The kiddos — Inesh and Ishaan — got their first real ink in print thanks to #deccanherald. They are “the City’s child icons”.

The kiddos Inesh & Ishaan aka The Amazing iTwins received great reception performing magic at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) for Krishna to Kaveri - the Karnataka Rajyotsava event organised by BIC and the Azim Premji Foundation.

I think it’s awesome that something could have its first stone laid in 1882 and still be building towards the original goal

Are you a US-based PhD student WITHOUT summer funding who is interested in adolescent development, trans youth, and/or gender? Reach out to me about applying to join my lab in Summer 2026 for the VIPS program! psych.princeton.edu/diversity/vi...

Happy Deepavali to you and your family! May the festival of lights bring you all joy, cheer, prosperity, contentment, and peace. Stay blessed. 🙏

Happy Deepavali 🪔 to you and your family. May the festival of lights usher in joy, contentment, peace and prosperity. God bless. 🙏

One of the most incredible magic effects I’ve ever experienced is when a playing card transforms visibly! Fortunately, I got the opportunity to learn this trick rather young. Here’s my updated presentation for this classic mind-boggling magic: youtu.be/RSovE536xDc Like & Subscribe, won’t you?

I recorded this performance of a magic trick. I think you’ll enjoy the magical storytelling employed in this presentation. youtu.be/sPrmr3BnMNk?...

I recorded this performance of a magic trick. I think you’ll enjoy the magical storytelling employed in this presentation. youtu.be/sPrmr3BnMNk?...

The Shadow magazine dated August 1, 1941. Cover by Graves Gladney.

Good morning from Kochi, Kerala! Enjoying a cup of tea in the quaint lounge as I wait to board my flight back to Bangalore.

Looks can deceive—and so can fake websites! Pause, check, and protect your money from online fraud. Report fraud at cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930. Flashy discounts often hide traps—verify the URL before sealing the deal. #CyberCrimeAwareness #DigitalSafety #CyberAware #ThinkBeforeYouClick

Meta's Georgia facility, per the Times, "guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day," or about 10 percent of the total water used in the small community surrounding it.

I have begun making some videos of my all-time favourite magic effects. Here’s one where I perform one of my most loved rope acts. Hope you enjoy. youtu.be/iH9Xv-ieSAI

I have begun making some videos of my all-time favourite magic effects. Here’s one where I perform one of my most loved rope acts. Hope you enjoy. youtu.be/iH9Xv-ieSAI

Jack’s #BitChat reminds me that Nokia tried something similar using phone based wifi network during the N8 / N9 days. I had a great time working with the global team helping them research this functionality that worked beyond the mobile telephony networks.

Looks like the US is going to get its own Aadhaar.

I think this is one of my new all-time favourite photos of me on stage. PS: The Joy of Reading Minds is REAL!

What a beautiful book. What a joy - the diffusion and fusion of ideas, knowledge, commerce. Highly recommend The Golden Road This: india has always been at its most creative and influential when…connected, plural, hybrid, open and receptive to new ideas.

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

Trying to do the whole half-decade Iraq War discourse in 72 hours.

The Onion took out a full page ad in @nytimes.com and also delivered a physical copy to every lawmaker calling out Congress for their inaction. The news is putting satirists like The Onion out of work and they’re fighting back.

I love asking DeepSeek AI questions that it ponders on, analyses deeply, and then—just as the final output is expected—suddenly decides that the question was not something it wants to answer: “Sorry, that's beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else.”

In other news, rejoined WhatsApp after being happily off it for four years. Sigh! The sins of getting old are here and very real.

Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state. That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress: Sit back and do absolutely nothing.

"Vice President JD Vance said in a televised interview on Sunday morning: 'We’re not at war with Iran. We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.'" It's early days, but we may already have our winner for dumbest public remarks.

More flowers. Beautiful ones.

It was like everyone and their dog were playing basketball. (Sorry! Couldn’t resist the pun.)

Not really a cat person, but *had to* capture this alluring pose.

Beautiful, methinks. You?

Thanks so much for this lovely review, Cal!

Over to @jimmyfallon.bsky.social

Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Sorry, what?! Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! *gasp* Please to stay on here and continue to entertain us.

I can’t help but wonder how that conversation went. DT: “I talked to you. And I stopped the war.” NM: “We talked. But you did not mediate. We stopped it on our own.” DT: “OK. But I stopped the war.”

Super proud of the way the kiddos, Inesh and Ishaan (aka The Amazing iTwins), have taken to performing magic. Loving the way they have begun to own and engage their audiences. A huge shout out to @attagalatta.bsky.social, especially Subodh and team, for their incessant encouragement and support.

Reel for a Cause! Students of Bengaluru—create a 30–45 sec reel on the theme “Breaking the Chains: Prevention, Treatment & Recovery for All” for #InternationalDayAgainstDrugAbuse.Post on Instagram & tag @BlrCityPolice. Most viewed reel will be awarded on June 26! Reel it. Tag it. Change it.

Since Govt has made Aadhaar mandatory for sports events across India, I grudgingly updated the kiddos’ photos and biometrics. I promptly locked their biometrics as soon as the cards got updated. Locking is easy and instant via the phone browser, but weirdly doesn’t work if tried via the desktop.

Thank you to our June sponsors! Clive Court, Browser's Den Of Magic, Michael Close, the Sid Lorraine Hat & Rabbit Club (IBM Ring 17), and the Canadian Association Of Magicians canadasmagic.blogspot.com/2025/06/than...

Bluesky is dying... or Bluesky helped create one of the most effective spontaneous protest movements of the year?

Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova has stood up to Putin her whole career. Now her L.A. performance art puts her in Trump’s crosshairs. She summarized: “[My] police state art exhibit shut down by police state.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Quite a neat capture while I was busy addressing a group of executives about the power of the mind.

A fake journal stole a scientist’s identity, impersonated a legitimate publication, and is now "publishing" 60+ papers per issue for ₹2000 or $100 a pop. In my latest column, I write about an outrageous case of academic fraud targeting Indian academics. www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/scie...

Found some Manjutti aka Dodda Gulagunji aka Red Bead seeds (biological name: Adenanthera Pavonina) growing aplenty at a friend’s resort in Kochi. Came back with more than enough to play some games on the hitherto unused Mancala board that we bought when the kiddos were small.

We hosted another edition of our monthly show ‘An Evening of Magic’ yesterday at Atta Galatta, Bangalore. A friend (Sharath) was kind enough to take a picture of me on stage welcoming everybody and setting the context.

Stumbled on this old screen-grab (during an unrelated search on the web) of an online show conducted during the pandemic showing a young(er) Inesh of @i3andco.bsky.social enjoying a magical moment.

@vimoh.blog See DM.

iOS 18’s liquid glass effect is stunning — especially how it turns white text into a fun little guessing game. Love staring at my screen like it's a magic eye puzzle.

Same way it always does: ACCESSIBILITY PERSON: This isn't accessible APPLE DESIGNER: I like how it looks though ACCESSIBILITY PERSON: APPLE DESIGNER: Pushing to prod

"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."