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Pranesh Prakash
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Tech policy & law @anekaanta.org

Also: Co-founder, Centre for Internet & Society / Affiliated Fellow, @yaleisp.bsky.social

#a2k #privacy #FoE #AI #infosec #netgov #FOSS #NetNeutrality #a11y #DPI

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> The problem is that Docker the technology became so successful that Docker the company struggled to monetize it. When your core product becomes commoditized and open source, you need to find new ways to add value.

#FOSS #standards

tuananh.net/2026/01/20/w...
What has Docker become?
Docker Inc's journey from containerization pioneer to AI-focused platform has been anything but straightforward. Here's what their strategic shifts tell us about the company's search for identity.
tuananh.net
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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I, for one, think that a rift between Europe and the US could actually be good for the rest of the world, especially larger developing countries, if they manage to navigate the waters carefully.
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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kāl karē sō āj kar, āj karē sō ab .
pal mēṁ parlay hōēgī, bahuri karēgā kab ..
January 23, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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The trouble with inviting companies to a public policy roundtables is that they'll almost inevitably start marketting their products.

I'm at a roundtable where the moderators have done a great job of asking pointed and relevant question. Hardly anyone answered the questions they were asked.
January 22, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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barcelonadori.bsky.social
🔹 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
@investinopen.bsky.social · @scossfunding.bsky.social · TSOSI
🎥 Video: youtu.be/nf_5px0Pjzs
📄 Slides: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Sustainability isn’t just about funding: it’s about governance, coordination, visibility, and community-led approaches.
Working Group 5. Sustaining Infrastructures · Related Initiatives · 14 October 2025
YouTube video by Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
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January 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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barcelonadori.bsky.social
🔹 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
OpenAlex · @openaire.bsky.social · @opencitations.bsky.social
🎥 Video: youtu.be/gpyO3TErTMw
📄 Slides: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Working Group 5. Sustaining Infrastructures · Open Infrastructures · 30 September 2025
YouTube video by Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
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January 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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🧩 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥

They explore a shared question:
How can governance, community, and institutional support work together to sustain open research infrastructures?
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Graphic with a purple and cream geometric background titled “Open Infrastructures,” referencing OpenAlex, OpenAIRE, and OpenCitations. A highlighted label reads “Working Group 5 – Sustaining infrastructures,” alongside the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information branding. Graphic with a purple and cream geometric background titled “Related Initiatives,” referencing IOI, SCOSS, and TSOSI. A highlighted label reads “Working Group 5 – Sustaining infrastructures,” alongside the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information branding
January 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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hackernewsbot.bsky.social
Bluesky is not the good place | Discussion
Opinion | Bluesky is not the good place
The social media site that many sought as an alternative to X fosters groupthink and pointless activism.
www.ms.now
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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More people need to learn about #Pandoc. It can convert from Markdown to Groff man pages.

mastodon.social/@brauner/114...
Christian Brauner 🦊🐺 (@[email protected])
Honestly, I'm prepared to start a kickstarter for whatever amount of money it takes for someone to port Linux man-pages from groff to markdown. @cyphar is doing the important work as usual https://...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The gpg.fail talk at #39C3 was pretty amazing. Incredible hacking!

Surprisingly, many of the serious bugs have still not been patched despite having been reported 2 months ago.

Here's their summary slide.
December 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#39C3 had a super-simplistic talk on fascism, cybernetics, AI and "TESCREAL" by a German political scientist and Sinologist and the audience seemed to lap it up. Oh well.
Fascism does not appear because of feminists or Jthe left Fascism appears because it is financed And fascism does not disappear because people ignore it or hand fascist microphones You are not alone You have the right to a good life You do not need fascism
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Nadezhda Purtova on "The law of everything. Broad concept of personal data and future of EU data protection law". (2018)

Increasingly, there's nothing that *isn't* covered by data protection law.
The law of everything. Broad concept of personal data and future of EU data protection law Nadezhda Purtova Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands ABSTRACT Article 29 Working Party guidelines and the case law of the CJEU facilitate a plausible argument that in the near future everything will be or will contain personal data, leading to the application of data protection to everything: technology is rapidly moving towards perfect identifiability of information; datafication and advances in data analytics make everything (contain) information; and in increasingly ‘smart’ environments any information is likely to relate to a person in purpose or effect. At present, the broad notion of personal data is not problematic and even welcome. This will change in future. When the hyperconnected onlife world of data-driven agency arrives, the intensive compliance regime of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become ‘the law of everything’, well-meant but impossible to maintain. By then we should abandon the distinction between personal and non-personal data, embrace the principle that all data processing should trigger protection, and understand how this protection can be scalable.
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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fivebooks.com
"Gandhi was much more than merely a political leader. He was also a moral philosopher who gave the world a particular technique for combating injustice, namely nonviolent protest."
fivebooks.com/best-books/g...
Gandhi
The best books on Gandhi, as recommended by Ramachandra Guha, author of India after Gandhi as well as a two-part biography of Gandhi.
fivebooks.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but Everest Masala Chai powder is totally worth getting.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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rfortherestofus.com
For public-facing reports, looking "good enough" isn't sufficient. Small changes — like using consistent colors and fonts — can instantly make your report look on-brand.

Watch our walkthrough of how to make high-quality PDFs with Quarto and Typst: buff.ly/hRuUEqR

#rstats
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Excellent pointers from the folks at @typst.app on how to make a PDF accessible for persons with disabilities:

typst.app/blog/2025/ac...

This is a large part of the reason why I've shifted to Typst over LaTeX.

#a11y #QuartoPub #Typst
Typst: How to create accessible PDFs from the start – Typst Blog
Accessibility does not need to be hard. Learn how to create accessible PDFs with Typst without any additional software while reaching new audiences and meeting...
typst.app
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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dgkeyes.com
I spent several days working on this blog post and video. Behold everything I know (aka everything @joseph-barbier.bsky.social has ever taught me) about making high-quality PDFs using Quarto and Typst. #rstats
How to Make High-Quality PDFs with Quarto and Typst
Learn to create high-quality PDFs using Quarto and Typst with this in-depth tutorial, including custom templates, branding, and advanced techniques.
rfortherestofus.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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China blames US for cyber break-in, claims America is world's biggest bit burglar.

'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace'

#security #China #USA #cybersecurity

www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/c...
China accuses US of cyberattacks after alleged NSA hack
: 'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace'
www.theregister.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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maxroser.bsky.social
What we die from vs. what we hear in the news.

Terrorism and homicides account for less than 1% of deaths, but for more than half of all media stories about death in the US — whether in the New York Times, the Washington Post, or Fox News.
October 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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#FoE #censorship #Philippines
ifex.org IFEX @ifex.org · Oct 7
#Philippines 🇵🇭 Community journalist Myles Albasin is now free after seven years in detention. She was arrested with five others and charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
Philippines: After seven years in jail, community journalist Myles Albasin and five others acquitted - IFEX
Myles Albasin was affiliated with an alternative media outlet known for its advocacy in social justice and human rights.
buff.ly
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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artinsociety.bsky.social
Which of these two versions of The Lute Player is an original by Caravaggio? The Met Museum in New York has previously said that it’s the one on the right. But other experts’ view ~ that it’s the one on the left ~ has now been supported by AI analysis
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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prateekwaghre.com
BLR people, please come for this Bangalore Legal Forum event about Free Speech and Internet Regulation (in India) at
the Bangalore International Centre tomorrow evening (1600 - 1730).

Details 👇
pranesh.in Pranesh Prakash @pranesh.in · Apr 21
The Bangalore Legal Forum (MLS-MAHE + NLSIU + SLCU + SJCL) is organizing its inaugural event:

Free Speech and Internet Regulation in India
Bangalore International Centre
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
16:00–17:30

Come join Sarayu Natarajan, @prateekwaghre.com, Sachin S., and yours truly
Poster: Bangalore Legal Forum panel on "Free Speech and Internet Regulation in India," April 23, 2025, 4-5:30 PM at Bangalore International Centre. Speakers: Dr. Sarayu Natarajan, Mr. Pranesh Prakash, Mr. Prateek Waghre (Fellow, Tech Policy Press), and moderator Mr. Sachin Sathyarajan (Manipal Law School). Organized by MLS-MAHE, Christ School of Law, SJCL, and NLSIU Bengaluru. Contact: +91-9513330565, RSVP link available. The forum promotes legal knowledge sharing.
April 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
pranesh.in
The Bangalore Legal Forum (MLS-MAHE + NLSIU + SLCU + SJCL) is organizing its inaugural event:

Free Speech and Internet Regulation in India
Bangalore International Centre
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
16:00–17:30

Come join Sarayu Natarajan, @prateekwaghre.com, Sachin S., and yours truly
Poster: Bangalore Legal Forum panel on "Free Speech and Internet Regulation in India," April 23, 2025, 4-5:30 PM at Bangalore International Centre. Speakers: Dr. Sarayu Natarajan, Mr. Pranesh Prakash, Mr. Prateek Waghre (Fellow, Tech Policy Press), and moderator Mr. Sachin Sathyarajan (Manipal Law School). Organized by MLS-MAHE, Christ School of Law, SJCL, and NLSIU Bengaluru. Contact: +91-9513330565, RSVP link available. The forum promotes legal knowledge sharing.
April 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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One ought not be selective about due process.

One ought not say, "he's a terrorist/gang member; due process is a hindrance to justice".

Equally, one must not say, "he's a sexual harasser/white supremacist; due process is a hindrance to justice."

Justice demands due process.
April 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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I personally have liberal friends in legal academia who are not "fascists" or "Holocaust deniers" who are afraid to speak their minds on certain topics because they fear it will get them ostracised.

Feeling virtuous about creating this atmosphere of fear doesn't help.
April 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM