naboovian emissary
@yutyranus.bsky.social
birding and dinosaur enthusiast, pessimistic socialist. queer, తెలుగు, he/him. 🦕🦖🌈
the utter hatred i feel for who i see in the mirror... man i need to hit the gym
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
the utter hatred i feel for who i see in the mirror... man i need to hit the gym
lol you think you are past something... and then you are not.
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
lol you think you are past something... and then you are not.
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
hey low self esteem my old enemy, how are we doing? youre back after a while...
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The right’s preferred gender ideology—one of male supremacy, women’s exclusion from dignity, citizenship, and vast spheres of public life, and an enforced heterosexuality of eroticized domination—is much more prescriptive, aggressive, and ubiquitously pushed than anything coming from trans people.
Conservatives have their own "gender ideology" they are pushing constantly, and it's one that's built on coercion and treating women like property.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The right’s preferred gender ideology—one of male supremacy, women’s exclusion from dignity, citizenship, and vast spheres of public life, and an enforced heterosexuality of eroticized domination—is much more prescriptive, aggressive, and ubiquitously pushed than anything coming from trans people.
suffice it to say, i go about my day pretty fearlessly. i havent even gotten weird looks from people let alone anyone bothering me!
the only real problem in london is theft of personal property (bikes, phones, burglary etc.) but it is very safe for a city of this size...
the only real problem in london is theft of personal property (bikes, phones, burglary etc.) but it is very safe for a city of this size...
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
suffice it to say, i go about my day pretty fearlessly. i havent even gotten weird looks from people let alone anyone bothering me!
the only real problem in london is theft of personal property (bikes, phones, burglary etc.) but it is very safe for a city of this size...
the only real problem in london is theft of personal property (bikes, phones, burglary etc.) but it is very safe for a city of this size...
i was told by my aunts to be careful and not go to muslim-dominated areas, or to take house there. their logic was that i would be harmed or beaten up in some way??? like maam what do you think these people are?
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
i was told by my aunts to be careful and not go to muslim-dominated areas, or to take house there. their logic was that i would be harmed or beaten up in some way??? like maam what do you think these people are?
I have heard this from Indian relatives! They all seem to have gained this view after watching propaganda slop on youtube and whatsapp, usually centering around immigrant-dominated neighbourhoods like whitechapel, brixton, croydon, bethnal green etc.
The view is weirdly pervasive too. I saw an interview with Bill Burr where he mentioned that he had played in "London, England" and commented on how dangerous it was (while trying to justify his decision to play in Saudi Arabia).
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I have heard this from Indian relatives! They all seem to have gained this view after watching propaganda slop on youtube and whatsapp, usually centering around immigrant-dominated neighbourhoods like whitechapel, brixton, croydon, bethnal green etc.
this zoomer historian guy is one of the worst racists and provocateurs on the platform. he should be banned but that wont happen on X.
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
this zoomer historian guy is one of the worst racists and provocateurs on the platform. he should be banned but that wont happen on X.
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I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
This world of immigration is fundamentally built on the back of erstwhile (or current?) imperial and colonial networks. but is the racist right ready for that conversation?
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This world of immigration is fundamentally built on the back of erstwhile (or current?) imperial and colonial networks. but is the racist right ready for that conversation?
if some of these european countries hadnt fundamentally changed the face of the world with colonialism, the world would be a different place. i heavily doubt there would be this much migration into their countries, given significant language barriers etc.
It's not about "immigration. It was never about "immigration."
It's about white nationalism. It's about race.
US and UK.
It's about white nationalism. It's about race.
US and UK.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
if some of these european countries hadnt fundamentally changed the face of the world with colonialism, the world would be a different place. i heavily doubt there would be this much migration into their countries, given significant language barriers etc.
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BLOODY HELL
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
“The ministry-developed app, called Sanchar Saathi, will have access to the phone’s call log, memory and camera, according to the app’s privacy statement.”
India demands installation of government app on all smartphones
Privacy advocates raise concerns about potential snooping
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
BLOODY HELL
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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Ultimately the minimum wage is a brilliant tool, but it can’t compensate for “we haven’t built any housing”, “we have cut cash transfers to the bone” and “all the third spaces have been cut to pay for social care”.
The minimum wage is not a cure all — we’re asking too much of business
Politicians spend too much time uttering cheap rhetoric about cheap labour
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ultimately the minimum wage is a brilliant tool, but it can’t compensate for “we haven’t built any housing”, “we have cut cash transfers to the bone” and “all the third spaces have been cut to pay for social care”.
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It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
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I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
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It is amazingly horrifying in how little Labour leaders have zero, even negative faith in the values that their party's supposed to stand for. I have the deepest sympathies for the party ground floor workers and supporters who're disgusted by this grotesque betrayal of their values. It's despairing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It is amazingly horrifying in how little Labour leaders have zero, even negative faith in the values that their party's supposed to stand for. I have the deepest sympathies for the party ground floor workers and supporters who're disgusted by this grotesque betrayal of their values. It's despairing.
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Last autumn painting this year. Work in progress.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Last autumn painting this year. Work in progress.
gorgeous artwork!
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
gorgeous artwork!
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It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
This is interesting. It is from my generation (I'm 28) that this has become more common among India's middle and upper classes. Otherwise it is still quite common to have shared rooms for siblings.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is interesting. It is from my generation (I'm 28) that this has become more common among India's middle and upper classes. Otherwise it is still quite common to have shared rooms for siblings.
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🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...