@brenttoderian.bsky.social A decade ago I relocated to London after 18 years in NYC. Had I moved from another part of the US, where I wasn’t already accustomed to walking and public transit, I don’t think the transition would have been as easy. I’ve never needed to own a car 🚗

The Columbia Spectator is a student run and managed newspaper, and they’ve been doing a very good job covering the news on campus. www.columbiaspectator.com/columbia-in-...

This was a response to those who broke into a university building and vandalized it. My understanding is that holding of degrees is temporary until further investigation can take place.

@brenttoderian.bsky.social The tweet posted is an over simplification of what has been happening. The University Judicial Board issued expulsions, temporary degree revocations, and multi-year suspensions for students involved in the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall on Thursday.

@mchshe.bsky.social is also self-financing a new national theater to fill the gap left by the 2024 shutdown of National Theatre Wales, forced to close after a 1.6 million pound ($1.96 million) funding cut.

Every time I pick up my phone, I’m worried to see what horrible thing has just happened. At least egg 🥚 prices are coming down… oh, wait!

Lastly, I don’t think academics are eager to study artificial intelligence replacing advanced degree positions, as it suggests they themselves could be at risk of job loss, especially in a “publish or perish” environment.

If you’re interested in reading more look at David Autor, @carlbfrey.bsky.social and @erikbryn.bsky.social

Some good reads include

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You make a good distinction that you’re looking for people with an advanced degree being replaced by LLMs. From my experience most studies are still looking at more entry level roles (those to be replaced first by technology). For example, this study out of MIT. mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...

5/5 Nazi lawmakers admired the flexibility of American racial laws, which often relied on vague definitions of race. This “know-it-when-I-see-it” approach to racial classification influenced how the Nazis formulated their own racial categories.
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4/5 One example is the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, which stripped Jews of German citizenship and prohibited marriages between Jews and non-Jews, were directly influenced by American racial legislation.
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3/5 In the 1930s, Nazi Germany studied Jim Crow laws to shape their own racist policies. The Pittsburgh Courier, a leading Black newspaper, noted in 1933, “Hitler Learns from America.” Langston Hughes summed it up: “Fascists is Jim Crow peoples, honey.”
www.rachelmaddow.com/prequel-by-r...

2/5 “The Nazis saw America as the world leader in creating racist laws.” — James Q. Whitman, ‘Hitler’s American Model’ (2017)
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