Chinar Mehta

70% water. Asst Prof @IIITB_official. PhD in Comm @HydUniv. Prev: Fulbright Fellow @LabSolidarity @cmuhcii. STS scholar in disguise. Gloom-mongering feminist.

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

#CBSEToolkit. After mismanaging the entire system, CBSE has now switched to damage control mode. CBSE is sending scripts to school principals to defend the On Screen Marking system. Principals making insta reels repeating the same lines given by CBSE.
1. Principal DPS Siliguri

[EngiNerd. @mainbhiengineer]

This is what that melody video did. On the day when INR hits lowest against dollar at 97, our mainstream media is discussing "Melody itni chocolaty kyun hai" on prime time

No wonder why Youtube & Twitter people with a 20K phone camera are trusted more for news than these people

[Rathore @bcci_x]

A week ago 100 people d!ed in UP and he didn’t care enough to post about it Meanwhile, which chocolate is going out of stock is apparently very important piece of info for this country

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

(🧵1/11) For the past year and a half, I've been investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman for @NewYorker. With my coauthor @andrewmarantz, I reviewed never-before-disclosed internal memos, obtained 200+ pages of documents related to a close colleague, including extensive private notes, and interviewed more than 100 people.

OpenAI was founded on the premise that A.I. could be the most dangerous invention in human history—and that its C.E.O. would need to be a person of uncommon integrity. We lay out the most detailed account yet of why Altman was ousted out by board members and executives who came to believe he lacked that integrity, and ask: were they right to allege that he couldn't be trusted?

A thread on some of of our findings:

[Bezwada Wilson @BezwadaWilson]

41 killed in sewer-septic tanks in just 80 days of this year! Hundreds of safai karamcharis from 10 states gather at Jantar Mantar to protest most barbaric caste-based oppression in name of occupation. Join hands and raise voice to make this government listen! #stopkillingus

[Maktoob @MaktoobMedia]

The Indian government has introduced a proactive national security initiative titled Project Prahaar, marking a significant transition toward a preemptive counter-terrorism strategy. This new policy authorises increased state surveillance, particularly targeting social media and religious gatherings to prevent potential domestic unrest linked to global geopolitical conflicts.
While the Ministry of Home Affairs frames the move as a necessary step for national stability, it has sparked concerns regarding the potential for selective enforcement against minority groups and political dissidents.

[The PhD Place @ThePhDPlace]

Honestly being a PhD student at a conference can feel like this sometimes

[disha wadekar @WadekarDisha]

Sharing my article, “The Prison of Caste” in @epw_in, where I situate the Sukanya Shantha judgment on prisons within the Court’s broader anti-discrimination jurisprudence. ~1

[Nehr_who? @Nher_who]

Hindu Raksha Dal leader puts a Bounty on Deepak's head and says "whoever cuts throat of Deepak will be rewarded Rs. 5.5 lakh in cash".

All this infront of Police and BJP Govt.

A man gets attacked day after day just because he saved a helpless Muslim
man. What a Shame.

[The Times Of India @timesofindia]

In a stark reminder of prevailing caste prejudice in rural #Odisha, parents have stopped sending their children to an #anganwadi centre after an educated #dalit girl was appointed as helper-cum-cook, forcing the centre to remain shut for nearly three months.

Details here 🔗https://t.co/UNYwSdn5Za

[Nehr_who? @Nher_who]

Finally Md. shoaib,the elderly man who was saved by Deepak, visits his home.

Just look at the trembling hand of Md. Shoaib, Bajrang dal mob was attacking this helpless man.

Shoaib said no one came forward to save me except Deepak.

Deepak truly is a Hero of the Nation

[Harshita Narayani ✨ @DearAspirant]

The teaching faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Indore, and Shillong is as follows:
OBC - 0%
SC - 0%
ST - 0%
UC - 100%

— 90% of the country's population is represented by zero percent.

[Rehna Raveendran @Rehna_AntiCaste]

Hello upper casteist women,

Since you demand for the rolling back of UGC equity promotion guidelines citing false charges, will you also demand the rolling back of all laws pertaining to protection of women and gender equality over fake complaints from women?

Will you demand for the rolling back of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act over fake complaints?

Will you agitate for the withdrawal of Sexual Harrassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Refressal Act over false charges?

What about dissolving internal complaints committee against sexual harrasment in university campuses since there could be false complaints from girl students?

Your dualism is your casteism. Hang your heads in shame for agitating against a rule that stops discrimination. you have been a victim of discrimination for centuries.

#We_support_UGC_Act
#Promote_Equity_in_Universities
#Stop_Casteism_in_Universities

[interpretation @materialcritic]

millions must read

[Sarayu Pani @sarayupani]

Let us read the gig workers demands and then read Goyal’s post again.

They asked for the barest of bare minimum

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

How much did they get paid hourly over the last one year. It’s just another number you have it, give it & end the debate…
If you tell me they were At least paid 50 rupees every hour they were on the app. I’ll never tweet about gig workers again…

[Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union @TGPWU]

Dear @deepigoyal ji, Record deliveries don’t prove fairness—only desperation.

75 lakh orders were delivered because workers cannot afford to log out, not because the system treats them justly.

Choice without security is not a choice. 1/3

[Avantika Tewari @avantikatewari]

A nationwide strike by gig and platform workers is planned for New Year’s Eve with delivery workers, cab drivers and home service workers employed by major e-commerce platforms announcing a coordinated protest over pay, safety and working conditions.

https://t.co/xw874BoUla

[Maadhyam @maadhyam_engage]

'Jaldi ka kaam, shaitaan ka!' The speed with which the 'voice voting' on #NREGA repeal Bill was conducted, amid protests & chaos, is alarming (though not entirely unexpected)!

Speaker asked protesting MPs to go back to seats to move amendments but didn't even wait for them to respond & proceeded swiftly with voting (see video). [This means that all those amendments that several MPs had submitted, but couldn't move will not become part of record]

Voice vote itself is a dubious mechanism. Amid all that noise, how could the Speaker say whether Ayes had it or Noes? Protests by MPs proved to be a valuable opportunity for Govt to push Bill through without recorded vote.

#Parliament #WinterSession #LokSabha