Barackface: 18: Greenland

Six Weeks From Zero (novel)
The Dawn Beyond Currency (Part 1) (novel)
The Dawn Beyond Currency (Part 2) (novel)
The Great Subcontinent Uprising (Part 1) (novel)
The Great Subcontinent Uprising (Part 2) (novel)
The Great Subcontinent Uprising (novel)
The Banyan Revolt (novel)
Gen Z Kranti (novel)
The Protocol of Greatness (novel)
Madhya York: The Merchant and the Mystic (novel)
The Garden Of Last Debates (novel)
The Drum Report: Markets, Tariffs, and the Man in the Basement (novel)
Trump’s Default: The Mist Of Empire (novel)
Deported (novel)
Empty Country (novel)
Poetry Thursdays (novel)

🔌 Silicon Destiny: The Global Race for AI Supremacy https://t.co/EUaUww5bEM
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 17, 2026

Let's team up.
AI + Marketing https://t.co/5SOfy3pYop
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 18, 2026

Thanks for the like, Om. I used to read your tech blog. Dot com boom. Wanna come in as an Advisor?
AI + Marketing https://t.co/5SOfy3pYop
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 18, 2026

Congratulations on 600 missions!

Falcon will probably exceed 1000 missions before retiring. https://t.co/U4wAWRecmp
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 18, 2026

Now, the hard work begins.

NCAG MISSION STATEMENT:
“We are committed to establishing security, restoring the essential services that form the bedrock of human dignity such as electricity, water, healthcare, and education, as well as cultivating a society rooted in peace,… https://t.co/hyimsmpnvj
— Jared Kushner (@jaredkushner) January 17, 2026

Books are the best medium to gain knowledge, and one should continue to read regardless of their age. The habit of reading is fast waning, and I believe that books, whether in digital or print, are still the best way to acquire knowledge.

Today, visited the New Delhi World Book… pic.twitter.com/ns1Rs4bS0E
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) January 17, 2026

I love to write.

I’ve been posting on Substack for a few years now.

My pieces get maybe 30 likes. On a good day. (Mind you, I’ve got just under 10,000 subscribers over there versus almost 150,000 followers here, so there’s that.)

But what surprised me here is how many people… https://t.co/g6kwJfhvYA
— Marc Randolph (@mbrandolph) January 18, 2026

Once AI removes 100% of bureaucracy, everything will get better and life will never be the same!

Bureaucracy is the main friction level that tremendously slows things down. Imagine getting responses for government permits in minutes rather than weeks or months! https://t.co/RBGqcmD1U4
— Derya Unutmaz, MD (@DeryaTR_) January 17, 2026

1. Control is an illusion.

Arriving in India, I was shoved into a bus heading for Hardiwar and the Ganges.

My backpack was buried under a herd of goats and a pile of dead fish.

Nothing was “mine” anymore.

My Lesson:
Let go or suffer. pic.twitter.com/AFvF4Spgvl
— Lorwen C Nagle, PhD (@LORWEN108) January 17, 2026

3. Happiness isn’t circumstantial.

What stayed with me for 30+ years is the radiant smile from a young man with no arms or legs.

My lesson:
Joy comes from inside, not outcomes. pic.twitter.com/x3jMLUhpGQ
— Lorwen C Nagle, PhD (@LORWEN108) January 17, 2026

5. Sacred spaces change you.

In Rishikesh, I crossed Lakshman Jhula and stepped into the Ganges.
Sand between my toes. Cold water washing over my body.

You don’t think about meaning there.
You feel it.

In America, most spaces are built for speed, convenience, and consumption.… pic.twitter.com/1A5BAEfYHg
— Lorwen C Nagle, PhD (@LORWEN108) January 17, 2026

7. “Normal” is relative.

At the Palkhi festival, I had two small cans of tuna from America.
I ate one and casually set the empty can behind a cement wall.

The next day, a crowd gathered around it.

“Look what we found! What is this?”

In the U.S., it was trash.
In India, it was… pic.twitter.com/XWP7mmfva6
— Lorwen C Nagle, PhD (@LORWEN108) January 17, 2026

India didn’t teach me spirituality.
It stripped away my false protections and revealed a deeper rhythm of life.

If you’re ready to meet what’s real in you, book a discovery call.https://t.co/ryHdfXeCRa
— Lorwen C Nagle, PhD (@LORWEN108) January 17, 2026

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief,
it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of light,
it was the season of darkness,
it was the spring of hope,
it was the… https://t.co/wmS3JlnpZN
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2026

My son left for College yesterday. I’m on my way out there now. I am not ok. This is the hardest thing that I have ever done. There’s a million emotions running through my mind just hoping I did enough as a dad to prepare him. I think that’s just human. I already miss the…
— Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) January 17, 2026

🔴 I have more reports from Tehran as well as Southern Iran.

• People are trapped in their homes almost all day.

• They're allowed a small window to go outside to buy essential household items. Groups of foreign terrorists escort them to shops.

• These terrorists observe…
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ✡︎ 🇮🇷 (@NiohBerg) January 17, 2026

For many decades, eastern India’s politics were dominated by parties which practiced regressive politics. In the last few years, things have changed. Bihar, Odisha and Assam have given BJP-NDA historic mandates which have transformed the development trajectory.

Now, it’s West… pic.twitter.com/qYeLUpJmBi
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 17, 2026

A must-read on how so many of us feel betrayed and abandoned by the left, and by its silence, or worse, its reproduction of the Islamic regime’s narrative that the protesters were agents of Mossad or the CIA.

Sorry that we, Iranians, have never been perfect victims for you to…
— Shadi Sadr (@shadisadr) January 17, 2026

The two things that matter

I’ve interviewed and evaluating 1000+ people over the years. The two attributes that are critical for every role (regardless of function, title, or seniority) are:

1. High Agency: being proactive and taking action, not waiting for someone to tell…
— Gokul Rajaram (@gokulr) January 17, 2026

I was homeless for six months in 2011. I slept in my car. I used to park behind a small church because it was dark and quiet. I thought nobody knew I was there. Every morning, I’d wake up, drive to a gas station to wash my face, and go to work (yes, I had a job, just couldn't…
— The Husky (@Mr_Husky1) January 17, 2026

This is Iran’s Berlin Wall moment.
Reagan said, “Tear down this wall.”

The U.S. has led before. History is calling again. Europe, be brave

Iranians are tearing it down with their lives. The world cared for Germany. It must act for Iran.

My heart 💔✌️pic.twitter.com/xOPZhluCnH
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 10, 2026

Elon Musk on how to get people to believe in your startup

“If you think about a company, a company is a group of people that are organized to create a product or service. So in order to create such a thing, you have to convince others to join you in your effort.”

But, as Elon… pic.twitter.com/lI9UAim2mY
— Startup Archive (@StartupArchive_) January 17, 2026

🌶️ Some (perhaps) spicy thoughts. It’s been a while since my last tweet, but I wanted to write about how disorienting it has been from academia to an LLM lab 😅

The kind of research I was trained to do during my PhD almost doesn’t exist here. The obsession with mathematical…
— Wenting Zhao (@wzhao_nlp) January 17, 2026

Book: Agentic AI: Set To Explode In 2026 https://t.co/EbPvYFBOLi
Book: The Technologies Behind Agentic AI https://t.co/O6CkqjDXOQ
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 18, 2026

I have great respect for Elon, but the way he cherry-picked from my personal journal is beyond dishonest.

Elon and we had agreed a for-profit was the next step for OpenAI's mission.

The context shows these snippets were actually about whether to accept Elon's draconian terms. https://t.co/BpaaVLxZXU pic.twitter.com/7qYfc3sol1
— Greg Brockman (@gdb) January 17, 2026

I grew up watching my Gujarati neighbours get richer without ever looking rich.

Once you see it, you will never look at money the same way again. It took me years to understand why.

Nobody tells you the truth behind it 👇🏻
— Prem Soni (@ValueWithPrem) January 17, 2026

My son has been boycotted by kids in our lane. The reason - we (yes, both of us) started playing football everyday with a Nepali kid whose father is a servant in one of the neighbouring houses.

For context, in my lane - almost everyone (barring yours truly) has a business, net…
— Gaurav Kheterpal (@gauravkheterpal) January 17, 2026

Where is this?
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 18, 2026

I am from Nepal. You play football for the love of the game. And Nepalis are great football players.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 18, 2026

Becoming an AI-First Organization https://t.co/LLeyABUNw2
Becoming an AI-First Organization https://t.co/oW8GUB4vdm
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) January 18, 2026

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