Salil Tripathi

Kansas’s Adam Hamilton better have a good defense attorney, because he just murdered a man on live TV.

In bookstores in India and South Asia now: "The Land of Monsoons and Martyrs: A New History of Bangladesh," revised and updated (significantly) my 2014 book on Bangladesh, The Colonel Who Would Not Repent.

IMAGINE being attacked for the books you publish. 💭 PEN International Board member @saliltripathi.bsky.social speaks on the Bangladeshi publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul who was attacked and forced into exile. You can support those silenced for their words today: www.justgiving.com/campaign/pen...

Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

The BBC news report simply says Mr Thomas broadcast a livestream. This seems highly inadequate in quite a lengthy report, leaving out such key details: what he did; the French stating the behaviour was unlawful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mr Thomas is banned from France, and the Port of Dover, for previous lawbreaking. The French authorities warn that the conduct is prosecutable. bsky.app/profile/yeom...

Mr Thomas appears determined to test this hypothesis on a weekly basis bsky.app/profile/sund...

Times reporter Emma Yeomams on how vigilante Mr Daniel Thomas attempted to endanger life of a rescuer at sea (fortunately unsuccessfully on this occasion).

It is probably right to make it the headline. To omit it entirely while finding space for "organised recent protests" looks like bowlderising the news out of some curiously skewed idea that being even handed means out leaving out the facts www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Now available for pre-orders in India -- the revised and updated edition of my 2014 book: www.amazon.in/Land-Monsoon...

Local authority rather than constituency but this is good www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/...

Interesting on proficiency. Of the 139 people who speak Urdu as their main language, 114 can speak English well or very well, according to the census. There are many more Bengali speakers who say they cannot speak English well (1,391)

you get the feeling that they thought "hey this worked in Gorton and Denton. Holborn and St Pancras has Muslims too"

disagreeing with Urdu election material is silly. the more interesting question is why Polanski is campaigning in Urdu in a constituency with hardly any Urdu speakers

BBC vote by party www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...

Assisted dying defeated by 269-286 Labour 190-153 LibDems: 52-17 Cons: 17-90 against Reform 0-5 Greens 5-0 Plaid 3-1 Northern Irish 0-8 Labour: 47% to 38% - 60 MPs (15%) didn't vote LibDems: 73% to 24% - 2 MPs no vote Cons: 14% to 76% - 11 MPs (9%) no vote Reform: 0% to 63% - 3 no vote

SCOOP: An anonymous census report claimed thousands of noncitizens voted. But @davidgilbert.bsky.social and I found that not only was the report based on bad data, its authors include members of a Trump-aligned think tank and a former member of DOGE. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/a-us-c...

I was in conversation with Ajaysinh Chauhan, Babu Suthar, Neeta Desai, and Amrit Gangar, moderated by Shailesh Desai this morning, about Sarasvatichandra, the great Gujarati novel. (The entire conversation is over two hours long). www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6m...

It would be hilarious if Coyote vs Acme ends up being shown in law schools as good example of civil litigation, similar to what happened with the positive legal reception to My Cousin Vinny.

Bayesians please come collect your guy.

Meanwhile, this has happened: coming in October at a bookshop near you.

The outcome of using terrorism legislation against legitimate protest. All other obvious issues aside, it makes comparing terrorism stats meaningless. How do you compare July 7th or a planned neo-Nazi attack with someone holding a placard against a genocide? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

ICYMI: my reporting on Hampshire College closing, and what it means to lose a beacon of independent learning and creativity in an authoritarian age.

Hegseth is systematically destroying and dismantling the greatest military force in the world. Another great day for Putin and Xi.

Bari Weiss "praised the story during the network's daily editorial meeting ... Weiss even personally directed that the headline be tweaked to mention that El-Sayed had deleted tweets referencing the Sept 11 terrorist attacks." via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/cbs-news-e...

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do. - James Baldwin

Actual PR: "'We know it can be frustrating if your typical salty dipping vessel prevents your perfect scoop or breaks as you dip, which is why we've created Pringles Dippers,' says Eileen Flaherty-Yao, senior director of salty, Mars. 'Our iconic parabolic shape is now thicker and wavier than ever.'"

It's Saturday and we deserve more Cavafy, including this masterpiece: Hidden Things by Constantine P. Cavafy (Two Translations) www.divasofverse.com/2026/08/hidd...

There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.

BIG news for winners of the FY2026 Diversity Visa. Last December, the Trump admin indefinitely suspended both visa and green card issuance for winners and set no date for restarting the program. Today a court ruled that was illegal and orders a restart. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

On Raksha Bandhan, a single thread symbolizes a powerful promise: to protect, support, and stand by one another. Today I shared in the joy of this ceremony with elders at India Home, where South Asian seniors find community, care, and chosen family.

Pick the odd one out: (a) Gen M.M. Naravane (b) Joe Sacco (c) Narendra Modi (d) Wendy Doniger (e) Sonia Gandhi

The Speaker of the House routinely deflects questions about the president who is in his own party by saying he hadn't heard that particular comment, but every single Democratic candidate is expected to denounce a Twitch streamer?

Between October 2025 and July 2026, the U.S. accepted 10,258 refugees. All but three (3!) were white South Africans. Regardless of your opinion of South Africa's laws and government, I don't know how you could call this anything other than an explicitly racist policy.

Trump’s policies are racist like water is wet.

What do companies need to know about AI's impact on human rights, and how can it be harnessed as a force for good? Ray Eitel-Porter, member of @ihrb.bsky.social's international advisory council, author, and consultant, and I talk about the key issues in our podcast. www.ihrb.org/latest/ai-an...

Great to get my own copy of this 1,262 page Oxford Handbook on the UN Human Rights System, edited by my friend Jared Genser and the former OHCHR Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein. I have written a chapter on business and human rights with Chris Fletcher.

I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com

Gosh, it has been ten years! The last date to apply is Sept 1. ihrb.org/latest/ten-y... @ihrb.bsky.social

Seeing the pathetic state of Gurugram's roads after the flooding -- isn't it time that Jawaharlal Nehru resigned?

I am trying to see how this operation differs from a classic organized crime protection racket. I see little distinction. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.