.@MajidDan's 'The Hyderabadis' is out in the wild! Played a much smaller role than would appear from the large-hearted author's acknowledgement. Now go buy the book!!! It's pacy, juicy, meaty. As they say in Hyd..."Kiraakkkk!"
I asked an immigration attorney I trust and have had some dealings with whether the Mahmoud Khalil case represents scary territory. He said yes, it does.
Polls have now closed in California.
We're tracking how Californians voted for president as well as results for California’s 10 ballot propositions and 100 local state Assembly and Senate races.
Follow the results live here: https://t.co/ppxv9PfQmj
CJI D.Y. Chandrachud: "Ma'am Sukanya Shantha, thank you for writing that very well-researched piece which got this whole proceeding started. But for your piece, nothing would have changed on the ground."
Daniel Radcliffe pays tribute to the late Maggie Smith:
“She was a fierce intellect, a gloriously sharp tongue, could intimidate and charm in the same instant and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny… I will always consider myself amazingly lucky to have been able to work with her, and to spend time around her on set. The word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her. Thank you Maggie.”
let's about talk about my favorite part of the Olympics, one of the things that that originally got me into art and graphic design as a child: pictograms. the first I can remember are from Seoul 88. you might recall these.
All my kidding aside two of the nicest, down to earth, and intellectually curious guys you can hope to meet (on their off day in NYC they chose to tour @Columbia and saw everything from the Ambedkar exhibit to where FM radio was invented to where the Manhattan project began!)
For our first investigation we partnered with @restofworld to look into how India’s BJP used WhatsApp (WA) to spread their message through official and unofficial groups in a small Indian town.
https://t.co/iDwIiAgE2r
We found NYC’s chatbot doling out lies.
In response, a Columbia professor built a bot on the fly that gives more accurate answers.
How did things go so wrong in the NYC government? ⬇️
https://t.co/tSkpIsnGs3
I was at City College Tuesday night, reporting for the @nytimes
Two sets of protesters were arrested that night.
The first set was a crowd outside City College’s locked gates. NYPD arrested this group on two separate occasions that evening at different locations.
timeline/🧵
From 7:30pm to 7:45pm, people on campus tried to take over a building, but that’s a separate thread.
At 8pm, NYPD officers in riot gear entered through south campus and walked toward point 2.