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1) June 6 is #Sweden's National Day. I've lived here for a while now. Here is a list of things I feel make Sweden a good country:
* Generous paid parental leave
* Paid maternity leave (mother & father)
* Subsidized daycare (cheap for all)
* Subsidized pre-/after-school care

Subhadra Mahajan's SECOND CHANCE releases in theatres (in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune and Kochi) today after a year long festival run. Beautiful film.

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Wonderfully articulated 👌

AI crawlers are wrecking the open internet.

My small side project - techpays .com - used to generate below 100GB of traffic per month. It’s on Render where 500GB/month included, above it’s $30 per 100GB.

Meta’s AI crawler + other bots have pushed it to 700GB+ per month

WTH

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All school children in Iceland learn to swim, it is mandatory, so they all go the swimming pools as a part of their school day. And the pools are open for the public at the same time. So from a young age, children see all their friends naked and they see all kinds of naked bodies. 4/?

After Brexit, Ireland benefitted hugely and many companies moved to Dublin and Cork. Excellent flight connectivity from Dublin as well due to it being a Ryanair hub

It is actually quite a common thing these days to move for jobs there due to the country being a tax haven for many behemoths. But the cost of living and finding a home to buy or rent is a massive challenge.

In Mint Lounge today: 2024 in South cinema. Trends, favourites, movements and festival releases.

On Malaikottai Vaaliban, Premalu, Aavesham, Manjummel Boys, Lover, Meiyazhagan, Lubber Pandhu, Aattam, Family, Kottukkaali. And All We Imagine as Light.

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Here is a short opinion piece i wrote about the ongoing H1B flamewar in X/twitter.

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fascinating.

how YouTube grew bigger than Spotify and Apple in podcasts: people are “watching” a lot more podcasts + “we are also consuming more podcasts on YouTube because we’re consuming more of everything on YouTube” 🎯

#recco
The exquisitely shot, Danish Period Drama
#ThePromisedLand / #Bastarden (2023) on #AmazonPrime featuring a masterful performance #MadsMikkelsen

Crie 😭

Hollow Tree

#WhompingWillow spotted 😍

YouTube video by Neelam Social Colours of Kollywood- A Melanin Deficiency | Documentary | Neelam Social

Good on Neelam to release this. Their Blue Star was terrible in this regard #DesiWatch
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It is super vital to have a relevant cover letter for the Job Description, if the resume has a wide variety of assignments I've felt. Do you see generic cover letters mostly or is it specific to the AD?

Being a nice person seems to be valued more than track record and giving a good product 🤷

There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc

It's summer!

Who called a JAWS rip off set in France 'Under Paris', and not 'Shark de Triomphe'?

Listened to it after your post. It was lovely 👌

PSA : If you've used your debit or credit card to make AirAsia bookings in 2023, there's a good chance your data is compromised.

My card got targeted too but thankfully the transaction was flagged, declined, and the card deactivated.

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I'm a bit of a hoarder. So even throwing away the box of my first mobile, the Nokia N73 is a pain 😭

I guess sdulthood is figuring out levels of detachment for each of your material possessions

Three cat’s faces all smooshed together to represent Norway, Sweden and Finland. And then there is a pic of a cat’s ass on Sweden’s head and it represents Denmark

A stark winter beckons 🥲

Checking out Viking alphabets in the middle of Denmark 🏰
#mariager #vikingfort