Nabeel retweeted
One beautiful thing about Sora is that it is the antithesis of a TV show. Its unhurried and informal banter helps us introspect the Kerala identity and history while examining the gaps between the state’s progressive ideals and the ground realities.
Today is Kerala Piravi 🌴
For the last eight months, I've been making a Malayalam podcast about all things Kerala.
It is called Sora (as in സൊറ പറയുക), hosted at @IeMalayalam.
A few worth your evening? 🧵
Nabeel retweeted
We're about to enter a period where not reading or writing becomes as ubiquitous as smoking once was. We can hope people will eventually realize this is bad for them, as they did with smoking. But this is far from certain; the cost may not be as obvious.
Nabeel retweeted
The AI impact won't be felt immediately through layoffs (existing jobs are sticky), but through a collapse in hiring (jobs that don't yet exist have no stickiness).
Nabeel retweeted
I am stunned at the lengths we are going to prevent this protest. If this isn't some way of admitting guilt, what is?
Nabeel retweeted
Met someone here. Her brother, early sixties, avid reader, a home full of books. Had a stroke 2 years ago. Recovered now, remembers most of the books he’s read, the stories. But he can’t read. Letters, everything, gone. Learning from alphabets, now at 4th grade level. Life!
Nabeel retweeted
നമ്മളൊരു പ്രത്യേക തരം ജനതയാണ്..
വോട്ട് ചെയ്ത് ഒരു പാർട്ടിയെ ജയിപ്പിക്കും, എന്നിട്ട് ഭരിക്കുന്നവരുടെ കുറ്റങ്ങൾക്കും കുറവുകൾക്കും ജനങ്ങൾ തന്നെ ന്യായീകരണം കണ്ടെത്തും. അതിനുവേണ്ടി ഓൺലൈനിൽ ബഹളം വെക്കും.. അതിപ്പോ തൊഴിലില്ലായ്മ, തല്ലിപ്പൊളി റോഡും ഇൻഫ്രാസ്റ്റ്രക്ചറും, അഴിമതി, കറന്റ് കട്ട് അങ്ങനെ കേസെന്തായാലും ഭരിക്കുന്നവരെ ന്യായീകരിക്കാൻ ഒരു വലിയ % ആൾക്കാർ കാണും എപ്പഴും.
ഒരു ടീമിനെ ഭരണം ഏൽപ്പിച്ചാൽ ആ നിമിഷം മുതൽ ജനങ്ങൾ ഉത്തരവാദിത്തമുള്ള പ്രതിപക്ഷമാവണം. അധികാരികളെ അക്കൗണ്ടബിൾ ആക്കണം. അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നാട് നന്നാവാൻ പോകുന്നില്ല!
Nabeel retweeted
The Himalayas-Hindu Kush-Karakoram tectonic region is called the Third Pole of the world because of how much water the glaciers here hold. There have been multiple GLOF events over the years of lesser magnitudes. We have a LOT of warning, nothing in the future should be shocking.
Nabeel retweeted
This was #VizChitra2026!
2 days, 600+ community members, Bengaluru & online. Our first sold-out conference!
Thank you for showing up, sharing so openly, and making VizChitra a little bigger, a little warmer, and a lot better than we had initially dreamed.
Until next time! 💙
Nabeel retweeted
In Finland, libraries lend out tools, sewing machines, musical instruments, and even sports equipment, not just books, so everyone has access to things they might not be able to afford
Nabeel retweeted
Hello, people of X. The team at @goodfoodin put a LOT of effort in shooting this documentary in Ladakh. But sadly, we aren't getting any views - an important parameter in measuring the success. Please watch? RT? Tag?
Nabeel retweeted
"The book is the only medium left that hasn’t been corrupted by the profane: everything else on your eyelids manipulates you with an ad." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in The Bed of Procrustes
Nabeel retweeted
Undercutting unionised labour is *the* capitalist tactic and I for one am glad these unions are strong enough to protect themselves from it.
In Kerala, labour unions don’t just threaten companies. They intimidate ordinary people too. Ever wondered how?
They treat labour-oriented jobs as their birthright, refusing to let anyone else do the work. In many cases, business owners and ordinary citizens are forced either to employ them or do the job themselves.
See the video in the second post.
1/2
