Sriram (ஸ்ரீராம்)
@drkhe.bsky.social
A former electrical engineer; former urban planner; former geography professor; … what’s he now? More at: https://substack.com/@ksriram
I am only a few pages into "Super Sad True Love Story" by Gary Shteyngart ... and already there is reference to the US having invaded Venezuela, America under a dictator, China squeezing the US ... The novel was published in 2010 ... How did Shteyngart know what was going to happen? 😁
“I’d never seen this in lower-level elections, and then seeing this happen right now, just from an innocent moment at a football game at the state’s university, I just thought it was surprising that people are going out of their way to be racist on that" www.dallasnews.com/news/politic... #boFrench
UT students featured in Bo French's social media attack speak out
Lawmakers in both parties condemned French’s post as racist, but the Republican candidate refused calls to take it down and continued attacking the students.
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Thank you! But, really, this issue should not have even come up!
ACLU@aclu.org · 12h agoBREAKING: The Supreme Court blocked USPS from enforcing key parts of a new rule that would've restricted mail-in voting for the November election. This is a major win for voting rights.
@dandrezner.bsky.social writes: "I honestly do not know if the Trump administration will be able to completely eviscerate American power over the next two year — but damn they sure seem to be accelerating the decline and fall of American hegemony." danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-dollar...
The Dollar Will Be the Last Pillar To Fall
The Trump administration is gutting the pillars of U.S. hegemony one by one.
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Quite a run! "Footage circulating online shows Wietrzyk with fecal matter running down her legs as she took part in the race" www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...
Hyrox will review protocols after athlete carries on competing despite soiling herself
Australia's Joanna Wietrzyk suffered fecal incontinence during the race in Beijing on Saturday but raced on
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Leopard/face, the Arabic edition: When MBS, who has invested extensive political capital in building personal relationships with Trump and his family, asked him last week to "take military action against the Houthis, the president declined" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w...
Saudi Arabia Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ After Iran’s Attacks and Trump’s Rebuffs
The kingdom is in a state of strategic shock after coming under attack from an emboldened Iran and failing to win more U.S. military support, analysts say.
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This is just terrible How did the Israeli government become so twisted?!
NPR@npr.org · 3d agoLeading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland n.pr/4yyXSmn
"the rule of law is important. It is a value worth upholding even at a price. It is too late to address the Bush-era atrocities, but it is not too late to address Trump’s. He won’t do it, but we should insist that the next administration does." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
George W Bush’s impunity led to Trump’s lawlessness | Kenneth Roth
The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence
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The president will, ahem, resort to any place despite protests. Following his visits with Ireland’s political elites and the US ambassador to Ireland, he is expected to visit the Irish Open golf tournament in Doonbeg, where Trump owns a resort. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
‘Majority do not welcome him’: Trump heads to Ireland amid fury over Gaza
Protests set to erupt across Ireland, where President Connolly has long regarded the US as an untrustworthy power.
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Pound for lb, this from @merriam-webster.com is simply awesome!
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 4d agoWhy is 'lb' the abbreviation for 'pound'?
We are where we are because of people who said such things back in 2016! www.salon.com/2016/06/03/s...
Susan Sarandon: Hillary Clinton "more dangerous" than Donald Trump - Salon.com
The prominent Bernie Sanders backer also predicted that a Hillary Clinton indictment was "inevitable"
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In response, reporters placed their orders for tuxedos and gowns for the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2027
Reuters@reuters.com · 2w agoTrump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC reut.rs/4gCgWsK
I have never before been to a midday screening of a movie ... and I did today because ... I went to watch Coyote vs. Acme. It was aaaaaawesome!
The "lives of poor, vulnerable families are expendable in both nations." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... "The refusal to make any meaningful improvements is a political choice. An unforgivable one at that."
India and Pakistan are united in spending citizen lives like pocket change
Recent hospital fires expose how little decades of national achievement mean when basic public safety still fails.
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Useful idiots don't last long! At the peak of his influence, #Yiannopoulos was offered a speaking slot at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or #CPAC, in 2017 after he had been supportive of #Trump during his run for his first presidency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residency
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"Does America have either the appetite or the ability to check the power of the tech companies, or will they increasingly operate without limits or boundaries, just like the East India Company before them?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o... “a state in the disguise of a merchant”
Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Excellent suggestion. Will watch out for any toady media
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3w agoMy suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
"The last known visit by a #CIA director to #Moscow was in November 2021, when William Burns, who led the agency under former President Joe Biden, warned Putin not to attack #Ukraine." www.wsj.com/politics/pol... #trump #putin
Exclusive | CIA Chief’s Surprise Moscow Trip Was to Warn Russia Not to Attack NATO
The warning comes after new U.S. intelligence assessments indicated the Russian president could launch a limited assault.
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One reason that Christianity is getting less attention than democratic socialism as the election season unfolds is probably just that most of the media isn’t comfortable talking about theology" @billmckibben.bsky.social in @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led... #Kansas #Hamilton #Talarico
Adam Hamilton and Taking Back Religion from the Right
Democratic socialists are getting more of the attention, but Democratic Christians have also had significant victories in this year’s primaries—and they could prove more influential in the midterm ele...
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To use the equivalent language from Germany's politics, Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are taking on AFD
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 3w agoDemocratic socialists are getting more of the attention, but Democratic Christians have also had significant victories in this year’s primaries—and they could prove more influential in the midterm elections. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
He says North Korea's dictator is a friend. He loves Saudi Arabia's chainsaw murderer. As for the rest?
The billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, who worked with Bessent at George Soros’s fund management firm in the 1990s, has warned that his former pupil is courting danger by trying to suppress US bond yields. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US Treasury’s Scott Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, former mentor warns
Trump ally should cut budget deficit rather than try to suppress bond yields, says billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller
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"The showdown over the hero’s narrative is corroding our political and public life, and disfiguring our government. Our government — all the way to the top. ... Can we free our civic life from heroic imperatives, return our governance to the humble and the human?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...
Opinion | The Barbie Backlash (Gift Article)
‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Barbie’ show a zeitgeist shift that goes beyond Hollywood: The hero’s narrative is corroding our political and public life.
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