ourhumanfam , 2 months ago to blackmastodon

💛 “Nice Democracy You Have There . . .”

💛 Editor’s Letter: White Supremacy Always Deals from the Bottom of the Deck
💛 SCOTUS Gone Amok
💛 Hope Amidst Hopelessness
💛 Patriots in Song and Heart
💛 What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?
💛 and a quote by Justice Jackson

@BigAngBlack
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#AffirmativeAction #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Democracy #July4th #RacialEquity #SCOTUS #4thofJuly

https://www.ohfweekly.org/vol-5-no-24/

erinnacland , 3 months ago to academicchatter

Wanted: Scientific Errors.

Cash Reward.

"Scientific-misconduct accusations are leading to retractions [...] But there’s no telling how widespread errors are in research: As it is, they’re largely brought to light by unpaid volunteers.

A program launching this month is hoping to shake up that incentive structure [...It] will pay reviewers to root out mistakes in influential papers,"

#OpenScience #AcademicChatter @academicchatter

https://error.reviews/

via https://www.chronicle.com/article/wanted-scientific-errors-cash-reward

TheConversationUS , 7 months ago to histodons

Last year, #SCOTUS rewrote constitutional law about #guncontrol.

Now, the same justices will hear a case defining the limits of their decision calling for judges to use history to decided what regulations are legal.

At issue: can gun be taken away from domestic abusers?

"Domestic violence" was not an issue in the 18th century, but there were laws against going about armed “to the fear and terror of any person."
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-justices-consider-whether-to-uphold-law-that-keeps-guns-out-of-the-hands-of-domestic-abusers-217161
#Histodons @histodons #USvRahimi

petersuber , 7 months ago to academicchatter

More than two-thirds (68%) of US college and university presidents believe that #SCOTUS was wrong to rule that race-conscious admission policies were unconstitutional. "But in something of a mixed message, an even larger share (86%) feels as though their own institution will maintain its current level of diversity under the decision."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/socioeconomics/2023/10/17/survey-two-three-college-presidents-oppose-affirmative

#Academia #AffirmativeAction
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