This is awesome!
This is awesome!
The kiddos β Inesh and Ishaan β got their first real ink in print thanks to #deccanherald. They are βthe Cityβs child iconsβ.
The kiddos Inesh & Ishaan aka The Amazing iTwins received great reception performing magic at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) for Krishna to Kaveri - the Karnataka Rajyotsava event organised by BIC and the Azim Premji Foundation.
I think itβs awesome that something could have its first stone laid in 1882 and still be building towards the original goal
Are you a US-based PhD student WITHOUT summer funding who is interested in adolescent development, trans youth, and/or gender? Reach out to me about applying to join my lab in Summer 2026 for the VIPS program! psych.princeton.edu/diversity/vi...
Happy Deepavali to you and your family! May the festival of lights bring you all joy, cheer, prosperity, contentment, and peace. Stay blessed. π
Happy Deepavali πͺ to you and your family. May the festival of lights usher in joy, contentment, peace and prosperity. God bless. π
One of the most incredible magic effects Iβve ever experienced is when a playing card transforms visibly! Fortunately, I got the opportunity to learn this trick rather young.
Hereβs my updated presentation for this classic mind-boggling magic:
youtu.be/RSovE536xDc
Like & Subscribe, wonβt you?
I recorded this performance of a magic trick. I think youβll enjoy the magical storytelling employed in this presentation.
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I recorded this performance of a magic trick. I think youβll enjoy the magical storytelling employed in this presentation.
youtu.be/sPrmr3BnMNk?...
On the cover, a skeleton is sitting at a table and pouring itself a drink from a test tube. The Shadow is sneaking up behind it and is about to bash it in the skull with a rifle.
The Shadow magazine dated August 1, 1941. Cover by Graves Gladney.
A cup of tea rests on a table.
Good morning from Kochi, Kerala! Enjoying a cup of tea in the quaint lounge as I wait to board my flight back to Bangalore.
Looks can deceiveβand so can fake websites! Pause, check, and protect your money from online fraud.
Report fraud at cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930. Flashy discounts often hide trapsβverify the URL before sealingΒ theΒ deal.
#CyberCrimeAwareness #DigitalSafety #CyberAware #ThinkBeforeYouClick
Meta's Georgia facility, per the Times, "guzzles around 500,000 gallons of water a day," or about 10 percent of the total water used in the small community surrounding it.
I have begun making some videos of my all-time favourite magic effects. Hereβs one where I perform one of my most loved rope acts. Hope you enjoy.
youtu.be/iH9Xv-ieSAI
I have begun making some videos of my all-time favourite magic effects. Hereβs one where I perform one of my most loved rope acts. Hope you enjoy.
youtu.be/iH9Xv-ieSAI
Jackβs #BitChat reminds me that Nokia tried something similar using phone based wifi network during the N8 / N9 days. I had a great time working with the global team helping them research this functionality that worked beyond the mobile telephony networks.
Looks like the US is going to get its own Aadhaar.
A smiling man (me!) dressed in a black stylish suit is standing on stage, mid-speech or performance, smiling, with hands clasped in front. A handheld microphone is visible peeping out of his right suit pocket. The background features blurred lighting and a podium with part of an event logo that reads DesignUp 2024. - Alt text generated with the aid of GPT.
I think this is one of my new all-time favourite photos of me on stage.
PS: The Joy of Reading Minds is REAL!
What a beautiful book. What a joy - the diffusion and fusion of ideas, knowledge, commerce. Highly recommend The Golden Road
This: india has always been at its most creative and influential whenβ¦connected, plural, hybrid, open and receptive to new ideas.
βfamily members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marinesβ
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Trying to do the whole half-decade Iraq War discourse in 72 hours.
The Onion took out a full page ad in @nytimes.com and also delivered a physical copy to every lawmaker calling out Congress for their inaction.
The news is putting satirists like The Onion out of work and theyβre fighting back.
I love asking DeepSeek AI questions that it ponders on, analyses deeply, and thenβjust as the final output is expectedβsuddenly decides that the question was not something it wants to answer:
βSorry, that's beyond my current scope. Letβs talk about something else.β
In other news, rejoined WhatsApp after being happily off it for four years. Sigh! The sins of getting old are here and very real.
An Onion front page with the headline: Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice Who will stand up for our democracy? This question, fraught in even the most peaceful times, has only grown more pressing as our country approaches its 250th anniversary. Each passing day brings growing assaults on essential liberties like freedom of speech and due process. Meanwhile, our delicately assembled legal system faces a constant barrage of threats. Even as this issue reaches publication, the U.S. military has been deployed against peaceful protesters. We teeter on the brink of collapse into an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing. Members of Congress, now more than ever, our nation desperately needs your cowardice. Our republic is a birthright, an exceedingly rare treasure passed down from generation to generation of Americans. It was gained through hard years of bloody resistance and can too easily be lost. Our Founding Fathers, in their abundant wisdom, understood that all it would take was men and women of little courage sitting in the corridors of power and taking zero action as this precious inheritance was stripped awayβand that is where we have finally arrived. Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket. Now is not the time for listening to your idiotic constituents drone on about whatβs happening to their precious democracy. This is the time for getting down on all fours and grov- eling. Now is not the time to say, βEnough is enough,β and have the tough conversations about resisting the ongoing assaults on American liberty. This is the time to let the wave of apathy and indifference roll over you as you think about getting a really nice renovation to your house in Kalorama. But what can I, one coward, do alone? you might ask.
Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.
That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:
Sit back and do absolutely nothing.
"Vice President JD Vance said in a televised interview on Sunday morning: 'Weβre not at war with Iran. Weβre at war with Iranβs nuclear program.'"
It's early days, but we may already have our winner for dumbest public remarks.
A vibrant cluster of light purple garlic vine flowers appears on the left, contrasted by a striking red passion flower blooming on the right. Both flowers are nestled among lush green foliage with various leaf shapes, creating a rich, colorful scene. - Alt text generated by GPT
More flowers. Beautiful ones.
A group of children and a few adults engage in a casual basketball game on an outdoor court with red and blue flooring. One man holds a yellow basketball while talking to a young boy, as others interact and walk around. Trees, benches, and a residential building with water tanks are visible in the background, along with a dog standing near the second basketball hoop. - alt text generated by GPT
It was like everyone and their dog were playing basketball. (Sorry! Couldnβt resist the pun.)
A sleek black cat with striking green eyes sits upright on a cushioned wooden chair with vertical slats. The background is a plain off-white wall, creating a minimalist setting that highlights the catβs alert posture and glossy coat. - alt text generated by GPT
Not really a cat person, but *had to* capture this alluring pose.