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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Today's story looks at how the POTUS's revenge tour is targeting cybersecurity leaders and election security efforts. "President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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Remember two things: 1) At Wannsee, the Nazis used euphemisms such as "evacuate" and "resettle." 2) Almost everyone at Wannsee was an attorney, with many trying to reshape the law to fit the agenda.

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AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror

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MIT following Harvard's lead here

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“How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel empathy or compassion?” said Nayib Bukele theonion.com/salvado...

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Underrated tweet.

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A rapist's guide to governance.

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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

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Another court order that Trump is now openly defying. Republicans in Congress assured us repeatedly that Trump would never defy a court order. It is obvious that he simply doesn’t care though after the Supreme Court gave him immunity.

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Just in from @harvard.edu prez Alan Garber, what appears to be "No more Mr. Nice Guy" response to increasing Trump demands. view.hu.harvard.edu?qs=351b45ebf... (Background Trump made $8 billion threat, ostensibly to fight antisemitism; first Harv response was meek; more demands; now this response)

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Trump has fully turned on Zelenskyy: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."

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NEW Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at HHS, four current and former agency workers tell @wired.com. @davidgilbert.bsky.social w the scoop: www.wired.com/story/depart...

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Whether it's a right-winger trying to kill Democrat Josh Shapiro, a right-winger trying to kill Democrats Paul and Nancy Pelosi, or right-wingers trying to kidnap Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, it's time to renounce political violence from both sides.

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I feel like “President of the United States suggests he would deport American citizens to prisons in El Salvador” should be fairly big news

submitted 19 hours ago • 77 comments

I hope the WTC organizers eventually find some way to make this session open publicly via streaming.

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Paging through cancelled HHS grants a few weeks ago, I noticed an alarming trend: 'DOGE' was shuttering maternal and child healthcare programs, despite what Musk and Trump were saying about 'The Birth Rate.' New from me, on the human costs of DOGE: www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Illinois gets about half (48.8%) of its energy from nuclear (#1 NJ gets 55.8%). However, our reactors are getting older. It’s time to build Generation IV reactors here and complete fossil fuel retirement.

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While the medical research side of xenotransplantation has garnered quite a bit of attention, I think the community would be well-advised to properly gauge patient perceptions/attitudes, and ensure those perceptions match scientific reality.

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Every US citizen, regardless of race/ethnicity or place of birth should make sure they have a RealID, passport book, and passport card. No sarcasm here. My kids even have RealIDs - which also made getting a driver’s license easier. #PapersPlease

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You put your tariffs in You put your tariffs out You put your tariffs in Then you shake it all about. Source: www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...

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I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

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This has importance way outside CS/ML. If you ask why DOGE employees believe it’s smart to gut NSF and NIH, I’m afraid the answer is that they’ve bought a story where technical progress can proceed mostly decoupled from scientific knowledge.

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Deport Musk.

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I read the article. Her business sells Medicare plans.

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The April 13 crew broadcast just before the explosion is starting now.

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US citizen told to leave the country.

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Do NOT get in a rich man’s small airplane!! Especially not one he’s flying himself www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/n...

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yeah, this is an amazing project the apollo 13 flight/return is one of the most breathtaking displays of competence under pressure you will ever see

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"immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than u.s. citizens" has gone missing from USG website. Archive.org version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250121225514/https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/undocumented-immigrant-offending-rate-lower-us-born-citizen-rate

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It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk. (They are not complimentary)

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Eugenicists are so stupid.

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It’s sad that one of the few politicians than can openly criticize Trump "happens" to be an actual billionaire, but here we are.

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If his BP has been 128/74 even momentarily in the past three decades I'll eat a pound of salt.

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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

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Sorry, America. We can pay cancer research teams or we can pay to fly Trump and his entourage to a UFC fight in Miami. We can’t afford both.

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Ideas

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