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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A song from the Dhurandhar 📽 soundtrack infuriated me when I heard it. It quotes—or more precisely, interpellates—"I Feel Love," the monumental hit from the disco era that is also the first EDM song.
Here's the story of how a jingoistic, saffron propaganda film made EDM its own 🧵 1/7
#DesiWatch
Here's the story of how a jingoistic, saffron propaganda film made EDM its own 🧵 1/7
#DesiWatch
Oh, excellent! Did you see how this song (specifically the chorus) was sampled recently on the #Dhurandhar soundtrack? open.spotify.com/track/7q3zgW...
Ishq Jalakar - Karvaan
open.spotify.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:12 PM
A song from the Dhurandhar 📽 soundtrack infuriated me when I heard it. It quotes—or more precisely, interpellates—"I Feel Love," the monumental hit from the disco era that is also the first EDM song.
Here's the story of how a jingoistic, saffron propaganda film made EDM its own 🧵 1/7
#DesiWatch
Here's the story of how a jingoistic, saffron propaganda film made EDM its own 🧵 1/7
#DesiWatch
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I need a notification alert for whenever a contemporary Hindi film is released that ISN'T a xenophobic flag-waving RSS recruitment video. If it pinged once a year, I'd be shocked, I suspect.
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I need a notification alert for whenever a contemporary Hindi film is released that ISN'T a xenophobic flag-waving RSS recruitment video. If it pinged once a year, I'd be shocked, I suspect.
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It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life
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Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Me as a child: it must be very hard to become a CEO and be very hard work once you get the job
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
Guy obviously on drugs speaking at a conference: the next five years of the economy should be about a dream I had where a dog spoke to me
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again: it is amazing the degree to which the Democrats as a party don't give a shit about illegal wars, about the decimation of Afghanistan and Iraq, about the widespread normalization of Islamophobia in the U.S., about all the evils of Bush & Cheney. grow a backbone!
February 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
again: it is amazing the degree to which the Democrats as a party don't give a shit about illegal wars, about the decimation of Afghanistan and Iraq, about the widespread normalization of Islamophobia in the U.S., about all the evils of Bush & Cheney. grow a backbone!
This line from the latest episode of Industry was brilliant. The overall episode was a major let-down though.
“Some here think Americans got bored of having the best lives, so they elected a narcissistic dementiac to detonate it all so that their kids might earn factory workers’ wages building widgets pathetically stamped Made in America.”
Some of the pretense hits the mark, no?
Some of the pretense hits the mark, no?
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This line from the latest episode of Industry was brilliant. The overall episode was a major let-down though.
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I’m watching this ep of Industry & I’m sorry, fancy sex-and-money TV show that magically nailed that great S3 out of the blue, you are losing me, so disjointed, so pretentious
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I’m watching this ep of Industry & I’m sorry, fancy sex-and-money TV show that magically nailed that great S3 out of the blue, you are losing me, so disjointed, so pretentious
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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?"