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Joined January 2016
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
Very disturbing behaviour by @AirIndiaX Staff in Surat. After paying for extra baggage on the counter they asked to note down my @HDFC_Bank @HDFCBank_Cares cc number. @MoCA_GoI is this legit?
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What Wikipedia did: we stood strong for our principles and fought to the Supreme Court of Turkey and won. This is what it means to treat freedom of expression as a principle rather than a slogan.
13 May 2023
Replying to @mattyglesias
Did your brain fall out of your head, Yglesias? The choice is have Twitter throttled in its entirety or limit access to some tweets. Which one do you want?
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
1 Feb 2023
The damage done to the credibility of AI by ChatGPT engineers building in political bias is irreparable.
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
Did you know if you hold an ermine up to your ear, you can hear what it’s like to be attacked by an ermine?
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
If you use Wikipedia, you've seen pop-ups like this. If you're like me, you may have donated as a result. Wikipedia is an amazing website, and the appeals seem heartfelt. But I've now learnt the money isn't going where I thought...
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"Slut Era" I whisper to myself when I ache for her and only her.
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Feeling a bit jittery today.
5 Dec 2019
oh boy ever spill a little bit of your coffee and realize the thread you are hanging on by is actually quite thin
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
strongly relate to the honey cake’s needs
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Can Verstappen still beat Ferrari? This championship is so exciting
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8 Sep 2022
british people can finally stop faking their accent and talk normally
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
Black and brown people around the world who were subject to horrendous cruelties and economic deprivation under British colonialism are allowed to have feelings about Queen Elizabeth. After all, they were her "subjects" too.
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
tolkien this tolkien that maybe you should try tolkien to a girl
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Abhishek Joshi retweeted
I've been covering bad parts of the internet for long time now. For years, there was one site extremist researchers warned me not to cover because publicizing it would be dangerous. But it's time people know KiwiFarms—and how they're chasing political enemies around the world.
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Principles of topology
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A note to check on myself every once in a while.
19 Aug 2022
definitely check on your friend who “decided to rewatch bojack horseman”
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*Screaming internally* So here are 10 reasons you should hire me.
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11 Aug 2022
I struggled for a long time to understand why people are often ‘cancelled’ for making true statements in good faith. This didn’t compute for me; there’s nothing immoral about saying true things. After lots of conversations w/ ‘cancellers’, I understood the problem…
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Don't you wanna give... like... credits to a certain Ted-x video? youtu.be/F4Zu5ZZAG7I

How to start a conversation with anyone (even total strangers):
Abhishek Joshi retweeted
How to start a conversation with anyone (even total strangers):
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