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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Wrote a bit about autism since it's Neurodiversity Celebration Week haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/whats-it-l...

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What's it like to be autistic?

It's not an easy question to answer

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

When I was younger I was a real news junkie; it was my dream to live, breathe, eat, sleep news. But the world has changed, so how can we be more thoughtful in times like this... open.substack.com/pub/haveyout...

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Might be a disturbance but at least I'm a thoughtful one

It's important to share things because you don't know where it leads

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Professor Rebecca Killick is a statistician whose work dives deep into and across the field of nonstationary time series but how does it help them spot trends across decades? Check out our conversation on the latest episode of Have You Thought About pod.fo/e/378300

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Have You Thought About: Nonstationary Time Series and a Spot of Trendspotting

Professor Rebecca Killick is a statistician whose work dives deep into and across the field of nonstationary time series but how does it help them spot trends across decades?

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Talking about Poems on the Underground on BBC Sounds. Sometimes you get some very good storytelling gigs: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground

A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Sarah Brouner is an award-winning tutor and entrepreneur who loves problem solving and helping neurodivergent students embrace science and maths. She shares her journey on my Have You Thought About podcast. Listen here: pod.fo/e/36ffed

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Have You Thought About: Tutoring, Career Switching and Entrepreneurship

Sarah Brouner is an award-winning tutor and entrepreneur who loves problem-solving and devising ways to help neurodivergent students embrace science and maths.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The difference in how you see yourself compared to how others see you… open.substack.com/pub/haveyout...

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Turning up but having to turn things down

The Year of the Snake has involved shedding of all sorts

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

@aaronblaiseart.bsky.social is an award-winning animator but what lesson has his latest hand-drawn release Snow Bear taught him about the world in which we live? Find out on Have You Thought About - available wherever you listen to podcasts. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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Aaron Blaise, Animator and Filmmaker, Snow Bear, Co-Founder of Creature Art Teacher

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

"We don't go to green spaces to connect with nature. We're in it. We are nature. We are animals." My latest guest for my Have You Thought About podcast is Dr Jacqui Wilmshurst who shares how she ended up in a career in conservation after trying out many other paths first pod.fo/e/36803d

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

In case you missed it, catch up on a conversation I had with the amazing @anjanakhatwa.bsky.social about her book The Whispers of Rock, the state of nature writing today and embracing the art of disruption. Have You Thought About is available wherever you listen to podcasts or here: pod.fo/e/35ef01

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Have You Thought About: Rocks, Science and bringing in Spirituality

Earth scientist Dr Anjana Khatwa is passionate about rocks but how did she manage to bring science and spirituality together in her seminal debut The Whispers of Rock

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Why is it some relationships are so messy and others so stable? Took to Substack and created my latest Have You Thought About posting to figure it all out. Also some updates on adventures and obscure opportunities. open.substack.com/pub/haveyout...

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On figuring who your people are.

Taking stock of what's going on

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I went to review Scenes from The Climate Era this week and also grew a lot of tomatoes... haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/getting-cl...

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Getting Closer to Nature....

A Review of Scenes from The Climate Era and other environmental touchpoints

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Finally found some time to write about how nature seeps into everything. I guess you just have to tell the universe about the path you are on sometimes. haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/nature-boo...

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Nature books, finding faith in a museum and the power of sound

When everything comes in all at once.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Was inspired by all the conversations happening at the Truth Tellers Summit organised by @sirharrysummit.bsky.social that I finally got round to this month's Substack newsletter! haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/immersed-i...

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Immersed in Truth and Understanding 'Meaning Making'.

Building bridges and communities

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I put a note out saying that I needed more paid work and fewer offers to work for free. And I still got messages asking me to work for free for exposure.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Philippa Larbi is a cake designer but how does her past career in opera and law help her with her entrepreneur journey? Philippa is the final guest on Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast focusing on those with interdisciplinary lives. podfollow.com/have-you-tho...

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Have You Thought About: Cake Designs, Opera Singing, and the Art of Mediation

Philippa Larbi has built up a reputation as a classy cake designer but how does her legal career and a passion for singing opera fit into her life?

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Dr Alina Patelli is a responsible AI enthusiast who grew up in post-Communist Romania. She is also a member of the @ukyoungacademy.bsky.social and here we discuss how she is she taking her data and using it in health and other spheres. Listen to Have You Thought About: podfollow.com/have-you-tho...

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Poet and brand strategist @betarish.bsky.social is skilled at playing with words but influences his creativity? Listen to our conversation with top takeaways at Have You Thought About. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. podfollow.com/have-you-tho...

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Have You Thought About: Poetry, Committees, and Attracting Attention in A Crowded Market

Rishi Dastidar is a poet, brand strategist and copywriter but how did he find the confidence to find his voice in what can be a competitive sphere?

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Finland's the happiest country in the world. Again. It's not that surprising that it's now hitting the upcoming destination lists for travellers. I went not so long ago and wrote about how my mood was lifted for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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I've found my perfect mood-lifting city break, in the world's 'happiest' country

Oulu, a European Capital of Culture for 2026, may be just 60 miles south of Arctic Circle – but it offers a warm welcome

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

First episode of Season Five of my Have You Thought About podcast involves a conversation with spatial enthusiast and academic Tina Samie. We discuss growing up in Iran, her passion for architecture, connected environments and the internet of things and much more. podfollow.com/have-you-tho...

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Quote from Tina Samie: "I take a little bit of this; a little bit of that and mix them together and make another thing that did not exist before."

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Academic and Spatial Enthusiast

Podcast available globally and at www.dhrutishah.com

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Dropped the trailer for Season Five of Have You Thought About. Have listen and subscribe for the upcoming episodes podfollow.com/have-you-tho...

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

There’s an Urdu name for a “Jack of all trades” that translates to “every talent Lord.” A Korean version is “eight direction beauty.” But my favourite name for someone who tries their hand at lots of different things is the Lithuanian Barbė devyndarbė. It means “Barbie nine jobs”

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Thinking a lot about life shifts and taking ownership of stories. A few jottings. But the pandemic was a life-shifter. I interviewed so many people whose loved ones died and those legacies, those conversations have never left me. haveyouthoughtabout.substack.com/p/how-did-th...

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How did the pandemic change your life?

It was a catalyst and involved taking risks but it's been a slow journey to rebuilding a community

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

It feels good when you've had eight people ask where they can buy your poetry book. Now to make sure I have enough poems to submit to call outs and publishers..

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/02/2025

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office. ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What a mess. International relations?

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Kept a lot of my spoken word secret for a while as I used to be in spaces where the poetry I was surrounded by filled conventional rules and I never felt quite good enough. But now am sharing in spaces where people have diverse histories and the reception has been so positive.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

It's been a tough start to the year work-wise. More rejections than successes so far. I'm always happy to show up and keep going. If people like what I do, then I also have a Ko-Fi patron account which does help me keep going in what's been a colder climate than I had hoped. ko-fi.com/dhrutishah

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Support Dhruti Shah on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/dhrutishah

Support Dhruti Shah On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

"This is digital genocide: populations of vulnerable people are being deleted. Data on transgender men and women are being deleted. We are also losing data on maternal mortality. These populations will suffer now and for decades to come." Important read. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Anger, despair, and defiance from a voice within the US federal research system

People around the world are watching with disbelief as the new US government closes down its aid programme, withdraws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris agreement on climate change...

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Today my book was flagged up as a useful resource to a stranger. I was tagged in the post. I gave a few more details and it resulted in the stranger buying a copy of my book. And this is allyship and sponsorship in action. And I appreciate it.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Disappointed a book review I'd spent some time on can't be published due to editor changes at the publication, so now to find another home for the writing. But happy I've now got over 20 poems in the collection I started writing. A few more and maybe I'll be able to query.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I solve problems that much is true. But how do you share with the world and get in front of people for that emotional connection. We’re in a world where there is so much isolation and mistrust. Emotions are key. My Have You Thought About newsletter open.substack.com/pub/haveyout...

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How you keeping?

Thinking about key currencies

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

To the nine people who took my book out of the library in the past few months. I love you. I love that it's helping you. If Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms is helping even just one person with financial literacy, then the job is done. And libraries are cool.

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Wonderful to get to talk about Oulu and my first time in Finland for my first travel feature in @inews.co.uk inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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Brown Girl Noise! @browngirlnoise.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Brown Girl Noise! Is Back!!! 4 brown girls meet at an audition for Priti Patel’s biopic and realise despite the big bucks, they’d prefer to tell their own stories, from their take on The Wizard of Oz, Love Island: South Asia and Aunt-enborough! Tickets 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/vault...

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Buy tickets – Brown Girl Noise! – The Glitch

‘A’ight mandem, so what race would you not date?’4 brown girls meet at an audition for Priti Patel’s biopic and realise despite...

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Dhruti Shah @dhrutishah.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Someone is selling a second hand copy of my book for £75 on ebay. It's not a signed copy. It sells new for under £10. Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms is supposed to be an accessible financial literacy book. I'm flattered but wow. This seller is clearly out to make a profit.

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