Rohini Lakshané
@aldebaran14.bsky.social
Engineer, interdisciplinary researcher, Wikimedian, polyglot. Writing. Teaching. Gaia is god. Personal views. The personal is political. https://about.me/rohini
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No, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you'll find
You get what you need
Rolling Stones, 20th century
#Photography #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you'll find
You get what you need
Rolling Stones, 20th century
#Photography #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
No, you can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you'll find
You get what you need
Rolling Stones, 20th century
#Photography #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometime you'll find
You get what you need
Rolling Stones, 20th century
#Photography #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
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"...the 30 million residents of India’s capital region trudge along with chronic headaches and itchy eyes, symptoms of this rising superpower’s failure to provide its people with a most basic need: breathable air."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
India Is a Rising Power, but Its Capital Is a Lethal Gas Chamber
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"...the 30 million residents of India’s capital region trudge along with chronic headaches and itchy eyes, symptoms of this rising superpower’s failure to provide its people with a most basic need: breathable air."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/w...
Thread: 1. This is not a robot. It's a mannequin.
2. Mouthing facts (Who was the first prime minister of India? What is 100+92?) is not teaching.
3. Mouthing LLM-generated results of queries is not teaching.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i...
#AI #robot #teacher
2. Mouthing facts (Who was the first prime minister of India? What is 100+92?) is not teaching.
3. Mouthing LLM-generated results of queries is not teaching.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i...
#AI #robot #teacher
'I am Sophie': 17-year-old from a small UP city’s Hindi-medium school builds AI robot teacher that can teach any subject
A 17-year-old student has developed an AI-powered robot teacher named Sophie, capable of answering questions across subjects using an LLM chipset. This innovation, demonstrated answering queries on g...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Thread: 1. This is not a robot. It's a mannequin.
2. Mouthing facts (Who was the first prime minister of India? What is 100+92?) is not teaching.
3. Mouthing LLM-generated results of queries is not teaching.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i...
#AI #robot #teacher
2. Mouthing facts (Who was the first prime minister of India? What is 100+92?) is not teaching.
3. Mouthing LLM-generated results of queries is not teaching.
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i...
#AI #robot #teacher
Typewriters are still around on Mumbai's sidewalks, outside big government offices. Affidavits, stamp papers and notaries.
If you come to Mysore, I'll show you the street where to find them.
#Mumbai #Mysore #travel #typewriters
If you come to Mysore, I'll show you the street where to find them.
#Mumbai #Mysore #travel #typewriters
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Typewriters are still around on Mumbai's sidewalks, outside big government offices. Affidavits, stamp papers and notaries.
If you come to Mysore, I'll show you the street where to find them.
#Mumbai #Mysore #travel #typewriters
If you come to Mysore, I'll show you the street where to find them.
#Mumbai #Mysore #travel #typewriters
Super excited to be speaking at this event on November 28 in Mumbai.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ratifo...
#Mumbai #16daysofactivism #TFGBV
www.linkedin.com/posts/ratifo...
#Mumbai #16daysofactivism #TFGBV
Rohini L | RATI Foundation
“An ideal internet is a digitally inclusive space that prioritizes diversity, equity, and safety for everyone. The digital world as we know it today is often designed without considering structural in...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Super excited to be speaking at this event on November 28 in Mumbai.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ratifo...
#Mumbai #16daysofactivism #TFGBV
www.linkedin.com/posts/ratifo...
#Mumbai #16daysofactivism #TFGBV
It is a telling fact that all that they talk about even on International Men's Day is women.
And women from religious mythology at that.
www.moneylife.in/article/in-s...
And women from religious mythology at that.
www.moneylife.in/article/in-s...
In Society, There Are Both Sita Maiyas and Surpanakhas: Ex-CJI UU Lalit Ahead of International Men's Day
There are both
www.moneylife.in
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It is a telling fact that all that they talk about even on International Men's Day is women.
And women from religious mythology at that.
www.moneylife.in/article/in-s...
And women from religious mythology at that.
www.moneylife.in/article/in-s...
The Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity for the most difficult writing I have ever done—a longform article on image-based abuse for the first year of my fellowship at FactorDaily. factordaily.com/the-crying-s...
My LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#LMA2025
My LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#LMA2025
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity for the most difficult writing I have ever done—a longform article on image-based abuse for the first year of my fellowship at FactorDaily. factordaily.com/the-crying-s...
My LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#LMA2025
My LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#LMA2025
I bought Women in STEM by Ramya Julian as a gift for a close friend's daughters. I read it in full. Totally recommended for young children. Great illustrations and dyslexia-friendly fonts and layout.
www.ramyajulian.com/product-page...
#STEM #recommendation #womenintech #womeninstem
www.ramyajulian.com/product-page...
#STEM #recommendation #womenintech #womeninstem
Women in STEM | Ramya Julian's Site
Women from different fields, some with science degrees,Women of different origins, and different countries,Four women heroes all in the fields of STEM,This is a rhyming picture book based on them! The...
www.ramyajulian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I bought Women in STEM by Ramya Julian as a gift for a close friend's daughters. I read it in full. Totally recommended for young children. Great illustrations and dyslexia-friendly fonts and layout.
www.ramyajulian.com/product-page...
#STEM #recommendation #womenintech #womeninstem
www.ramyajulian.com/product-page...
#STEM #recommendation #womenintech #womeninstem
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Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
Submission made by Sapni GK and yours truly in response to the call for comments issused the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, on the draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Comments on the draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
Submission made in response to the call for comments issused the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, on the draft amendment to the Information Technology (...
zenodo.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Submission made by Sapni GK and yours truly in response to the call for comments issused the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, on the draft amendment to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Reposted by Rohini Lakshané
Unlike most other 'relationship managers' who are more bothered about cross/up-selling products of the bank, here's one who truly performed the role of a relationship manager!
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Unlike most other 'relationship managers' who are more bothered about cross/up-selling products of the bank, here's one who truly performed the role of a relationship manager!
Reposted by Rohini Lakshané
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
A patch of farmland surrounded by the city, trash, and construction debris.
(Hi-Tech City, #Hyderabad, but this could be the outskirts of any metropolis in India.)
(Hi-Tech City, #Hyderabad, but this could be the outskirts of any metropolis in India.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A patch of farmland surrounded by the city, trash, and construction debris.
(Hi-Tech City, #Hyderabad, but this could be the outskirts of any metropolis in India.)
(Hi-Tech City, #Hyderabad, but this could be the outskirts of any metropolis in India.)
Bhel puri and toast sandwich were had from a small shop in Colaba. This note came along with the food. It's not a restaurant. It's a chaat shop. Everyone hustles in #Mumbai.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bhel puri and toast sandwich were had from a small shop in Colaba. This note came along with the food. It's not a restaurant. It's a chaat shop. Everyone hustles in #Mumbai.
Reposted by Rohini Lakshané
The Trump Administration “denied causing… harm, even as it has made the scale of the damage harder to measure—halting data monitoring & dismissing inspectors general who might have documented it.”— @agawande.bsky.social
“This is common in cases of public man-made death.”
Authoritarian blindness.
“This is common in cases of public man-made death.”
Authoritarian blindness.
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Trump Administration “denied causing… harm, even as it has made the scale of the damage harder to measure—halting data monitoring & dismissing inspectors general who might have documented it.”— @agawande.bsky.social
“This is common in cases of public man-made death.”
Authoritarian blindness.
“This is common in cases of public man-made death.”
Authoritarian blindness.
I'm in Hi-tech City, Hyderabad. I asked my auto-rickshaw driver whether he was listening to music (via Bluetooth). He replied that these are noise cancellation headphones because of the incessant honking on the roads.
#DigitalIndia #Hyderabad
#DigitalIndia #Hyderabad
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm in Hi-tech City, Hyderabad. I asked my auto-rickshaw driver whether he was listening to music (via Bluetooth). He replied that these are noise cancellation headphones because of the incessant honking on the roads.
#DigitalIndia #Hyderabad
#DigitalIndia #Hyderabad
Yours truly will be at the Digital Citizen Summit in Hyderabad on November 14 and 15, speaking in this illustrious all-women panel. Say hullo to me if you are around.
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yours truly will be at the Digital Citizen Summit in Hyderabad on November 14 and 15, speaking in this illustrious all-women panel. Say hullo to me if you are around.
Reposted by Rohini Lakshané
The Airports Authority of India said that air traffic controllers were processing flight plans manually, leading to delays. “Technical teams are working to restore the system at the earliest,” the authority said on social media.
Read more:
scroll.in/latest/10883...
#delhi #airport
Read more:
scroll.in/latest/10883...
#delhi #airport
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Airports Authority of India said that air traffic controllers were processing flight plans manually, leading to delays. “Technical teams are working to restore the system at the earliest,” the authority said on social media.
Read more:
scroll.in/latest/10883...
#delhi #airport
Read more:
scroll.in/latest/10883...
#delhi #airport
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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Another excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Red Schulte’s letter speaks to those organizing outside the law—a place more people of conscience will find themselves as authoritarianism tightens its grip.
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Red Schulte’s letter speaks to those organizing outside the law—a place more people of conscience will find themselves as authoritarianism tightens its grip.
Reposted by Rohini Lakshané
"This initiative will give teachers from every region of Iceland [...] access to advanced AI tools as the country explores how artificial intelligence can transform education."
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
Anthropic and Iceland announce one of the world’s first national AI education pilots
Anthropic and Iceland announce national AI education pilot
www.anthropic.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"This initiative will give teachers from every region of Iceland [...] access to advanced AI tools as the country explores how artificial intelligence can transform education."
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...
Has there ever before been products sold where customers* must figure out the use?
www.anthropic.com/news/anthrop...