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Harrowing to learn that Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, who is here on a valid student visa to conduct research on peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been arrested by ICE and is being threatened with deportation www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Harrowing to learn that Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, who is here on a valid student visa to conduct research on peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been arrested by ICE and is being threatened with deportation www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Just a woman scientist saying that no matter what I am allowed to say about climate change to funders/govt, the bogs will have their say.
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just a woman scientist saying that no matter what I am allowed to say about climate change to funders/govt, the bogs will have their say.
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They’re searching the phone messages of academics arriving to go to conferences in the US…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
They’re searching the phone messages of academics arriving to go to conferences in the US…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US
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Every time you ask a woman about pregnancy or childbirth she’ll go “Oh it wasn’t so bad, I was actually really lucky. All that happened was—“ and then tell the most terrifying story you’ve ever heard.
January 14, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Every time you ask a woman about pregnancy or childbirth she’ll go “Oh it wasn’t so bad, I was actually really lucky. All that happened was—“ and then tell the most terrifying story you’ve ever heard.
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As bad as things may seem, at least everyone’s not talking about Hamilton all the time anymore. That sucked
September 15, 2023 at 1:33 AM
As bad as things may seem, at least everyone’s not talking about Hamilton all the time anymore. That sucked
thinking of when i was a kid and used to love receiving and replying to emails. just sending emails for no reason whatsoever. all day every day emails. where is that person now i wonder.
December 13, 2023 at 3:04 AM
thinking of when i was a kid and used to love receiving and replying to emails. just sending emails for no reason whatsoever. all day every day emails. where is that person now i wonder.
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how about giving people food, have we tried that?
UK leader Rishi Sunak urges world to use AI and science to end malnutrition
UK leader Rishi Sunak urges world to use AI and science to end malnutrition
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. is setting up a new science initiative to help develop flood-tolerant rice, disease-resistant wheat and other crops that are more resilient to climate change.
apnews.com
November 20, 2023 at 4:04 PM
how about giving people food, have we tried that?
For the first time I'm not really that sad about my birthday being almost over
November 14, 2023 at 3:35 AM
For the first time I'm not really that sad about my birthday being almost over
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Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
October 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
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BBC: Why don't women use ChatGPT?
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
Bit of an odd story this one - the main analysis says women don't use AI because they lack STEM skills, confidence and value in the workplace. Yet the anecdotes suggest that women excel at communication, whether writing or interpersonal, and can spot ChatGPT's flaws
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
Why are fewer women using AI than men?
The use of artificial intelligence appears to have a significant gender imbalance.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2023 at 1:52 PM
BBC: Why don't women use ChatGPT?
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
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The branding of chatgpt/midjourney use as a "stem skill" is really fascinating and bizarre. Graphic design and writing, when done on computers, is definitively Not a "stem skill" but writing prompts for a pretrained generator is for some reason
BBC: Why don't women use ChatGPT?
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
Woman: I tried it and it just barfed out useless garbage
BBC: Women don't use ChatGPT because it's too difficult for their pretty little heads
Bit of an odd story this one - the main analysis says women don't use AI because they lack STEM skills, confidence and value in the workplace. Yet the anecdotes suggest that women excel at communication, whether writing or interpersonal, and can spot ChatGPT's flaws
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
November 4, 2023 at 12:54 PM
The branding of chatgpt/midjourney use as a "stem skill" is really fascinating and bizarre. Graphic design and writing, when done on computers, is definitively Not a "stem skill" but writing prompts for a pretrained generator is for some reason
me giving my friend a pep talk about her dissertation as if mine doesn't also make me want to die
November 4, 2023 at 1:37 AM
me giving my friend a pep talk about her dissertation as if mine doesn't also make me want to die
it's astonishing how much work I get done when someone else is in the room with me
November 3, 2023 at 10:22 PM
it's astonishing how much work I get done when someone else is in the room with me
i am capable of doing anything except sending emails
November 3, 2023 at 8:04 PM
i am capable of doing anything except sending emails