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FlOrwellida

https://digbysblog.net/2023/02/01/florwellida/
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 08:30
DeSantis’ latest move to own the libs is really something. Will it be possible for him to go too far? I wonder. His refusal to allow the AP Black history course resulted in the college board changing the curriculum… sigh: The College Board purged the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, the queer experience and Black feminism. It ushered out some politically fraught topics, like Black Lives Matter, from the formal curriculum. And it added something new: “Black conservatism” is now offered as an idea for a research project. So much for academic freedom. Wingnuts are now in charge of education, not scholars and educators. What could go wrong?

Patrick Lawrence: The Pathology of Ukrainian Nationalism

https://scheerpost.com/2023/02/01/patrick-lawrence-the-pathology-of-ukrainian-n…
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 08:16

By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What kind of people are these? I asked as I considered, in my previous commentary, the bottomless corruption and cynical theft that have lately bubbled to the surface in Ukraine. What kind of polity is this? What kind of country is Ukraine? To advance this line of inquiry […]

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Introducing GPT To My Class

https://adamcroom.com/2023/02/how-i-approached-chatgpt-with-my-students-this-se…
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 07:57
This semester, one of the classes I am teaching is Contemporary Problems in Advertising. The class is an upper-division seminar class for Advertising and Marketing undergraduate students. The course focuses on the impact that advertising plays on both enduring issues in society (vulnerable populations, harmful products, politics, stereotypes) and emerging issues such as user privacy […]

Catching up with Tucker

https://digbysblog.net/2023/02/01/catching-up-with-tucker/
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 07:00
This is the highest rated show on cable news and the most influential right wing media figure in America. Just a sample of his latest because I think you need to know what the right is seeing and believing so I’ll post excerpts from time to time. Don’t look away. This is what’s frying the brains of Fox “News” voters and they are one election away from running the country: As I said the other day, I think he might be losing his mind. Those short barks of inappropriate laughter are just weird. But interspersed with his crazy little segments about M&Ms and Don Lemon’s hoodie are ideas that are penetrating into the collective lizard brains of the right. And those ideas are straight up patriarchal, white, nationalism.

Video: thousands march in Liverpool in support of striking workers

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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:43
City comes out in solidarity with workers resisting continued Tory attack on their class, wages, rights and living standards As striking workers around the country – including teachers, nurses, rail workers, civil servants, posties and more – enjoyed high levels of public support today despite the spin and slant of the ‘mainstream’ media, thousands turned […]

New £20,000 Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize

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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:19
The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP) has announced the creation of a new book prize to recognize “the most original philosophical research that transcends academic disciplines”. The prize comes with a monetary award of £20,000 (≈ $24,600). The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy will aim to reward the authors of books that, according to a press release from the RIP, demonstrate rigorous original and high-quality transdisciplinary research are accessible and engaging to read are original, innovative, and impactful intend to advance and contribute to the understanding of human behaviors. They add: We welcome philosophical work that transcends academic boundaries, and furthers our understanding of the key challenges facing the world today, and that may face us in the future. The work may be from philosophers, neuroscientists, social scientists, or from other disciplines. Among other work we welcome submissions from those researching disruptive technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, from those concerned with climate change, and from those concerned with the future of democracy.

We live in a time of ‘late capitalism’. But what does that mean?

https://www.ppesydney.net/we-live-in-a-time-of-late-capitalism-but-what-does-th…
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Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:00

The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies. On Twitter, you will find the hashtags #latecapitalism (English), #tardocapitalismo (Italian), #capitalismotardio (Spanish), and #spätkapitalismus (German), among others. Typically, they satirise notions such as the idea of endless growth. The term also pops up in a wide range of academic articles and books. There are, for instance, discussions around the populist rise in late capitalism, the increase in financial-related investments in late capitalism, migration conditions in late capitalism, and so on. But what are the origins of this term? And what, exactly, does it mean?

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