Notices by Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social), page 9

This is an answer I found

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065260120300125

What is the evolutionary psychological explanation for pride? #genuinequestion #Evolution #Psychology #CulturalEvolution

Test cricket, white apparel & climate change. On #OpenTakshashila https://opentakshashila.net/posts/fun-day-at-test-cricket-india-wins-a-lesson-on-climate-change

Malaysia asks for the abolition of the veto of the 5 permanent UN Security Council members, especially in the case of "situations involving mass atrocity crimes such as genocide" . 💯 backibg this. This is crucial. Go #Malaysia! #UN

I notice that the US is leading a flotilla to Gaza

Wow https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/112041715076683262

@soycamo See https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203822

Spent a couple of days last week at Neemrana Fort discussing geoeconomics with East Asian scholars.

@pvonhellermannn To eat without having to touch the food with your fingers

@hynek @codeyarns And I still prefer Verdana

Wow. Nicaragua is taking Germany to ICJ over weapons supply to Israel.

@dangillmor Why doesn’t he?

@timgatewood Appreciate the sentiment. But there’s a problem with the argument. Wealth is a stock. Bills are a flow.

NPT, WTO, international humanitarian law…why should the world trust commitments made by the West on climate change?

Apple Support forums are the very worst. Most of the time someone will point you to a banal generic support page that doesn’t help.

I wonder why Apple retains its support forums.

In every liberal democracy the Supreme Court is the horse shoe nail.

We, the Citizens

Today’s irony supplement

Mao’s Little Red Book sells at an auction. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/27/mao-little-red-book-rare-copy-expected-to-fetch-more-than-30000-pounds-auction

The lesson from Papua New Guinea: if people cannot think beyond their small group identities, the state cannot be effective in its most basic functions. #hyperdiversity #Oceania #socialcapital

https://www.nitinpai.in/2024/02/26/hyperdiversity-hardens-papua-new-guineas-challenges

Takshashila Convocation today.