M D Madhusudan
@mdmadhusudan.bsky.social
Average naturalist. Hesitant ecologist. Confused conservationist. Weary of experts.
Coming up… more details and link to application form at www.ncf-india.org/conservation...
July 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Coming up… more details and link to application form at www.ncf-india.org/conservation...
So many unexplored questions here:
- Does community enable the platform, or vice versa?
- Should natural history data and expertise remain in the commons, or can it be transformed into extractive commodity?
- How must a platform like iNat trade off community foundations against corporate funding?
- Does community enable the platform, or vice versa?
- Should natural history data and expertise remain in the commons, or can it be transformed into extractive commodity?
- How must a platform like iNat trade off community foundations against corporate funding?
Over the next 6 months, iNaturalist will be participating in the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI program to help build tools to improve the identification experience on iNaturalist. Learn more: www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-...
June 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So many unexplored questions here:
- Does community enable the platform, or vice versa?
- Should natural history data and expertise remain in the commons, or can it be transformed into extractive commodity?
- How must a platform like iNat trade off community foundations against corporate funding?
- Does community enable the platform, or vice versa?
- Should natural history data and expertise remain in the commons, or can it be transformed into extractive commodity?
- How must a platform like iNat trade off community foundations against corporate funding?
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New blog post:
How to Read a Sentence: The Supreme Court’s Order in Mahmudabad’s Case --
indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/h...
How to Read a Sentence: The Supreme Court’s Order in Mahmudabad’s Case --
indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/h...
How to Read a Sentence: The Supreme Court’s Order in Mahmudabad’s Case
The Supreme Court’s order in Ali Khan Mahmudabad vs State of Haryana does a lot of things. It refuses Mahmudabad’s request that the FIRs against him – registered in response to a …
indconlawphil.wordpress.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
New blog post:
How to Read a Sentence: The Supreme Court’s Order in Mahmudabad’s Case --
indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/h...
How to Read a Sentence: The Supreme Court’s Order in Mahmudabad’s Case --
indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/h...
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So great to have a space like Drilled that allows time and other resources to actually understand the realities of different countries. I travelled to some districts in India's coal belt to understand both dependencies and injustices. Please read the 3k+ word report
I've learned so much from @rishpardikar.bsky.social's careful, thorough reporting on coal. Her latest for @drilledmedia.bsky.social is a must-read: drilled.media/news/india-c...
In India’s Coal Belt, a Window into the Challenges Facing Energy Transition
India’s reliance on coal is tied to a complex set of economic, social, and energy security factors; any successful energy transition plan will have to address all of them.
drilled.media
May 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So great to have a space like Drilled that allows time and other resources to actually understand the realities of different countries. I travelled to some districts in India's coal belt to understand both dependencies and injustices. Please read the 3k+ word report
When a university chooses silence as its professor faces arrest over absurd insinuations, what values is it truly protecting? Leadership demands neither reckless defiance nor cowardly capitulation, but the spine to stand in an uneasy space where principles and pragmatism collide.
May 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
When a university chooses silence as its professor faces arrest over absurd insinuations, what values is it truly protecting? Leadership demands neither reckless defiance nor cowardly capitulation, but the spine to stand in an uneasy space where principles and pragmatism collide.
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"U.S. is utterly unprepared to deal with spillover of Chronic Wasting Disease to people, and that there is no unifying international strategy to prevent CWD’s spread."
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"CWD, which is incurable, can be diagnosed only after a victim dies."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"CWD, which is incurable, can be diagnosed only after a victim dies."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US
A contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose has slowly taken hold in the US and is now reaching other countries – with potentially devastating effects on human health
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
"U.S. is utterly unprepared to deal with spillover of Chronic Wasting Disease to people, and that there is no unifying international strategy to prevent CWD’s spread."
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"CWD, which is incurable, can be diagnosed only after a victim dies."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"CWD, which is incurable, can be diagnosed only after a victim dies."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marvel the hubris on display—ecology and good sense be damned—as another foolish vanity project takes shape.
www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/after...
www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/after...
MP Explores Introducing King Cobra for Ecological Balance; Experts Advise Caution
Bhopal: After cheetah, Madhya Pradesh is now exploring ‘introduction’ of king cobra in the state forests to maintain ecological balance.The state forest department has initiated measures to study...
www.deccanchronicle.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Marvel the hubris on display—ecology and good sense be damned—as another foolish vanity project takes shape.
www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/after...
www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/after...
Latest serving of the same old rubbish.
India's green cover increased by 1,445 sq km from 2021 to 2023: Government report
Together, the forest and tree cover amount to 8,27,357 sq km or 25.17% of India's geographical area. This marks an overall increase of 1,445 sq km from 2021, with forest cover alone rising by 156 sq k...
www.deccanherald.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Latest serving of the same old rubbish.
In the light of the full moon, a solitary farmer maintains vigil on a machan in his ripening rice fields, shining a torch to the forest’s edge, looking for elephants.
November 24, 2024 at 6:01 PM
In the light of the full moon, a solitary farmer maintains vigil on a machan in his ripening rice fields, shining a torch to the forest’s edge, looking for elephants.