Sumitra Badrinathan
@sumitra
assistant professor @AmericanU. working on countering misinformation in developing countries. @upenn.edu PhD in polisci & philly sports fan. outdoors most of the time 📍washington, dc
genuinely dont know how to deal with this much good news in a 24 hour span 🥺
the leader of the opposition represents over 50% of the country that did not vote for the government. this is how the government of india responded to him peacefully protesting today.
happy 250 america 🇺🇸 what a privilege to live in a country with this much natural beauty. trying to see all of it is an endless lifetime of adventure if you choose it. we are so lucky, i hope we can recognize that and work to protect it.
canada is what liberals around the world think the united states is
cape town is incredible 🇿🇦 i only had 10 days but wish i was hanging out for a month!
new US gov immigration memo today says those applying for green cards must leave the US and go back to their own countries to do so, a process that normally takes 1-2 years
endlessly jealous of people who get to live in southern california and experience this every day 🌊
working at blue bottle today and they played these 5 songs. from my On Repeat and in this order. i refuse to believe that is a coincidence ❌
life when i’m not hiking and forced to do the bare minimum at my job 😩
the craziest, most insane climb i’ve ever done. never in my lifetime did i imagine i’d be on the ridgeline of an active volcano erupting lava 🤯 it’ll take a lot to one up this 🌋
guatemala 🇬🇹 streets and volcanos and sunsets of antigua, and some nice downtime before i hike acatenango
more from the W, this time with a borrowed fuji pro 400h i got from a pizza shop guy in puerto natales 🥺
spent the last week in patagonia hiking the W circuit in torres del paine and it has cracked me wide open 🫀🇨🇱 they will regret giving me a sabbatical
the brazilian consulate’s ‘verify you’re human’ quiz is absolutely killing me
there is a LINE to enter trader joe’s this morning. this is so embarrassing for dc, i just want milk