Not my most active year on Twitter, but it continued to remain the platform that kept on giving through people whose work got me through endless lockdowns, days and weeks that lasted longer than most years.
So here goes a token-of-gratitude [THREAD]
So here goes a token-of-gratitude [THREAD]

1. Only one place to start - @robelinda2 and @cric_archivist's gold, which I've obviously got on push notifications everywhere. Their uploads through a long period with no live sport will be one of the things I'll remember 2020 for.
2. I've said this a few times - @amitvarma hosts India's best podcast (by miles), and in 2020, it was my cooking, cleaning and running companion on most days.
Difficult to pick one, but this with @karthik_econ was mindblowingly enlightening. https://pca.st/5d6r2lcn
Difficult to pick one, but this with @karthik_econ was mindblowingly enlightening. https://pca.st/5d6r2lcn
3. While on podcasts, @ajarrodkimber's Red Inker has been a total joy from the get go - one epic episode after another through the year. Truly hope this lasts way longer than the pandemic! https://pca.st/yeb0l4ke
The best way to deal with tornadoes of depressing news cycles is not to avoid it all, but depend on @notytony and @chuck_gopal's Third Slip to sift through the noise and deliver. Two hundred editions of news-with-puns in our times deserves an award. https://thethirdslip.substack.com/
4. After months of procastinating, I finally gave in and subscribed to @benthompson's Stratechery. Few tech writers and analysts break things down with such clarity and nuance. Won't be forgetting this one in a hurry! https://stratechery.com/2020/social-networking-2-0/
5. Like most of us, I spent a lot of time in the kitchen this year, experimenting and learning to cook new things. @krishashok's YouTube playlist has been a gem in getting beyond the "recipe mindset" and trying out new flavour combinations.
6. Among people who upped their content-creation game this year, @theeconormist is top of my list. Fun, enlightening stuff that deserves a MUCH bigger audience everywhere. Oh-so-good podcast among other glorious things
https://pca.st/8at2rudz

7. Deep into adulthood, I still find it hard to consume football content on weeks when my team loses.
@ankaman616's writing on United has changed that to a large extent. A level of consistency Solskjaer's lot could do well to emulate. https://theathletic.com/2239329/2020/12/09/leipzig-united-naive-pogba/
@ankaman616's writing on United has changed that to a large extent. A level of consistency Solskjaer's lot could do well to emulate. https://theathletic.com/2239329/2020/12/09/leipzig-united-naive-pogba/
8. IRL and on the internet, @hawknosed and his discipline have been #LifeGoals. A 1000-day writing streak sounds batshitcray to me, and that's not the only meaningful habit he's mastering! https://anupamobserved.com/2020/10/18/what-writing-1000-blogposts-has-taught-me/
9. Moving to a new country in the middle of the pandemic has been made infinitely easier thanks to @CoronaEnglish's outstanding work. Danke/Merci beaucoup, Marco!
A lot of this great stuff lives true to the internet's free-for-all spirit, but someone needs to pay for them. So head over to any of those links and support their work! If nothing else, can you imagine getting through this craziness without all the internet's goodness?
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