By nominating Lina Khan, a fierce critic of the policies and functioning of technology behemoths such as Amazon, Joe Biden signals his intent to take Big Tech to the task. But that’s a big ask. #BigTech Lina Khan Joe Biden #FTC Elizabeth Warren #dataprivacy number13.in/2403-big-tech-…

N13 Recommend Read: Wanna spot your internet personality type? Mashable has an interesting quiz you may try today. This is part of a series that looks at online identities. Enjoy! mashable.com/article/online…

N13 Recommend Read: How do we memorialize life online when it’s constantly disappearing? Here's brilliant piece from The Atlantic. Enjoy! theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Data Trusts is an exciting new concept which, if all goes well, can safeguard your data and change the way companies use it, for good. #data #transparency #AI #datatrusts #dataprotection #DataSecurity #databreaches number13.in/2503-worried-a…

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N13 Recommended Read: feministgiant.com/p/essay-nawal-… by Mona Eltahawy "...an Egyptian woman who is much younger than I wrote to tell me that she started reading Nawal when she was 15 years old. “Nawal was the first person to make me feel I was not insane and not unworthy." Enjoy!

N13 Recommended Read: A shocking but beautiful essay by JB MacKinnon on 'how an entire group of whales escaped humanity's attention'. Enjoy! Michelle Nijhuis @itsemilykrieger The Atlantic theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

N13 Recommended Read: Feeling lonely? Well, neuroscience has something to tell you about it. technologyreview.com/2020/09/04/100… #Lonely #loneliness #depression #burnout #amquerying

N13 Recommended Read: John McWhorter has an illuminating piece in The Atlantic where the linguist looks at how words change "compounded by the effects of our social-media bubbles." Enjoy! theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

N13 Recommended Read: The idea of reading emotion is just the wrong metaphor; they’re not encoded in the face to be read, says @Murray__Clark in this funny, insightful piece on Esquire UK. Enjoy! esquire.com/uk/style/a3581…

One angle largely missing from this otherwise good piece by BenYT is the normative question: Is this shift good for democratic society writ large? nytimes.com/2021/04/11/bus…

Selling books on the footpath and writing books — Kerala bookseller on his love of words thehindu.com/life-and-style…

The demand for medical or supplemental oxygen has grown exponentially since the start of the pandemic. Why is it so crucial in tackling Covid-19? #OxygenEmergency #OxygenShortage #OxygenCylinders number13.in/2604-covid-19-…

Facial filters on TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat allow people to play with gender expression. trib.al/F86ENGB

British Council in India British Council Library’s OverDrive-supported e-books system has been down for a while now. MyLoft is also down. Pls help.

Prabhat Patnaik remembers Abhijit Sen: “Persons like Manik who have deeply held values, but an intellectual openness, are very rare to find…”

For those who're interested in the politics of #EWSReservation and #Reservation in India, here're a few useful articles from Frontline frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/cas…

#FromTheArchives | Here is a list of the apologies & undertakings which #Savarkar offered from 1911 to 1950, a heroic record of four decades for which his portrait was put up in Parliament House by his political heirs. A.G. Noorani writes. frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/sav…

Look who's on the cover! Sayash Kapoor (& me) along with so many AI luminaries. Richly deserved honor for a grad student and proof that scholarly and societal contributions needn't be at odds. Interview time.com/collection/tim… Newsletter that put us on the map aisnakeoil.com

Economist Editor-in-Chief: Clearly you and I agree, and we’ve both been critical of the Israeli government. Tucker Carlson: Well, I’ve been critical of the Israeli government. The Economist: I’ve been plenty critical. Tucker Carlson: What do you think of what happened in Gaza?