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gary-singh.bsky.social
Newspaper columnist at Metro Silicon Valley for 20 years. Author at History Press. Sober vagabond. More words at Alta Journal, Hidden Compass, Atlas Obscura, IEEE Computer Graphics, AAWW & more. https://www.garysingh.info
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Best one so far today.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

I tweeted this eight years ago as many Silicon Valley leaders openly protested Donald Trump's ban of people from Muslim-majority countries. Some of these same leaders celebrated Trump at his recent inauguration.

submitted 128 days ago • 33 comments

A good read, as usual. “The Whole Government is DOGE Now”: The Coup's Second Wave Begins open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

As you would expect ... www.nytimes.com/athletic/640...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

This is what I still get to do every week. Grateful. www.metrosiliconvalley.com/san-jose-poo...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Perfect complement to the later chapters of his new book, The Golden Road. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-7kxib...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

A sobering read.

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From Julian Lennon. whitefeatherfoundation.com/news/celebra...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Morning read. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

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Advice from Rick Hanson. rickhanson.com/do-not-quarr...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

fyi ...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Well, that's the best feedback I can ask for. If you haven't yet read my latest long-form travel story, it's about Partition trauma, family history and my dad's hidden influence on my writing career. Link here: hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Amen. Can I hear another Amen?

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Great story from Sam Dalrymple. Jahangir and the Dodo painting. Plus, the antelope and the tomb for his antelope ... The Emperor and the Dodo open.substack.com/pub/travelso...

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Morning read. lithub.com/writing-is-f...

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In a cesspool of Ted Nugents, be a Springsteen.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Good. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Excellent summary, as usual. Economic Stockholm Syndrome? Do Americans Still Worship "Job Creators”? hartmannreport.com/p/economic-s...

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Morning read. lithub.com/hari-kunzru-...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I was grateful to write this long-form travel story for Hidden Compass, in which I traced my late father's hidden influence on my writing career. It's an amazing publication. No ads, no clickbait, no sensationalism. Just great storytelling. Please consider donating. hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

"Springsteen didn’t pull any punches — no references to 'our national divide' or 'both sides' or 'polarization.' He was direct, angry and precise in his language." - @guitarwatson.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/no-n...

submitted 16 days ago • 149 comments

"Words were exchanged this week between the Jersey genius who wrote 'Atlantic City' and the idiot from Queens who bankrupted casinos there." open.substack.com/pub/gregolea...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Still my favorite history podcast. Victorian Narcos: Tea Starts A Drug War (Ep 1) www.podbean.com/ea/dir-626a3...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

submitted 20 days ago • 3975 comments

We understandably mock this because it seems so pathetic that somebody so powerful could be so small and insecure. But authoritarianism flows from these tendencies. He acts to suppress criticism and dissent because he is incapable of handling it.

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments

I have a new long-form story at Hidden Compass, one of my favorite travel journalism publications. It's about family history, abandonment and loss, but mostly the redemptive power of a writerly life. There's a paywall, but you get one story for free. hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

My mom was a career librarian, raised me in libraries. All hail the librarians fighting back. www.politico.com/live-updates...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

A good read, as uusal.

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I don't know a single word of Urdu. But my father did. And he read the classic poets. So I find myself identifying with this stuff. I'm glad she's doing it. A haunting video. youtu.be/6yTPaDAoKwE?...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

For those confused by the China tariff news: • Trump caved and got zero in return • No manufacturing moved back to the USA • 30% tariff is still a huge tax on Americans • 90 day pause still causes uncertainty • Trump lost all negotiating leverage

submitted 24 days ago • 68 comments

Oh hey, NYT, is it men they want barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen? So hard to determine.....

submitted 24 days ago • 112 comments

“Remembering Yugoslavia”—one of my favorite podcasts. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-fyjmh...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Our trade deal so far is no tariffs on Rolls Royces and Bentleys and our refugee policy is white South Africans only.

submitted 26 days ago • 755 comments

Full moon on Mother's Day. youtu.be/-ZaChEiP474?...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

"I now believe with all my heart that it’s only in the crushing silences of boredom—without all that black-mirror dopamine—that you can access your deepest creative wells."

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

“Repeated information is often perceived as more truthful than new information. ... ” How the Republican Party Became America’s Ministry of Propaganda hartmannreport.com/p/how-the-re...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been screen grabbing MAGA hot takes re: the new Pope. You? 1/

submitted 28 days ago • 57 comments

No one is.

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“End times fascism is a darkly festive fatalism – a final refuge for those who find it easier to celebrate destruction than imagine living without supremacy.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Ruth is always a good read. Personality Cults and “Insult Suits”: Noise and Silence in Authoritarian Propaganda open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

I feel like we've been saying this forever but it's worth saying again. Book bans do not exist in a vacuum. They're not one off events. Book bans are the canary in the coal mine. They usher in an era of censorship, fascism, violent scapegoating. Authors, join the fight: @authorsabb.bsky.social!!

submitted 30 days ago • 80 comments

Judge Hellerstein destroys EVERY PART of Trump's Alien Enemies Act case -Immigrants have NOT invaded the US -They MUST be given meaningful due process -The US ALREADY wrongfully deported migrants, so no more will be sent "where they would endure abuse and inhumane treatment with no recourse"

submitted 30 days ago • 48 comments

Morning read. hartmannreport.com/p/a-nation-w...

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Stephen Miller is lying through his teeth. The Supreme Court has emphasized for generations that EVERY person gets due process. Here's none other than Antonin Scalia in 1993: "It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process of law in deportation proceedings."

submitted 31 days ago • 84 comments

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning: “Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer." [applause] 🙏🏼

submitted 33 days ago • 526 comments

Like every Cybertruck driver ...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

"The tariffs on new auto parts are also expected to increase the cost of repairs and insurance premiums, because replacement parts will become more expensive. Rising car prices will contribute to overall inflation, which Mr. Trump had promised to bring down."

submitted 33 days ago • 101 comments

First Germany, then Canada, and now Australia. Antifascists are making a global comeback.

submitted 33 days ago • 315 comments