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[वरुण 🇮🇳 @varungrover]

If crimes could be ranked, this is among the worst possible. How coldly calculative and cruel one must be to do this? This is not a crime of passion or rage or whipped up hatred or even entrenched patriarchy. This is purely a crime of inhumanity.

And the amazing part is that this horrible, unimaginable crime is just a news footnote in our ‘greatest civilisation on the planet’. The systems will make sure this keeps happening because the bureaucracy-politician-capital-media nexus incentivises lack of morality.

[Arpit Bhayani @arpit_bhayani]

admit it: we all picked up programming because we wanted to build games. but somehow, we all ended up writing crud and some dao-impls-manager-factory.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Flip the slipcover on the Knives Out (2019) steelbook and you’ll notice—it cleverly hints at a certain character.

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

🇮🇳 GUKESH D WINS THE 2024 FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! 👏 🔥
#DingGukesh

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Ranjit @geekyranjit]

PSA: lots of digital scams going on India beware, listed some of the common ones.

10 Common Tricks Used by Scammers: Beware and Stay Safe

Scammers target people of all ages, but middle-aged and elderly individuals are particularly vulnerable. Be cautious and aware of these common tricks:

1. *TRAI Phone Scam*: Fraudsters claim to be from TRAI, stating your mobile number is linked to illegal activities, and services will be suspended.
- Reality: TRAI doesn't suspend services; telecom companies do.

2. *Parcel Stuck at Customs*: Scammers claim a parcel with contraband has been intercepted and demand payment.
- Action: Disconnect and report the number.

3. *Digital Arrest*: Fake police officers threaten digital arrest or online interrogation.
- Reality: Police don't conduct digital arrests or online interrogations.

4. *Family Member Arrested*: Scammers claim a relative will be arrested and demand payment.
- Action: Verify with family members before taking action.

5. *Get Rich Quick Trading*: Social media ads promise high returns on stock investments.
- Reality: High-return schemes are likely scams.

6. *Easy Tasks for Big Rewards*: Scammers offer high sums for simple tasks, then ask for investment.
- Reality: Easy money schemes are scams.

7. *Credit Card Issued in Your Name*: Fake executives confirm large transactions on bogus credit cards.
- Action: Check with your bank.

8. *Mistaken Money Transfer*: Scammers claim incorrect transactions and ask for refunds.
- Action: Verify transactions with your bank.

9. *KYC Expired*: Scammers ask for KYC updates via links.
- Reality: Banks require in-person KYC updates.

10. *Generous Tax Refund*: Fraudsters pose as tax officials, asking for bank details.
- Reality: Tax departments already have bank details and communicate directly.

*Stay Safe:*

1. Verify information before acting.
2. Don't click suspicious links.
3. Confirm transactions with banks.
4. Report suspicious calls/numbers.
5. Be cautious of high-return schemes.
6. Update KYC in-person.
7. Don't share personal/bank details.

*Report Scams:*

1. National Consumer Helpline (1800-11-4000)
2. Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (https://t.co/2Yvu532KtJ)
3. Local Police Station

Stay informed, stay vigilant!

Share so that others can be also aware.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Reposting because the future is red ❤️‍🔥

[The United Stand @UnitedStandMUFC]

🏆 MANCHESTER UNITED ARE THE 2023/24 FA CUP CHAMPIONS!

[YasToh @YasTohM]

Refs from same PGMOL
Refs from the same League

Same team in the video

If I say anything I will be in big trouble

[Premier League India @PLforIndia]

THIS IS WHY MANCHESTER UNITED FANS IN 🇮🇳 STAY UP TILL 3:30 AM, WHAT A COMEBACK.

#MUNAVL

[The United Stand @UnitedStandMUFC]

Hang it in the louvre.

[' @TheShowtimeReds]

Penalties awarded in the league since Klopp’s statement.

Man City : 19 penalties
Arsenal : 16 penalties
Liverpool : 14 penalties
Chelsea : 13 penalties
Man Utd : 4

There’s seriously something off @premierleague @FA

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Some of Matthew Perry’s funniest moments on ‘FRIENDS’ have been put together to honor him after his tragic passing.

[Majid Freeman @Majstar7]

🇵🇸 #Gaza: This statement by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s daughter, Maria Guardiola has put a lot of politicians, celebrities, journalists and others with a platform to shame:

‘My God.

So is this really what we're going to do now? Just sit back and watch a genocide happen on the telly? Then decades from now, when it's in the history books, all look round at each other and ask, 'how did that happen?'

For the first time, I truly understand how mass atrocities have been able to occur throughout history - again, and again, and again. We never learn.

What does the death count need to be before someone finally speaks against this madness and urges restraint, not more arms? 10,000? 100,000?

A million? More? When have enough Palestinians died?

I get that lots of us are scared to speak up. I get we're afraid to say the "wrong thing. But I won't sit by in silence and live with the fact that I never spoke up when an atrocity on this scale was committed because of fear. We can express our complete condemnation for what the Israeli govt are doing and also assert our unwavering belief in the equal value of Palestinian lives, without inciting hatred against Jewish communities - another persecuted people. Indeed, many Jewish and Israeli people, in the midst of their deep grief and knowing the pain of persecution too well, have had the bravery and strength to be the very first to do so.

This is quite simple. We are watching an occupied, oppressed people face annihilation by a nuclear state with the full backing of the western world. This is not - and has never been - an 'equal fight'. Right now, it is a massacre on a scale I don't think I've ever seen in my life.

6,000 bombs dropped in 6 days already. On a strip of land just 25 miles long and 7.5 miles wide at its widest point. Whole neighbourhoods flattened. Families wiped out. Hospitals collapsing under the weight of the casualties. On a population of 2 million - half of them children. 70% of them refugees. And now, the forced movement of 1 million people. A choice of forced migration or death is ethnic cleansing. The fact that it is impossible for that many to leave in that time means that this is now a genocide.

We have gone way, way beyond wishy washy 'praying for peace', 'all life is precious' IG statements, posted to show you've done your bit of performative activism. Show you mean it. If you have any kind of platform right now, please use it. Speak. Because it's becoming glaringly obvious that the world is happy to walk into an unspeakable horror that we didn't even bother to try to prevent.’

#Palestine 🇵🇸

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🔴 Scott McTominay wins the game for Man United. Minute 93, minute 97. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

cinema.

[Abhinav @Sin_abhi]

@pranav81 @TrollFootball 🤣🤣

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 Indian Income Tax in FY23

Income Tax Returns filed - 74 million
Zero Tax Liability Returns - 51.6 million

22.4 million Indians paid tax in a country of 1.4 billion

[Abhinav @Sin_abhi]

@ChamzD @n2j2k 🤣🤣🤣

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

Until next season 😢

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