andthentherewasone @andthentherewasone@qoto.org

Conditioning also conditions the conditioner.

RT @samar11@twitter.com

"... a leader, conjures up a glorious mythical past and seeks to go back to it with a hyper-nationalist call. It always creates an out-group, an enemy of the order — all of which have now happened in India."
Two IAS officers who quit service on India today https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nrc-is-anti-poor-and-dehumanises-an-out-group-say-former-ias-officers/article30131566.ece

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/samar11/status/1201340276775636992

Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Dark energy might not exist after all

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/11/dark-energy-might-not-exist-after-all.html?m=1

There are some interesting comments too ..

#cosmolgy

Trying out a #vidéo post here - the first one for me, so unsure of the results.

This is a recent #timelapse #video of a #flight between Paro and Delhi. We were lucky that we were routed through the northern corridor after Kathmandu and I was able to spot 8 of the 9 eight-thousanders that one can possibly see. Including the mighty #Everest.

If ever you are flying this route, pick your window seat carefully. You could get lucky as well.

#nature #peaks #himalayas #bhutan

This racist/colorist aspect of varna has left no faith untouched in the subcontinent, for instance Ashraf/Ajlaf/Arzal endogamy. Here a mohalla in Muzaffarpur, Bihar with a wall right down the middle of the road to keep apart the Sheikhs and Ansaris.

It’s amazing how prescient Ambedkar was in his speech 70 years ago. Just read this speech and see how much of his warnings we ignored. http://pragati.nationalinterest.in/2010/08/the-grammar-of-anarchy/

#ElectoralBonds: Modi's Office directed the finance ministry to break its own rules to approve the special & illegal sale of electoral bonds shortly before critical elections in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan & Telangana.

https://t.co/Uedl3yBdMu

By May 2019, more than Rs 6,000 crore worth of electoral bonds had been sold and secretly donated to political parties. It is likely that the party in power, BJP, garnered most of the money.

‘I’m Not Alone’: Muslim BHU Sanskrit Prof Reacts to Public Support

“People are supporting me. They are understanding my predicament. I am happy that I am not alone,” Firoze Khan says, sounding relaxed.

#IndiasMuslims #IndianMuslims
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/bhu-sanskrit-professor-firoze-khan-reacts-to-positive-social-media-support

Have I ever shared my blog here? I dont think so. I need to update it but it has a lot of good content if your into STEM. You guys should check it out:

http://jeffreyfreeman.me/blog/

(I posted this a few minutes ago which made me realize the link was down. I fixed it and should work now)

One line of computer programming, whichever language you were using. Up to 80 characters wide, same as the card's width.

I remember. And we loved it. No home computers, no cellphones, no internet. Mid 70's in my case.

@Full_marx

This news summarizes what is wrong with this country.
Given the way the Constitution is being interpreted these days, it won't be surprising if the students' protest against appointment of Muslim professor is upheld