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AmbaAzaad

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The secondhand sellers market is going brahminical batshit

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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
https://scroll.in/article/1067884/why-there-should-be-no-place-for-a-brahmin-conference-at-indian-universities

AmbaAzaad,
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@tokyo_0 @h_tejas
No. That doctrine is brahminical apologia attempting to construct an ahistorical supposedly meritorious past where coincidentally brahmins deserved their power.

AmbaAzaad, to random
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I just saw someone on tumblr describe a hunger strike as 'normalising an eating disorder' and...

the kids are NOT alright.

AmbaAzaad, to random
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current status: eating the hot chocolate powder straight out of the jar

AmbaAzaad, to random
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I just want you all to know that on the first night I sat down to a dinner of rock hard chola because I forgot that I had soaked but not cooked them when I made the tari.

On the second night I pressure cooked and they were still chewy.

Tonight, the third night, I finally have cholas that squish.

AmbaAzaad,
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The way my jaw dropped when I went abroad and saw a mother feeding her child 'chickpeas' straight out of a can with some salt.

a) whut. flavour? whut.
b) whaddya mean you don't have to cook it for three whistles on high and 5 on low and soak before for the time it takes the dinosaurs to get extinct.

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I have an opinion essay on the intentional sabotage of independent research by Big Tech. Unfortunately, I can’t find any publication in India willing to pick it up. They all want a “local angle” when we are increasingly aware that this is a universal experience

AmbaAzaad,
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@akhmxt try pitching to international pubs?

AmbaAzaad, to random
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ok WOW, I thought someone was making a dark joke when they posted that the NYT had won a pulitzer this year for international reporting. Then I went and looked at they actually WERE awarded. "For wide-ranging and revelatory coverage of Hamas’ lethal attackon October 7"
What obscene horror this is.

AmbaAzaad,
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@mehluv I hate them so much. I hate everyone so much right now. I'm trying to not let the news out of Rafah overwhelm me because that helps no one, but I genuinely do not understand how anyone can still remain friends with people who support this.

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A Muslim friend who has been living in the house she owns and voting from there for several years, found out that her name is not on the voter list. Nothing to do about it now.
The fucking cruelty of this nation that calls itself a democracy.

AmbaAzaad, to random
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Just got the tea from someone who has left an organisation I'm involved with, and, gotta say, I am feeling pretty damn smug that the read I had on people after a couple of hours of interacting with them was actually bang on. That dude I wrote off as a jackass? Yep. AND his wife is divorcing him lolz

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The Telangana police filed a closure report in court claiming that Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and killed himself out of fear of discovery. This is such an obscene lie that it deserves international attention.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/telangana-police-closes-rohith-vemula-file-absolves-bjp-leaders

AmbaAzaad,
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Media attention, particularly by the News Minute which broke the story, has forced the Telangana police to state that they will 'reinvestigate the case'. Both the students union and Rohith's family has protested the brazen police lies.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/telangana-police-to-reinvestigate-rohith-vemula-case-says-dgp

AmbaAzaad, to random
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Ok is anyone else getting phone calls from an unknown number with a pre-recorded message saying your number will be disconnected within two hours, to know more please press 9?

I've had two such in two days and it feels weird that the scammers have escalated to robocalls? There's no personal touch.

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Following the coverage of the US student protests in support of Palestine is reminding me so much of the way savarna media covered the student protests after Rohith Vemula's institutional murder.

The same dilution of cause and exclusion of original victim.

AmbaAzaad,
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It is true that one way to achieve change is by moving the Overton Window of acceptable demands towards the centre, but I will always grudge the entitled liberal centring themselves and I think holding them accountable is one of the best uses of an ally's time.

AmbaAzaad,
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Which is to say - pay close attention to the liberal Zionists who feel obliged to hand-wring about US police brutality on white American students, but who have not once referenced Palestine's struggle as an anti-colonial one. They should be given no air, and no forgiveness.

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Happy Ambedkar Jayanti!

A good day to remember the many anti-casteism heroes alive and fighting today under conditions as dire and oppressive as what Babasaheb faced.

(Also glad it's on a Sunday so less complaints about traffic from savarnas)

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followed @AmbaAzaad 's advice and nerfed all apps from my phone.

edit: they didn't advise per se, but I am desperate for some :P

AmbaAzaad,
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@madhu_shrieks lol
I think open source apps for non- commercial projects, like for mastodon, can be useful if they provide something the basic service doesn't. But all apps that are monetising engagement through algorithms are designed to be useful to marketers more than users.
I wholeheartedly advise everyone to switch to Firefox with no script, ghostery and ad block add ons installed!

mehluv, to random
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whatsapp's new update made the whole thing so fucking ugly man, do they actively want to discourage people from using it

AmbaAzaad,
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@mehluv fucking THANK you. I thought I was going nuts, because something kept irritating me but it took me a while to notice what.
I HATE it.

AmbaAzaad,
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@mehluv @Theorem_Poem @madhu_shrieks @toridas_
I don't do apps. YouTube, twitter, bsky, mastodon, tumblr... I open them all in my Firefox for android browser.
They keep telling me not to and I keep telling them to shut the fuck up.

AmbaAzaad, to random
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Eid Mubarak!

Also, let's hear it for Jotiba Phule whose Jayanti it is today.

We need more posts on here.

AmbaAzaad, to random
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All the gulfie airlines wishing me happy Eid meanwhile friends are slogging through one more roza because of moon shenanigans.

AmbaAzaad, to random
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I have an essay out! In Massachusetts Review! And it's one of the only four pieces they've made available online!
You can read it here -
https://massreview.org/sites/default/files/10_65.1Azaad.pdf (link to pdf)
The essay is about Radical Unforgiveness. It is also about grasslands. Let me know what you think of it!

AmbaAzaad,
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@Pkbwood you're the first stranger who has read my essay!!! Gold star for you!!
I'm glad it worked for you. And thanks for the reference, I have not read that article but will go seek it out.

AmbaAzaad,
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@Pkbwood Thanks! I don't have access to any libraries, so would you happen to have a copy at hand? If so, my email address is same as my handle at gmail.
Otherwise I'll try to track it down on libgen at some point.

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