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#RIP, #GeorgeForeman https://youtu.be/AWRhkJzzRsI?si=CTRBkdhcj67CvDo_ #BigGeorge #boxing #sports #Foreman

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Our university used AI to screen the course descriptions, forms of teaching and evaluation for potential risks of AI misuse, so we now get automated comments by AI on how to make our teaching AI-proof - and yes, this is as confusing as it sounds. (Needless to say those comments are not very useful.)

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You would think requiring #seniors to come into an office to verify their identities would mean you'd open MORE offices and hire MORE employees, but no, this change is going hand in hand with closing offices and firing employees. This is just one step in an attempt to end #socialsecurity so […]

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As soon as I started #degoogling my #Google #Pixel, it bricked...

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#NickFury performing the 1968 version of #Googling in #TalesofSuspense. #Marvel #comics #technology

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I had notes from about five different papers saying that the #Acadians in #NovaScotia had originally come from #Poitou and nearby areas in #France, only one of which cited Massignon (1962), but after following all the #citation paths, they all led back to Massignon, who does appear to be the […]

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#Trump is now branding the #AP as #misinformation. Why them? Because they're exceptionally unbiased, no frills news. To undermine faith in the #freepress, he needs to undermine those outlets with the strongest claim to impartiality since that gives them the most potential to effectively show […]

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I'm suddenly finding Newsmax articles listed in my #GoogleNews feed as if it's a legitimate news outlet. I have already been using #DuckDuckGo for years for my primary #searchengine, but I guess it's time to start using it for #news, too, since I guess they're gonna toe the line for the […]

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The US Senate has a new web page that starts out like this: .... Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a database identifying over 3,400 grants, totaling more than $2.05 […]

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It's not uncommon that I have students who are officially given a right to special accommodations like time and a half for tests or special consideration for absences because they have things like #ADHD or #anxiety or #depression or are #neurodivergent. This is part of #diversity, #equity and […]

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[US politics] The fact that all his proposed #tariffs are 10% or 25% is how you know there is literally no planning going on with these decisions. Can you imagine a bunch of #economists going, "Oh yeah, 25% is the optimal rate to maximize benefits without risking a reduction in activity"? No […]

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Good question from @readbeanicecream (my paraphrase): Would 𝙛𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 #OpenScience protect it from the kinds of #censorship and #takedowns we're seeing from the #Trump admin? "Just as Open Science can take its cues from #OpenSource software, Federated science could take its cues from […]

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The #retirement system in the #US almost by default ties our livelihoods to the successes of #oligarchs. Have a #401k or #IRA? You're probably invested in the businesses of #Musk, #Zuckerberg, and #Bezos not to mention #bigoil companies.

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hey americans!!! if your workplace suddenly requires you to get rid of "DEI" or "woke" keywords in documentation/webpages/etc., that's an incredible opportunity for malcompliance! don't do it _properly_ , don't adjust the wording around the removals to make sense or delete whole pages, no […]

submitted 45 days ago • 6 comments

Watching this #Simpsons episode from 1994, and this was the chalkboard gag. Crazy that there have been public demands for sane #gun laws for at least 30 years. #firearms #gunlaws #unitedstates #gunrights #guncontrol #animation #cartoons

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Michael Burawoy was killed. One of the greats. https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/oakland-resident-dead-in-hit-and-run-crash-at-intersection/ #sociology

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Another fun #citationhole today: Susberry (2004) claimed that #antimiscegenation #laws were passed in #Louisiana after the #CivilWar. She cited Dubois & Melançon (2000) for this. However, the latter only talked about a CAMPAIGN to outlaw #miscegenation, thus quoting a news article that they […]

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Scientific societies: please do not advertise X/Twitter to "live tweet" your conferences this year. Prepare now accounts and instructions to use Mastodon and Bluesky.

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Sur mon #blog, j'ai effacé les boutons qui permettent de vite partager les articles sur #Facebook ou #X / #Twitter et j'ai mis un bouton pour partager à #Mastodon. J'ai jamais mis les boutons pour #Threads ou #Instagram, mais je vais certainement pas les y mettre asteur. #WordPress #JetPack […]

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If you want to help save US federal web pages and databases, here are some things you can do: • Save existing websites to the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/). The easiest way to do this is by installing the Wayback Machine extension for your […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

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[US politics] #Trump and #Musk are literally converting the #government into a #fascist #Whitenationalist state at light speed, bypassing all protocols when shutting down domestic agencies like some sort of Mafioso shakedown, and the New York Times is running a story about how polls show that […]

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"In a radical break with tradition, the National Science Foundation (#NSF) this week began to search through billions of dollars of #grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald #Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from […]

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The #GroundhogDay guy is now out of a job. Thanks to #climatechange, #winter already ended before today. No need for predictions anymore

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#Fulton a clairement travaillé sur son game intérieur. C'est important puisque il a pas de force. #BenavidezMorrell #boxe #sport #sports

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Je suis pas fan de #Figueroa, mais ses combats est habitudement animés. Au contraire, celui-ci est ennuyant #BenavidezMorrell #Fulton #boxe #sport #sports

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Ça sera un match nul, je pense #BenavidezMorrell #boxe #sport #sports

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Je prevoyais pas un combat comme celui entre #Cruz et #Fierro. Je pensais que Cruz allait gagner sans problème. #BenavidezMorrell #boxe #sport #sports

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J'ai pitié pour #Rosario. Pas de raison à continuer. #Ramos a la situation complètement en mains. #BenavidezMorrell #boxe #sport #sports

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Bon, #Cuello a gagné, mais il a eu de la chance littéralement à la dernière minute. Pas un bon signe pour son avenir. #BenavidezMorrell #boxe #sport #sports

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TIL that #Kenner, #Louisiana was originally called Cannes Brûlées, meaning burnt sugarcane. The French pronunciation is /kan bɾyle/ whereas Kenner is /kɛn əɹ/. It's hard to say what happened to the adjective as it was anglicized, but the sugarcane was preserved pretty well in there. (Got this […]

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Advice from someone who cares/thinks a lot about effective messaging? Don't use the acronym. Say the words "diversity, equity, and inclusion." Slowly and with emphasis. Every time. Don't let them hide their opposition to these basic, common sense, and popular ideas behind an acronym.

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And another citation hole: Referencing a #discriminatory law aimed at free people of color in #Louisiana, Susberry (2004) cited Gehman (1994) who actually described the law(s) completely differently and cited Schweninger (1989), Blassingame (1973), and Tregle (1992), one of whom may or may not […]

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More on how poor citations can be: Susberry (2004), writing about #Whites and White #Creoles unifying after the #Louisiana Purchase to dominate all people of color, cited G. R. Daniel (1992). That chapter, which was a useful analysis of #race itself, made literally no mention of Louisiana nor […]

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Came across #HarrietMartineau's #SocietyInAmerica by following a trail of citations and this feels like one of those "she actually did important #sociological work but we don't talk about her because she's a #woman" sort of things. #sociology #women #gender #science #socialscience […]

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