Utsav Gandhi
@utsavpgandhi.bsky.social
Doctoral student and researcher of tech policy, journalism, and communication platforms | Editorial Assistant, New Media & Society |📍Chicago, IL | formerly @cnti @stiglercenter @harrispolicy | 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 #commsky
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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Despite the importance of data about what happens in public on online platforms, there is no shared framework for how research, journalism, and independent investigations should be conducted with public platform data. The Better Access framework we released today provides that. Incredible work!
📣 Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard, yet researcher access to public platform data is shrinking, while platforms monetize this data. Our new report "Better Access" offers a framework for accessing this critical data: kgi.georgetown.edu/research-and...
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Despite the importance of data about what happens in public on online platforms, there is no shared framework for how research, journalism, and independent investigations should be conducted with public platform data. The Better Access framework we released today provides that. Incredible work!
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A milestone in India: in the electricity sector, non-fossil capacity (renewables, hydro, nuclear) is now larger than fossil capacity.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A milestone in India: in the electricity sector, non-fossil capacity (renewables, hydro, nuclear) is now larger than fossil capacity.
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky rn
lots of results to be happy about tonight but I'm happiest for Jonathan Bailey over at @peoplemag.bsky.social 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
lots of results to be happy about tonight but I'm happiest for Jonathan Bailey over at @peoplemag.bsky.social 🥰
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My latest column in Prospect: Don't worry about AI video destroying democracy. AI's destruction of the journalism business is a much more serious threat: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
Chatbots and deepfakes are eroding our shared reality
With Trump et al using AI slop for political gain, fact-checking and civic journalism are more vital than ever
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My latest column in Prospect: Don't worry about AI video destroying democracy. AI's destruction of the journalism business is a much more serious threat: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
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Ross Douthat on Taylor Swift. I truly regret learning how to read.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Taylor Swift’s new album “combines bawdiness with a certain impulse toward conservatism,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes. “In that sense it’s an appropriate text for the Trump era, when coarseness and right-wing politics have been married in a distinctive way.”
Taylor Swift’s new album “combines bawdiness with a certain impulse toward conservatism,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes. “In that sense it’s an appropriate text for the Trump era, when coarseness and right-wing politics have been married in a distinctive way.”
Opinion | Taylor Swift’s ‘Life of a Showgirl’ Is Both Coarse and Conservative
Coarseness and conservative impulses in “The Life of a Showgirl.”
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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ross Douthat on Taylor Swift. I truly regret learning how to read.
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I wrote about all this and how Wikipedia is getting squeezed by the AI industry generally if you’re interested www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Elon Musk Challenges Wikipedia With His Own A.I. Encyclopedia
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October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I wrote about all this and how Wikipedia is getting squeezed by the AI industry generally if you’re interested www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
"We get through most days in life without having to really think about death, which also means that we don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the remarkable fact that we are alive." Astonishing writing, beautiful piece.
I've just written about my intense relationship with my father and how running helped me both connect with him and avoid becoming him. It's my first article ever for @theatlantic.com My dad wrote here in 1967, and it seems fitting to publish this 58 years later.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Why I Run
I took up the sport to be like my father. I kept going because he stopped.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"We get through most days in life without having to really think about death, which also means that we don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the remarkable fact that we are alive." Astonishing writing, beautiful piece.
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Recalling that time earlier this same year that a gold-medallioned Zuckerberg said Meta would be "getting back to our roots around free expression ... to give people a voice."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company
Exclusive: Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Recalling that time earlier this same year that a gold-medallioned Zuckerberg said Meta would be "getting back to our roots around free expression ... to give people a voice."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Jeff Hiller for Somebody Somewhere ❤️❤️❤️
September 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Jeff Hiller for Somebody Somewhere ❤️❤️❤️
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If you haven’t had time to follow the Internet crackdown and subsequent violent upheaval of govt in Nepal, here’s a recap.
In addition to being an awful story about real people’s lives, it’s also an amazing microcosm or synechdoche or something for the bigger picture.
In addition to being an awful story about real people’s lives, it’s also an amazing microcosm or synechdoche or something for the bigger picture.
After a sweeping social media ban, Nepal saw its bloodiest unrest in decades. What has happened in Nepal is a warning to other democracies to tread carefully with efforts to contain online expression, writes Samik Kharel.
Lessons from Nepal on the High Cost of Controlling Online Expression | TechPolicy.Press
The Nepalese government attempted to control the information ecosystem and lost control of the state itself, writes Samik Kharel.
www.techpolicy.press
September 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If you haven’t had time to follow the Internet crackdown and subsequent violent upheaval of govt in Nepal, here’s a recap.
In addition to being an awful story about real people’s lives, it’s also an amazing microcosm or synechdoche or something for the bigger picture.
In addition to being an awful story about real people’s lives, it’s also an amazing microcosm or synechdoche or something for the bigger picture.
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A lot of you had questions so I wrote about what I think happened here! Behold:
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July 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A lot of you had questions so I wrote about what I think happened here! Behold:
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/i-got-trap...
wiczipedia.substack.com/p/i-got-trap...
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What do news organizations actually need to know about AI & journalism? A new briefing from @cnti.bsky.social's Global AI & Journalism Research Working Group synthesizes 80+ research studies.
cnti.org/article/aij-...
cnti.org/article/aij-...
Briefing #1: AI Literacy & Communication
July 2025
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July 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What do news organizations actually need to know about AI & journalism? A new briefing from @cnti.bsky.social's Global AI & Journalism Research Working Group synthesizes 80+ research studies.
cnti.org/article/aij-...
cnti.org/article/aij-...
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When we rebuild our public media up from the ashes it will need to be much bigger, bolder, and better funded -- not so dependent on private capital and corporate sponsorships, but truly public. It will need to be more democratic, more independent, and capable of withstanding two-bit fascist regimes.
August 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When we rebuild our public media up from the ashes it will need to be much bigger, bolder, and better funded -- not so dependent on private capital and corporate sponsorships, but truly public. It will need to be more democratic, more independent, and capable of withstanding two-bit fascist regimes.
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NEW: In new research, Marcel Preuss, Germán Reyes, Jason Somerville, and Joy Wu find that MBA students’ attitudes toward inequality and fairness vary from those of the average American.
What MBA Students Reveal About Inequality in America - ProMarket
In new research, Marcel Preuss, Germán Reyes, Jason Somerville, and Joy Wu find that MBA students' attitudes toward inequality and fairness vary from those of the average American. As these students will one day form the business and political elite of the United States, the findings have implications for the future of inequality in the U.S.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: In new research, Marcel Preuss, Germán Reyes, Jason Somerville, and Joy Wu find that MBA students’ attitudes toward inequality and fairness vary from those of the average American.
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Oh my god, I just learned of the passing of Brandi Collins-Dexter. What a profound loss. Rest in power.
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In Memory of Brandi Collins-Dexter
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July 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Oh my god, I just learned of the passing of Brandi Collins-Dexter. What a profound loss. Rest in power.
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Shah Rukh Khan could easily do an F1, but can Brad Pitt do a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?
June 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Shah Rukh Khan could easily do an F1, but can Brad Pitt do a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?
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Is the race between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani a proxy for changes in our media environment? By @jonallsop.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Old Media Meets New on Primary Day in New York
Is the race between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani a proxy for changes in our media environment?
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June 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Is the race between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani a proxy for changes in our media environment? By @jonallsop.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Ed Sheeran has released his new single, “Sapphire.”
June 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Ed Sheeran has released his new single, “Sapphire.”
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Abundance and The Left.
@saikatc.bsky.social and Zephyr Teachout offer their perspectives on why America struggles to build.
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Abundance and The Left.
@saikatc.bsky.social and Zephyr Teachout offer their perspectives on why America struggles to build.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Y1k...
youtu.be/Ib1wzwbL7Is?...
Three Visions of Where Democrats Went Wrong | The Ezra Klein Show
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April 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Abundance and The Left.
@saikatc.bsky.social and Zephyr Teachout offer their perspectives on why America struggles to build.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Y1k...
youtu.be/Ib1wzwbL7Is?...
Abundance and The Left.
@saikatc.bsky.social and Zephyr Teachout offer their perspectives on why America struggles to build.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Y1k...
youtu.be/Ib1wzwbL7Is?...
The new Harry Potter store on Michigan Ave in Chicago has a line stretching more than a city block on Monday morning at 10:30. Either Potterheads are jobless or paying in Knuts, Sickles, and Galleons is immune to this economy!
April 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The new Harry Potter store on Michigan Ave in Chicago has a line stretching more than a city block on Monday morning at 10:30. Either Potterheads are jobless or paying in Knuts, Sickles, and Galleons is immune to this economy!
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The reason that Adolescence works so well is that by episode three, you’re barely thinking about how they did it in one take.
March 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The reason that Adolescence works so well is that by episode three, you’re barely thinking about how they did it in one take.