Ridhiman Balaji

Question for people who studied or taught #economics in #Europe, what textbook did you use for introductory economics classes? Did you use Principle of Economics by Greg Mankiw? #econtwitter #university

You guys ever go on a date and go "Damn, this is painful. I can feel you rejecting me in real-time"?

🚨 Delhi’s toxic air isn’t just choking people. It’s cutting pregnancies short. Nearly 1 in 8 babies in Delhi are now born premature. In just 5 years, the preterm birth rate has shot up by 21%. Doctors are increasingly linking it to toxic air pollution. Behind the smog are babies in NICUs, mothers struggling through pregnancy, and a public health crisis hiding in plain sight. @AkankhyaAk72623 and I report for @newslaundry - newslaundry.com/2026/05/22/5-y…

Never understood such calls. More sophisticated critiques connect the function of security forces to capitalist property relations, but don't call for immediate abolition as such

OPEC+ crude exports drop to lowest level since the coalition was formed in late 2016

Indictment against Raul Castro is hilarious because downing of the aircraft in 1996 occured under Fidel #Cuba

Lol, gave him 2/10

Some of the fundamentalist/literalist post-hoc explanations of "splitting the moon" are pretty funny. NASA pictures of the moon confirm Salafism is correct.

Haven’t been following NYC politics. Has Mamdani outlawed bacon and mandated halal carts yet?

NEW: A U.S. indictment of former Cuban president Raúl Castro is expected to be announced Wednesday in Miami, two federal sources familiar with the investigation tell NBC News. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/r…

Far from dominance: American consumers have seen the biggest hike in petrol and diesel prices of all countries across the G7 since the start of the war on Iran. More featured on today's Chartbook Top Links in the comment below.

Kevin Warsh has sold most of the financial holdings he promised to divest from before becoming chair of the Federal Reserve, a new government record showed bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

U.S. prosecutors drop fraud charges against billionaire Indian businessman Gautam Adani ctvnews.ca/world/article/…

Half of Drake songs are basically him complaining how tough it is to be rich in his mansion

New Drake albums are "mid mid mid, skip skip"

INDIA: Gig workers hold nationwide strike after fuel price hike; demand Rs 20 per km minimum pay counterview.net/2026/05/gig-wo…

The idea that Cuba would attack the US pre-emptively is a total joke, it would basically be suicide for the regime

🇵🇰 City of Sialkot, Pakistan makes about 70% of all footballs/soccer balls in the world

Almost 200 former senior Canadian diplomats are calling on @MarkJCarney to impose “robust” sanctions on Israel. “It is evident that without robust international sanctions the Israeli government will persist in disregarding international law and human rights” ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…

Outsourcing xenophobia to racists in third world countries was not on my bingo card