saloni

Saloni (səloʊniː) = Twix+tech-loving consultant at McKinsey via Penn, MSFT and Kellogg. Heart firmly grounded in India. Not a South Indian film actress.

[Brandon Yoshizawa @bay_photography]

The eastern Sierra mountains up through the 395 is one of the most beautiful areas in the state

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

This is good, actually. She barely shows up and doesn’t do the reading.

To borrow a phrase I saw elsewhere, it’s like giving someone an unplugged controller.

[Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy]

Leaked docs: While Gaza starved, USAID and State's refugees bureau came to a legally explosive conclusion — Israel had deliberately prevented food & medicine from getting in

But Blinken told congress the exact opposite, so the arms could keep flowing. https://t.co/htCXXLalxL

[Jonathan T. Rothwell @jtrothwell]

I keep seeing analysis claiming to show that the U.S. economy is actually great, but Americans refuse to see it--or are too uninformed or unintelligent.

Let's consider the claims here from @jburnmurdoch

[Brett Cross @BCross052422]

Today is not a good day. I can't stop crying. I hurt so fucking bad. I try so damn hard to not fall apart but every day it gets harder. I push my feelings down and put on a mask. I'm not just the pissed off dad. I'm the broken dad. The dad that is in excruciating pain because

[saloni @Saloni]

@MikeMaughan “When things fall apart” by Pema Chodron. Not religious

[Raphaël Millière @raphaelmilliere]

I asked ChatGPT to rewrite Bohemian Rhapsody to be about the life of a postdoc, and the output was flawless:

[Damon Beres @dlberes]

"A New York Times Style article on journalists’ egress to a Mastodon server included one writer’s invocation of a 'trauma bond' with the app. This is neither press nor paean but just—ugh—painful." https://t.co/W58oONcKX7

[saloni @Saloni]

@UberEats is there a way for every order to require a pin? The orders with pins are delivered seamlessly every time!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Pentagon acknowledged that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Aug. 29 was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, a military official said.
https://t.co/oC6Lnr32hv

[saloni @Saloni]

I love this story!

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Anna Kiesenhofer’s name did not appear on any list of pre-race favorites, writes @jasongay, but the Austrian mathematician managed to outduel a Dutch superteam and win Olympic gold https://t.co/bMfebXxZm7

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Hospitals used to negotiate rates in secret with insurers, leading to a confusing tangle of different prices for the same procedure. A new federal regulation is forcing providers to make those deals public. https://t.co/Eob4ViC2lP

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Israel destroyed this residential building w/ no military significance just as it blew up several apartment towers in middle class areas of Gaza in 2014. The purpose of this terror attack was to guarantee escalation and demonstrate total impunity.

[saloni @Saloni]

“The common joke, that Harvard is a hedge fund with an educational arm, is not so far off.”

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

Break up the Ivy League cartel https://t.co/ItLlsFfbEp

[Nathan FOIA Tankus @NathanTankus]

Now we're going in opposite directions right now but that's only because of vaccines and the vaccine difference isn't particularly a difference of "competence" but a matter of intellectual property protections which we are ghoulishly using to deprive ordinary Indians of life

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Only 2 countries have recorded ~300,000 confirmed new covid cases in a day. Today India joined the US. What are we doing to help get this turned around?

[a16z @a16z]

Go time.

https://t.co/ArbLG5f9TN

[Kelsey Bolar (Harkness) @kelseybolar]

Instead of taking black-and-white pictures of ourselves and sharing them on Instagram, how about women share stories of women who inspire them?

Meet @JewherIlham, a Uighur Muslim who is bravely speaking out about the cultural genocide happening in China. https://t.co/BNeRjdIkiY

[saloni @Saloni]

@navchatterji A birthday tweet like the old times! :). Thanks Nav! Hope you’re doing well and staying safe!

[saloni @Saloni]

Is this a joke?

[Bloomberg Politics @bpolitics]

The Pentagon made $35 trillion in accounting adjustments last year alone -- a total that’s larger than the entire U.S. economy https://t.co/tJgpuNDil7