Harvard agrees to adopt a broad definition of antisemitism to settle two lawsuits
Several other schools have recently settled similar lawsuits, and suits are pending against others, including the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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From Project Gutenberg:
La "National Gallery"
by Armand Dayot
Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/56859
La "National Gallery" by Armand Dayot
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
My employer wants 300 voluntary redundancies across the board, which will become less voluntary if enough people don't volunteer.
The union rep for my school has just sent an email out saying that for us that means 10 academics and 5 support staff will go.
My response:
Analysis revealed legal documents frequently have long definitions inserted in the middle of sentences -- known as "center-embedding." #Linguists have previously found that this #legalese structure can make text much more difficult to understand. "Legalese somehow has developed this tendency to put structures inside other structures, in a way which is not typical of human languages,"
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MIT study explains why laws are written in an incomprehensible style
An MIT study on “legalese” suggests this convoluted language acts to convey a sense of authority in legal documents. The researchers also found that even non-lawyers use legalese when asked to write laws.MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade pretended to be Russians and captured six prisoners
Soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade pretended to be Russians and captured six prisonershttps://mil.in.ua/en/news/soldiers-of-the-3rd-assault-brigade-pretended-to-be-russians-and-captured-six-prisoners/#google_vignetteBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Beyond #philosophy and #psychology, I'm interested in #feminism, radical politics and history, wonky public policy (esp. about #housing, #cities, and #education), #technology and #politics, and getting lost in Wikipedia. (Languages: EN/PT/ES)
Top 10 Risks of 2025 according to the World Economic Forum Survey
Top 10 Risks of 2025 according to the World Economic Forum Surveyhttps://i.redd.it/g1dyny6v2iee1.jpegBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
🇬🇧 Humboldt Prize awarded to Jacco Vink (UvA). He will use it to conduct research for six months at DESY, the German laboratory for high-energy physics.
🇳🇱 Jacco Vink (UvA) ontvangt Humboldt-prijs. Hij gaat daarmee zes maanden onderzoek doen bij DESY, het Duitse laboratorium voor hoge-energiefysica.
astronomie.nl/nieuws/jacco-vin… (Dutch)
There is an entomology article from 1987 titled
"An Apparent Lowering of Moral Standards in the Lepidoptera"
It's about same-sex activities among butteflies.
I think this one has a lot of potential mileage. Punk rock band names? Queer Regency romance novel titles? Fictional Victorian gang names?
Russian Casualties as of 22 Jan 2025
Russian Casualties as of 22 Jan 2025https://i.redd.it/fac5ijyp2iee1.jpegPosted by ToxicHazard-BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
The number of available jobs in the UK games industry has decreased by 8% to 696 positions in January 2025
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UK games jobs vacancies fell by 8% in January 2025
The number of available jobs in the UK games industry has decreased by 8% to 696 positions in January 2025.Sophie McEvoy (GamesIndustry.biz)
Captain it's Wednesday - Folge 120 - Asocial Media Flucht
Folge 120 des CIW Podcasts.
Eine weitere Fluchtbewegung von asozialen Medien hat begonnen
Captain it's Wednesday - Folge 120 - Asocial Media Flucht
Folge 120 des CIW Podcasts. Eine weitere Fluchtbewegung von asozialen Medien hat begonnenGNU/Linux.ch
Trying to wrap my head around #pipewire audio in linux!
I'm hoping to successfully replicate some stuff I'm able to do on my windows install, namely controlling 2 different outputs from my audio interface with MIDI faders I have on my desk.
There's plenty of thorough documentation about all of pipewire stuff, but it's hard to parse for a newcomer to the linux ecosystem. I'm determined to make it work though! I already got a nice Reaper setup on Linux with working VSTs and better themeing even than on windows (yay proper dark mode)
I'll update this thread with my findings!
idk it is kinda cute, that #minio has a license popup and shows and explains what the AGPL is and you don't "agree", but you "acknowledge"
Meet Javesle, child of Gilli and Hirkhose.
They are the product of 2 generations of breeding.
They like blurry fractals.
If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#fractalArt
Javesle dances for you.
If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#fractalArt
Biden set records for appointing diverse federal judges. Here’s what that looks like.
https://19thnews.org/2025/01/biden-records-diverse-federal-judges/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry
The state is seeing a sharp water divide this year, with lots of rain in the north while the south has stayed dry. A hydrologist explains what’s happening.The Conversation
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