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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Make no mistake, the frontline of the revolution in India is being fought by girls. They are incredible- staring down sexual harassment and assaults apart from the brutality of police and Hindutva thugs- and posing a challenge that this cowardly regime cannot meet.

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I realized I parse "complit" (ie comparative literature) as if it were in analogy with "comphet": compulsory literature

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I feel like Bohemian Rhapsody has to be up there! It always ends up making an appearance too

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Working on a new mapping project and name normalization (different Romanization schemes) is kicking my butt

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My favorite example is how old Slavic words for "world", derived from Proto Slavic světъ "light" influenced Romanian lume "world", a word clearly from Latin lūmen. It's the only major Romance language where "world" comes from "light", thanks to Slavophone Orthodox Christianity.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

you say the word "agent" but what you often really mean is "process" or "daemon"

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It feels like using paprika and bell peppers together shouldn't be kosher

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Tamreen @scriptor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

my phone when it notices im smiling more than usual

A status notification on my phone with the Wifi Off icon and saying "You seem to be offline"

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hathi (Mere Sathi) Trust

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hindi speakers: how would you parse हाथी मेरे साथी <hāthī mere sāthī>? Does "elephants, my friends" or "o elephant, my friend" come to mind first?

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Has anyone written about LaTeX in relation to pre digital typesetting, or even other forms of digital typesetting? I'd be interested in reading something like that!

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

One thing that has continued to shock me since moving to this country is the abysmally low standards for fabric in most people's wardrobes. Wearing natural fabrics seems to be a big deal somehow???

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Corpus Christi linguistics

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hear me out: dōsa poḍi and bacon fat is an incredible combination

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Huh, Google Maps now uses KERALAM instead of KERALA. I didn't know the name change had become official already, nice!

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Paṭṭe mīnu in Kannada, apparently: indiabiodiversity.org/species/show...

indiabiodiversity.org

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

imagining a genre called ‘math ska’ and pissing my self off

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Once you roast bell peppers (over a flame or in an oven) you can never go back to eating them boiled or sauteed (like in Indian cooking)

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There's not much I miss about Seattle (besides my friends) but I do miss the tap water there...

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I spent two days in a hut on a phumdi back in 2023! It was surreal — it moved around, almost imperceptibly

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I feel like by the time I came of age (~2010), you had to listen to Radiohead or Porcupine Tree to be considered truly cool, hah. Deep Purple, Pink Floyd etc were seen as foundational but not cool as such.

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey a lot of us did that in India too :P

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

How do you get Indic scripts to render in LaTeX? (I use Overleaf)

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More like "one (male) who is [x]".

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's a Tamil name with Sanskrit origins: Tamil amutam from Sanskrit amr̥t "nectar", -an makes it a male individual having [noun]

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

My theory is that the aftertaste of stevia can cut through even death

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Learning Gurmukhi to keep myself from doomscrolling and I think I'm almost literate in it now

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Bollywood, the Stephen King of South Asian cinema industries

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Pronouncing German American last names the way they're pronounced in German for kicks

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Does written NZ English differ noticeably from British?

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It really makes you think! The gooner as guṇavanta...

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

At a talk and a British researcher pronounced guṇa गुण like "gooner"

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Overheard at Whole Foods: "Rajamouli said in an interview that he would never forgive Kangana Ranaut"

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

TFW an intercity bus ticket costs less than a short 15 min Uber ride in the city

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

TFW you pronounce ABD as عبد

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kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல் @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Friends! I wrote my first novel! Please buy it! Out October 6th, 2026 Pre order here angryrobotbooks.my.canva.site/compendium-o... @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

name 'kuzhali manickavel' on top, young south indian girl with a spiral for a head and a melting mouth

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

So glad to be able to layer down again! Not going to miss winter

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I've gotten tacos from there multiple times and they have normal sized portions, but I think it's something about burritos that makes them so easy to supersize 😂

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Karthik @karmalli.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I am in the land of spam musubi and I'm thankful for the culinary innovation that produced it!

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