Gaurav Jain
@varuag.bsky.social
Mainly tech, food, entertainment, science, but believe almost any topic really fascinating in the hands of someone really passionate about that topic.
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Gaurav Jain
@varuag.bsky.social
· Oct 10
A Special Message from Forrest Valkai @RenegadeScienceTeacher on Why Your Voice Still Matters
YouTube video by The Atheist Experience
youtu.be
Your Voice Still Matters by @forrestvalkai.bsky.social
When you feel the darkness of these times creep in and wanting to give up hope, watch this.
youtu.be/6H9VMZbBhGc
When you feel the darkness of these times creep in and wanting to give up hope, watch this.
youtu.be/6H9VMZbBhGc
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It's not a warning. It's a threat.
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
BBC: Pichai said while AI investment had been an “‘extraordinary moment’, there was some ‘irrationality’ ..
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
$GOOGL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
$GOOGL
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's not a warning. It's a threat.
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
"A nice economy you have there, would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
And all we have to do is keep pretending that the amount of money invested in AI is proportional to the value we're getting from it. Easy enough, just don't anger the mobsters
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All of the societal effort that goes into making the wealthy happy is like if every year 50% of the money generated in Canada went towards teaching thousands of dogs to become cardiothoracic surgeons.
It's not going to happen, it hardly creates any jobs, and it's fucking up the dogs.
It's not going to happen, it hardly creates any jobs, and it's fucking up the dogs.
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
All of the societal effort that goes into making the wealthy happy is like if every year 50% of the money generated in Canada went towards teaching thousands of dogs to become cardiothoracic surgeons.
It's not going to happen, it hardly creates any jobs, and it's fucking up the dogs.
It's not going to happen, it hardly creates any jobs, and it's fucking up the dogs.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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Excellent thread that I kinda had been waiting for.
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The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Excellent thread that I kinda had been waiting for.
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Your Voice Still Matters by @forrestvalkai.bsky.social
When you feel the darkness of these times creep in and wanting to give up hope, watch this.
youtu.be/6H9VMZbBhGc
When you feel the darkness of these times creep in and wanting to give up hope, watch this.
youtu.be/6H9VMZbBhGc
A Special Message from Forrest Valkai @RenegadeScienceTeacher on Why Your Voice Still Matters
YouTube video by The Atheist Experience
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Your Voice Still Matters by @forrestvalkai.bsky.social
When you feel the darkness of these times creep in and wanting to give up hope, watch this.
youtu.be/6H9VMZbBhGc
When you feel the darkness of these times creep in and wanting to give up hope, watch this.
youtu.be/6H9VMZbBhGc
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Reposted by Gaurav Jain
I'm really glad we got to see this moment between @jamesgunn.bsky.social and David Corenswet while making SUPERMAN. I miss when behind-the-scenes docs were willing to show the honesty of the creative process.
This Superman Behind-The-Scenes Moment Is What Audiences Need To See
A Superman behind-the-scenes clip has reminded me what I miss seeing from "making of" documentaries for movies.
www.giantfreakinrobot.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm really glad we got to see this moment between @jamesgunn.bsky.social and David Corenswet while making SUPERMAN. I miss when behind-the-scenes docs were willing to show the honesty of the creative process.
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*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
August 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane
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Reposted by Gaurav Jain
To this day PR people ask me if Intuit really asked me to delete this part of the interview and shake their heads in sad disbelief. My friends what we sell here is our ethics policy
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
To this day PR people ask me if Intuit really asked me to delete this part of the interview and shake their heads in sad disbelief. My friends what we sell here is our ethics policy
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THREAD
One of the key strengths of MAGA is that, like Sartre's antisemite, they are sincere about nothing while being capricious and cruel about everything, so it's basically impossible to have a public debate about their positions, since they don't have any sustained positions.
You know what I just realized: Trump hasn’t talked about annexing Canada or Greenland in a really long time. What’s up with that?
July 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
THREAD
"Maybe that is punk rock"
July 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Maybe that is punk rock"
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I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
July 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
@gauravsabnis.bsky.social Will be in NYC in July. Since you are the resident foodie, would love your input on:
1. Any must try vegetarian options in the city you would recommend?
2. Any place you’d recommend for someone to have their first hamburger of their life (no pressure 🙃)
1. Any must try vegetarian options in the city you would recommend?
2. Any place you’d recommend for someone to have their first hamburger of their life (no pressure 🙃)
June 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@gauravsabnis.bsky.social Will be in NYC in July. Since you are the resident foodie, would love your input on:
1. Any must try vegetarian options in the city you would recommend?
2. Any place you’d recommend for someone to have their first hamburger of their life (no pressure 🙃)
1. Any must try vegetarian options in the city you would recommend?
2. Any place you’d recommend for someone to have their first hamburger of their life (no pressure 🙃)
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Turns out the Mac had some pretty good ideas when it comes to multitasking.
June 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Turns out the Mac had some pretty good ideas when it comes to multitasking.
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Turns out the Mac had some pretty good ideas when it comes to managing files.
June 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Turns out the Mac had some pretty good ideas when it comes to managing files.
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
May 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.
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The survivors of Pahalgam — people who literally faced bullets — have expressed nothing but admiration for and gratitude to the Muslim people who helped them after the attack.
But the rashtriyan dingleberries and their news wanchor enablers are baying for the blood of innocents.
But the rashtriyan dingleberries and their news wanchor enablers are baying for the blood of innocents.
April 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The survivors of Pahalgam — people who literally faced bullets — have expressed nothing but admiration for and gratitude to the Muslim people who helped them after the attack.
But the rashtriyan dingleberries and their news wanchor enablers are baying for the blood of innocents.
But the rashtriyan dingleberries and their news wanchor enablers are baying for the blood of innocents.
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Not a well-formed thought but I’m annoyed at the positioning of $80 Switch 2 games being anti-consumer, when game prices have barely risen since the 80s… high prices and stagnant wages aren’t anti-consumer, they’re anti-**worker…**
April 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Not a well-formed thought but I’m annoyed at the positioning of $80 Switch 2 games being anti-consumer, when game prices have barely risen since the 80s… high prices and stagnant wages aren’t anti-consumer, they’re anti-**worker…**
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There’s a saying that you should never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence, but the thing that saying misses is just how truly bad it is when it’s actually both malice AND incompetence
April 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
There’s a saying that you should never ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence, but the thing that saying misses is just how truly bad it is when it’s actually both malice AND incompetence
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People voluntarily handing over their children's photos to Sam Altman and Microsoft for life just to "ghiblify" them, who broke you?
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
People voluntarily handing over their children's photos to Sam Altman and Microsoft for life just to "ghiblify" them, who broke you?
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Apparently now there is a Hindu way of butchering animals. Also there is 'unadulterated meat'. From the same fascist hindutva tradition that bans eggs in schools.
All Hindu food ideology is morally bankrupt.
All Hindu food ideology is morally bankrupt.
The BJP leader said that the “Malhar certification” initiative will help Hindus “identify mutton shops owned by Hindus, who will sell unadulterated meat”.
Read: scroll.in/latest/1080142
#Maharashtra #FoodPolitics
Read: scroll.in/latest/1080142
#Maharashtra #FoodPolitics
March 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Apparently now there is a Hindu way of butchering animals. Also there is 'unadulterated meat'. From the same fascist hindutva tradition that bans eggs in schools.
All Hindu food ideology is morally bankrupt.
All Hindu food ideology is morally bankrupt.
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I mean .... this is fucking amazing. Credit where its due, this is top notch.
Graber’s shirt — which directly copies the style of a shirt that Zuckerberg wore onstage recently — says Mundus sine caesaribus. Or, “a world without Caesars.”
At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt | TechCrunch
When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber walked on stage at SXSW 2025 for her keynote discussion, she wore a large black T-shirt with her hair pulled back into a bun.
techcrunch.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I mean .... this is fucking amazing. Credit where its due, this is top notch.