@irsquared.bsky.social

@irsquared.bsky.social

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If my moral compass seems to point in a different direction to yours, consider the possibility that I might be headed somewhere else.

A panoramic view of the stadium during the halftime show at the FIFA men's world cup final, with a cheesy rainbow coloured motif and the word LOVE on the stage in giant letters

Extract from the Boston Globe article linked in the post: "Since EIC officials had squandered their Asian profits, Dickinson continued, they now "cast their Eyes on America, as a new Theatre, whereon to exercise ... Oppression and Cruelty." There was solidarity with Indians - but only up to a point. He went on: "Thank GOD, we are not Sea Poys, nor Marattas, but British Subjects, who are born to Liberty." With this pronouncement, Dickinson reinforced the notion that freeborn white Americans did not behave in the inegalitarian manner of those of "Asiatic governments." Even as there was sympathy with Indians, there were also cultural and racial claims being made here that Americans deserved to be treated better than what they called "Miserable Asiatics."

A sense of racial and cultural superiority cut against global solidarity. Some of the contradictions of the American Revolution lay in such moments."

a photo of two F-35 fighter jets flanking a KC46 Pegasus refueling tanker jet with it's refuelling boom lowered, against a blue Boston sky.

Epic handshake meme. The arms are labelled "Armando Iannucci" and "Mike Judge", while the handshake is labelled "being outdone by reality".

Screenshot showing my "Suggested Follows" list from Bluesky. It is entirely populated by obvious bot accounts, all carrying the name "Naomi" and using the same bio. There are three more screenshots attached to this post showing three more pages of such accounts.

weathered 1990s photo of michael jackson (yes that one) with bal thackeray at the latter's home. both are smiling at the camera and jackson has a friendly arm around thackeray's shoulder

Snapshot of Cricinfo article, highlighting that R. Ashwin was seen at the indoor nets experimenting with leg spin.

Tweet from tech asshole Vijay Thirumalai offering to make the charity donation on behalf of whoever is hired, as if that solves the problem of them being unpaid.

Tweet from Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal announcing that he's hiring a chief of staff for himself

The Colombian navy barque ARC Gloria berthed in Boston, Massachusetts, on a sunny day with blue skies in the background.

bob l'éponge

Extract from Wikipedia paragraph about nightlife in Port of Spain, Trinidad, with the following highlighted: "International and regional performers such as Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Sean Paul, Rihanna, Cascada, Akon, Usher, Maroon 5, Kumar Sanu and natively born Trinidadian International Super Star Nicki Minaj to name a very few, have visited Port of Spain. "

Shohei Ohtani in a Chennai Super Kings uniform

Highlighted quote from linked Cricinfo article: "The qualification for the 2025 Champions Trophy was highlighted this week by Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan more than once. With his team almost out of the semi-final race in the ODI World Cup, Shakib spoke of the importance of finishing in the top eight. "I mean, not the semi-final hope. It is not a semi-final possibility," Shakib said on Saturday, after Bangladesh were beaten by Netherlands. "At least, do a little better. Suppose, you have to be in the [top] ranking 8 if you want to play in the Champions Trophy."

Headline from the Deccan Herald: "CM Yogi Adityanath directs police to act against pro-Palestine statements, posts on social media." Subhead: "The chief minister's directive came close on the heels of an Anti-Israel match in the Aligarh Muslim University campus a few days back."