disha verma
@di_shawarma
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ex @internetfreedom, @C_HELP_ILS; talking tech, health, social justice. words in places. 📥 signal/disha.05 ✍🏽 substack/dishaverma
Joined March 2017
This is my reporting debut turning out exactly how I dreamed: under the sharpest mentorship; on questions & ideas I spent 2024 stewing in. Big thanks @PySamarth @theplankmag Read now—The AI Eyes That Refuse To See: inside Lucknow’s smart policing network
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RT @divijualsuspect: Please share! The University of Amsterdam is funding and supporting new or early-stage creative media projects that…
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RT @lipstickkranti: Government-backed AI experimentation in the public sector is accompanied by crushing budget cuts to essential services.…
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will be at @TakshashilaInst's GCPP conf this weekend talking e-surveillance and safety with their brilliant 2025 spring cohort. more info below:
Engaging topics and expert insights- it is all happening at the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Academic Conference this weekend! Click here to learn how you can be part of events like this: @Kajari1 @ps_raghavan @pranaykotas @shrikrishna5 @RishvanjasR @di_shawarma @SaxenaAnushka_ @javeedipsup @prakashmenon51 @theChinaDude @resanering @kaapi_croissant @UrbanEmissions @acorn @mahambare_vidya
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2.5 months into unemployment (or in SFW terms, 'sabbatical') and i'm seeing colour better, breathing fuller, eating well, being at rest without an undercurrent of stress or anxiety... straight outta eat pray love. savouring this before i have to kneecrawl back into the workforce
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RT @dietcoke_haver: Farah Khan needs to get her shit together and produce another insanely good brainrot movie so my life can fix itself
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RT @PySamarth: What's wrong with Bollywood? Why are theaters running empty? Why did Dharma make just ₹60 lakhs in profit last year when Mad…
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how to navigate the AI hype cycle as consumers? we must ask ourselves: did this product/service need to exist at the first place? do i need an AI locket to listen to and summarise my conversations for me, or do i just need to be a better friend?
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RT @sayashk: I spent a few hours with OpenAI's Operator automating expense reports. Most corporate jobs require filing expenses, so Operato…
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the APAAR student ID is a massive lawless data collection drive being implemented at breakneck speeds across indian schools. spoke to @SurakshaPinnuET for her latest. @EconomicTimes read at
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RT @jatinder_tur: Fatima was heavily pregnant when she witnessed her husband Shaukat being tortured to death by Army men at Mastandhara pos…
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RT @NC_Renic: Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 yea…
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RT @misslawnabanana: sometime im tired of not being loved the way i want but then i snap out of it and start thinking about bigger problems…
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RT @DearthOfSid: @_subiii_ She is not just an entertainer or a romcom writer, she is also branded as an activist who speaks on climate acti…
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