Tanushree Rao
@tanushree.bsky.social
PhDing at Stockholm University • aid, climate disasters, inequality, institutions, migration • #rstats, critical and blended methodologies • parent to small beings • meme connoisseur • 🇸🇪 based, 🇮🇳 born, 🐨🦘 raised, formerly in 🇹🇱
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🚀 The RSS presents "Statistics for Every Body: Inclusive Data Communication" on Jan 28, 2026!
📊 Learn to make your data accessible for audiences with visual & auditory impairments with experts from BBC News, ONS & more.
🔗Event details: bit.ly/Stats4Every1
#StatsSky #DataVis #RStats #InclusiveStats
📊 Learn to make your data accessible for audiences with visual & auditory impairments with experts from BBC News, ONS & more.
🔗Event details: bit.ly/Stats4Every1
#StatsSky #DataVis #RStats #InclusiveStats
December 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🚀 The RSS presents "Statistics for Every Body: Inclusive Data Communication" on Jan 28, 2026!
📊 Learn to make your data accessible for audiences with visual & auditory impairments with experts from BBC News, ONS & more.
🔗Event details: bit.ly/Stats4Every1
#StatsSky #DataVis #RStats #InclusiveStats
📊 Learn to make your data accessible for audiences with visual & auditory impairments with experts from BBC News, ONS & more.
🔗Event details: bit.ly/Stats4Every1
#StatsSky #DataVis #RStats #InclusiveStats
Can more conferences do this please? It opens up opportunities for parents that either wouldn't exist, or would be too difficult to balance.
Hey #ISA2026 parents! 🎉 No need to worry about childcare while you network and enjoy the event. KiddieCorp's got your little ones covered with top-notch care! 🧸
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Check the link for all the details 👉 buff.ly/o5rZPar
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Can more conferences do this please? It opens up opportunities for parents that either wouldn't exist, or would be too difficult to balance.
Manifesting who I want to be in 2026: the kind of person who crochets protest art on the train (I don't know how to crochet)
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Manifesting who I want to be in 2026: the kind of person who crochets protest art on the train (I don't know how to crochet)
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Last month the Aus Gov committed to phase out fossil fuels, signing the Belem Declaration.
Today, Aus Gov publishes list of 97 new fossil fuel projects under development.
Details on @thepointau.bsky.social .... thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
Today, Aus Gov publishes list of 97 new fossil fuel projects under development.
Details on @thepointau.bsky.social .... thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Last month the Aus Gov committed to phase out fossil fuels, signing the Belem Declaration.
Today, Aus Gov publishes list of 97 new fossil fuel projects under development.
Details on @thepointau.bsky.social .... thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
Today, Aus Gov publishes list of 97 new fossil fuel projects under development.
Details on @thepointau.bsky.social .... thepoint.com.au/news/251219-...
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Cannot emphasise enough how intensely fascist / violent it is to criminalise the act of being publicly opposed to civilian murder on false pretences
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Cannot emphasise enough how intensely fascist / violent it is to criminalise the act of being publicly opposed to civilian murder on false pretences
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
It is not hyperbole at all to present these government actions as something that will cause serious harm in a bunch of different ways
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Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
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A reminder: you cannot stop bigotry with more bigotry. Solidarity is key to ending all forms of institutionalised racism.
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A reminder: you cannot stop bigotry with more bigotry. Solidarity is key to ending all forms of institutionalised racism.
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
15 now dead at Bondi, including a child. Nobody should be afraid to practice their religion. Thinking about the families whose lives are broken because they dared to celebrate Hanukkah 💔
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
15 now dead at Bondi, including a child. Nobody should be afraid to practice their religion. Thinking about the families whose lives are broken because they dared to celebrate Hanukkah 💔
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Almost half of the non-European population of New Zealand is Maori. There's no way to pretend that this kind of racial thinking in that context is anything but exterminationist.
what do we bet there's been more naziness since this?
. . . & yep, there it is
. . . & yep, there it is
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Almost half of the non-European population of New Zealand is Maori. There's no way to pretend that this kind of racial thinking in that context is anything but exterminationist.
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
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"Well over 90 percent of Indians are worried about global warming. Indian leaders must tap into this extremely high level of social awareness to respond to the demands from youth movements for socially just climate resilience and adaptation." #COP30 #ClimateAction thediplomat.com/2025/12/indi...
India’s Climate Diplomacy Must Account for Domestic Inequalities
Economic liberalization in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
thediplomat.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"Well over 90 percent of Indians are worried about global warming. Indian leaders must tap into this extremely high level of social awareness to respond to the demands from youth movements for socially just climate resilience and adaptation." #COP30 #ClimateAction thediplomat.com/2025/12/indi...
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"The world’s military is estimated to produce around 5.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions. This is more than the total emissions of Japan and double that of the worldwide civil aviation sector." www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Climate Collateral | Transnational Institute
The struggle for climate justice is increasingly overshadowed by a global arms race even though global temperatures are reaching record highs. States that should be working together to invest in urgen...
www.tni.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"The world’s military is estimated to produce around 5.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions. This is more than the total emissions of Japan and double that of the worldwide civil aviation sector." www.tni.org/en/publicati...
This just in: Calibri is woke.
Calibri has for long been our default font, but even more so after reading this NYT article today on the US State Department’s new “typeface policy.” 🙂. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This just in: Calibri is woke.
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This is pretty cool.
I wonder how this might be used to do better climate work — e.g., for addressing emissions linked to buildings, and mapping infrastructure for climate adaptation work?
interestingengineering.com/innovation/f...
I wonder how this might be used to do better climate work — e.g., for addressing emissions linked to buildings, and mapping infrastructure for climate adaptation work?
interestingengineering.com/innovation/f...
World's buildings mapped for the first time in high-resolution 3D map
Technical University of Munich researchers have just unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, a new 3D map that captures every building on the planet.
interestingengineering.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is pretty cool.
I wonder how this might be used to do better climate work — e.g., for addressing emissions linked to buildings, and mapping infrastructure for climate adaptation work?
interestingengineering.com/innovation/f...
I wonder how this might be used to do better climate work — e.g., for addressing emissions linked to buildings, and mapping infrastructure for climate adaptation work?
interestingengineering.com/innovation/f...
The 'soft bigotry' of novel research: "research that is genuinely creative, interdisciplinary, or theoretically disruptive struggles to find space simply because it does not fit the polished template of “novel contribution.”" Great piece in @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Do “novel contributions” to research mean anything anymore? - Impact of Social Sciences
A key criteria for academic publications is that they make a novel contribution to their field. However, as Adam Arian argues the wide interpretation of novelty applied by editors and reviewers has le...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The 'soft bigotry' of novel research: "research that is genuinely creative, interdisciplinary, or theoretically disruptive struggles to find space simply because it does not fit the polished template of “novel contribution.”" Great piece in @lseimpactblog.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
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Authoritarianism needs the death of academic institutions because it needs the death of free discourse. And in a lot of places in the world, including where I’m from, they *did* destroy it with awful consequences. Here too it’s been a steady progression of turning universities into hedge funds.
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Authoritarianism needs the death of academic institutions because it needs the death of free discourse. And in a lot of places in the world, including where I’m from, they *did* destroy it with awful consequences. Here too it’s been a steady progression of turning universities into hedge funds.
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📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣
We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
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We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
buff.ly/3TsqMig
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣
We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
buff.ly/3TsqMig
We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
buff.ly/3TsqMig
It's been far too long but I've finally joined @dslc.io on Slack and what a wholesome community it is with people helping each other with data and coding challenges 📊
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's been far too long but I've finally joined @dslc.io on Slack and what a wholesome community it is with people helping each other with data and coding challenges 📊
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Alarming news/perspective for many social scientists here.
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Alarming news/perspective for many social scientists here.
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Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.
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What’s wrong with America
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What’s wrong with America
Just another day being a woman on the internet
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just another day being a woman on the internet
Love this in some ways (e.g. revolutionary parenting), but generational wealth is also generational wealth. Who gets to practice nervous system regulation in an unequal, capitalist world? Probably those with time, money, safety, and their basic needs met. Especially those with...generational wealth.
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Love this in some ways (e.g. revolutionary parenting), but generational wealth is also generational wealth. Who gets to practice nervous system regulation in an unequal, capitalist world? Probably those with time, money, safety, and their basic needs met. Especially those with...generational wealth.
Emerging from early childhood parenting mode to re-enter the conference circuit next year. First stops (hopefully), #EPSS2026 and #ECPG26. Offering childcare is an optimal way to include parents and ease the burden of competing priorities. Any plans, @epssnet.bsky.social and @ecprgender.bsky.social?
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Emerging from early childhood parenting mode to re-enter the conference circuit next year. First stops (hopefully), #EPSS2026 and #ECPG26. Offering childcare is an optimal way to include parents and ease the burden of competing priorities. Any plans, @epssnet.bsky.social and @ecprgender.bsky.social?