#TIL I got cited in a policy memo of the Stimson Center this year: www.stimson.org/2025/ai-regu...

Thread: As someone who has a substantial body of work on image-based abuse (commonly misnamed "revenge p*rn"), my attention was recently directed to a new guide about the steps to take when someone posts images without consent. I have many questions. Here are 3 for starters:

NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

It is juvenile but I can't help being tickled by the fact that the name of MakeMyTrip's AI bot is Myra.

I think someone should write a story or make a movie about how using AI to make a video of a dead person is basically channeling spirits, like its a new version of ouija board &, unfortunately, it too is prone to letting demonic forces into the lives of people that try it

#Bengaluru has the correct place to host a #neurodivergent meetup.

If you are in #Mysore, TM Krishna is performing today evening at 8th Cross Ganesha pandal & tomorrow (September 19 evening) at the Wadiyar Centre for Architecture (WCFA) Courtyard. He performs at the Ganesh pandal every year. Mysore is the place where you see absolute legends perform on the street.

People responding to this saying “the internet is forever”, but actually 38% of web pages that existed in 2013 are no longer online. Data, documents, and websites need to be archived and (importantly, this is a distinct thing) preserved or they will go away.

Gulp of Cormorants. #Birds #BlueSkyMonday #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature

Yours truly is headed to Udupi soon and visiting this museum: www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_R... The Wikipedian is jumping up and down with joy.

Things I never expected to see in my city.

Techno-solutionism aids corruption. It doesn't end it. youtube.com/shorts/wmNsc...

I immensely enjoyed doing the editorial review of this series of #thinkpieces for IT For Change. This piece by Gabriella Razanno advances the concept of "beneficial visibility" using the digitalisation of social grants in South Africa as a critical case study. #DPI #socialwelfare #socialsecurity

In Karnataka English, a two-way street is called a "double road" and that's a quirk of language I've never managed to get used to.

a friend and I went downtown this evening to scream in the streets with thousands of our neighbors. @theonion.com was also at the protest this evening and they were pulling no punches

Totally recommended reading for folks in the humanitarian aid and rights sectors: humanparts.medium.com/trauma-led-m...

4 out of the 7 cities ranked the safest for women in India in a recent survey of the National Commission for Women are in northeastern India. From my time in these places, I can see why. #womenssafety #publicsafety #safety #India

I'm writing answers to a research questionnaire about misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic in India and thinking of the "Go Corona, go!" chant by political leaders and their sycophants who understood neither science nor grammar. They were telling the Corona virus to go *away*.

Google's new image-editing #AI model is called Nano Banana. Its icon is 🍌. The jokes write themselves.

Thinking of the scene in the movie Stree where the townsfolk gather for a meeting. A man asks how the malicious spirit knows the names of the persons she strips naked and abducts. Rudra, the librarian, replies, "Sab ka #Aadhaar linked hai uske paas." That joke worked  at so many levels. #UID #Stree

I recently came across this World War I memorial in #Bangalore. It commemorates fallen soldiers of the First Madras Pioneers Regiment of the British Indian Army. Apparently, it's the oldest war memorial in Bangalore. It was erected in 1928. maps.app.goo.gl/CRzepPqf4M69...

🧵: I come away exhausted from some digital rights conferences. I sometimes happen to be in the same room as people who freeloaded and plagiarised from other people's work (including mine) and coasted on its credibility, and are toxic/ abusive/ pretentious in general.

Someone sent me this recently. With reference to my work on image-based (sexual) abuse. This is the validation I seek.

One of the most frustrating things about attending digital rights events is having to be in the same room as the Kim Kardashians of the domain. You have no idea why they are there except for the sake of being there. They occupy space & boot out sincere persons who actually deserve to be in the room.

Magats are everywhere.

Linktree blocked in India. Unaccountable, arbitrary and surreptitious #censorship. www.medianama.com/2025/08/223-...

The rise of ChatGPT psychosis. These dudes don't want a partner they want to live in a fantasy that they are "the most perfect goodest boy" without doing anything but existing.

is this not how people get kicked out of the country? cause it really should be. (and i wish they wouldn't be allowed to come into india either, maybe they can live at United States of Kailaasa)

I just did something I never thought I would. Start my own YouTube channel. To be able to post a single video. www.youtube.com/@rohinilaksh...

Labubu's are a vessel for the Mesopotamian demon, Pazuzu. Let that sink in. Then imagine how much better THE EXORCIST would have been if, at the end, Father Karras had been possessed by a giant Labubu.

Good morning Bluesky !

Protecting stray dogs from cruelty is important. But empathy that does not extend to fellow humans is an empathy shaped and limited by blind privilege. scroll.in/article/1085... Mohammad Aaquib writes.

Sharing this PDF version of the first part for easy download and sharing: zenodo.org/records/1456... There is also a DOI in this version in case anyone wants to cite it.

Look, if you live outside India and meet an Indian abroad, please bring up the lynching of Muslims. Only international shaming will exert pressure on this wretched culture to change.

The truth of Digital India: youtu.be/PK_zuAuI9x0 #DigitalIndia #India

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

5. It has been centuries since any one human could know everything that is known; understand everything that is understood. This is a remarkable power of science. We delegate trust and authority to experts as internally established in ways that are remarkably resilient to mistakes and malfeasance.

Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.

Speechless (pun intended).

"Cosplaying a personality disorder and calling it leadership" is the most accurate description of LinkedIn I've read in a long time.

Time to update my guide against digital stalking: www.theverge.com/news/756798/... #TFGBV #Instagram #stalking

In today's edition of #quackery, #pseudoscience and #WTAF: #TFGBV

I often get requests to help survivors of image-based abuse with these takedowns. As much as I want to support each one, I don't always manage to do so in my personal time. I request survivors to make use of this avenue. #IBA #NCII #IBSA #imagebasedabuse #TFGBV #OGBV #GBV #VAW

CW: Indian cuss words. It is misogynistic. Hence, my spin on the sister-oriented cuss word in India is zehench*d (mindf*ker). Image credit: Someone on LinkedIn. Not my work.

Why doesn't BlueSky have CW/ TW labels? (#GenuineQuestion)

My response to the question, "What is your Myers-Briggs personality type?" is almost always, "STFU".