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yusra
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studying politics; motwane supporter, overnights oats innovator, pretend writer
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In which I write about the quest for sovereign AI, the defence of Indian tech workers and the forever culture war that has been abetted by the ruling party which is trivial and dangerous.

“AI in India is trapped in culture wars”
frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-...
India’s AI Future at Stake: Why the Proxy Culture Wars with Tech Companies Must End
India will eventually develop frontier AI labs, especially as technological advancements, architectural innovations, software optimisation, economies of scale, and GPU shortages ease. But for that to ...
frontline.thehindu.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I was unprepared for how funny Cohen was. Should've gone longer than ten minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQD...
G. A. Cohen on Justice & Incentives (2001)
YouTube video by Philosophy Overdose
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I can't think of a better time to share our story about organizing a union at Twitter during Musk’s takeover—and the lessons we learned from witnessing his playbook up close.

(new post with Clarissa Redwine)

highvalueadded.substack.com/p/control-ov...
The untold story of Twitter’s union drive and how Elon Musk busted it
We were helping organize a union at Twitter when Musk took over the company. Here's what we learned from witnessing his playbook up close.
highvalueadded.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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whatever bespoke hypothetical thing you mean by "end social justice practices in the workplace", this version that they mean is the actual, concrete political project confronting labor and the left right now. move accordingly
Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.

Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
February 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM