new blog alert! this time co-authored with @discoursedancer.bsky.social link: open.substack.com/pub/themonol...

Reading a blog I wrote a year ago and it’s so obvious that I was going through grad school applications during that period—it’s filled with American English spellings. I have come a long way since then. Stopped applying to grad schools abroad.

Happy Diwali to all 🪔

Liberalism promised messages and ideas that it couldn’t deliver because liberal elites wanted the status quo to remain.

Finding it difficult to watch tv or films these days. I’m looking to pick up some books, probably, at least one fiction and one non-fiction. In fiction, im thinking Katabasis. For non fiction, I haven’t zeroed down a book but thematically, I’m thinking Churchill. Recommendations are welcome.

I reviewed the book 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.' The central theme of the book tries to project that it is architecture agnostic while relying on an architecture-specific scenario. Though I largely empathise with the message. open.substack.com/pub/themonol...

Not sure if I should continue posting here. Really feel lost without the OSINT community—which is mostly seems to be thriving on LinkedIn.

I’ve got some time to myself, so I’m trying to figure out if this mountain is part of the Everest range. The river below is the Mahananda River, and the view is toward the north. Not downloading the flight KML; I can't pay for another subscription.

One of the weirdest ritual that the urban middle class Indians have developed over the last decade or so is the practice of celebrating their birthdays at an orphanage. Yes, it’s a legit thing people do, where they go and cut a cake at an orphanage surrounded by orphan kids.

In Singapore for the next couple of days; I’m scheduled to speak at a conf. While I’m here I’m also looking to meet fellow journalists, policy wonks/AI policy researchers. Happy to have a chat over coffee :)

India’s state capacity is so low that it sort of parallels the British Raj, i.e., merely hundreds or thousands of officers ruling an entire subcontinent. The Raj had limited numbers likely due to technological constraints at that time. Our constraints today are purely artificial.

Some mornings you need red bull + double espresso shot to explode your heart and stomach

The best part about India is meeting people whose names are inspired by historical figures/events. It can range from Stalin to Saddam Hussein to George Bush to Bill Clinton. And sometimes you’ll meet Covid Kumar. Bakchodo ka desh hai 🫶🏻

I know I’m an older gen z cause whenever I open discord, I feel like I’m about to get a brain aneurysm, but I don’t feel the same when I open slack

Nepal protest reminding me how much I miss working full time as an OSINT investigator.

Every Muslim yearns to be in the American midwest to be closer to their spiritual brothers

Hi all, here's my new work for the AI Policy blog run by the brilliant folks at Google DeepMind. Please read, comment and share in your circles. Thank you. link: www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/the-intern...

Hi, I’m now based in Delhi and looking to connect with folks working in tech, AI, policy, or governance. If you’re a founder, VC, or working on something interesting, I’d love to chat; feel free to reach out :)

Hi all. I am looking for a full-time (remote) position while I pursue my Master’s degree in ML/DS (part-time). Prior to this, I have held a five-year career as a journalist, where I extensively applied open-source research to cover disinformation, tech policy, and trust & safety. Thanks.

Hi all. I am looking for a full-time (remote) position while I pursue my Master’s degree in ML/DS (part-time). Prior to this, I have held a five-year career as a journalist, where I extensively applied open-source research to cover disinformation, tech policy, and trust & safety. Thanks.

The #OSINT #OSI community is thriving on LinkedIn. Idk how I missed that.

This is now my most viewed blog. I am hoping I can pull some last-minute readers from Bluesky #Bollywood themonolithbykalim.substack.com/p/the-ourobo...

#bollywood -- I am hoping this would attract some eyeballs

New blog: The ouroboric tendencies of Bollywood open.substack.com/pub/themonol...

Thanks to @akhmxt.bsky.social piece , I’m planning a Star Wars rewatch for when I can .

As one ages, a fondness for seemingly banal jokes emerges within them. A chuckle erupts every time a joke about Steve Jobs being “Jobless” or Dr. Ally Louks being “Dr. Ali Goodlooks” is uttered. Despite their inherent absurdity, these jokes offer a sense of solace.

It appears I received a handful of readers from Bluesky. Thank you for reading :)

New blog: I think piracy is the last bastion of archiving. Please read, share and subscribe. My blogs are free; you just sign up with your email. themonolithbykalim.substack.com/p/i-think-pi...

A slightly long essay on AI art, copyright, what could be our policy framework and the conundrum of tech sovereignty open.substack.com/pub/themonol...

Rewatching Silicon Valley to cope with the times we are in. We used to be hopeful even in our satire. :)

I derive a lot of motivation from working. Now that I don't have work and have to wait for a while before doing something else, it's driving me crazy. I am having a midlife crisis. I wish I could just go on a writers' retreat to jumpstart my brain.

Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

My friend is raising funds for an orphanage their family runs in Myanmar following the earthquake. Anything raised going towards fixing the orphanage’s water supply and other necessities. www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser...

The Colors Of Her Coat www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-colors...

Went to a friend’s house and immediately noticed that he has motion smoothing enabled on his tv. Highly disappointed.

Bought this book couple of years ago while I was working on a story. The story did not move beyond preliminary research and I never got around reading the book :/

Replug :)

AI race gives Washington another reason to be tough on TikTok www.ft.com/content/9171...

I write like a centrist pundit cause that's who I am. It's a reflection of my age.

Good morning. Y’all should read this. Thank you :)

#Column I write that the moral panic triggered by AI “Ghiblified” photos is a paradoxical and counterproductive exercise. Policy and movements cannot sustain over reactionary impulses especially when the tech has reached mass adoption, accelerated by market forces.

#Column I write that the moral panic triggered by AI “Ghiblified” photos is a paradoxical and counterproductive exercise. Policy and movements cannot sustain over reactionary impulses especially when the tech has reached mass adoption, accelerated by market forces.

Will Modi risk redrawing India’s electoral map? www.ft.com/content/706d...

Having biryani after jumua namaz during a heatwave feels like catharsis

Your friends start dating, and suddenly, they start speaking like HR. They'll explain to you contexts that don't need any explaining.

Bluesky is probably the first website and app in the world designed to make you not scroll. It’s so slow that you waste probably hours just waiting for it to load throughout the day.

Reading blogs, substack, or just reading in general is so important. When you see other writers write, it ignites a spark within you. You begin to write, and it might not be the best thing in the world, but the process of unweaving your thoughts and putting them into words is bliss

In the last one year British auteur Guy Ritchie has created and directed one show for Netflix, one movie, one show for paramount and currently in the release pipelines are a show for Apple TV+ and another movie. Insane work ethic.

You would be glad to know that the English word "Tariff" and the Urdu word "Tareef" (as intended in the beautiful song you just quoted) originate from the same Arabic word of "ta'rif" which means a definition, an assertion or to merely acknowledge.

this would do 500 billion reposts if actual South Asians existed on this platform