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Why there’s no guarantee that Musk’s Twitter will resemble Dorsey’s

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Many folks are saying they’re not going to leave Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition because Musk and Jack Dorsey aren’t different.

April 26, 2022 Culture, Op-eds, Tech

Re: Musk v. Twitter

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A collection of some comments on and reactions to Elon Musk’s attempts to buy Twitter, and related issues.

April 17, 2022 Tech

Free-speech as an instrument of repression

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One of the more eye-opening discussions on Elon Musk’s attempt to take control of Twitter, and the Twitter […]

April 16, 2022 Op-eds, Tech

The BJP’s fake news (fake?) meeting

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Reuters published a very interesting report on February 2, entitled ‘Exclusive-In heated meeting, India seeks tougher action from U.S. tech giants […]

February 2, 2022 Analysis

In defence of ignorance

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Wish I may, wish I mightHave this wish, I wish tonightI want that star, I want it nowI […]

April 28, 2020 Analysis, Culture

Social media and science communication

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The following article was originally intended for an Indian publication but I withdrew from the commission because I […]

December 30, 2019 Op-eds, Scicomm

Scientism is not ‘nonsense’

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The @realscientists rocur account on Twitter took a surprising turn earlier today when its current curator, Teresa Ambrosio, […]

October 24, 2019 Science

The fight over ISRO

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My report about ISRO’s ’90-95%’ success claim vis-à-vis Chandrayaan 2 had precisely three kinds of response, split 49%, […]

September 10, 2019 Op-eds

A journey through Twitter and time, with the laws of physics

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Say you’re in a dark room and there’s a flash. The light travels outward in all directions from […]

July 27, 2019 Scicomm

The technically correct strapline

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(Re)Stumbled upon this article, by Ed Yong in The Atlantic, July 2016, this morning. As usual, it is […]

May 13, 2018 Life notes

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