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From the Futile-Gestures Dept. comes a serious announcement: since it appears that Musk actually now owns this space, I am quitting Twitter. In the off-chance that any of the motley crew that "follows" me would like to remain in touch, my email is krishna@hawaii.edu Adios amigos.

Schadenfreude: watching the Ambani-owned Mumbai Indians lose match after match after match and being grateful that money can't always buy success. (I know the teams they are losing to are every bit as problematic - but hey, I take what I get these days).

Anyone in my twitter universe have an email address for David Harvey, the geographer? Please message me if you do, thanks.

Read this from Siddharth Varadarajan:

Just keep reading the title: "with eyes wide open, we are hurtling into an abyss." I wonder if there are other historical precedents for an entire country or civilization proceeding, like lemmings, to throw themselves, joyously almost, into certain death.

After 30 frazzled minutes of trying to connect my new wireless headphones to my smartphone I (a) have transferred all my savings to Alexa who will also know everytime I use a bathroom, (b) will never be able to hear music, & (c) will have to switch to semaphore to teach via zoom.

There comes a day in the life of every man when no matter how hard you try, how hard the veins bulge in your neck, you still cannot twist open that bottle. That is the day you officially transition out of middle age into old. Close shave earlier today - but I still got it bebe!!

Wondering if Ranbir Kapoor will continue to work after marriage.

Dare I ask if the worm is turning? I am so starved for hope in these parched times that I do dare ask such a question.

Kudos to Angshuman Choudhury for this forceful piece. His article only heightens the deafening silence from so many others who on Indian foreign policy.

How to be an ally to Dalit rights in India instead of performing allyship, a short 🧵 As a savarna woman academic, I have found myself ill-equipped in showing solidarity to annihilation-of-caste movements. My approach to doing better has been research+listen+amplify Dalit voices.

Apne ghar jalne ki roshni main baithe kuch log kal ke sooraj ki raah dekh rahe hain

Iam shocked at the silence of so many south Asian scholars about the anti Muslim genocide underway in India. Is the quality of your academic work damaged if you speak up? Are these events just a source of theorising for career building ? Exactly what’s stopping you?

An essay well worth the read:

Its fabulous when an academic gets into the trenches to make a difference in the very field(s) they write about! Good luck and best wishes to @nikhil_palsingh

I'm not gonna win any popularity points for asking this, but how on earth does an off-spinner overstep at a moment like that?!!

Muslim man talking to a Hindu woman is projected as love jihad, A Hindu man screaming in theatre to marry Muslim women by any means is considered nationalism. New India.

3 stages of spring break: (1) finish writing journal article; revise & resubmit second piece; read that novel; review manuscript; grade midterms. (2): read novel; review mss; grade midterms. (3): please, of fucking please, at least just grade those damn midterms.

Pak chasing 500+ in the 4th innings, still about 300 adrift - and Pat Cummins has 3-4 boundary riders all the time. Test captaincy defies all logic these days. Put all 10 fielders around the bad ffs - you need wickets here.