abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026i will not listen to your opinion about the platform/strategy/electability of the guy running for the senate seat in my state if you can't name for me your own city council member and state rep. this has turned out to be an exceptionally useful filter in political discussions. 100
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Listened to Entroducing, Since I Left You and Donuts as a teenager after they were recommended on some forum. Immediately clicked for me in a way that little else did. I hope every kid gets to experience that feeling. 000
Reposted by abirOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026fun part if you ask me: higher ed institutions in secular democracies are the closest approximation of a 'marketplace of ideas' as you are likely to find this side of a global revolution and a lot of people who claim to like that idea do not seem to love its results 251755361
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I am 5/8 of the way through a 19.2 oz beer on the Pacific Surfliner. Not even the lady clipping her fingernails can ruin this experience. 010
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"Brick fence" is the only way I can think of to describe Randle defending Wembanyama. Bizarre but effective. 010
Reposted by abirDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Look if you've got a better way to run a country than "putting an illiterate octogenarian bigot on TV every few days to free associate and complain, and then everyone tries to figure out if it means we're about to start a war or not" I'd love to hear it. But the constitution says this is it. 8886371605
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The fact that the Union Jack has C2 symmetry is about to drive this whole website insane. 120
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I never understood old heads when they reminisced about third option type players from back in the day until I saw Jaden play. I get it now. 010
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Ok well whenever Murray makes an outrageous shot like that at the half, wolves win the series. That's the rule. 000
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 16/04/2026One of my favorite things in the world is an institutional email where entire paragraphs have been copy-pasted from different sources. The goofier the better. Abrupt changes in voice, font or line spacing are all welcome in this inbox. 000
Reposted by abirU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 03/04/2026Lot of recalled products down there. 383677416
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I appreciate that this piece understands that unless you're South Asian or a cricket fan, you might not grasp how absurd the public erasure of Imran Khan is. Kinda like if Michael Jordan were president, then imprisoned, and then the NBA highlights from the 90s just didn't feature him anymore. 042
Reposted by abirVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I would like some of the folks who signed the Harper’s letter or spent years yammering about the threat to free speech posed by Oberlin undergrads protesting eugenicists to bring an ounce of that energy to the state censoring entire disciplines. 9573201
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I see thatv the "tech guy cured his dog's cancer with the help of ChatGPT" story is making the rounds. I sympathize with desperate people going the distance to help their loved ones, but until I see a full writeup of this, I'm calling bullshit. Thread: 180
Reposted by abirBen McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣 16561161804
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Case in point, here's @fortworthreport.bsky.social publisher's note about this. The headline is a choice. "Some Fort Worth Report Employees vote to unionize" fortworthreport.org/2026/03/09/s...fortworthreport.orgSome Fort Worth Report employees vote to unionizeToday, a majority of eligible Fort Worth Report employees voted to affiliate with the Communications Workers of America. We respect our employees’ right 000
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Really proud of the reporters at the Fort Worth Report for pulling this off. They stood firm in the face of a board that tried all the usual tricks and an actively hostile CEO/publisher who had a public, embarrassing crash out over this unionization push last week. newsguild.org/fort-worth-r...newsguild.orgFort Worth Report journalists, staff wins election to form union | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA 000
Reposted by abirFrank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.youtu.beAlysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United StatesYouTube video by Olympics 14954011360
Reposted by abirBART @bart.gov · 19/02/2026Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud! 4375461061
Reposted by abirtaylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis 327233397733
Reposted by abirmax nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026and while you’re here, ready my story today: 8 weeks under siege in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/23/8...minnesotareformer.com8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota ReformerFrank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ... 10635222
Reposted by abirjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/01/2026by contrast, minnesotans have a clear strategic goal in mind: the removal of ICE and CBP from their streets. and their discipline reflects that clarity of purpose. 72320230
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Something I keep coming back to is this blog post by Bartosz Ciechanowski illustrating in great detail how a mechanical watch works. He coded the interactive bits himself in WebGL and it's one of the most remarkable internet documents I've ever come across. ciechanow.ski/mechanical-w...ciechanow.skiMechanical Watch – Bartosz CiechanowskiInteractive article explaining how a mechanical watch works. 000
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 26/12/2025I wanted my dog to be the first to hear this when I fed him last night, but feel free to use it for subsequent holidays: Toys unearthed and ca-nine wild, Dog and din-ner rec-on-ciled! 000
Reposted by abirMadison Pauly @msjpauly.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes. So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/motherjones.comHow right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empireThe swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest. 441518456
Reposted by abirChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 367283165853
Reposted by abirThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/11/2025A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM 89109792272
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 04/11/2025This is a good video about some of the specific, indefensible choices made by The New York Times in their coverage of Zohran Mamdani that you might have forgotten about. By @tynan.unimportantbird.com, who sifted through a lot of bullshit so you don't have to. youtu.be/CpFscQEbumM?...youtu.beZohran, The New York Times, and The Art of the SmearYouTube video by An Unimportant Bird 011
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 28/10/2025What do we think? Have they had that graphic about no position players having pitched in a world series ready to fire for decades, or was that something a producer had to type up in the last 20 minutes? 010
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 28/10/2025I love this stupid sport. It occupies the same spot in my brain that test cricket used to when I was a kid, but it's weirdly shaped and sounds kinda muffled, but is also somehow noisier and leaves me feeling so much more exhausted. "They'll play for as long as they need to" is such a funny concept. 010
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 25/10/2025If you're new to baseball (welcome!) and are wondering what the umpire's signals mean, here is an extremely helpful, earnest and funny video that I think about at least once a month. youtu.be/qZMiMW8jlFA?...youtu.beUmpiring SignalsYouTube video by Issaquah Little League Junior Umpires 010
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Something I always find delightful is seeing "B. Hield" in the box score and then remembering what the "B." stands for. 000
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 18/10/2025You're either on the side of the big tough president who had his inauguration moved indoors because he couldn't handle the cold, or you're with the little old lady in a thunderstorm holding a sign that says "GRANTIFA." There's really no other option. 000
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 18/10/2025I simply must hand it to Ohtani, never seen anything like this. 100
abir @majumdar.bsky.social · 13/10/2025trying to get my protest expenses reimbursed but Antifa HR can't figure out PeopleSoft 010
