Our 34th meet is in a Vashi park on 25th July, at 5:00 p.m. To get the theme, map location, calendar invitation, please write to us at poetry.in.parks.nm @ gmail dot com by Saturday morning.

If he'd flown lower once his wing started melting, we could have had a डेढ़ joke.

If Icarus’s father had been the one to fly closer to the sun, we could have had a grim Daed joke.

Mark Zuckerberg's assistant at Meta, Josh Felker, who was responsible for Meta's "digital experiences for kids," was arrested after admitting he tried to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting. nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...

Happy birthday, @thresholdrose.bsky.social

I wanted to write a joke about Sita, but I was worried that it might cross a line.

Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."

Lady of the (now extremely polluted) Lake 🗡️🪷🧚🏭☠️🖤🪰

CALLING ALL LOVERS OF WILD AND WEIRD 70s FANTASY BY WOMEN (we owe them a *colossal* debt re: the genre, in my honest opinion) This is a great deal. Lee's work has been hard to source for me, most of it is out of print and obscure, my local libraries don't have it. Get yourself some good-ass fantasy!

I wouldn’t take a carpenter seriously who used a laptop to hammer in nails. I wouldn’t take a dentist seriously who used firecrackers instead of drills. Seriously, why would I trust a editor/writer who uses a chatbot as a search engine?

The Once and Future Riot, Joe Sacco's graphic novel on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, had Penguin Random House India weaseling out of publishing it here. But good has come of that. A couple of days ago, Sacco announced that it will now be brought out by LeftWord Books, and at a special India price.

HiPOD: A Channel and Crater in Terra Sirenum The objective of this observation is to examine a channel that eroded through both sides of a small impact crater. The channel seems to be in the middle of a larger valley. https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077138_1415 #Mars #NASA #science

I told a joke about the Iliad, and I don’t want to brag, but it was a classic.

I tried writing a joke about Heracles, but it was laborious.

I tried out a joke about the Sirens, but nobody could hear it.

I tried writing a joke about Sisyphus, but it was an uphill task.

At the open mic, I tried a joke about Mediterranean mythology, but it was all Greek to them.

I had a joke about centaurs, but my partner said I was being a horse’s arse.

For those of you in Bangalore: A Moving Line: 1500 Years of Indian Visual Storytelling. 25 July – 15 November 2026, Museum of Art and Photography. Curated by graphic novellist and artist Amruta Patil.

Did I get in somebody’s starter pack or list or something? Got followed by a handful of people with no mutuals or other connections.

Bombay seasons are: • Hot • Hot&humid • Spirit of Bombay • The Other Hot • “Bombay winter“

In 2014, when he was not yet an internationally celebrated climate activist, I wrote about Sonam Wangchuk’s ‘ice stupa’ project. I was never much for awards, but I decided to enter this one to the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink awards. It got nominated (didn’t win) in the science features category.

In 2014, when he was not yet an internationally celebrated climate activist, I wrote about Sonam Wangchuk’s ‘ice stupa’ project. I was never much for awards, but I decided to enter this one to the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink awards. It got nominated (didn’t win) in the science features category.

Reading this on Wine-dark Sky.

RIVER OF STORIES by Orijit Sen (India's first graphic novel) MOONWARD by Appupen (how Mahanana came to rule the land of Halahala) STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA by Yukichi Yamamatsu (an autobiographical Delhi manga) THE ARTHASHASTRA, BOOK 13 by Kautilya (with dinos&worms) www.blaft.com/collections/...

In response to my rant yesterday, I was asked how we can make better parks and other public places for teenage girls? What do they want? I have answers to this, so now a positive 🧵. Starting in Sweden, where this was co-designed by teenage girls.

Not an archery contest. It would be decided in a penalty kick shootout. And Football would kick it into the goalpost.

It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.

On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.

Particularly sad to see this because, for me on the other side of the planet, Mayo Clinic pages have consistently been among the top five results — and very often the top — in search engines for almost every symptom, disease and ailment I have looked up. For years, well before AI reared its head.

Mayo Clinic is being sued by its former AI compliance lead, who is alleging the hospital network tried to hide its AI tool’s 67% error rate at patients’ expense. /1 futurism.com/health-medic...

The Bsky app auto-refreshing is annoying AF.

they did the same in india too. it's disgustingly similar

"Released today, Aruni Kashyap's novel HOW TO DATE A FANATIC follows characters navigating political polarization, state power, and social division in contemporary India. The novel's central questions also inform Kashyap's leadership of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Georgia"

What perfume does RFK use? Eau de Colon.

Meet Japan’s Tanuki dogs.

It’s not a coincidence that many disabled people are leading the charge against AI. We understand it will be weaponized against us. Used to target anyone deemed “less than” or “non productive” Shame on Meta. Stop using AI. It will come for you eventually. www.reuters.com/world/meta-u...

Here’s an example (in India) of a job / gig site for people with disabilities. atypicaladvantage.in There are over 2500 artworks there done by disabled people looking for work. (In disclosure, I know the founder.)

Have you heard of the virtuoso cellist whose career was derailed because he kept insulting the maternal parents of other musicians? Yo-Ma Ma?

We are #hiring! Applications are invited for the position of a Postdoctoral Fellow/ Research Associate-I at Kanchan Garai's lab (TIFR Hyderabad). Last date to apply: August 30, 2026

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Well someone can go fuck themselves. Charles de fucking Lint can't pay an artist? How many fantasy artists would have LOVED to take that commission? He could have made someone's career.

Graham Cracker.

Graham Reaper.

Free to watch on YouTube. 1:16:32

Grahima Wormtongue.

Old-age Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Rude.

RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. ~ Clarence Darrow