Madhav
@madhav.bsky.social
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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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BREAKING: ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, per Reuters
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
BREAKING: ICE has been tracking the names of protesters in an internal database for several months, per Reuters
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Thanya Nathan C set to become Kerala's first visually-challenged woman lawyer
Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala...
Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala...
Thanya Nathan C: Kerala’s First Visually Challenged Judge
Kerala News: Thanya Nathan C makes history as the state's first visually impaired judicial officer. 24-year-old law graduate tops merit list for Civil Judge.
www.deccanherald.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Thanya Nathan C set to become Kerala's first visually-challenged woman lawyer
Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala...
Read more at: www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala...
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Not to mention not one redeeming character in the whole show.
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Not to mention not one redeeming character in the whole show.
Been enjoying it so far. Skewering corporate-speak is always fun to watch.
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Been enjoying it so far. Skewering corporate-speak is always fun to watch.
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Girl math is working of programming in machine language (actual 1s and 0s), devising a human readable representation, and writing the world's first assembler to transform that representation to something the computer can use. And doing significant early research work with artificial neural networks.
Girl math is weaving, knitting, crocheting, and all other textile working skills.
Girl math is writing a foundational paper on an element of object oriented programming, so foundational that people refer to the later principal bearing your name as 'just subtyping' and not realizing you *defined* what subtyping is.
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Girl math is working of programming in machine language (actual 1s and 0s), devising a human readable representation, and writing the world's first assembler to transform that representation to something the computer can use. And doing significant early research work with artificial neural networks.
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NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State - Bolts
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
NEW: Of all the states that voted for Harris over Trump in 2024, there's only one where a Dem governor is overseeing an ICE's 287(g) program:
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts.
Other blue states have quit, or even outright banned it. My colleague on what's happening: boltsmag.org/massachusett...
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An all-women chenda melam, percussionists from Kerala, brings alive the logo of NWMI's 20th National meet. Watch!
🎥 Manaswani Prabhune
✒️ Jisha Surya
#NWMIMEET2026 #THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
🎥 Manaswani Prabhune
✒️ Jisha Surya
#NWMIMEET2026 #THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
February 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
An all-women chenda melam, percussionists from Kerala, brings alive the logo of NWMI's 20th National meet. Watch!
🎥 Manaswani Prabhune
✒️ Jisha Surya
#NWMIMEET2026 #THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
🎥 Manaswani Prabhune
✒️ Jisha Surya
#NWMIMEET2026 #THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
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It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
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When someone tells me how old their child is I say "that's such a fun age" even if it's 37
February 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
When someone tells me how old their child is I say "that's such a fun age" even if it's 37
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
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One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Get outhouse.
What movie or TV show one-liner do you use in real life?
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Get outhouse.
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So weird that these aren't all the same guy.
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
So weird that these aren't all the same guy.
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Read our full story that details how we got inside the Dilley detention center for immigrant families here: www.propublica.org/article/life...
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Read our full story that details how we got inside the Dilley detention center for immigrant families here: www.propublica.org/article/life...
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Yes, she's that stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Yes, she's that stupid.
Took a while but wrote the second in the series. All about credit scores: mostlycharmless.blogspot.com/2026/02/cred...
Credit Scores Primer
I had started what I envisioned as a series on financial literacy back in October of last year, when I wrote about credit cards. The target...
mostlycharmless.blogspot.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Took a while but wrote the second in the series. All about credit scores: mostlycharmless.blogspot.com/2026/02/cred...
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When you write about a sick baby whose parents entered the country legally
February 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
When you write about a sick baby whose parents entered the country legally
Was looking for a thread like this last night. Glad I found it in the morning. Thank you!!
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Was looking for a thread like this last night. Glad I found it in the morning. Thank you!!
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Most Indians don’t read for pleasure – so why does the country have 100 literature festivals?
Most Indians don’t read for pleasure – so why does the country have 100 literature festivals?
With their carnival atmosphere, music and Bollywood stars, books often take a back seat. But that doesn’t mean writers and their works won’t make a lasting impression
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Most Indians don’t read for pleasure – so why does the country have 100 literature festivals?
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
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A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
A Reddit user identifies the boy who took a Grammy from Bad Bunny in the halftime show as five-year-old model Lincoln Fox and says that he was meant to represent Bad Bunny as a child www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/... www.reddit.com/user/BabySea...
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show