Threading this too, from the NY event last night. It’s revolting bsky.app/profile/atru...
@harikunzru.bsky.socialA wealth of resources here for anyone trying to understand what’s happening in India.
Hari Kunzru
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My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harper’s etc. Abolish ICE, demolish the arch.
@harikunzru.bsky.social@harikunzru.bsky.socialOther possibility is that they have locally hosted models and they’re feeding your stuff to those? Wondering how these models will ultimately be used
@harikunzru.bsky.socialI assume that publishers aren’t doing this since they’re also taking 50% of the Anthropic settlement money as compensation for exactly that
@harikunzru.bsky.socialThe idea of some junior publicist blithely uploading years of my work to save themselves some writing time is not a happy thing to contemplate
@harikunzru.bsky.socialApart from signaling that they didn’t really want to engage with the work, to make the copy they almost certainly would have fed the ms into a model …
@harikunzru.bsky.socialAnd (most likely) to feed your authors’ mss to a model to generate it
@indrapramitdas.bsky.socialReposted by @harikunzru.bsky.socialIt is wild the degree to which being on Bluesky (as opposed to Twitter, which feels like walking into the clamour of an Indian railway station) feels like hitting mute on India right now, with the whole nation at a turning point.
@harikunzru.bsky.socialIf my publisher were to hand me LLM back cover copy I would definitely be looking to move.
@meidotwav.bsky.socialReposted by @harikunzru.bsky.socialtreat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
@harikunzru.bsky.socialSo far everyone seems to think Navi Pillay is a worthy winner of the Nobel Peace prize except the Mad King and a government currently conducting a genocide.
@harikunzru.bsky.social@harikunzru.bsky.socialThe appropriate level of alarm about this stuff is still as high as it was ten years ago. Grounds for impeachment and removal. Every Republican should be asked about it.
@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.socialReposted by @harikunzru.bsky.social🚨 Just in: The US has sanctioned the ICC. "We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Marco Rubio said in a statement.
reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace PrizeThe Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
@harikunzru.bsky.socialReposted by @harikunzru.bsky.socialSo happy that my former NYU colleague Anne Carson has won the literature Nobel. She used to run a class that involved physical improv (confronting for MFA writing students). I taught straight after her, moving the tables back and wishing I too had spent three hours with Anne being a tree
@harikunzru.bsky.socialDisappearing the victim of your crime
@harikunzru.bsky.socialChristian Nationalism is just white ISIS www.bbc.com/news/article...
@harikunzru.bsky.socialSo happy that my former NYU colleague Anne Carson has won the literature Nobel. She used to run a class that involved physical improv (confronting for MFA writing students). I taught straight after her, moving the tables back and wishing I too had spent three hours with Anne being a tree
@npr.orgReposted by @harikunzru.bsky.socialResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
n.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
@harikunzru.bsky.socialBadenoch firmly calling out Reform's racism, and their corruption. The Conservatives are finally willing to draw a line.
@jameeljaffer.bsky.socialReposted by @harikunzru.bsky.socialFor our symposium on "The Forever War and the First Amendment," @knightcolumbia.org and @harpers.bsky.social co-commissioned this essay from @harikunzru.bsky.social about art and censorship after 9/11. It's really good, and I'm hoping Hari will turn it into a book. harpers.org/archive/2026...