Techie, public historian, and activist from Berkeley, California
I curate the monthly Berkeley South Asian radical history walking tour — now celebrating its 13th year.
Pronouns: he/him/ও/সে
| Homepage | https://www.chatterjee.net |
| Walking Tour | https://www.berkeleysouthasian.org |
| History | https://www.secretdesihistory.com/ |
| https://twitter.com/anirvan |
"For Trumpists to infer homicidal intent from the exercise of a right they have fetishized is a Fifth Avenue–level mental reversal. Their view of the Second Amendment turns out to be no different from their view of the First: one whose protections apply exclusively to themselves."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/maga-second-amendment-minneapolis/685752/?utm_source=feed
“GPT-5.2 is not the only large language model (LLM) that appears to be citing Grokipedia; anecdotally, Anthropic's Claude has also referenced Musk's encyclopedia on topics from petroleum production to Scottish ales.”
“The agreement follows similar victories for families seeking to block such disclosures by gender-affirming care clinics elsewhere in the country”
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop seeking medical records that personally identify young patients who received gender-affirming care from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, according to court records.
“The abandonment of XML in favor of JSON and other lobotomized formats like YAML is a case study in how developer experience can override technical merit.”
The latest Heated Rivalry think piece: why the show is a metaphor for the Indian American experience?
“A federal magistrate judge rejected that warrant, noting that Good was already dead and could not be considered a suspect for a warrant”
"Asked if he meant psychologically important for himself or the United States, Trump said his fixation on Greenland was personal: 'Psychologically important for me.'"
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/21/trump-davos-iceland-greenland/
"ICE, however, has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025. Last week, ICE posted a notice on an obscure government website announcing it will not begin processing such claims until at least April 30, 2026. Until then, medical providers are instructed 'to hold all claims submissions.'"
