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“A new history exhibit commissioned by the Trump administration has some historians perplexed…. The museum features over 40 AI-generated short videos of these historical figures coming to life to share their stories…. In one video, an artificially generated John Adams says, ‘Facts do not care about your feelings’—a phrase often used by conservative commentator and PragerU presenter Ben Shapiro.” — NPR

“A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we like a dictator.’” —George Washington

“You also had some very fine people on both sides.” —John Adams

Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning

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Can bends in spacetime accommodate a career in physics and a family?

The post The Two-Body Problem for Women in Science appeared first on Nautilus.

What units can unexpectedly reveal about fundamental puzzles in physics

The post How to Measure the Universe appeared first on Nautilus.

The climate movement is at an impasse. It has notched up impressive achievements over the past years, mobilising hundreds of thousands of people in marches and protests, and building popular consciousness about the climate crisis. However, it is now clear that the obstacle to dealing with the climate crisis is not a lack of awareness, […]

Amid the US refusal to provide military support to Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram in 2014, then-President Jonathan Goodluck turned to Russia and China for arms. New documents show that all the while, British state media was engaged in an influence campaign which would help see the African nation’s leader ousted. This article was originally published by West Africa Weekly. An explosive investigation by The Grayzone has revealed that BBC Media Action, which portrays itself as the “charitable” […]

The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show first appeared on The Grayzone.

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Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say.

The post Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless appeared first on The Intercept.

These days, it seems like the only qualification someone needs to opine on what’s best for our nation’s schools is their own dimly remembered time as a student. Combine that with volatile, emotionally charged topics like politics and religion, and suddenly, everyone’s an expert and no one will listen to anyone else.

Well, listen up, smartasses: I’m a teacher. I’m in front of kids every single day. And if I can’t hang the Ten Commandments in my classroom, then how the hell am I supposed to get my students to stop coveting their neighbor’s wife?

A comic about a pumpkin that gets carved into a silly face.

On 27 October 2023, the Sun and Daily Mail carried reports that British Special Forces had been deployed to support Israel’s campaign in Gaza. For the next 21 months, despite the hefty significance of the revelation, not a single mainstream media outlet considered it. This silence was later explained by the imposition of a government ‘D-Notice’, […]

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As the Trump administration ramps up its anti-immigrant campaign, activists like Ron Gochez of Unión Del Barrio are showing how to resist.

The post The Los Angeles Schoolteacher Leading the Fight Against ICE appeared first on The Intercept.