Salil Tripathi

Nasser, a television repairman, said he had received "hundreds of calls" from clients across Tehran who were confined to their homes and wanted "their satellite television channels tuned" to follow what is happening.

‘Builders are busy fixing potholes, bakers open at dawn and taxi drivers thread through streets as pillars of smoke rise up to the sky.’

Portrait of Tehran in wartime
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But my favorite pictures from Venice is not cats but this combination that I think of as “missed connections.”

Iran’s Cheap, Plentiful Weaponry Puts US Military Under Unprecedented Strain As the conflict extends towards a third week, an arsenal of attack drones and ballistic missiles has helped make Tehran unlike any adversary the US has faced.

The US has burned through over 1,000 Patriot interceptors ($4 million each) to stop an onslaught of Iranian drones ($20k to $50k each).

Using my last gift link from Bloomberg, which is doing some of the best reporting anywhere on the war.

🎁 🔗

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Bohemian Rhapsody | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets YouTube video by The Muppets

How did I end up showing the Muppet version of Bohemian Rhapsody to the students in my class on the Indigenous Peoples of India? Oh right, I was going through all the religions of India and got to Zoroastrianism… but then my students didn’t know who Freddie Mercury was, and so here we are.

Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.

Reminds me of this scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3U-...

You've Got Mail - Starbucks Scene YouTube video by jakenfavre

Reminds me of this scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3U-...

In the distance, a car enters a cobblestone Street through a thick veil of mist. There are three story brick houses on either side and a bit of green by the sidewalks.

Good morning from Haarlem.

#GoodMorningFromHaarlem

Wild cabbages are the ancestors of many vegetables today Ornamental cabbage Red cabbage Kale Cabbage Cauliflower Jersey cabbage Broccoli Wild cabbage (in the middle with lines to the others) Broccolini Gai lan Kohlrabi Brussels sprouts

Enjoyed this piece about how an unappetizing shrub - wild cabbage - became dozens of different vegetables.

‘Whereas other plants have a single most useful element, wild cabbage has many.’
www.worksinprogress.news/p/many-of-th...

A cartoon of Pete Kefsbreath shouts at American flag-draped coffins: “STOP TRYING TO EMBARASS THE PRESIDENT!”

Her trip to Ireland was ruined by this one question?? Gee, I wonder why…

Keep calling out Fox BS propaganda, this is so disrespectful to both Dignified Transfers just to make Trump look good

All 1817 London council seats are being elected in May.

Starting point is approx
Labour 1150
Cons 400
LibDems 180
Greens 18
Reform 0

One Bombe projection has this London earthquake scenario, with Lab 3rd

Green 548,
Cons 481
Labour 415
LD 252
Reform 132
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I write about @anthropicAI and its line in the sand, at @ihrb: www.ihrb.org/latest/anthr...

How India’s Dominance Reshaped Cricket The T20 World Cup has underscored that New Delhi is a schoolyard bully.

I write about the T20 world cup and India:

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This is Senator Peter Welch, air-quoting like crazy, when asking Noem about Corey Lewandowski being her “special advisor”

GB News are now bringing Restore Britain on to the channel to tell their own black British presenter, born in Newcastle, she is not British - and it is "ridiculous" to define being British in a way that includes black people.

Burhan Sönmez: from brutal assault to a life in literature | Psyche Portraits Burhan Sönmez, now the president of PEN International, was a rising human rights lawyer in Turkey. A brutal assault nearly killed him – and propelled him to a life in literature

Written by the the European Press Prize laureate Kaya Genç, this carefully told Psyche Portrait of the Kurdish novelist Burhan Sönmez traces his journey from despair to purpose in the wake of political violence, capturing his extraordinary drive and intellect @kayagenc.bsky.social

We are alone with Israel.

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The #2026MoorePrize for #humanrights writing is now open for submissions - 2 March till 3 April,2026

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THIS.

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

I hope you aren’t drunk and took your staff’s advice, Rashida and I don’t know this man and feel confident he didn’t care about us. Please restrain from drinking too much as you have been warned from your staff and stay off social media when you are drunk. I pray in his holy month you find peace and respect for your self,

uhhh oh my god

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reports.

This Monday, join us for a timely discussion on #Iran and cultural resistance. Following a screening of Jafar Panahi’s film, journalists, filmmakers and writers will reflect on creating art under repression and the realities facing those in Iran today: www.phoenixcinema.co.uk/PhoenixCinem...

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamd... • @NYCMayor Just got off the phone with President Trump. In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elmina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE this morning. He has just informed me that she will be released imminently. © The New York Times • @nytimes. 4h Breaking News: Immigration agents arrested a Columbia University student after misrepresenting themselves to access a building, the school said. nyti.ms/4aTM5oH

If only the Dems could just make this guy their chief negotiator.

He has already been more successful in freeing New Yorkers from ICE than either Schumer or Jeffries…with a phone call.

What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework? The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.

The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.

#HongKong: The quashing of Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction changes nothing for him. He's still looking at spending the rest of his life in prison.

The time has come for the National Security Law charges against him to be dropped.

He must be freed. Today.

Opinion | A Vaccine Skeptic for Surgeon General Casey Means won’t restore confidence in public-health advice.

“The menagerie at the Department of Health and Human Services keeps getting stranger,” writes the WSJ Edit Page, in this scathing column about the crank who could become our next surgeon general.

www.wsj.com/opinion/case...