meghna rao

i'm in himal mag today, on banu mushtaq's heart lamp—the first-ever kannada book to win the booker prize. a little historical tour into kannada literature and a 70s movement to justify its existence.

The Deportation Dragnet With universities’ collaboration, the Trump administration is targeting noncitizens on campus—and paving the way for an expansive immigration crackdown.

For @jewishcurrents.bsky.social I wrote about the campus deportation dragnet and the implications it has for us all. jewishcurrents.org/deportation-...

Umber Majeed Brings Her 'Digital Diasporic Experience' to the Queens Museum In Majeed's new exhibit "J😊Y TECH," open on March 16, she explores the little-remembered Pakistan Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair.

The artist Umber Majeed's new exhibit "J😊Y TECH" at the Queens Museum examines the "digital diasporic experience," where "you're in two places at once, and nothing is clean-cut"—by way of the little-remembered Pakistan Pavilion at the '64 World's Fair.

hellgatenyc.com/umber-majeed...

social RSS feeds, like me getting to see different people's curated lists, would be really cool

got recommended netnewswire: netnewswire.com

open source!

oh hello! nice to see you here. sigh yeah, feedly isn’t quite doing it for me either. wonder if there’s an open source alternative…will let you know if I hear of something

the shape of the internet protocols, alexander galloway, bluesky

today, i am noodling on @meghnarao.bsky.social's reflections on the shape of the internet. (which includes a much needed memorialization of google reader 🥲)

meghnarao.substack.com/p/the-shape-...

does anyone here use an rss feed they like

All God's Children Got Rhythm part three of How to Sit Down

Lucy Sante has a really good new substack on writing

🎛️🎛️ @nickpinto.bsky.social chose my @hellgatenyc.com piece on bed stuy's best park dj as his fav of the year!—good coincidence because @estherxlwang.bsky.social is my vote for editor of the year.

hellgatenyc.com/dj-elijah-pr...

i was very lucky to read many books in 2024. here were some of my favorites:

meghnarao.substack.com/p/the-14-bes...

im on dirt’s (more specifically @princessdaisy.bsky.social) top 10! 🏏

target audience: cats

Space Crone The website as imagination.

“It was a website as imagination, a website was *effort*” - @meghnarao.bsky.social

dirt.fyi/article/2024...

idk why I've never been able to really get into discord... maybe I need to open my boomer mind

why can't they let me use different formats per page in google sheets, like make one page a docx etc. where is the innovation

i wish that i could hit a button on an academic paper or online article and have someone print and mail me a beautiful little booklet version

my poster's muscle has rly atrophied. i feel so confused on all of these new sites... i remember being 25 and seeing something in the physical world, a shirt on the subway or a stray cat or something, & immediately thinking of a tweet. have lost this skill

hello evil kirby

low-key a platform w 500 users is the perfect size for me

HELLO to the 12 people on here

ty for the invite

lmao ummm hi