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4: India Election
Congress chief #MallikarjunKharge says, " Till we don't talk to our alliance partners and the new partners who are going to ally with them, we will talk to them as well and see how we can make majority. If I say all the strategies here, Modiji will become clever"… pic.twitter.com/z27RUP1gr0
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) June 4, 2024
India delivers shocking election result: What to know
The Indian voter is extraordinarily smart, agile and opinionated.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) June 4, 2024
'What Pappu?': #RahulGandhi silence critics as Cong bounces back after big setbacks | Inside Story pic.twitter.com/fSjaATtK3b
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) June 4, 2024
My estimate of 220 for BJP a low estimate has turned to be very close to the truth of 237. Had the BJP followed the suggestions I had made then BJP could achieved 300. Unfortunately, the dictatorial mindset of Modi has put BJP in a ditch from which it has to now climb out.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) June 4, 2024
Amidst all the noise, two less talked about results that stand out. 1) Congress wins BOTH seats in Manipur 2) Samajwadi party wins Faizabad/Ayodhya. Uparwala sab dekh raha hai! Public sab jaanti hai!๐
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 4, 2024
I humbly thank the people of Bharat for reaffirming their faith in the NDA led by Prime Minister Shri @NarendraModi ji for the third consecutive term.
— Smriti Z Irani (Modi Ka Parivar) (@smritiirani) June 4, 2024
A decade of tireless effort put into fulfilling the dreams & aspirations of over 140 crore Indians has paid off with a historic…
เคงเคจ्เคฏเคตाเคฆ เคนिंเคฆुเคธ्เคคाเคจ ✌️❤️ pic.twitter.com/R3GMBsO7O8
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 4, 2024
The mandate given by the nation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lead an NDA government for a third successive term is a historic one.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrSJaishankar) June 4, 2024
It is a victory for our democracy as much as for our people centric policies.
Congratulate PM @narendramodi, @BJP4India leadership and our…
#WATCH | Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray says, " INDIA alliance has performed really well in Maharashtra and across nation. They told that arrogance has no place in India. Anti-constitutional forces, anti-democratic forces have no place in India" pic.twitter.com/GtUJCaKZ7G
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) June 4, 2024
เคซ़เคฐ्เคฐुเค़ाเคฌाเคฆ เคฎें เคฌिเคเคฒी เคाเค เคे เค़िเคฒाเคงिเคाเคฐी เคे เคจेเคคृเคค्เคต เคฎें เคช्เคฐเคถाเคธเคจ เคธเคชा เคे เคीเคคเคคे เคนुเค เคช्เคฐเคค्เคฏाเคถिเคฏों เคो เคนเคฐाเคจे เคฎें เคฒเคा เคนै। เคुเคจाเคต เคเคฏोเค เคคเคค्เคाเคฒ เคธंเค्เคाเคจ เคฒेเคเคฐ เคธเคนी เคชเคฐिเคฃाเคฎ เคोเคทिเคค เคเคฐे @ECISVEEP @ceoup pic.twitter.com/ZHFpQ5Et5L
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) June 4, 2024
เคฎैं เคเคค्เคคเคฐ-เคชूเคฐ्เคตी เคฆिเคฒ्เคฒी เคी เคเคจเคคा, เคांเค्เคฐेเคธ เคชाเคฐ्เคी เคเคฐ เคนเคฎाเคฐे เคुเคจाเคต เคฎें เค เคชเคจा เคฏोเคเคฆाเคจ เคฆेเคจे เคตाเคฒे เคธเคฎเคธ्เคค เคाเคฐ्เคฏเคเคฐ्เคคाเคं, เคธाเคฅिเคฏों เคเคฐ เคंเคกिเคฏा เคธเคฎूเคน เคे เคธเคญी เคธเคนเคฏोเคी เคฆเคฒों เคा เคฆिเคฒ เคธे เคงเคจ्เคฏเคตाเคฆ เค เคฆा เคเคฐเคคा เคนूँ।
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyakumar) June 4, 2024
เคเคธ เคญीเคทเคฃ เคเคฐ्เคฎी เคฎें เคुเคจाเคต เคเคฐเคตाเคจा เคเค เคเค िเคจ เค़िเคฎ्เคฎेเคฆाเคฐी เคฅी। เคเคธ เค़िเคฎ्เคฎेเคฆाเคฐी เคे เคธเคซ़เคฒ เคจिเคฐ्เคตเคนเคจ เคे เคฒिเค…
Thank you @sardesairajdeep sir for your kind words. ๐๐ pic.twitter.com/nOX0TTVToL
— Syed Kamran Husain (@kamranhusain_) June 4, 2024
This election is a rejection of Modi’s agenda. The people of India have clearly chosen to have a stronger opposition and I look forward to working with them in Parliament.
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) June 4, 2024
Thank you to the people of Hyderabad for choosing AIMIM again. I promise to continue my work and to ensure…
Thank you, @narendramodi Ji! On behalf of the people of Andhra Pradesh, I congratulate you on the NDA's victory in the Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections. Our people of Andhra Pradesh have blessed us with a remarkable mandate. This mandate is a reflection of their… https://t.co/H6JRSTzYEr
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) June 4, 2024
เคกिเคจเคฐ เคคो เคเคฐ्เคจा เคนी เคนोเคा… pic.twitter.com/NGKU3GBZCC
— Kanak Mani Dixit (@KanakManiDixit) June 4, 2024
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
22: Modi
She Was at the Top of the State Department. Now She’s Ready to Talk. As Victoria Nuland steps down, she gets real about a world on fire.
Narendra Modi’s India: A decade of popularity and polarisation
Free water, housing, food: Modi's $400bn welfare bet to win Indian elections
Sunday, October 01, 2023
The India Canada Misunderstanding
For India a breakup means partition. That was a hugely bloody event. Punjab becoming an independent country is not an option.
And it is not like a large section of Sikhs in India are clamoring to become a separate country. The opposite is true. Those who advocate a separate country are small in number, and suggest an armed path. That roadmap is not available, but can lead to much meaningless violence. So to India the whole issue feels like a fight against terrorism, something its arch nemesis Pakistan specializes in. Government agencies in Pakistan openly coordinate with terrorist organizations. To them it feels like an asymmetrical war. There is a large gap otherwise between India's army and Pakistan's army, India's economy and Pakistan's economy, India's prospects and Pakistan's prospects.
And it is not like Pakistan is ready to let go of the Punjab inside its borders. But many in the Pakistani establishment daydream of India's Punjab some day becoming India's Bangladesh.
Free speech should be protected. If there are Sikhs who would like to argue Punjab should become its own country, they, of course, should be allowed to do so. There are a dozen such arguments inside India today. As long it is peaceful free speech, it is tolerated inside India itself. So, no, this is not a free speech issue. India is the largest democracy. I don't think people running India struggle to understand free speech and peaceful protest.
But threatening violence, and organizing violence, and coordinating violence, and fundraising for violence all meet the defintions of terrorism. They meet the definitoins of domestic terrorism inside the US. India's gripe is the Canadian government seems to tolerate such acts.
There is no provision in the Indian constitution for Punjab or any other territory to organize a referendum and gain independence. Punjab is no Quebec. But that is not the issue. The issue is terrorism. Most Sikhs inside Canada are not clamoring for an independent Khalistan. But there is a vocal minority that seems to drown out the rest. It is basic democratic decorum to also listen to the silent majority.
Sikhs might be numerical minorities. Operation Blue Star was unfortunate. The anti-Sikh riots after Indira Gandhi's assassination were wrong and criminal. But Punjab is one of the richest states in India. Sikhs have had outsize influence inside India. There have been Sikh Prime Minister and President of India. That can not be said of most similar numerical minorities inside India.
A separate country called Punjab is not likely. But a Sikh Prime Minister of Canada is only a matter of time. It is not possible to create a country where only Sikhs are citizens. But if Canada gets a Sikh Prime Minister some day, its very own Manmohan Singh, then that would be a remarkable achievement for the Sikh community, and a major footnote to the illustrious Sikh history.
The Sikhs were at the forefront of the Indian independence movement. Punjab bore the brunt of the violent India-Pakistan partition. The Sikhs are the most visible component of the Indian Army. Sikhs live everywhere in India. And Sikhism is like a bridge religion between Hinduism and Islam.
If Jagmeet Singh's party wins more seats than Justin Trudeau's party in the next election, Trudeau's party would be the junior partner in the next government.
1990. Photo taken in our rent-controlled Toronto apartment with my mom’s artwork on the wall. Elon’s first suit - $99 and included a shirt, tie and socks. I couldn’t afford a second suit, so he wore the same suit every day to work. I gave him a manicure. Memories… ๐ https://t.co/1KkdIgxXf7
— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) October 1, 2023
The India Canada Misunderstanding https://t.co/GEPPJLwGoK @narendramodi @PMOIndia @PM_nepal_ @DrSJaishankar @AmitShah @SrBachchan @republic @BDUTT @timesofindia @INCIndia @TheEconomist @EconomicTimes #india #canada #trudeau #sikh #punjab #sikhism #khalistan
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 1, 2023
Thursday, June 22, 2023
22: Modi
"Sperm count appeared to have declined 52 per cent in 38 years, or something over 1 per cent a year."https://t.co/hSFAujDiPt
— Paul Graham (@paulg) June 22, 2023
Let’s go full MMA
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
Facebook will do Twitter. Twitter will do Facebook. That is the real cage match.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 22, 2023
How pre-seed founders feel trying to turn an investor meeting into a term sheet...๐คฃ
— TheFinTechRonin (@TheFinTechRonin) June 22, 2023
(If you get this reference we're best friends now...) pic.twitter.com/6RSH7FTrvU
Welcome, @narendramodi.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) June 22, 2023
The partnership between the United States and India is one of the most important of the 21st century, and this visit will take our partnership to the next level — from space, to defense, to emerging technology and supply chains. pic.twitter.com/B55N16jRt7
I’ve generated 750,000,000 organic impressions for founders and startups in the last 7 years.
— Sohaib Albadawee (@albadawee) June 22, 2023
And I didn't spend a single dollar on online ads.
My secret: This simple 7-step content creation process (steal it for free):
If you think building a one-person business is a myth, Open this: https://t.co/SPtWH97t4u
— Sohaib Albadawee (@albadawee) June 21, 2023
Star Dew Valley:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
A mobile game that monetizes via a one-time download fee (that's it!).
Founder - Eric Barone
Annual Revenue - $300 million+
Employees - 0 full time
It blew up so much he got a profile in GQ: https://t.co/ZaY5xQ4gay
TLDR:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
A daily newsletter summarizing tech news. Has expanded into a whole suite of newsletters for different industries.
It monetizes through ads.
Founder - Dan Ni
Annual Revenue - $5 million+
Employees - 0 full time
Here's a thorough breakdown: https://t.co/SGJnbflDsp
Justin Welsh:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
Justin has a weekly newsletter he monetizes with ads, a digital product, and does advising work for startups.
Founder - Justin Welsh
Annual Revenue - $2 million+
Employees - 0 full time
Justin broke it down last year: https://t.co/PNtA1lwfCq
BuiltWith:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
A website that shows what tools other sites are built with. Often used for competitor intelligence.
Monetized via 3 subscription tiers.
Founder - Gary Brewer
Annual Revenue - $14 million+
Employees - 0 full time
Here's how it started: https://t.co/JlgKW4KgoM
ViralNova:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
A website that curates viral content. Monetizes primarily via ads.
Founder - Scott Delong
Annual Revenue - $10 million+
Employees - 0 full time
Here's the story in Scott's own words: https://t.co/xC720itxl9
Ugmonk:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
An e-commerce site that sells physical products designed to help you enjoy work more.
Founder - Jeff Sheldon
Annual Revenue - $5 million+
Employees - 1 full time (Jeff's wife)
Here's Jeff's story: https://t.co/tcSK4BSWfD
Pieter Levels:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
Pieter has created a suite of websites that, when combined, generate millions per year.
Founder - Pieter Levels
Annual Revenue - $2 million+
Employees - 0 full time
Here's his interview on MFM: https://t.co/cFxSfyatJp
Designjoy:
— Michael Houck ๐ก (@callmehouck) June 21, 2023
A subscription-based design agency. Also sells courses based on the subscription-agency model.
Founder - Brett Williams
Annual Revenue - $2 million+
Employees - 0 full time
Here's how he runs the business:https://t.co/4zk1vzI8A0
My one-person design business has done $611,996 this year already.
— Brett @ Designjoy (@BrettFromDJ) May 14, 2023
It costs me $275 per month to run it (plus Stripe fees).
Here's a breakdown of the tools I use:
Deeply troubled by the online attacks against Dr. @PeterHotez. Standing in solidarity with Peter & all our public health and medical professionals committed to delivering science-backed health information, particularly about vaccines. https://t.co/Q5raP3kjWq
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) June 22, 2023
Today my former company, @puravidabrac, let go of the first employee we hired 13 years ago.
— Paul Goodman (@PaulGoodman24) June 22, 2023
They were bringing in $7M of sales per year, but their commissions were "too high"
Instead of reducing commissions and having a conversation with the employee.
They simply fired her and…
It is my sister, too btw
— Paul Goodman (@PaulGoodman24) June 22, 2023
It is my sister, too btw
— Paul Goodman (@PaulGoodman24) June 22, 2023
It’s interesting that the same Squad members who often get attacked for ‘singling’ out Israel are among the handful of House members who are actually consistent in standing up for human rights everywhere and calling out countries, including our allies, who need to be called out. https://t.co/xsNJ2UAqXD
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 22, 2023
If you take away anything from Netflix dating/marriage shows, it's that people are cowards.
— Dr. Julie Gurner (@drgurner) June 22, 2023
They can't have hard conversations.
They run away. Ghost others. Give up.
Working through hard things is a skill that translates everywhere. People can't stand in the fire.
ever feel like people get too sexual before getting to know you/going on a date? yah me too pic.twitter.com/bZDJbIWxs1
— Cristina Vanko ๐ (@cristinavanko) June 22, 2023
This happen to anybody else?
— StudentRentalPro (@StudentRentPro) June 22, 2023
You find a new painter.
He's great. Doesn't spill, fair prices, not a drunk @ 7AM, etc.
Finishes that job. U *immediately* give more work (bc he's great, right?!!)
Repeat 3-4x
He's now quoting you what Michaelangelo got for the Sistine Chapel
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
— Yvonne Morgan (@YMMauthor) June 22, 2023
James 1:27 NIV https://t.co/OXVSVlTI7q
Admiral Rachel Levine claims transgenderism is a 'superpower,' that trans people are 'all superheroes' https://t.co/5DTA9V4lDw
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) June 22, 2023
Hmm. Seems that @RashidaTlaib @AOC @CoriBush @RepBowman @IlhanMN boycott really caught on. We should fear their influence… pic.twitter.com/VWEyMqaLUn
— Suhag A. Shukla (@SuhagAShukla) June 22, 2023
that's only 14 hours pic.twitter.com/adYLWx76R1
— naomi (@lachancenaomi27) June 22, 2023
Reminder: You don't owe anyone your attention.
— Rob Lennon ๐ฏ | AI Whisperer (@thatroblennon) June 22, 2023
Engage with posts and people you want to see more of.
Block, mute, unfollow, delete, "hide this ad" for stuff you don't.
If something is boring, irrelevant, or simply bringing you down, trim it out. A person doesn't have to be a… pic.twitter.com/k0stUVOume
New report finds that over 8,000 pedestrians were killed on US roadways in 2022.
— David Zipper (@DavidZipper) June 22, 2023
Jimmy Carter was president the last time that happened.https://t.co/k6Lak5eZC3 pic.twitter.com/FuMwGTdFi1
Debacle?
— Suhag A. Shukla (@SuhagAShukla) June 22, 2023
But then that is exactly what you’d believe if you lived in the NYC bubble, read @nytimes or @washingtonpost, listen to @NPR @BBCWorld and start to believe that your echo chamber reflects lived reality.#CognitiveDissonance https://t.co/SbaJ3cfDW3 pic.twitter.com/ockk3wQbxd
"Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work."
— Jan ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ (@RosaryMum) June 20, 2023
C.S. Lewis pic.twitter.com/JQIKjtpTVZ
C.S. Lewis ๐ฉท pic.twitter.com/H5lI1nbkmp
— Gabriella De Santis-Mรคki (@gabriella_maki) June 22, 2023
Eminem topped the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart for the first time in his nearly 30-year career after recently releasing a song praising Jesus Christ. https://t.co/SolLjq6lqO
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 22, 2023
“Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” - C.S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 17, 2023
C S Lewis will live forever ๐ช https://t.co/U1vHMDT8rD pic.twitter.com/WQ9Io6YxbL
— Robert Mera (@YoSoyRobertMera) June 20, 2023
“If God had granted all the silly prayers I’ve made in my life, where should I be now?” - C.S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 18, 2023
"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us." ~ C. S. Lewis
— occultbot (@0ccultbot) June 18, 2023
Seems like a good day to quote some C.S. Lewis...
— Jeff Carlton ✝ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ด♂️ ๐ (@JeffWCarlton) June 19, 2023
Hopefully all of you have had a solid, productive Monday. Blessings to all you beautiful people. pic.twitter.com/JKlKlyRn1x
"You cannot make men good by law; and without good men you cannot have a good society." ~C.S. Lewis
— Inner peace and calm (@AdGurayNameh) June 20, 2023
“To walk out of his will is to walk into nowhere.” - C.S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 20, 2023
I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.
— Ty Ngachira (@anto_ty) June 17, 2023
C.S. Lewis
"Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms."
— ☩American Churchman⚓ (@US_Churchman) June 20, 2023
- C.S. Lewis pic.twitter.com/HrgC7OQUch
“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” - C.S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 15, 2023
At her lowest point, Perry turned to God and her faith helped her recover. https://t.co/a9nAU7XghP
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 22, 2023
It can be one sided love !! The killer Love !!
— Zmed (@zaidimed68) June 16, 2023
❤️๐ค๐๐
"Love is never wasted,
for its value does not
rest upon reciprocity."
C.S. Lewis pic.twitter.com/2MhWVPIbT3
Nearly a century ago, C.S. Lewis published his first book as a Christian, ‘The Pilgrim’s Regress.’ As Steven Wedgeworth shows, the story still leads and warns pilgrims today.https://t.co/jHWsMYmmsU
— Desiring God (@desiringGod) June 22, 2023
Breaking: C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton were right about everything.
— Jeremy Wayne Tate (@JeremyTate41) June 22, 2023
Love is never wasted, for it’s value does not rest upon reciprocity.
— Funkaar (@Sabeenahmad1) June 20, 2023
C.S. Lewis pic.twitter.com/6JUL1IThF1
One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness. C.S. Lewis pic.twitter.com/IROPlrcWOJ
— Scott ✝๐๐บ๐ธ๐บ๐ธ (@fitdaddy_scott) June 20, 2023
McConaughey addresses anti-Christian bias in Hollywood. https://t.co/AtDngJGdSe
— C. S. Lewis (@CSLewisDaily) June 22, 2023
“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
— LadyTeapots☕️๐๐ซ (@LadyTeapots) June 20, 2023
— C.S. Lewis ๐ซ๐
๐๐ชท๐ธ๐ชท๐ธ๐ชท๐ธ๐ชท๐ธ๐ชท๐ธ๐ชท๐
๐จ Caroline Bonne Mรผller pic.twitter.com/ko3dFzi3AC
"Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others."
— Charles A Vaughn (@CharlesAVaughn) June 22, 2023
C.S. Lewis, "'Miserable Offenders'," God in the Dock
In 1823 14-year-old students were translating Latin on college entrance exams.
— Jeremy Wayne Tate (@JeremyTate41) June 22, 2023
In 2023 19-year-olds go to college for remedial English classes.
Designers are at design conference talking about getting rid of PMs … PMs are at an AI conference writing specs to get rid of designers.
— marty.com (@martymadrid) June 22, 2023
Two years ago, I started my creator journey.
— Clint Murphy (@IAmClintMurphy) June 22, 2023
Today, we have:
• 97 Podcast episodes
• 11k+ Newsletter readers
• 327,000 Twitter followers
Below, I break down why we started, how we got here and where we're going.
The best part, you can use this free playbook too:
How Can ChatGPT Provide Suggestions For Creating Effective Social Media Ads?
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How Can ChatGPT Assist In Creating Email Marketing Campaigns That Generate High Open And Click-through Rates?
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Friday, April 28, 2023
28: ChatGPT
Generative because it generates words.
Pre-trained because it’s trained on a bunch of text. This step is called pre-training because many language models (like the one behind ChatGPT) go through important additional stages of training known as fine-tuning to make them less toxic and easier to interact with.
Transformers are a relatively recent breakthrough in how neural networks are wired. They were introduced in a 2017 paper by Google researchers, and are used in many of the latest A.I. advancements, from text generation to image creation.
Transformers improved upon the previous generation of neural networks — known as recurrent neural networks — by including steps that process the words of a sentence in parallel, rather than one at a time. This made them much faster.
GPT-3 was trained on up to a million times as many words as the models in this article. Scaling up to that size is a huge technical undertaking, but the underlying principles remain the same.......... As language models grow in size, they are known to develop surprising new abilities, such as the ability to answer questions, summarize text, explain jokes, continue a pattern and correct bugs in computer code. ........... Some researchers have termed these “emergent abilities” because they arise unexpectedly at a certain size and are not programmed in by hand. The A.I. researcher Sam Bowman has likened training a large language model to “buying a mystery box,” because it is difficult to predict what skills it will gain during its training, and when these skills will emerge. ............... They are also prone to inventing facts and reasoning incorrectly. Researchers do not yet understand how these models generate language, and they struggle to steer their behavior. .
Peering Into the Future of Novels, With Trained Machines Ready Who wrote it, the novelist or the technology? How about both? Stephen Marche experiments with teaching artificial intelligence to write with him, not for him. ........ The journalist and author Stephen Marche wrote “Death of an Author” using three artificial intelligence programs. Or three artificial intelligence programs wrote it with extensive plotting and prompting from Stephen Marche. It depends on how you look at it. .......... “I am the creator of this work, 100 percent,” Marche said, “but, on the other hand, I didn’t create the words.” .......... He asked if Marche was interested in using the technology to produce a murder mystery. The result of that collaboration is “Death of Author,” in which an author who uses A.I. extensively winds up dead. ......... To coax the story from his laptop, Marche used three programs, starting with ChatGPT. He ran an outline of the plot through the software, along with numerous prompts and notes. While A.I. was good at many things, especially dialogue, he said, its plots were terrible. .......... Next, he used Sudowrite, asking the program to make a sentence longer or shorter, to adopt a more conversational tone or to make the writing sound like Ernest Hemingway’s. Then he used Cohere to create what he called the best lines in the book. If he wanted to describe the smell of coffee, he trained the program with examples and then asked it to generate similes until he found one he liked. ......... “To me, the process was a bit akin to hip-hop,” he said. “If you’re making hip-hop, you don’t necessarily know how to drum, but you definitely need to know how beats work, how hooks work, and you need to be able to put them together in a meaningful way.” .
How big is your team? Do all team members use ChatGPT? Have they fully integrated it into all your operations? Are your goals now at least two times bigger? My course gets you an yes to each of those questions.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
I can see your venture is data-heavy. With the correct integration of ChatGPT, your team would be crunching data like a reflex action.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) April 28, 2023
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— Haroon (@haroon) April 28, 2023
Thursday, February 09, 2023
9: Modi
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) February 9, 2023
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— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) February 9, 2023
Thursday, October 06, 2022
American Racism And Visas For Indians
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— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 6, 2022
Friday, March 11, 2022
March 11: Ukraine, India
most Europeans see the Ukraine crisis as a broader threat to Europe.
.Narendra Modi’s BJP Wins Big in Indian Elections Result of regional votes shows the enduring popularity of the leader despite the impact of the pandemic and a controversial proposal to overhaul the agricultural sector ......... It is the first time in decades that voters have returned an incumbent party to power in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP was also on track to win a majority in three other states—Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. .......
“He enjoys a huge, huge popularity among ordinary people.”
........ The BJP’s wins will strengthen the party’s control in Parliament’s upper house, where it doesn’t have a majority. ........ In a major upset, the regional Aam Aadmi Party, which runs the government of New Delhi, won a majority of seats in the huge farming state of Punjab and defeated the Indian National Congress Party ........ Its victory in Punjab now positions the Aam Aadmi Party, led by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, for a bigger presence during the 2024 national elections. ...... He has cultivated an image as a pious bachelor and devout Hindu who is wholly dedicated to public service. .Why Is Russia Invading Ukraine and What Is Happening on the Ground? Ukrainian fighters put up fierce resistance as Putin places nuclear forces on alert ....... Russia is Europe’s major supplier of natural gas. ....... Ukraine’s defenders held on to Kyiv, and pushed back Russian troops in urban combat in its second-largest city, Kharkiv. ....... Ukrainian authorities have ordered Kyiv residents to stay indoors until Monday morning while they hunt for Russian infiltrators, who engaged in several shootouts with Ukrainian troops and civilian volunteers overnight. ....... “They have consciously chosen to hit civilians and everything that renders life normal. Power stations, hospitals, kindergartens, housing blocks—they are all targeted daily.” .......... Before the invasion, Russia had massed a fighting force totaling up to 190,000 troops along Ukraine’s borders compared with Ukraine’s 200,000-strong army, supplemented by tens of thousands of reservists. ........ Putin says the main objective is to defend the Russian-speakers in Ukraine, especially those in the two self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, which broke away from Ukrainian control in 2014. ....... eight million Ukrainians died during World War II and that his own grandfather served as a Soviet officer during the conflict. ....... Before 2014, polls showed a roughly even split in support among the population for joining the EU or a Moscow-led economic bloc. In a November survey, however, 58% favored the EU, with 21% for Russia’s group. Polling data show that even people in the south and east, where there are many ethnic Russians and Russian speakers, are now in favor of the EU. ....... Russia’s military campaign marks the continuation of a policy that has seen Mr. Putin steadily expanding the country’s sphere of influence, reasserting Moscow’s dominion over former Soviet republics such as Belarus, Georgia and Moldova. ........ Putin excoriated Mr. Zelensky, calling him a terrorist and urging Ukraine’s military to oust him. ...... “This is really a pattern that we’ve seen from President Putin through the course of this conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don’t exist in order to justify further aggression,” she said. “And the global community and the American people should look at it through that prism. We’ve seen him do this time and time again.” ......... NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called Russia’s invasion an act of war, “deliberate, coldblooded and long-planned.” ........ Ukrainian Mig-29 jet fighters roared low overhead, in a sign that Russia, despite its formidable advantage in aviation and two days of relentlessly bombing Ukraine’s air bases, still hadn’t achieved full control of the skies. ........ Ukrainian artillery and tanks were moving through the city, and thousands of volunteers lined up at recruitment centers to receive weapons. On the roads south of Kyiv, armed villagers made their own roadblocks out of tractors and sandbags. ........ The Russian advance toward Kyiv has been slowed by antiair and antitank weapons, raising the possibility that Russian forces might be weakened by a lack logistical support before they can achieve their objective. The growing fear, though, is that Moscow may begin indiscriminate strikes against civilian targets to cow the Ukrainian government into submission. .
Free to read: Western intelligence officials predicted victory for Russia in less than a week after it invaded Ukraine. But more than a fortnight later, it remains locked in a battle for control. How will this conflict play out? https://t.co/JEyOkIt9wF
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 11, 2022
Endgame in Ukraine: how could the war play out? Russia’s failure to secure a swift win opens a range of possible outcomes ....... Ukraine is mounting a stronger than anticipated defence and western countries are supporting it with arms supplies. Meanwhile, Russia’s campaign has been beset by strategic errors, logistical shortcomings and intelligence blunders that vastly underestimated Ukrainian capabilities. ........ that Russia will win a comprehensive victory — remains the most likely outcome, given its overwhelming military power. ........ The civilian death toll will also be much higher than anticipated as Russia turns to more indiscriminate bombardment and deploys arms such as cluster munitions and thermobaric weapons. ........ many defence and intelligence officials say a potential retreat to western Ukraine — where Russia has so far made no attempt to seize territory — is a potential endgame. They have mooted Lviv, close to the Polish border, as a possible new capital for a rump Ukrainian state........ a partition of the country between its more Russian-speaking east and Europe-focused west........ If Russia were to attack and capture the port of Odesa, Ukraine’s third-largest city and long identified by Nato as a potential Russian target, it could cut off a rump Ukraine from the sea, crippling a crucial export route........ few think Putin would settle for failing to capture Kyiv or to topple the Zelensky government, given his stated aim to “demilitarise” the country and wrench it from its EU and Nato membership ambitions. ........ In talks in Turkey between the combatants’ foreign ministers — the most senior-level negotiations so far convened — on Thursday, Russia’s Sergei Lavrov denied Moscow had attacked Ukraine and claimed the US was funding biological weapons research in the country. Dmytro Kuleba, his Ukrainian counterpart, said seeking ceasefire promises from Lavrov was impossible as “there are other decision makers for this matter in Russia”........ while Ukrainian officials have suggested a deal on the status of Crimea and pro-Russian separatist-controlled regions in the east could be feasible, Kyiv has ruled out Russia’s broader demands that it become neutral and give up its military capabilities. ........ western officials say anything short of a full Russian withdrawal would mean that crippling economic sanctions against Moscow were retained. “We keep tightening the noose,” said one. “Putin cannot hope for a fait accompli and for the world to go back to some kind of [normality]. There has been an irreversible change.” .........
Russian retreat, Putin toppled
......... Ukraine’s resistance so far has raised the possibility that Kyiv could continue repelling Russian efforts to seize key cities, especially if western weapons supplies continue to bolster the army’s capabilities ......... Putin himself could be a casualty of a failed invasion. They argue that the Russian president, who has ruled for more than 22 years, might be toppled by Kremlin elites, or by Russian military or security officials angry at his handling of the war, or by a groundswell of protest among Russian citizens furious at falling living standards...... the key to ending the conflict in Ukraine was increasing opposition to Putin inside Russia ...... However, Putin’s grip on power is arguably stronger than it has ever been, thanks to draconian new legislation in effect outlawing independent media in Russia and leaving Kremlin-controlled outlets as the sole source of information....... Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, said this week that plans — mooted by the west but now ruled out — to supply Kyiv with Polish MiG fighters would be a “very undesirable and potentially dangerous scenario”. In turn, Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary-general, has warned Russia that attacks on western supply lines to Ukraine would represent an escalation. ......... “Putin wants less Nato, he’s getting more Nato,” Stoltenberg said this week. “He wanted to divide us, he is getting a more united alliance.” .Won’t fight in Ukraine, direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III: Joe Biden Joe Biden stated that the United States would not fight in Ukraine, and that a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia would result in World War III. .
Communication, visibility and delivery: How Yogi bulldozed Akhilesh Yadav's caste calculus The BJP has become the only party since 1977 to breach the 40% vote share mark in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. ......... Yogi Adityanath has become the first Chief Minister in 37 years to retain power after completing a full five-year term in Uttar Pradesh....... The Election Commission data showed BJP bagging a 41.3 % vote share. In 1977, the Janata party had touched a 47.8% vote share high in UP. ........ The BJP swept the UP polls, winning 255 of the 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party settled with 111 seats. ........ The BJP swept the UP polls, winning 255 of the 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party settled with 111 seats. ....... The free ration delivery along with the cash transfer scheme of the BJP government has given the party a big boost in this election. With the help of these two schemes, the BJP was able to mobilise poor voters, cutting across the caste and community lines. .
https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/congress-preps-for-post-result-battle-stations-senior-leaders-in-poll-bound-states-1922219-2022-03-08 'If Congress wants...': Mamata Banerjee hints at 2024 alliance against BJP Mamata Banerjee said her party can get together with the Congress to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general elections. ...... The grand old party, which has been reduced to an all-time low in the recently-concluded elections, accused the Trinamool Congress of being “agents of the BJP” in a sharp rebuttal. “The TMC is the biggest agent of the BJP. Rather, TMC should merge with Congress if it is so serious about fighting against BJP,” Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said. ......... On Thursday, Kolkata Mayor and senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim offered: “The TMC has shown how you can put up a fight against the BJP and defeat it (in Bengal). It is high time that Congress merges with TMC and fights under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee.” ....... The Trinamool chairperson had sent shockwaves across the Congress camp in December with her “the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) does not exist anymore” remark. The attack didn’t stop there. Editorials in the TMC mouthpiece “Jago Bangla” continued its criticism of the grand old party, writing: "Congress is a failure... UPA is over..." It even went on to say that the Congress “has locked itself in the freezer”. .
How Arvind Kejriwal has disrupted Mamata Banerjee’s India plan ahead of 2024 The 2022 Assembly Elections have put Kejriwal's AAP as the major contender next only to BJP and Congress while Mamata's TMC suffered losses. What does it mean for the two parties as it gears up for 2024 Lok Sabha elections? ....... After winning the Punjab election, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the only party after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress to have a majority government of its own in two states or more. Even the Communist Party of India-Marxist does not have majority in two states. ........ With Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh going to the polls later this year, Kejriwal’s party has a chance to cross the threshold to enter the elite club. ....... Arvind Kejriwal, on the other hand, has been working to strengthen the AAP in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat for the late-2022 elections. The AAP contested Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand elections. Both gave forgettable results for the AAP but the presence was recorded. ....... The AAP’s success in the Punjab election has given Arvind Kejriwal an edge over Mamata Banerjee in their competition to replace the Congress as the BJP’s principal challenger in 2029 if not in 2024. Soon after the Punjab victory, AAP leader Raghav Chadha said, “The AAP is going to become the challenger of the BJP. There is no doubt in my mind that in the times to come, the AAP will become the national and natural replacement.” .
After massive drubbing in 5 states, G23 battle for all-new Congress intensifies The G23's fight for a new Congress has heated up following a landslide defeat in five states in the Assembly election. ....... An intense power struggle has begun in the Congress hours after humiliating electoral setbacks in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, and Manipur. ....... ‘G23’, or the group of 23 dissenters, is closing ranks once again to force the leadership issue. Unlike the August 15, 2020, missive that had questioned Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s style of functioning, this time around, the focus would be on "democratising" the decision-making process in the Congress. The target is the composition of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), an emergency session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), accountability for the recent poll debacle, and the completion of organisational polls. ........ Priyanka in Uttar Pradesh drew a good crowd, but neither seats nor votes polled justified her efforts. Old Congressmen from UP, leaning on an old film song, said she should have understood the distinction between crowd curiosity and votes. The song from Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi is "woh hans ke mile hum pyar samajh baithe". ......... Team Rahul was in a daze. A day before the results came out, Rahul’s picture of having a triple ice-cream sundae with faluda was apparently circulated to convey how confident he was about getting Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Goa. Three scoops for the three states. The poll outcome came as a shocker. It explains why Congress has gone into a shell again. .
How 'Delhi model' facilitated AAP's historic Punjab sweep The AAP’s historic victory in a state with no reliable voting base and a weak and invisible party organisation is a fairy tale story almost similar to what the newbie party achieved in the Delhi elections in 2015. ........ the 2022 elections have proven to be a Waterloo for the old and established parties in Punjab. ....... How did an eight-year-old party achieve this magical feat in a state where its party unit was dissolved by AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over indiscipline after the 2017 electoral debacle? Behind the AAP revolution in Punjab, there is a single and uncomplicated factor that has vastly shaped the insurgent party’s historic victory: the ‘Delhi Model’. ......... a key factor was the electorate’s disillusionment with the established parties in the state. This is nowhere more prominent than the ruling Congress party which, despite winning an inspiring election in 2017, allowed itself to be consumed in factionalism and leadership war. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s unceremonious removal by the party’s leadership from Delhi, his running feud with newly appointed party president Navjot Singh Sidhu and the party’s known Dalit face Charanjit Singh Channi’s elevation to the hot-seat just months before elections played a key role in the party’s debacle. ....... a disillusioned voter in Punjab was desperately looking for a change and a new template of governance that could address deep-rooted corruption, patronage politics and end elite control. The Kejriwal government’s ‘Delhi Model’ of governance based on efficient delivery of public services found a strong resonance among voters in Punjab. The Delhi Model, as has been aggressively promoted by the AAP government, comprises four crucial planks of welfare delivery - quality school education, healthcare, water and electricity at affordable rates. ......... After it won the landslide in 2015 in Delhi, the AAP government singled out education as a key area of building its credentials. With slogans such as ‘education first’, the AAP-led government infused a fresh dose of energy into a moribund education system, especially the government-run schools in the capital. The AAP government under the leadership of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who holds the education portfolio, allotted the highest funds to education, introduced new teacher training courses for students, and infused money to improve the ailing schooling infrastructure. A concerted and much focussed effort produced quick positive results. For instance, a Delhi government school, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya in Dwarka, was ranked number one among all government-run day schools in India, while two others have made it to the top ten in 2019. Since then, many other schools have joined the rank. The net result is that more and more students from private schools are joining government schools in Delhi. ........ Beyond school education, there has been a visible transformation in healthcare access and quality. Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics have acquired national and international attention in the last few years. What also helped the broader appeal of the Delhi Model is that additional packages such as electricity subsidies (free up to 200 units), free bus rides for women, drinking water for 24X7 have earned the goodwill of most residents of the national capital. AAP’s back-to-back landslide victory in 2020 despite facing a massive challenge from the BJP is a vindication of the success of the Delhi Model. .......
the Delhi Model that assures corruption-free and efficient delivery of public services.
........ The party managed to connect with the women voters by promising them monthly cash grants of Rs 1,000, buttressing the narrative of a dignified life for women in some way within a societal setting marred by traditions of patriarchy. This seems to have worked given AAP’s good track record of delivering its key promises in Delhi and Kejriwal’s own image as an anti-corruption activist. .G23 members demand new Congress chief, seek emergency AICC meeting G23 members Kapil Sibbal and Manish Tiwari held a meeting at former leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad's house on Friday. .
Arvind Kejriwal's AAP marches forward to become a national party | Infographic The victory in Punjab has turned Arvind Kejriwal's AAP into a fledgling national party with a simmering potential to replace the Congress as the main opposition. .
Arvind Kejriwal model of governance is now becoming national identity in politics: Manish Sisodia on AAP's win in Punjab . .
Congress preps post-poll strategy, opens backchannel talks with like-minded parties As the countdown to the declaration of state assembly polls’ result starts, Congress gets down to implement its post-poll strategies. .
The great stall of Kyiv Ground reports from Ukraine and western intelligence indicate that the key to Ukraine’s fight against Russia lies in the resilience being shown on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv. ...... US intelligence assessments estimate that Ukraine’s Air Force still has operational jets along with TB2 Unmanned Combat Aircraft Vehicles (UCAV). Coverage of these assets has so far kept Russian air strikes away from the capital, although the capital has been hit by missiles. Ukraine still has 56 operational fighter jets in its inventory and the Ukraine Air Force is still flying anywhere between 5-10 sorties every day ...... Russia has launched 328 cruise missiles on civilian facilities since the invasion began. .