Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@qoto.org

First year of grad school versus the seventh year as an Associate Prof

This is like dinosaurs having their picture taken with an asteroid. #funny #climate

Let your freak flag fly

The vehicles in Bangalore never fail to impress #bangalore #mastindia #bangalore #bengaluru #india #mastodonindians https://redd.it/156oe90

New, on Substack: “The Curse of the Long Boom.”

I take a look at an iconic piece of 90’s techno-optimism and ask why its authors now insist they were right all along.

https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/the-curse-of-the-long-boom?r=eeyg&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Whenever my husband and I are out in public and having an in-depth discussion and I catch another person eavesdropping, I like to ask my husband something like “so, what do you do for work?” just to make the other person think we JUST met and are somehow suddenly in the midst of a heated debate about why Weezer’s Blue Album is better than Pinkerton.

i have a strict CW Women policy.

i "see" women, and that's a W.

all of the rumours keeping me grounded...

I never said,
I never said,
that they were completely unfounded.

The horrific incident "happened", to a power-hungry, image-obsessed Govt ONLY after people noticed it happened. If no one had noticed it/video hadn't surfaced, the incident could have been buried to protect BJP's double-engine image as if it never happened.

After 8 months working on Mastodon, in particular on infrastructure for mastodon.social and mastodon.online, I have been able to articulate my vision for the future of Trust & Safery for Mastodon : https://renchap.com/blog/post/evolving_mastodon_trust_and_safety/

We need better tools to go along the growth of the Fediverse, and they need to enable multiple instances to work together on those topics and keep our loved network safe for everyone!

#mastoadmin #mastodon #Moderation #TrustAndSafety

#DailyBloggingChallenge (001/10)

In the past I have been quite fruitful with daily challenges. Successfully achieved the 50 day #StatisticsChallenge and slowly creeping up on 365 day mark of the #MappingChallenge (@barefootstache) with less than a month to go. Thus, I will attempt the daily blogging challenge.

The requirements will be quite simple for the begining and might expand through time:

• It must use hashtag (XX/YY) format. This has two benefits:
  1. One can follow the hashtag thereby potentialy creating its own atom/rss feed.
  2. One can filter out these posts if unwanted.
• It must be post ready before slumber. This puts the focus on writing rather than publishing and gives a grace period if no internet connection.
• If written on mobile, it must be written with the #8pen keyboard.
• It must be at least one paragraph or three sentences long.

This challenge was sparked after reading the article

https://www.yieldcode.blog/post/why-engineers-should-write/

written by @skwee357.

Netflix plans crackdown on password sharing in India, other markets

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/netflix-plans-to-crackdown-on-password-sharing-in-india-other-markets-10991471.html

#MastIndia #India #Netflix @mastodonindians

Wrestlers’ sexual harassment case: Brij Bhushan Singh gets interim bail

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s co-accused Vinod Tomar, the former WFI assistant secretary, was also granted interim bail.

#WrestlersProtest #SexualAssault #BrijBhushanSingh #VinodTomar #SexualHarassment #ViolenceAgainstWomen #BJP #WFI #sports #wrestling #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-court-interim-bail-wfi-chief-brij-bhushan-sharan-singh-vinor-tomar-sexual-harassment-case-8846054/

Manipur: Silence of consent will destroy the Indian State

Silence should not usually be construed as consent but how else do we read Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s continuing silence on Manipur. In governance, indifference is a form of consent, bordering on complicity.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurUnrest #NarendraModi #majoritarianism #india

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/manipur-silence-of-consent-will-destroy-the-indian-state-1237395.html

Seeing a lot of posts with #CuratorClouds. Here’s mine.

#Clouds #Throwback