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Bina Venkataraman @binajv.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Thrilled to be co-curating this after-hours event at the MIT Museum on 4/9 with Cristina Parreno Alonso - we’ll chat w/ inventor Danny Hillis & geologist Marcia Bjornerud, hear a sound bath from DJ Joseph Ntaimo, eat & drink Pagu & meet Janet Echelman.Tickets: tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/019ca...

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Bina Venkataraman @binajv.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Do NYC voters expect Zohran Mamdani to actually make all the buses free? I wrote about what New York can learn from the election and reelection of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about city politics & daydreams. Thanks for asking me for my take, @mitrakalita.bsky.social epicenter-nyc.com/mayor-mamdan...

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Mayor Mamdani can’t magically make buses free. Lesson from Boston: Maybe it doesn’t matter - Epicenter NYC

Now that Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, it may be tempting to think that voters expect him to work wonders: freeze rents, open […]

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 28/07/2025

There is still time to apply for the AI Spotlight Series Editor’s course are still open! Learn with coaches @glichfield.bsky.social and @binajv.bsky.social how to identify AI stories, reporting opportunities, and avoid common pitfalls that can mislead an audience. Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4o6Bgp4

AI Spotlight Series - AN Editor's Guide to AI - August 25, 2025 - 11 AM EDT - This workshop is geared towards journalists in the North America, South America, Africa, and Europe timezones - Instructors: Gideon Lichfield and Bina Venkataraman - This track is designed for managing editors, executive editors, desk editors, social media editors -anyone in charge of directing coverage, commissioning stories, or packaging and producing them for public consumption. - Apply by July 31, 2025

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 24/07/2025

Applications for the AI Spotlight Series Editor’s course are still open! Learn with coaches @glichfield.bsky.social and @binajv.bsky.social how to identify AI stories, reporting opportunities, and avoid common pitfalls that can mislead or confuse an audience. #AI Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4o6Bgp4

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Ireland is positioning itself to gain from the brain drain from the United States as research scientists and scholars flee Trump's violent assault on colleges and universities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Ireland hopes to entice academics as US becomes ‘a cold place for free thinkers’

Proposed scheme involves talent scouts offering attractive packages to tempt academics and lecturers from abroad

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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

"Whether they are geeks in garages or eggheads in university labs, American entrepreneurs have built their ideas and fortunes on the back of basic research supported by taxpayers, who then reap the rewards," @binajv.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3S00PJK

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Opinion | RIP American innovation

Why destroy the funding that made the United States a leader in technology and invention?

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 13/05/2025

Applications for the AI Spotlight Series Editor’s course, in collaboration with @africacheck.org, close soon! Learn with @binajv.bsky.social & @simonite.bsky.social how to identify #AI stories, reporting opportunities, and to avoid common pitfalls that can mislead your audience. 👉 bit.ly/4iZU19O

Pulitzer Center - AfricaCheck - AI Spotlight Series - An Editor's Guide to AI - June 10, 2025 - The workshop is geared towards journalists in the North America, South America, Africa, and Europe time zones - Instructors: Tom Simonite and Bina Venkataraman - This track, co-organized with Africa Check, is designed for managing editors, executive editores, desk editors, and social media editores -anyone in charge of directing coverage, commissioning stories, or packaging and producing them for public consumption. Apply by May 15, 2025.

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Bina Venkataraman @binajv.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

RIP, American innovation. It’s been great to be from the most inventive country on earth. My eulogy for what’s being lost as political leaders slash science research budgets. For @postopinions.bsky.social (gift link) wapo.st/4keFurS

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Opinion | RIP American innovation

Why destroy the funding that made the United States a leader in technology and invention?

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Bina Venkataraman @binajv.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thank you for sharing it, Bill!

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