Ragini M
@raginimohite.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Author of Modern Writers, Transnational Literatures: Rabindranath Tagore and W. B. Yeats (Clemson UP, 2021). Modernism, poetry, South Asian literature, world literature, and all that. #WIASN #GEMWA
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India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators www.courthousenews.com/india-protes...
India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators
Opposition parties have backed the protests, using the issue to challenge the government in Parliament.
www.courthousenews.com
July 23, 2026 at 4:38 PM
India protest movement holds capital sit-in as police crack down on demonstrators www.courthousenews.com/india-protes...
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India protest: How Modi’s refusal to sack education minister fits a pattern https://aje.news/a595pj
July 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
India protest: How Modi’s refusal to sack education minister fits a pattern https://aje.news/a595pj
@paddy-brennan.bsky.social Hiya, thanks for the follow. Its good to connect with you!
July 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
@paddy-brennan.bsky.social Hiya, thanks for the follow. Its good to connect with you!
@fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social Hiya, thanks for the follow. Its good to connect with you
July 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
@fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social Hiya, thanks for the follow. Its good to connect with you
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Sometimes it takes over two years to make an egregiously overdue deadline for an academic article, but it's done, shame and imposter syndrome and all. As I've said time and time again to my students, executive dysfunction, burnout, and self-sabotage are absolutely real.
June 4, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Sometimes it takes over two years to make an egregiously overdue deadline for an academic article, but it's done, shame and imposter syndrome and all. As I've said time and time again to my students, executive dysfunction, burnout, and self-sabotage are absolutely real.
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I'm telling you: if you like someone's book or article, straight up email them that. It'll make their day. There are not enough compliments in academia.
June 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I'm telling you: if you like someone's book or article, straight up email them that. It'll make their day. There are not enough compliments in academia.
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Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
www.nature.com
May 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
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"Right now, there are more rules on opening a salon or a burrito shop than an AI startup"
Very good piece here. So wild how that Jacobin piece echoed the same arguments used in a WaPo op-ed by *checks notes* PALANTIR EXECUTIVES
Very good piece here. So wild how that Jacobin piece echoed the same arguments used in a WaPo op-ed by *checks notes* PALANTIR EXECUTIVES
The anti-data center movement isn’t just about limiting local development—it represents a new front in the fight against tech-enabled authoritarianism.
Where else can people push back on job-eating algorithms, distorting deep fakes, and autonomous drone strikes?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Where else can people push back on job-eating algorithms, distorting deep fakes, and autonomous drone strikes?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The fight against AI data centers isn’t just about tech – it’s about democracy | Astra Taylor and Saul Levin
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"Right now, there are more rules on opening a salon or a burrito shop than an AI startup"
Very good piece here. So wild how that Jacobin piece echoed the same arguments used in a WaPo op-ed by *checks notes* PALANTIR EXECUTIVES
Very good piece here. So wild how that Jacobin piece echoed the same arguments used in a WaPo op-ed by *checks notes* PALANTIR EXECUTIVES
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the women in the academy whose work asks them to parent incompetent colleagues, innumerable students and advisers; to do the service work that is disregarded and undervalued.
May 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to all the women in the academy whose work asks them to parent incompetent colleagues, innumerable students and advisers; to do the service work that is disregarded and undervalued.
@michelleorsi.bsky.social hi thanks for the follow. Good to meet you
May 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
@michelleorsi.bsky.social hi thanks for the follow. Good to meet you
Second year undergrad student signed off an email with "with Love". Thats seemingly her email signature. I known it's not "proper" but I'm actually endeared by it. More love in (loving?) academia, I say!!!
March 23, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Second year undergrad student signed off an email with "with Love". Thats seemingly her email signature. I known it's not "proper" but I'm actually endeared by it. More love in (loving?) academia, I say!!!
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This is the reality of what AI companies want for the future: where EVERYONE is unable to function without relying on them for "intelligence as a utility."
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
Upside down, by the ankles, and then treat him like a piñata.
March 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This is the reality of what AI companies want for the future: where EVERYONE is unable to function without relying on them for "intelligence as a utility."
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
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You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
@sarahmdowling1.bsky.social Hi, thanks for the follow back. Heard your podcast on the new book. Excited to read!
January 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
@sarahmdowling1.bsky.social Hi, thanks for the follow back. Heard your podcast on the new book. Excited to read!
@drlaurarattray.bsky.social hello, thanks for the follow. Good to connect.
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@drlaurarattray.bsky.social hello, thanks for the follow. Good to connect.
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I do wonder, if the British state lets hunger strikers die again, in order to preserve its right to supply weapons and military support to an ongoing genocide, who will even notice? To paraphrase Kwame Ture, Britain has no conscience.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I do wonder, if the British state lets hunger strikers die again, in order to preserve its right to supply weapons and military support to an ongoing genocide, who will even notice? To paraphrase Kwame Ture, Britain has no conscience.
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Algorithmic social media is lost. The last ten years have shown this to be true. Such platforms are hives of lazy, sloppy, and radicalized thought because the companies behind them engineer them to be that way, and they do so for money. It's not just experience, but a documented reality.
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Algorithmic social media is lost. The last ten years have shown this to be true. Such platforms are hives of lazy, sloppy, and radicalized thought because the companies behind them engineer them to be that way, and they do so for money. It's not just experience, but a documented reality.
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There’s a dissertation that gets cited all the time in my field that would have been a *book* that gets cited all the time, if there had been any opportunity for the author to stay in the trade. At this point we can all think of work that might have been career-making, so many firsts that were final
I wrote this a few years ago now, but it's still very relevant sadly. Constant redundancy has been the norm for many of us since we began our careers. Sorry for everyone who is now facing it unexpectedly. Logging off for a bit. #UKHE #UCU
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Academic precarity harms us all
I’ve been working on this for a while. It sums up my experience of and thoughts about academic precarity. Tl;dr it harms us all: staff, institutions and, most importantly, students. I am writ…
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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There’s a dissertation that gets cited all the time in my field that would have been a *book* that gets cited all the time, if there had been any opportunity for the author to stay in the trade. At this point we can all think of work that might have been career-making, so many firsts that were final
@abhyudayamandal.bsky.social thanks for the follow. Good to connect
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@abhyudayamandal.bsky.social thanks for the follow. Good to connect
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Congratulations to John Banville, who celebrated his 80th birthday on the 8th of December.
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Congratulations to John Banville, who celebrated his 80th birthday on the 8th of December.
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A few years ago, Bill Nye the science guy debated creationist Ken Ham about evolution. The last question was "what would change your mind?"
Bill Nye said "Evidence."
Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."
I think about that a lot.
Bill Nye said "Evidence."
Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."
I think about that a lot.
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A few years ago, Bill Nye the science guy debated creationist Ken Ham about evolution. The last question was "what would change your mind?"
Bill Nye said "Evidence."
Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."
I think about that a lot.
Bill Nye said "Evidence."
Ken Ham said "Nothing can possibly change my mind about this."
I think about that a lot.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
@drdominicdean.bsky.social Hi, thanks for the follow. Good to meet on here!
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@drdominicdean.bsky.social Hi, thanks for the follow. Good to meet on here!
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So confused. Why do we keep outsourcing our humanity to AI? We're just giving up all the fun parts of life, including our jobs...and for what?
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So confused. Why do we keep outsourcing our humanity to AI? We're just giving up all the fun parts of life, including our jobs...and for what?
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Hey! I’m CEO of a company that has just raised $10 billion for an app that takes the hard work out of enjoying music. Did you know, some people waste hours each day listening to “tunes”. Our AI will listen to it for you and summarise it in a 15 second scream leaving you more time to add value.
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hey! I’m CEO of a company that has just raised $10 billion for an app that takes the hard work out of enjoying music. Did you know, some people waste hours each day listening to “tunes”. Our AI will listen to it for you and summarise it in a 15 second scream leaving you more time to add value.