Nostr notes by Rohini Lakshané

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2026-08-17T15:32:49+02:00

Dope.

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2026-08-14T12:29:17+02:00

Bullshit-as-a-service.

A post-it review, as seen in a cafe in my city. ...

2026-08-06T15:04:19+02:00

A post-it review, as seen in a cafe in my city.

CJP and Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on Wikipedia's ...

2026-07-28T08:57:44+02:00

CJP and Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on Wikipedia's front page today.

The mascot of Indian roads. (The driver cribbed about Uber ...

2026-07-28T08:47:54+02:00

The mascot of Indian roads. (The driver cribbed about Uber underpaying them.)

I once rode an auto-rickshaw with a "Yumraj is back" sticker on its front windscreen. (Yumraj is the Hindu God of death.)

18 years. Proud Wikimedian. Sharing a snapshot of my on-wiki and ...

2026-07-27T11:50:30+02:00

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18 years. Proud Wikimedian. Sharing a snapshot of my on-wiki and off-wiki contributions to the knowledge commons.

On another note, some of you have figured that I haven't attended in-person events in the past few years. Requesting kindred spirits to keep directly in touch.

#Wikipedia #Openness #KnowledgeCommons #OpenKnowledge #PolyglotDiaries #Wikiversary #Wikimedia

I cannot fully read or write five of the scripts in the ...

2026-07-19T15:59:02+02:00

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I cannot fully read or write five of the scripts in the screenshots in my previous post. I use Google Inputs Tools to type in Latin characters and TTS to read the text back to me.

A part of today's handiwork. I wrote these structured data ...

2026-07-19T15:39:42+02:00

A part of today's handiwork. I wrote these structured data captions and descriptions on the Wikimedia Commons in eight languages.

#PolyglotDiaries #openness #openknowledge

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2026-07-19T14:18:48+02:00

Dopamine.

Wikipedia now allows requiring an email address along with the ...

2026-07-16T09:54:17+02:00

Wikipedia now allows requiring an email address along with the username to raise a password-reset request. A few years ago, I was a part of a DEI project funded by the Wikimedia Foundation. DEI haters viciously attacked the grant proposal and my personal talk pages. And I used to get dozens of password-reset emails every week for almost a year from unknown people trying to break into my account. Good to see this feature introduced in the settings.

Too much marketing 'genius' in this country. Besides, it ...

2026-07-06T17:27:18+02:00

Too much marketing 'genius' in this country. Besides, it contains ashwagandha, ginseng, other 'herbals.'

Bought books and badges (Dr Ambedkar, Periyar, and the Phules), ...

2026-07-05T11:09:03+02:00

Bought books and badges (Dr Ambedkar, Periyar, and the Phules), sipped lavendar lemongrass tea, met with friends and acquaintances, listened to TM Krishna, Vivek Shanbag, and Captain Gopinath speak, and enjoyed the cool monsoon weather. This is life.

sometimes people can't access money or food because these ...

2026-06-30T20:24:04+02:00

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sometimes people can't access money or food because these sites don't work as intended.

Mysore Literature Festival is happening this weekend. Grateful to ...

2026-06-30T16:56:31+02:00

Mysore Literature Festival is happening this weekend. Grateful to the organisers for not having changed its name to Mysore International Literature Festival. (I overheard some folks wanting that, last year.) Delhi, on the other hand, needs an international literature festival.

Indian government sites are usually ...

2026-06-30T16:10:48+02:00

Indian government sites are usually I-don't-know-whether-to-laugh-or-cry bad.

https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/06/28/why-cant-indias-government-build-a-decent-website

The co-founder and I joking together that this card game was ...

2026-06-25T17:17:12+02:00

The co-founder and I joking together that this card game was meant for us.

Yours truly in conversation with Dr Manish Tiwari of the ...

2026-06-24T10:30:20+02:00

Yours truly in conversation with Dr Manish Tiwari of the Institute of Governance, Policies and Politics (IGPP) on 25 June at 5 pm IST. It will be streamed on YouTube on IGPP's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@igppvmf/streams

#NCII #IBA #IBSA #TFGBV #OGBV #VAW #ImageBasedAbuse #IGPPExpertTalks

If you are in #Bangalore, ice cream from Omm Nom Nomm is ...

2026-06-13T15:03:19+02:00

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If you are in #Bangalore, ice cream from Omm Nom Nomm is recommended. This is my favourite flavour. It's a cloud kitchen and you can buy directly from them.

It was like eating in a Naga home, complete with traditional ...

2026-06-13T13:46:25+02:00

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It was like eating in a Naga home, complete with traditional plates and utensils.

North Bangalore has many restaurants from northeastern India. ...

2026-06-13T13:12:22+02:00

North Bangalore has many restaurants from northeastern India. Singju, sticky rice, kholar, axone, and chak hao pudding were had for lunch. I hope peace comes to Manipur soon.

Yours truly's latest publication. I wish I could write more ...

2026-06-10T18:59:33+02:00

Yours truly's latest publication. I wish I could write more often.

https://botpopuli.net/llm-extractivism-and-the-politics-of-the-knowledge-commons/

What is a fun thing to do in north Bangalore on a Saturday ...

2026-06-10T09:23:51+02:00

What is a fun thing to do in north Bangalore on a Saturday morning/ afternoon? I don't go to that part of Bangalore often and have some free time there this weekend. Low noise levels, no malls, and nothing that requires me to brave traffic.

When I moved to Mysore, I was chuffed to find this street. ...

2026-06-09T15:10:48+02:00

When I moved to Mysore, I was chuffed to find this street. (It's name is misspelt on Google Maps.)

Attaching my favourite Rubá'í.

#Mysore #OmarKhayyám #Mysuru

Statements from speakers including yours truly in a side-event of ...

2026-06-06T18:12:08+02:00

Statements from speakers including yours truly in a side-event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 held in Delhi, on the intersection of AI, Intellectual Property, and Cultural Rights.

#AI #IP #AIGovernance #AIEthics #Copyright

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OavJYL8BNN9Z0eCYWd-cK-guDumALHzp/view

More irony. 'When using Gemini, you must protect University ...

2026-06-03T18:19:48+02:00

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More irony.

'When using Gemini, you must protect University data. Learn about your responsibilities.'

#AI #LLM

The irony. This is not about the specific individual who did ...

2026-06-03T13:26:38+02:00

The irony. This is not about the specific individual who did this. Some activists and NGOs routinely use LLMs now in ways that conflict with their stated objectives and missions.

Companies and organisations, please implement an AI use policy and train the staff to use it. I provide support and guidance for the tech and policy needs of organisations and companies and I can't even begin to recount the kind of shitfuckery I have come across.

#AIpolicy #LLM #AI

Not gonna lie, this is why I like reading Google Maps reviews. ...

2026-06-02T14:12:51+02:00

Not gonna lie, this is why I like reading Google Maps reviews.

#Bangalore and #Mysore folks, this seems amazing. ...

2026-06-02T12:04:09+02:00

#Bangalore and #Mysore folks, this seems amazing.

Yours truly speaking online at the Global Summit on ...

2026-05-30T13:23:50+02:00

Yours truly speaking online at the Global Summit on Tech-facilitated Gender-based Violence on 9 June.

#TFGBV #safety #privacy

Google is offering to shove its AI into my slides on Google Drive ...

2026-05-29T14:24:32+02:00

Google is offering to shove its AI into my slides on Google Drive that are everyone says are beautiful and amazeballs. Time to get all my stuff out of Google Drive.

#AI

Researchers and research-adjacent professionals: If I conduct a ...

2026-05-25T16:08:04+02:00

Researchers and research-adjacent professionals:

If I conduct a 2-hour, hands-on, online masterclass on archiving for preserving integrity and openness of research outputs, what time and day of the week suits you?

Some of my work on this topic: https://www.genderit.org/index.php/feminist-talk/archiving-feminist-research-method-preserving-integrity-and-openness

I am in UTC +5.5 timezone.

🧵 Personal opinion: Policies like these assume that every home ...

2026-05-22T15:58:38+02:00

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🧵 Personal opinion: Policies like these assume that every home is a loving, nurturing Nandagokula* for all children of all genders, (dis)abilities, and neurotypes. Every school is a sanctuary free of harm. And all danger and harm resides in digital devices and the internet.

* Hindu mythological place; the idyllic childhood home of Krishna in pastoral Gokul, where he was raised by his foster parents Nanda and Yashoda. (2/n)

🧵 Thread: Last month, we made a submission on the Karnataka ...

2026-05-22T15:54:30+02:00

🧵 Thread: Last month, we made a submission on the Karnataka government’s draft policy on minors’ use of digital devices. 4,800-word- long submission; we included a summary.

https://zenodo.org/records/20342825

The submission addresses digital use in adverse environments; neurodivergent and disabled students; Aadhaar-linked identity requirements; technosolutionism; and unrealistic and inequitable familial expectations, among other issues.

(Yes, we worked our a$$es off on this one.)

(1/n)

Yours truly is speaking here today. 11:30 am IST. (UTC +5.5). ...

2026-05-20T03:16:13+02:00

Yours truly is speaking here today. 11:30 am IST. (UTC +5.5).

Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/XWj5-t8WQhKcq3QV3_BzqA#/registration

#gender #conflict #disinformation

Somebody tell men's rights activists that 'going ...

2026-05-16T14:01:13+02:00

Somebody tell men's rights activists that 'going commando' does not mean what they think it means.

(Screenshots from my work: https://www.genderit.org/index.php/feminist-talk/challenging-gendered-disinformation-indias-manosphere-requires-systemic-change)

One of the sessions where I was supposed to speak at Rightscon ...

2026-05-15T14:13:52+02:00

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One of the sessions where I was supposed to speak at Rightscon this month is scheduled as a webinar on 20 May.

#Rightscon #Rightscon2026 #gender #conflict #disinformation

I wrote a thing. ...

2026-05-10T12:16:48+02:00

I wrote a thing.

https://aarohini.medium.com/the-glass-city-0ab739cb706b

#poetry #urbanism #placelessness

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rohini/116490095135649344 One of the ...

2026-05-08T16:11:22+02:00

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rohini/116490095135649344

One of the sessions at Rightscon where I was a speaker is being organised as a public webinar later this month. I will post the details when I have them.

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What a setback this is for the digital civil society, the community, and the movement! And for those trying to bring these gatherings to the Global Majority world.

I am doing an account security training online for Indian ...

2026-05-08T07:54:27+02:00

I am doing an account security training online for Indian journalists and mediapersons in two batches on

May 13 and May 18.

"Mediaperson" and "Indian" can be liberally interpreted. Free of cost for the participants.

If you are interested, please DM me your email address. I'll email the details of the session. If you have queries, DM those too.

These sessions are restricted to the topic of account security and participation is restricted to mediapersons and journalists. +

This isn't a 'domestic help' crisis. This is an ...

2026-05-06T00:59:18+02:00

This isn't a 'domestic help' crisis. This is an 'adults who can't clean and manage their own homes' crisis.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/house-help-crisis-grips-gurugram-as-bengal-migrants-return-home-to-vote-11406863

Something to text to bae now that summer showers have started. ...

2026-05-01T14:30:17+02:00

Something to text to bae now that summer showers have started.

What a setback this is for the digital civil society, the ...

2026-04-29T23:23:09+02:00

What a setback this is for the digital civil society, the community, and the movement! And for those trying to bring these gatherings to the Global Majority world.

Food delivery apps now serve AI slop. #AI #AIslop #Swiggy ...

2026-04-28T15:38:19+02:00

Food delivery apps now serve AI slop.
#AI #AIslop #Swiggy #fooddelivery

Crazy heatwave in India. I am in a room with three fans including ...

2026-04-28T13:05:44+02:00

Crazy heatwave in India. I am in a room with three fans including a pedestal fan blowing air right in my direction and I am still not comfortable.

Apparently, this was posted by one @ rahulpowale on Instagram and ...

2026-04-20T20:06:56+02:00

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Apparently, this was posted by one @ rahulpowale on Instagram and I'd like to meet them because "Great minds..." etc.

This meme template from last year. ...

2026-04-19T06:53:27+02:00

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This meme template from last year.

I watched some Hindi TV news today over my buffet breakfast. ...

2026-04-19T06:39:12+02:00

I watched some Hindi TV news today over my buffet breakfast. Indian channels which generally act as if they have a crush on Trump are swinging Iran today. Plenty of the usual dramatic 'storytelling.'

Opportunistic, because India is suffering directly because of the war. Escalation = higher fuel prices + economic pain.

Me, when the dear leader makes cryptic statements in public. ...

2026-04-16T15:16:00+02:00

Me, when the dear leader makes cryptic statements in public.

The X accounts of Iranian embassies in different countries be ...

2026-04-14T22:55:10+02:00

The X accounts of Iranian embassies in different countries be hitting it out of the park.

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2026-04-13T16:57:32+02:00

https://www.amazon.in/Tackling-Continuing-Image-based-Sexual-Abuse-ebook/dp/B0DV6GCFNJ I just discovered that #Amazon is charging INR 49 for a Kindle copy of my e-book, which the publishers and I published CC-licensed and free of cost. We didn't list it on Amazon, only on Archive.org, the publisher's site, and Google Play. The Kindle copy is no different from the printable version we published.

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2026-04-11T15:33:50+02:00

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My YouTube ads all canvass voting for Stalin or the DMK. Some ...

2026-04-11T15:29:57+02:00

My YouTube ads all canvass voting for Stalin or the DMK. Some show Jayalalitha. I don't live in Tamil Nadu nor have I visited it recently. I wonder what the DMK's digital canvassing budget is.

Not to make light of the ongoing war but whenever I hear or read ...

2026-04-02T14:18:03+02:00

Not to make light of the ongoing war but whenever I hear or read 'Strait of Hormuz', I want to believe that Hormuz is the name of a cantankerous old Parsi bawa in Bombay.

Useful advice on my bag of tortilla chips. Applies to everything ...

2026-03-28T07:38:01+01:00

Useful advice on my bag of tortilla chips. Applies to everything from labour exploitation to sh*tty relationships.

As seen on BlueSky. Too good to not share. ...

2026-03-24T17:33:28+01:00

As seen on BlueSky. Too good to not share.

Are we surprised then that people turn to LLMs for emotional ...

2026-03-24T08:48:37+01:00

Are we surprised then that people turn to LLMs for emotional support? (They shouldn't, but here we are.)

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2026-03-23T13:45:11+01:00

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I asked some folks I know whether WW III has broken out and got ...

2026-03-23T13:43:00+01:00

I asked some folks I know whether WW III has broken out and got this as the response: https://gemini.google.com/share/74ec4b404531

Good people of the fediverse, what is a good collaborative ...

2026-03-23T10:20:26+01:00

Good people of the fediverse, what is a good collaborative task-list app for a neurodivergent team (dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, and autism)?

Preferably a free one. Preferably no LLM integration. No Meta products.

#neurodivergence #productivity #lazyweb #help

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2026-03-23T06:47:50+01:00

Dopamine.

I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room. My ...

2026-03-22T13:19:57+01:00

I picked up this copy of a Tintin comic in a waiting room. My first time reading Tintin as an adult. These comics are racist as f**k. The coloniser gaze is everywhere. As a child, I felt it but could never articulate it.

Funny incident that happened at Sunder Nursery when I was walking ...

2026-03-17T10:39:14+01:00

Funny incident that happened at Sunder Nursery when I was walking around this mausoleum there.

There are swings suspended from the branches of some of the trees. One young couple arrived. The woman sat in the lap of the man and they started swinging. A woman guard ran towards them, blowing a whistle. I was expecting her to do morality policing and preach not doing PDA. Instead, she yelled, "The swing can't take that much weight. It will collapse and you'll get injured."

#Delhi #travel

I wonder what it's like to have a dentist who likes making ...

2026-03-17T08:25:29+01:00

I wonder what it's like to have a dentist who likes making puns.

#Delhi #travel

Made me think of colonisation. ...

2026-03-17T07:59:27+01:00

Made me think of colonisation.

Someone from the cooking gas company arrived and noted down the ...

2026-03-16T10:47:59+01:00

Someone from the cooking gas company arrived and noted down the reading on the gas meter of my Airbnb flat in Delhi. Gas may possibly be rationed now.

#LPGCrisis2026 #lpgcrisisindia

Local meal cooked on a coal stove was had at the farmers' ...

2026-03-15T14:07:52+01:00

Local meal cooked on a coal stove was had at the farmers' market in Sunder Nursery. Millet+beetroot roti, a colourful salad of diced, seasonal veggies, tomato and red chilli chutney, hand-churned buttermilk, white butter, and green chilli peppers. Food cooked without cooking gas or electricity. The buttermilk was churned in a traditional hand-operated churner called a bilona with a rope that acts as a windlass. https://www.shreejahealthcare.com/vedic-handmade-bilona-machine/

#Delhi #travel #farmersmarkets

Black potatoes on sale at the Sunday farmers' market in ...

2026-03-15T12:14:53+01:00

Black potatoes on sale at the Sunday farmers' market in Sunder Nursery in Delhi. I was told they are low in starch content and glycemic index.

I love visiting farmers' markets. The local economy, local produce, local food in local parks.

#Delhi #travel #farmersmarkets

At the farmers' market in Sunder Nursery, I was pleasantly ...

2026-03-15T12:08:46+01:00

At the farmers' market in Sunder Nursery, I was pleasantly surprised to see this kiosk of the Insha-e-Noor, a women's self-help group in the nearby Nizamuddin basti (low-income settlement). They made the swag distributed at Misinfocon India last year.

https://aarohini.medium.com/conference-swag-db87b9a439ea

#Delhi #travel

Air filtration tower at Sunder Nursery next to the Sunday ...

2026-03-15T11:52:51+01:00

Air filtration tower at Sunder Nursery next to the Sunday farmers' market. The QR code didn't work.

#Delhi #travel #AQI #airpollution #airquality

This was at the amphitheatre today in Sunder Nursery, a city park ...

2026-03-15T11:37:04+01:00

This was at the amphitheatre today in Sunder Nursery, a city park built around mausoleums and heritage sites in New Delhi. Apropos of nothing, Hotel California was playing at the amphitheatre when I walked past this.

#travel #Delhi

Proof that propaganda spreads faster than gas. (Two of the posts ...

2026-03-14T18:38:36+01:00

Proof that propaganda spreads faster than gas. (Two of the posts are actually making fun of the propaganda. Also, there is a copy-pasted typo in 'an Bharat Gas.')

#LPGCrisis #lpgshortageindia #LPGShortage

Chuffed about visiting Sunder Nursery in Delhi. I never managed ...

2026-03-14T15:48:11+01:00

Chuffed about visiting Sunder Nursery in Delhi. I never managed to go there even though I have been to the tombs of Amir Khusro and Nizamuddin many times. https://aarohini.medium.com/conference-swag-db87b9a439ea

AI suggestions on a grocery delivery app in India following the ...

2026-03-14T15:06:56+01:00

AI suggestions on a grocery delivery app in India following the cooking gas shortage.

You know you are in Delhi when your food delivery app offers free ...

2026-03-12T13:33:37+01:00

You know you are in Delhi when your food delivery app offers free tickets for a Yo Yo Honey Singh concert. 🤢

Free ambulance service on a grocery delivery app in #Delhi. ...

2026-03-11T17:23:10+01:00

Free ambulance service on a grocery delivery app in #Delhi. Because quick-commerce deliveries really happen faster than emergency medical services.

Absolutely loved the exhibits called https://Ragi.net and ...

2026-03-08T16:05:26+01:00

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Absolutely loved the exhibits called https://Ragi.net and Atantraru. I couldn't photograph the former because of its elevation and the ambient lighting. The latter (rightmost photo) is from #Mysore.

Science Gallery in #Bengaluru. The current theme named ...

2026-03-08T15:54:12+01:00

Science Gallery in #Bengaluru. The current theme named "Calorie" is about food. My photos won't do justice to the place. Go visit. It's an amazing place.

geo:13.0253977,77.5847725?z=17.0&q=13.0253977,77.5847725(Science%20Gallery%20Bengaluru)
https://omaps.app/0xx2EbXwqF/Science_Gallery_Bengaluru

More from Jagriti theatre. I shall post most of these on the ...

2026-03-07T16:27:20+01:00

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More from Jagriti theatre. I shall post most of these on the Wikimedia Commons too. #Bengaluru

Know thy station. #Bengaluru ...

2026-03-07T10:56:23+01:00

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Know thy station. #Bengaluru

Go to hell for an eternal moment or so. -- The Merry Wives of ...

2026-03-07T10:34:55+01:00

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Go to hell
for an eternal moment or so.
-- The Merry Wives of Windsor

(at Jagriti Theatre, #Bengaluru.)

Typewriters and rotary dial telephones. A wall full of masks. ...

2026-03-07T10:28:49+01:00

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Typewriters and rotary dial telephones. A wall full of masks. Jagriti Theatre, #Bengaluru.

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2026-03-07T10:19:08+01:00

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2026-03-07T10:18:43+01:00

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2026-03-07T09:54:01+01:00

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Jagriti Theatre in #Whitefield has art work by an autistic ...

2026-03-07T09:35:03+01:00

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Jagriti Theatre in #Whitefield has art work by an autistic artist. #Bengaluru

Bengalurians on my timeline, this is for you. #Bengaluru ...

2026-03-06T14:30:10+01:00

Bengalurians on my timeline, this is for you.

#Bengaluru #Bangalore

A LinkedIn contact posted about how ChatGPT is being sycophantic ...

2026-03-03T10:24:59+01:00

A LinkedIn contact posted about how ChatGPT is being sycophantic towards her. So, I asked ChatGPT this question: Are you the modern equivalent of the mirror in "Mirror, mirror, on the wall?"
#AI #ChatGPT #LLM

Manforce should have consulted Malayalees before naming this one. ...

2026-03-02T18:47:36+01:00

Manforce should have consulted Malayalees before naming this one.

https://www.afaqs.com/news/mktg/with-celebrities-saying-no-to-condom-ads-manforce-creates-ai-ambassador-myra-kapoor-10546638

In today's episode of AI-enabled sh*tf**kery: A text from my ...

2026-02-27T12:29:01+01:00

In today's episode of AI-enabled sh*tf**kery: A text from my AirBnB host clarifying stuff.

The AirBnB listing shows that there are two beds although there is only one. So, I ended up assuming the place is bigger than it actually is. And invited friends over. Then, I had to backtrack because there was not enough room for everyone.

I am back home from the AI summit and I have a bodyache but, maa ...

2026-02-20T16:02:55+01:00

I am back home from the AI summit and I have a bodyache but, maa kasam, I am an automation engineer by training and I am not anti-AI. I am against snake oil AI that will crash and burn with the hype cycle and make the planet burn with it. We need small, resourceful, purpose-specific AI. Not an arms race of fraudulent tech. 😭😭😭

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2026-02-14T10:52:45+01:00

I in Delhi and I haz Dyson air purifier.

#PolyglotDiaries I was bewildered to see a paneer (cottage ...

2026-01-26T20:49:29+01:00

#PolyglotDiaries I was bewildered to see a paneer (cottage cheese) favoured soda in Mysore until the penny dropped that the label might be a bad transliteration of panneeru (meaning rose water in Kannada).

#Mysore #Kannada #golisoda

Some quacks are interdisciplinary. ...

2026-01-25T15:49:30+01:00

Some quacks are interdisciplinary.

Happy 25th anniversary of #Wikipedia to everyone. Here is a ...

2026-01-14T19:37:11+01:00

Happy 25th anniversary of #Wikipedia to everyone. Here is a message I contributed to a time capsule for this day on Wikipedia's 10th anniversary (15 January 2011):
https://aarohini.medium.com/to-wikipedia-of-the-future-4ce2334b3c5

#wikipedia25

LinkedIn's promoted posts algo is so broken. A few weeks ago ...

2026-01-12T15:54:42+01:00

LinkedIn's promoted posts algo is so broken. A few weeks ago it was showing me ads for jobs on oil rigs.

More dope. ...

2026-01-01T14:38:19+01:00

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More dope.

#TIL there is a village by the name Reis Magos (the three wise ...

2025-12-30T13:29:43+01:00

#TIL there is a village by the name Reis Magos (the three wise men in the Bible) in #India.

The website on which the registration form for the India AI ...

2025-12-30T13:01:36+01:00

The website on which the registration form for the India AI impact Summit 2025 is hosted (IndiaAI.gov.in) is geofenced like many other government websites. So, I am guessing non-Indians are not able to register for this global summit.

The form asks for many personal details such as the exact date of birth, ID number (passport or something else), and phone number.

I couldn't register. The form gives me an error. 'Failed to send OTP' to my email address for verification.

Citabiliity is dope.

2025-12-28T13:14:58+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…y7vl
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Citabiliity is dope.

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2025-12-28T13:13:52+01:00

Dopamine.