DisContent XVII

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ReadingšŸ“š

  1. Creator MBA -Ā The deeper one dives deep into a creative pursuit (especially these days) more it feels like running a one person start up. Hone your craft. Be your HR. Do the Adminā€™s job. Marketing too. This article by Li Jin (the oracle of our times?) builds on this idea.Ā Read the story here.

  2. The first podcast everĀ - What if I told you the first ever podcast was a Grateful dead song? Read the story here.Ā Read the story here.

  3. The evolution of Pakistani passportĀ - Nadeem Paracha is one of my favourite Pakistani writers. Do read about his stories of Pakistanā€™s Rock and roll generation. This particular story though is about how Pakistanā€™s dominant ideology reflected on its passport.Ā Read the story here.

  4. Blood man of KashmirĀ -Shabir Hussain Khan was taking an afternoon nap when he heard a commotion outside his house. A friend had been injured playing football and had lost a lot of blood. Khan, without any transport, rushed to the hospital by foot to donate some. It was 4 July 1980. Yesterday the man known locally as the ā€œblood man of Kashmirā€ donated his 174th pint of his blood .Ā Read the story here.

  5. The Pompeii Lakshmi - Mount Vesuvias erupts and takes down the town of Pompeii with it. This is the story of a Lakshmi statue found buried at Pompeii.Ā Read the story here.

  6. Important Read of the week -Ā Stopping by the woods on a Sunday morning by Salim Ali.


PODCASTSšŸŽ§

The show features stories about how people shape the internet, and how the internet shapes people . Just dive in. In todayā€™s episode, the hosts have a look at each others Google and Youtube search histories. Awkwardness ensues.


Internet Full PoweršŸ–„

We start on a happy note


Senior Sibal sounds so cool

Never change Hulk Hogan


The internet and its cats

Cartman singing Linkin Park


Transformer Jesus


Slightly late to it but this is rather moving


Jump off a plane without a parachute. Why not?

Mo Salah at Liverpool

Anicent Romans in Egypt


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