Jay Thakkar

Consult on Digital for Sustainability, EHS, and Circular Economy. Partner at @GlobalERM. Selectively opinionated. Views are personal.

[Parody - Narendra Modi @narendram0dee]

Strongly condemn the attacks on Hindu temples in Canada during Diwali celebrations. Such acts of intolerance and violence have no place in society. India stands firmly with Hindus across the globe and against any form of terrorism targeting peaceful communities.

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

@StephenPunwasi @taborda_pedro 😀😀😀

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

Eye opening and mind boggling way to contextualize government spend for the ordinary citizen.

[Stephen Punwasi 🏚️📉🐈☃️ @StephenPunwasi]

Families in 🇨🇦 work *really* hard to survive.

Policymakers don’t appreciate that fact, when they’re spending years of your labor with a stroke of a pen.

They spend so much, people have a hard time fully comprehending these numbers.

Let’s put it in context.

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[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

@glim1000 @StephenPunwasi @JamesBolivarJr @HareFX Underrated comment 😀

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

The next wave of disruption is here... #GenAI

[Rahul @sairahul1]

Less than a week since OpenAI started rolling out ChatGPT vision.

And people have been busy executing god-like tasks.

35 truly mind-boggling examples:

(29th is my favorite)

[Rahul @sairahul1]

Less than a week since OpenAI started rolling out ChatGPT vision.

And people have been busy executing god-like tasks.

35 truly mind-boggling examples:

(29th is my favorite)

[Ashish Tanna (Prajval) @ashishtanna00]

Happy Teachers’ Day! 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫
On this special day, let’s celebrate the unsung heroes of our society - our teachers. Their dedication, hard work, and love for education shape the future of our nation. Here’s a 🧵 to appreciate their 💪 and highlight how they can change a child’s life.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, just recorded a heat index of 136°F (57.8°C) at midnight.

A heat index that high is near the limits of human survival.

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

😀😀

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

Threads! https://t.co/ZP8tRhj52m

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

@rwang0 Come on, my first thought - wish there were more Gujab Jamun than the cheesecake! If we ever go there together and order it we’ll exchange the contents and will both be happy that ways. 😀

Enjoy India!

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

Tipping points are here and are here to stay. #Climate #Risk

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

@rwang0 Looks delicious. Like the fusion.

[Sarbjit Kaur @sarbjitkaur1]

Any photographers from Ottawa on here? Might need for an event next week. Parliament Hill.

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

The intricacies of #Digital #Trade are becoming more accentuated each passing day. Responsible digital growth will be a trend to watch this upcoming decade. The emerging controls on digital trade routes will stress test private sector resilience.

Thanks for sharing @hackylawyER

[Anupam Chander @AnupamChander]

The largest data protection fine in EU history stems from the transfer of data across borders--to the US--with no showing of any ongoing access by impermissible third parties (such as the NSA) beyond that in Snowden disclosures or any deceptive use of information by Meta. 1/

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

This could he a powerful approach to driving enhanced accountability in #ESG claims.

Adverts claiming products are carbon neutral by using offsetting face UK ban https://t.co/YNElIrwMyg

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

Good thread. #Toronto #Housing

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

1. Multiplex afterglow thread.

Over the years I’ve spent a lot of time poking at Toronto’s residential land use frameworks. I want to spend a few tweets acknowledging how much things have begun to change as of late.

[Jay Thakkar @jdthakkar]

Powerful.

[Drake Facts @NewsIn6ix]

This is abosutely insane!🤯

Researchers used AI to reconstruct what a mouse sees by scanning its brain activity while it watches a film

CEBRA is a machine-learning method to analyze and interpret behavioural and neural data recorded simultaneously

CEBRA can decode activity from the visual cortex of the mouse brain to reconstruct a viewed video.

Check it out 👇