I've a paper out in @IPPRJournal on content blocking and Internet shutdowns in #India from the perspective of international human rights law. Comments welcome. Do share widely! PDF: https://t.co/AgGNJszgSN HTML: https://t.co/LqhMVY812x #FoE #censorship #IHRL

A big corruption exposé: Tamil Nadu govt departments accused of giving environmental clearance and building permission for Brigade Morgan Enterprises project worth Rs 2,000 crore inside the ecologically-sensitive Pallikaranai Ramsar Site. Anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam has

I'm guessing Daren Acemoglu, Cory Doctorow, Soshana Zuboff, et al., will soon be signing a letter expressing their support for Pakistan's sovereignty and arguing that foreign lawmakers shouldn't be interfering. https://t.co/ShUCPzsOK4

#FoE #censorship #Thailand The lèse-majesté law in Thailand is an international shame. Waiting for Daron Acemoglu, Cory Doctorow, Shoshana Zuboff, and others who signed the letter applauding Brazil's authoritarian censorship on the grounds of "sovereignty" to defend this too.

TIL that there's a "markdown" package for LaTeX, and so your LaTeX documents can be 95% Markdown! https://t.co/y6E8czxBqX

*acknowledged my privilege

"In the past few years, arXiv has been flooded with papers. Generative AI / large language models have added to this flood by making papers – especially papers not introducing new research results – fast and easy to write."

- Acknowledge your privilege! - Well, you're more privileged than I am! - But I've acknowledge my privilege, unlike you. - Well, I've acknowledge my privilege more times than you! - You take advantage of your privilege, while I'm penitent about mine. [Repeat ad nauseam]

The Internet Archive is enormously valuable to investigators conducting etymological and quotation research. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive is under enormous pressure from copyright maximalists unwilling to recognize its central importance in preserving living history

"But which of us sinners was going to cast the first stone? Not me, who lives off royalties from corporate publishing houses…If the sledgehammer of moral purity is to be the criterion for stone-throwing, then the only people who qualify are those who have been silenced already."

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Interesting how far theory and experience can diverge, in this case wrt FPTP vs. proportional representation. #PolSci

My talk at the Khyentse Foundation Goodman lecture series about the relationship between AI and philological Buddhist Studies, and how Dharmamitra fits into this new emerging landscape:

@shrikanth_krish We have R1a-L657 sample DS31 in the latest Scythian paper. It’s 85% Sintashta type admixture https://t.co/swohmz2RCq

🧵 As the world’s most populous nation, changes in the way India is growing deeply affect the world. Yet, these key shifts are not adequately documented or discussed, both within India and globally. Data For India is collaborating with @CASIPenn on a three-part series about

I have my own experience. Same paper, different affiliations. With my PhD affiliation (UK): 3–4 submissions, no desk rejections. With my current affiliation (Indonesia) multiple desk rejections, even from lower-ranked journals. Finally manage to publish it, after 12 attempts.

#FoE #censorship #privatecensorship #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #BigTech

There's a new magazine to watch out for.

The Hon'ble minister is also responsible for his ministry's moronic policy of selling our personal data as car buyers to 142 companies, between 2014-19. That's why we get spammed by car insurance agents.

A plainclothes officer (with the BCAS) at the airport asked to see my boarding pass just 30 metres from the immigration desk. He took a moment to register my request to show me his official ID, which he did the second time I asked. I was the only who asked.

Dear @CCI_India, Keep Android Open. 🙏 Dear Android users, please install and use @fdroidorg https://t.co/1dNqRZLd54