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Jitin

@jitin.xyz

Cat dad, mostly curious. Eats, jokes and leaves. interests: writing, films, books, programming, math, coffee, academia and memes among others. Say Hi? 👋 DMs open. Also, Signal: jitin.19

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Jitin @jitin.xyz · last mo.

Hobbes: Do you have an idea for your project yet?

Calvin: No, I'm waiting for inspiration. You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.

Hobbes: What is that mood?

Calvin: Last-minute panic

Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · last mo.

"The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive." On Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson's birthday, his magnificent meditation on creativity and the meaning of life www.themarginalian.org/2013/05/20/b...

May 20, 1990: Advice on Life and Creative Integrity from “Calvin and Hobbes” Creator Bill Watterson

“The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.”

themarginalian.org

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · last mo.

This is Penny. She came up with her own trick. Really hopes you like it, and will repeat it as many times as necessary until you acknowledge that you do. 14/10 (IG: pennycorgipoo)

Sander Wagner @sanderwagner.bsky.social · last mo.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · last mo.

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Jill Tucker
@jilltucker
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If you ever doubt how magical this world is, one day you will decide to go to a World Cup watch party in Oakland that you found online to root for a country where you spent two years trying to coax English out of the mouths of Cape Verdean teenagers. 1/7
11:42 AM • 6/25/26 • 670K Views

Jill Tucker
@jilltucker
X.com
And at the watch party you will ask the organizer if he's from Cape Verde. He will say yes, from Praia. And you'll say oh! I lived there for two years. I was a teacher. And he will ask, "What's your name?" You will tell him and he will say,
"You were my teacher."
CABO VERDE
11:43 AM • 6/25/26 • 92K Views

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h
And across 30+ years and 6,000 miles you will hug a now man who tried to find you and remembered the songs you taught him and his classmates and he will apologize for how badly behaved they all were. And you will laugh and try not to cry and gape in wonder at at this crazy world.

Jill Tucker
@jilltucker
X.com
You will remember how much you love the World Cup. And what the Peace Corps meant to you. What those students, 40 to a class with no glass on the windows, meant to you.
11:43 AM • 6/25/26 • 62K Views

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h
Ivan, the grown man with a touch of grey in his beard, will tell you later he has struggled to describe what it meant to him to meet again - that he shared our photo with classmates.
And when he returns from watching the Cabo Verde game, we will try to find the words together.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h And then you read that the US
House of Representatives will vote a day before that game on an amendment to eliminate the Peace Corps, which costs 1/6 the price of the Tomahawk missiles the US used in the war on Iran.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker •20h And you wonder: How much is a magical world worth?

E.M. White, load-bearing grad student @emwhite.sadbutbuildingworlds.blog · last mo.

Different hardware, Same software

shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · last mo.

WANT TO SNORFLE THE MURDERCAT (🔊 up)

Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · last mo.

It's actually easy.

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · last mo.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

Title: "In shops now: Classic literature with added mathematics!"

Image: Four book covers.

The Prime Number of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark.
Empire of the Sum, by JG Ballard.
Wuthering Heights × lengths × widths, by Emily Bronte.
The Remains Of the Data by Kazuo Ishiguro.

b @benrs.uk · last mo.

good morning

Have you seen the cats bowl?

I didn't know they could.

i'm so sick and fucking tired of you

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · last mo.

Baryon Asymmetry xkcd.com/3263/

4-panel comic. (1) [Person floating near glowing black ball] PERSON: So you’re the creator of the universe? CREATOR: That’s me! So, got any questions? (2) PERSON: Oh man, so many. What’s the reason for baryon asymmetry? Why is most of the universe matter and not antimatter? (3) CREATOR: Crap. Did I forget the antimatter? One sec, let me just... (4) [explosions everywhere with “BOOM” sound effect]

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · last mo.

Side Effect xkcd.com/3261/

5-panel comic. (1) Two people standing, one with a ponytail and the second with white beret] PERSON 2: This new topical medication makes me extra sensitive to sun exposure and gravitational waves. (2) PERSON 1: Oh yeah, that’s a common... wait, what was that last part? PERSON 2: Here comes one now! (3) [Person 2 stretched taller] (4) [Person 2 squished shorter] (5) [Person 2 stretched taller again] PERSON 2: *Wheee!*

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · last mo.

In 1971, Japan’s National Police Agency standardized pedestrian crossing signs. The original reference art was non-alien, but various manufacturers in prefectures around the country had to copy the original stencils to create their own. Over time, physical degradation in the stencils led to:

Redacted@matttttthews.bsky.social · last mo.

Let an alien walk your child.

depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · last mo.

all timer footnote in "mayor of boston"

Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · last mo.

My #cartoon on the #StraitOfHormuz impasse from the current @privateeyenews.bsky.social New issue out tomorrow... #whales

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · last mo.

A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel

Wouter de Bres @wdeb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good humans, I wrote a book. Took me 10 yrs. Share it with anyone who wants to understand the minds they're designing for and the mind they're designing with. 40 chapters free to read. 📘 productdesignpsychology.com ❤️