Swati Moitra
@swatiatrest.bsky.social
@swatiatrest on Twitter.
Still unsure who to talk to in here.
Still unsure who to talk to in here.
I still haven't to managed to optimize the algorithm on this app.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I still haven't to managed to optimize the algorithm on this app.
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If you've noticed that ChatGPT is improving, it's probably because I've spent so much time grading its work.
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you've noticed that ChatGPT is improving, it's probably because I've spent so much time grading its work.
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I adore Frank Cottrill-Boyce
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I adore Frank Cottrill-Boyce
I have a genuine question. Is it okay to withdraw a piece of it has been under review for an unreasonable timeframe, with no response from the journal? And what according to you is a reasonable timeframe for response?
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I have a genuine question. Is it okay to withdraw a piece of it has been under review for an unreasonable timeframe, with no response from the journal? And what according to you is a reasonable timeframe for response?
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The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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So, not content with John Allen Chau forcing his obnoxious, law-breaking and likely disease-ridden self into the midst of the North Sentinelese and getting himself killed, now there is a movie making a saint of this man?
Colonizers gonna colonize, I suppose.
Colonizers gonna colonize, I suppose.
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
So, not content with John Allen Chau forcing his obnoxious, law-breaking and likely disease-ridden self into the midst of the North Sentinelese and getting himself killed, now there is a movie making a saint of this man?
Colonizers gonna colonize, I suppose.
Colonizers gonna colonize, I suppose.
It's not rude to write to a journal after five months, right? Peer review systems are under immense stress, I know.
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's not rude to write to a journal after five months, right? Peer review systems are under immense stress, I know.
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Sunday's Mic Drop
August 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Sunday's Mic Drop
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In Samarqand, we’re staying at a small hotel which used to be the house of a local Bukharan Jewish merchant & healer. It has a prayer room that is stunning & covered with all sorts of amazing symbols. It’s a wonderful bonus I did not imagine we’ll get in this trip.
August 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In Samarqand, we’re staying at a small hotel which used to be the house of a local Bukharan Jewish merchant & healer. It has a prayer room that is stunning & covered with all sorts of amazing symbols. It’s a wonderful bonus I did not imagine we’ll get in this trip.
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A giant mudskipper at Sungei Buloh Wetlands, Singapore.
Such comical looking creatures 😄
Such comical looking creatures 😄
August 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A giant mudskipper at Sungei Buloh Wetlands, Singapore.
Such comical looking creatures 😄
Such comical looking creatures 😄
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Interesting post on @newmandala.bsky.social www.newmandala.org/instagrammin...
Instagramming colonialism in Surabaya - New Mandala
On what’s lost when the Dutch East Indies is recalled as a time of picturesque sophistication
www.newmandala.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Interesting post on @newmandala.bsky.social www.newmandala.org/instagrammin...
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I wish rich people could figure out that helping others makes your brain feel good and they could do that instead of being deeply evil
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I wish rich people could figure out that helping others makes your brain feel good and they could do that instead of being deeply evil
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Andrea Gibson has died.
July 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Andrea Gibson has died.
Myself, aunty: Mira Nair's son is he? Mmhmm good for him, his mum is great
June 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Myself, aunty: Mira Nair's son is he? Mmhmm good for him, his mum is great
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Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
June 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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TIL that Terry Eagleton dedicated 'On Evil' to Henry Kissinger.
June 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
TIL that Terry Eagleton dedicated 'On Evil' to Henry Kissinger.
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Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English is thrilled to announce an exciting new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies. We will begin to accept applications this Fall with an inaugural cohort to begin in 2026.
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English is thrilled to announce an exciting new PhD program in Computational Cultural Studies. We will begin to accept applications this Fall with an inaugural cohort to begin in 2026.
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
www.cmu.edu/dietrich/eng...
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The poplar trees in Leh remind me so much of my childhood in Moscow - poplar ‘snow’ everywhere.
June 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The poplar trees in Leh remind me so much of my childhood in Moscow - poplar ‘snow’ everywhere.
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I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.
June 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.
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We're thrilled to announce a new fellowship opportunity: The BSA-Pine Tree Foundation Fellowship in Hispanic Ephemera! This $3,000 fellowship supports the bibliographical study of printed Spanish-language ephemeral items printed prior to 1850. More info on the BSA website.
June 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We're thrilled to announce a new fellowship opportunity: The BSA-Pine Tree Foundation Fellowship in Hispanic Ephemera! This $3,000 fellowship supports the bibliographical study of printed Spanish-language ephemeral items printed prior to 1850. More info on the BSA website.
Is it possible for western academics to maybe not photograph the slides prepared by young south Asian research scholars at their first large conference, or is it too much to ask?
June 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Is it possible for western academics to maybe not photograph the slides prepared by young south Asian research scholars at their first large conference, or is it too much to ask?
In recent years, as PhD programmes became indescribably tough to get into, as the academic environment became more and more hostile, we told our students to leave for greener pastures.
Where now?
Where now?
May 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
In recent years, as PhD programmes became indescribably tough to get into, as the academic environment became more and more hostile, we told our students to leave for greener pastures.
Where now?
Where now?