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prplcdclnw@diasp.eu
David

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/open-letter-to-college-and-university-presidents-on-student-protests

  • Schools must not single out particular viewpoints for censorship, discipline, or disproportionate punishment
  • Schools must protect students from discriminatory harassment and violence
  • Schools can announce and enforce reasonable content-neutral protest policies but they must leave ample room for students to express themselves
  • Schools must recognize that armed police on campus can endanger students and are a measure of last resort
  • Schools must resist the pressures placed on them by politicians seeking to exploit campus tensions

#aclu #american-civil-liberties-union #free-speech #freedom #liberty #academic-freedom #university #universities #protests #free-expression #civil-liberties #university-presidents

Open Letter to College and University Presidents on Student Protests | ACLU

Academic freedom and free speech are essential. Universities must protect them.

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ramnath@nerdpol.ch
ramnath

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-DL1_EMIw6w

#GrahamHancock, formerly a foreign correspondent for "The Economist," has been an international bestselling author for more than 30 years with a series of books, notably "Fingerprints of the Gods," "Magicians of the Gods" and "America Before," which investigate the controversial possibility of a lost civilization of the Ice Age destroyed in a global cataclysm some 12,000 years ago. Graham is the presenter of the hit Netflix documentary series "Ancient Apocalypse."

Flint Dibble is an #archaeologist at Cardiff #University who has conducted field work and laboratory analyses around the Mediterranean region from #StoneAge caves to Egyptian tombs to Greek and Roman cities. Flint enjoys sharing #archaeology - from the nitty gritty to the grand - with people around the world. Subscribe to his YouTube channel, "Archaeology with Flint Dibble," or follow him on X/Twitter for behind-the-scenes deep dives into 21st century archaeology. 4hrs

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

Email the Department for Education: scrap interest on student loans!

Here’s why people like you are supporting this important campaign:

"I began earning a good wage in 2022. My debt before working was just over £58,000. After a year of working and a pay increase, I checked again and owed around £57,600. I'm never going to be able to pay off this loan. When I took out the loan I was told the interest rate was 1.5% - I was never told this could change and had no alternative options to pay for university. I lose a substantial amount each month and with the cost of living, things only get more difficult."

Please email the Department for Education and demand they commit to scrapping interest on student loans. Takes less than 30 seconds.

https://the.organise.network/campaigns/email-DoE-scrap-student-loans

#students #loans #StudentLoans #UK #WageSlaves #university #education

Email the Department for Education: scrap interest on student loans!

I've just emailed Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, asking them to revoke the broadcasting licence of GB News who have broken impartiality rules five times. It's crucial that we can trust the media to follow rules and Ofcom should act now so it...

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

'Facial recognition' #error message on vending #machine sparks concern at #University of #Waterloo

source: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/facial-recognition-error-message-on-vending-machine-sparks-concern-at-university-of-waterloo-1.6779835

Earlier this month, a student noticed an error message on one of the machines in the Modern Languages building. It appeared to indicate there was a problem with a facial recognition application.

error message on screen

#privacy #fail #FacialRecognition #face #technology #news #economy #problem #Canada

'Facial recognition' error message on vending machine sparks concern at University of Waterloo

A set of smart vending machines at the University of Waterloo is expected to be removed from campus after students raised privacy concerns about their software.

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drnoam@diasp.org
Noam Bergman

Another day, another report on rising #antisemitism. Since 7 October, in #Canada

shots have been fired at #Jewish schools, a #synagogue and com­munity centre fire­bombed, #Swastikas painted on Jew­ish homes, Jew­ish #university stu­dents and fac­ulty intim­id­ated and threatened, Jew­ish busi­nesses van­dal­ized, and their cus­tom­ers sur­roun­ded by angry demon­strat­ors.

Tra­gic­ally, it's not as if any of these things are new — they've just exploded since Oct. 7. Year after year #Jews, des­pite their rel­at­ively small pop­u­la­tion, are the most tar­geted group in Canada for reli­giously motiv­ated #hate crimes.

As the fed­eral gov­ern­ment said long before the start of the Israel/hamas war: “Anti-semit­ism con­tin­ues to per­sist in Canada, mani­fest­ing itself through van­dal­ism and graf­fiti; cir­cu­la­tion of hate pro­pa­ganda; intol­er­ance and #racist lan­guage in places like Twit­ter, in com­ments sec­tions, web for­ums and blogs; bomb threats to Jew­ish schools and com­munity centres; intim­id­a­tion of Jew­ish uni­versity stu­dents; and the use of the Boy­cott, Divest­ment and Sanc­tions (BDS) move­ment to del­e­git­im­ize the State of Israel.”

https://epaper.nationalpost.com/article/281638194975017

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drnoam@diasp.org
Noam Bergman

Why is #antisemitism so rife in #UK #Universities?

There have been more reported incidents of antisemitism on British #university campuses in a month than there were in all of 2022. At #Oxford University, where I am an undergraduate, acts of hatred, misinformation and a lack of empathy when we are vulnerable have turned student spaces into places of hostility.

Our #Jewish Society president had the mezuzah (a protective Jewish prayer scroll) ripped from his door. At a freshers’ event, one Jewish friend told me that she was called a “coloniser” and “race traitor” (the latter by virtue of her non-European descent). I know male students who have removed their kippot (skullcaps) and others who have hidden their Stars of David. On Instagram, I saw students posting pictures of paragliders, celebrating Hamas’s massacre. I waited five long days for my university to condemn “appalling attacks by Hamas” and stress “that there is no place for antisemitism or hate of any faith at Oxford”. An Israeli student whose relatives were murdered at the Nova festival has returned home, telling me she felt safer there than on campus.

Beyond Oxford, Jewish students have experienced similar incidents of antisemitism. In Manchester, posters with the words “kill more Jews” and “Yids” have been displayed. On Instagram, a university Jewish society was sent the message: “Wherever you are in the world, we will take you out of your homes and perform a dance of victory and happiness over your bodies”; another was sent a threat, accompanied by a video of beheaded babies, reading: “You must be killed all of u till the last naziest of you” [sic]; a university rabbi received a direct message that said: “You massacred innocent Muslims, I hope you die too.”

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The psychological toll is huge: I do not sleep well and cry often. There are friends and tutors who have acknowledged my pain and their empathy has overwhelmed me. When a friend messaged offering to take notes if I felt unable to attend lectures, my eyes filled with tears. So I know it is possible for people to react differently, to not be led by preconceived notions about this conflict that harbour racism or a binary idea of who is good or bad. I urge fellow students, instead, to see us as just that – fellow citizens whose distress and pain must be taken at face value and countered with kindness, compassion and conversation in which no party experiences fear.

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tpq1980@iviv.hu
T Q

Ethnographic, statistical analysis of #USA population extrapolated to university campus ethnographic composition if 75% of all Individuals with an #IQ ≥ 100 from each people-proup attended university, plus suggested education planning.

There is no shame in not attending #university. There is no #shame in working a trade or a regular job. Having a degree doesn't grant anybody inherent superiority over anybody else or bestow upon anybody a better mind than anybody else.

#data #statistics #analysis #study #intelligence #intelligencequotient #autodidacticism #meritocracy #information #ethnography #uk #eu #anthropology #highereducation #informationcompartmentalisation #indoctrination #scepticism #merit #usspremecourt #clarencethomas #affimativeaction #discrimination

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hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de
hackbyte (friendica) 13HB1

Unboxing a $1.5m Microscope - Sixty Symbols

hachja, "mal eben" ein $1,5m Mikroskop auspacken und aufbauen;

''just'' unboxing and setting up a $1.5m microscope..

Unboxing a $1.5m Microscope - Sixty Symbols

""mal eben"" wie, in einer woche. ;)

""just"" like in a about a week... ;)

Das ist by the way video nummer 363 von mittlerweile 377 videos in meiner SIXTΨ SγMBΦLS playlist, für bequemes physics binge watching.

Its btw video number 363 of 377 videos in my SIXTΨ SγMBΦLS playlist, for easy physics binge watching. ;)

#unboxing #microscope #SIXTΨ #SγMBΦLS #sixty #symbols #nottingham #university #physics #binge #watching #RandomShit ;)

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