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Mad (ex) Scientist (Ph.D in Nanotech) IIT Bombay
Camera and Beyond
Perversely Subversive and Absurd
I love Books, Bowie and the Beatles
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Camera and Beyond
Perversely Subversive and Absurd
I love Books, Bowie and the Beatles
📍Bombay 🇮🇳
Check my 📸 Feed
https://ko-fi.com/lucidillusions | lucidillusions.darkroom.com | patreon.com/lucidillusions
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Thanks to every app having a wrapped, I also wanted to make a My 2025 Writing Wrapped, so please check this out.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Art
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Art
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like the problem with not mentioning streamplace here for me isnt even streamplace, its that it indicates that the company itself hasnt internalised the idea that theyre building a protocol-based ecosystem into its corporate culture
January 15, 2026 at 8:19 PM
like the problem with not mentioning streamplace here for me isnt even streamplace, its that it indicates that the company itself hasnt internalised the idea that theyre building a protocol-based ecosystem into its corporate culture
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Struggling with your story? Trying to figure out why you just can't seem to finish this scene or get any words on the page at all?
Our FREE Writer's Block Buster: Your Guide to Getting Un-Stuck will help you find the root cause of your writer's block so you can get back to what you love: writing
Our FREE Writer's Block Buster: Your Guide to Getting Un-Stuck will help you find the root cause of your writer's block so you can get back to what you love: writing
Writer's Block Buster - Weeknight Writers
Originally released as a worksheet for the Weeknight Writers Pro community, Writer’s Block Buster: Your Guide to Getting Un-Stuck walks you through the journalling process our founder, Dianna Gunn, ha...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Struggling with your story? Trying to figure out why you just can't seem to finish this scene or get any words on the page at all?
Our FREE Writer's Block Buster: Your Guide to Getting Un-Stuck will help you find the root cause of your writer's block so you can get back to what you love: writing
Our FREE Writer's Block Buster: Your Guide to Getting Un-Stuck will help you find the root cause of your writer's block so you can get back to what you love: writing
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This is the story of my life in music.
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
This is the story of my life in music.
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Farming is a risky business because it depends on the mercy of the weather to generate profits. Sometimes it rains heavily, and sometimes it does not rain at all. Climate change has made weather patterns harsher, more unpredictable. Without proper infrastructure and skills, farming becomes a gamble.
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Farming is a risky business because it depends on the mercy of the weather to generate profits. Sometimes it rains heavily, and sometimes it does not rain at all. Climate change has made weather patterns harsher, more unpredictable. Without proper infrastructure and skills, farming becomes a gamble.
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Guess who just finished lettering the first issue of the first longform comic book they've written, with a font they created? (It's me, the answer is me.)
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Guess who just finished lettering the first issue of the first longform comic book they've written, with a font they created? (It's me, the answer is me.)
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Libby was about accepting input tho. This seems more about extracting compensation for scraping that’s already happening. In an ideal world these AI cos would wither away already, but in this one it feels like there’s a difference between “you can come in” & “you’re in but you’re paying to get out.”
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Libby was about accepting input tho. This seems more about extracting compensation for scraping that’s already happening. In an ideal world these AI cos would wither away already, but in this one it feels like there’s a difference between “you can come in” & “you’re in but you’re paying to get out.”
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Libby added an AI feature to the app. WMF is partnering with AI companies to provide APIs that let them scrape wikipedia in a way that they pay for so WMF is not just absorbing the costs of the AI companies scraping the freely available CC licensed content.
Fundamentally different.
Fundamentally different.
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Libby added an AI feature to the app. WMF is partnering with AI companies to provide APIs that let them scrape wikipedia in a way that they pay for so WMF is not just absorbing the costs of the AI companies scraping the freely available CC licensed content.
Fundamentally different.
Fundamentally different.
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In a way, maybe, but given how widely this headline was misinterpreted certainly not in the way people expect when they read that phrase
January 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM
In a way, maybe, but given how widely this headline was misinterpreted certainly not in the way people expect when they read that phrase
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These programs help to offset what I’ve previously described as a vampiric relationship between AI companies and the commons: www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
“Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI
The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge — it’s AI companies killing the projects that make knowledge free
www.citationneeded.news
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
These programs help to offset what I’ve previously described as a vampiric relationship between AI companies and the commons: www.citationneeded.news/free-and-ope...
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With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.
AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says.
arstechnica.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
With “Wikimedia Enterprise”, AI companies have to use (and pay for) dedicated APIs to scrape data, which helps to limit the strain on Wikimedia servers. (See eg arstechnica.com/information-...) This is a good thing for Wikimedia and for its readers.
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"From lappet-faced vultures with nine-foot wingspans to long-crested eagles with spiky mohawks, Africa’s raptors are undeniably spectacular birds. But these predators are fast disappearing from the skies."
🦅🦤🦴 #Vultures #Africa #Endangered #Biology #Wildlife #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters
🦅🦤🦴 #Vultures #Africa #Endangered #Biology #Wildlife #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters
Africa's vultures are disappearing. A series of disasters could follow.
In the “most complete picture” to date, scientists evaluated the health of 42 bird species across the continent—and found losses of up to 97 percent.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"From lappet-faced vultures with nine-foot wingspans to long-crested eagles with spiky mohawks, Africa’s raptors are undeniably spectacular birds. But these predators are fast disappearing from the skies."
🦅🦤🦴 #Vultures #Africa #Endangered #Biology #Wildlife #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters
🦅🦤🦴 #Vultures #Africa #Endangered #Biology #Wildlife #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters
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Sorry I can’t hear you over the sound of my glow-in-the-dark spider web boots
January 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Sorry I can’t hear you over the sound of my glow-in-the-dark spider web boots
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My partner 3d-printed this soil scoop for me and I think in honour of all you poetry people out there I MUST call it my Golden Shovel
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
My partner 3d-printed this soil scoop for me and I think in honour of all you poetry people out there I MUST call it my Golden Shovel
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Your novel should 'hook' you. You should be able to open your novel or writing file and feel hooked by the story you read. If you are not hooking yourself, it can indicate you won't hook other readers. Pay attention to how reading your own works feels.
#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #hooks
#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #hooks
January 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Your novel should 'hook' you. You should be able to open your novel or writing file and feel hooked by the story you read. If you are not hooking yourself, it can indicate you won't hook other readers. Pay attention to how reading your own works feels.
#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #hooks
#writingcommunity #booksky #reading #hooks
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Goals for today:
1. Create a new resume (the last time I needed one was in 2012)
2. Try not to cry
3. Come up with some kind of schedule/routine so my days don't vanish in a useless toilet bowl swirl of doom scrolling and aimless wanderings around the house
1. Create a new resume (the last time I needed one was in 2012)
2. Try not to cry
3. Come up with some kind of schedule/routine so my days don't vanish in a useless toilet bowl swirl of doom scrolling and aimless wanderings around the house
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Goals for today:
1. Create a new resume (the last time I needed one was in 2012)
2. Try not to cry
3. Come up with some kind of schedule/routine so my days don't vanish in a useless toilet bowl swirl of doom scrolling and aimless wanderings around the house
1. Create a new resume (the last time I needed one was in 2012)
2. Try not to cry
3. Come up with some kind of schedule/routine so my days don't vanish in a useless toilet bowl swirl of doom scrolling and aimless wanderings around the house
What does an #Eldritch God do when he's bored? And what happens when the entertainment backfires? Do you think they feel some regret?
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#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
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#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
January 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM
What does an #Eldritch God do when he's bored? And what happens when the entertainment backfires? Do you think they feel some regret?
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#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
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#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
so much to edit... i could really use two of me, one that can do all the writing, and one who can do all the editing stuff, and they change place every day.
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
so much to edit... i could really use two of me, one that can do all the writing, and one who can do all the editing stuff, and they change place every day.
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Mumbai MongoDB User Group January Meetup at Vidyalankar School of Information Technology - www.meetup.com/mongodb-user... #Meetup via @Meetup
Mumbai MUG January Meetup, Sat, Jan 17, 2026, 10:30 AM | Meetup
**MongoDB User Group (MUG) Mumbai** is back with another exciting in-person meetup!
Join us on **17th January 2026 at 10:30 AM IST** for a day filled with learning, networ
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January 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Mumbai MongoDB User Group January Meetup at Vidyalankar School of Information Technology - www.meetup.com/mongodb-user... #Meetup via @Meetup
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I've been trying to make nankhatai, which is a specialty of the town my grandmother grew up in. they should have pista on the top, not almonds, but I like them anyway.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I've been trying to make nankhatai, which is a specialty of the town my grandmother grew up in. they should have pista on the top, not almonds, but I like them anyway.
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We are at the #jaipurliteraturefestival2026 where they have put us in a hotel that has also had as one of its (uninvited) guests this excellent leopard. #leopard
Leopard enters heritage hotel in Jaipur, forces tourists' evacuation
YouTube video by Video News
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January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
We are at the #jaipurliteraturefestival2026 where they have put us in a hotel that has also had as one of its (uninvited) guests this excellent leopard. #leopard
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Scared and trapped 40 feet below, a sambar deer was rescued and released from an open well.
Open wells continue to be silent traps for wildlife across rural landscapes of India. Our Open Wells pilot project in the state of Maharashtra is preventing tragedies:
wildlifesos.org/conservation...
Open wells continue to be silent traps for wildlife across rural landscapes of India. Our Open Wells pilot project in the state of Maharashtra is preventing tragedies:
wildlifesos.org/conservation...
January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Scared and trapped 40 feet below, a sambar deer was rescued and released from an open well.
Open wells continue to be silent traps for wildlife across rural landscapes of India. Our Open Wells pilot project in the state of Maharashtra is preventing tragedies:
wildlifesos.org/conservation...
Open wells continue to be silent traps for wildlife across rural landscapes of India. Our Open Wells pilot project in the state of Maharashtra is preventing tragedies:
wildlifesos.org/conservation...
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For #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongBeaks here's a tiny sunbird showcasing his.
#Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin
#Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 AM
For #BirdOfTheDay theme #LongBeaks here's a tiny sunbird showcasing his.
#Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin
#Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin
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i have decided to be that person and updated my wallpaper to this 😂
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM
i have decided to be that person and updated my wallpaper to this 😂
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptor
Since I have a million videos to edit this week, just sharing a quick one of this gorgeous white eyed buzzard/
#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin
Since I have a million videos to edit this week, just sharing a quick one of this gorgeous white eyed buzzard/
#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 AM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptor
Since I have a million videos to edit this week, just sharing a quick one of this gorgeous white eyed buzzard/
#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin
Since I have a million videos to edit this week, just sharing a quick one of this gorgeous white eyed buzzard/
#Nature #Birds #Photography #Jungle #Safari #EastCoastKin