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Women and Men in University In this newsletter (blog post) Celeste Davis looks at the reasons why fewer men are going to college in the US. For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied. One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in…

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#TrumpTreason #TrumpRussia

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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic. This is truly shocking read. The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

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The Jetfoil from Sado to the mainland hit a whale! I hear this happens from time to time. Poor whale! www.sadokisen.co.jp/reservation/...

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Free, online, multidisciplinary, and a welcoming space for researchers of all levels!

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🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

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2025, but in Minowa.

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If you don't stand up for Ukraine and Palestine against the murderous intent of Russia and Israel backed up to the hilt by the USA, your country will be next. At this stage we have to be clear that the US is a hostile actor in the world, and will act with impunity unless we stand up.

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New glow in the dark stickers too, along with the bigfin squid, there is now also the giant squid and gulper eel! #art #deepseacritters

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tesla haters are going to meet all the other local tesla haters at the #teslatakedown this saturday, and I think that is beautiful

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This feels like a good moment to find or organize a #TeslaTakedown picket line this Saturday. We will not quietly accept state capture by an unelected billionaire.

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The "consistent with applicable law" phrasing in these orders means they know that it isn't. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/not-h... #uspol

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📚 Spotted in a bookstore in Bucharest - English translations of Mihail Sebastian's works, always salient and timely readings on #antisemitism 🗃 #skystorians #academicsky

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Research from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as people increasingly rely on gen AI in their work, they use less critical thinking which causes the brain to atrophy www.404media.co/email/1e37ba...

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Al is making us stupid Research by Microsoft (pdf) shows tech industry users show a reduction in critical thinking as use of AI increases.

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📢 Job update! 🥳 Happy to say that I started a new position as Commissioning Editor at CEU Press. If you have a book project that you think would be a good fit, I would be happy to discuss it! I’m also carrying on as the Managing Editor of the @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social.

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Hi all, We’re still here at OPM. We have a situation where we MIGHT, and I do mean, MIGHT have four of Elon’s people blocked from the building. Can we get press or a member of Congress down here? We’ve blocked them for two hours and they keep coming back and trying to go in.

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Mongolian Girl Has a Laugh with her Camel. The little girl’s name is Butedmaa and she was just 5 when this picture was taken in 2003 by photographer Han Chengli, who titled it “Inner Mongolian Child”. #photooftheday

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I wrote about helping a friend break up with WaPo. Includes a crowdsourced list of recommended independent media outlets. libromancy.net/2025/02/01/g...

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As someone from the Balkans I regret to inform you that the tolerance of the average public for being utterly brutalized by their government(s) for the most fantastical and asinine reasons is far greater than you may anticipate. Sectarianism is a hell of a drug, alas.

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Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of fires, violence, racism, addiction, climate change, social inequality and an authoritarian "President Donner." www.axios.com/2025/02/01/o...

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At this point, I half-expect the authors of these papers to be ordered to retract them.

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The thing to understand about DeepSeek is that it's not intended to advance "AI" (LLMs) but to nuke them. They're doing stuff anyone with comparable resouces could do. It's no more useful than ChatGPT or Copilot etc. It's just much cheaper. It's a bit of statecraft. It's not a tool, it's a weapon.

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The Blue Ice Runway at Union Glacier in Antarctica.

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OpenAI: China stole our tech!! Luddites: Oh weird how'd you make your tech in the first place OpenAI: 😡

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Remembering Tom Verlaine, frontman of the influential New York punk rock band Television, died in Manhattan 2 years ago today at the age of 73 after a short illness. 📸 Richard E. Aaron #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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If Google is going to go along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico I think we need to rename them.

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Cat marketing photos make them look like they’re about to finish a respectable third in an Indonesian election

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Culloden Highlands ~ travel quilt No.5 by Sheri Pyron, American quilt artist, Eugene, Oregon, born 1965

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Some photos made in the XPan crop on the Hasselblad X1D-50c, whilat on assignment with NHK World. 65x24 is an aspect ratio I love shooting in and one I've been enjoying for almost 30 years. If you want to discover its charms, check out the 65x24 app from @heliographe.bsky.social More in the ALT.

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So, the first book for #haveread in 2025 was "The Stone Sky" by N. K. Jemisin wrapping up the Broken Earth Trilogy. Good characters! bookwyrm.social/user/ton23/g...

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This is so cool! How far can you go in 1-8 hours by train from anywhere in Europe! (Powered by #OSM) www.chronotrains.com/en/station/5... #train #travel #rail #transit

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I did a blog post wrapping up all of the places I went on sabbatical in the autumn! One pic per city. nippara277.net/2025/01/06/t... #travel #europe #balkans #photos

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In memory of Ronald Franklin Ashton, co-founder, guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter of the rock/proto-punk rock band The Stooges. Ron Ashton died of a heart attack 16 years ago today at the age of 60 #punkrock #protopunk #thestooges #ronashton #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re- BEASTIES: MORSE AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of Beasties: COURSE MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy BEASTIES: MOOCHER MCA: We’re Christmas Past MIKE D: Christmas Present BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE

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The protesters at the Public Broadcaster join the main crowd on Rustaveli. Day 39. They demand new elections and the release of the unlawfully imprisoned. #GeorgiaProtests #NewElectionsforGeorgia

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Seeing a lot of "how to learn #Japanese" discourse on the timeline. Reminder that I offer three FREE textbooks on my website (@ wesleycrobertson.wordpress.com/free-resourc...) which cover the content of N5 -> N4 and a bit of N3.

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incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

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"Sweet tooth." I win 2025.

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