Krishna Rao
@krishnarao.bsky.social
Earthling. Writer. Allegedly working on deadlines.
My writings have been published on NGC, BBC Storyworks, Discovery, History, among other places.
My writings have been published on NGC, BBC Storyworks, Discovery, History, among other places.
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There are three kinds of joy in this world:
1. When your hope is rewarded.
2. When the hope of people you love is rewarded.
3. When Manchester City suffer.
1. When your hope is rewarded.
2. When the hope of people you love is rewarded.
3. When Manchester City suffer.
February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There are three kinds of joy in this world:
1. When your hope is rewarded.
2. When the hope of people you love is rewarded.
3. When Manchester City suffer.
1. When your hope is rewarded.
2. When the hope of people you love is rewarded.
3. When Manchester City suffer.
Hold on! Are you telling me, you can't use another entity's proprietary data for you own benefit? Strange.
DeepSeek Panic Live Updates: OpenAI And Microsoft Reportedly Probing If DeepSeek Used Their Data For Training
Nvidia shares' 9% recovery Tuesday was the second-best day in terms of market cap added for any company ever, trailing only a record it set in July.
www.forbes.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Hold on! Are you telling me, you can't use another entity's proprietary data for you own benefit? Strange.
Automatically booking a table at a restaurant and all that is okay. But can OpenAI Operator reliably get me confirmed tatkal tickets on IRCTC?
OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously | TechCrunch
OpenAI announced that it is launching a research preview of Operator, an AI agent that can take control of a browser and perform tasks.
techcrunch.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Automatically booking a table at a restaurant and all that is okay. But can OpenAI Operator reliably get me confirmed tatkal tickets on IRCTC?
Few things are scarier than a group of three friends standing in front of you in the line at the coffee shop — unsure what drink they want, in what configuration, and who will pay whom. ☕️
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Few things are scarier than a group of three friends standing in front of you in the line at the coffee shop — unsure what drink they want, in what configuration, and who will pay whom. ☕️
Early morning flights are full of classy people and silent farts.
This is the kind of wisdom I want to leave my children with.
This is the kind of wisdom I want to leave my children with.
January 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Early morning flights are full of classy people and silent farts.
This is the kind of wisdom I want to leave my children with.
This is the kind of wisdom I want to leave my children with.
That time of the year when tech sites publish a list of the best fitness trackers to buy. I’ve always maintained that adding a fitness tracker to your wrist shaves off at least one kilogram of weight.
December 18, 2024 at 6:58 AM
That time of the year when tech sites publish a list of the best fitness trackers to buy. I’ve always maintained that adding a fitness tracker to your wrist shaves off at least one kilogram of weight.
A humpback whale travelled 13,000+ kilometres from near Colombia in the Pacific Ocean to Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. It's among the longest migrations ever undertaken by a mammal and might have been driven by the need to feed or the need to mate.
Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists
A humpback whale makes one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, raising alarm.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:49 PM
A humpback whale travelled 13,000+ kilometres from near Colombia in the Pacific Ocean to Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. It's among the longest migrations ever undertaken by a mammal and might have been driven by the need to feed or the need to mate.
I love that we live on a planet where Orcas wear salmons as hats — possibly because they might feel snacky later on.
No offence, of course, to the salmons. You just live in an orca-eat-salmon world.
No offence, of course, to the salmons. You just live in an orca-eat-salmon world.
Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back
www.newscientist.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:38 PM
I love that we live on a planet where Orcas wear salmons as hats — possibly because they might feel snacky later on.
No offence, of course, to the salmons. You just live in an orca-eat-salmon world.
No offence, of course, to the salmons. You just live in an orca-eat-salmon world.
Reposted by Krishna Rao
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Writers, do you sometimes catch yourself thinking, "I know how to do this, but should I probably... maybe... use AI assistance? Because, you know, I'm probably missing out on what everyone (mostly tech bros and consultants) is saying is 'the new way of working.'"
November 25, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Writers, do you sometimes catch yourself thinking, "I know how to do this, but should I probably... maybe... use AI assistance? Because, you know, I'm probably missing out on what everyone (mostly tech bros and consultants) is saying is 'the new way of working.'"
So, we have heard of melting permafrost waking up ancient microbes. Now, melting glaciers are exposing rocks that leech toxic metals into rivers and lakes – turning water red and acidic. Climate change is going to hit us in ways we can't even imagine.
Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red
As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:17 PM
So, we have heard of melting permafrost waking up ancient microbes. Now, melting glaciers are exposing rocks that leech toxic metals into rivers and lakes – turning water red and acidic. Climate change is going to hit us in ways we can't even imagine.
As someone who has psoriasis+psoriatic arthritis (close cousins of eczema), this is particularly worrying.
Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema
Air pollution has been linked to eczema before, and now a study of more than 280,000 people has strengthened the association
www.newscientist.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:43 AM
As someone who has psoriasis+psoriatic arthritis (close cousins of eczema), this is particularly worrying.
An old piece, but just as relevant.
The climate crisis demands courage not optimism
Instead of asking about optimism, it’s time to ask what we as citizens are going to do about climate change.
theconversation.com
April 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM
An old piece, but just as relevant.
I see these "fun" experiments where people are abusing AI or kicking robots to make them fall. I see people laughing and commenting on these posts. I don't think we're creating the right impression on our future overlords.
February 16, 2024 at 7:12 AM
I see these "fun" experiments where people are abusing AI or kicking robots to make them fall. I see people laughing and commenting on these posts. I don't think we're creating the right impression on our future overlords.
Possibly the most important advice I’ve heard in a while — as a writer and as someone who tends to stand on the liberal side of a discourse.
My best piece of advice is “You can’t change a feeling with a fact”
10 years ago, I would’ve tried to fight a person saying so. Facts matter! Past me & current me still agree on that, if nothing else, so I wanted to write about how I got from there to here.
PS - we have a buttondown now!
10 years ago, I would’ve tried to fight a person saying so. Facts matter! Past me & current me still agree on that, if nothing else, so I wanted to write about how I got from there to here.
PS - we have a buttondown now!
January 30, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Possibly the most important advice I’ve heard in a while — as a writer and as someone who tends to stand on the liberal side of a discourse.
Reposted by Krishna Rao
The prohibition on attacking ambulances under the first Geneva Convention is extraordinarily straightforward—even ambulances that are being used by belligerents on the battlefield. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
November 3, 2023 at 9:52 PM
The prohibition on attacking ambulances under the first Geneva Convention is extraordinarily straightforward—even ambulances that are being used by belligerents on the battlefield. ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treat...
Reposted by Krishna Rao
Bluesky is now officially the social media site where I have the largest number of followers (after the former Twitter, where, however, the numbers are inexorably trending downward). I celebrate this achievement, naturally, with a photo of a cat.
October 16, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Bluesky is now officially the social media site where I have the largest number of followers (after the former Twitter, where, however, the numbers are inexorably trending downward). I celebrate this achievement, naturally, with a photo of a cat.