Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat are leaving Google, apparently. Dean was employee #30 and along with Ghemawat developed a ton of stuff at Google, including their core distributed computing infra, MapReduce, BigTable etc

I'd never have guessed! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apple’s India Sales Top $10 Billion on Widening Retail Push

Apple Inc. exceeded $10 billion in annual sales in India for the first time last fiscal year, underscoring surging demand for its pricey devices in a market where it’s steadily ramping up its retail n...

bloomberg.com

I miss reading Vetticad. She nails this piece on the National Film Awards, which have become a laughing stock now. #filmssky #indiasky article-14.com/post/how-the...

How The National Film Awards Became A Showcase For The Modi Era’s Favourite Narratives

The honours for Article 370, a Hindi film aligned with the Hindutva project, are the latest evidence of a decline years in the making: an awards system willing to recognise propaganda, historical dist...

article-14.com

You can't really argue with this, except it is a percentage of the population that have lost all decency, and the other half are as much in despair as anyone else.

First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.

Yo you posted this on the wrong social media platform. All we do is talk about how we're broken as hell over here. You're thinking of LinkedIn

New York Magazine@nymag.com · yesterday

On social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell, 1984

There's nothing they could do to prevent school shootings. Nothing to prevent a genocide. Nothing to reduce inflation. To control a pandemic. Wtf CAN you all do?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

Wait, what??

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterday

INDIA SHIPPING MINISTER SAYS INDIAN MSV FAIZE NOORE OLIYA HAS BEEN HIT BY A PROJECTILE NEAR YEMENI WATERS, CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE AND SINK

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

It's still pretty bad out there 😕 #keralafloods www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

Kerala floods 2026: several parts of Kottayam still inundated, over 3,700 shifted to relief camps

Kerala floods 2026: Kottayam faces severe inundation, with over 3,700 residents relocated to relief camps amid ongoing rain.

thehindu.com

Lots of people rightfully pointing out how the Democrats fought against Mamdani. Sure. 🤷🏿‍♂️ But I'm less interested in if they've changed their viewpoint on Mamdani, and more interested in if they've changed their viewpoint on upcoming progressive candidates. Seriously. Have they changed?

Democrats@democrats.org · 2d ago

HUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.

I've read just Strout and James from this list, and not the books they've been nominated for. Adding everything to my library holds now. #booksky thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Some freedom of speech is more equal than others. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics

The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.

wsj.com

Accidentally had avocado toast for lunch instead of paying my mortgage again.

"Nicole Russell is a columnist at USA TODAY and a mother of four who lives in Texas."

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

ANOTHER death in ICE custody, this time at the controversial Delaney Hall facility. This makes 54 deaths since Trump took office; 1 every 8 days in 2026. His mother says he was denied adequate medical care for chronic conditions, a common accusation ICE has strenuously denied.

Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Breaking: Another victim, Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, has died in ICE custody at Delaney Hall prison after being denied vital medication and family visits. Depriving sick detainees of care until they die is murder by neglect. We demand complete transparency and justice for Edwin! 🎥 Statuscoup

why are my taxes going toward subsidizing the police when i might never even need to be beaten up and violated

I don't really have an objection to the CEO saying Bluesky is open to all; it's kind of his job to do that. But as others have pointed out, the design of the site means it's harder for trolls/bots/chuds *and also* influencers/hypebeasts to get traction. The "bubble" here is actually normal humans.

Driving past the fields of Correctionville, Iowa. This must be where they grow the reply guys

Texas gave Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, ~$64 million in subsidies. The fiscal conservatives had nothing to say about that🤷🏿‍♂️ But let people in NYC vote to lower egg prices for the poorest New Yorkers among them, and we have writers from Texas upset about it? What are they really mad at?

im going into denial, anyone need anything?

We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)

According To Massachusetts Dept. Of Revenue, It's Generated $ 3.38 Billion During The Most Recent Fiscal Year Alone ! So Go Ahead, TAX THE RICH..... (WBUR)

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

Lockdown people are so funny. They pull out their hair at the fact that schools were closed for five minutes, and then you ask them if they actually want to educate poor and minority children and they’re like of course not