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Wannabe Nordic Explorer
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Dark humor at its best 😁
September 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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1) June 6 is #Sweden's National Day. I've lived here for a while now. Here is a list of things I feel make Sweden a good country:
* Generous paid parental leave
* Paid maternity leave (mother & father)
* Subsidized daycare (cheap for all)
* Subsidized pre-/after-school care
a blue and yellow flag with a yellow cross is waving in the wind
ALT: a blue and yellow flag with a yellow cross is waving in the wind
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Subhadra Mahajan's SECOND CHANCE releases in theatres (in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Kochi) today after a year long festival run. Beautiful film.

thefederal.com/films/second...
Second Chance: Subhadra Mahajan’s moving film tackles the trauma of heartbreak, abortion
Subhadra Mahajan’s debut feature, shot in black and white with non-actors and a tiny crew in the Pir Panjal mountain range in J&K, tells a tender story of heartbreak, healing, and hope in the...
thefederal.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Wonderfully articulated 👌
Hidden drivers of our careers: Curiosity, Conviction and serendipity: https://ireflect.in/2025/05/17/hidden-drivers-of-our-careers.html
May 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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AI crawlers are wrecking the open internet.

My small side project - techpays .com - used to generate below 100GB of traffic per month. It’s on Render where 500GB/month included, above it’s $30 per 100GB.

Meta’s AI crawler + other bots have pushed it to 700GB+ per month

WTH
March 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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All school children in Iceland learn to swim, it is mandatory, so they all go the swimming pools as a part of their school day. And the pools are open for the public at the same time. So from a young age, children see all their friends naked and they see all kinds of naked bodies. 4/?
February 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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In Mint Lounge today: 2024 in South cinema. Trends, favourites, movements and festival releases.

On Malaikottai Vaaliban, Premalu, Aavesham, Manjummel Boys, Lover, Meiyazhagan, Lubber Pandhu, Aattam, Family, Kottukkaali. And All We Imagine as Light.

www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/...
www.livemint.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:14 AM
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Here is a short opinion piece i wrote about the ongoing H1B flamewar in X/twitter.

scroll.in/article/1077...
As MAGA attacks Indian tech workers and H1B visas, a debate about racism plays out on social media
The appointment of Chennai-born Sriram Krishnan as a senior advisor on Artificial Intelligence seems to have rubbed some White Americans the wrong way.
scroll.in
December 29, 2024 at 5:11 AM
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fascinating.

how YouTube grew bigger than Spotify and Apple in podcasts: people are “watching” a lot more podcasts + “we are also consuming more podcasts on YouTube because we’re consuming more of everything on YouTube” 🎯
November 16, 2024 at 3:36 AM
#recco
The exquisitely shot, Danish Period Drama
#ThePromisedLand / #Bastarden (2023) on #AmazonPrime featuring a masterful performance #MadsMikkelsen
December 7, 2024 at 6:12 PM
This shot is known as the “reverse underpants”.
#AUSvIND 🏏
December 7, 2024 at 6:07 PM
#WhompingWillow spotted 😍
November 28, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Good on Neelam to release this. Their Blue Star was terrible in this regard #DesiWatch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICcV...
Colours of Kollywood- A Melanin Deficiency | Documentary | Neelam Social
YouTube video by Neelam Social
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 AM
It's summer!
June 1, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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Who called a JAWS rip off set in France 'Under Paris', and not 'Shark de Triomphe'?
May 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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PSA : If you've used your debit or credit card to make AirAsia bookings in 2023, there's a good chance your data is compromised.

My card got targeted too but thankfully the transaction was flagged, declined, and the card deactivated.
January 22, 2024 at 9:32 AM
I guess sdulthood is figuring out levels of detachment for each of your material possessions
December 29, 2023 at 10:27 AM
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October 25, 2023 at 2:47 AM
A stark winter beckons 🥲
October 29, 2023 at 8:05 AM
Checking out Viking alphabets in the middle of Denmark 🏰
#mariager #vikingfort
October 19, 2023 at 8:37 PM
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I wrote about Lokesh Kanagaraj and his homegrown influences 📽️

lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-loung...
Lokesh Kanagaraj’s home-grown style
Lokesh Kanagaraj, the director of ‘Master’, ‘Kaithi’ and ‘Vikram’, owes as much to Selvamani and Aabavanan as Scorsese or Tarantino
lifestyle.livemint.com
October 1, 2023 at 6:11 AM
Older you are the better you get at figuring out the thin line between ambition and contentment...
September 22, 2023 at 7:38 PM