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[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

Ayatollah Khamenei’s son Mojtaba, age 56, has used a middle-man (Ali Ansari) to build a $138m financial empire in the West, including “Persian Gulf shipping, Swiss bank accounts, and British luxury property.” Deep investigative report by @BenBartenstein https://t.co/WwAlKWle32

[Dr.B.Karthik Navayan @Navayan]

Casteism does not go away because you pretend it does not exist.

Labelling food as "Prepared by Brahmins" normalises and reinforces caste hierarchy in subtle, everyday ways:

It implies that food prepared by Brahmins is superior/purer and, by extension, food prepared by others might be less so or "impure"

It taps into Brahminical ideas of ritual purity/pollution that have historically justified caste discrimination, e.g., who can cook for whom, who can eat together.

Even if the intent is just "traditional recipe" or "support local Brahmin makers," it perpetuates the idea that caste is a legitimate qualifier for quality or cleanliness in something as basic as food.

This mirrors broader patterns in India where caste shows up in kitchens, canteens, matrimonial ads, job preferences, etc., and often defended as "culture" or "preference," but it upholds exclusion and hierarchy.

Ignoring or downplaying such markers, e.g., "it's just about taste" or "no harm intended", allows caste-based signalling to continue unchallenged in daily life.

Calling it out directly is necessary because pretending these labels are neutral or harmless lets the underlying structure persist.

[The Dalit Voice @ambedkariteIND]

#Casteism A Dalit sanitation worker woman was publicly beaten by a caste Hindu man just because she asked for payment for her work. The Manuvadi said, “This is your religious, hereditary duty.” #DalitLivesMatter

[wingman @beingwingman]

Bhakti Mehar, Hema Ahuja & Ankita Khandelwal these seniors doctors tortured Dr. Payal Tadvi through casteist slurs and forced her to commit suicide.
When they were confronted by law they said they never understood what they did was a crime they just made general comments.
#UGCRegulations2026

[ally @missmayn]

how fucking stupid is it that we have all these supposed billionaire geniuses running around and their greatest innovation of our lifetime has been stealing all our data to sell us ads.

[khivi @khivi]

In the specific context of India—given poverty levels, dietary patterns, food costs, nutrition literacy, and cooking constraints—the cultural promotion of vegetarianism contributes to population-scale malnutrition. This is a net harm.

[khivi @khivi]

Jan 6th wasn’t just a day — it was apparently the ultimate take-home test for ICE recruitment. Pass: instant badge & deportation gig. Who needs background checks when loyalty’s already proven? 🇺🇸🚨 #ICE #Jan6

[khivi @khivi]

Today an NRI comes to paan shops asks for Mitha Pan cost. He is told it is Rs. 50. He starts arguing with vendor that it was Rs 35 last time. He is hagling over 17 cents.

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

Lived privilege of clear rigid hierarchy shaken to the core the moment the cab driver spoke as an equal (and confidently, and in English). That's classic Indian society. The driver is 100% not at any fault at all.

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

Google Meet show how late people will be based on meeting history

[shafu @shafu0x]

fucking hilarious that HR people think they can assess technical people

[Amanda Goodall @thejobchick]

HR is the only department that gets a free pass for being completely useless.

They produce zero revenue, kill morale with endless policies, protect the company NOT you, and somehow still get invited to every meeting like they're essential.

Remove 90% of HR tomorrow and the business would run smoother, faster, and happier.

Change my mind. 🔥

[💥Susan Dyer Reynolds🗞️ @SusanDReynolds]

Well that didn’t take long! The brawlers at the Hayes Valley restaurant — her name is Shireen Afkari and his name is Christian Bruchman. She’s a Senior Growth Marketing Manager at @creditkarma and he is a Staff Scientist at Advanced Land and Water, Inc. (he’s taken down all his socials).

[khivi @khivi]

@adocomplete A week is too little — I like my friends

[khivi @khivi]

Hot take: Software engineering was never actually hard.
LLMs are just speeding up what was already mechanical.
The real difficulty? Dealing with humans.

[khivi @khivi]

@gauravsabnis Indian Americans have the highest endogamy rate in the US — over 70% marry within their own group. This extreme insularity reinforces caste, colorism, regional biases, and limits social integration in a multicultural society.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Conservative writer George Will: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." https://t.co/TfVk3XBbwq

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Leaked recording reveals Campbell's exec's shocking remarks about soup's ingredients:

“We have sh*t for f*cking poor people. Who buys our sh*t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f*kcs in it...bioengineered meat, I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer.”