1/ Meet Sushil Chouhan, An Indian national who owns a scam call center in New Delhi, India. He has been scamming thousands of innocent people since November 2023.
just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.
This is so beautifully done. Puts a tear in my eye & a big smile on my face. Thanks so much Erin Semmler, Leisa & ABC News. Cricket is life for me & I owe my life to cricket, literally abc.net.au/news/2025-02-2…
I like to ask Claude to pick an idea or principle from some academic domain and to illustrate it for me with a story. Reading these little academic allegories has become my wholesome replacement for doomscrolling.
It’’s May 1st. Labour Day in India.
The house help came. The cook showed up. The apartment security gaurd & housekeeping staff is on duty. Only me and my laptop class friends taking a break to “celebrate labour.”
Irony is now a public holiday.
To all our nurses in South Australia - thank you.
Today on International Nurses Day, we recognise the contributions you make.
Nurses are the backbone of our health system and it is vital we recognise, support and grow the workforce.
Thank you for all you do.
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Notes from a Quieter Life
What Kerala has taught me, one slow afternoon at a time
Since moving to Kerala, time has changed shape.
I no longer need Vietnamese iced coffee served in a recycled glass with a pasta straw, and I no longer need it in under eight minutes. I’ve held on
Wake up and immediately look at small screen before clocking 8 hours behind medium screen. Take a few breaks to check in on small screen. Go home and spend a few hours staring at big screen to wind down before getting into bed and looking at small screen.
Living the dream.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. Top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. Top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill. Batteries provide more tools to flatten out peaks.
The secret to getting kids to read is the same thing that worked in the nineties. Reading Rainbow. Pizzas. Shakespeare rom-coms & Austen adaptations. Movies where a guy gifts his beloved an enormous library. Dog who acts out the classics. Kids will read if they think books are