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educate, agitate, organise.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

And @iitroorkee our money funds you. Don’t you DARE tell our kids to forego their constitutional right to free speech & protest. Retract this email & apologise. Students ignore these bootlickers.

[Harteerath Singh Ahluwalia @HarteerathSingh]

🚨If the protest site’s been cleared and you need somewhere to sleep tonight- Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Rakab Ganj Sahib, Sis Ganj Sahib and other gurdwaras across Delhi have their doors open.

No questions asked. We have never once turned a person away at the door.

[aether @bluewdrift]

You need boredom. A lot of it. Start by going on walks without music. No stimulation. No distractions of any kind. If you learn to sit with your own thoughts, for long enough, in time they will start serving you. You'll start having ideas once again. You'll start developing an extreme sense of clarity that will shift you into the next stage of your life. All by being bored, which is pretty insane.

[Prateek Goyal @tweets_prateekg]

I was not at home that day when two police constables arrived to take me to the police station. A neighbour informed me about the arrival of the police. What was unusual, however, was that a vehicle belonging to a prominent media organisation was also parked outside my house. It appeared that the media house wanted photographs of me being arrested so they could publish them in their newspaper.

Fortunately, neither I nor any of my family members were at home, and I escaped what seemed to be a carefully planned attempt to publicly humiliate me. The FIR had been filed against me after I reported on the layoff of more than fifty employees by that prominent media organisation during the Covid period and the allegedly low severance packages they were given.

Before filing the FIR, the media organisation had sent Newslaundry a defamation notice demanding Rs 65 crore. We responded with a detailed reply defending our report. When it became clear that Newslaundry would not be intimidated through a legal notice, a campaign of harassment followed, beginning with the FIR against me.

I secured anticipatory bail, but the police still wanted to seize my laptop without providing a hash value. During one visit to the police station, I had a heated argument with the SHO, who insisted on taking the laptop despite the bail order. He even remarked, "How dare you write against such a powerful media organisation?" and dismissed Newslaundry as "just an online publication."

We challenged the FIR in the Bombay High Court. A few months later, not only was the FIR quashed, but the Bombay High Court also delivered a landmark judgment in the case.

Getting there, however, was expensive. Newslaundry had to spend a substantial amount on legal fees. A single court appearance cost around Rs 75,000, and there were three to four hearings. Drafting charges alone often exceeded Rs 25,000.

I remain deeply grateful to Newslaundry for standing by me and fighting the case. But legal battles like these require significant resources. Unlike many legacy media organisations, Newslaundry does not depend on advertisements, it is supported by its subscribers.

That is why I appeal to our subscribers, just as you have supported our journalism, please support our legal fund as well. Your contribution helps us fight intimidation by powerful interests and continue reporting fearlessly, independently, and factually.

[eppy @epppyyy]

The Death of Democracy did not happen overnight -

The Trans Community warned about it.
The Students warned about it.
The Journalists warned about it
The internet shutdown-affected communities.
The internet freedom advocates.
The RG Kar protesters warned about it.
The people of Manipur warned about it.
The Farmers warned about it.
The Wrestlers warned about it.
The Activists warned about it.
The Tribal (Adivasi) Communities warned about it.
The Dalit Community warned about it.
The Muslim Community warned about it.
The Christian Community warned about it.
The Sikh Farmers warned about it.
The Kashmiri People warned about it.
The people cut off from the Internet
The LGBTQIA+ Community warned about it.
The Persons with Disabilities Community warned about it.
The Daughters of our country warned about it.
The Anti-CAA Protesters warned about it.
The Civil Rights Lawyers warned about it.
The Human Rights Organizations warned about it.
The Environmental Activists warned about it.
The Forest-Dwelling Communities warned about it.
The Gig Workers warned about it.
The Unemployed Youth warned about it.
The Academic Community warned about it.
The Independent Media warned about it.
The Whistleblowers warned about it.
The Other Backward Classes (OBCs) warned about it .
The Linguistic Minorities warned about it .
The Widowed Women warned about it
The Leprosy-Affected Community warned about it .
The .......

[Nakshatra @nborgaonkarx]

The whole country is protesting people in Vizag against the data centres, Adivasis on hunger strikes against the Keh-Betwa project, Residents protesting in Uttarakhand to save trees and the elephant corridor and the students protesting at Jantar Mantar.

[Gitanjali J Angmo @GitanjaliAngmo]

I have lost faith in Safdarjung Government Hospital.
The hospital told us @Wangchuk66’s potassium had dropped to 2.9, describing it as alarming and life-threatening. Yet, in its public health bulletin, it conveniently omitted the actual number, referring only to "decreasing potassium levels." When after 10 hours and repeated requests, they allowed us to take samples of his blood at 10.30 pm, an independent laboratory test reported 3.5, well within the normal range.
Despite repeated requests, the hospital has refused to discharge him or allow us to shift him to a private hospital of our choice. With around 30 police personnel stationed on our floor and well over 100 across the hospital, our movement is severely restricted. It is not medical care. It is illegal detention.
If anything happens to Sonam, the hospital authorities and the government must bear full responsibility.
I have therefore moved the High Court and sought an urgent hearing today, praying for permission to shift Sonam before his health deteriorates further. No family should have to fight the system simply to choose where their loved one receives medical care.

[Charly Wargnier @DataChaz]

life before this tweet:

[J. J. Ellis @jjellisart]

I said this about AI well over a year ago. Using it to diagnose and fire people with medical conditions so they lose their insurance AND their income is somehow even more heartless and evil than I’d predicted.

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

I don't use the word, "lovely" very often, but this just is

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“People don’t like to leave a party / unless the house is actually / on fire.”

— Charles Rafferty

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This poem appeared in The Southern Review, Winter 2026. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Elise Wouters @elisewouters]

‘I study his sentences the ones I remember as if l'd been asked to translate them.’

– Anne Carson, Nox

[g 💌 @uragoodanimal]

listen i love you joy is coming 😭

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

Langston Hughes with a great idea.

[Birat @latepoetsociety]

one of my fav

[£ @liizzzzzie]

My forever favorite @alexdimitrov poem