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I would like to point at the US and laugh at its politics and its Supreme Court. Then I look at India.... 😖 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

This is such a disgrace. Shame on you CPJ. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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They really want to bring back monarchy don't they? I can't think of any Empire that committed suicide in such a haste. Sadly, this will affect millions of people that want nothing to do with it. Crossposted with @openvibe.social

This is an absolutely stunning essay, the best I've read in a long, long time. Not just in how well it has been written, but stunning in its moral and intellectual clarity. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dang... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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Reading @[email protected] 's novel of short stories set in a future Bengaluru. It's good, but could've been set anywhere - not one thing here linking it to Bengaluru (so far). Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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Today was a lazy Saturday, spent reading Chinua Achebe's classic novel. Kicking myself for not reading it earlier. (reposting because there was a typo) Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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Here's the "added value" we should be thankful for from big science publishing companies. www.science.org/content/arti... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

One tiny moment of joy: seeing so many scientists completely pissed at someone's attempt of using LLMs to determine if a paper "was in the top 1%" Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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So no document can be used as proof of citizenship. And most people don't have multiple documents/have documents riddled with errors. Kafkaesque nightmare given that people are being deported using "ilegal immigration" www.deccanherald.com/india/passpo... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

India is the perfect 'papers please' Kafkaesque state. Passport, Aadhar card, PAN card, voter's card, and none of them are proof of citizenship. Utter weaponised bureaucracy. Every Indian is a Schrodinger's citizen, both citizen and un-citizen simultaneously under the eye of the state.

I hadn't imagined M John Harrison to have the look of a grizzled old sailor. Or maybe a prophet? www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

What about the RSS? Will Priyank Kharge be allowed to bell the cat? www.deccanherald.com/india/centre...

"If a child who has barely completed his physical development can step onto the global stage and effortlessly humiliate elite international bowlers, it exposes a systemic illness within the sport." www.cricinfo.com/story/greg-c...

What. The. Fuck?! First I'm hearing of this too. bsky.app/profile/did:... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

This has been obvious to many of us for years.... 🙄 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

This change might be insignificant and ephemeral, but I'm loving it just because anything associated with Mamdani pisses off the Indian-American uncles 😁 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

I don't buy the "AI will change everything" argument, but found this by @nilsgilman.bsky.social interesting to read nonetheless. www.persuasion.community/p/the-multiv... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

I'm sure @bcl400 will love the headline. 😂 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"It's the centrism, stupid." Ta-Nehisi Coated is always worth reading. archive.is/AIKW7 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

One of my all-time favourite pieces for the violin, played a little differently here by Pekka Kuusisto youtu.be/-dpgT7ETv0c Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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showyourstripes.info/b/asia/india... 🥵 😭 Crossposted with @openvibe.social

I stumbled upon a video of Julius Sumner Miller just over a month ago. He's a lovely crotchety old man totally in love with physics. www.openculture.com/2026/06/befo...

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Why should anyone pay any attention to the Oxford Union after this? Absolutely spineless people.

He truly is the cuntiest of cunts. Why someone hasn't punched the living daylights out of him I can't understand. newrepublic.com/article/2119...

Good news for the day: If the Aral sea can begin to recover, then maybe so can many other degraded ecosystems. astanatimes.com/2026/02/aral...

Some light reading before I teach thermodynamics tomorrow. It doesn't skimp on the science, and has quite a few engrossing stories.

India spent six years and 98 crore rupees spent on utter nonsense. And don't ever believe the idea that IITs are good centres of science education. theprint.in/feature/modi...

Only 3 books from Bookworm today, one of which was @[email protected] 's latest, superbly illustrated by Manali Patil. @rapiduplift.bsky.social @mrajshekhar.bsky.social @maitrey.bsky.social

I know Vinay and how hard he had to work to import and donate these machines during the peak of COVID. Bureaucracy and this government are truly insane. Mindless automatons would be far better. www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/ac...

So many NGOs doing good work had to shut down & their staff hounded since the government changed FCRA rules. The largest violator not only goes scot-free but isn't even registered. More power to Priyank Kharge ✊🏾 www.deccanherald.com/india/karnat...

India is run by unkils #3564378 Not one word from the 'honorable' bastards on how the RTI has been crippled by the current government, or how its supporters are the ones actually misusing it. www.deccanherald.com/india/rti-ac...

Every government in Karnataka seems to be dead set on destroying what little natural beauty exists 😡 www.deccanherald.com/opinion/mini...

Once again DK Shivakumar showing everyone that he is a thug www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/in...

Link to NYRB article archive.ph/0xgN0

Many many thanks to whoever recommended Alan Furst. 🙏🏾 About 30 pages in and the story has barely kicked in, but I'm already hooked. Absolute class!

"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently." 😂 www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...

India is run by unkils example #3857738 When are they going to cover the temples? indianexpress.com/article/educ...

Amrit kaal in India. All this will be ignored as propoganda www.the-independent.com/asia/india/j...