Snigdha Sur

@thejuggernaut founder and ceo / bollywood encyclopedia (ask for recs!) / @ycombinator @HarvardHBS @Yale @StuyNY / nyc spelling 🐝 champ

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

Why do writers tend to erase Bengalis from Partition stories? We are here. Listen to us. Remember our ancestors, too.

[aether @bluewdrift]

This line from Atomic Habits isn't ready to leave my head:

"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment."

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@MikeIsaac Wow

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

Every Capricorn traveling with a Scorpio

[izz @izzafk]

when you’re the only one who brought a charger on the trip

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@vivekteega @prbhtkumr @Namecheap Just so folks know their rights, a domain provider can’t shut down your domain globally without a proper court order, especially if you’re running a legitimate business. That’s why we won our TRO (temporary restraining order) to get it back

[Today Years Old @todayyearsold]

Before the war between Android and Apple started, the war between 0.5 and 0.7 users was the one that separate humans from each other

[Banu Guler @banu__guler]

I moved to New York when I was 17. I waited tables at a vegan restaurant, worked the night shift at Dunkin Donuts on 3rd Ave, and finally found out about bike messengering, which I figured was a great long-term career option if I wanted to focus on feminist zine/book projects and hitchhiking back and forth across the country. A bad car wreck and a broken heart ended that fantasy. Eventually, I got jobs in design and product departments at fashion companies and then in the art world.

Years later, I became fixated on building an astrology app. I wanted it to capture something my friends in the punk scene and in the political world had taught me: how to find recognition away from the gazes of a world we’d been told was important, but wasn’t, really. We read like maniacs, found our peers in history, a pantheon of writers who could describe our realities as they existed, reaching out across continents, languages, and sometimes centuries to explain our realities. Words that capture our experiences and make us feel utterly and completely seen.

I built Co–Star in the same tradition, mixing in that same pantheon of writers with the oldest technology (astrology) and the newest (AI). Nine years later, we've reached 35% of young people in the US with tens of millions of app downloads and a profitable business.

Along the way, I became friends with David Holz, who was similarly interested in the very old and the very new. He later started Midjourney: a weird AI lab, focused on beauty, imagination, and supporting human thriving with technology. Using Midjourney feels like uncovering something subliminal and new about yourself. It feels like being seen.

Today, Midjourney is acquiring Co–Star, and I’m joining Midjourney to lead a unified product, design, and frontend team across all Midjourney projects.

We're at a crazy moment in history. At a time when it feels like many labs are pushing toward replacing humans with computers, David and I are taking a different approach. We share the belief that computers can be tools that reveal our humanity to ourselves. Tools that show you what you mean, how you feel, what you're imagining, before you can articulate it yourself.

Co–Star will continue as Co–Star. The same app you know and love, now with Midjourney's support behind it. And as a part of Midjourney, we’ll help to develop new kinds of technology focused on humans, on making us more creative, more knowing, more alive in the world.

So, thank you: to the Co–Star team, the Co–Star community, our first decade, the next ten – and to the void itself.

Love,
Banu

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

What about the $45 trillion+ the British took from India?

Before the British started colonizing folks, its economy made up a measly <0.2% of global GDP.

India and China, in contrast — pre-colonization — each controlled 25% of global GDP. That’s why the British looted in the first place. They barely had anything of their own!

https://t.co/odwWaluWOQ

[Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman]

The British Empire did so much good for the world.

Of course slavery was abhorrent but to expect the British people of the 21st century to pay for actions that took place in the 18th century has no basis in law.

If the government is seriously thinking about this then former colonies should pay the British back for the considerable investment, effort and contribution that this country made which laid the foundations for many flourishing democracies today.

[Andy Ryan @ItsAndyRyan]

This is the funniest thing I've seen on twitter this week. It's a shame Jason Mantzoukas isn't on the site.

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@BrentScher I think that’s part of the beauty of it ! We weirdly had a clubhouse discussion on it during Covid times and it helped. You just need to discuss it with your besties

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

And everyone has started smoking again sigh

[𝑴𝒐 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒓 @MoMohler]

Any person over 40 realizes that this is the Marlboro font. The people in charge of this are clearly under 40.

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

“Just leave it” 👀👀👀👀

[👮‍♂️🚒 Tales of Badge & Blaze™ @ScottEnlow]

👮‍♂️911 operator: "911 what is your emergency?"

😳Caller: "I'm calling to report a bear on top of a light pole."

[Paul Graham @paulg]

A startup doesn't have to be your life's work, but if it is, you become much harder to defeat. You play the long game and you outlast everyone. Because practically everyone else is an opportunist by comparison.

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@AnkitGordhandas @cmclymer Damn. Looking into this

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@MikeIsaac The switch in energy. I’m speechless

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@paulg I think we need to bring this color back!

[summer @transgendererer]

it's weird that both nyc airports are in queens. No Brooklyn, no bronx? What are the odds. Queens should lean into it more. Queens: your ticket out. Queens: gateway to the City. No one shall enter or exit except through Her. We don't talk about newark

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

I’m sorry did they say tornado?!? 🌪️

[NYC Emergency Management @nycemergencymgt]

Hey NYC: a Tornado Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service. It’s in effect until at least 9 PM tonight for all five boroughs. Let's talk about what that means and how to stay safe! 👇

What's a tornado? 🌪️

It's a violently spinning column of air stretching from a thunderstorm down to the ground, capable of intense winds and flying debris. Tornadoes are genuinely rare in NYC, but today the atmospheric ingredients are there for one to form, which is why we've got a watch. Worth taking seriously.

Watch vs. Warning:

🔹 A Watch (what we have now) means conditions are favorable for tornadoes. Time to prepare!
🔹 A Warning means one's been spotted or picked up on radar. Act immediately.

What should you do? ✅
➡️ Stay alert and keep an eye on the sky
➡️Subscribe to @NotifyNYC by visiting https://t.co/KxYXYC4WKt. Make sure your phone's emergency alerts are on 📱
➡️Know your safe spot: an interior room on the lowest floor, away from windows
➡️If a Warning is issued, get there right away
➡️ Bring your people and pets with you! 🐾

Tornadoes here are uncommon, so no need to panic, but a little prep goes a long way.
Stay safe, NYC! 💙⛈️

More tips on staying safe during a Thunderstorm or Tornado: https://t.co/3t3I1pb2xQ

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@MrBeast Congrats !!!

[Snigdha Sur @snigdhasur]

@seema_amble @pitdesi Wow !