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Indian-American. Movies, books, tech, politics, kerala, hearthstone battlegrounds, and dire straits. www.madhavnair.com Get outhouse.

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Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · Feb 6

This couplet from Vayalar has been on my mind lately. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it, ages ago. Its essence is what I’ve believed in all my life.

"സ്നേഹിക്കയില്ല ഞാന്‍ നോവുമാത്മാവിനെ സ്നേഹിച്ചിടാത്തൊരു തത്വശാസ്ത്രത്തെയും”

Poorly translated as:

“I will not love a philosophy that does not love the suffering soul”

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 20h

That “working class” is a transparently race and gender coded term tells you who pundits view as low and middle income workers and what type of work they believe “counts” among this group.

Reality: the working class is predominantly White women and racial minorities in the low wage service sector.

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N.V. Binder 𓀨 @nvbinder.io · 17h

There are 6 times as many librarians in the US as coal miners

timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 1d

There are ten times as many home health aides in the US as there are miners

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

right. given the numbers, “how to win back the working class” should be as much about care and service workers as hard hats. and yet.

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Shams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · 1d

NY Liberty assistant Sonia Raman has agreed to a multiyear deal to become the new head coach of the Seattle Storm, sources tell ESPN. Raman makes WNBA history as the first person of Indian-origin to be head coach – after being the first Indian-American woman to be NBA assistant.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 1d

People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!

NYPost headline reading “Prince Andrew had a network of staff, pals to ‘arrange girls’ for sex – and he had a type: biographer”

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d

Every man under the age of 30 sitting in a barber's chair right now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 13d

"Magda Goebbels made a great strudel"

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Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 2d

So of course the market goes up.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. 3-month annualized change in core #CPI as of September: +3.64%”

(via Kev Gordon)

Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 2d

I know I'll get there but I keep postponing the inevitable. That Robert Ludlum row tries to hide these days when I pass by.

Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 2d

What’s it like inside your head?

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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 2d

listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t laugh at this. Don’t dismiss it. They’re serious. Prepare for it. And get ready to fight against it.

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Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 2d

What's more, the photographer, one Camus, said the fedora guy was a stranger.

Annemarie Bridy @annemariebridy.bsky.social · 2d

It’s rare for me to say this about a NYTimes article, but I love everything about this story. And that photo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...

Is This Dapper Man Going to Crack the Louvre Heist Case?

www.nytimes.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

Just disgusting.

A screenshot of a post on X that reads:

Cuomo, talking to conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg this morning:

"God forbid, another 9/11—can you imagine Mamdani in the seat?" Cuomo asks.

"He'd be cheering," Rosenberg says.

Cuomo paused and chuckled before saying: "That's another problem."

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2d

As anyone who's watched "I Saw the TV Glow" should know, this is an *outstanding* match of storyteller and source material.

Rick Porter @rickporter.bsky.social · 2d

“I Saw the TV Glow” writer-director Jane Schoenbrun is doing a series at Netflix based on Charles Burns’ “Black Hole” comics (which also have a long on-off history with movie adaptations). Details here.

Netflix Lands ‘Black Hole’ Series From ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun

Co-produced by New Regency, the drama is based on a graphic novel by Charles Burns.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 2d

I'd forgotten how much fun The Diplomat was. Banger of a first episode to kick off S3.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

A deep dive on the final chase scene from “One Battle After Another.”

“.. It wasn’t until Anderson discovered the hilly stretch of road .. on a location scout — an area near Highway 78 .. in Southeastern California ..”

@michaelsantoli.bsky.social $WBD
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Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 3d

That's an awesome poster! 😍

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Joelelan @typomaker.bsky.social · 3d

I remember Fox News spending days on the scandal that was Michelle Obama’s modest little veggie garden. It was discussed and berated non-stop with the general theme being ‘how dare she desecrate those hallowed grounds.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d

Eight Sleep owners were shocked to find they could not adjust their beds using the app when AWS was down. The company has now put out an update that uses Bluetooth so beds won't be stuck in an upright position because you were reading in bed whenever there's an AWS outage.

Welcome to the future.

Eight Sleep adds ‘outage mode’ to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozen

Eight Sleep became No Sleep

www.theverge.com

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

this has never occurred to me before but GROUNDHOG DAY is actually a story of occult horror in the tradition of Lovecraft and King.
Punxatawny Phil is clearly an Elder God who has managed to get an entire small town to worship him and accept his oracle, until some asshole calls out his gimmick

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 3d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Madhav @madhav.bsky.social · 3d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like it)