My friend applied for a passport.
The police came for verification and demanded ₹1,500.
No missing papers. No delay. No reason.
Just a bribe to do the job they’re paid for.
Why is corruption the default setting in India?
VLOOKUP and I have this strange relationship where everytime I want to use it, first I Google to understand how to do that, then I use it and then I promptly forget how to use it till it is needed again.
@matt_ambrogi@nabeelqu This is the way! I have connected Strava MCP with Claude Desktop. Helped me understand how often I am pushing my runs, what phases of runs do I slow down in etc.
That was such a tense watch. Seeing how a fake WhatsApp message can cause so much trouble, especially when it’s based on real events, really hits you. The performances were fantastic. #Stolen deserved to be released and watched on the big screen!
One of the bests of 2025.
Always a delight seeing a franchise wrapping up in the best way possible.
Final Destination: Bloodlines does that and how well. The callbacks are not forced and the kills are vivid (one of them would make you hoot) and one of them tops the entire list across the series by miles!
My 🐐 makes me believe that it finally comes around!
Congratulations, RCB! It took “18” years to make it reality but it did.
I have never had that much FOMO of not being in BLR.
Will I get sued for this?
I’ve just built https://t.co/aWlg5KJkSg a website that lets you create fake running activities
Strava mules have gone viral recently for charging 10-20$ to run for other people and improve their stats, which made me think there has to be an easier way
There is. And after a bit of clever engineering, I built Fake My Run:
- Go to any location in the world
- Draw a couple of dots on the map
- Align your run to the roads/trails
- Set your pace, date and description
- Download your activity as a file (.GPX)
It’s that easy.
TBH, I didn’t make Fake My Run without purpose.
I’ve been running for 10+ years, and in the last couple of years I’ve noticed the culture around running has shifted.
Running used to be a very personal sport that was mainly practised to challenge yourself, to improve your physical and mental health, to stay in shape, to compete with others, to discover new parts of the world, etc. In the last couple of years, I’ve seen running increasingly shift towards becoming a social status and way of signalling a lifestyle.
Every activity can be turned into an Instagram story, every marathon can become a TikTok video. And social running apps are the spine, the solid, irrefutable proof of those very achievements.
Like social media though, running posts can be faked. Which is in part why I made Fake My Run. As a way to challenge the culture shift around running. To also prove the good old saying that you shouldn’t trust what you see on the internet. But also because it was technically doable and entertaining.
Maybe this is a flawed reasoning to a real problem, I’m just another runner guilty of the very things I am criticising here. Curious to see how this will be received
Disclaimer: Please be mindful of the ToS of running apps. Fake My Run was built for entertainment and educational purposes. Please use responsibly.