commercial break, a dramatic figure skating motif, and then an advert for cheese in three languages
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A high-grade copy of Superman No. 1, from 1939, closed at $7.6 million on Heritage Auctions on Thursday, making it the most expensive comic book sold at auction.
Superman Comic Sets Auction Record, Selling for $9.12 Million
A family’s forgotten copy of Superman No. 1, from 1939, was sold by Heritage Auctions.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A high-grade copy of Superman No. 1, from 1939, closed at $7.6 million on Heritage Auctions on Thursday, making it the most expensive comic book sold at auction.
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Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
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Ferriss wheel bright.
#blueskyartshow #bright #surrealism #digitalart #photography #eastcoastkin #bluesky
#blueskyartshow #bright #surrealism #digitalart #photography #eastcoastkin #bluesky
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ferriss wheel bright.
#blueskyartshow #bright #surrealism #digitalart #photography #eastcoastkin #bluesky
#blueskyartshow #bright #surrealism #digitalart #photography #eastcoastkin #bluesky
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The tranche of more than 20,000 documents provides further insight into how the convicted sex trafficker continued to mingle with an extraordinary network of powerful figures across the world even after his crimes became public knowledge.
From Bannon to Putin: E-mails show Epstein’s efforts to influence global politics
The tranche of more than 20,000 documents provides further insight into how the convicted sex trafficker continued to mingle with an extraordinary network of powerful figures across the world even after his crimes became public knowledge.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The tranche of more than 20,000 documents provides further insight into how the convicted sex trafficker continued to mingle with an extraordinary network of powerful figures across the world even after his crimes became public knowledge.
my favorite work-album turned 50 today
'Another Green World is a thoughtful, melancholy, fragile record, arguably one of Eno’s most emotionally resonant moments...'
Listen to John and Luke discussing this seminal album as #BrianEno's Another Green World turns 50 today!
buff.ly/CiQ7g6F
Listen to John and Luke discussing this seminal album as #BrianEno's Another Green World turns 50 today!
buff.ly/CiQ7g6F
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
my favorite work-album turned 50 today
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40 years ago, three Norwegians turned a homemade melody into a pop revolution.
“Take on Me” fills dance floors and still earns a formidable income for A-ha.
The Post caught up with the 80s band to discuss the song’s unexpected afterlife.
“Take on Me” fills dance floors and still earns a formidable income for A-ha.
The Post caught up with the 80s band to discuss the song’s unexpected afterlife.
‘Take On Me’ has been stuck in our heads for 40 years. Here’s how it got there.
“Take On Me,” the 1980s synth-pop hit song from the band A-ha, marks 40 years of global ubiquity even while personal disputes have chilled the Norwegian trio.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
40 years ago, three Norwegians turned a homemade melody into a pop revolution.
“Take on Me” fills dance floors and still earns a formidable income for A-ha.
The Post caught up with the 80s band to discuss the song’s unexpected afterlife.
“Take on Me” fills dance floors and still earns a formidable income for A-ha.
The Post caught up with the 80s band to discuss the song’s unexpected afterlife.
NEW @miamiherald.com:
Seniors in Miami-Dade — the county with the highest share of food stamp beneficiaries with one elderly member in the household — risk going hungry as federal government shutdown continues
(GIFT LINK)
Seniors in Miami-Dade — the county with the highest share of food stamp beneficiaries with one elderly member in the household — risk going hungry as federal government shutdown continues
(GIFT LINK)
New shutdown problem: Miami is the U.S. capital for seniors on food stamps
Florida is warning families not to expect their EBT cards to be reloaded next month, increasing pressure on Congress to end the government shutdown.
www.miamiherald.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
NEW @miamiherald.com:
Seniors in Miami-Dade — the county with the highest share of food stamp beneficiaries with one elderly member in the household — risk going hungry as federal government shutdown continues
(GIFT LINK)
Seniors in Miami-Dade — the county with the highest share of food stamp beneficiaries with one elderly member in the household — risk going hungry as federal government shutdown continues
(GIFT LINK)
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this is what scientific progress is all about www.404media.co/breathing-th...
Breathing Through Our Butts Declared Safe After First Human Trial
The first application of enteral ventilation—aka breathing through the bum—to humans proved the technique is safe.
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
this is what scientific progress is all about www.404media.co/breathing-th...
"Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth."
— Herman Melville; MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
— Herman Melville; MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth."
— Herman Melville; MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
— Herman Melville; MOBY-DICK OR, THE WHALE
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Last year a @merrillcollege.bsky.social grad student told me she wanted to build a news app about evictions in DC. Given the schedule and amount of work, it was an ambitious project.
Taylor Nichols not only did it but got it published by a DC news org!
streetsensedc.github.io/evictions-ap...
Taylor Nichols not only did it but got it published by a DC news org!
streetsensedc.github.io/evictions-ap...
Mapping evictions in Washington, D.C.
streetsensedc.github.io
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Last year a @merrillcollege.bsky.social grad student told me she wanted to build a news app about evictions in DC. Given the schedule and amount of work, it was an ambitious project.
Taylor Nichols not only did it but got it published by a DC news org!
streetsensedc.github.io/evictions-ap...
Taylor Nichols not only did it but got it published by a DC news org!
streetsensedc.github.io/evictions-ap...
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Buz Ecker, 67, and other dads his daughter has recruited have since spent hours writing to strangers looking for pick-me-ups — including to many whose fathers have died.
The volunteer-run group is called the Dad Letter Project. https://wapo.st/4ngbcH0
The volunteer-run group is called the Dad Letter Project. https://wapo.st/4ngbcH0
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Buz Ecker, 67, and other dads his daughter has recruited have since spent hours writing to strangers looking for pick-me-ups — including to many whose fathers have died.
The volunteer-run group is called the Dad Letter Project. https://wapo.st/4ngbcH0
The volunteer-run group is called the Dad Letter Project. https://wapo.st/4ngbcH0
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One more note on Robert Redford and his particular type of on-screen hero:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/m...
Robert Redford’s Many Types of Heroes
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One more note on Robert Redford and his particular type of on-screen hero:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/m...
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NEW @miamiherald.com:
Hundreds of undocumented migrants who had been held at Alligator Alcatraz dropped off the grid after being moved out of the site.
w/ @bwieder.bsky.social
(GIFT LINK BELOW)
Hundreds of undocumented migrants who had been held at Alligator Alcatraz dropped off the grid after being moved out of the site.
w/ @bwieder.bsky.social
(GIFT LINK BELOW)
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
NEW @miamiherald.com:
Hundreds of undocumented migrants who had been held at Alligator Alcatraz dropped off the grid after being moved out of the site.
w/ @bwieder.bsky.social
(GIFT LINK BELOW)
Hundreds of undocumented migrants who had been held at Alligator Alcatraz dropped off the grid after being moved out of the site.
w/ @bwieder.bsky.social
(GIFT LINK BELOW)
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SCOOP: Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.
Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions
Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleg...
www.wired.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOOP: Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources tell WIRED. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.
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Books, magazines. and classrooms are great antidotes to the toxic rabbit holes of cable news, social media, ChatGPT, and video games. Unfortunately the resources of our society are devoted to building up the latter and destroying the former.
September 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Books, magazines. and classrooms are great antidotes to the toxic rabbit holes of cable news, social media, ChatGPT, and video games. Unfortunately the resources of our society are devoted to building up the latter and destroying the former.
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
national gallery of art, washington, dc
📸 canon ae-1 program
🎞️ cinestill 800t
[more photos on insta]
#FilmPhotography #art
📸 canon ae-1 program
🎞️ cinestill 800t
[more photos on insta]
#FilmPhotography #art
September 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
national gallery of art, washington, dc
📸 canon ae-1 program
🎞️ cinestill 800t
[more photos on insta]
#FilmPhotography #art
📸 canon ae-1 program
🎞️ cinestill 800t
[more photos on insta]
#FilmPhotography #art
a wonderful, moving piece on the universe and the sublime!
The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens
It’s run by a Michigan-born Jesuit—and a meteorite expert—known as the Pope’s Astronomer.
www.newyorker.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
a wonderful, moving piece on the universe and the sublime!
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Some French publishers are giving AI revenue directly to journalists. Could that ever happen in the U.S.? www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/in-f...
Some French publishers are giving AI revenue directly to journalists. Could that ever happen in the U.S.?
Le Monde agreed to give journalists 25% of revenue from licensing deals with OpenAI and Perplexity. Now, other French publishers are following suit.
www.niemanlab.org
September 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Some French publishers are giving AI revenue directly to journalists. Could that ever happen in the U.S.? www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/in-f...