Vimal Patel

Tweeting about cross-disciplinary thoughts, perspectives and opinions.

[Praveen Vaidyanathan @v_praveen]

The three diseases that destroyed modern dressing

via @robbertleusink

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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[MacKenzie Price @mackenzieprice]

Two questions I get all the time:

"What educational AI tools would you recommend for my kid?" "What adaptive apps does Alpha use?"

Many of the apps we've built ourselves aren't publicly accessible yet. Here are ten third-party ones I do recommend.

[Pejuola| HR🗣️ @Pejuola_a]

Back in 2021, I met a lady who told me about this app where blind people could video call volunteers whenever they needed help with something.

Out of curiosity, I downloaded it and signed up.

I still remember how surreal it felt the first time I got a call. Someone was simply trying to decide what to wear and needed me to tell them if the colors matched. Another person needed help checking something on their TV screen.

And there I was, in my room in Nigeria, helping complete strangers from different parts of the world through a random video call.

It wasn’t paid or anything. It was just volunteering.

But I remember being so fascinated by the idea that technology could connect people in such a deeply human way. For a few minutes, you literally became someone else’s eyes.

Till today, that remains one of the most beautiful things I’ve experienced online.

[alien @alienincrisis]

the worst part about wasting your life is how comfortable it becomes

[Elvis Obi @TheObiLeonard]

“Don’t buy a car, it’s a depreciating asset.”

Brother, I myself am a depreciating asset. I won’t be here forever.

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

I pray you experience this at least once in your life.

[Nitin Pai @acorn]

In case you haven’t seen yet, my colleague @prof_nithiya has a dashboard showing risks for India

https://t.co/TKaQo65lyW

[blue @bluewmist]

don't know who needs to hear this, but start living. the days are flying by, and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. enjoy what you can - walks, sunsets, music, laughter and nature. joy doesn't have to be expensive. you deserve it.

[roobz 🌙 🌸 @tishray]

There's a difference between being good at something and being wired for it. And it takes most people years to tell the two apart.

Being good at something means you've practiced enough to perform. You get results. People praise you. From the outside, it looks like a fit. But internally, it drains you. Every task takes more effort than it should. You can do it, you just don't want to.

Being wired for something is different. It's the work that pulls you in before you've had coffee. The tasks where you lose track of time because your brain doesn't want to stop. You don't need discipline to do it. You need discipline to stop.

I spent 2 years studying neuroscience. I was good at it. I could get the grades, understand the material, do the work. But I never felt like I was operating the way my mind wanted to operate. It felt like running in shoes that were the wrong size. Functional, but off. It took me 10x as much studying and effort to get a good grade as it did for someone who understood the subject effortlessly. When I switched to psychology and eventually into operations, something clicked. It wasn't necessarily easier, but the way the work required me to think aligned with how my brain naturally functioned.

That's why I believe that most career frustration comes down to a wiring mismatch. You're spending 8 hours a day forcing your brain to work in a way it wasn't designed to. No amount of productivity hacks will fix that. The better question to ask yourself: "What am I good at that doesn't feel like I'm fighting myself to do it?" Sit with that one. The answer will probably point to somewhere you've been ignoring.

[Sir T Shiimi @Incredible_Tau]

You can read all the books. Watch all the documentaries. Listen to all the stories. But nothing, and I mean nothing, will prepare you for certain moments in life until you're standing in them yourself. Marriage. Divorce. Childbirth. Losing someone you love. Parenting. They all look so different when it's your heart on the line. Your choices. Your pain. Your mess. Your miracle.

It's easy to sit on the outside with theories, opinions, and assumptions. It's easy to think you'd handle it better. Until life turns to you and says, "Your turn." And suddenly, you understand. You understand the tears. The silence. The fight to keep going. The strength it takes to show up when everything feels heavy. The courage it takes to start over.

Life has a way of humbling us all. So be slow to judge, quick to offer grace, and always remember, what you don't understand today, you just might face tomorrow. We're all just figuring it out as we go. And that's more than okay.

[Yet another commodity guy @tleilax___]

Force Majeure was declared by Qatar LNG.

First time ever. Lawyers gonna make bank.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

People giving OpenClaw root access to their entire life

[ViralOps @ViralOps_]

imagine spending a decade learning animation just to see THIS drop on the timeline.

traditional animators used to spend years honing their craft to get motion like this.

now some guy in his bedroom generates it under a minute.

the helplessness real artists must be feeling right now is actually crazy.

why even learn traditional keyframing anymore when the barrier to entry is completely GONE.

this is the exact moment the animation industry changed forever.

[gabsmashh @gabsmashh]

i saw someone use ai;dr earlier in response to a post and i think we need to make this a more widely-used abbreviation

[James Clear @JamesClear]

A Monday morning question for you:

The cost of convenience is vitality. You can have a lot of things done for you in the modern world — and many of them are great time savers! — but the feeling of being alive comes from being fully engaged in the right task, not free from all tasks.

Sure, you can automate and delegate all sorts of things, but the more interesting question is, "What fills you with so much liveliness that you want to do the work yourself?"

[Essential @essential]

Create apps shaped exactly around your specific needs and context.

That's what Essential Apps are.

You describe what you need. AI builds it. It appears on your phone's home screen, ready to use.

One billion apps for one billion people.

Beta starts today on Nothing Playground.

[Vimal Patel @sp0tless_mind]

@markcecchini That’s straight up ChatGPT

[Abhishek Yadav @yabhishekhd]

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This could be genuinely useful for students, creators, and small businesses.

Curious to see if other telcos respond.