Building @terrahelix_tech, herding @geopune. Interests include geospatial, climate, history and the environment.

Joined July 2009
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Advance of Southwest Monsoon 2026 ❖ The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal & westcentral Bay of Bengal, some more parts of Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand & Bihar, today the 15th June, 2026. ❖ The Northern Limit of Monsoon passes through 18°N/60°E, 18°N/65°E, 18°N/70°E, Harnai, Solapur, Hyderabad, Bhadrachalam, Koraput, Phulbani, Ranchi, Jamui, Muzaffarpur and 28.3°N/83°E as on 15th June, 2026. ❖ Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, remaining parts of Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand & Bihar, and some parts of Chhattisgarh during next 4-5 days. #SouthwestMonsoon2026 #MonsoonAdvance #WeatherUpdate #IndiaMonsoon #RainySeason @moesgoi @airnewsalerts @DDNational @ndmaindia @ICRER_MHA
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
El Niño development is firing on all cylinders. Sea temperatures in the central equatorial Pacific have now broken records for five days in a row. A locally record-breaking westerly wind burst is currently causing yet more warming there.
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
We are 2 weeks now into monsoon season. Biggest rain deficiency regions are Saurashtra: -87% Madhya maharashtra, konkan: -73% Jharkhand: -67% Vidarbha: -68% Chattisgarh: -53% Assam: -52% Marathwada: -51% East MP: -46% All India: -28.4% #monsoon2026 Source: IMD
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Just a gentle reminder that no matter how many flyovers you build, they will eventually but inevitably get jammed.
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May 2
#WATCH | Teena Choudhry, the woman seen in the viral video wearing a black cap, confronting Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan over a traffic jam, releases a statement detailing her side of the story She says, "I have received so many messages regarding my safety. I want to let you know that I'm fine and I appreciate the concern. That day, on April 21, I dropped my daughter off for her music class at four. I was meant to pick her up at 4.45. When I took a left turn from Mahindra Taj, we got stuck in a jam there. I was in my car for 25 minutes. When the traffic did not move, I got out to find out what the problem was. For the next one and a half hours, I went to every single police officer there to request that if you get the two buses removed, people who are stuck, we can make a U-turn and join the main road. I received no reaction, no response. I did not throw that bottle towards any protester or rally, but on the ground to attract the attention of the police... Mr Mahajan was actually the only person in that rally who at least tried to listen to what I was saying. On his instructions, the two buses were moved, and we all took a U-turn, and we were able to join the main road..." (Disclaimer: Screenshot of the viral video from social media)
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
See the official IMD forecasts in attached screenshots. Temperatures across large part of India are expected to drop in next 3 day resulting in reduction/dissipation in heatwave conditions (denoted by red symbol) in north and central India in next few days.Only follow IMD site
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Cut more trees, pour concrete on hills and riverbeds, give up every inch of open green space for real estate, and 'develop' the hell out of the country - literally! @mohol_murlidhar @Dev_Fadnavis @SidShirole @SunetraA_Pawar @Medha_kulkarni #ScrapBBRoad #ScrapRFDPune
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
The upcoming "mega El Niño" could be the strongest since the 1877 event that wiped out 4% of the Earth's population due to heat waves, drought and pestilence. Scientists watching every weather model update are getting "heart palpitations" ❤️
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
I used Nero to burn CDs as a kid and only later got the joke: Nero burned Rome, and "Burning ROM" is such a perfect reference.
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Don’t forget to cut tress and build shade for cars by using tarpaulin to tackle rising heat and surface temperatures.
🚨 Next 2 weeks are going to be very hot for Indian Subcontinent 🌡️ South India also at 42-45°C 📈📈 Mumbai at 35-37°C 📈
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Apr 11
And with that, Flat Earth is over.

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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
It is COVID only. We have collective and selective amnesia about that little f*cker.
Apr 13
Some kind of viral fever is going on in Delhi NCR with symptoms similar to COVID.
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild. He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed. When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them. Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate. The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions. Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement. The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean. That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.
Apr 6
a moving man will meet his luck 🥀
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literally planned obsolescence. unbelievable
Linux 7.1 is finally ending support for Intel's 37-year-old 486 processor bit.ly/41coN9f
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Strongest El Niño on record this year?! New ECMWF guidance shows a *75% chance of a super El Niño* by October, with some scenarios suggesting the most intense event in more than a century. It will bring wide-reaching weather impacts that last into 2027 🧵
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
PMC Commissioner: - city was better before - 1000 sites, 0 following rules - redevelopment happens where it's profitable not needed - lives in Model colony complaining about construction noise Sir YOU are PMC 🙏
#Pune Municipal Commissioner @navalMH Naval Kishore Ram sharing his views on development of Pune with The Indian Express.
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Anticyclones over the Arabian Sea & BoB being put down by the westerly jet and some westerlies over northern India. Fired up rain over many places. Western disturbances are going to rain down on our hike I am sure. IMD says April will be cooler & rainier? Hope no crop damages! 🤞🏿
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
Above normal rain likely in large parts of bharat in April 🔵Blue shades in IMD forecast map means possibility of above normal rains in April. IMP Note: Dotted regions over map indicate April is normally a low rain month, so even "above normal" may still mean modest rain only.
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Chinmay Shaligram retweeted
As per imd rain thunderstorm to hit pune and several areas of maharashtra from 30 March- 2 April. #punerains Respite from heat ahead
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