@doctorow I have seen even fake/phishing bank website’s ads on google ads. But this is something that many people might not even catch. Thanks for sharing.
I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that.
As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵
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Today I learned...
The white man in this photo was Peter Norman from Australia who finished 2nd the 1968 200m final. Norman stood in solidarity with the American Black athletes. It was Norman who suggested, when discovered they only had 1 pair of gloves, to each wear one. (cont)
I see many people on twitter, asking journalists who are sharing visuals of migrant workers, if the journalists are also helping them reach the destination or if they are just sharing photos and stories for political agenda. Our job as a journalist is to bear witness 1/n
We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…🧵
I retracted a harassment case today. A thread on why:
Some context - This was 2013, I was in college in Ahmedabad. My friend and I had gone to Bhadra Fort - I went to the Bhadrakali temple while she stayed outside, checking out earrings outside. When I came outside, I saw her
A "clean chit" after BJP tortured a decorated officer for years
My father, Suhas Gokhale, was arrested by Modi govt on the eve of his retirement. He had finished his work on the last day of his 30-year-service and was looking forward to his retirement parade the next day (1/18)
Been there, done that. Assembled body parts of my buddy & took him home, there were 6, I don’t know which mother got which part head/ heart of which cast/religion, part of my soul went with them. Stop talking revenge/war sitting on easy chairs. Fight terror in any way if you can.