Sid Srivatsan
@sidsrivatsan.bsky.social
Finance bro and aspiring journalist writing about global politics, history, and business
Swarthmore '20
Swarthmore '20
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What a horrifying weekend of news. Too much.
December 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What a horrifying weekend of news. Too much.
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
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while the headline indices have barely moved off the highs, the carnage in the low quality hype stuff like quantum computing, nuclear energy etc is quite something just month to date:
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
while the headline indices have barely moved off the highs, the carnage in the low quality hype stuff like quantum computing, nuclear energy etc is quite something just month to date:
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"you will recognize here precisely the same clipped, decontextualized, link-free, moronically breathless style of tweeting deployed by “financial news for low-trust illiterates” accounts like Unusual Whales or ZeroHedge (or, for that matter, in a slightly different arena, PopCrave)"
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"you will recognize here precisely the same clipped, decontextualized, link-free, moronically breathless style of tweeting deployed by “financial news for low-trust illiterates” accounts like Unusual Whales or ZeroHedge (or, for that matter, in a slightly different arena, PopCrave)"
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I spoke with Nobel prize winner Fred Ramsdell about conducting basic research in biotech, cell therapy for autoimmune disease, and more
(I also learned he was briefly a theater major)
Read our conversation in @endpts.com:
endpoints.news/qa-nobel-win...
(I also learned he was briefly a theater major)
Read our conversation in @endpts.com:
endpoints.news/qa-nobel-win...
Q&A with Nobel winner Fred Ramsdell on basic research in biotech, and the future of cell therapy
Fred Ramsdell, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi, spoke with Endpoints on Monday about the 'surreal' honor, cell therapy for autoimmune diseases,...
endpoints.news
October 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I spoke with Nobel prize winner Fred Ramsdell about conducting basic research in biotech, cell therapy for autoimmune disease, and more
(I also learned he was briefly a theater major)
Read our conversation in @endpts.com:
endpoints.news/qa-nobel-win...
(I also learned he was briefly a theater major)
Read our conversation in @endpts.com:
endpoints.news/qa-nobel-win...
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wow she is bringing a new kind of energy and vision to the news business
a roundtable discussion with two older establishment Democrats and a conservative
could she get John McLaughlin to host or is that too far out there
a roundtable discussion with two older establishment Democrats and a conservative
could she get John McLaughlin to host or is that too far out there
New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.
Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).
Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
wow she is bringing a new kind of energy and vision to the news business
a roundtable discussion with two older establishment Democrats and a conservative
could she get John McLaughlin to host or is that too far out there
a roundtable discussion with two older establishment Democrats and a conservative
could she get John McLaughlin to host or is that too far out there
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I spoke recently with @sidsrivatsan.bsky.social about scientific integrity.
Sid did a fantastic job putting these problems in their historical and societal context. I hope you give the podcast episode a listen!
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/the-con-me...
Sid did a fantastic job putting these problems in their historical and societal context. I hope you give the podcast episode a listen!
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/the-con-me...
The Con Men of Science: A Conversation with Dr. Reese Richardson
Paper mills, scientific fraud, and the decline of public trust in scientific institutions
faultlinesessays.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I spoke recently with @sidsrivatsan.bsky.social about scientific integrity.
Sid did a fantastic job putting these problems in their historical and societal context. I hope you give the podcast episode a listen!
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/the-con-me...
Sid did a fantastic job putting these problems in their historical and societal context. I hope you give the podcast episode a listen!
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/the-con-me...
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As much as American media would like to pretend otherwise, the biggest and most consequential news story of the week is Trump voluntarily blowing up our relationship with our most pivotal ally in East Asia
Meanwhile in Korean media there is clarity that Trump directed this raid out of spite following his Oval Office meeting with the ROK President, who pushed back aggressively on Trump's praise for the North Korean dictator. They're right. US media have no clue of what's going on.
September 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
As much as American media would like to pretend otherwise, the biggest and most consequential news story of the week is Trump voluntarily blowing up our relationship with our most pivotal ally in East Asia
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The first actually insightful thing I’ve read about Kirk:
September 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The first actually insightful thing I’ve read about Kirk:
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What (and I cannot overemphasize this) the fuck
September 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
What (and I cannot overemphasize this) the fuck
I wrote about rooftop solar, the climate crisis, and why it’s just another case of our economic system failing and breaking down. Check it out!
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/rooftop-so...
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/rooftop-so...
Rooftop Solar and the Failed Promise of Financialization
A uniquely American story of how greed turned the climate crisis into a crumbling debt machine.
faultlinesessays.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I wrote about rooftop solar, the climate crisis, and why it’s just another case of our economic system failing and breaking down. Check it out!
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/rooftop-so...
faultlinesessays.substack.com/p/rooftop-so...
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Thinking a bit more broadly, one thing that comes out pretty clearly in the beating the Iranian regime has taken over the past two years that one hopes many countries are watching is how much better it is to be a friend of America than, say, Russia or China.
June 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thinking a bit more broadly, one thing that comes out pretty clearly in the beating the Iranian regime has taken over the past two years that one hopes many countries are watching is how much better it is to be a friend of America than, say, Russia or China.
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Could everyone stop with the Iraq War analogies?
This is a different kind of crisis with distinct risks and strategic blunders from the US and its Iranian adversaries. Remaining analytically stuck in the world of 2003 is a sign of intellectual laziness.
This is a different kind of crisis with distinct risks and strategic blunders from the US and its Iranian adversaries. Remaining analytically stuck in the world of 2003 is a sign of intellectual laziness.
June 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Could everyone stop with the Iraq War analogies?
This is a different kind of crisis with distinct risks and strategic blunders from the US and its Iranian adversaries. Remaining analytically stuck in the world of 2003 is a sign of intellectual laziness.
This is a different kind of crisis with distinct risks and strategic blunders from the US and its Iranian adversaries. Remaining analytically stuck in the world of 2003 is a sign of intellectual laziness.
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This is a distraction [dies in nuclear war].
June 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is a distraction [dies in nuclear war].
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A bunch of people have been doing the American campist version of this tweet since the first Israeli strikes
June 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A bunch of people have been doing the American campist version of this tweet since the first Israeli strikes
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People seem to be under the impression that if you just bomb other people enough you can just get their government to implode with no further steps.
Which makes no sense when you consider Putin has been attempting that for 3 straight years in Ukraine.
Which makes no sense when you consider Putin has been attempting that for 3 straight years in Ukraine.
June 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
People seem to be under the impression that if you just bomb other people enough you can just get their government to implode with no further steps.
Which makes no sense when you consider Putin has been attempting that for 3 straight years in Ukraine.
Which makes no sense when you consider Putin has been attempting that for 3 straight years in Ukraine.
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One question I ask people who are pro-regime change in Iran is whether a democratic Iran would pursue nuclear weapons and boy, the disparity in answers between Iranian expats and other parties in that camp is illuminating.
June 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One question I ask people who are pro-regime change in Iran is whether a democratic Iran would pursue nuclear weapons and boy, the disparity in answers between Iranian expats and other parties in that camp is illuminating.
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The fact of the matter is that we would not accept any of these incidents if it was done by U.S. forces. When blackwater killed Iraqi civilians it was a national outrage.
This occurs weekly in Gaza and the West Bank and it’s met with indifference to what our military aid is supporting.
This occurs weekly in Gaza and the West Bank and it’s met with indifference to what our military aid is supporting.
Breaking News: Israeli troops opened fire near a Gaza aid site, the military said. Gazan officials said at least 27 people were killed.
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site. Gaza Health Officials Say 27 Are Killed.
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The fact of the matter is that we would not accept any of these incidents if it was done by U.S. forces. When blackwater killed Iraqi civilians it was a national outrage.
This occurs weekly in Gaza and the West Bank and it’s met with indifference to what our military aid is supporting.
This occurs weekly in Gaza and the West Bank and it’s met with indifference to what our military aid is supporting.
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Jesus christ these people have the worst takes imaginable
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Jesus christ these people have the worst takes imaginable
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The Smiths release “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” 41 yrs ago today.
The song “is like an old school uniform,” Morrissey said. “People insist I wear it, but I'm really not that miserable. I'm not an unhappy person. Not in the least. I'm certainly very surprised and very pleased to still be here."
The song “is like an old school uniform,” Morrissey said. “People insist I wear it, but I'm really not that miserable. I'm not an unhappy person. Not in the least. I'm certainly very surprised and very pleased to still be here."
May 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Smiths release “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” 41 yrs ago today.
The song “is like an old school uniform,” Morrissey said. “People insist I wear it, but I'm really not that miserable. I'm not an unhappy person. Not in the least. I'm certainly very surprised and very pleased to still be here."
The song “is like an old school uniform,” Morrissey said. “People insist I wear it, but I'm really not that miserable. I'm not an unhappy person. Not in the least. I'm certainly very surprised and very pleased to still be here."
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"This is like Gestapo-type of stuff, and it just blows my mind that there's a certain, certain ugly segment of the American pop population that's enjoying watching these families getting ripped out of their homes and, and you somehow think that America's gonna be better if this is done." - Bill Burr
May 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"This is like Gestapo-type of stuff, and it just blows my mind that there's a certain, certain ugly segment of the American pop population that's enjoying watching these families getting ripped out of their homes and, and you somehow think that America's gonna be better if this is done." - Bill Burr