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gopal, 11 hours ago to india

This is an interesting chart and show how abysmally low the healthcare spending in #India is. Compare it with an equally populous state like #China and one can clearly see how the political systems and ideology impacts the #healthcare spending.
From an article in #TheHindu

yogthos, 14 hours ago to random

“OpenAI models will now be trained with Reddit’s proprietary data”

The data:

Deus, 15 hours ago to animals

Happy/satisfied with her treat.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #mastocats

graf, 17 hours ago to random

@rees

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timdesuyo, 1 day ago to streetphotography

two sides to the same coin #StreetPhotography #TheBeforeTimes

SRDas, 1 day ago to Oakland

Oh another fixture gone!
Lost phi bar a few years ago (turned into a Chipotle ☹️) at Craig & Forbes in #Oakland #Pittsburgh

Now next door Orient Express is slated to close. (But ps notes a new restaurant will rise in Fall)

Sheet of paper posted on the glass. Text reads: A bittersweet announcement: After 19 years of business, Orient Express will be closing its doors for the last time. We are very proud to have served CMU and the greater Pittsburgh community our best Cantonese recipes since 2005. Our patronage spanned folks of all walks of life and cultural backgrounds, and it was our sincere pleasure to meet you all, learn your favorite flavors, and serve you our staple dishes. While the operations of Orient Express were often grueling, our wonderful customers gave us reason to work tirelessly. The owning family members are all moving onto different chapters. May, the matriarch is (finally!) retiring after 40+ years in the restaurant biz. Shirley is in the process of interviewing for industrial design related positions, but in the meantime, can be found enjoying her funemployment. Stanley, who transitioned from Front-of-House Manager to Head Chef, is taking an overdue staycation after the long hours manning the wok. Following a few weeks of well-deserved rest, he will be searching for new employment opportunities, so please reach out if you think he'd be a good fit. If you need to get in contact with us, please find Stanley at stan@oeonforbes.com We wish everyone the best. Good luck and be kind. Orient Express P.S. Keep an eye out for a new restaurant opening this Fall! P.P.S. Martin, if you see this, we can refund you your remaining gift card balance!! Email us!

yurnidiot, 1 day ago to random

can't tell me this isn't skilled labor 🥑💨

woman packing avocados in a box by tossing them from one hand to the other rapidly without looking at the catching hand

GossiTheDog, 1 day ago to random

Slack have decided to start training AI on enterprise customer data, including DMs, private workspaces and files. You have to have admin opt out via email. HT @Quinnypig

https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/trust/data-management/privacy-principles

Deus, 2 days ago to cooking

In the mood for some Egg Masala. #Cooking #Food

SRDas, 2 days ago to food

Had a couple of really nice people over for dinner. Hadn't seen, met them for year+ maybe 2 and they're leaving for new (and most terrific) positions next week. Both former grad students, now finished postdocs and the most wildly accomplished/published kids. Kerala-esque sour fish curry (meen moilee) and Bengali style alu among other things. And they got for us Brazilian laddoos (ok brigadeiros; I ❤️ condensed milk but wow these were sweet, ok I ate 3)

#Food

Kerala style fish curry with coconut milk, yellow from turmeric in a white bowl
Table with a number of dishes and rice and salad
Small round Brazilian laddoos - brigadeiros - small balls in small paper liners, some white with coconut flakes and others chocolate & covered with 100s&1000s (round sprinkles)

Deus, 2 days ago to photography

Was sitting on my door.

Tip 💡: Pinch and zoom.

#Photography #Insekten #Nature #Insects #InsectsOfMastodon

Deus, 3 days ago to random

Wondering if you guys ever had a 'Captain' in college - the one who would always bail you out from trouble? Sharing about the one (a Jattu) we had.

• A Bengali friend (RIP) took out his sister's car (after requesting her). Guy had an accident with another friend (ISBT junction) palm face. Before his sister knew, 'Captain' gave him 💰 to repair it.

• It was the days of 'Staff' during those Blue/Red Line days. A hosteller was slapped by a conductor and irate hostellers waited and went about (well) vandalizing (burned) the bus. Some unlucky ones were arrested "Bhagne ki bajaye, wahaan khade hoke sutta phoonk rahe the ch*tiye!" goes the story. 'Captain' was there again to bail them out. "हाँ जी? फंस गए??" is what he impishly said when he met them in the PS.

Yeah, engineering college days. Guy had a heart of gold.

Deus, 3 days ago to til

"yea Marco Polo reported this when we he first travelled there, the birth of a darker baby was the cause for celebration, and newborns were even artificially darkened to look more beautiful"

#TIL

RT: https://charcha.cc/objects/0a6687b3-917d-4a6d-8c9f-5538ede49f2b

masayuki60, 3 days ago to photography

I'd still rather enjoy pictures with their context, location, and stories, than only technical data e.g. ISO, aperture, lens details. #photography

Deus, 4 days ago to Travel

Luv's #Pune post made me dig up these pics. Been ages since I saw a Hindustan Contessa Classic (car).

#FromTheArchives #Pune #Travel #India #StreetArt #Cars #Travel and #ThrowbackThursday (when it arrives).

divya, 4 days ago to random

Calling Tabu a superstar is a reach. But its really good that one of the few remaining Muslim stars in Bollywood is getting the recognition she deserves https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1790087220801712153

mehluv, 4 days ago to random

Back in Pune!

taylorlorenz, 5 days ago to random

“It explains why you get pathologized and called everything from a doomer to a snowflake for caring about anything but yourself” https://www.okdoomer.io/thebadguys/

mythologyandhistory, 5 days ago to philosophy

Did you know that #Roman road design included #safety features?

In the ruins of #Pompeii, you'll notice small white stones interspersed with the large paving ones along the extensive roads.

Those white #stones are 'cats eyes', i.e. gems that have a single line of inclusion of crystals of another mineral inside.

Upon light reflective on them (from the #moon), they enable the walker to see that they are still on the right path!

https://youtu.be/74n6TgXbgAQ?si=56oPfp7mG1ENxflN

#history

Theorem_Poem, 5 days ago to random

The most crushing thought that I keep having these days is that they'll get away with it. The Ntanyhus and P*tins will live comfortably to a ripe old age and maybe history books will look at them disparagingly but there will be no accountability for their actions in this life. They plunder and murder hundreds and receive the mildest of wrist-slaps and carry on.

harshad, 6 days ago to Cats

Guess I'm sleeping somewhere else…

#pets #cats #caturday

acm_redfox, 9 days ago to philadelphia

Apparently I stopped one day short of covering all my photos from the Philadelphia plant show! Probably because my kid had an entry in this category, which is also hard to photograph. Miniature gardens/landscapes, which covers a range of approaches. Info in alt-text; 2nd post to follow.

#FlowerShow #Philadelphia #PHS #miniatureLandscapes #fairyGardens

Close shot of the front of the caravan, showing the bark roof, the teensy pots near the door, and other details like the railing and steps and wooden wagon wheel.
A different take on the category, involving a desert gorge setting with a river running through rocks diagonally across the box. There's also something like a miner's shack. Plants here are mostly in the corner and all succulents or cacti. I think. I especially like the round cactus in the lower left, which is surrounded by tiny spherical pups. My daughter noted that this exact gorge + shack was entered last year, although the plants have matured and/or been changed. That seemed a little unfair to both of us, although the judges weren't bothered.
A couple of the other entried, showing a higher ratio of plant life to landscaping and building work One appears to have a gravel path, park bench, and tree (maybe 5 inches tall) with a lot of moss and ferns. The other is more desertish and has a variety of succulents lining a stone path.