Darpan
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find me at https://darpan496.substack.com
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I read this piece on how we need a nonprofit journalistic outlet, and I'm a bit puzzled because... they already exist?
What they need is more support!
1. Obviously, I'll start with Bolts: this right here is what we want to do! What we need is for you to become our reader: boltsmag.org/newsletter
What they need is more support!
1. Obviously, I'll start with Bolts: this right here is what we want to do! What we need is for you to become our reader: boltsmag.org/newsletter
December 14, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I read this piece on how we need a nonprofit journalistic outlet, and I'm a bit puzzled because... they already exist?
What they need is more support!
1. Obviously, I'll start with Bolts: this right here is what we want to do! What we need is for you to become our reader: boltsmag.org/newsletter
What they need is more support!
1. Obviously, I'll start with Bolts: this right here is what we want to do! What we need is for you to become our reader: boltsmag.org/newsletter
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What do you fear most about climate change?
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
What do you fear most about climate change?
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Here’s the beginner schedule nobody wants to hear because it’s not “hardcore” enough:
✅ 2–3 runs per week
✅ Easy pace (you can talk in full sentences)
✅ 20–30 minutes total including walk breaks
✅ Rest or cross-train on other days
Boring? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.
✅ 2–3 runs per week
✅ Easy pace (you can talk in full sentences)
✅ 20–30 minutes total including walk breaks
✅ Rest or cross-train on other days
Boring? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Here’s the beginner schedule nobody wants to hear because it’s not “hardcore” enough:
✅ 2–3 runs per week
✅ Easy pace (you can talk in full sentences)
✅ 20–30 minutes total including walk breaks
✅ Rest or cross-train on other days
Boring? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.
✅ 2–3 runs per week
✅ Easy pace (you can talk in full sentences)
✅ 20–30 minutes total including walk breaks
✅ Rest or cross-train on other days
Boring? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.
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Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
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An absolutely fascinating look at how tech platforms like Discord fuelled Nepal's revolution
The most striking aspect of it was just how fast it all happened.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The most striking aspect of it was just how fast it all happened.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
An absolutely fascinating look at how tech platforms like Discord fuelled Nepal's revolution
The most striking aspect of it was just how fast it all happened.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The most striking aspect of it was just how fast it all happened.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
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Happy logical operator Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy logical operator Halloween! 🎃
Just for the record, I have been hating on bad-faith Centrist since 2011, before it was cool.
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just for the record, I have been hating on bad-faith Centrist since 2011, before it was cool.
You kids probably don’t remember but there used to be Conservative and Libertarian and other independent thoughts individuals who would flip the Federal Reserve and IRS buildings because “tax bad”.
September 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
You kids probably don’t remember but there used to be Conservative and Libertarian and other independent thoughts individuals who would flip the Federal Reserve and IRS buildings because “tax bad”.
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
It is not the "difference of opinion, or argument", we are at the "indifference to fact or reality" phase.
September 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It is not the "difference of opinion, or argument", we are at the "indifference to fact or reality" phase.
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Thinking of starting a new magazine. It'll have stuff in it and articles about things and other bits and pieces. I'm calling it VAGUE.
August 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thinking of starting a new magazine. It'll have stuff in it and articles about things and other bits and pieces. I'm calling it VAGUE.
Don’t worry UK Peasants, UK Labor is working very hard on the very important issue faced by the UK.
🚨 BREAKING | Labour is set to impose a sweeping ban on trans people using any "single-sex space".
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
In EHRC guidance that Labour is set to approve, trans people will be barred from accessing toilets, gyms and changing rooms that match their gender.
(Source: @TheTimes)
August 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Don’t worry UK Peasants, UK Labor is working very hard on the very important issue faced by the UK.
Pfft!
How could 224 Pounds weighing 6 Feet 3 inches tall handsome hunk lie like that!?
How could 224 Pounds weighing 6 Feet 3 inches tall handsome hunk lie like that!?
Fox News: “Trump breaks 'Day One' promise to lower costs as prices surge across America in first six months”
Trump breaks 'Day One' promise to lower costs as prices surge across America in first six months
Working families face higher costs as Trump's policies contradict campaign promises, creating political risks for Republicans in upcoming elections.
www.foxnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Pfft!
How could 224 Pounds weighing 6 Feet 3 inches tall handsome hunk lie like that!?
How could 224 Pounds weighing 6 Feet 3 inches tall handsome hunk lie like that!?
If you want to know what they will do to you, watch what they are doing to others.
July 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you want to know what they will do to you, watch what they are doing to others.
- Defund Medicaid/Medicare
- Defund Planned Parenthood.
- Eliminate Environmental Protection Agency.
- Defund Research of diseases that kills '000s of people yearly.
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
- Defund Planned Parenthood.
- Eliminate Environmental Protection Agency.
- Defund Research of diseases that kills '000s of people yearly.
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
- Defund Medicaid/Medicare
- Defund Planned Parenthood.
- Eliminate Environmental Protection Agency.
- Defund Research of diseases that kills '000s of people yearly.
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
- Defund Planned Parenthood.
- Eliminate Environmental Protection Agency.
- Defund Research of diseases that kills '000s of people yearly.
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
We will release the List.
It is on my desk.
There is no list.
K.
It is on my desk.
There is no list.
K.
July 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We will release the List.
It is on my desk.
There is no list.
K.
It is on my desk.
There is no list.
K.
In all fairness, Democratic Primary winner of NYC is wanting to raise Corporate tax Rate to 11.5% which is as same as Corporate Tax Rate of neighbouring Communist State of New Jersey.
July 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In all fairness, Democratic Primary winner of NYC is wanting to raise Corporate tax Rate to 11.5% which is as same as Corporate Tax Rate of neighbouring Communist State of New Jersey.
It’s like Kendrick vs Drake for MAGA, but instead both are Drake, so it’s Drake vs. Drake.
June 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s like Kendrick vs Drake for MAGA, but instead both are Drake, so it’s Drake vs. Drake.
“If we deny justice to those labeled criminal, we empower the system to redefine anyone as criminal and deny justice to all.”
June 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“If we deny justice to those labeled criminal, we empower the system to redefine anyone as criminal and deny justice to all.”
Confirmation bias is helluva drugs.
May 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Confirmation bias is helluva drugs.
Prediction:
Ended Iran Nuclear Deal in first term.
Will sign the same deal in second term.
Art of the Deal.
Right Wing - "Nobel Peace Prize"
Ended Iran Nuclear Deal in first term.
Will sign the same deal in second term.
Art of the Deal.
Right Wing - "Nobel Peace Prize"
May 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Prediction:
Ended Iran Nuclear Deal in first term.
Will sign the same deal in second term.
Art of the Deal.
Right Wing - "Nobel Peace Prize"
Ended Iran Nuclear Deal in first term.
Will sign the same deal in second term.
Art of the Deal.
Right Wing - "Nobel Peace Prize"