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Karthik Ram

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 06/09/2026

Today's vibe

A cartoon character tired of Zoom calls, ready to go recharge in nature

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 21/08/2026

One of my greatest joys is running into dear friends at airports

Karthik and DJ hanging out at sfo

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 01/08/2026

I’m so glad my friend Fitz is not at this conference. Major badge fail. badge.reviews

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 29/07/2026

It's a lovely evening in the Oakland hills

A view of the moon over the East Bay Hills. Sibley Regional Park.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 06/02/2026

@gnat.bsky.social oh damn. I have to go find a cd player now! Super stoked!!

You, me, everybody's new album. Go check it out!

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 01/01/2026

Goodbye 2025

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 09/12/2025

Definitely my kid all right. Didn’t even have to read the name.

Kid art that says today I feel tired

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 20/10/2025

AWS outage

Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 12/10/2025

Flying over my favorite Bay Area beach

A lovely view of Rodeo beach

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 04/06/2025

I learned about Marshall McLuhan's work from this essay (nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on...). "every augmentation is also an amputation".

A section from the linked article. That every tech augmentation is a form of amputation. In this case, AI is creating a whole generation of people who cannot function without it.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 28/05/2025

@fim.bsky.social need something from the store?

Cheese. So much cheese

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 18/04/2025

Hans Moleman saying how do you do fellow kids

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 20/02/2025

Very appropriate for current times.

A raven screaming everything is fine

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 11/02/2025

Man looking forlorn after a long day of taking notes the old way

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 07/01/2025

Yes, I’ve been getting dozens and dozens and it is driving me insane. Along with this welcome screen over and over.

One password mobile safari welcome screen.

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 12/12/2024

Just heading home after a visit! What a magical place!

View of a pond from the HHMI Janelia guest house

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 05/11/2024

Current vibe

Kendall Roy sitting on a boat with headphones and sunglasses.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 02/11/2024

Me waiting for the election results

Three pictures of a man waiting around.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 21/10/2024

🗳️ ✅ 🧘‍♂️

Picture of a California ballot being dropped off.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 05/10/2024

Uber Eats is now using AI-generated images for items without photos. Here’s an AI take on an Indian chapathi (flatbread). 🤦‍♂️

Uber eats AI has generated images now. Behold, an Indian flatbread (chapathi). 🤦‍♂️. This is regular bread.

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 17/09/2024

Time flies!

My Bluesky #

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 15/07/2024

Made a portrait of a friend this weekend.

Portrait of a crow in my yard.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 09/05/2024

Reminds me of this Nicolas Régnier, c. 1622 oil on canvas

An old man requesting a grant. An angel tells him to write down the indirect and fringe rates.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 19/03/2024

Gm from Tahiti!

Two people kayaking at the edge of a reef in Mo'orea, Tahiti

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 18/03/2024

La Orana South Pacific!

Sun setting over Mo’orea

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 07/03/2024

Same. Still cheered me up.

Rainbow over the Oakland hills.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 31/01/2024

How many times have you been to this warehouse?

Bryan pushing a crate at the Raiders Of The Lost Ark’s Warehouse

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 29/01/2024

Oprah says no to Mondays

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 07/01/2024

Wrapping up a mini solo writing retreat before the work year begins. Very grateful for so much peace and calm so close to home.

A view of the golden gate bridge from Cavallo point lodge.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 31/12/2023

I don’t really make big resolutions but I am most definitely going to do a week long walk and talk with a small group somewhere in the world in 2024. So glad Kevin Kelly and Craig Mod wrote a guide about it. kk.org/thetechnium/...

Kevin kelly and Craig mod invite people to walk with them for a week.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 19/12/2023

New office for the week.

View from my unesco office

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 17/12/2023

New California DMV app

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 16/12/2023

Jelly

Keanu approves.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 02/12/2023

The sweater is sold out.

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 27/11/2023

Kendi, the new baby giraffe at the Oakland zoo, is super adorbs. 🦒

New baby giraffe Kendi at the zoo with her mama Kijiji

New baby giraffe (Kendi) at the Oakland Zoo.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 07/11/2023

hey, we do the same!

a list of emails assigning me to bs training.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 20/10/2023

Backyard sunset season

Sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge and mount tam

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 17/10/2023

But luckily our spirits were broken already

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 11/10/2023

You know a new social network has made it when you wake up to multiple threads about dysfunction in academia.

A very tired academic dog who is just too old and exhausted for all this.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 03/10/2023

Dr.Wile E. Coyote setting out a trap

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 27/09/2023

Very excited to wake up my toddler and share some breaking news

Katie Perry joins the cast of Peppa pig as a leopard.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 22/09/2023

I think about this all the time. Every time I open my work calendar. I really wish it existed.

A tweet about a hypothetical app where one could secretly express a desire for a meeting to be canceled. If the other party feels the same, the meeting is canceled. Otherwise, no harm is done.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 21/09/2023

Like clockwork. Night after my Covid booster

Readings from my Whoop monitor showing that my respiratory rate, resting heart rate and temp are way off from my baseline.

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 20/09/2023

Current status

The smoke from the fires has made the air in the bay area quite unbreathable. The AQI is at 189.

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 15/09/2023

After I bang my head on a wall, I send this back to them

Man hopelessly fighting against mind-numbing bureaucracy

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 07/09/2023

Ending my week in academia like so.

Man stabbed by various objects looking tired.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 06/09/2023

22 mandatory training notices from my employer. I *just* did these.

Roman Roy from Succession is staring at the computer in great despair

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 28/08/2023

Reading manuscript reviews on a Monday morning.

Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 27/08/2023

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Karthik Ram @karthik.io · 23/08/2023

Mood

Kendall Roy contemplating his poor choices.

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