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[Riya @Humblebumbum]

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

> 3 year old son saw mother making out with neighbor on terrace
> She pushed him from the terrace
> He died
> She said it was an accident
> Son started coming in dreams
> After 4 months, out of guilt, she confessed her crime

How can a mother be so cruel?

[Riya @Humblebumbum]

Looks like Elvish home was attacked by some people with guns.

What a pathetic state of Law and Order.

Even Criminals like him are not safe in this country.

[Humanbeing @Humanbeing01993]

@leinadpark @im_roy_lee @cluely Awesome, gonna try this one!

[Palisade Research @PalisadeAI]

🔌OpenAI’s o3 model sabotaged a shutdown mechanism to prevent itself from being turned off. It did this even when explicitly instructed: allow yourself to be shut down.

[Humanbeing @Humanbeing01993]

@elonmusk I think it was 3 shovels!

[Humanbeing @Humanbeing01993]

@iit_fun https://t.co/bHklpSKSPG

[Rashi Pandey @rashi__pandey_]

Ghibli art is trending only because it is hiding all our insecurities... making our imperfect pictures seem perfectly flawless.

[TX @DotSlashTX]

A SCAM pulled off by one of the Top 3 contestants in this hackathon, won whopping 75 Lakhs of funding just by rebranding @brave Browser!
This is bigger than one can think!
Tagging @AshwiniVaishnaw and @GoI_MeitY @cdacindia.

[Humanbeing @Humanbeing01993]

@perplexity_ai @AskPerplexity who are you

[keshav @keshavchan]

the people who do the most interesting things usually have no off switch between work and life. it’s all just one big, immersive experience. not everyone gets that, but if you do, hold onto it and don’t let anyone guilt you into shutting off

[Arsen @arsen_bt]

Everyone can earn min. $50.000 per year in a Web3 Security.

Sadly, most people are lost before they even begin.

Here’s the guide how to earn your first 50k$ as an auditor.

[RJ - Rishabh Jain @rishsamjain]

Like every year, I will be watching the full #Budget2025 speech so that you don't have to. I will share important points you need to know in the thread below.

Save this thread & follow @rishsamjain

[Praveen Naik @p_naix]

"Build LLM in India" – Stop Lying to Yourselves and Fix VCs

It’s been almost two years since @sama said, “you can try,” and someone from Mahindra Group responded with “challenge accepted.” Where are the models competing with OpenAI, Anthropic, or DeepMind?

In Nandan Nilekani's recent podcast with Nikhil Kamath, the tech lead at the government level bluntly admitted, "building LLMs is not for us." That’s a pathetic, defeatist mindset.

@AravSrinivas is right. Look at the U.S.—their top tech companies and government work in tandem, nullifying benchmarks with every release. Here, all we do is talk. India seems content with the reputation of doing things cheaply while China leads the way in execution. Somehow only China can trigger us.

@paraschopra, @championswimmer, @waitin4agi_—all on point. Talent isn’t the issue; it’s the lack of courage. We’re stuck hyping 10-minute deliveries and obsessing over tangible commodities. Most universities don’t even offer decent AI curricula. Mediocre college placements churn out graduates who’ve never seen money, so their only goal is stability. Ambition comes later—if at all. I can’t convince one friend to quit their job and build something meaningful because they draw the line at financial risk. It’s a vicious cycle.

How do we fix this?

Break the VC/investor trap. They won’t back ambitious founders unless they see "differentiators." What differentiators do OpenAI, Anthropic, or DeepMind have? They’re all chasing benchmarks and mining the same gold. Meanwhile, our VCs keep betting on "build for India" garbage—e-com, UPI fintech, quick commerce. Enough! Start funding "build for the world."

Indian Founders don’t need massive funding to start. $30-50k (₹25-40L) is enough for most ambitious founders to prove their commitment. But no one funds pre-seed at that scale. Show us you’re willing to disproportionately back talent. Stop forcing them to move to the U.S. just to get funded. Then, when they succeed, you call them "Indian founders" as if you had their back all along.

We don’t lack ambition; we lack support. Back small, ambitious companies with compounding potential. That’s how you win.

[pashov @pashov]

Pashov Audit Group security researcher internship coming soon. Learn by doing, 100% practice. Real audits, real projects.

Like/RT this post if you'd be interested in this. There will be lots of slots, I've thought of a scalable model to do this right, full announcement soon🫡

[Hrishikesh @hrishibhat]

If you are a security researcher (or anyone) and you feel like you are not making good progress and are 100% willing to put in the efforts.

Reply or DM me with your exact concern and I’ll work with you to get results.

Will choose 5 candidates to start with

[Open Letter @openletteryt]

AAP runs ₹1,000/month women freebie, promising to give ₹2,100/month

BJP is promising ₹2,500/month women freebie

Congress felt left out, announced their own 'pyaari bahena yojana' and promised ₹2,500/month

This is LEGALISED CASH FOR VOTES. Our country is doomed!

[alix40 @AliX__40]

FAQ #1: "I’ve been doing audits for a long time but don’t see any progress. What am I doing wrong?"

I often get asked the same questions about auditing and security in private. While I want to help, my time is limited, and repeating myself isn’t practical. That’s why I created this FAQ series—to share detailed answers to the most common questions I receive.

For the first installment, I’m tackling the question I hear the most:

"I’ve been auditing for X amount of time but still can’t compete. What am I doing wrong?"

Let’s start with a truth: auditing and security is hard. There’s a reason people in this field earn millions—it’s a tough, ever-changing discipline.

Let’s be real—I can’t tell you exactly what you’re doing wrong because I don’t know you as well as you know yourself. But what I can do is point out some classic traps that kill growth. If you’re stuck and not seeing progress, odds are you’ve fallen into one of these. Read them carefully, and for the love of everything, be honest with yourself.

1. Unrealistic Expectations + Low Effort
This is the ultimate career killer. Unrealistic expectations combined with low effort? You’re done. I’ve gotten messages like: “I spent 8 hours on this codebase and found nothing.” What the hell did you expect?! Mastery takes time, focus, and serious work. If you’re not tracking your actual hours and think you’ve been “auditing for weeks,” chances are your focused time is way lower than you think. Stop lying to yourself.

2. Jumping Ahead Without Mastering the Basics
This is a trap I’ve fallen into myself: chasing the next shiny object instead of doubling down and mastering something. If you’re new, you need to stop jumping around and stick to a plan. Once you’ve built a solid foundation, learning other skills and technologies becomes way easier. Until then, stop skipping steps and focus.

3. Pattern Matching Without Understanding
Humans love taking the easy way out. Instead of spending days or weeks understanding a codebase (which, by the way, is one of the most valuable skills you can develop as an auditor), people look for shortcuts. They copy issues from other reports or find basic patterns, like “no partial liquidation allowed” or “Chainlink-redstone oracle blah blah.” Sure, with enough luck and repetition, you might stumble into a payout. But here’s the problem: you’re not improving. You’re just stuck in a loop, waiting to get lucky.

4. "I’ll Do 8–10 Contests a Month and Get Rich"
Let me be blunt: if you’re broke and think you’ll gain experience and make bank by speed-running contests, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Early on, your goal shouldn’t be money—it should be improvement. When I started, I didn’t even track my earnings. I tracked lines of code I read daily. I focused on large codebases, spent ridiculous amounts of time testing attack vectors, and built a solid methodology. You can’t rush this. Put in the work.

5. "I’m Not Ready Yet"
"I need to do five more shadow audits and watch three more YouTube tutorials before I’m ready." No, you don’t. Stop procrastinating. Passive learning (where nothing is at stake) won’t get you anywhere. You have to learn by doing and failing. My approach when starting out? “I’m going to do 10 competitions, give it everything, fail hard, and learn faster.” The sooner you embrace failure, the faster you’ll grow. Fail fast, fail early.

6. Blaming Everything But Yourself
"I didn’t win because platform X sucks, judge Y is biased, or auditor Z showed up." Let me tell you something: that mindset is trash. Excuses won’t change your reality. If you’ve ever done anything competitive—sports, online games, whatever—you know this: you suck right now, and that’s okay. What’s not okay is blaming everyone else. Embrace it, own it, and push harder.

[Humanbeing @Humanbeing01993]

@J4X_Security @cantinaxyz Thanks for answering man.