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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Wishing everyone a wonderful festive Sharodiya season. Greetings from the Washington DC area.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Seriously… the hubris of these people

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

scar tissue… wow that guitar solo hits me every time

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Back home and thinking, I’ve flown to Delhi more than any other airport in the world, apart from my home airports in Washington DC.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Really impressed with the speed and ease of getting enrolled in the TTP system for e-gate entry and exit into India. 15 minute form and approval in 2 days. Should’ve done it earlier, would’ve saved limited passport pages from 12 entry/exit stamps.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

All suited up and ready to kick off this meeting

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

No matter how many times you travel to Delhi and this is my third trip in two months, some things feel familiar… like the vomit orange carpet in the international arrivals.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

What do we think about PhDs introducing themselves as Dr. So-and-so? Personally never done it.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Hotels, restaurants, rideshares. Is everything ridiculously expensive and hard to get in Boston? Used to come here often but haven’t been here in a couple of years.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

"On Saturday, leaders of four of the biggest AI companies—Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk—each agreed that they needed to slow development of the technology. " BS. Saying AI is dangerous doesn't absolve companies from their responsibilities. They should be directly liable […]

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Had a restful weekend. In a little over a week: Boston for a panel discussion on the future of dentistry, then Delhi (again!) for a conference on microbial systems. Then DC, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo… back to Delhi and Bangalore in December, including talks at conferences at IITD and IISc […]

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

So so mad. One of the worst Ohio State losses in history; how do you give up 22 points in a quarter and miss a field goal to lose a game n which you played better for three quarters, would never happen under Tressel or Meyer.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

What a breathtaking discovery. Probably won't ever be a good time for humans to get into mathematics, astrophysics, or any theoretical fields moving forward. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-millenni…

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Next to the Hugging Face incident this might be the most insane AI agent story out there. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close…

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

The school you attend doesn’t matter once you’re in college. The college doesn’t matter once you get your first job. The job doesn’t matter once you retire. Your grades and salary don’t matter to anyone except for you. The things that seem to matter today will not matter in a decade. The things […]

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Ai writing is like non-player characters in video games; on casual glance they seem to be ok but if you look a little deeper or engage then they’re vapid, vacuous

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Mid-level managers and directors: Do not send lengthy AI-generated analyses and email responses to executives. Send one or two line authentic opinions, even if they’re bad takes with typos. No one hired you to be a copy-paster of biz queries and AI responses. You will lose your credibility if […]

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

The racist Trump administration is looking to deport brown and black immigrants. They will reopen cases to cruelly separate families and send innocent people away. And I guess at least half of this country is fine with that. youtu.be/YPUja25ErkY?is=BpnaCGRJUN7…

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Trump threatened military action against the bond market. How does that even work?

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

If there was a Nobel prize for innovative cheating

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

on the way back to the U.S. it had to be lahmacun and pide again at the same place. Shared photos from Delhi, Amritsar, the India-Pakistan border, Medinipur, Bishnupur, Kolkata, Delhi again, and Istanbul. Between vacation, eight flights and five hotels, I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

The blue mosque in Istanbul, also known as Sultanahmet Mosque is a masterpiece of proportion and light and one of the most impressive buildings I’ve been inside in my life; even entering a second time after eight years my breath was taken away!

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

In front of the Ortakoy mosque and Bosporus bridge

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Istanbul is such a beautiful city with such stylish people. Yet so many have a white stick in their mouths and two in their ears. And the air quality isn’t good from all the gas guzzlers. Such a shame!

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Macka/Besiktas is my favorite part of Istanbul. Leafy streets, cafes and restaurants, lively without the tourists, and the Bosphorus down the hill. You can look across the water to Asia, with mosques, hills and neighborhoods in the distance. And yes the club and stadium!

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

The first meal in Istanbul, and it had to be İskender from the place that has only one thing on the menu and has been making this masterpiece since 1867. Thinly sliced lamb over pide, topped with melted butter and accompanied by Turkish yoghurt. 👌🏽

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

The dog runs the show, here in Istanbul.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Here’s my hot take of the day: Polyester clothing should be banned.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Don’t really like flying before or during 15 August ever in India mainly because of the extra security… no exception this year 🫤

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

The wonderful jewelry badi of my home district. Exquisite craftsmanship and delicious.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

a graduate of x did y instead of z is my least favorite type of mediocre reporting

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

My 200th science column for Hindustan Times dropped this week. 5 years, > 500 papers read, close to 200,000 words written.

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Bluest skies in Kolkata right now. 💙

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

“কবির অন্তরে তুমি কবি নও ছবি, নও ছবি, নও শুধু ছবি”

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Kid is confused. Born and brought up in America he’s learned Bengali and Hindi along with English. Today he met a bunch of kids in Kolkata whose parents say with pride that they don’t speak any Bengali at all. They only speak English. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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bhalomanush @anirbanm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

AI’s “Jurassic Park” moment is frontier models going out and hacking other companies’ network instead of going out and solving problems like cancer and Alzheimer’s like all the founders had constantly promised 🙄

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