The see saw of the lobbies of Indian Americans and US political interests. Doctors, motel owners to tech elites. Fantastic piece by joyojeet pal

SFS is a #PITUN #NetworkChallenge24 grantee! Profs Katherine Chandler+Rajesh Veeraraghavan are principal investigators on the grant+will develop experimental pedagogy that connects students in Washington+Senegal and teaches them to respond to global inequalities in tech systems.

Looking forward to this

Indeed a remarkable scene. T M Krishna may have a few things to add🙏

If what we are about to witness is "smashing the state" from the political, will we see "war(s) of position"? yeah double speak :)

It seems to me what is under question in the US: is there an autonomy of the political, and a clamor for shrinking it, by politics.

Can you reject bureaucracy and politics? (Which seems to be current ask!)

Live view of professors joining Bluesky.

I am trying out the other site...

Vishal Misra You may like this. indianexpress.com/article/sports…

Heart broken. I lost Michael Burawoy, a dear mentor and advisor to a tragic accident! He was the best teacher I have had in my life. His passion for scholarship and solidarity for the marginalized workers is unparalleled in academia. I know many others feel the same.

Audit institutions are an essential part of anti-corruption mechanisms. Great to see @sowmyakidambi sharing experience from India at this session of the global forum of the World Bank's partnerships for anti-corruption. Learn on the history of participatory auditing in India

🌍 In STIA Prof. Rajesh Veeraraghavan's class, Senegal: Public Interest Technology class, Georgetown & DAUST students co-designed tech solutions to real-world challenges. Read more: georgetown.edu/news/hoyas-tea…

In Andhra Pradesh, MGNREGA staff haven't been paid for the last 3 months. This is unjust to those ensuring rural livelihoods. Urging Pawan Kalyan to address this urgently. #MGNREGA Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India Lokesh Nara #UnpaidWorkers #AndhraPradesh LibTech India NREGA Sangharsh Nikhil Dey

Very interesting post. But, how does this help explain why these companies are going nuclear? Is it just a marketing ploy (hey, we are building our own power) to keep the stock market happy and get more people to use their AI products?

60 years ago the govt tried to replace migrant farm workers with Americans, the “A-TEAM”. Then … “200 teenagers from New Mexico, Kansas and Wyoming quit after just two weeks … the A-TEAM was considered a giant failure and was never tried again” npr.org/sections/thesa…