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[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Turns out the future does have flying cars

[abhinav @AbhinavXJ]

rare striver W

never thought but Me and Striver agree on the same thing

[Striver | Building takeUforward @striver_79]

I am genuinely stunned that hardly anyone has shown any intent to protest against the flawed reservation system or even raise their voice against it.

Unfortunately, there’s no funding for such causes.

I am all for reservation based on financial need, to help people uplift themselves. But reservation for people living in bungalows? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor]

⚠️ IF THAT FLYDUBAI PLANE HAD CRASHED…

1️⃣ The Indian pilot would have been blamed instantly.

2️⃣ Racists would have flooded social media with “Indian pilots” narratives before investigators even reached the wreckage.

3️⃣ Pakistani troll accounts would have amplified it, turning a tragedy into another India-bashing opportunity.

4️⃣ AI171 and the Phuket incidents would have been dragged in as evidence of a “pattern of behaviour” of Indian pilots.

5️⃣ Every unrelated Indian aviation incident would suddenly have become part of a narrative about supposedly “unsafe Indian pilots”.

6️⃣ Meanwhile, Oman’s lack of any meaningful history of aviation terrorism would have been used to bolster the India pilot angle.

7️⃣ If Indian pilot Capt Smit hadn’t survived & fought back to save the plane, the world would have got an entirely different story.

[Lord Immy Kant @KantInEastt]

A year ago 🇮🇳 Captain Smit Machchhar spoke how unavailability of doctors in the flight can make the passengers vulnerable to misfortunes like hijacking and cabin crew has to take on the responsibility. He did what he preached. What a hero.

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

If India is to progress, it has to create a merit based society.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

मोदी सरकार ने चुपचाप UPI पर फ़ीस लगाने का रास्ता खोल दिया है।

अब ₹2,000 से ऊपर के merchant UPI लेन-देन पर MDR लगाया जा सकता है। इन ट्रांजैक्शंस की संख्या भले ही सिर्फ़ 5% हो, लेकिन UPI के कुल transaction value का करीब 65% इन्हीं में है।

सरकार कहती है कि ग्राहक से कोई फ़ीस नहीं ली जाएगी। लेकिन दुकानदार पर लगने वाली फ़ीस आखिर आएगी कहां से? कीमतों में जुड़कर ग्राहक की जेब से।

अमेरिकी payment कंपनियां लंबे समय से भारत की zero-MDR नीति का विरोध करती रही हैं। अब मोदी सरकार ने ठीक उसी दिशा में नीति बदलने का रास्ता खोल दिया है।

US Trade Deal की तरह ही, Compromised PM मोदी एक बार फिर अमेरिकी दबाव के सामने surrender कर रहे हैं।

[CA Ruchita Vaghani @R_N_Vaghani]

Earn Salary - Pay Income Tax
Use Salary - Pay GST
Use Salary - Pay Bank Charges
Withdraw Salary - Pay Withdrawal Charges
Use salary by UPI - Pay UPI Charges

Middle Class is So doomed.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Being kind reduces inflammation and strengthens your immune system.

[Asmit @coolcoder56]

companies are now shifting from traditional leetcode based interviews

Big W

[Hemant Mohapatra @MohapatraHemant]

The curse of discipline is that every day looks the same. The curse of indiscipline is that every year does.

[Anushka Gupta @Anushqq]

As long as reservations are there, education will never be fair.

So fcuk y'all!

[DROID @droidbuilds]

"Cut AI prices by 90%."
“Great, they all forgot how to code”
"Raise prices by 1000%."

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Science, a new app designed with every stage of research in mind.

Artifacts traced to their code, environments managed on demand, and 60+ optional scientific databases that you can connect.

Available now in beta.

[Klaas @forgebitz]

“4,500 production deploys a day”

is spotify adding new songs in git storage or something

[Ankur Warikoo @warikoo]

In a country such as India, this could be a disaster, if the right anti-abuse systems are not set up by WhatsApp.

Imagine receiving a message from warikoo / awarikoo / ankurwarikooo / ankur_warikoo / a_warikoo / ankurwarikooofficial etc etc - soliciting money.

1. Most people don't understand verified status (even if and when it is launched)
2. Cannot be verified through calling the phone number (because username = privacy)

I have fought a legal case against Meta's lack of attempt to bring down AI-generated ads showing my face, luring people into investment WhatsApp groups. I understand how massive this scam is and how easy it is in our country to execute it.

So forgive me, if from a public figure's standpoint, this features raises some serious concerns.

[Piyu @PiyuduttaPiyu]

Kunal Shah is going to lead WhatsApp globally.
No IIT. No IIM.
His CV wouldn't have made it past the Indian corporate HR system :)
The West bets on builders, while Indian corporates still rely on IIT/IIM badges.

[Pavel Durov @durov]

India’s IT ministry banned Telegram for one week because some users shared leaked exam questions.

This punishes 150M+ ordinary Telegram users in India — not the insiders who leaked the exam materials.

And the ban hasn't stopped anything. The leaks just moved to other apps.

[duck @ExtremeBlitz__]

Life before this tweet:

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@iam_smx *trillioniare