It takes a simple mind that doesn't have the habit of interacting with better minds to believe that there are simple solutions to complex challenges. The simple mind is so enamoured of its own 'novel & radical' solution that it fails to ask why others didn't adopt it earlier.

Women lawyers of India unite We demand a ban on alcohol in all court chambers, a crèche in every court ,decent toilets for women in every court and a ban on sexist language in courts

Freelancers in India, am going to curate a thread of all the writing opportunities available so you don't have an excuse to say 'I don't have contacts'. #thread #ctx

Prem Panicker Yup. As this brilliant comic once explained, Huxley, not Orwell, predicted this right highexistence.com/amusing-oursel…

🚨New Working Paper Alert! 🚨 An Experiment on Fact-checking WhatsApp Rumors in India w/ Simon Chauchard and D.J. Flynn We introduce a user-driven correction intervention and show w/ over 5k online users that it decreases belief in fake news. 🧵⬇️ 1/

So, I have been digging on the budget. While, everyone has written about the assumptions of next year's numbers being shaky, the thing is even the revised estimates of this year are very shaky. A thread on that.

What is one book you've read that is so good it's worth reading again?

Writing online is a superpower. Here’s a list of people who should start writing online. 1. The Niche Hobbyist The Internet rewards people with obscure interests. Writing online will help you find other like-minded hobbyists who you wouldn’t be able to find in real-life.

Wow!Succinct #Blockchain Thanks Naval

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? nav.al/smart

The text of Vikram Sarabhai’s convocation address delivered at IIT Madras on August 1, 1965 science.thewire.in/the-sciences/v…

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God was seen walking around Kerala this morning. When the police asked him what he was doing outside. He said. 'I'm working from home.' #GodsOwnCountry

It's well known that computers don't like me!

Ronnie O’Sullivan just straight up brutal on the reason for his longevity in snooker

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Bangalore Twitter!! Apologies for tweeting incessantly but here are some links to important tweets related to covid essentials+remdisivir in Bangalore. I'll be putting them all in one place watch this space for more updates! Please rt the hell out of this for reach

Welcome to AnnaNagar! 😇 #ChennaiRains 8 PM ; 17th July. One hour of rains & this happened. Greater Chennai Corporation Sharanya Ari Dr. Manish Narnaware Dhanya Rajendran Dilip Srinivasan

This is blowing people’s minds, so as an amateur historian and sociologist I’m going to try to explain this development/ cultural artifact.