Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Everything is media now. You are the consumer, producer, distributor and advertiser. And you compete with political parties, movies, stars, dogs and AI-generated content. Five things I’ve been reading this week. Media Signals #1. calamur.substack.com/p/everything...calamur.substack.comEverything Is Media NowFive things I’ve been reading about advertising, authorship, artificial intimacy, language and who gets paid. 011 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Cornell University: the “gift” that never stops giving. 😑 If Cornell had taken the warning signs around fraternity culture seriously years ago, would Jane Doe have been spared what happened in 2024? edition.cnn.com/2018/09/07/u...edition.cnn.comNo evidence Cornell fraternity held alleged ‘pig roast’ contest | CNNCornell University has clarified a statement from earlier this year, saying it did not find evidence that a fraternity held a contest for new members in which they’d earn points for sleeping with wome... 010 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026😂😂 THE HAIR. Pike’s hair is no longer hair. It is structural engineering. 010 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurCarole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Our neighbor, Mexico, seems to care about the food their people eat. Wish that were so here. 434176514247 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Economist has written a newbie blog, in pretty English Could AIs become conscious? economist.com/leaders/2026... from The Economisteconomist.comCould AIs become conscious?Even if they don’t, they might be treated as such—to humanity’s great cost 000 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 18/08/2026🤬 Group kills teen to harvest organs for Rs 2 crore, lured him with Rs 100 indianexpress.com/article/indi...indianexpress.comGroup kills teen to harvest organs for Rs 2 crore, lured him with Rs 100Police said the accused, including three juveniles, had removed an organ from the victim's body after killing him. However, after they failed to find a buyer, they disposed of the body part, they adde... 000 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurHirschers 🌳🦌🎭🦉 @herrhilfreich.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026Das Pfötchen mit dem Perlenohrring - Johannes Leckelimeer, 1665 1940249 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Savarkar and Jinnah. Two atheists. Who built long term political movements based on “we are special. And discriminated.” The problem isn’t the kanwar yatra. It’s a patronising state indianexpress.com/article/opin...indianexpress.comThe problem isn’t the kanwar yatra. It’s a patronising stateTo use the kanwariyas' devotion as an excuse for exclusion and targeting minorities, to deify them with floral symbolism, is to act in bad faith 000 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 11/08/2026😭 Woman farmer wails as over 100 trees felled for power tower in Kallakurichi www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...thehindu.com 010 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026🙈😈 The boyfriend is not using an AI assistant. The AI assistant is using a boyfriend as its human interface. #AI www.wired.com/story/this-a...wired.comThis AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend’s IncompetenceAn ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simply doing everything for inconsiderate partners. 000 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt. 10355922416 0
Reposted by Harini Calamur👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times 17108533744 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurJophin Mathai @jofmat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026As I see Gen Z fearlessly take to the streets in India, I also see each of them become ‘a small republic of unconquered spirit’, as @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social puts it. There are no guarantees, but oh—the joy of witnessing these republics! 022 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Why ? Mohan Bhagwat: Knowledge on Hindu gods should be part of school textbooks indianexpress.com/article/indi...indianexpress.comMohan Bhagwat: Knowledge on Hindu gods should be part of school textbooksBJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi, who had a day earlier, expressed concern over the students’ protests and handling of the youth, was also present at the event. 011 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurSilicology @silicology.bsky.social · 10/07/2026bsky.app/profile/scro... In India, our children will be made to do cow dung cancer research or learn from the sermons of godmen and babas, while ministers' children study abroad in Ivy League colleges. 022 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The $400m flying bribe has shelves of fake books, some titled “Library”. 32152351281 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurHarini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Amazon built an internal leaderboard to track employee AI usage. Employees did what humans always do when a metric becomes the goal. They gamed it. Technology evolves. Dashboards get prettier. Babudom survives. calamur.org/gargi/2026/0...calamur.orgAverage employees v/s AI powered babudom - A PoVAmazon’s AI leaderboard was shut down after employees gamed it. A reminder that bureaucracy can turn even artificial intelligence into another compliance ritual. 011 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Amazon built an internal leaderboard to track employee AI usage. Employees did what humans always do when a metric becomes the goal. They gamed it. Technology evolves. Dashboards get prettier. Babudom survives. calamur.org/gargi/2026/0...calamur.orgAverage employees v/s AI powered babudom - A PoVAmazon’s AI leaderboard was shut down after employees gamed it. A reminder that bureaucracy can turn even artificial intelligence into another compliance ritual. 011 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurMANJUL @manjultoons.bsky.social · 22/05/2026#cartoon #CockroachJantaParty #Blocked Linktr.ee/MANJULtoons 073 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurFreethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 16/05/2026 15369571566 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 17/05/2026AI did not create our loneliness. It entered a vacuum already waiting for something to fill it. New piece on the blog. On the loneliness economy, conversational AI, and what happens when humans accept simulation as a substitute for presence. calamur.org/gargi/2026/0...calamur.orgAI, Loneliness, and the Danger of Endless Conversation - A PoV AI, Loneliness, and Endless ConversationAI can offer comfort, especially to the lonely or vulnerable. But when conversation becomes constant, persuasive and unbounded, simulation can begin to replace presence. 022 0
Reposted by Harini Calamurthedelhiwalla.bsky.social @thedelhiwalla.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Strait of Hormuz, Somewhere in Delhi 094 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The web is not being taken over by AI. It is being flooded by cheap production and filtered by increasingly powerful gatekeepers. www.fastcompany.com/91535495/dea...fastcompany.comIs the ‘dead internet’ theory coming true? New Stanford research calculates exactly how far we are—and it’s alarmingMore than a third of websites published now are at least partially AI-generated, says the study. 110 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurHarini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 28/04/2026AI has a brain the size of a planet and the judgment of an infant. It is eager, confident, and fast. It does not know what not to do. Judgment is what failure teaches. AI has never failed. It has only been corrected. #ai open.substack.com/pub/calamur/...open.substack.comThe AI in the RoomWhat AI can do, what it cannot, and who has to stay in charge. 031 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 28/04/2026AI has a brain the size of a planet and the judgment of an infant. It is eager, confident, and fast. It does not know what not to do. Judgment is what failure teaches. AI has never failed. It has only been corrected. #ai open.substack.com/pub/calamur/...open.substack.comThe AI in the RoomWhat AI can do, what it cannot, and who has to stay in charge. 031 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurFancied Facts @fanciedfacts.bsky.social · 27/04/20264,400-year-old terracotta board from the Lothal site in Gujarat, India, possibly an early chess game 946988 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurRohini Lakshané @aldebaran14.bsky.social · 28/04/2026We Mysoreans are very adventurous. There is a fresh beverage shop here that sells coconut and sugarcane drinks. Its name is Mr CoCane. 👀 The largest hardware shop in town is named Mr Knobs. 2112 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurJoan López i Casanoves @joanlopezphoto.bsky.social · 26/04/2026📍 Carrer de la Carassa, el Born, barri de Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera, districte de Ciutat Vella, #Barcelona 📸 Fujifilm X-T5 📷 Fujinon XF 35mm F2 R WR ⚙️ ISO 125 - f/2 - Shutter 1/320 🖌️ Capture One Pro #StreetPhotography #photography #storytelling #BarcelonaStreets #photoreel 031626 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Emily hart . Right (MAGA) wing influencer. But “she” was AI. Nano-banana AI influencer. Personality: generated. Politics: generated. Audience: very real. Jokes write themselves. www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...wired.comThis Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ MenA med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone. 000 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026With so much awful news, here is something to brighten your day: 1779190333793 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The Access of Evil 16476231316 0
Reposted by Harini Calamurwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Photographer Chantal Pinzi's photogragraphic series of women skateboarders around the world, including in India #WomensArt 195261784 0
Reposted by Harini Calamurpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has 12383613397 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 23/04/2026#Trump’s feed: raging about Indians (and Chinese) taking over California’s tech jobs. India is “a hell hole’ India should ask Ambassador Gor for an explanation. 011 0
Reposted by Harini Calamurblueanimallover.bsky.social @blueanimallover.bsky.social · 19/04/2026 974152728 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurRB Kollannur @arby-k.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The universe, as seen from Earth. Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon' — Space photo of the week www.livescience.com/space/cosmol...livescience.comLargest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon'The largest 3D map of the universe, created based on data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail. 001 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Karma. Empires eventually choke on the blood and tears they spill overseas. The US is not an exception. 064 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurPeter G @zigzackly.bsky.social · 19/04/2026‘Once operational, the centre will need 473 Mega Watt of electricity per day. […] This is expected to generate 8 kiloliters of mineral rich wastewater which is usually discharged to avoid damaging equipment.’ #BomSky #IndiaSkyhindustantimes.comAmazon seeks environment nod to establish data centre near TalojaThe company has applied to the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for an environmental clearance | Mumbai news 001 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The North-South divide was the slogan, not the real objection to the Women’s Reservation Bill. The real objection was the absence of an OBC sub-quota. Say that. Don’t package it as regional solidarity. #india #womensquota www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...thehindu.comConstitution Amendment Bill, part of delimitation package, defeatedUnited Opposition defeats women's quota Constitutional Amendment Bill by 68 votes, failing to achieve necessary two-thirds majority. 000 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor. 972444777236 0
Harini Calamur @calamur.bsky.social · 17/04/2026YouTube just banned a Pro-Iran channel that mocked Donald Trump. With LEGO dolls and rap music. Platform policy. Not censorship. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen? calamur.org/gargi/2026/0...calamur.orgAuthorised Speech - A PoV Authorised Speech: Censorship, Platforms, and PowerWho controls online speech — governments, platforms, regulators, or billionaires? A sharp look at censorship, content moderation, and authorised speech. 051 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurLizard @lizardky.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Saving for "State your mood in one image" threads. 311918300 0
Reposted by Harini CalamurJasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭 351241794322 0