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Software engineer by day. Philosophy/finance junkie by night

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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 6h
At Least 12 Killed and 300 Injured in Houthi Attack on Saudi Airport www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/world/mi…
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At Least 12 Killed and 300 Injured in Houthi Attack on Saudi Airport
The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 8h
An Idiot’s Guide to Winning Elections outlookzen.com/2026/08/15/an-idiots…
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An Idiot’s Guide to Winning Elections
In the past week, we saw something very remarkable. In a matter of hours, Democrats saw their chances of winning the Wisconsin Governor election jump from 40% to 77%. What changed? Did new polling …
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 10h
I paid people to try and follow my README shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/10/i-paid-peo…
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I paid people to try and follow my README
Developers suck at writing documentation. We like to say RTFM but often there ain't no FM to R. At best we have a half-arsed collection of notes, some obsolete tips, and a link to a desolate forum full of people asking the same questions again and again. That's no way to treat our users. I na�vely believe there's a better way. As I've written before, you should sit down and actually test your …
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/polit…
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A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump Is Begging to Be Impeached www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/opinion/…
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Opinion | Trump Is Begging to Be Impeached
The president’s despotism is itself a constitutional offense.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We Have Accepted Government Surveillance outlookzen.com/2014/01/12/the-surre…
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We Have Accepted Government Surveillance
It has been 7 months since Edward Snowden’s revelations that the US government is spying on every single person in the world with internet access. Every phone call we send, and every email we compo…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technolo…
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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/business…
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Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs
As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My Fianc� Won’t Touch Me. Should I Still Marry Him? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/well/min…
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My Fianc� Won’t Touch Me. Should I Still Marry Him?
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a 65-year-old reader who loves her partner but is physically and emotionally unsatisfied.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/us/senat…
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Supreme Court Is Playing With Fire www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/opinion/…
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Playing With Fire
Third-country deportations are only the half of it.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/opinion/…
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Opinion | Billionaires Love This School Policy. Many Regular Parents Hate It.
In Texas and Iowa, Democrats are successfully tying universal school vouchers to corruption.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/world/mi…
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10…
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A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t
College is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. We built a tool to compare the earnings of all available majors in a federal data set at nearly every school.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reasons to Replace the Popular Vote outlookzen.com/2020/10/26/reasons-t…
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Reasons to Replace the Popular Vote
Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I never shrink away from controversial opinions and unusual ideas. Not least of which is my belief that we should conduct elections using randomly se…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
California Prepares to Ban Quartz Countertop Production www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/us/polit…
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California Prepares to Ban Quartz Countertop Production
The state would be the first to block an industry that has been connected to a deadly lung disease in workers.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Supreme Court’s Gift to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/opinion/…
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Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gift to Trump
Supreme Court decisions that were small comfort in 2026 will turn out to be no comfort at all in 2028.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s Time to Reinvent Democracy outlookzen.com/2013/11/06/its-time-…
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It’s Time to Reinvent Democracy
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch”�� – Ben Franklin “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There n…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How Ketamine Emerged as a Key Factor in an Alleged Cornell Sex Assault www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/nyregion…
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How Ketamine Emerged as a Key Factor in an Alleged Cornell Sex Assault
The powerful anesthetic has gained popularity as a party drug, including among a certain social set on the university’s campus.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Columbus Was A Clown outlookzen.com/2016/10/09/columbus-…
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Columbus Was A Clown
“For millennia, people thought that the Earth was flat, like a coin. That if you sailed too far to the east or west, you would simply fall off the side of the earth, into the void. Into this …
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula and Bolsonaro Head to Runoff for Brazil’s Presidency www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/world/am…
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Lula and Bolsonaro Head to Runoff for Brazil’s Presidency
Neither President Luiz In�cio Lula da Silva nor Fl�vio Bolsonaro, the son of a former president, won the first round, but Mr. Bolsonaro took more votes.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back github.com/omlahore/RemoveMacAI
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GitHub - omlahore/RemoveMacAI: Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back. One command, fully reversible.
Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back. One command, fully reversible. - omlahore/RemoveMacAI
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The work by Valve's Timur Krist�f on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux www.phoronix.com/news/XDC-2026-Valv…
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The Amazing Work By Valve's Timur Krist�f On Improving Old AMD GPUs On Linux - Phoronix
Over the past year Timur Krist�f of Valve's Linux graphics driver team has made multiple very nice improvements to the AMDGPU kernel driver for enhancing support for old (GCN 1.0/1.1 era from a decade ago) graphics cards so that they can better handle Linux gaming and other tasks
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don’t Get Triggered by Analogies – They are a Powerful Tool for Logical Reasoning outlookzen.com/2022/12/13/dont-get-…
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Don’t Get Triggered by Analogies – They are a Powerful Tool for Logical Reasoning
I was recently reading a book by US General McChrystal, and his experiences fighting the Al Qaeda terrorist insurgency in Iraq. In the book, he brought up something that I found particularly intere…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/senat…
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Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
5 Decades After Adoption, St. Louis Man Learns His Father Is a Rock Star www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/micha…
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5 Decades After Adoption, St. Louis Man Learns His Father Is a Rock Star
Michael Goessling’s first phone call with his biological father brought a shock: He was speaking to Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With Christa Pike Unconscious, Another Execution Attempt Is in Doubt www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/chris…
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With Christa Pike Unconscious, Another Execution Attempt Is in Doubt
Her condition raises questions about whether Tennessee could attempt to execute her again if she is incapable of understanding what is happening.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Servitude vs Respect – Why Role Modelling is Imperative For AI outlookzen.com/2026/10/02/servitude…
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Servitude vs Respect – Why Role Modelling is Imperative For AI
Picture this. You wake up one day in Xanadu, surrounded by a bunch of aliens. You don’t know anything about Xanadu or the native Xanadians. You never asked to be in Xanadu – you just found yo…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/midte…
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As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race
As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/midte…
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As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race
As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Servitude vs Respect – Why Role Modelling is Imperative For AI outlookzen.com/2026/10/02/s...
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Servitude vs Respect – Why Role Modelling is Imperative For AI
Picture this. You wake up one day in Xanadu, surrounded by a bunch of aliens. You don’t know anything about Xanadu or the native Xanadians. You never asked to be in Xanadu – you just found yo…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Men Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Suit Give Varying Accounts of Night www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/nyregion…
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Men Accused in Cornell Sex Assault Suit Give Varying Accounts of Night
Their accounts, detailed in hundreds of pages of investigative files obtained by The New York Times, were disjointed and sometimes contradictory. All the men denied any wrongdoing.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who Is the Indian Pilot Being Hailed as a Hero? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/world/as…
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Who Is the Indian Pilot Being Hailed as a Hero?
Capt. Smit Machchhar suffered stab wounds while fending off an attack from his co-pilot, saving the lives of around 170 people on board, officials said.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What to Know About the Attempted Execution of Christa Pike www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/us/chris…
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What to Know About the Attempted Execution of Christa Pike
Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of a lethal injection in Tennessee. She was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of a classmate.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If You Think Rising Oil Prices Are Bad, Just Wait for the Inevitable Crash www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/opinion/…
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Opinion | If You Think Rising Oil Prices Are Bad, Just Wait for the Inevitable Crash
An oil bust is on the horizon.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. The Authorities Say She Did. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/well/and…
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She Says Vaccines Killed Her Twins. The Authorities Say She Did.
In a small Idaho town, a young mother is accused of killing her young twins. She blames the childhood vaccines they received.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/world/mi…
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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future
Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/opinion/…
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Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways
On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/opinion/…
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Opinion | This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There.
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/opinion/…
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Opinion | Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out
Voters are showing a growing determination to repudiate his presidency.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/us/polit…
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G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Man Killed After Bag Gets Stuck in Subway Doors, Police Say www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/nyregion…
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Man Killed After Bag Gets Stuck in Subway Doors, Police Say
The man, a 57-year-old from Brooklyn, was pulled by the train and found near the tracks at the Utica Avenue station.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/us/polit…
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Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure
The outlook for the legislation, which seeks to stabilize the unsettled collegiate sports landscape, is uncertain in the House. It was one of the last congressional actions before the midterms.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ember-1 fireworks.ai/blog/ember-1
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Introducing Ember-1
Ember-1 is a new specialized model from Fireworks Research that delivers Kimi K3’s quality with 40% fewer tokens.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 Gastrointestinal Symptoms You Should Never Ignore www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/well/gas…
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5 Gastrointestinal Symptoms You Should Never Ignore
Experts say these warning signs should always prompt a chat with a doctor.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I Once Celebrated Marriage. Things Have Changed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/opinion/…
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Opinion | I Once Celebrated Marriage. Things Have Changed.
Eleven years later, the novelist revisits a guest essay she wrote about marriage.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Helping or Meddling outlookzen.com/2013/09/05/helping-m…
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Helping or Meddling
When I first read about the Syrian government using chemical weapons on their own people, I too was disgusted. The urge to get involved & do something is completely understandable. Which is why…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A 7-Day Standoff That Said So Much About Trump and the Media www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business…
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A 7-Day Standoff That Said So Much About Trump and the Media
An abrupt decree, a network boycott, a legal intervention and an uneasy d�tente: This was no typical battle between a president and his press corps.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sylvester Stallone Hid His Struggles for Decades. Now He’s Coming Clean. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/magazine…
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Sylvester Stallone Hid His Struggles for Decades. Now He’s Coming Clean.
The legendary actor on his disturbing childhood, his Hollywood missteps and the pain he caused to his loved ones, his body and himself.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Does Georgism work? Five years later www.astralcodexten.com/p/does-georg…
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Does Georgism Work? Five Years Later
A guest post by Lars Doucet
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