Ripples In A Teacup

As of now, it is yet to be confirmed whether President Biden will run for President once again. He most probably will, but lets wait to hear it from him. Irrespective of that, there are a few democrats who are gunning for a Democratic nomination for the 2024 elections. Robert F. Kennedy Jr is one of them. Kennedy Jr., is the son of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy. That’s an amazing pedigree, but I don’t support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Why don’t I? RF Kennedy Jr is known for advocating anti-vaccine misinformation and public health-related conspiracy theories. Since 2005, Kennedy Jr has promoted a link between vaccines and autism, something scientifically discredited. He is also the founder and chairman of Children's Health Defense , an anti-vaccine advocacy group. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kennedy emerged as a leading proponent of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation in the United States and he attached Anthony Fauci .

Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, one of the contenders for a Republican nomination for the US presidential race, has surged ahead as one of the frontrunners in the Republican field . Ramaswamy is now tied with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the second place according to a new poll. Is Ramaswamy a significant player? You bet. DeSantis has reportedly been advised to “defend Donald Trump” and “hammer Vivek Ramaswamy”. Ramaswamy is a wealthy man. His immense personal wealth comes from a career as an investment banker and the biotech firm he founded. So, Ramaswamy can finance his campaign and is mostly likely to do so, without relying on donations. Ramaswamy’s roots can be traced back to Palakkad in Kerala. My parents too have their roots in Kerala! Elon Musk has endorsed Ramaswamy! Do I support Ramaswamy? Not really. What’s Ramaswamy’s plan to end the Ukraine war? Ramaswamy proposes a deal by which Russia will end its alliance with China. In exchange, NATO will not admit Ukraine. Ramas

  If China becomes the leading superpower, what would that mean for the people who live there? What would it mean for everyone else? I pick up my magic crystal and gaze into it. China has become the leading superpower. Every Han Chinese person is rich, the streets in China are paved with jade and everyone eats pork noodles from out of cups of gold using silver chopsticks. China is no longer polluted and its cities are sparking clean with excellent infrastructure and world class public transport. All over the world, outside China, people are desperately poor, eating Chow Mein with bits of factory-made-tofu, and speaking Mandarin. No one speaks English anymore. Yes, I am just kidding.   Probably. After the second world war, the United States became the world’s leading superpower. The end of the Great Depression coincided with the beginning of the Second world war and so, from 1929 till 1945, the people of the United States lived through difficult times. However, after the end of WWII

Over the past week, catastrophic wildfires destroyed many Hawaiian towns killing more than 100 people and displacing thousands of people. The fires, which are believed to be the deadliest in the US in the last century, erupted on three of Hawaii’s islands forcing visitors to flee and residents to seek emergency shelter. It is possible that power lines likely caused Maui's first reported fire. Since the beginning of August, most of Maui has been under an “abnormally dry” level of drought, according to the US Drought Monitor . But beginning on Tuesday, 8 August, a portion of Maui escalated to a “severe drought” level making the area more susceptible to wildfires. Though the islands are no stranger to some wildfires, the number of fires has increased exponentially over the past century due to human activity and an increase in invasive, flammable grasses, according to the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization (HWMO). “Nonnative grasslands and shrublands now cover nearly one-quarter

Several years ago, while I was immersed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, my mother suggested that I watch the Dark Knight trilogy. At the time, I didn’t expect much from it. I was caught surprised there though, in fact I was virtually blown away by the way the story was told. I watched those movies multiple times and each time I was struck by another angle, another insight, another twist and I became an official Christopher Nolan fan. Oppenheimer was pure cinematic brilliance, an intellectually and visually stunning piece of work from which I could not disengage even for a second. As a student of science, it was just fascinating to watch the academics bring to fruition what they set out to achieve For the first time, I felt rather appreciative of my textbook knowledge of scientists names and accomplishments, Einstein, Neils Bohr, Fermi and Heisenberg are all scattered in the tumultuous political landscape of their times . It was amazing to see on screen all their personal and moral di

  I am fascinated by Shiva Ayyadurai , a Mumbai-born American, who is running for President as an independent candidate. Ayyadurai is an extremely interesting person. Though running as an independent and claiming to serve America beyond the “left” and “right” , he seems to be very much right-wing. Currently, Ayyadurai is the Founder and CEO of CytoSolve, Inc, which is discovering cures for major diseases from pancreatic cancer to Alzheimer's. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ayyadurai ran a social media COVID-19 disinformation campaign which spread conspiracy theories about the cause of COVID-19 and promoted unfounded COVID-19 treatments. Ayyadurai even campaigned to fire Anthony Fauci for allegedly being a deep state actor. In 2015, Ayyadurai questioned the safety of genetically modified food. Apparently, his studies had found that genetically modified soya bean plants had less capacity to get rid of toxins such as formaldehyde compared to non-GM counterparts. He bet a building wort