Madhav
@madhav.bsky.social
CID from Kerala; Indian-American. Movies, books, tech, stocks, politics, Hearthstone battlegrounds, and (at times in) dire straits. https://madhav.beehiiv.com/
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Madhav
@madhav.bsky.social
· Feb 6
This couplet from Vayalar has been on my mind lately. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it, ages ago. Its essence is what I’ve believed in all my life.
"സ്നേഹിക്കയില്ല ഞാന് നോവുമാത്മാവിനെ സ്നേഹിച്ചിടാത്തൊരു തത്വശാസ്ത്രത്തെയും”
Poorly translated as:
“I will not love a philosophy that does not love the suffering soul”
"സ്നേഹിക്കയില്ല ഞാന് നോവുമാത്മാവിനെ സ്നേഹിച്ചിടാത്തൊരു തത്വശാസ്ത്രത്തെയും”
Poorly translated as:
“I will not love a philosophy that does not love the suffering soul”
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I’m perfectly willing to give money to NPR but only if they pledge to finally get a bigger desk.
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I’m perfectly willing to give money to NPR but only if they pledge to finally get a bigger desk.
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My default position on TikTok is that every video I see is someone saying whatever shit they think will go most viral with 0% overlap with their actual beliefs and information levels
All right, this just about wrecked me
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
My default position on TikTok is that every video I see is someone saying whatever shit they think will go most viral with 0% overlap with their actual beliefs and information levels
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US job creation.
February 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
US job creation.
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
February 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I'm sure we've all seen the graphic that lays out the United States ' relationship with slavery. It's good, but I never thought it was quite impactful enough. So I made my own.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
I've used a few key events, including my birth, to highlight how recent these events are in history.
1 square = 1 year.
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RIP Robert Duvall: as central to American film as anyone in his generation
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
RIP Robert Duvall: as central to American film as anyone in his generation
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Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
February 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
What's stunning is Elon giving away half a bill.
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
What's stunning is Elon giving away half a bill.
Hey surika rika mukka muzham
Potte maaari kozhunth
Kabathilu maatti pudichu
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
#musicsky
Potte maaari kozhunth
Kabathilu maatti pudichu
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
#musicsky
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Hey surika rika mukka muzham
Potte maaari kozhunth
Kabathilu maatti pudichu
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
#musicsky
Potte maaari kozhunth
Kabathilu maatti pudichu
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
Pistah suma kira so maari jama kiraaya
#musicsky
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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Musk yesterday here’s more evidence my brain is cooked and all I see is white.
Bloomberg today- hey let’s ignore that and here’s a puff piece about how X is not toxic sewer that exists to spread Musk’s white replacement insanity, but soon to be the everything app!
It’s how we got here.
Bloomberg today- hey let’s ignore that and here’s a puff piece about how X is not toxic sewer that exists to spread Musk’s white replacement insanity, but soon to be the everything app!
It’s how we got here.
February 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Musk yesterday here’s more evidence my brain is cooked and all I see is white.
Bloomberg today- hey let’s ignore that and here’s a puff piece about how X is not toxic sewer that exists to spread Musk’s white replacement insanity, but soon to be the everything app!
It’s how we got here.
Bloomberg today- hey let’s ignore that and here’s a puff piece about how X is not toxic sewer that exists to spread Musk’s white replacement insanity, but soon to be the everything app!
It’s how we got here.
I kinda liked it. Saltburn it ain't, though.
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I kinda liked it. Saltburn it ain't, though.
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Train Dreams wins Best Feature at the #SpiritAwards
February 16, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Train Dreams wins Best Feature at the #SpiritAwards
"Hello, is this 66557?"
February 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
"Hello, is this 66557?"
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
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As a kid I never imagined I’d be richer than my dad, older than Batman, and smarter than the President.
February 16, 2026 at 1:47 AM
As a kid I never imagined I’d be richer than my dad, older than Batman, and smarter than the President.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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This is exactly what the RSS did. Took them nearly a century but that parallel society ate the Republic of India.
I may say more later but part of what some of us need to understand is that the right has built an entirely distinct civic society, with its own hierarchy and (mostly networked) cultural institutions. That includes celebrity.
“The convergence of influencer culture and venture capital is part of a broader shift reshaping America’s institutions.”
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This is exactly what the RSS did. Took them nearly a century but that parallel society ate the Republic of India.
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me