“The Harvard team established the practical makings of the first quantum internet by entangling two quantum memory nodes separated by optical fiber link deployed over a roughly 22-mile loop through Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown, and Boston.”
"Using a high-resolution global dataset of planktonic foraminifera fossils that’s among the richest biological archives available to science, researchers have found that environmental events leading to mass extinctions are reliably preceded by subtle changes in how a biological community is composed, acting as an early warning signal."
The controversy over university presidents who gave lawyerly answers in Congress about punishing students who call for genocide reflects the reality of college free speech codes that try to both encourage debate and stop hatred.
It takes some cajones to accuse me of quoting out of text when I'm on a cellphone using Mastodon and replying to a linked article from a legal scholar who buried the lede.
Burying the lede isn't a joke, it's an accusation of misleading the reader. Here, the accusation is that the scholar has misled the reader by omitting information.
The issue being glossed over is that the #harvard president is political.
The criticism directed my way is selective application of a standard to promote a political view, which was a critique of the author's selection and omissions to promote a political agenda, when what's contentious is whether or not the president of #harvard is selectively applying rules to promote a political agenda.
Hey all,
I'm still in Jerusalem, here to spread one more thing that isn't making much news outside of Israel, and even outside of leftist circles within Israel -
Academia has also been swept up in the suppression of speech against the bombing of Gaza.
It began when several Palestinian students at Haifa University were suspended without a hearing for pro-Hamas posts.
I think there are plausible restrictions on free speech, so I didn't object to that.
However, this soon expanded into the suspension of more students who spoke out against the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza.
Now it has expanded further with the dismissal of faculty members - I think so far all adjuncts - who oppose the war.
At this moment, I don't know how you can support, but if you are an advocate of academic freedom we would greatly appreciate you ready to support us. If there are people who are interested, I can ask around about the best way to support those who have lost their positions.
In the meantime I will post some links to relevant organizations and information in my reply to this post.