Venkatesh Rao@vgrI wrote a record-shattering 14,000 word post. The previous high was ~8000.Quote TweetRibbonfarm@ribbonfarm·Nov 11, 2016New post by @vgr King Ruinous and the City of Darkness http://ribbonfarm.com/2016/11/10/king-ruinous-and-the-city-of-darkness/…12:14 AM · Nov 11, 20163 Retweets2 Quote Tweets14 Likes
James Torre@jpt401·Nov 11, 2016Replying to @vgrSource on "Partition — 11 million died"? Wiki shows 2E6 dead and 14E6 displaced. 11mil would be the largest genocide in modern history.3
Sadeq Ali@sahilz79·Nov 11, 2016Replying to @vgralso irreverent tone & the movement thru time/space reminiscent of Neal Stephenson; u should write a desi version of the Baroque Cycle11
Krsgoffer Jorgasbarg@spiderfoods·Nov 11, 2016Replying to @vgr@ribbonfarm does "high" have another meaning here11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Nov 11, 2016Replying to @spiderfoodsthis post was written without the aid of any psychoactive substances besides caffeine and negligible amounts of alcohol11
Sadeq Ali@sahilz79·Nov 11, 2016Replying to @vgrgood stuff; going over Indian history from Ram to Modi in 14K words is no mean feat; Asoka & Akbar maybe worth adding to the cast1
Science Banana@literalbanana·Nov 11, 2016Replying to @vgralready reminding me of one of my favorite poems https://poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47104…11