Mayank Grover
@mayankgrover.bsky.social
A rando from old place, typos and atrocious syntax comes with the package.
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Mayank Grover
@mayankgrover.bsky.social
· Feb 23
I don't know if I should pin post about my inability to write anything without typos, or that I'm rando and no one in their right mind should take them too seriously.
American and Soviet agreed to define what constitutes a test differently from how most would think (no. of test is not number of "devices" detonated) do we count Chinese test the same way?
One problem with testing "on an equal basis" with Russia and China is that they might not be on equal basis with each other. If we match Russia, China gets a free pass to follow. China has the smallest number of tests (45 v 🇷🇺715 and 🇺🇸1032) and ∴ the most to gain from new data.
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
American and Soviet agreed to define what constitutes a test differently from how most would think (no. of test is not number of "devices" detonated) do we count Chinese test the same way?
A lot of talk about resumption of nuclear testing would erode America's lead (whatever that means) sounds like nuanced discussion in science of incinerating people.
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A lot of talk about resumption of nuclear testing would erode America's lead (whatever that means) sounds like nuanced discussion in science of incinerating people.
There is a strangely symbiotic relationship between funding and prominence of nuclear policy NGOs, and nuclear testing.
I'm pretty sure their funding crisis would greatly relieved if Trump indeed goes ahead and start blowing these things (hopefully underground but you can never tell with this guy).
I'm pretty sure their funding crisis would greatly relieved if Trump indeed goes ahead and start blowing these things (hopefully underground but you can never tell with this guy).
If you're a wealthy individual looking for a legacy, one of the craziest bargains to be had right now is saving an entire generation of American nuclear policy expertise by tossing some change at the nonprofits. The field is trying to hold together ~500 jobs max, and it can't last as things stand
We're getting nights like this basically monthly now, and the major funders of nuclear policy work are still retreating
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
There is a strangely symbiotic relationship between funding and prominence of nuclear policy NGOs, and nuclear testing.
I'm pretty sure their funding crisis would greatly relieved if Trump indeed goes ahead and start blowing these things (hopefully underground but you can never tell with this guy).
I'm pretty sure their funding crisis would greatly relieved if Trump indeed goes ahead and start blowing these things (hopefully underground but you can never tell with this guy).
It has been kind of amusing watching The Diplomat magazine tip toe it's way around Thai combodia clashes.
Mahathir's 100th birthday recived more coverage. Makes one wonder about editorial dynamics of the place.
Mahathir's 100th birthday recived more coverage. Makes one wonder about editorial dynamics of the place.
August 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It has been kind of amusing watching The Diplomat magazine tip toe it's way around Thai combodia clashes.
Mahathir's 100th birthday recived more coverage. Makes one wonder about editorial dynamics of the place.
Mahathir's 100th birthday recived more coverage. Makes one wonder about editorial dynamics of the place.
Hi I'm alive, just cutting down on social media. I really do not care much about it ,especially this place.
August 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hi I'm alive, just cutting down on social media. I really do not care much about it ,especially this place.
Bluesky is repeating all of the old twitter things (except giving us option of turning off repost for individual accounts)
Over at old place people let us know how much they didn't care about blue checkmark of official endorsement by tweeting about it continuously for weeks when they were taken away
Over at old place people let us know how much they didn't care about blue checkmark of official endorsement by tweeting about it continuously for weeks when they were taken away
Verification should be simple case of your name and your face are what you claim to be, as long as we stick with this verifying someone should be routine and unremarkable.
When one starts to hand out verification to notable account, this whole process is essentially act of endorsement.
When one starts to hand out verification to notable account, this whole process is essentially act of endorsement.
April 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Bluesky is repeating all of the old twitter things (except giving us option of turning off repost for individual accounts)
Over at old place people let us know how much they didn't care about blue checkmark of official endorsement by tweeting about it continuously for weeks when they were taken away
Over at old place people let us know how much they didn't care about blue checkmark of official endorsement by tweeting about it continuously for weeks when they were taken away
Verification should be simple case of your name and your face are what you claim to be, as long as we stick with this verifying someone should be routine and unremarkable.
When one starts to hand out verification to notable account, this whole process is essentially act of endorsement.
When one starts to hand out verification to notable account, this whole process is essentially act of endorsement.
April 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Verification should be simple case of your name and your face are what you claim to be, as long as we stick with this verifying someone should be routine and unremarkable.
When one starts to hand out verification to notable account, this whole process is essentially act of endorsement.
When one starts to hand out verification to notable account, this whole process is essentially act of endorsement.
To make their algorithm supreme arbiter YouTube destroyed their search feature, but the thing is algorithm is pretty bad.
I'm now spending less time on YouTube than ever and I use to be a heavy user.
I'm now spending less time on YouTube than ever and I use to be a heavy user.
April 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
To make their algorithm supreme arbiter YouTube destroyed their search feature, but the thing is algorithm is pretty bad.
I'm now spending less time on YouTube than ever and I use to be a heavy user.
I'm now spending less time on YouTube than ever and I use to be a heavy user.
Is it just me or Brits have become more quiet over here.
April 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Is it just me or Brits have become more quiet over here.
It'll be fun to see Bluesky effect, if any, in next round of elections.
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It'll be fun to see Bluesky effect, if any, in next round of elections.
Over at what once was Twitter, people share screenshots of Facebook and laugh about stupid people who still use that thing. Over here people share screenshots of Twitter and call every user a nazi. Over at Substack people share screenshots of Bluesky post and call it's users out of touch crackpots.
April 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Over at what once was Twitter, people share screenshots of Facebook and laugh about stupid people who still use that thing. Over here people share screenshots of Twitter and call every user a nazi. Over at Substack people share screenshots of Bluesky post and call it's users out of touch crackpots.
This is from one of Paul's post.
"At this point, I actually don’t know what the right wing is on about half the time because I don’t love my subject enough / hate myself enough to subject myself to their media ecosystem"
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
"At this point, I actually don’t know what the right wing is on about half the time because I don’t love my subject enough / hate myself enough to subject myself to their media ecosystem"
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
How My Brain Rotted
Confessions of a post-literate professor
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This is from one of Paul's post.
"At this point, I actually don’t know what the right wing is on about half the time because I don’t love my subject enough / hate myself enough to subject myself to their media ecosystem"
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
"At this point, I actually don’t know what the right wing is on about half the time because I don’t love my subject enough / hate myself enough to subject myself to their media ecosystem"
open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...
Hey remember Qatar Airways flight QR161, it descended at a pretty terrifying rate.
According to PR floof Qatar Airways put out "authorities were informed and we are carrying out internal investigation", it was due to pilot flying situational awareness.
According to PR floof Qatar Airways put out "authorities were informed and we are carrying out internal investigation", it was due to pilot flying situational awareness.
April 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Hey remember Qatar Airways flight QR161, it descended at a pretty terrifying rate.
According to PR floof Qatar Airways put out "authorities were informed and we are carrying out internal investigation", it was due to pilot flying situational awareness.
According to PR floof Qatar Airways put out "authorities were informed and we are carrying out internal investigation", it was due to pilot flying situational awareness.
There was a fear previously that this catagory would push producers down the road of ever more riskier stunts, just for the sake of prize.
Academy feels that would not be the case now.
Academy feels that would not be the case now.
After decades of pushing, stunts will get their own Oscar
After decades of pushing, stunts will get their own Oscar
The Oscars will finally honor stunt performers with a new award for achievement in stunt design, debuting at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028.
www.latimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
There was a fear previously that this catagory would push producers down the road of ever more riskier stunts, just for the sake of prize.
Academy feels that would not be the case now.
Academy feels that would not be the case now.
I hope Iran is aware that military strikes would happen despite whatever Iran "negotiates".
Goal of US and Israel is regime change and they are single mindedly focused on that.
Any negotiation would buy time for few months only.
Goal of US and Israel is regime change and they are single mindedly focused on that.
Any negotiation would buy time for few months only.
Abbas Araqchi, Iran's seasoned top diplomat, faces one of his most delicate challenges ever this weekend as he prepares to lead talks with the US to secure a new nuclear deal and avert a military strike against the Islamic Republic reut.rs/3R9hsSO
Iran's 'master negotiator' tasked with averting war
Abbas Araqchi, Iran's seasoned top diplomat, faces one of his most delicate challenges ever this weekend as he prepares to lead talks with the U.S. to secure a new nuclear deal and avert a military strike against the Islamic Republic.
reut.rs
April 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I hope Iran is aware that military strikes would happen despite whatever Iran "negotiates".
Goal of US and Israel is regime change and they are single mindedly focused on that.
Any negotiation would buy time for few months only.
Goal of US and Israel is regime change and they are single mindedly focused on that.
Any negotiation would buy time for few months only.
I don't know how much valence this would have, however this practice of using judiciary to stymie excutive is something Republican like very much.
So I thought they would not touch it.
So I thought they would not touch it.
Republican-led US House of Representatives voted to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump's agenda have been stymied by such court rulings reut.rs/3R8qJun
Republican-led US House votes to limit judges' power to block Trump's agenda
Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to curtail the ability of judges to issue nationwide injunctions blocking government policies after key parts of President Donald Trump's agenda have been stymied by such court rulings.
reut.rs
April 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I don't know how much valence this would have, however this practice of using judiciary to stymie excutive is something Republican like very much.
So I thought they would not touch it.
So I thought they would not touch it.
Production has been declining for sometime. I used to wonder about that whenever I checked FAO's world cereal production stats.
Is rye the unloved grain?
Domesticated in Turkey ~6,600 BCE, it was seen as a weed in wheat crops in its native Middle East
It was only when it moved to northern Europe that it found a home; its ability to thrive in poor soils and drought has made it a notable crop there since at least 500 BCE
Domesticated in Turkey ~6,600 BCE, it was seen as a weed in wheat crops in its native Middle East
It was only when it moved to northern Europe that it found a home; its ability to thrive in poor soils and drought has made it a notable crop there since at least 500 BCE
April 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Production has been declining for sometime. I used to wonder about that whenever I checked FAO's world cereal production stats.
So what's happening in Mastodon now a these days?
Many old twitter regular have stuck with it, most have moved over to this place.
I deleted my account there because I wasn't really using the place, and didn't want to tax servers for free.
Many old twitter regular have stuck with it, most have moved over to this place.
I deleted my account there because I wasn't really using the place, and didn't want to tax servers for free.
April 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So what's happening in Mastodon now a these days?
Many old twitter regular have stuck with it, most have moved over to this place.
I deleted my account there because I wasn't really using the place, and didn't want to tax servers for free.
Many old twitter regular have stuck with it, most have moved over to this place.
I deleted my account there because I wasn't really using the place, and didn't want to tax servers for free.
Very rapper like name of new General Secretary of Communist Party of India - Marxist.
MA Baby
MA Baby
April 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Very rapper like name of new General Secretary of Communist Party of India - Marxist.
MA Baby
MA Baby
Toothfish in question is sold in US as Chilean sea bass. It is considered a luxury food even in normal time, so tarriffs hopefully won't effect their sales too much.
Overpriced fish aficionados are strange bunch.
Overpriced fish aficionados are strange bunch.
Falklands toothfish caught in Trump’s tariff dragnet
The British overseas territory now faces a 42% levy — the 8th most punitive rate on US ‘worst offenders’ list
I spoke to Falklands govt rep about their surprise at move against their succulent, deep-sea fish export
www.ft.com/content/d869...
The British overseas territory now faces a 42% levy — the 8th most punitive rate on US ‘worst offenders’ list
I spoke to Falklands govt rep about their surprise at move against their succulent, deep-sea fish export
www.ft.com/content/d869...
Falklands toothfish caught in Trump’s tariff dragnet
Islands’ exports to US — a category composed almost entirely of a succulent deep-sea fish — will face 42 per cent levy from next week
www.ft.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Toothfish in question is sold in US as Chilean sea bass. It is considered a luxury food even in normal time, so tarriffs hopefully won't effect their sales too much.
Overpriced fish aficionados are strange bunch.
Overpriced fish aficionados are strange bunch.
Plethora of articles on Eurodeterrent is kind of becoming overwhelming.
Like space it out, deluge doesn't help, especially in today's fragmented social media environment.
Like space it out, deluge doesn't help, especially in today's fragmented social media environment.
My mind for whatever reason always reads Eurodeterrent as Eurodetergent.
April 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Plethora of articles on Eurodeterrent is kind of becoming overwhelming.
Like space it out, deluge doesn't help, especially in today's fragmented social media environment.
Like space it out, deluge doesn't help, especially in today's fragmented social media environment.
My mind for whatever reason always reads Eurodeterrent as Eurodetergent.
April 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
My mind for whatever reason always reads Eurodeterrent as Eurodetergent.
So IF election ever do happen, what are Democrats planning to do with their majority.
Chances are, if election ever happen again, that Democrats would at least have majority enough for some minor changes in legislative practices.
Chances are, if election ever happen again, that Democrats would at least have majority enough for some minor changes in legislative practices.
April 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So IF election ever do happen, what are Democrats planning to do with their majority.
Chances are, if election ever happen again, that Democrats would at least have majority enough for some minor changes in legislative practices.
Chances are, if election ever happen again, that Democrats would at least have majority enough for some minor changes in legislative practices.
In 2022 a fairly well known UN expert was citing Haiti as an example for Congolese people to follow, if they wanted to get rid of UN in their country.
It was during anti MONUSCO violence in that country.
It was during anti MONUSCO violence in that country.
Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government's failure to hold them off reut.rs/4lfZax0
Thousands of Haitians take to streets to protest surging gang violence
Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government's failure to hold them off.
reut.rs
April 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
In 2022 a fairly well known UN expert was citing Haiti as an example for Congolese people to follow, if they wanted to get rid of UN in their country.
It was during anti MONUSCO violence in that country.
It was during anti MONUSCO violence in that country.