Ben J

Designer • Generalist

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

This is brutal from The Hindu 😹

Completely destroyed Godi Media.

[Open Letter @openletteryt]

top 10% vs bottom 90% of india

[kgcrossov3r @kgcrossov3r]

Superman, but can’t do his one job.

[Vidit Bhargava @viditb]

Sometimes I feel like tweeting about Indian politics, and then think, "who cares what I tweet", and save my thoughts in drafts. lol.

[ben hylak @benhylak]

we are interviewing around 15 people a day.

most people are just... not good. so many cs graduates with 0 career experience, 0 side projects.

i've never seen anything like it.

[Ben J @benjacob]

Is there really any solution for all the "interesting" things scattered across different social feeds & FOMO, besides just quitting it all together?

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

India is the only place where PR Minister flags off 3 trains for public convenience and as a result 23 trains are cancelled/delayed/rescheduled.

Make it make sense.

[Rasmus Andersson @rsms]

This is a pet peeve of mine. Light and its temperature plays a significant role in how we feel. Putting cold (high color frequency) LED lights on streets is a terrible idea and I surely don’t want to live in a place where there are “blue” lights.

It’s just negligence — we have the technology to make LED light emit lower frequency (warmer) light, but it requires us to become educated on the impact of this and of course care about how we feel.

[Ben J @benjacob]

"നിന്നേക്കാൾ കൂടുതൽ ഓണം ഉണ്ടതാ"

[Rajesh Abraham🇮🇳 @pendown]

Why architect Vinu Daniel could not complete church renovation works. #Malayalam #ExpressDialogues #KochiDialogues via @xpresskerala @NewIndianXpress

[Ben J @benjacob]

@4eo Saw this news few days back, now I think it may be due to the real-estate price or funeral expenses not moksha

https://t.co/zfObyzIHc6

[Ben J @benjacob]

@theliverdoc "gas trouble for three months" — now I'm freaking out! 😱

[Joy @Joydas]

1999. Chennai. Pakistan defeated India by 12 runs in a thrilling match. Everyone in Stadium, though heartbroken, gave them a Standing Ovation for the excellent Cricket they played. That’s how Civilised people behave. They don’t Chant religious slogans in Stadium to mock opponents

[Ben J @benjacob]

Almost as if they’re busy behind the Palestine VS Israel spitting contest on all social media

[Gaurav Sabnis @gauravsabnis]

What???

How spectacularly ill managed is this world cup that an actual India Australia match at the spiritual home of the India Australia rivalry Chepauk is not sold out the day of the match?

Sanghi incompetence is off the charts this year!

[Ben J @benjacob]

Just logged in back to this app from mobile after a while, only to see recent design changes don’t show titles for links in post

[Suchitra Vijayan @suchitrav]

Resign and fuck off.

From Rohith Vemula’s murder to this atrocity, you have enough blood on your hands to drown yourself. Your regime made this possible.

[Ben J @benjacob]

@t_d_h_nair Ban TV channels, arrest investigators, suspend internet and communications— guy says “yOu dOnT knOw gRownd ReaLity” 🤡

[𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐝 @sidd_sharma01]

The reverse gear PROBABLY none of us is aware of:

Total Trains Running in India – 22,593
Total Passenger Trains in India – 13,452
Total Freight Trains in India – 9,141
Vande Bharat Trains Launched in India till date – 23

NOW INTERESTIGLY:

- Trains Cancelled between Jan’2022 till May 2022 – 9000

3,395 Mail / Express Trains; 3,600 Passenger Trains
- Total Trains Cancelled during the Period – 9,000 ( 1,900 due to Coal Movement & 6,995 for Maintenance Work) (#RTI)

- Trains Cancelled in First Nine Months of 2021-2022 Fiscal - 35000

20,941 (Apr-Jun Qrtr); 7117 (Jul-Sep Qtr) & 6989 (Oct-Dec Qtr) due to Maintenance Work

Now Year Wise Cancellations for kind perusal:

- 2014 – 101 Trains Cancelled
- 2017 – 829 Trains Cancelled
- 2018 – 2867 Trains Cancelled
- 2019 – 3146 Trains Cancelled

Likewise, another #RTI reveals that over 67K cancellations have been done by ONLY SECR in past 3 Years.

Point to Ponder – While we are all being mesmerized by the glorious, pompous, extravagant ceremonies of #VandeBharatFlag Off (23 Till now & another 377 to go)

ARE WE MOVING AHEAD OR IN REVERSE DIRECTION!!! THINK ABOUT IT…..

#IndianRailways #VandeBharat #VandeBharatFlagOff #TrainsCancelled #ForwardOrBackward #SoaringTrainCancellations #VandeBharatShowOff #VandeBharatTamasha #VandeBharatNautanki #TrainsCancellled #IndianTrainsCancelled

[WIRED @WIRED]

Hindu nationalists in Maharashtra, who have taken it upon themselves to police social media for anything, are reporting minorities for allegedly offending their religion. https://t.co/WLhPIwbCoO

[Ben J @benjacob]

@maccaw I don’t know how useful I can be, but anyway, error message was “Something went wrong” 🫠