Thomas Piketty's failed revolution @UnHerd unherd.com/2024/03/thomas…

I am glad to be among the elected few that EUR-Lex felt the need to tag when announcing the #AIAct publication, alongside Commission departments and before Commissioner Thierry Breton. Congrats to DIGITALEUROPE for making the cut as well!

The battle between a Kashmiri parliamentarian and the Union environment ministry to stop polluting industries. Guess who wins? tapasya tofuss, saras (she/they) & Swapnil04 dig out a sordid tale from the #ParliamentDefied papers in part 7. the reporters' collective reporters-collective.in/the-assurance-…

🧵The EU Commission won't give access to documents on interaction with private company Thorn re: CSAM regulation, saying it did not try to influence them AND that the documents concern business strategy& views on legislation. The European Ombudsman is not happy ombudsman.europa.eu/en/news-docume…

As students, faculty or alumni of JGU, it's our duty to raise our voices and demand that JGU cut all ties with Israel. Please sign this petition and stand in solidarity with Palestine. Your signature matters! RT also please! forms.gle/qbEijDi7WXYdgY…

New York Times’ “Best Books of the Century” List Was an Unforgivable Erasure of African Literature" Ainehi Edoro-Glines, Phd on the inherent racism of reproducing the Euro-American view of literature well, the NYT is the "best" at ERASURE! a little thread 1/ lithub.com/the-new-york-t…

EXCLUSIVE: A PhD proposal on Kashmir’s ethnography & politics citing Noam Chomsky’s criticism of PM Modi, has led to a show-cause notice being issued to the research scholar & disciplinary inquiry against his supervisor at South Asian University By Vidheesha Kuntamalla indianexpress.com/article/cities…

In today's Hindustan Times, a piece on how the Karnataka Gig Workers' Bill falls short on the question of the employment status of gig workers: K’taka Bill misses gig workers’ primary ask -- hindustantimes.com/opinion/ktaka-…

A few morsels from a morning's deep dive on the printing press and the law. Check out this amazing (and substantiated, I think) chart showing the falling price of books. From roughly 200x daily wages to 1/16th. The part that looks like wisteria is after the printing press. 1/

Wrote a little something

True justice for victims of sexual violence involves not only holding perpetrators accountable but also transforming the social and legal structures that perpetuate violence against women. However, the media’s focus on punitive measures, such as the death penalty or extrajudicial

I'm grateful that TIME's AI 100 list offers a concise portrait of the generative AI industry, and who the technology is being developed by, and for: The ultrarich. The list was hotly debated yesterday; these lists always are. My biggest concern is that it is entirely accurate.

I'm not letting this go. It's happened too, too much and you CANNOT keep doing this to me when both you and I know the scale at which it happens is horrible. Anyone less secure with shakier mental health – and god knows I'm shaky enough – would be in serious trouble facing this.

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