Raywat Deonandan

Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:59 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:49 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:41 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 18:40 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:27 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:38 UTC

Fun fact: the creation of most (if not all) of the world's coal happened about 300 million years ago, almost causing a crippling global ice age, as so much carbon was sucked out of the atmosphere.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:20 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:18 UTC

Odd how "edict" sounds a bit like, "Eat a dick."

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 12:41 UTC

My 4-year old has decided that the word "bye" is to be replaced with the new made-up word, "benastapi." Moreover, he has decreed, "Go to all the houses and tell people to stop saying 'bye', and to say 'benastapi' instead." That's right. He has issued his first official edict.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 12:26 UTC

Perhaps as a follow-up to last week's declaration that I will never be a king, my 4-year old has created for me this "neck crown" (too big for my head, thus to be worn about the neck). It's emblazoned with "TCIFD", which stands for, "This Crown Is For Dada." So kingship is back in play!

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

And this is the one whose mental acuity we're supposedly NOT worried about.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 14:29 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 14:17 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 12:06 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:30 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:44 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:31 UTC

Much of the extreme right-wing support you see online is not real. It just gets picked up by useful idiots... who are real.
www.rferl.org/a/russian-tr...

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:28 UTC

The lesson from France.... It might appear that far right movements in Western countries are headed for landslide electoral victories. But remember: Russian troll farms CANNOT VOTE.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 11:01 UTC

First it was anti-illegal immigration hysteria. Then it was anti-refugee hysteria. Then it was anti-legal immigration hysteria. And now.... anti-tourism hysteria? Xenophobia is an evolving philosophy. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 15:02 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 12:17 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:40 UTC

Did you really need to hold up an "L"?

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

Waiting for any mayor of a medium-to-large jurisdiction to implement an experiment with a sequestered portion of that city's garbage, to see if any of the tech I've been reading about for decades can actually convert landfill stuffs into organic compounds friendly to nature.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:05 UTC

Cow in Latin is "vacca", which is pronounced, "wocka." "Vacca" spoken backwards is, "A cow." You're welcome.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:02 UTC

Me, to spouse: "If I were king, I would...." 4-year old, interrupting: "You'll never be king." Me: "What?" 4-year old: "You'll never be king." Me: "Well, thanks for that vote of confidence!" A supportive family is everything.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:53 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:43 UTC

I'm the guest on today's episode of Mark Hislop's podcast, "Political Talks"

share.transistor.fm/s/c93f17e7/t...

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:45 UTC

Where did the rural mansplainer get his water? A well, actually...

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

Remember back when social media wasn't weaponized? When it was mostly about cats trying to has cheezeburgers?

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:03 UTC

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

I used to live in Washington, DC. I admire the American "experiment". Despite their personal failings, the "Founding Fathers" put together an imperfect but transformative nation. Happy 4th of July to my American friends. Now, please don't fuck up your hard won democracy.

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

Ironically, if RFK Jr were the Democratic nominee, I think he'd win the Presidency easily. And sadly, as horrendous as he is, I think I'd still prefer him to Trump.

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