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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So true. We need Studs Terkel! I am certainly going to think about this. Thanks @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is just amazing piece of writing that I resonated deeply with. Antedisciplinary science or work goes on my webpage now :) (thanks to @jovanevery.bsky.social for luring me back to this site)

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

What if tomorrow’s utopia isn’t as neat as we imagine? I had the opportunity with Kate Chandler to reflect a bit on the question of Can We Resist the Appeal of Technological Utopias? We put our thoughts into a short piece called "Messy Utopias" globaldialogues.georgetown.edu/responses/me...

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Heart broken. I lost Michael Burawoy, a dear mentor and advisor to a tragic accident! He was the best teacher I have had in my life. His passion for scholarship and solidarity for the marginalized workers is unparalleled in academia. I know many others feel the same...

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I agree, there is no confusion here, and we should find ways to work together, across all political and other perceived (and real) differences wherever you are.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Indeed internet is a human designed and maintained interconnected miracle.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This should be good. Looking forward.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

New, from me: Bit of a timeline cleanse; how great it can be when government works well - Swiss transportation edition. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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Has Switzerland Built the Best Public Transportation System in the World?

The joy of when governments works

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Tony Roberts @phatcontroller.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Human Rights Watch is Hiring a senior digital rights researcher

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

ouch :) "Imagine being Jasprit Bumrah when the Indian top-order combusted spontaneously on arrival at the crease. Bumrah must have barely changed and sat in the dressing room when he must have seen his batsmen "implode." #cricket

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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: In gloomy Brisbane, it rains (Indian) wickets

On a day that saw eight rain breaks, hosts Australia leave visitors teetering at 51 for 4, trailing by 394 runs in the first innings

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Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I wrote about the lessons of the 1974 famine - the first and the last such catastrophe in independent Bangladesh. Many thanks to @prothomalo.bsky.social for translating and publishing this on the 50th anniversary of a disaster that killed 1.5 million Bangladeshis. en.prothomalo.com/opinion/op-e...

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The lessons of the 1974 famine

People did not talk about the famine because it was deemed acutely politically ‘sensitive’. Sheikh Hasina did not look kindly on the inglorious topic

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Sounds super exciting. I wonder whether you are also tracking economic stuff (wages etc).

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

is there any good stats on the wages of the data workers behind AI? (labellers, content moderation ....) #AI #digitalworkers

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Ha... Also with a geopolitical twist 🙂

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Re-read @leev.bsky.social's fantastic piece on crit-hype. I wonder about the boundaries—am I spared, considering my turn to look at AI in teaching and scholarship? Maybe he’s asking for empirical grounding: real harms, may I add, normatively positive possibilities—grounded in evidence, not hype.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

It’s incredible to me how quickly the cricket world transitioned from “a woman in the commentary box?! Are you insane?!” to “gee it’s a bit weird having 3 dudes commentating, isn’t it?” Suggests it was probably well overdue, but it’s also heartwarming how quickly fans embraced it. #ausvind

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

My colleague Cal Newport who argues against social media, and I am mostly sympathetic with his views. However, I confess that for some fields there are benefits in engaging here. I am also here for thoughtful engagement, people interested in thinking aloud, deeply, taking risks and listening.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

It is funny how it's easy to spot unshakable certainty in others' views while excusing the same in ourselves. Convictions feel solid, particularly on others, but shouldn’t we leave room for updating our "priors" ( that pompous word 🙂)

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

@al2.bsky.social eloquently reframes AI as a political artifact, shifting focus from technical details to outcomes that everyone can critique or resist. It’s a democratizing move that invites experts and activists and citizens to confront harmful systems without a techno-essentialism. (1/2)

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This is the most hopeful point. Yes indeed this critical realism is what needs more attention.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Indeed this is dope :) and a cool resource. I am going to try this out soon.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Reducing AI debates to binaries while tempting, risks pushing us backward. Scholars and activists have made serious, nuanced critiques of AI harms that deserve attention. What resonates is the article's recognition of AI's widespread use. We must take seriously for its benefits, harms, and risks.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Power is a zero-sum game. Inequality will bring us down. Once, there was hope: productive agriculture, sensible industrialization, basic public services. A friend believes that hope is dead. Can we still believe in real utopias and the development project? Is there a silver lining in protectionism?

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Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Critical ICT4D written by a wonderful group of scholars and edited by @silviahedley.bsky.social and me is out and it's open-access with 11 chapters that reflect, problematise, and construct alternative trajectories for information and communication technologies in development contexts 🥳🎉So excited!

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Critical ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Develop

The edited volume Critical ICT4D highlights the need for a paradigm change in theorising, designing, and researching Information and Communication Technologies

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Looking forward to this terrific workshop. My current position is that we need to move beyond binaries (of use/ban).

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Serves up lesson plans for democratizing sociotechnical thinking. How cool is that? :)

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Useful thread for articles on generative AI.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I think this seems to be less about US AI policy might change, but a thoughtful reflection on the US science and tech policy as it reacts to geopolitical and domestic concerns.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Orange Telecom joins forces with OpenAI and Meta on "open source" NLP for "digital inclusion" in "underresourced" African languages. What could possibly go wrong? Dive into this sharp political economy critique by @hellinanigatu.bsky.social. Let's rethink "underresourced" to begin with.

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I am a bit confused about who Marc is referencing here when he says big tech? Is it CEOs and VCs on the one end vs software developers who are building products? Or is there an alignment between the two?

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Are there good critical primers on bitcoin that comes to mind?

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Maybe:1) power structures (casteism, racism, capitalism, inequality)2) tech harms (bias, exclusion)3)laws 4) speculating futures (AGI, risks, some ism) 5)Innovating alternatives (just sociotechnical systems) 6) follow the gravy train in tech, others?7) make jokes about islands 😁

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Other good example to give more context is @gleemie.bsky.social work on turkopticon, which pushes past critique to invert power arrangements of labor

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

In the excellent book Will to Improve, Tania Li argues that 'the positions of critic and programmer are properly distinct.' While this distinction is deeply important, I am exploring work that blurs these boundaries—where critique and repair coexist. Suggestions welcome! #sociotechnical"

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I am compiling #sociotechnical work (papers, books, reports, code, policy briefs) that not only critiques harms but also explores ideas for repair or transformation. If you have favorites—critical or constructive—I’d love to hear and learn from them!

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Rajesh Veeraraghavan @rajeshveera.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sweden’s experience with welfare algorithms highlights a broader, global challenge in ensuring fairness and transparency in automated systems. If you're interested in exploring these issues or working on solutions, I’d love to connect—feel free to reach out! www.rajeshveera.org

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My one constructive criticism on BlueSky, as a community: we need to “like” less and “retweet” more. In the absence of an algorithm, that’s the way we find each other and reward good content.

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The lens of class and how algorithms end up being agents of domination for those who can't buy their way out was a perspective that is different from those based on race or gender. Especially around the issue of agency and dignity.

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