Raja
@radiant_raja
terminally online / middle-aged uncle by twitter standards
With engagement farming and ragebaiting monetized on Twitter, a lot of people are under the illusion that whipping your audience (or yourself) into an emotional frenzy is a sign you're a "based truth teller" instead of recognizing this could backfire immensely
My beef with the fire breathing right-wing influencers has always been that they whip up their audiences into such a fury that it leads them to set fire to their personal lives like this. All for nothing but brief emotional satisfaction at the cost of long-term pain.
The moment of the great discovery of the statue of King Menkaure and his wife Khamerernebty in the Temple of King Menkaure Valley in Giza in 1910... (Colorized Photos) The greywacke statue of King Menkaura and Queen Khamerernebty II is one of the most iconic and perfectly…
The Enduring Fear of Ismailis in Teldara, Syria The assertion that anti-Ismaili sentiment in Teldara has been "dealt with" is a significant oversimplification of a perilous reality. @GregoryPWaters has labeled my statement of the fear instilled in the Ismaili inhabitants of…
If India were to clean up, economically develop, produce more rooted art w/well-spoken people, you'd see an increase in the interest towards Hinduism in at least the elite strata of Pakistani society, and you'd have more things like the Karachi Arts Council making a Ramayana play
What’s happening in Pakistan?
Recall two months ago when Sunni students at Syrian universities were openly inciting against Druze students. All the while the terrorist regime claims to uphold 'stability' and 'rule of law'.
Druze Students Released After Being Held by Regime Forces in Latakia Several Druze students from Sweida who were arrested in Latakia have been released this morning. They were handed over to the Syrian Red Crescent, which transported them to Daraa. From there, they are now on…
About two years ago I first noted that support for Israel among the younger gens is falling, and not in a way that can be explained fully by temporary generational effects. People got mad at the time, but looks like recent polling is proving me right.
Fairly clear to me that outside of any political realities, Israel has lost the PR war. When the boomers die off, it can't count on the support of the West.
Substack also has a Twitter-like feature called Notes. Difference is you can only make money by having subscribers to your articles (long-form content) and not through posts on Notes (short-form content), so quality of discourse is much higher, while Twitter has devolved to slop
nothing will beat this lyrical masterpiece <3
define "lyrical masterpiece"
Ramanujan said that he received his formulas from God
It took the right six months to annihilate all the gains it made with 18-29 year olds. Very impressive.
A CBS News poll shows a 54-point net swing downward in Trump’s approval among 18 to 29 year olds, shifting from 55% approval and 45% disapproval in February to 28% approval and 72% disapproval in July. Follow: @AFpost
BREAKING: Several Indian outlets report that India has signed a deal with Russia to purchase 42 Su-57 stealth jets and 50 Su-35 fighter jets.
A big driver to Chinese economic miracle is probably just the domination of 1. STEM 2. Education in colleges. People talk about the need to produce *quality* STEM graduates. But to do that, seems like we need an equally large amount of quality teachers.
80% guru di Indonesia GAGAL Ujian Kompetensi Guru (UKG) 2012-2015 🤯🤯 Pendidikan Indonesia gagal karena gurunya memang jelek. Ya gajinya kecil gila. Siapa juga yang mau. Akibatnya 55% siswa tidak bisa membaca teks, 90% anak SMA gagal mengerjakan soal matematika kelas 5 SD.
Saw the Hathibada inscription in Udaipur Government Museum. This, along with the Dhana inscription of Ayodhya, are the two oldest Sanskrit inscriptions that we are currently aware of. And yes, I’ve now seen them both up close!
>Comes across a seemingly random inscription in the entrance of a temple >Nobody around can tell what it is >It's actually a decalaration from Shunga himself How must discovering that have felt like.
Last year when I was visiting Ayodhya, I came across this inscription. The Sadhus of Shri Udasin Rishi Ashram had told me about it. When I saw this inscription, I could see it was in Brahmi.
Seeing some of Indians' reactions to far-RW attacking Mehdi and Zohran's backgrounds, this old tweet of mine appears to be coming true. Despite whatever issues Indian-Americans might have with the South Asian sphere, they're willing to tolerate them out of fear/hatred of the RW
I debated 20 far-far-far-right conservatives on Jubilee's 'Surrounded.' Below are some brief highlights of them unable to answer my basic questions or rebut the simplest of points. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Here's the full eye-opening 'debate': youtube.com/watch?v=2S-WJN…
In English: We only want to free ourselves from the tyrant 🥺 In Arabic:
I don’t watch a lot of these jubilee debate videos but…I think this is the Mexican devil…
Syrian Sunnis: "Druze are traitors for getting foreign help!" Also Syrian Sunnis in August 2011: