Imagine enshittifying a service that nobody even uses to begin with...

I can completely map out the Global South Kool-Aid mentality that led to this host city selection. What a mess.

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Here's an interactive explainer I worked on for @thehindu.com on the curious logic of the Special Intensive Revision. www.thehindu.com/infographics...

Free speech as a priority has fallen off a cliff even for civil society people. We're really going to get China's internet without China's economy

Not that anyone particularly opposes this in any tangible way anymore, but worth documenting: www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

People don’t seem to get how far along LLMs have come especially within the software development lifecycle area . Like the next iteration of engineers are going to focus more on curation / prompt engineering / conflict resolution than writing code

Was India aware that an Iranian ship that was returning to Iran after being India's guest for an official event was sunk by an American submarine in our own backyard? I hope India musters courage at least now to speak up, and protest against US, the bully.

Potentially pissed off Yann LeCun in Gurgaon while chasing a deadline. How has your weekend been?

well hii to you too

We are mixture mama of the global south

This is why India will only allow Starlink kicking and screaming. The government wants the policy space to turn off the entire internet at will, if shit hits the fan. And they also want the policy space for, when shit does hit the fan, to crack down brutally.

Amazing that we smothered linear TV to death/containment to previous generation before things like this could happen.

The Indian film and TV industry are in hibernation this generation. Best principle is to just wait for this medium to begin anew at some point, led by names who are nobodies today. Hope I'm alive to see the day.

If only there were a way to ascertain the credibility of such community organisations...

We're sleepwalking towards something we can't come back from www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

I have spoken to one of the ten most talented people in the country on this issue to troubleshoot. Still no luck 🥹

@cjwritesstuff.bsky.social Does this mean the adaptation is still happening? 🥹 share.google/1NHecXzyOrUb...

This Kalshi market (~$10k) has Homebound's nomination odds at eighth rank.

I've done it again, I'm embroiled in a tech issue so niche that no troubleshooting is available

This is just insane to live through

This is so cool!!

Tried redeeming a few Audible titles with freshly recovered credits from a long-ago lapsed subscription. Couldn't spend beyond ten credits. Can't find anything online about this. So looks like I've run into a cap that literally nobody else has faced/complained about.

Apps in ChatGPT aren’t destinations... they’re just tools. Developers don’t own the interface, the brand, the interaction, or even when their app gets called. It's just "jobs to be done". ChatGPT is the selector, the umpire, the ground, the conditions and potential future opposing team, all at the

Any India accounts still on here?

First time I'm feeling a quake at home in Delhi. Milestone!

Some of these overreaches will take years of peacetime to roll back.

Utterly addicted to this open.spotify.com/track/7ulUvB...

BLACK BAG has been certified with an 'A' age rating. Smoking warnings have been added on all scenes with smoking. Liquor warnings have been added on all scenes with liquor. All instances of two gendered swears have been muted. #CBFCWatch

People who have gone to school in India: when was the last time you took dictation?

In LOCKED, starring Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins, the Censor Board has muted five instances of swearing, and added in-shot text warnings for liquor, smoking AND vaping. Rated 'A' for adults. #CBFCWatch #desiwatch

Anyone with EPW sub? Need a PDF.

Cuts for COURT - STATE VS. A NOBODY. #CBFCWatch

@vasundhar.bsky.social Hi Vasundhar, I'm a reporter with The Hindu. I'm reaching out to folks who have tried pushing back against APAAR mandates at schools for their children. I got your reference; would you mind following back so we can DM?

NOVOCAINE starring Jack Quaid has been cleared by the CBFC with five audio mutes and in-scene alcohol warnings. A disclaimer has also been added. #CBFCWatch

THE MONKEY's cuts in India. #CBFCWatch

Cuts for CRAZXY starring Sohum Shah, after obtaining a U/A 13+ rating.

Had a quick interaction yesterday with Anurag Kashyap. Turns out he follows #CBFCWatch, and recognized me and said he follows me on an alt when I brought it up :)

THE BRUTALIST has been badly censored for its India release. #CBFCWatch

BABYGIRL has been massively butchered in India by the Censor Board. #CBFCWatch #desiwatch

What's the exciting work for Netflix in public policy? I can do this job very easily. Just organise a screening for Sangh parivar every two weeks of upcoming titles, and if they find any problematic scenes in anything, avoid releasing the title at all. Easiest job in the world.

The Trump Musk alliance will last. Everyone who gets kicked out is usually due to internal squabbling. Who the hell is going to squabble with the world's richest man?

Apparently an immigration babu in Delhi asked a visiting Tinder exec how to get more matches 😭

Almost lost all my WhatsApp chats because Meta doesn't give a shit what happens to over half a decade of communications when you change phones.

Iris go to sleep warna Hastar aa jayega

Guy whose LLM just blew a $500 billion hole in AI stocks was grumbling last week to a Chinese minister that US chips are still a bottleneck. The Chinese are at the top of their game, but they are not striking a triumphant tone at all. Insane how serious a country this is.

Sad to see the fall of Dunzo. Thankful for the PS4 they gave me tho

MARCO, rated 'A', was censored extensively by the CBFC's regional office in Thiruvananthapuram. #CBFCWatch #desiwatch

FATEH, starring Sonu Sood and Jacqueline Fernandez, has been censored in India. A country name has been muted, swearing has been reduced, and violence has been cut down. DEVA, starring Shahid Kapoor and Pooja Hegde, also censored, with reduced kissing and swearing. #CBFCWatch #desiwatch