Arindam Basu @arin_basu@mastodon.nzoss.nz

@lightweight , Hi Dave, what are we going to discuss in this month's FOSS meeting?

RT @Ram_Guha@twitter.com
An astonishingly one-sided piece blaming poor peasants and tribals for forest destruction without a word about the massive environmental devastation caused by mining, industry and highway construction: https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/how-a-social-justice-tool-became-a-means-to-grab-land-in-india-s-forests/story-TPm9hWnFzRJavD1bKN2grM.html

#violent India. Another mob lynching.
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RT @cjwerleman@twitter.com
India: Yet another young Muslim man lynched and murdered by a violent Hindu mob after being forced to chant, "Jai Sri Ram" on Friday.

Leading the mob was a member of India's ruling party - BJP.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/muslim-youth-lynched-in-west-bengal/article28235901.ece/amp/
https://twitter.com/cjwerleman/status/1146240625890582528

This is big.
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RT @cnni@twitter.com
Researchers have successfully eliminated HIV from the DNA of infected mice https://cnn.it/2J3WSky
https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1146171952664580096

RT @CNN@twitter.com
Researchers have successfully eliminated HIV from the DNA of infected mice https://cnn.it/2Nrxf1f

Unpardonable!
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RT @iJasOberoi@twitter.com
1. These goons are mocking the old Sikh man’s religious wear.
2. An accomplice is filming the incident to make a statement.
3. The old man died.
4. One of the accused Manohar Lal has been arrested, other cowards are absconding.
5. This is from Punjab, where Sikhs are in majority.
https://twitter.com/iJasOberoi/status/1146052615257513986

Dabur is shamelessly racist in airing racial abusive advertisements on the occasion of the #CWC2019 ; well done @GargaC@twitter.com to call off their bluff!
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RT @GargaC@twitter.com
Hey @imohitburman & @Burman_Amit, have u no shame that your co Dabur is doing naked AntiBengali racist ads? Beng@GargaC@twitter.comBengal gave ur family refuge when u were nobodies. Your early products were copied from Bengal. Now you abuse Hindu Bengali custo…
https://twitter.com/GargaC/status/1145932497403830272

My answer to Why does RStudio take so long to load and save disk image on my 2017 MacBook? https://www.quora.com/Why-does-RStudio-take-so-long-to-load-and-save-disk-image-on-my-2017-MacBook/answer/Arin-Basu?share=38d06357

Brilliant response from @srijitspeaketh@twitter.com, do not miss!
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RT @BengNationalist@twitter.com
ভারতের বাঙালিকে বাংলাদেশ@srijitspeaketh@twitter.comরনাথ ঠাকুরকে অপমান করার বিরুদ্ধে সোচ্চার হলেন @srijitspeaketh ও,
আপনাকে অনেক ধন্যবাদ।
#boycot_DABUR
@DaburIndia @DaburHoney_Ind @AskDabur
@GargaC @KOLLEO @anushkar8017 @BanglaPokkho @IchbinUjjaini @Dipanjan_A @Bongo_Mata @saileenas
https://twitter.com/BengNationalist/status/1145958671584653313

Recommended read on @Medium@twitter.com: “I read Snigdha Poonam’s book and in the same week ended up reading…” https://ift.tt/2NrUkRh

If you want to understand the 'new' India and its aspirant new generation, start with reading the book, "Dreamers", written by @snigdhapoonam@twitter.com ; I wrote a #review of the #book here, https://link.medium.com/TFC2NE9IYX

RT @bmj_latest@twitter.com
Healthcare professionals should stop using BMI as the sole measure of an eating disorder, says @HopeVirgo@twitter.com https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/06/25/hope-virgo-people-with-eating-disorders-should-be-offered-help-regardless-of-their-weight/

RT @alexpghayes@twitter.com
new #rstats 📦 announcement! 🎉 twittercache: a robust way to sample the twitter graph!

built on top of @kearneymw@twitter.com's rtweet, it provides a convenient, easy way to get information about friend and following networks on twitter

https://alexpghayes.github.io/twittercache/

Twitter, let's rally to bring Chris back home!
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RT @LizSturgiss@twitter.com
@trishgreenhalgh @Pratt_Steve Direct gofundme link here https://www.gofundme.com/f/85svf-help-get-chris-home
https://twitter.com/LizSturgiss/status/1145237171256713216

RT @OzaNandini@twitter.com
Rajkot, Gujarat, recent visit and
While talking with an acquaintance:
"60% of the industrial units in Rajkot have shut down."

Excellent academic paper series alert!
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RT @BMHayward@twitter.com
We are calling on authors/researchers working on #environmental & sustainability issues facing #young people to submit articles by 1 August to a special issue of Sustainable Earth a new Nature journal series https://sustainableearth.biomedcentral.com/young-lives
https://twitter.com/BMHayward/status/1145142761953189889

You know you are in the Big Apple when ...
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RT @chhabs@twitter.com
Why I love New York City! https://twitter.com/marykarrlit/status/1145105744225873920
https://twitter.com/chhabs/status/1145204329550192641

Coddling of the Indian mind.
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RT @Ram_Guha@twitter.com
A must-read piece on the downward slide of Indian pluralism: https://time.com/5617161/india-religious-hate-crimes-modi/
https://twitter.com/Ram_Guha/status/1144814013768843264

RT @Newsweek@twitter.com
Indian mother and daughter beaten, shaved in front of village as punishment for resisting rape
https://trib.al/A94zfaB

RT @Ram_Guha@twitter.com
A sober, fact-filled piece on the decline of entrepreneurship in India: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/death-of-enterprise-entrepreneur-gst-demonetaisation-5805675/