THREAD: #TandavOnPrime

Things to notice:

1) Shri Ram is getting popular & this is making Shiv ji insecure & he wonders what should he do to get more popular.

2) Farmer Protests - It shows how the Central Government is forcibly taking away the land from the poor farmers.

1/n

3) Fake encounter being done by police to suppress the protests.

4) How it is the muslims who are always at the receiving end of everything bad & how they are always targeted because of their religion.

5) Attack on UAPA.

2/n

6) The "Azaadi" chants of JNU. Interestingly it becomes VNU( Vivekananda National University) here.

7) Also, in the first episode , Saif's father ( played by Tigmanshu Dhulia) , terms Saif as "Tanashah" ( A clear reference to you know who).

3/n

8) It also shows that this is a RW party which has been running the country for the last 3 terms.

9) A senior party member( played by Kumud Mishra) is shown as the one who went to Jail during Emergency period. ( Reference to Jan Sangh).

4/n

Having said that, even if we ignore all this & watch this only for Entertainment, it also falls flat there. The show is a perfect example of a stylized exterior beneath an undercooked, amateurish and shallow excuse of a show.

5/n

Writing tip: let’s talk about the INACTIVE PROTAGONIST. I’ve seen a lot of amazing books lately with incredible plots, intricate worlds, and just really great writing with one recurring issue, which is the inactive protagonist. I think it can get tough when you’re writing (1/10)

a big world, making sure your world building is there, your minor characters don’t fall flat, etc, & we can get an amazing story with one key component missing: an active protagonist. A lot of times, these protagonists will have motivations and they’ll be great characters (2/10)

but instead of moving the plot, they’re reacting to it. I read a great synopsis thread once that talked about your synopsis shouldn’t be a series of “and then’sit should be a series of “because,” and that because needs to come primarily from your protagonist. (3/10)

They react to the inciting incident, and then the plot needs to be reacting to them. They are your protagonist for a reason. This is their story, and in order for it to feel like its theirs, in order for your reader to fall into it headfirst—they have to own it. (4/10)

It’s not enough to want something; the protagonist needs to be actively seeking it. And I see a lot of this in the form of “oh they’re just looking for a sense of belonging” (trust me, I’ve done it too) and that leads to a very internal, borderline stagnant story (5/10)

Watching Cobra Kai, plus a lot of the manosphere plus the insurrectionists has put me in a mind of the idea of "the world's hard, so I have to make you hard to succeed" and how much that's used to justify... well, pretty much everything. But mostly abuse. /1

You see this outlook all over the place if you make even a cursory glance at just about anything, but *especially* media on the right. The outrage over "PC culture" or, as most of us call it "not being an asshole". Railing against things like banning hazing or spanking. /2

Hell, you see it in sports, when football players are lauded for playing with injuries or pushback against trying to reign in CTE. You see it with folks — mostly men — who say "this is too much, I need to step away or go to therapy" getting called weak or pussies. /3

And of course, it's all over the place online, in games, on forums, Twitter, Facebook etc. "Suck it up," "grow a thicker skin," "It's trash talking everyone gets it" and of course, the ever popular "snowflake" and "facts don't care about your feelings." /4

What I find fascinating is how much this comes down to two mindsets that intertwine like horny snakes.

1) I went through this so YOU have to, even though I hated it

and

2) A better world is not possible. This is how it always has been and how it always will be.

/5

So it's Sunday January 17, the day that, according to reports, armed marches are planned on all 50 state capitols and DC. What are we seeing?

So far: very little. The overwhelming consensus in pro-Trump spaces is that the supposed marches today are FBI/CIA/Antifa false flag events or honeypots designed to draw them out.

Before the Jan 6 rally, MAGA spaces online were full of people saying they were going, planning their routes, making banners, wishing they could join. For today, it's the opposite. The message in Trumpworld is "stay home".

THREAD: Prince's socially conscious songs

Lyrics taken from Genius

"Uptown" from Dirty Mind

"Partyup" from Dirty Mind

"Sexuality" from Controversy

"1999" from 1999

I'm on break, it's almost New Year's, and I can't do any more book proposal revisions today so I'm going to tweet about stuff I like. I was inspired by @erikhane's tweet about Pilot V5 pens (the only good pen).

Best pen: Pilot V5 pen in black. It not only has a great glide, but the ink really sinks into everything from a legal pad to a nice cotton paper. I got into them after I started collecting stationery and needed something better than ballpoint. Now they're the only pen I use.

Speaking of which, what's the best notebook, you ask? It's the Moleskine Classic Softcover notebook in black, with RULED PAGES.

Best coffee preparation method: black French press coffee. I want coffee that tastes somewhat muddy but not as muddy as Turkish coffee (which is also good, but not something I usually have).

Best pajamas: L.L. Bean tartan flannel pajamas. Some of the ONLY pajamas that come in petite, tall, and plus sizes!!!

This is the gospel according to Luke. And these are the generations; no-one begat Anakin, who was slain by Vader; Vader begat Luke and Leia, and Leia begat Ben known as Kylo.

And lo, red five appeared into the rebels, saying unto them, I come with great plans. But many bothans died to bring us this information.

And three imperials came from the east unto the spaceport, saying, where are they that bear the designs of our battle station? seek ye them, tear these ships apart, and find me those plans.

And they sought the plans from the droids, but these were not the droids which they sought, and they went about their business.

It came to pass that Po and Rey came to the starport, but there was no room.

I just finished Zero to Sold by @arvidkahl - here's what I got out of it for me personally, to apply on my efforts to build https://t.co/wRlOaEKfD2 👇

👉 Product to Business
I'm somewhere between Survival and Stability stage. I should (and do) focus on building a business around the product. Pumping out features alone will not make T1 sustainable. There is much more around it and I feel the pain of not focusing on it earlier.

👉 2020 went well
I think I did an OK job last year to build, validate and grow the project. It was validated when the first customer entered their credit card details, and it continued from there.
From 42€ payout, to >8000€ in 9 months.

👉 Process Docs
Documenting Standard Operating Procedures so my current and future team and helpers can onboard quickly and support me. It uncovers automation possibilities and it clears up my head by not having all of this manual stuff in there.

Getting on this soon 💪

👉 Value Proposition
I have to do a better job of defining and communicating it. It's hard though. >10k users are on T1 and I'm still struggling with clearly defining why... which makes me feel really stupid.

Lizzie Collingham is one of my favorite social historians working today. I finished the latest of her books, Biscuit, on Christmas Day. #FrumReads4

Collingham's "Biscuit" is the history of hard-baked bread from ancient times to the box of cookies in the grocery aisle. As always with her work, "Biscuit" uses the device of a foodstuff to open a wide eye upon the surrounding culture. 2/x #FrumReads4

Biscuits, in the British usage of that word, were among the very first industrial foodstuffs. They enabled the British empire - Royal Navy sailors lived upon them - and were in turn enabled by that empire to discover a global market. 3/x

Collingham self-presents in a self-effacing way. Her short biography notes that she writes "in a garden shed." She includes recipes for the foods she writes about. Do not be deceived. Collingham's theme over her career is a grand one: the interaction of cultures over time. 4/x

Collingham's "Curry," enraged Hindu chauvinists by demonstrating how Indians synthesized their cuisine from their interactions with others. The word "vindaloo" is an amalgam of the Portuguese for wine and garlo, vinho and alho. Tea-drinking was mimicked from the British. Etc. 5/x

There’s something I need to say. It will be harsh, unpleasant, but truth. Since I’ve already given my heart to you’ll, I owe you this.

It’s my side of the story, which otherwise I would’ve never shared. (1/23)

Since the day I’ve written about nefarious PR activations for ‘Chehre’ & the 3 other major releases of 2021, am getting severe warnings & indirect threats to stop tweeting.

I did share a screen on Nov 30, about how this movement is infiltrated by heavily paid PR puppets. (2/23)

I was asked to be quiet again on the same day. But I didn’t stay quiet. I told @nilotpalm3 Ji on the same day — no matter what a huge digital protest needs to be done. I wrote about it too in detail in a thread here.

Dec 14 ‘Oath4SSR’ was a massive success. (3/23)

Post that success I again wrote about heavy PR activity on a superstar’s birthday. I explained in detail again to @nilotpalm3 Ji.

We again created the ‘Love4SSR’ history, which is still echoing.

On the other side, I started receiving threatening calls... (4/23)

...from international numbers. When I wrote about giving details of the AJ deal that happened in Dec 2013 (a month later in early 2014 there was an attempt to kill me—I’ve written about it in my first FB post), personal threats increased.

These are the kind of threats— (5/23)

jimin: who loves me the most is taehyung — an emotional thread

i will start with this and i guess nothing can top this so I'll go cry

im so sad rn

ok tae we get it

and be grew up

Tantric ascetic #CompanyPainting

Bandijan or kalavant, a singer or bard from the Bhat caste. #CompanyPainting

Nat caste/tribe person with his troupe of acrobatic animals #CompanyPainting

A bear-keeper with his dancing bear.#CompanyPainting

female conjurer #CompanyPainting

1) In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a princess of the legendary city of Troy, and the most beautiful of King Priam’s daughters.

She was seduced by Apollo, who gave her the ability to predict the future.

2) When she refused herself to him, he cursed her by making people disbelieve her predictions.

3) So she went around knowing and predicting the future, telling people what was going to happen, but no one ever believed her.

She foresaw the fall of Troy, but couldn’t prevent it.

4) Cassandra is a figure both of sagacity and of tragedy, where her combination of deep understanding and powerlessness exemplify the paradoxical condition of mankind.

5) In her frightened, ego-less state, she may blurt out what she sees, perhaps with the unconscious hope that others might be able to make some sense of it.

But to them, her words sound meaningless, disconnected, and blown out of all proportion.

1) Here goes my thread about how I landed my first OWA. Open Writing Assignment. Btw, I had no idea what term meant a year ago so don't feel bad if you don't. The easy way to explain: A studio/producer has a property/IP/an idea but no writer. #screenwriting #pipelinewriters

2) So they solicit writers to come in and give their take. It's basically a bake off. I had low hopes because I'm a new writer and they almost always go with more established writers, but hey, sometimes the best idea wins! I landed it, yay.I'll get to that, but first my long road

3) Grew up on Long Island, middle class, zero connections to Hollywood. I mean ZERO. Chose law school. I wanted to be in entertainment but didn't know that was a viable career path. Did well, worked at biggest law firm in the world. But deep down I knew this wasnt the life for me

4) So quit/got fired (depends who you ask ;), and hopped on a plane to LA w no plan.Begged a guy I knew to let me sleep on floor in his back room. So went from making lots of money to zero money with no gameplan.I don't recommend having NO PLAN. Knew I loved writing and standup

4) Sidenote - this thread isn't about my standup career, but objectively I've done pretty well. Started the first and only lawyer/comedy troupe, headlined the country. Album #1 on iTunes. But was making basically NO money. Got a comedy manager, pitched an idea for a reality show

My notes on ‘The Art of Execution’ by Lee Freeman-Shor.

First heard about this book from @IvanTanner4 interview on @Trawlingfor10x

2/ Background: Over seven years, 45 of the world’s top investors were given between $25m and $150m to invest by fund manager Lee Freeman-Shor.

His instructions were simple. There was only one rule. They could only invest in their ten best ideas.

3/ From 2006 to 2013, Lee examined all 1866 investments. What surprised him was only 49% of these investment made money. While some of the most legendary investors only made money 30% of the time.

Yet, almost all of them did not lose money. In fact, they still made a lot of it.

4/ How were they so successful if their ideas were wrong most of the time? Lee discovered successful investing is not about being right per-se.

Success in investing is down to how great ideas are executed.

5/ “It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” - George Soros

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