So sorry to see this. @om was a generous soul.
As an OG and critical thinker, he provided a lot of history.
Good reminder: if you’re “meaning to” see someone, see them.
A friend died last year. Happened to be in DC the month before, made time. om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/
First teaser for ‘BAIT’, starring Riz Ahmed
The series follows a man who manages to audition to be the next James Bond but his life spirals out of control once everyone weighs in on whether he is the right for the job.
Releasing March 25 on Prime Video
Bellingcat’s @Pooja_Chaudhuri identified four Indian Far-right media outlets (including Opindia) that are receiving non-transparent foreign donations. Two sites could be linked to a US-based group associated with the RSS.
bellingcat.com/news/2024/05/…
Elon Musk's SpaceX has welcomed its youngest-ever employee, Kairan Quazi, a 14-year-old software engineer of Bangladeshi-American descent. 😮
#spacex#youngtalent#nonextquestion
Along U.S. highways, roadside Punjabi restaurants called dhabas are popping up to serve American truckers, almost 20% of whom are of Punjabi descent.
I visited one along the I-40 in Vega, a small town in the Texas Panhandle. Read the story here:
wapo.st/45hT72O
Dharmesh Patel was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse after his Tesla careened off a treacherous cliff in Northern California with him, his wife and two children inside, the authorities said.
nyti.ms/3Io8MVo
This was up for auction. Y'all we could have bought it and destroyed it. Lot # 180: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) - Prototype Sankara Stone propstoreauction.com/lot-det…
I'm not into or that knowledgeable about British politics, but I nonetheless find it pretty incredible that we see this headline about Britain's likely new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, only ~90 years after the Salt March. That turned quickly.
BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An @AP reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. apnews.com/article/salman-ru…
Thinking about all the many posts we wrote about US involvement in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2012. So many points and comments now seem so sadly prophetic.