[ Why is Metro's Math Not Mathing? 😵‍💫 ] Last week, @OfficialBMRCL put out a celebratory tweet announcing "a milestone of record boarding" and the "highest-ever footfall". They thanked us, the public, for this moment. I have doubts… I have such doubts 🧵 x.com/OfficialBMR...

[ The Ride that NammaMetro Takes You On 🚇 ] I've been studying ridership trends based on the data that BMRCL publishes. While the data tells many stories, it leaves us with some mysteries that only BMRCL can/should solve. I'm putting it out here for public scrutiny. 🧵

Latest #DelhiElectionResults in csv and json formats for the taking. www.kaggle.com/datasets/mah...

“90-hour work week has provoked our outrage because it threatens our privileges, not because we fundamentally oppose the exploitation of labour.” Missed Karanjeet Marx's conscience-pricking writing from the days of Arre. theprint.in/opinion/ceos...

Breathe, Victor, Breathe! At times like these, ensure enough oxygen is rushing to your head.

Look at BT diligently reporting a wayward tweet like a frantic aunty at a kitty party. www.businesstoday.in/personal-fin...

Every dickhead Indian media is reporting the same falsehood. The single source is MP Surya's post. The trains are being dispatched from Titagarh on Jan 6th; the line NOT launching anytime soon. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/bengalu...

The difference between Dr Manmohan Singh and Martin Wolf.

When Priya gets back home — this is what we all hope for — she should immediately work on a film. Because... What. A. Story! www.ndtv.com/world-news/e...

A truly extraordinary intellectual whose life has been a string of extraordinary opportunities to make a positive impact on several generations of Indians. indianexpress.com/article/poli...

Here's a little one on my wishlist – Clicking on a directory on ls command's output opens in Finder. Would be great if it ran a cd and took me there.

10 years and counting. Nothing new to add. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/nehru-...

With half a century of Arab World journalism behind him, Rami G Khouri concludes “that not a single Arab country has passed the four cardinal tests of stable statehood, genuine sovereignty, citizenship, and sustained and equitable human development.” www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Enjoying some of the talks at @gitkraken.bsky.social GitKon Day 1. Especially the one on collaborative storytelling using git. Seems like an impossible task but the case has to be made, and so Jason Gates makes the case. Tech talks should be more like this. www.youtube.com/live/rEzZsIJ...

Tell me oh great Willow, One-State Solution or Two-State Solution? What is the Final Solution?

Watching this as a kid in the 90s, I was convinced that I simply didn't have the appetite to suspend my disbelief to the extent that Bollywood demanded. All these years later, the opinion remains steadfast.

I’ve decided to indefinitely extend FREE online viewing of #FinalSolution, my film on #2002GujaratRiots, and the rise of Narendra Modi, now the Prime Minister of India. Real #GujaratFiles Do share and spread word, esp among the under-35 audiences (too young in 2002!). vimeo.com/329340055

2002 Gujarat violence against Muslims. A memoir recounts that day.

Everything written here is from the basic talking points distributed to bhaktyakartas of the delusional junta party since the last couple of years. Looks like they open sourced it just now. Those in my close, unavoidable circles use it at every family gathering. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

This is a ploy to sell more cosmetics.

On the fascinating relationship between pictures and words: What I love (despite the sordid scene it sets) about Anand Mishra's Power Play in today's @thehindu.com Frontline is... only half-way into his editorial is the full meaning of this picture unlocked! 😷 frontline.thehindu.com/newsletter/p...

Sonneting my way from zero to wherever I am now on a relatively affordable plan... I knew it was too good to be true. But I totally get the move behind this pricing change.

One of the great features of @bsky.app is that the very unpresidential future President of the United States won't be on it. By design, really.

I live in the hills of Bangalore. And I just found a leech crossing my work desk 2mm at a time. I'm at a loss for words so over to you @thattai.bsky.social

Nah. It belongs on X 'coz that's the world's largest asshole hang out.

Syria-scrolling like it’s 2014.

look I don't care whether a film's been shot on an arri alexa 65 (except if it's by Alfonso Cuarón) or on a oneplus 9 pro (except if it's by Vikram Motwane). Which bring me to my point — Why are marcomm heads some of the most insufferable communicators? I had to read through this digital vomit...

Came across this photo of Darlington station from the late 19th and stopped to admire its (the photo's) perfection. While the railways have modernised their way into the present century, the visual intelligence that goes into this construction is, pitiably, rare to the point of extinction.

I love how this works! There's so much good data is hiding in raster images.

Eye-catching extract in today's Product Hunt Dev newsletter Hunt from the @github.com Octoverse 2024 report. github.blog/news-insight... Never wanted to be part of a stat but here I am.

Everyone must skeet a blue sky from their archives. Here's mine from Puri, OD, 2006 around the same time @jack was "just setting up my twttr."

In solidarity with Mohammed Zubair. ✊

It's easy to see how blocklists and starter packs can be used as a form of categorisation harassment. Expect this to happen more often.

Paytm's ₹20 cashback for ₹40k spend

We should totally call it the Great Xodus!

Operation Bluesky: Make twitter great again

I'm convinced. Only jaguar bathroom fittings for my next home. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rLtF...

Why do they keep assuming equitable distribution of wealth despite all the evidence to the contrary going back to the last asteroid hit? timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trend...

Looking for today's Maharashtra and Jharkhand election results in a good-for-something format? Head on over to my kaggle for csv and json files. The data is still moving, will be updated hourly. It should stabilise around midnight. www.kaggle.com/datasets/mah...

“no war is more just than the war Israel has been waging in Gaza” Israel's view of reality continues to fascinate and infuriate. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

What's a day good for if you can't drink and trade, only vote?

Here's a chance to build something new, to start from scratch, by teaching the algorithm what we already know. Careful what and who you like, tweet and repost. 👐