Happy 91st Birthday to Carl Sagan – a true pioneer of science who ignited our cosmic curiosity. Appreciation for our favorite science communicator, Carl Sagan ❤️ "For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."

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Instead, what you get is a piece making the various more or less bovine noises of studious grey-lady impartiality, with the labor of anything resembling “appraisal” surgically excised. ⁦@pcoviell⁩ in ⁦@lithub⁩

‘Caution is necessary,’ Ghosh wrote, ‘that fancy does not fly ahead of facts.’ Under the Ruins, by @rkarnad in @GrantaMag https://t.co/xFwjPIiJQJ

But man, proud man, Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd— Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As makes the angels weep; William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

The greatest enshittifiers of all are the neoliberal economists who advocated for the idea that monopolies are *good*, because (in their perfect economic models), the only way for a company to secure a monopoly is to be amazing. 3/

which is a way of saying: I accept. I would root for you with imaginary hands Cheer at the same time in a darkened bar We are more alike than not, us two. Here, let me shift, shuffle. Shelter a moment beneath this wing. Day 1 of posting one piece of writing that touches me

Two of the five dard e disco cities are now under the caliphate

I don't much care (here) about business issues, but this line reminded me of one of the first pieces that made me a convert to @TheEconomist - sometime around 1990: "The Tyranny of Differential Calculus"

"The Noida-headquartered firm is seeking a valuation of around Rs 25,300 crore, at a price-to-earnings multiple that is 61.78x higher than the industry average." https://t.co/sQIyLHZa6K The multiple of industry P/E multiple. And to the second decimal point!

@10x_er This is our Iliad. Achilles and Agamemnon are fighting over war prizes.

We wouldn’t be here if the universe were even slightly different. This is what scientists call the fine-tuning problem. The more we study the cosmos, the clearer it becomes: the physical laws of our universe are finely tuned – balanced precariously atop a hill. If the strength

We cannot help but see the language that awarded her a global cult status as we read into the fault lines in her brand of dissent. https://t.co/qtCcG1gq7T What a great review by Aishani Mishra in @AshokaEdict. Well done, and look forward to reading more from you.

Wonderful work by India Women! What a chase. #WomensWorldCup2025

Unleashing that revolution would require a political commitment as steadfast as the devotee observing Chhath has to maintain. https://t.co/CeUhsp73LQ @Roshanjnu's excellent piece on the festival, its devotees, and our blighted home state.

October is almost done and It has been a tough few days. The sky is falling. Sleep has been rare lately. I land early in the day in delhi. The sandpaper flavour of its people makes a red ruin of my sanity. I finish a tough meeting. It goes well but I am hungry, cranky and have

Dubai will recreate this on the third floor of a shopping mall

Yes, thank you God, that I’m here this year too. First Chhatth without Papa with us in person. May the tradition of being at home for this special occasion continue. 🙏 #ChhathPuja

PSA: Drowning does not look like drowning

Contrast this with the CPI(ML)… …Ideas and action are inseparable, organically fused within an organisational culture. https://t.co/2yIf3k6yAn