Pranesh Prakash
@pranesh.in
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
zhōngyōng & anēkāntavāda
prāṇēś prakāś
pranesh.in
Also: Co-founder, Centre for Internet & Society / Affiliated Fellow, @yaleisp.bsky.social
#a2k #privacy #FoE #AI #infosec #netgov #FOSS #NetNeutrality #a11y #DPI
zhōngyōng & anēkāntavāda
prāṇēś prakāś
pranesh.in
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
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Everest Masala Chai powder is totally worth getting.
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
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
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
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
Watch our walkthrough of how to make high-quality PDFs with Quarto and Typst: buff.ly/hRuUEqR
#rstats
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.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
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.app/blog/2025/ac...
This is a large part of the reason why I've shifted to Typst over LaTeX.
#a11y #QuartoPub #Typst
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
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
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
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...
'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
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...
'US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace'
#security #China #USA #cybersecurity
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/c...
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
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.
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
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.
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.
#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
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
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...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
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 👇
the Bangalore International Centre tomorrow evening (1600 - 1730).
Details 👇
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
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
April 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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 👇
the Bangalore International Centre tomorrow evening (1600 - 1730).
Details 👇
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
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
April 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Feeling virtuous about creating this atmosphere of fear doesn't help.
April 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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.
Feeling virtuous about creating this atmosphere of fear doesn't help.
US liberals haven't been very supportive of free trade over the past few years, just like US conservatives. Trump's election have led them to strongly change their minds. Now more than 40% of US liberals "strongly approve of free trade".
Graph by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
#tribalism #polarization #USA
Graph by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
#tribalism #polarization #USA
April 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
US liberals haven't been very supportive of free trade over the past few years, just like US conservatives. Trump's election have led them to strongly change their minds. Now more than 40% of US liberals "strongly approve of free trade".
Graph by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
#tribalism #polarization #USA
Graph by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
#tribalism #polarization #USA
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
“Why do you take such childish delight in puns?”
“I’m a groan man.”
“I’m a groan man.”
April 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“Why do you take such childish delight in puns?”
“I’m a groan man.”
“I’m a groan man.”
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
We can never know for sure where the future will take us. But I can speculate.
My latest Ex Machina article.
exmachina.in/09/04/2025/p...
My latest Ex Machina article.
exmachina.in/09/04/2025/p...
April 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We can never know for sure where the future will take us. But I can speculate.
My latest Ex Machina article.
exmachina.in/09/04/2025/p...
My latest Ex Machina article.
exmachina.in/09/04/2025/p...
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
Most litigants will never end up in a high court; their cases will remain in the labyrinths of district courts. Yet, reforms at the base of the judicial pyramid have not got the required attention.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
Reorienting the Lens on Judicial Reforms
Most litigants will never end up in a high court; their cases will remain in the labyrinths of district courts. Yet, reforms at the base of the judicial pyramid have not got the required attention.
www.theindiaforum.in
April 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Most litigants will never end up in a high court; their cases will remain in the labyrinths of district courts. Yet, reforms at the base of the judicial pyramid have not got the required attention.
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
We @okfn.bsky.social are creating, in collaboration with communities all over the World, a tool that helps you learn everything about tabular data while applying it to your workflow! Take the course! Test the App! opendataeditor.okfn.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We @okfn.bsky.social are creating, in collaboration with communities all over the World, a tool that helps you learn everything about tabular data while applying it to your workflow! Take the course! Test the App! opendataeditor.okfn.org
Gmail now makes it easy for orgs to manage end-to-end encryption using S/MIME. It even allows sending e2ee emails to those not using S/MIME.
This is great for security, but terrible for transparency, esp if govts use it, as it'd allow "revocation" of emails.
workspace.google.com/blog/identit...
This is great for security, but terrible for transparency, esp if govts use it, as it'd allow "revocation" of emails.
workspace.google.com/blog/identit...
Gmail: Bringing easy end-to-end encryption to all businesses | Google Workspace Blog
Announcing plans to bring easy to use end-to-end encryption in Gmail to all our business customers
workspace.google.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Gmail now makes it easy for orgs to manage end-to-end encryption using S/MIME. It even allows sending e2ee emails to those not using S/MIME.
This is great for security, but terrible for transparency, esp if govts use it, as it'd allow "revocation" of emails.
workspace.google.com/blog/identit...
This is great for security, but terrible for transparency, esp if govts use it, as it'd allow "revocation" of emails.
workspace.google.com/blog/identit...
Americas Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
YouTube video by Knowledge is Power
youtu.be
March 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
This trend seems to be growing here.
False comfort that AI doesn’t work or that it isn’t getting better is pervasive on Blue Sky. As a result, people who could add important points of view to current discussions on the meaning & use of AI instead try to believe they don’t have to think about it.
False comfort that AI doesn’t work or that it isn’t getting better is pervasive on Blue Sky. As a result, people who could add important points of view to current discussions on the meaning & use of AI instead try to believe they don’t have to think about it.
Not to be a broken record, but AI critics who insist that AI "doesn't work" and is going to just disappear are misleading - that just isn't true, as controlled studies like this one show.
There are many issues with AI & many things that need critique, but pretending it is going away is not helpful.
There are many issues with AI & many things that need critique, but pretending it is going away is not helpful.
Randomized trial AI for legal work finds Reasoning models are a big deal:
Law students using o1-preview had the quality of work on most tasks increase (up to 28%) & time savings of 12-28%
There were a few hallucinations, but a RAG-based AI with access to legal material reduced those to human level
Law students using o1-preview had the quality of work on most tasks increase (up to 28%) & time savings of 12-28%
There were a few hallucinations, but a RAG-based AI with access to legal material reduced those to human level
March 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This trend seems to be growing here.
False comfort that AI doesn’t work or that it isn’t getting better is pervasive on Blue Sky. As a result, people who could add important points of view to current discussions on the meaning & use of AI instead try to believe they don’t have to think about it.
False comfort that AI doesn’t work or that it isn’t getting better is pervasive on Blue Sky. As a result, people who could add important points of view to current discussions on the meaning & use of AI instead try to believe they don’t have to think about it.
काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब ।
पल में परलय होएगी, बहुरि करेगा कब ॥
पल में परलय होएगी, बहुरि करेगा कब ॥
March 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब ।
पल में परलय होएगी, बहुरि करेगा कब ॥
पल में परलय होएगी, बहुरि करेगा कब ॥
Twitter/X has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the govt's authority to censor under S.79(3)(b) of the IT Act.
Glad to see that Twitter's lawyers are adopting an argument I've put forward for over a decade!
#FoE #censorship #India
www.barandbench.com/news/litigat...
Glad to see that Twitter's lawyers are adopting an argument I've put forward for over a decade!
#FoE #censorship #India
www.barandbench.com/news/litigat...
March 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Twitter/X has filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the govt's authority to censor under S.79(3)(b) of the IT Act.
Glad to see that Twitter's lawyers are adopting an argument I've put forward for over a decade!
#FoE #censorship #India
www.barandbench.com/news/litigat...
Glad to see that Twitter's lawyers are adopting an argument I've put forward for over a decade!
#FoE #censorship #India
www.barandbench.com/news/litigat...
"Aren't Jews skilled in somehow gaining control over ruling classes without any responsibility other than their self-interest, scheming and tormenting other groups to exploit them?" — Periyar EVR (1938-03-20, reprinted in Viḍudalai on 2016-07-09)
#Antisemitism #Dravidianism
#Antisemitism #Dravidianism
March 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Aren't Jews skilled in somehow gaining control over ruling classes without any responsibility other than their self-interest, scheming and tormenting other groups to exploit them?" — Periyar EVR (1938-03-20, reprinted in Viḍudalai on 2016-07-09)
#Antisemitism #Dravidianism
#Antisemitism #Dravidianism
Folks like Karen Attiah will never understand why so many liberals dislike the mandated segregation and racial hierarchy that "DEI" imposes.
March 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Folks like Karen Attiah will never understand why so many liberals dislike the mandated segregation and racial hierarchy that "DEI" imposes.
Reposted by Pranesh Prakash
Few changes in finalized requirements for labeling AI generated content.
We wrote up the draft last October if you want to see what's included.
www.chinalawtranslate.com/proposed-ai-...
We wrote up the draft last October if you want to see what's included.
www.chinalawtranslate.com/proposed-ai-...
Quicktake: Proposed AI-content labeling guidelines
An overview of the draft rules.
www.chinalawtranslate.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Few changes in finalized requirements for labeling AI generated content.
We wrote up the draft last October if you want to see what's included.
www.chinalawtranslate.com/proposed-ai-...
We wrote up the draft last October if you want to see what's included.
www.chinalawtranslate.com/proposed-ai-...