Lakshmi

Mom, Private Yoga teacher, Product Manager.

World needs more women in power.

[Lakshmi @lakshm16]

#Thisishome

[Improve The Dream @ImproveTheDream]

Our country's broken #immigration system affects people from all over the world.

Meet Sonia, a daughter of immigrants from Poland and Pakistan, who faces self-deportation after growing up and spending two decades in America with a documented status:

[﹆ @flowzki]

hey trust me ..you don’t need to comment on anyone’s acne scars, dark circles, frizzy hair, thin edges, height, weight gain or loss, or any part of their body the second you see them. they already know.. they live in that skin every single day.. they don’t need a reminder. grow

[Karen Hao @_KarenHao]

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

[Dip Patel @TheDipPatel]

While the birthright citizenship EO is expected to be stopped by courts, the thought of its possibility shows why policy like America’s Children Act is needed regardless of what happens.

Children lawfully raised and educated in America are Americans and deserve citizenship.

[Ariadna Jacob @littlemissjacob]

Some of you spent Christmas dragging Sriram Krishnan through the mud without knowing a thing about him. He didn’t stumble into tech’s inner circle—he built his path, brick by brick, from India to Silicon Valley. Before you embarrass yourself further, keep reading. You might learn something. 🧵

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Progress doesn’t come from waiting for our circumstances to change. It comes from changing our circumstances.

We don’t need confidence to take a leap. We gain confidence by taking the leap.

It’s never too soon to start pursuing a dream. The best time is not someday—it’s today.

[Rahul Menon @TheRahulMenon]

Sneak peek into @Area51cast’s 20th episode with @TheDipPatel and @ImproveTheDream.

Episode drops in a few days. Stay tuned!!

P.S- Remember to like, share and hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss out on our episodes 🔥🔥

[Rahul Menon @TheRahulMenon]

While we chose this path as adults, my heart breaks for the kids who've known no other home. At 21, their lives shatter overnight,forced to leave the only home they know.

Don't miss @TheDipPatel’s & @ImproveTheDream’s powerful story on @Area51cast’s 20th episode, dropping soon.

[SIIA.US @SIIA_US]

"Documented Dreamers" end up self-deporting as there is no pathway for them to obtain PR. They are punished for their birth country just like their parents. Even if they get a work visa , they end up in a 200-year wait for PR where their parents are already in line. #immigration

[Dip Patel @TheDipPatel]

Around 90% of children of long term visa holders are pursuing or have completed a STEM or health care degree.

Yet, they face being forced out of the country after being raised and educated in the U.S.

[Dip Patel @TheDipPatel]

Every single day, dozens like Tanuj are actively facing leaving the country despite growing up in the U.S. with lawful status.

10,000 face the same fate every year.

Who does this benefit?

Time to #ImproveTheDream.

[Walton High School Counseling Department @waltoncounselor]

Congratulation to Walton's 41 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists!

[Susan David, Ph.D. @SusanDavid_PhD]

Today. Turning towards, not away.

When we move from sympathy to empathy to compassion, we bring action to our intention. Being action-oriented doesn't mean rushing in to fix. It can be holding space. Allowing for pain. Choosing to actively see.

Instead of standing across the person in pain, we stand with them.

[Caroline Garcia @CaroGarcia]

This are some of the messages I received lately after loosing some matches. Just a few of them. There’s hundreds. And now, being 30 years old, although they still hurt, because at the end of the day, I’m just a normal girl working really hard and trying my best, I have tools and have done work to protect myself from this hate. But still, this is not ok.

It really worries me when I think about younger players coming up, that have to go through this. People that still haven’t yet developed fully as a human and that really might be affected by this hate. Maybe you can think that it doesn’t hurt us. But it does. We are humans. And sometimes, when we receive this messages we are already emotionally destroyed after a tough loss. And they can be damaging. Many before me have raised the subject. And still, no progress has been made.

Social media platforms don’t prevent it, despite AI being in a very advanced position. Tournaments and the sport keeps partnering with betting companies, which keep attracting new people to unhealthy betting. The days of cigarette brands sponsoring sports are long gone. Yet, here we are promoting betting companies, which actively destroy the life of some people. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying they should be banned as people are free to do whatever they want with their money. But maybe we should not promote them. Also, if someone decided to say this things to me in public, he could have legal issues. So why online we are free to do anything? Shouldn’t we reconsider anonymity online?

I know those who write these terrible messages won’t change because of this. But maybe you, next time you see a post from an athlete, singer or any other person, that has failed or lost, you will remember that she or he is also a human being, trying his best in life.

Be kind. Give love. Enjoy life ❤️
Caro

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Why are women more than 70% of people with autoimmune disorders women? Maybe it’s because their bodies carry the stories of abuse and betrayal— and society says they can’t even show their anger.

[Rahul Menon @TheRahulMenon]

5 families. Countless dreams. One broken system.

@Area51cast & @Vidyut13 presents Alien, a raw and unflinching look at the high-skilled immigration crisis in America.

Watch. Share. Speak up. Because their story is our story.

Link- https://t.co/baNCb6iXKG

[Pareen Mhatre @PareenMhatre]

10,000 individuals age out of the system annually. The administration should take action to protect these young adults, keeping them with their families and allowing them to make meaningful contributions to our society. It is absolutely essential to treat this issue with urgency.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

Women don’t owe the world children.

They don’t owe men babies.

And they don’t owe you an explanation.

[Dip Patel @TheDipPatel]

Thousands of talented young people like Dwarkesh, who have been raised and educated in the United States with lawful status are being faced with leaving the country.

Thousands leave every year.

Kicking us out only hurts America. Time to pass America’s Children Act.

[Dwarkesh Patel @dwarkesh_sp]

My family moved to the US when I was 8, but by the time I turned 20, my dad was still on an H1B (waiting to get processed for a green card).

Once I turned 21, I would age out as his dependent, despite the fact that I basically grew up in the US.

I thought I'd have to become a code monkey after college, and even that only if I was lucky enough to win the H1B lottery.

Otherwise, back to India.

I had become a huge fan of @paulg's essays in college. I was actually depressed that my desire to start a startup or do something entrepreneurial was basically hopeless.

Working on the promising podcast I was doing as a side project? A beyond impossible pipe dream.

Even after 9 years, my dad wasn't able to get a green card - and the lines were only getting longer over time. I figured I'd be an old man before I could quit some FANG job and build my own thing.

By some miracle, COVID travel restrictions cleared out the lines, and I got my green card literally months before I would have aged out.

If not for this unbelievable coincidence, I would not be hosting the podcast.

In the best case, I would be shifting pixels around in the 3rd sub-sub-menu of some big tech software.

I'm incredibly grateful I made it through.

But it's unconscionable that we put the kids of high skilled immigrants through all this anxiety, and in many cases make them repeat the nerve-racking indentured life trajectory that they had to watch their parents go through.

[Improve The Dream @ImproveTheDream]

Over 10,000 children of long term visa holders face aging out and self deportation every year.

We need to pass America’s Children Act, which is the most bipartisan immigration bill in Congress.