No :(

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

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Special | As AI Took Over Policing in Delhi, Who Bore the Brunt? An investigation by The Wire and Pulitzer Center uncovered troubling instances where individuals were arrested solely on the basis of facial recognition – without solid corroborating evidence or credi...

Not citing my work on an article on Facial Recognition+Delhi Police, in 2025, is just bad research. Girl, go redo your literature review (this rhymes!)

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Israel kills 115 Palestinians in ‘opening moves’ of new Gaza war operation Israel says it carried out ‘extensive attacks’ as operation ‘Gideon’s Chariots’ launched to seize more land in the Gaza.

Israel is accelerating their genocide right now and not a single western politician is stopping it

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I can imagine must be very fulfilling!

I use the UDM=14 extension it is the best.

How can one apply?

Would love to join, this is the exact work I am doing wrt to women, esp Dalit women's safety in India. This will be a great place to learn more about safety as well being!

The Shompen, one of the world’s most isolated tribes, face extinction as India plans to turn their tiny Great Nicobar island into a “Hong Kong” — with ports, airports, and a city for 650,000 people. Their rainforest home will be destroyed. This must be stopped. #SaveShompen

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The BSF said Constable Deepak Chingakham sustained fatal injuries during firing along the International Border in Jammu’s RS Pura area. He died on May 11.

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The United Nations' food stocks for families in Gaza depleted a week ago. Children are being deliberately starved by Israel, and it is all being done openly.

A new report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37 billion in potential legal liability from 11 federal agencies on inauguration day.

Many are now on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped their investigations into Musk's corporations.

"Conflict of interest" is an understatement.

Bluesky has nothing for non-US, non GN people like me. I may have to go back to the hellsite that is Twitter.

While AI is copying and doing literal "art", VC investing is of course "art not science" that it can copy

Thousand times yes! Idrees!

YES. LUCKNOW BIRYANI FTW!

At the same time asking for full transparency from the citizens in the name of "if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide"

This might become a blog soon. Or a cautionary tale. Or both.

This rant was a long time coming. I have worked hard to create a body of work on Policing and digital in India and hv been trusting and forthcoming with sharing it with everyone. Now, I am not so sure. I hate that this one incident has made me look at everyone with suspicion. And I needed to vent.

Sonavane and Dharmaraj accuse anyone who questions them of being casteist and trans and queerphobic. That is their defense for being A grade stealers who would be no where if they did not have others work to leach from.

Dharmaraj calls themselves a decolonial researcher but guess no one told them that being a Savarna silicon valley privilege kid and stealing work from people located in erstwhile colonies and then calling it their own is exactly what being colonial means.

Dharmaraj came as a student from Harvard asking for my help for BA thesis. I opened my research to them, even introducing them to my respondents, field site and training them for interviews. They turned around and stole my work instead.

This is not Sonavane's first time plagiarising other's work. She has two other public allegations for lifting others' work without credit. While she defines plagiarism as even stealing others "thoughts and ideas", this doesnt work when it comes to accusations against her where she demands "proof".

Finally, Dharmaraj ended the conversation by calling me a transphobe. All the while they applied for funding for this project at multiple places, presented this at RightsCon and Sonavane even presented this as a possible research project for her PhD proposal at Cambridge.