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Vitruvian man with a shortish crop running on empty. Father of 2. Classical liberal. Atheist. Non-authoritarian leftish. Facts are objective not relative. #GGMU

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

God was also mentioned in the Bible.

[Fact @Fact]

Unicorns were mentioned in the Bible.

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

This is inarguably true. Email has made communication worse and decision-making inordinately slower and more bureaucratic. Yet nobody ever talks about it.

https://t.co/OabLddGSmd

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

The entire tech world has sold people a plausible fiction: that digitising everything will inevitably make it better, and that money spent on tech magically does not incur an opportunity cost.

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

@NikhilaHenry One of the true "world" cups. Most other team sports have world cups that barely register on the global scale, either in terms of viewership or participation or both.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

And most people say of astrology, "Oh, it's harmless fun, isn't it?" And I should say probably for about 80% of the cases it probably is harmless fun, but there's a strong way in which it isn't harmless: one, because it's so anti-science; you know, you'll hear things like "Science doesn't know everything." Well, of course science doesn't know everything, but because science doesn't know everything that doesn't mean science knows nothing. Science knows enough for us to be watched by a few million people now on television, for these lights to be working, for quite extraordinary miracles to have taken place in terms of the harnessing of the physical world and our dim approaches towards understanding it.

- Stephen Fry

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

That one person makes india global teacher every global big scam now one indian involved minimum!

[Pavel Durov @durov]

Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking.

The sabotage seems intentional, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports.

This may be part of a competitive war, as Reliance is partially owned by Meta — the company behind WhatsApp.

Network operators are advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and ensure stable Internet access for their users.

Such abuse of global Internet routing is alarming. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind the recent lobbying effort to ban Telegram in India.

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

Na khaunga na khane dunga.

[Sudhir Suryawanshi @ss_suryawanshi]

Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MP Rajabhau Waje reportedly was offered Rs 50 Cr plus Ministerial berth in centre however he declined the offer & choose to remain wid Uddhav Thackeray till end. Operation Tiger was delayed due to Mr Waje, huge effort were made to pursue him but in vain.

[Sagar Awatade @SagarAwatade]

I don't know who else to tell this to, so I am going to tell my story here.

Every day is a struggle for a young business, but the last few months have been harder than usual.

We are a small Indian company. For more than ten years we have been building a homegrown brand in a product category dominated by big foreign players.

There are almost no Indian names in this space. We set out to be one.

We started in 2014. Over the years we began making parts in India instead of just importing, and we started selling in the US, Dubai, Nepal, Malaysia and South Africa.

We showed up at global trade fairs to represent an Indian brand on the world stage.

In 2023 we changed the import code we use for our product. We did not do this quietly. Every shipment was declared. Nothing was hidden. We didn't invent our approach.

We followed written professional advice and the way this product is treated in markets around the world.

And now we are facing a government demand running into tens of crores in duty recovery and penalties, plus personal penalties on the founders and even on an employee.

For a company our size, this is not a fine we can pay and move on from. This ends us.

We have not run from any of this. I am not built like that. It is not how I was raised. We have written to the authorities, met officials in person, and we have now filed a writ in the High Court.

All we are asking for is a fair treatment.

I set out to build in India and sell to the world. I am asking only that the system back honest founders trying to compete globally, instead of breaking them.

The process is the process, and it exists for a reason. But process should not feel like punishment.

From where I am standing today, it does.
I am not giving up. I have worked too hard for this. If you have read this far, please share it. If you know someone who can help, point them my way. Help me get the word out.

[Dhanya Rajendran @dhanyarajendran]

Activist who imported oxygen concentrators to save lives during COVID gets Customs notice.

When the government didn't rise to the occasion, citizens did. Now, they will be punished for it???

Ridiculous

https://t.co/unXJxvWxNF

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

Hahahaha. But then we don't watch soccer, do we? We watch original football.

[Aakar Patel @Aakar__Patel]

@MEAIndia for all afghan or like our caa

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

@MsMelChen No.

Englishman stranded in a black hot wind
Combing his hair back his future looks dim
Bites the bullet and he looks within
For dignity.

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

Starmer is a baby. He needs to learn how to control perception from vishwaguru. Admittedly, he's made a good start by requiring ID for using social media.

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

England fans could be THROWN OUT of the World Cup if they sing any anti-Sir Keir Starmer chants - with the FA facing being slapped with hefty FIFA fines if any supporters are caught https://t.co/kQfKUc4jPb

[Aakar Patel @Aakar__Patel]

@sardesairajdeep second greatest after the another one person imo

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

@NikhilaHenry For long I was conflicted between CRon & Messi. CRon developed at Old Trafford, my mecca. But over the years, Messi's calmer quieter persona, no aggressive self promotion, and of course El Diego's argentina roots completely removed CRon from the equation.

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

@NikhilaHenry Now you have to do the same flowers for good omen before every game! Big burden to carry!

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

The laws of physics I created do not apply to Lionel Messi.

[Strange Animals @Strange_Animals]

The pied bat or badger bat is endemic to western & central Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

(Photos Jakob Fahr)

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

Discovered it exactly when we are water starved.

[Harrapa Civillisation Times @harrapasabhyata]

Indian Municipalities have FINALLY discovered Pressure-washers🙏😍

[Stickler++ @rixit81]

@taxitaxie @nikifyinglife Ethanol needs ganna. Ganna needs rain.