Chirag Chinnappa
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Building Pint AI | Co-Founder, Chief Editor @_thebastion_ | LAMP Fellow @byadavbjp | PolSci Alum @AshokaUniv | Arsenal FC fanboy (read: victim)
Bengaluru, India
Joined May 2019
Taking this chance to introduce a new chapter being written: at Pint AI ( https://t.co/YxbQbY0lWz), we're developing a real-time tool to detect (risky) online conversations and pre-empt their impact on brands, public figures & movements. [1/3] https://t.co/zCCTRHMy3y via @YouTube
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A vote for democracy In an election in which voters sought out alternate media & the Constitution re-entered mass politics, voters punished BJP for crossing a “red line” Questions for the future of Indian democracy remain Final piece in my series w @AiyarYamini (updated image)
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Thank you for raising this very important issue Mohan and giving me an opportunity to address it. Ashoka has a very generous scholarship programme. Approximately sixty percent of class at Ashoka is on some form of financial aid from the University - ranging from 25% to 100%.
@sbikh Ashoka education is too expensive for the majority of Indians and too elitist.Focused fully on the west as if preparing Indians for the US. You need to have much more scholarships and create stars for India not students who aspire for the US-See Ashoka as a stepping stone
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As @AAPDelhi again curbs kids’ rights by closing schools instead of addressing root causes of #AirPollution in #Delhi, a kind reminder to @ArvindKejriwal @AtishiAAP @Saurabh_MLAgk @shail2018 @gupta_iitdelhi @CAQM_Official of @DCPCR’s view. What is school closure meant to achieve?
I have written to Commission for Air Quality Management requesting immediate opening of schools as this policy achieves nothing but learning loss, & curbs on social & emotional growth of the children. Any justification of continued school closure is without evidence or rationale
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Over 100 governments in low- and middle-income countries have introduced anti-poverty cash transfer programs over the last 3 decades In new research, we examined the effects of these initiatives on the ultimate health outcome — mortality Published today in @Nature /1
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India's conservation fraternity lost one of its brightest young minds, Shashank Srinivasan (@s_shashank_s). He founded @techforwildlife known for its incredible work at the intersection of conservation & technology. Shashank may be gone, but his legacy will live on through them.
We are thrilled to share the complete illustration by Aashti Miller, created for Technology for Wildlife Foundation, which conveys the nature of our work towards creating meaningful impact, by the use of appropriate technology for the conservation of wildlife and the environment.
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The move threatens to shut off data for independent research that's been years in the making — like helping individuals, brands, and governments make sense of what's being talked about online:
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Dogecoin logo is cool and all, but Twitter expecting entrepreneurs, researchers & academia to sign onto enterprise API plans — starting at $42k USD/month — stifles research, innovation, and public accountability https://t.co/fsNlYlIJwJ
@transparenttech @RebekahKTromble @joyopal
niemanlab.org
Access to Twitter's API has been mostly free to researchers for more than a decade. So how does $210,000 a month sound?
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How do we tell complicated stories about transforming communities and ecologies of the Himalaya? @Mayank_Himalaya and I attempt to witness a place we have intimately engaged with over the past decade. https://t.co/H9FxNNRTIF Thank you @_thebastion_ for giving us the space.
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Delighted to receive the Laadli Media Award for this story with @BehanBox . Big thanks to @bhanupriya_rao for believing in the pitch, and the Adivasi women who spoke with me in detail of the various layers of their lives that changed with displacement due to dams. 1/3
Congratulations to @_Vaishnavi_R for 'DAMS DISPLACED AND CHANGED WOMEN'S LIVES IN GUJARAT' in @BehanBox #Laadli #LMA2022 @ALSharada @SriramHaridass @NorwayAmbIndia @RituMotial @dollythakore @UNFPAIndia @norwayinindia
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Amazing article on "feminist server" practices in India from @_thebastion_: https://t.co/uixxLsVgFr Raises important rationales and challenges for the making of governable stacks:
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Turned 25 recently and feeling grateful for the opportunity to works towards improving the quality of information online. https://t.co/yADgE7tPHq Do reach out to chat about the different use-cases for real-time conversation monitoring, or if this tech is of interest to your org!
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This TedX captures the idea behind Pint: to proactively create more sanitized social media experiences so users can make better decisions in their offline worlds. Its intent spills over from 5 years @_thebastion_, so credit to my co-founders + those who inspired us en route [2/3]
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Of 2,592 proposals the @moefcc received for environment clearance between July 2014 and April 24, 2020, it had approved 2,256 proposals (clearance rate of 87%). Of these proposals, 270 have been in and around #biodiversity hotspots & national parks https://t.co/cvzqLNiF5D
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While we all know the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the #climatecrisis in India, the cultural aspects of our changing climate—from food and festivals, to livelihoods and large monuments—are often overlooked🧵 https://t.co/XVrPiLOWTD
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The digital lives of humans are stored on corporate servers owned and operated by companies like Google, Amazon & Microsoft. There is a vast divide created between users and where and how their data is stored. Feminist servers could bridge this divide🧵 https://t.co/dIcqm14MXT
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I spoke to @nadigvibha about The Right to be Forgotten and how it will work in India.
The Right to Be Forgotten online has become a central part of the privacy debate across the world. But what exactly is it? Who can enforce this? Is the Indian legal system evolved enough to implement this? @NadigVibha spoke to @matthan to learn more🧵 https://t.co/KdpI5OY2e3
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With Namibia and India signing MoU yesterday to bring in Cheetahs to MP, I'm replugging this story for @_thebastion_ . we ask: what does this mean for the Adivasis residing in Kuno, where 'voluntary relocation' is ongoing to make place for the cheetahs? https://t.co/bKAVazAEAu
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"If FB can't fix itself, can anyone?" is like asking "If Union Carbide can't stop chemical disaster, can anyone?" An ominous conv where @szhang_ds and I discuss IT Cells, life after whistleblowing, deposing before a Standing Committee, all @_thebastion_👇
Does Facebook have a responsibility to monitor and act on the way #fakeaccounts and bots are used, especially for political needs? When & how should the govt step in? And how can this be corrected, if at all? Watch the full video with @szhang_ds to learn: https://t.co/hretpNRovo
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