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Apr 6
If you are using an iphone but confused about how to send thousands of photos to a laptop without complications and without breaking the quality, maybe this thread can be an insight, here are the ways:
1> Try Using A Data Cable First

If you use windows, don’t just copy and paste through file explorer, it usually crashes.

Use the built-in “Photos” application of Windows 10/11.

Plug iphone > Open Photos application > Click Import > From a connected device

This method is much more stable and systematic than manual pulling from a messy DCIM folder.
2> Use Snapdrop

Open the web on your iphone browser or laptop browser (make sure one wifi).

Your iphone will immediately detect the laptop. Just click, select a photo, and send. Fast, free, and no need for cables.snapdrop.net
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Apr 6
Why has the Big O seduced so many feminists? May 1996 sheila-jeffreys.com/why-has-the-bi…
How Orgasm Politics Has Hijacked the Women's Movement
ontheissuesmagazine.com/feminism/how-o…
Ann Menasche über Heteronormativität und lesbische Existenz von Adrienne Rich
marxists.org/history/etol/n…
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Apr 6
Spotify has 15+ features Apple Music users wish they had.

But 90% of Spotify users never open the settings menu.

Here are 10 Spotify hacks that will change how you listen: 👇 Image
1. Crossfade + Gapless Playback

Stop listening to playlists like it's 2010.

Settings → Playback → turn on both.

Crossfade blends tracks (set 6-12 seconds). Gapless removes the silence between them.

Your playlists will sound like a DJ mix.
2. The EQ nobody uses

Spotify's default audio is flat.

Settings → Playback → Equalizer.

Pick a preset (Bass Booster for hip-hop, Vocal Booster for podcasts) or build your own.

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Apr 6
During a job interview, if they ask: "Your Current Salary is $50,000. Why Are You Requesting $80,000?"

USE THE GOLDEN RESPONSE:
PROMPT 1 – Skill Alignment: Your Expertise Matters

"I am requesting a salary of $80,000 because this position requires strong proficiency in [specific skill/ability], and I bring extensive experience in this area from my previous projects at [last company].
My background allows me to contribute effectively from day one, and I’m confident that my expertise aligns perfectly with the needs of this role."
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Apr 6
@BigBroLGND No you're just a stupidniցցer who doesn't like hearing about all rampant child marriage in Africa/Muslim countries. Also hey can you show me anywhere else they have to put up signs like this?
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@BigBroLGND Can't believe you forgot to slip in a dig about inbreeding even though that's VASTLY more common among blacks and browns too! Image
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Apr 6
JOB INTERVIEW:
“Why are you leaving your current role?”

Most candidates say:
“Looking for growth & better company.”

Hiring managers have heard it 1,000 times.

HERE'S WHAT ACTUALLY WINNING ANSWER:
1/ The Prize Frame

Situation: The interviewer wants to know if you are running away from a toxic environment or if you were managed out. They are searching for red flags.

Response: "I have automated the core scaling challenges at my current company. The infrastructure is stable. I am looking for an engineering team that is actively facing high-stakes bottlenecks where I can apply that exact leverage again."

Why it works: You shift the narrative from desperation to execution. You are not escaping a bad job. You are hunting for harder problems to solve.
2/ The Introduction Pivot

Situation: They ask the standard "Tell me about yourself" and you start reciting your resume chronologically. You lose their attention in 30 seconds.

System: Skip the history lesson. Give a two-sentence summary of your current technical focus, followed immediately by the specific business problem you solve best.

Why it works: You immediately position yourself as a specialist rather than a generalist begging for any open seat. Specialists command higher salaries.
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Apr 6
Congress and Facebook
How Facebook turned Anti Modi

Aman Jain
▪️Head of Public Policy for Meta in India
▪️Top policy executive in India
▪️He was Advisor during Congress rule, Ministry of Youth affairs and sports, GoI from July 2013-June 2014
Hates Modi, Close to Sam Pitroda

Prianka Rao Khan
▪️Public Policy Manager Meta India
▪️She decides hate speech, disinformation which content will be restricted, which will be amplified
▪️She is wife of Congress leader Muhammad Khan, ▪️Former Legal officer of George Soros funded Lawyers collective
▪️Highly Hindu-phobic, Anti Modi, was part of "Sanvidhan Khatre mai hai" campaign

Shashank Shah
▪️Content Policy Manager, Regulatory Compliance at Meta
▪️Former LAMP Fellow to Congress’s leader and former Law Minister Ashwini Kumar.

Manohar Hotchandani
▪️Director Of Reality Labs Partnerships, AI Partnerships, Payments and Business Development at Meta
▪️Congress Supporter, Left Liberal

From Social media algorithms to digital media portals, Youtubers to mainstream media editors and journalists
You will find Pro Congress people everywhere
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Apr 6
Everyone's reasons will be different, but this is mine.

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Apr 6
The Shroud of Turin:

There are things that whisper, soft and distant, like echoes of a truth we almost remember, and then there are things that refuse to whisper at all, things that stand in the center of history, daring anyone who passes by to try and pull it free.
stretched across that linen is the image of a man who should not be there, a man formed without paint, without brush, a body burned into cloth without heat, a face that emerges more clearly in negative than in the light itself, as if it were waiting for a future to find it.
this should be a record of death, it is something else entirely, to the moment after death, the moment when the body should start to decay, and yet instead there is this image, this impossible residue that seems less like the result of death and more like it’s resurrection.
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Apr 6
India has begun a fresh census exercise, and early expectations suggest that the number of Muslim-majority districts may rise further.

Muslim-Majority Districts in India (1951–2021)
A steady shift over seven decades:

1951 → 2021: From 8 to 36 Muslim-majority districts
1951: 8
1961: 8
1971: 9
1981: 13
1991: 18
2001: 20
2011: 32
2021: 36

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1951 & 1961 - 8 Muslim-majority districts

- Jammu & Kashmir (6): Anantnag, Srinagar, Baramula, Doda, Leh/Ladakh, Poonch
- Lakshadweep (1)
- West Bengal (1): Murshidabad

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1971 - 9 districts (+1)

- J&K (6): Anantnag, Baramula, Doda, Punch, Rajauri, Srinagar
- Kerala (1): Malappuram (NEW)
- Lakshadweep (1)
- West Bengal (1): Murshidabad

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Apr 6
I had looked forward to this for a month. Little man was gonna go easter egg hunt at my husband's parent's house. My sister in law has consistently scheduled events during his nap time regardless of asking if they could move it just one hour later. One hour.
Today was the same. I did everything to make it work so we could just hit the ground running when he got up after his nap. I got a pretty dress, and a really cute vintage outfit for little guy that I was excited to share with husband's mom.
We're walking out the door, it took only 15 minutes, get a text saying don't bother coming we are already done. Adults and teenagers mind you. I bawled my eyes out. They said "this is a family event, it doesn't revolve around you, if you really wanted to come...
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Apr 6
A billionaire walked into a five-star hotel and asked for the cheapest room they had.

The receptionist blinked, confused.

“Sir, our presidential suite has a full city view…”
He smiled and replied, “I’m sure it does. I’ll take the smallest room.”

The next morning, he ordered a €9 coffee from room service.

Then a €40 breakfast with fresh fruit and pastries.
In the afternoon, he booked a €120 spa treatment. When it was time to pay, his total bill was higher than what the presidential suite would have cost.

As he was leaving, he told the receptionist:

“The room isn’t the business. The extras are.”
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