Subhash Rai

@onlinejourno
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Editor onlinejournalism.in (work in progress), digital editor theindiaforum.in. Ex digital editor TH, HT, EPW.
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RT @FOSSUnitedBLR
Hey folks 👋

Excited to announce the year-end meetup of @FOSSUnited Bangalore Edition 🤗

📅 Saturday, December 10th

Call for proposals is now open! Submit your proposal

https://fossunited.org/meetup/cfp/12/new

CFP - December FOSS Meetup, Bangalore

I think it's glorious that there's now a Mastodon server operated by people who used to work for Twitter (macaw.social). I could have never imagined it when I started in 2016.
I wrote something for CJR about the recent influx of journalists (including me) joining Mastodon, and some of the culture shock that has emerged as a result https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalists-want-to-recreate-twitter-on-mastodon-mastodon-is-not-into-it.php
Journalists want to re-create Twitter on Mastodon. Mastodon is not into it.

<p>Ever since Elon Musk completed his $45 billion takeover of Twitter last month, there has been a steady stream of users, including a number of journalists, signing up for Mastodon, an open-source alternative. No one controls Mastodon—or rather, everyone controls their own version of it. There are thousands of servers running the software, and each […]</p>

Columbia Journalism Review
Here’s another nice picture, too. #BharatJodoYatra
The day’s pick of pics from the #BhararJodoYatra.
Centre Constitutes Law Commission Of India After 4 Years, Appoints Justice RR Awasthi As Chairperson
Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZEsYMSR
Breaking: Centre Constitutes Law Commission Of India After 4 Years, Appoints Justice RR Awasthi As...

Justice Awasthi presided over the Full Bench of the High Court which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim girls in Government colleges in Karnataka.

Live Law

Amazing timing ⏱️ for this publication about the the role of social media for democracy. Congrats @lorenz_spreen and the team.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01460-1?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nathumbehav

There must be is a growing understanding that something like Mastodon is part of a public infrastructure and hence needs funding. It could be Europe's a answer to US/Chinese Social Media. Let's build 10km highway less und fund this instead.
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RT @WolfieChristl
At a certain scale, relying on the magic of self organization and free software spirit, on highly committed DIY enthusiasts and on a few thousand euros a month won't do it a…
https://twitter.com/WolfieChristl/status/1589606225318391809