Tushar Sarode

Seeker, Agnostic, Radical Centrist.
Dropout from Computer Engineering.
Working in Sound Engineering.
Studying Environmental Engineering.
Founder INFO10 Media

[Tushar Sarode @tusharSarode]

Retweets Are Not Endorsements.

[K S Hosalikar @Hosalikar_KS]

Monsoon worries...
Step into immediate actions pl

[Jeff Dean @JeffDean]

People replace their phones every ~4 yrs. This means there are hundreds of millions of old phones discarded each year that are still perfectly usable as computing devices. @Google in collabration with @UCSD is exploring how to turn these old phones into cloud-computing “phone clusters”. Putting phones back in service in this way can directly reduce the environmental footprint of computing by avoiding the need for further raw material extraction, and taking advantage of the embodied carbon already incurred from manufacturing these devices, and modern phones actually are already quite powerful computers. Read more in the blog below ⬇️

[Vasant Shetty | Building Mundhe Banni @vasantshetty81]

India is the second-largest market globally for both ChatGPT and Anthropic. If they can turn off the access at the press of a button like this, we are absolutely at the mercy of a foreign govt. Geopolitics is getting uglier. Globalisation in the current form is dead. This is a huge wakeup call for India.

[Ajay Vir Jakhar @Ajayvirjakhar]

Ethanol for cars is made from crops growing on subsidized fertilizer. The subsidy was for growing crops for food security. But now, tens of thousands of crores of subsidy will be subsumed into manufacturing ethanol. Don't tell me no one told you that before ...

[Gardening Gurukul @GurukulOfGarden]

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[Gardening Gurukul @GurukulOfGarden]

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[Dr. Vineet Kumar @vineet_mausam]

As per imd, thunderstorm possible in pune from 1-3june.

[Anil Shidore अनिल शिदोरे @anilshidore]

पुण्याच्या कोथरूड मध्ये वनाज ते चांदणी चौक जी मेट्रो होणार आहे त्या साठी ६५ वृक्ष त���डले जाणार आहेत. त्याबाबत लोकांची मतं जाणून घेण्यासाठी पुणे महानगरपालिकेनी एक सुनावणी उद्या सोमवारी २५ मेला दुपारी ४ वाजता ठेवली आहे. स्थळ आहे कोथरूड वॅार्ड ॲाफीस.

जनसुनावणी हे लोकशाही चौकटीमधलं नागरिकांच्या हातात असलेलं महत्वाचं आयुध (tool) आहे. आपलं मत मांडण्याची एक संधी आहे. त्याचा नीट वापर करून घेतला पाहिजे आणि हे पक्कं लक्षात ठेवलं पाहिजे की पुण्यात फक्त ९% भाग झाड-झाडोऱ्याचा राहिल�� आहे.

अशीच सुनावणी सकाळी ११:०० वाजता भीमसेन जोशी नाट्यगृहात ठेवली आहे. तिथे मुळा नदीकाठावरचे १७० वृक्ष तोडण्याचा मुद्दा आहे.

वास्तविक महानगरपालिकेनी अशी सुनावणी सुट्टीच्या दिवशी किंवा सायंकाळी उशीरा ठेवली पाहिजे ज्यामुळे नागरिकांना सहभागी होता येईल.

#पुणे #महानगरपालिका @PMCPune @metrorailpune

[Chaitanya Ket @ChaitanyaKet]

“आमच्याकडे जागाच नाही, मग नवीन झाडे लावणार कुठे?” — मेट्रो अधिकाऱ्यांचे हे उत्तर केवळ धक्कादायक नाही, तर भविष्यासाठी धोक्याची घंटा आहे.

मे��्रो, रस्ते विभाग, बिल्डर्स प्रकल्पांसाठी अस्तित्वातली मोठी झाडे तोडत आहेत… पण पर्यायी झाडे लावायची वेळ आली की उत्तर एकच — “जागा नाही.”

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

Biggest saving will be when they stop dragging a photographer around to record every small saving.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

India, please understand:

The reason PM Modi cannot stand up to President Trump despite his repeated threats is the ongoing U.S. investigation into Adani.

One threat is to expose the financial links between Modi, AA, and Russian oil deals.

Modi’s hands are tied.

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

Indian TV media is so compromised & pathetic that we find out about 100+ deaths due to rain & storms in UP from the Russian President.

In no other supposed “democracy” is the media so entirely controlled by the ruling party.

It’s beyond shameful.

[Pune Int Centre @PuneIntCentre]

Pune International Centre is deeply saddened by the passing of Shri Ravi Pandit — Co-founder & Chairman of KPIT Technologies, Treasurer of PIC, and one of the founding trustees who helped shape PIC in its formative years.

As Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, President, PIC, reflected in his tribute, Ravi Pandit was not only an institution-builder and visionary entrepreneur, but also a compassionate technologist deeply committed to national purpose and social impact.

When PIC was still an aspiration nearly fifteen years ago, Ravi Pandit stood firmly behind the idea that Pune could build a globally respected platform bringing together ideas, innovation, public policy, and societal good.

Through KPIT Technologies, he demonstrated how an Indian company could lead globally in advanced automotive technologies while remaining rooted in sustainability and public responsibility. His work and leadership consistently focused on the future — from clean mobility and hydrogen technologies to green engineering and nurturing scientific curiosity among young minds through initiatives such as Chhote Scientists and the KPIT Sparkle Awards.

Dr. Mashelkar also recalled their shared intellectual journey, including co-authoring the book Leapfrogging to Pole-Vaulting, built around a common belief that transformative and sustainable change is essential for India and the world.

PIC remembers Ravi Pandit with gratitude, admiration, and deep respect. His ideas, leadership, and commitment to innovation with purpose will continue to inspire generations.

(Adapted from tributes shared by Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, President, PIC.)

@rameshmashelkar @dinakholkar @Girbane @aparanjape @KPIT

[Raj Thackeray @RajThackeray]

माझे अत्यंत आवडते टीव्ही सादरकर्ते सर डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांनी आज वयाची १०० वर्ष पूर्ण केली. त्याबद्दल डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांना अनेकोत्तम शुभेच्छा.

२००६ च्या आसपास डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांची 'प्लॅनेट अर्थ' नावाची सिरीज आली होती. तो काळ डीव्हीडीजचा होता. तेंव्हापासून डेव्हिड अटेनबरो या माणसाच्या कामाने मला शब्दशः वेड लावलं होतं. 'प्लॅनेट अर्थ' पासून पुढे आलेल्या सीरिजच्या डीव्हीडीज आणि पुढच्या काळात ब्ल्युरेज, रिलीज झाल्या रे झाल्या की त्या मिळवून बघणे ह��� माझा छंदच झाला होता. पुढे २०१३ मध्ये ��्यांची 'आफ्रिका' ही सिरीज आली. त्याचा सुरुवातीचा मोंटाज इतका सुंदर आणि व्हिज्युअल स्टोरीटेलिंगचा उत्कृष्ट नमुना होता, जो मी कितीवेळा पाहिला असेल याची मोजदादच नाही.

मला नेहमी सर अटेनबरोंच्या डॉक्युमेंट्रीज बघताना एक गोष्ट वाटत राहते ते म्हणजे, ते ज्या पद्धतीने सांगतात ती एक परीकथा वाटते आणि त्या सांगण्यात, त्या कथेत आपण गुंतून जातो आणि त्यांनी सांगितलेली गोष्ट कायमची मनात घर करून बस���े. डॉक्युमेंट्रीतून एखादा विषय मांडणारे अनेक जण होऊन गेले पण डेव्हिड अटेनबरोंच्या सारखा विरळाच.

सर डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांच्या आयुष्याकडे पाहिलं की कमाल वाटते की हा माणूस काय जगलाय आणि काय जगाला देऊन गेलाय ? कृष्णधवल (ब्लॅक अँड व्हाईट ) ते रंगीत ते हाय डेफिनिशन ते ३डी ते ४के या सगळ्या बदलांच्या काळात तो माणूस पडद्यावर होता, निसर्गाची कथा त्याच उत्कंठतेने सांगत होता, आणि हे करताना स्वतः पडदा न व्यापता, त्यांचं ज्या निसर्गावर अतिशय प्रेम होतं त्या निसर्गाला, त्यातील विस्मयकारक गोष्टींनाच त्यांनी केंद्रस्थानी ठेवलं.

अनेक माणसं १०० वर्ष जगतात पण अशी थोडी फार माणसं असतात ती या काळात सातत्याने कशाचा शोध घेत असतात आणि तो शोध हाच त्यांचा मित्र असतो.

गेल���या १०० वर्षांत अटेनबरोनी त्यांच्याशी निगडित काय पाहिलं नाही ? टीव्हीचा उदय पाहिला, दुसरं महायुद्ध पाहिलं, कृष्णधवल टीव्हीचा स्क्रीन रंगीत झालेला पाहिला, सॅटेलाईट क्रांती पाहिली, जेट युग पाहिलं, डिजिटल युग, इंटरनेट युग आणि निसर्गाचा एक घटक ते विकासाच्या नावाखाली निसर्गाचा नाश करणाऱ्या मानवाचा प्रवास पाहिला. एका अर्थाने मानवी उत्क्रांतीच्या टप्प्यातील सगळ्यात वेगवान श���काला अनुभवलं आणि त्याचवेळेस या सगळ्या बदलांनी विचलित न होता निसर्गाची कथा ते भरभरून मांडत राहिले.

सुरुवातीला हा निसर्ग किती सुंदर आहे हे सांगणारे अटेनबरो पुढे आपण या निसर्गाचीच काय हानी करत आहोत हे उद्वेगाने मांडायला लागले. अवघ्या पाच सहा दशकांत झालेला ह्रास याचं मूर्तिमंत उदाहरण कुठे शोधायचं असेल तर डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांच्या डॉक्युमेंट्रीजच्या प्रवासात सापडेल.

पब्लिक ब्रॉडकास्टींग इतका सुंदर कन्टेन्ट तयार करू शकतो आणि तो विज्ञान, निसर्ग इतक्या सोप्या आणि दृश्य पद्धतीने शिकवू शकतो हे जसं बीबीसी २ ने दाखवलं तसंच ते इतकं प्रभावी आणि अचूक कसं असू शकतं हे डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांनी दाखवलं.

अटेनबरो यांच्याबद्दल मला अजून खूप दीर्घ लिहिता येईल. पण त्याऐवजी मी मराठी तरुण-तरुणींना विनंती करेन की कृपा करून त्यांच्या डॉक्युमेंट्रीज बघा. त्या स्टोरीटेलिंगसाठी बघाच पण निसर���ग किती सुंदर आहे आणि आपण तो अमुक रस्ता, तमुक ब्रिज यांच्या नावाखाली कसा उध्वस्त करत आहोत हे समजून घेण्यासाठी पण बघा.

आणि अजून एका कारणासाठी अटेनबरो माझ्या माध्यमातील सहकाऱ्यांनी बघा ते म्हणजे एखाद्या विषयातील अभ्यास जर पक्का असेल तर तुम्हाला माझा कन्टेन्ट कोणी बघेल का? मला तो व्हायरल करायला काय करावं लागेल याची चिंता करावी लागत नाही यासाठी नक्की बघा.

अटेनबरो ज्या काळात जन्माला आले तेंव्हा पृथीबद्दलच, निसर्गाबद्दलच कुतूहल जागृत असण्याचा काळ होता, ते आज अवघ्या १०० वर्षांचे आहेत जेंव्हा हे कुतूहल जाऊन पृथ्वी, निसर्ग पार उध्वस्त करण्यापर्यंतचा काळ त्यांना बघावा लागत आहे. त्यांना इतकं दीर्घायुष्य लाभू दे की ही पृथ्वी हा निसर्ग पुन्हा रसरसलेला त्यांना बघायला मिळेल.

सर डेव्हिड अटेनबरो यांना वाढदिवसाच्या माझ्याकडून पुन्हा एकदा मनःपूर्वक शुभेच्छा !

राज ठाकरे ।

[Amit Paranjape @aparanjape]

An icon of Pune industry, Ravi Pandit passed away earlier today in Pune. A huge loss for Pune and the Indian Industry.

A visionary, a mentor, a great leader. Always softspoken, helpful, humble and ready to guide so many of us.

Along with being the chairman of @KPIT, Ravi Pandit was actively involved with institutions like @PuneIntCentre, @MCCIA_Pune and many more.

Om Shanti 🙏

[Malay Krishna @Malay4Product]

Let me explain what just happened today because it deserves so much recognition.

GalaxEye is a Bengaluru startup founded in 2021 by IIT Madras engineers. Today they launched Mission Drishti on a SpaceX Falcon 9. It is India's largest privately built satellite at 190 kg. And it carries a technology that no commercial satellite has ever carried before.

Normal satellites take photos of the Earth using optical cameras. Like your phone camera, but from 500 km up. The problem is obvious. Clouds. Night. Fog. Smoke. If any of these are in the way, the photo is useless. India has monsoon cover for 4 months a year. That is 4 months where optical satellites are partially or fully blind over large parts of the country.

The alternative is SAR. Synthetic Aperture Radar. Instead of taking photos with light, it sends radar waves down and reads what bounces back. Radar goes through clouds, through darkness, through smoke. A SAR satellite can image a flooded village at 2 AM during a cyclone when no optical satellite can see anything.

The problem with SAR is that the images look nothing like photos. They look like grainy black-and-white radar maps. A military analyst or a trained geospatial engineer can read them. A farmer, a disaster response team, or a city planner cannot.

Until today, if you wanted both optical and SAR data for the same location, you needed two different satellites, passing over at different times, at different angles. Then someone had to manually align and fuse the two datasets. Expensive, slow, and the data never perfectly matched because the satellites saw the same spot minutes or hours apart.

GalaxEye put both sensors on one satellite. Optical and SAR, fused into what they call OptoSAR. Three times more information than a single sensor. Processed onboard by an NVIDIA AI chip at 1.8 metre resolution.

Now in practice, during the next cyclone hitting Odisha, one satellite pass gives you a clear image of which villages are flooded, which roads are cut, and which buildings are standing. Day or night. Cloud or clear. In near real-time.

For defence, it means you can monitor a border area 24/7 regardless of weather. For agriculture, it means tracking crop health across an entire monsoon season without a single cloud gap. For infrastructure, it means monitoring construction progress on highways and bridges without waiting for a clear day.

GalaxEye tested their SAR tech on ISRO's POEM orbital platform. The satellite was tested at ISRO facilities. IN-SPACe provided regulatory clearance. NSIL, ISRO's commercial arm, will distribute the imagery globally. And it launched on SpaceX because ISRO's PSLV doesn't have the right orbit slot for this mission.

Yes, four IIT Madras graduates built a world-first satellite in 4 years in Bengaluru.

Take a bow!

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

Look at this map.

Nagpur 45°. Ahmedabad 44°. Prayagraj 43°. Delhi 42°. The entire country is a single dark red mass. This is not a heatwave. This is a country that was told its forests were fine.

And this is April. Not May. Not June. The hottest months have not even arrived yet.

The past few days have been hell. So I did what I always do when something bothers me. I went looking for answers.

What I found was a policy con job that has been running for over two decades.

But before I explain what happened, let's clear some definitions.

A garden is not a forest. An orchard is not a forest. A plantation is not a forest.

A forest is a living system. Soil, water, fungi, insects, birds, mammals, decades of accumulated complexity, specific to its land and climate. It cannot be designed. It cannot be harvested. It regulates water, cools land, shelters hundreds of species. It takes decades to become what it is.

You can plant a forest. But it will take decades to become one.

In 2001, India's forests were disappearing. The Indian state, led by the Vajpayee government, faced a choice. Protect what remained, or change what the numbers said.

It chose the numbers.

The Forest Survey of India quietly changed the definition of what a forest means. Any land with 10% tree canopy cover and more than one hectare in area was now a forest. Your mango orchard. A coconut plantation in Tamil Nadu. A tea garden in Assam. Lodhi Garden in Delhi.

All forests, on paper.

The FSI will tell you that 10% canopy cover follows international norms. The FAO also uses 10% as its threshold. But the FAO's definition comes with a crucial exclusion that India's FSI quietly dropped. 

The FAO explicitly states that fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations, olive orchards, and agroforestry systems are not forests. The World Bank says the same. India adopted the number but discarded the exclusion. 

It took the cover of international legitimacy while gutting the standard that gave it meaning.

The government will also tell you this was never hidden. That it was publicly stated in every report, disclosed in Parliament. That is technically true. But a disclosure buried in a technical government document is not transparency. It is the appearance of transparency. 

I did not know any of this until I went looking. Neither do most Indians whose forests, whose land, whose air this directly concerns. The con is not in what was hidden from experts. It is in what was never explained to the people it was done to.

This is not a technicality. This is the con.

It was a trick as old as power itself. If you cannot fix the problem, fix the measurement.

For ten years after 2001, Congress governed India. Two terms, two environment ministers, including Jairam Ramesh, one of the more serious ones. They saw the numbers. They knew what the numbers meant.

They did nothing.

Because the lie was convenient. India looked good in international climate negotiations. The fiction of a greening India served everyone in power, so everyone in power kept it. Congress did not create this lie. It simply chose, year after year, to live inside it.

The BJP is different.

When they returned to power in 2014, they came with something Congress never had. An absolute majority, and no coalition compulsions. They did not merely inherit the lie. They built on it. And in 2023, they legislated it.

The Forest Conservation Amendment Act of 2023 removed legal protection from "deemed forests." Forests that existed outside the official definition but were ecologically real. 

Forests that Adivasi communities had lived in and depended on for generations. Forests that cooled land, held water, sheltered species. They were not on the right list. Since the amendment, forest destruction on Adivasi land has accelerated. 

The people who knew these forests best, who had protected them longest, now watch them being cleared. Legally.

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[Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 Commentary @RoflGandhi_]

America is bullying Iran, they continued their hostile approach during Islamabad talks also. But while on his way back to the airport, JD Vance gave way to an ambulance. It signals that humanity is still alive & things could get settled soon.

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

Respected sir maybe there was a communication issue but the way I remmeber the last 3 questions of my cross examination this evening -
Do you feel remorse - No
Are you sorry about what you said- No
If you tender an unconditional apology this matter will be looked at differently - No I can’t as the apology would not be sincere. Also it would set a terrible precedent for other artists & their freedom.