I have heard stories about what India will be in 2020 since last two decades. And here we are, in the year 2020, watching the national capital of the ‘super power’, being shredded into pieces.

I did the math: a full battery of coronavirus testing costs at minimum $1,331. I also did the legal research: the Administration has the authority to make testing free for every American TODAY. I secured a commitment from a high-level Trump official that they’d actually do it.

A TIMELINE OF WHAT ITALY DID (and wasn't enough) D0 - 21 Feb - 20 cases - We notice the outbreak D2 - 23 Feb - 150 cases - Closed schools, 11 cities in quarantine D10 - 1 Mar - 1700 cases - First hospitals saturated - 1700 cases (a thread, dates are approx, cases are rounded)

we all – and i cannot stress this enough – need this right now. possibly the greatest short film ever made.

Historian and writer Yuval Noah Harari: Humankind is now facing what is perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come ft.trib.al/nvsdIDb

A little sliver of joy: Students at Berklee College of Music, eager to bring their community together during quarantine, organized a virtual performance of the pop classic "What The World Needs Now." Watch the performance here: trib.al/VEJhcFL

Read it later features are such a pain. I had to dedicate 1 hour for the last 3 weekends and I have finally finished all the long threads I had bookmarked in Twitter. Very few of them very actually good. I wish there was a better service to curate the best of the best

#KarnatakaCovidHorror #COVID19India We have all the equipment and beds to treat #COVID19Pandemic . We need doctors and nurses to come and work to save humanity. #Bengaluru Dr Taha Mateen requests.

Spectacular timelapse of a SpaceX launch over downtown Los Angeles. x.com/EmericTimelaps…

All COVID tweets regarding availability of beds, oxygen and more, neatly categorised by location and update in real time by Sprinklr external.sprinklr.com/insights/explo…

#PSA The moment we've all been waiting for is here 🙌 India's account aggregator framework is live with a small set of beta users 🎉 This is such a big milestone and will create an orbit shift for the India fintech ecosystem just like what UPI did to payments. 1/n

"If we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe. But, as today's report makes clear, there is no time for delay and no room for excuses.” António Guterres bbc.com/news/science-e… #IPCCReport

when you definitely understand NFTs

I thought these were drawn exclusively for O’Reilly. My whole life is a lie.

“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” ― Rumi

"Where is my train" app first version screenshot. Could anyone have imagined this app would eventually get 300M+ downloads and the first production acquisition from Google in India? Sharing this to encourage people to ship quicker and iterate with real users!

🎯𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 (𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝘂 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆) 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 is inviting community members from Kerala or Tamil Nadu to take part in a user study to evaluate AI-generated images of cultural artifacts.