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[Pratham Varshney @prathamvar]

Buy the most epic game on governance, politics and strategy - Sarkaar: State your power. Power your State.

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#Governance #politics #freespeech #corruption #strategy #boardgames #India

[Pratham Varshney @prathamvar]

Dear @Support , been a year since I’ve been trying to cancel this forced complimentary membership which you’ve been charging me for. Customer care said they’ll refund but sent Japanese yen to a random account. Lol

Now no one replies and the bot sucks.

[Pratham Varshney @prathamvar]

@Support its been a year and you've been charging me 427 rs for a subscription which was complimentary and cant be deleted.

When I raised this complaint, you replied saying you've refunded the money to some random account in japanese yen for some reason (we use INR here).

[Elite Predators @elitepredatorss]

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In an alternate universe there is a South Asian version of heated rivalry with @imVkohli and @babarazam258

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@flyspicejet casually admitting that 33% of their seats are uncomfortable.

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@rohanbabu Same story in Bombay

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It’s absolutely crazy that esignature tokens don’t work on mac @MCA21India @EODB_India_GoI

[Joakim 🌹🇳🇴🇪🇺 @joakial_]

New ad by the Norwegian Consumer Council: "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator"

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@matt_elevenlabs 11B

[Dr. Ruchika Sharma @tishasaroyan]

"Hinduism is endangered by Hindutva" My speech at the Calcutta Debating Circle last evening. Will be uploading a recording of the QnA soon as well. Here's the link to the full debate (https://t.co/vEgjerdFPS) I start from 1:18:41 onward

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Geopolitics is just a fancy word for tel chori

[Pratham Varshney @prathamvar]

That’s a heartfelt response but the criticism isn’t against gig work. It’s the power asymmetry that’s been created with the current duopoly.

Bad policy always create compliance burdens which are mostly absorbable by large companies on the road to a monopoly which further gets encouraged. It’ll be terrible if unionization is encouraged or gig work is forced to be treated as regular employment.

I worked in banking collections back in 2014 and the cash pick up agents were all gig workers who got paid per pick up. Some ran a tea stall, some a pan shop and the 60rs per pick up got them 400 rs a day during the lean hours of their shop. If bank A had lesser work, they’d easily switch to bank B or C or an NBFC. The model still thrives. No power asymmetry. Little to no exploitation.

The current grudge has gig workers questioning the arbit rules they are governed by with little to no alternatives because of this duopoly.

Since Zomato / Swiggy can’t be encouraged to create competition, and hard regulations will just shrink the market, policy actions which do make sense are things like a light arbitration/ ombudsmen system, easier switching , regulate the kind of rules which govern penalties etc.

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Overheard in a government office "sab kuch hota hai aur kuch bhi nahi hota"

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Starting a 🧵 for things I see in government offices which make no sense

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Continuing the bojack series.. this time a leopard 🐆

[Cloud @Cloud1a7]

Doesn’t get much better than doggo reactions 🥰

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Probably the best depiction of India’s civil infrastructure

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@Zephyr_hg Scrape

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Wow. Most of the footage is just people going to an amusement park, laughing, watching a cricket match.

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@Satosh_him @Rainmaker1973 most iconic ballerina scene

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Someone needs to tell @yadavtejashwi that no one is going to vote for sasta crimemaster gogo.

Though.. "Aaya hoon, kuch toh loot kar jaunga, Khandaani chor hoon main" suits him best. #fodderscam

[Pratham Varshney @prathamvar]

Same day as ISRO sends the country forward with its indigenous creations, @ianuragthakur makes efforts to send the country back. Loved the strategic positioning by @IndianExpress though.