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[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

BJP is in a lot of pain, their primary weapon of propaganda - the godi media - has been demolished. Its credibility is in tatters. This post shows that pain. He also misleads when he equates the act of people appreciating the work done by journalists on the ground as being equivalent to the journalists being aligned with the protest. Both are not the same, he knows, but its his job.

But more importantly, this collage that he's attached to his post is an attempt to warn the journalists that they're being watched.

These independent journalists, some of who worked round the clock, brought important information to the public square which ensured that the legacy media couldn't run its agenda this time. People's voices and their pain was heard, and it made many people sympathise with the movement. Till very recently, the legacy media would successfully turn public opinion against all protests, repeatedly, whether it was CAA-NRC or farmers protest. This time, they couldn't do it.

Support independent media, support democracy.

[Satish Acharya @satishacharya]

Two notifications in three days from X as they received 'order' from the govt to block two of my cartoons.
Though this govt has lots of 'tejaswi log', let me share a pro-tip.
My experience for the last 15 years on social media teaches me that whenever any govt/politician tries to stop a cartoon by force, that cartoon normally reaches ten times more readers!

[RINCE KURIAN @rinse_kurian]

കൂടുതൽ ഒന്നും പറയുന്നില്ല.
സമയം ഉണ്ടേൽ മുഴുവൻ കാണുക... 🤷‍♂️

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Hello Tuluva Techie with zero critical thinking skills.

This is a frequently cited statistic that often gets misinterpreted as "Kerala has the worst cancer problem." It is not like that.

Yours and that useless man Rajeev's (who calls himself an Oncologist in the reel), ignorance is known as Simpson's Paradox Analogy. Let me explain.

Kerala has the most mature and extensive population-based cancer registries in India, operating for decades. States with poor registry coverage (UP, Bihar, many northeastern states) massively undercount cases. You cannot report what you do not detect. High incidence on paper often reflects better surveillance, not necessarily a worse disease burden.

Kerala's life expectancy (~75–77 years) is the highest in India, approaching that of developed nations. Cancer is fundamentally an age-related disease - the longer people live, the more time cells have to accumulate mutations. States where people die younger from infections, maternal mortality, or malnutrition never "survive long enough" to develop cancer.

Kerala has largely conquered the infectious disease burden that dominates mortality elsewhere in India. When you eliminate deaths from diarrhea, tuberculosis, and neonatal causes, the proportion of cancer in the disease landscape naturally rises. This is actually a marker of development, not failure.

Kerala has near-universal literacy (~96%), especially female literacy, which strongly correlates with health-seeking behavior. People present to hospitals earlier, get screened, and receive formal diagnoses. In states with poor access, cancers go undiagnosed, patients die at home labeled as "fever" or "abdominal illness," and never enter any registry.

What is Simpson's Paradox?
This is similar to the observation that hospitals with better ICUs report higher death rates - not because they kill patients, but because they receive sicker patients and actually count deaths properly. Kerala "looks bad" partly because it has the institutional capacity to look honestly.

This is a classic lesson in epidemiology: incidence is a function of both disease occurrence AND detection capacity. You must always account for the denominator and the measurement system before drawing causal conclusions.

Also, there is ZERO evidence to equate unprocessed red meat to cancer causation. Please dont send me useless data from WHO and other crap sources - none of them show causation of unprocessed red meat use and cancer. The associated RISK (again there is no causation proven) is from processed/ultraprocessed meats. The most common reason for increased cancer is tobacco, alcohol, obesity. So use your account to help people in controlling these well known risks, instead of trying to play "food jihad" ok? Let people from different States and Cultures enjoy their culinary delights. You can mind your own business.

So next time you visit Kerala with your friend Dr. Rajeev, enjoy some beef and porotta. Serving good food to hosts has always been our happiness mantra.

[B.Roll.Benny @brollbenny]

urinal cakes are for eating, it has cake in the name

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

This post on traditional medicine from our honorable PM has 19K likes.

As an Indian citizen, I am going to go ahead and say a few things that may not be appetizing. Apologies for the long post.

19K likes and 1000s of comments "appreciating" this absolutely useless post which means nothing shows the abyssmal science literacy of Indian populace online.

I am not blaming this Govt only, and all Govts are to blame for keeping pseudoscience alive and a "career option" for young minds in India - but I will clearly saw that Govt is the one who really kickstarted this brain rot.

These so-called "Summits" , "Deep Discussions" and "Bilateral Meetings" on herbal/traditional medicine, and Ayush are as important as toiler paper is, for the dining table.

This whole "eye-wash" is just to keep the emotions among public alive on AYUSH (especially Ayurveda). Since the 10+ years this Govt has been in powder, there has been ZERO clinically beneficial output in Traditional Medicine that has changed medicine.

It has always been these "Summits" or "MoUs - Memorandum of Understanding" with "Institutes of National Reputes" - like AIIMS , PGI Chandigarh, IITs or JIPMER and NIMHANS. These MoUs have also resulted in ZERO clinically relvant outcomes in medicine and research from India by AYUSH sector.

In fact these MoUs have actually resulted in complete destruction of institutes of repute.

In 2017, it was reported that scientists at AIIMS, Delhi, received government funding to research the medicinal value of Panchgaavya - a mixture including cow urine and feces. However, a faculty member, responding to viral claims, stated that AIIMS's Animal Ethics Committee would not permit such experiments.

Similarly, this Govt promoted research into cow derivatives through the "Scientific Validation and Research on Panchgavya" (SVAROP) program, which has received proposals from institutions like IIT Delhi - as if this was what IITs where made to do. It is pathetic.

NIMHANS, the best neurosciences institute in the country was hijacked by traditional medicine (AYUSH) and is now offering public/ patients "integrated healthcare" which includes a bunch of pseudoscience packages.

JIPMER, once a shining post-graduate medical institute is now offering "integrated course" - where students can learn both modern medicine AND Ayurveda together and ruin their lives as well as their patients.

Just like these wasted programs, this "Summit" will also cater to the post-truth era that has taken over Indian healthcare and research - where feelings and emotions are more important than science, research and discovery.

To give you an idea of how things must be, The Kerala State Govt. recently developed the Centre of Excellence in Microbiome (https://t.co/mXiO9DaGpw) that will study population-level microbiota and help improve our understanding of non-communicable diseases and develop precision microbial therapies. The State Govt is also developing a dedicated ₹643.88-crore organ transplant institute in Kozhikode (https://t.co/kzYj1jfRJV).

These are the "Summits" and "Meetings" that matter, not this worthless Traditional Medicine circus you always put out. And wHO is doing this because India funds them and they are partly a political organization, not a pure scientific one. The brain rot people who keep appreciating you in the comments do not even realize this fact.

Look at India's organ transplant status when it comes to patient level - there is not a single valuable national or core organ transplant center in the central government institute. All these AIIMS, PGIs - and not a single proper core transplant program.

Dont you think the Indian public deserve better than these tradition and culture based eye-washing and white-washing of pseudoscience? Or maybe the current majority among the public deserves this circus and nonsese only and others are forced to ride shotgun.

Food for thought.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Hello @IndiaToday, Why don't you publish an update clearing the disinformation?
The Man from Shivamogga was not attacked for saying he is Hindu.
Police arrested three accused, two Hindus and one Muslim They've been identified as Charan, Imran and a minor. The three allegedly assaulted Harish over a minor issue on the night of November 16.
https://t.co/18RqHUOv6R

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Hello @timeswmariana Abhishek Yadav from India.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Interesting TV interview by @Republic_Bharat 😂😂
A Republic TV reporter asks a woman in Bihar about her expectations from the Bihar elections. She replies, “We want unemployment to come down, migration to stop, and Bihar to develop like other states… like UP.”
Hearing “UP,” the reporter immediately repeats excitedly, “She wants Bihar to be developed like UP!”
But the woman continues, “Yes, development like in UP under @yadavakhilesh, we don’t want politicians here to seek votes in the name of caste and religion.”
The TV anchor is left stunned and quickly cuts the interview, switching to another topic.

[Mohanlal @Mohanlal]

Gratitude 🙏
#DadasahebPhalkeAward

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

This pathetic regulatory body wasting tax-payer money, is at it again, misleading the public.

A sh*tty study of Ayurvedic herbals for only 1 month, in 100 chronic kidney disease patients, from a private hospital, published in a third rate alternative medicine journal, called AYU from 2011 without validation or replication by other independent researchers is hardy any evidence for safety or efficacy.
https://t.co/G674naBzfu

The truth is far from what is shown posted by Ayush Ministry.

Chronic liver disease and chronic kidney disease patients MUST MANDATORILY stay away from Ayurvedic herbals.

The National Kidney Foundation warns kidney patients to stay away from herbal supplements: https://t.co/YPm4pmEPcp

In fact, Ayurvedic herbal based treatments are among the most common causes for severe kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in India due to presence of heavy metals (mercury) and kidney toxic herbs.
See here https://t.co/zi6RrTvkA3 and here https://t.co/Iq32eFMHmW and here https://t.co/kLBUoLpUT7 and see this important video on how Ayurveda nearly killed an Indian in the USA - https://t.co/IWGyLyjZxa

Patients with chronic liver disease who consume Ayurvedic herbal drugs are at higher risk of liver injury, liver failure and death or liver transplantation. This has been shown in multiple studies. More than half of patients with chronic liver disease on Ayurveda who develop liver failure die (our study): https://t.co/Tm1pbcpuKL

Ayurvedic and herbal medicine liver injury can cause severe liver failure even in healthy livers, so you can imaging how bad it is for these untested products to be used in chronic liver disease patients: https://t.co/XWRkbHaeTY

During Covid-19 time, Indian patients with pre-existing liver disease who used Ayurveda 'herbal immune boosters' developed severe liver failure leading to high death rate of more than 40%: https://t.co/gToUog3fzi

There is absolutely ZERO proof that Ayurvedic herbals are safe in patients with chronic liver/kidney disease.

The Ministry of Ayush is lying through its teeth. They only care about the business of Ayurveda and nothing remotely related to patient care.

Ayurveda is a so-called alternative medicine (SCAM)

[Kamal Haasan @ikamalhaasan]

V. S. Achuthanandan - a torchbearer for the neglected - now rests.
Former Chief Minister of Kerala, a freedom fighter, and a Communist icon, he never stopped fighting for the forgotten.

Kerala, and India, has lost a true people's champion.
Farewell, Comrade.

[Pazuzu @ra5esh]

ഷാഫി പറമ്പിലും, പി സി വിഷ്ണുനാഥും 'ആധികാരികമായി' പറഞ്ഞ പച്ചക്കള്ളങ്ങൾ !
Dijohn Davis

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Dear friends, the Indian government is unleashing its highest regulatory bodies through the National Council for Indian Systems of Medicine to shut me up and prevent me from educating the public on harms of alternative medicine and unscientific and pseudoscientific healthcare practices through social media.

Please read this and let me know your thoughts? I'm gearing up.

The Constitution of India allows me to uphold public health and healthcare education.

"The Indian Constitution recognizes the importance of scientific temper through Article 51A(h), which states that it is the fundamental duty of every citizen to develop scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry and reform. This provision highlights the need for a rational and inquisitive mindset, encouraging citizens to embrace science and critical thinking."

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

In India, doctor bashing is a political sport because doctors are considered "rich looters" since the public feel that increasing general consultation fees by 100 rupees is catastrophic...

...when this so-called health minister arrived in a ₹10000000 Range Rover along with the media to fire the CMO of a public hospital...

...all because the senior doctor who I was told is a gentleman and highly efficient, asked a patient to get a vitamin B12 injection from the outpatient day care service and not emergency services because a vitamin B12 injection was never an emergency.

If there is a species that can be considered scum of the universe, it's politicians of India who dehumanise doctors in front of the public for optics. And the joke is on us because we elect these buffoons to serve us.

[John Brittas @JohnBrittas]

Hve great regards for Shashi Tharoor. But these comments are symptoms of selective amnesia. It is as amusing n puzzling why he had to belittle Kerala when he knows very well the Modi govt itself had launched Operation Dost to help Turkey. Kerala bashing is unwarranted.

[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee @SGPCAmritsar]

Remove this crap and unverified information lacking official versions @Iyervval. The Government of India @SpokespersonMoD has given its statement regarding yesterday night's attempted intrusions in Northern and Western parts of country, which records that the attempts were made to engage a number of military targets in about 15 areas of the country. But this person specifically puts the information in such a manner to present as if the only target was Sri Harmandar Sahib in Amritsar, which is very serious and objectionable amid the current situation between India and Pakistan. The Government must check such misinformation, fake news and rumour mongering amid the current escalation. It appears as if such misinformation is being spread deliberately under a conspiracy to cause panic and fear among the masses.
We request @dc_amritsar @sawhney_sakshi and @cpamritsar to take notice of this serious misinformation and immediately take action against @Iyervval as per law.
@HMOIndia @AmitShah @CMOPbIndia @CsPunjab @PbGovtIndia @DGPPunjabPolice @PunjabPoliceInd

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

THREAD: Yesterday, Ranveer Allahbadia aka @BeerBicepsGuy went on the @piersmorgan show. At one point, he was asked why he had deleted a certain story that he'd posted on Instagram where he had empathised with Pakistanis. In his response, he claimed that he deleted the post because Pakistan broke the ceasefire. Is that the case? Lets see.

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[🇺🇸Lionel🇺🇸 @LionelMedia]

For the love of God. This is not coke and that is not a coke spoon. Jesus.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

The first person to target Vikram Misri and his daughter is Chandan Kumar Singh @TheSquind. Soon after he tweeted this, his troll army started sharing details of his daughter's insta account, linkedin details, contact details. Etc.

This is not the first time he did this. He is a repeat offender. He has doxxed several young women in the past.