Kundan Pandey
@kundanpandey.bsky.social
Journalist exploring the intersections of climate change, finance, energy, conservation and agriculture. Awarded the RedInk Award & Solutions Journalism Network Fellowship. Views personal.
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After Trump proposed a TikTok ban in 2020, billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass gave millions to anti-Biden campaigns. Trump later announced his support for a deal in which U.S. firms would buy stakes in ByteDance, with Yass’ partner among the proposed members of a new board.
(Published 2022)
(Published 2022)
Meet the Billionaire and Rising GOP Mega-Donor Who’s Gaming the Tax System
Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election…
propub.li
January 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
After Trump proposed a TikTok ban in 2020, billionaire TikTok investor Jeff Yass gave millions to anti-Biden campaigns. Trump later announced his support for a deal in which U.S. firms would buy stakes in ByteDance, with Yass’ partner among the proposed members of a new board.
(Published 2022)
(Published 2022)
Reposted by Kundan Pandey
FT Exclusive: Internal memos seen by the Financial Times said that Meta would 'suppress detections' based on how much an advertiser spent on the platform, and that some top advertisers would instead be reviewed by humans. www.ft.com/content/9255...
January 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
FT Exclusive: Internal memos seen by the Financial Times said that Meta would 'suppress detections' based on how much an advertiser spent on the platform, and that some top advertisers would instead be reviewed by humans. www.ft.com/content/9255...
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Kundan Pandey
The kindness of strangers: we thought we’d been poisoned at Tolstoy’s house. Then a local explained what we had really drunk
The kindness of strangers: we thought we’d been poisoned at Tolstoy’s house. Then a local explained what we had really drunk
We took thirsty chugs from the tall glasses. Surely this ‘water’ belonged in a biohazard chamber, not our mouths
* Read more in the kindness of strangers series
In July 2019 I travelled to Russia with my sister and a friend. As three bookish girls,…
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The kindness of strangers: we thought we’d been poisoned at Tolstoy’s house. Then a local explained what we had really drunk
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113 years they have known about Climate Change, and they still pretend not to know now.
January 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
113 years they have known about Climate Change, and they still pretend not to know now.
Reposted by Kundan Pandey
How the world is already adapting to climate change
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
Interactive: How the world is already adapting to climate change
People around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and floods, many have been forced to adapt to a new reality.
interactive.carbonbrief.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
How the world is already adapting to climate change
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
In its latest Financial Stability Report, the RBI noted a marginal decline in the climate risk score from 6.9 to 6.7. The score still remains in the 'high risk' category. Curious to know what has led to this decrease, especially when several reports highlight increasing climate vulnerabilities? #RBI
January 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In its latest Financial Stability Report, the RBI noted a marginal decline in the climate risk score from 6.9 to 6.7. The score still remains in the 'high risk' category. Curious to know what has led to this decrease, especially when several reports highlight increasing climate vulnerabilities? #RBI
Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems #Forest#NDC#Environment
Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has released its 18th India State of Forest Report (ISFR), indicating a marginal increase in India’s forest and tree cover. However, a concerning trend shows a decline...
india.mongabay.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems #Forest#NDC#Environment