kalim
@akhmxt.bsky.social
Thinking about thinking machines, and I also happen to do visual investigations.
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https://kalimahmed.com
Prev: @cen4infores and @altnews [India]
https://kalimahmed.com
One of the mistakes BJP keeps repeating is its attempt to shame CJP for drinking or smoking. These - for the lack of better phrase - Gandhian moral principles are irrelevant currency for Gen Z and Gen Alpha that largely grew up on Sam Levinson’s Euphoria.
August 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
One of the mistakes BJP keeps repeating is its attempt to shame CJP for drinking or smoking. These - for the lack of better phrase - Gandhian moral principles are irrelevant currency for Gen Z and Gen Alpha that largely grew up on Sam Levinson’s Euphoria.
You’ve met me at a very Chinese time in my life
August 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
You’ve met me at a very Chinese time in my life
Back when twitter used to be good, you could tweet something like: “hey, I miss watching 80s and 90s Hong Kong action cinema. Do you guys have recommendations for me? Something akin to Armour of god or city Hunter” and then you’d have hundreds of enthusiastic replies from folks who love such films
June 17, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Back when twitter used to be good, you could tweet something like: “hey, I miss watching 80s and 90s Hong Kong action cinema. Do you guys have recommendations for me? Something akin to Armour of god or city Hunter” and then you’d have hundreds of enthusiastic replies from folks who love such films
And with this submission, I wrap up my MSc :)
June 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM
And with this submission, I wrap up my MSc :)
My recent analysis for Frontline in which I articulate how India is positioning itself in the AI race — and what lessons it should take from the previous era of technology.
frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-...
frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-...
India’s AI Ambitions Expose the Limits of its Digital Model
India’s AI push reveals how decades of dependence on foreign hardware, platforms, and supply chains constrain its bid to lead the Global South in the AI era.
frontline.thehindu.com
June 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My recent analysis for Frontline in which I articulate how India is positioning itself in the AI race — and what lessons it should take from the previous era of technology.
frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-...
frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-...
It’s my monthly blue sky log in day to check how the platform is doing. Whether it’s worth engaging here or is it still very west-centric?
June 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It’s my monthly blue sky log in day to check how the platform is doing. Whether it’s worth engaging here or is it still very west-centric?
Zohran Mamdani is not my mayor because I live in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. My mayor is Neha Sharma (honorary).
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Zohran Mamdani is not my mayor because I live in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. My mayor is Neha Sharma (honorary).
Libbing out like it’s Obama in '08 and My Name Is Khan in 2010
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Libbing out like it’s Obama in '08 and My Name Is Khan in 2010
- Dick Cheney is dead
- Zohran is the mayor
Permission to lib out, sir?
- Zohran is the mayor
Permission to lib out, sir?
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
- Dick Cheney is dead
- Zohran is the mayor
Permission to lib out, sir?
- Zohran is the mayor
Permission to lib out, sir?
New blog alert 🚨
I once again wrote about the anxiety of navigating life in Indian metropolis, filled with incivility and despair.
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
I once again wrote about the anxiety of navigating life in Indian metropolis, filled with incivility and despair.
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
India Against India
Satara doctor dies by suicide, accuses cop of rape; two booked
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New blog alert 🚨
I once again wrote about the anxiety of navigating life in Indian metropolis, filled with incivility and despair.
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
I once again wrote about the anxiety of navigating life in Indian metropolis, filled with incivility and despair.
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
new blog alert! this time co-authored with @discoursedancer.bsky.social
link: open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
link: open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
new blog alert! this time co-authored with @discoursedancer.bsky.social
link: open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
link: open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
Reading a blog I wrote a year ago and it’s so obvious that I was going through grad school applications during that period—it’s filled with American English spellings. I have come a long way since then. Stopped applying to grad schools abroad.
October 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reading a blog I wrote a year ago and it’s so obvious that I was going through grad school applications during that period—it’s filled with American English spellings. I have come a long way since then. Stopped applying to grad schools abroad.
Liberalism promised messages and ideas that it couldn’t deliver because liberal elites wanted the status quo to remain.
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Liberalism promised messages and ideas that it couldn’t deliver because liberal elites wanted the status quo to remain.
Finding it difficult to watch tv or films these days. I’m looking to pick up some books, probably, at least one fiction and one non-fiction. In fiction, im thinking Katabasis. For non fiction, I haven’t zeroed down a book but thematically, I’m thinking Churchill. Recommendations are welcome.
October 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Finding it difficult to watch tv or films these days. I’m looking to pick up some books, probably, at least one fiction and one non-fiction. In fiction, im thinking Katabasis. For non fiction, I haven’t zeroed down a book but thematically, I’m thinking Churchill. Recommendations are welcome.
I reviewed the book 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.' The central theme of the book tries to project that it is architecture agnostic while relying on an architecture-specific scenario. Though I largely empathise with the message.
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I reviewed the book 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.' The central theme of the book tries to project that it is architecture agnostic while relying on an architecture-specific scenario. Though I largely empathise with the message.
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
open.substack.com/pub/themonol...
Not sure if I should continue posting here. Really feel lost without the OSINT community—which is mostly seems to be thriving on LinkedIn.
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Not sure if I should continue posting here. Really feel lost without the OSINT community—which is mostly seems to be thriving on LinkedIn.
I’ve got some time to myself, so I’m trying to figure out if this mountain is part of the Everest range. The river below is the Mahananda River, and the view is toward the north.
Not downloading the flight KML; I can't pay for another subscription.
Not downloading the flight KML; I can't pay for another subscription.
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I’ve got some time to myself, so I’m trying to figure out if this mountain is part of the Everest range. The river below is the Mahananda River, and the view is toward the north.
Not downloading the flight KML; I can't pay for another subscription.
Not downloading the flight KML; I can't pay for another subscription.
One of the weirdest ritual that the urban middle class Indians have developed over the last decade or so is the practice of celebrating their birthdays at an orphanage. Yes, it’s a legit thing people do, where they go and cut a cake at an orphanage surrounded by orphan kids.
October 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
One of the weirdest ritual that the urban middle class Indians have developed over the last decade or so is the practice of celebrating their birthdays at an orphanage. Yes, it’s a legit thing people do, where they go and cut a cake at an orphanage surrounded by orphan kids.
In Singapore for the next couple of days; I’m scheduled to speak at a conf. While I’m here I’m also looking to meet fellow journalists, policy wonks/AI policy researchers. Happy to have a chat over coffee :)
September 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In Singapore for the next couple of days; I’m scheduled to speak at a conf. While I’m here I’m also looking to meet fellow journalists, policy wonks/AI policy researchers. Happy to have a chat over coffee :)
India’s state capacity is so low that it sort of parallels the British Raj, i.e., merely hundreds or thousands of officers ruling an entire subcontinent. The Raj had limited numbers likely due to technological constraints at that time. Our constraints today are purely artificial.
September 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
India’s state capacity is so low that it sort of parallels the British Raj, i.e., merely hundreds or thousands of officers ruling an entire subcontinent. The Raj had limited numbers likely due to technological constraints at that time. Our constraints today are purely artificial.
Some mornings you need red bull + double espresso shot to explode your heart and stomach
September 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Some mornings you need red bull + double espresso shot to explode your heart and stomach
The best part about India is meeting people whose names are inspired by historical figures/events. It can range from Stalin to Saddam Hussein to George Bush to Bill Clinton. And sometimes you’ll meet Covid Kumar. Bakchodo ka desh hai 🫶🏻
September 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The best part about India is meeting people whose names are inspired by historical figures/events. It can range from Stalin to Saddam Hussein to George Bush to Bill Clinton. And sometimes you’ll meet Covid Kumar. Bakchodo ka desh hai 🫶🏻
I know I’m an older gen z cause whenever I open discord, I feel like I’m about to get a brain aneurysm, but I don’t feel the same when I open slack
September 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I know I’m an older gen z cause whenever I open discord, I feel like I’m about to get a brain aneurysm, but I don’t feel the same when I open slack
Nepal protest reminding me how much I miss working full time as an OSINT investigator.
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Nepal protest reminding me how much I miss working full time as an OSINT investigator.