Bharatiya Janata Party The BJP's fake news (fake?) meeting Reuters published a very interesting report on February 2, entitled ‘Exclusive-In heated
augury The weekly linklist – July 25, 2020 I’ve decided to publish this linklist via Substack. Next weekend onwards,
echo chamber Social media and science communication The following article was originally intended for an Indian publication but I
BuzzFeed IBT's ice-nine effect on Newsweek In his 1963 novel Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut describes a fictitious
curiosity gap The technically correct strapline (Re)Stumbled upon this article, by Ed Yong in The Atlantic, July
Facebook How science is presented and consumed on Facebook This post is a breakdown of the Pew study titled The Science
anti-intellectualism Friends no more Growing up, watching Friends was a source of much amusement and happiness.
140 characters The blog and the social media Because The Wire had signed up to be some kind of A-listed
embargoes Confused thoughts on embargoes Seventy! That’s how many observatories around the world turned their antennae
2016 The metaphorical transparency of responsible media Featured image credit: dryfish/Flickr, CC BY 2.0. I’d written
Big Tobacco Curious Bends – big tobacco, internet blindness, spoilt dogs and more 1. Despite the deadly floods in Uttarakhand in 2013, the govt ignores