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Data science
www.nytimes.com
4 days ago
Data science

Opinion | To Fight Climate Change, We Need New Political Technologies'

Science alone won't solve climate change; political science is crucial for action. Hale suggests adapting institutions to prioritize future generations and navigate long-term climate challenges. [ more ]
Nature
1 week ago
Data science

Selenium alloyed tellurium oxide for amorphous p-channel transistors - Nature

Authors are from diverse institutions in China, Korea, and the USA.
Corresponding authors are specified for communication. [ more ]
Medium
10 months ago
Data science

Production Machine Learning for Mission-Critical Applications

Editor's note: Robert Crowe is a speaker for ODSC Europe this June.Be sure to check out his talk, "Production ML for Mission-Critical Applications," there!Deploying advanced machine learning technology to serve customers and/or business needs requires a rigorous approach and production-ready systems.
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UK politics
BBC News
1 month ago
UK politics

Politicians flounder as they wrestle with race rows

Words can provoke anger and debates, especially when involving powerful figures.
Actions speak louder than words, with institutions facing turmoil over appropriate responses. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

Notes on a scandal: this is how Starmer's bullies took out Jamie Driscoll and why it matters | Aditya Chakrabortty

I first met the man who has been all over this week's political headlines four years ago, 300 miles up the A1 from Westminster.It was a bitterly cold Saturday morning in the Northumberland coastal town of Newbiggin and Jamie Driscoll was asking for votes.He'd just caused a minor political earthquake by winning Labour members' support to run for the new position of mayor of North of Tyne.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

The creep of corpspeak: why have Starmer and Sunak's promises become priorities'? | Nesrine Malik

I'm not quite sure when it happened, but at some point over the past year, politicians' language was taken over by a sort of corporate speak.Corpspeak, as it has been informally called, is a dead-eyed repetitive white noise that sounds like a cross between someone reading a PowerPoint presentation and a lawyer answering questions on behalf of a client they cannot trust to speak for themselves.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

England's free speech tsar' named in announcement to one newspaper

A Cambridge philosophy professor is to become the government's first free speech tsar for higher education in England, it has been revealed, in an announcement made initially only to one newspaper a move that led critics to accuse ministers of paying lip service to free speech.Arif Ahmed told the Times he hoped to use his role to stand up for all views, and that he did not seek to take part in any sort of culture war agenda.
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Cryptocurrency
Coindesk
1 month ago
Cryptocurrency

Ether is Now the Largest Institutional Crypto Asset: Bybit Research

Institutions are heavily allocating their portfolios to ether and bitcoin.
Retail users are more bullish on bitcoin compared to institutions.
Solana has seen a decline in interest from both institutions and retail users. [ more ]
Coindesk
3 months ago
Cryptocurrency

After the ETF: Bitcoin's Coming Power Struggle

Large institutions like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs entering the bitcoin market through spot ETF approvals.
The entry of these institutions may lead to a struggle for the future of Bitcoin, similar to the Blocksize Wars.
There is a tension between the crypto industry's desire for acceptance by traditional finance and the concern that it could undermine its disruptive ethos. [ more ]
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Design
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago
Design

Phillips's selling show of contemporary Indigenous art reflects surge in curatorial interest

The market for contemporary Indigenous art is growing, as evidenced by the success of recent exhibitions and the increasing interest from collectors.
Institutions and curators are making a concerted effort to increase exposure and awareness of Native American artists, both historic and contemporary. [ more ]
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Dezeen Courses has published courses from over 100 institutions

Dezeen Courses: over 110 course listings have been added to Dezeen Courses so far this year, joining the extensive list of architecture and design programmes that have been published since its launch in 2021.Dezeen Courses now features over 300 courses from more than 100 universities and institutions based in 25 different countries.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Chicago Architecture Biennial announces participants for fifth edition

A selection of more than 70 architects, artists and designers including Carol Ross Barney, LOT-EK and Anupama Kundoo have been selected to participate in Chicago's architecture festival in the fall, organised around the theme "This Is a Rehearsal".The Chicago Architecture Biennial ( CAB) is set to return in September for its fifth edition, curated by the local art collective Floating Museum.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Lose Yourself in the Barbican tells the story of the brutalist icon

London's Barbican Centre has launched a digital platform to publicise its vast collection of drawings, photos and never-before-seen material that tell the story of the brutalist icon.Named Lose Yourself in the Barbican, the digital archive was developed in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture with the aim of becoming a permanent asset for the arts centre.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Emily Oberman, Ben Sheppard and Rama Gheerawo named Dezeen Awards 2023 judges

Pentagram's Emily Oberman, architect Ben Sheppard, designer Rama Gheerawo and interior designers Little Wing Lee and David Flack have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.This is your last chance to enter Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors.There are only two days left to submit your projec t before the late entry deadline this Thursday 8 June at 23:59 London time!
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Christian Tubito, Neil Pinder and Diana Radomysler named Dezeen Awards 2023 judges

Christian Tubito of Kering Group, professor Neil Pinder, architects Diana Radomysler and Loata Debra Ho and design consultant Daniel Gava have been announced as Dezeen Awards 2023 judges.Dezeen Awards 2023, in partnership with Bentley Motors, is open for entries.There are just two days left to submit your project before the entry deadline this Thursday 1 June at midnight London time!
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#ICYMI: FPF published “The Playbook: Data Sharing for Research,” a set of best practices for instituting research data-sharing programs between corporations and research institutions.

Read the Playbook and download the companion infographic. ⬇️ https://t.co/ViRI4PbORJ
Future of Privacy Forum
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

FPF Releases "The Playbook: Data Sharing for Research" Report and Infographic

1. The Playbook for Data Sharing for Research report provides a comprehensive overview of the different approaches to sharing data for research purposes. 2. The report includes guidance on best practices for data sharing, including considerations for privacy, security, transparency, and accountability. 3. The Playbook also includes an infographic
#ICYMI: FPF published “The Playbook: Data Sharing for Research,” a set of #best practices for instituting research #data-sharing programs between corporations and #research institutions.

Check out the Playbook and companion infographic here. ⬇️ https://t.co/ViRI4PbORJ
Future of Privacy Forum
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

FPF Releases "The Playbook: Data Sharing for Research" Report and Infographic

1. The Playbook for Data Sharing for Research report provides a comprehensive overview of the different approaches to sharing data for research purposes. 2. The report includes guidance on best practices for data sharing, including considerations for privacy, security, transparency, and accountability. 3. The Playbook also includes an infographic
Future of Privacy Forum
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

FPF Releases "The Playbook: Data Sharing for Research" Report and Infographic

1. The Playbook for Data Sharing for Research report provides a comprehensive overview of the different approaches to sharing data for research purposes. 2. The report includes guidance on best practices for data sharing, including considerations for privacy, security, transparency, and accountability. 3. The Playbook also includes an infographic
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

The Observer view on the Partygate inquiry verdict on Boris Johnson | Observer editorial

We did not need the verdict of the privileges committee to understand the flaws in Boris Johnson's character.It was clear long before he became prime minister how manifestly unsuited he was for any kind of public office, let alone running the country.But a cross-party group of MPs last week published a damning report that outlined how he deliberately misled parliament about the scale and nature of wrongdoing in Downing Street during the pandemic.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
UK politics

Boris Johnson is gone, but his toxic Brexit myths will go on poisoning UK politics | Rafael Behr

There is no crisis at Westminster so serious that it cannot be made to look trivial by the inclusion of Boris Johnson.And there is no scandal involving Johnson that cannot be explained, partially or wholly, by his lies.Those are axioms of post-Brexit politics.The House of Commons committee of privileges is due to publish a report concluding that a former prime minister turned his back on truth and put himself in contempt of parliament.
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

Opinion: Regulators should focus on banks, not IMBs

I referenced in my last opinion piece in Housing Wire that the Urban Institute publishes a monthly chart book that is packed full of relevant data.This recent publication paints a clear picture as to why any Realtor or homebuilder should always include a nonbank lender in their referrals.Before I open myself up to attacks here, I am using macro data from Urban Institute and there are certainly some banks who serve a broader swath of the market.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Trump Supporters' Violent Rhetoric in His Defense Disturbs Experts

The federal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump has unleashed a wave of calls by his supporters for violence and an uprising to defend him, disturbing observers and raising concerns of a warlike atmosphere ahead of his court appearance in Miami on Tuesday.In social media posts and public remarks, close allies of Mr. Trump including a member of Congress have portrayed the indictment as an act of war, called for retribution and highlighted the fact that much of his base carries weapons.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

The Maestro's Latest Opus: A Video Game to Save Classical Music

In his velvet jacket, colorful scarf and longish, graying hair, David Dubal looks as if he might have emerged from a 19th-century daguerreotype album recalling the life and times of a lesser-known romantic poet, a Renaissance man from an era long gone.Yet his many accomplishments are decidedly modern.
time.com
10 months ago
Wellness

Doctors Are Still Confused by Abortion Exceptions in Louisiana. It's Limiting Essential Care

The Louisiana state legislature shot down two bills last week that aimed to clarify the legality of abortion and miscarriage care in pregnancies with complications.The existing laws in Louisiana allow for abortions in certain cases when a pregnant patient's life or health may be at risk, but physicians have criticized the texts for being confusing and limiting their ability to provide essential medical care.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

A Long-Shot Candidate's Defense of Trump Could Undermine the Rule of Law

In the overheated basement of the Thunder Bay Grille in Davenport, Iowa, on Thursday night, Vivek Ramaswamy, the entrepreneur turned Republican presidential candidate, tried out a new opening for his well-practiced stump speech.Although it would be easier for someone like me to win this primary or win this election if certain people like Donald Trump were not in the race, that's not how I want to win, the biotech millionaire told the Scott County Republican faithful who packed the room on the outskirts of this Mississippi River city.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

While Trump capitalizes, his rivals calculate

A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter.To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.As Donald Trump plots his criminal defense in the classified documents case, the GOP candidates looking to block his political redemption are slowly making political calculations.In the simplest terms, the growing Republican primary field faces a basic question about the former president would they pardon him if they were elected to the White House?
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US politics

A $1 Trillion Borrowing Binge Looms After Debt Limit Standoff

The United States narrowly avoided a default when President Biden signed legislation on Saturday that allowed the Treasury Department, which was perilously close to running out of cash, permission to borrow more money to pay the nation's bills.Now, the Treasury is starting to build up its reserves and the coming borrowing binge could present complications that rattle the economy.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

US says Chinese jet conducted unnecessarily aggressive maneuver' intercepting US spy plane over South China Sea

A Chinese fighter jet conducted an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday.The Chinese J-16 fighter cut directly in front of the nose of the US RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft on May 26, forcing the US plane to fly through the wake turbulence of the intercepting aircraft.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Michael Peregrine: Before Donald Trump there was Spiro Agnew's plea

The news has been full of concerns about the fate of our republic following the indictment of former President Donald Trump.There have been questions about the politicization of criminal laws and the credibility of the judiciary, the polarization of the electorate and threats of violent domestic reaction.
chicago.eater.com
10 years ago
Chicago

The Most Iconic Diners in Chicago

View as Map Diners are one of the most enduring fixtures of America's restaurant landscape for good reason.They provide food at affordable prices in a casual setting, letting customers get a hearty breakfast not just in the early morning but any time of day.They also offer other comforting fare like milkshakes or burgers that are equally perfect for kids and adults nursing a hangover.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Letters: Tribune reporter Christy Gutowski's story about Chicago's 'Walking Man' is a beautiful tribute

Thank you so much to journalist Christy Gutowski for the absolutely wonderful in-depth story she did on Joseph Kromelis ( "Remembering 'The Walking Man,'" June 11).She had me in tears well before I reached the end of her story.What a thorough and beautiful tribute to a quiet and kind man whom many of us tried to watch over for years.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Letters: Op-ed misleads about inspector general's investigations of sexual misconduct in CPS

Benjamin Colwell's May 31 op-ed ( "Sexual abuse in CPS deserves state scrutiny too") spreads inaccurate and dangerously misleading information about investigations conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for Chicago Public Schools.His op-ed attempts to make false parallels to and draw attention away from the heinous, substantiated sex crimes against more than 1,900 children outlined in the attorney general's "Report on Catholic Clergy Child Sex Abuse in Illinois."
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Benjamin Colwell: Abuse within CPS deserves state scrutiny too

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul recently released his office's report on child sex abuses cases in the state's six Catholic dioceses.In the wake of the release, Catholics and non-Catholics alike responded.Many responses have involved cries of outrage toward the church and those who hold positions of power within it.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Clarence Page has written about 50 years of Chicago history

On June 1, 1973, Clarence Page began 50 years as a staff writer and columnist for the Chicago Tribune.Since that day, readers have warmed to Page's honesty, generosity, perspicacity and wit.Page's writing for the Tribune even extends before 1973, but the young Page took a few pauses.This weekend, though, the Editorial Board celebrates a half century of Page's reporting and opining on a tumultuous collection of world events, some written from Chicago, some from Page's longtime perch in Washington.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Victims campaigner who witnessed shootings on Bloody Sunday declines MBE

A campaigner for victims of historical abuse who witnessed two teenagers being injured on Bloody Sunday has declined the chance to be made an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours.Jon McCourt is the chairman and co-founder of Survivors North West, a campaign group that advocated for a formal inquiry into historical abuse in institutions in Northern Ireland.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Finucane: Right to commemorate the dead must apply to every section of society

Sinn Fein MP John Finucane said the right to commemorate the dead must apply to every section of society as he addressed a controversial IRA memorial event in Co Armagh.Mr Finucane, who faced calls to rethink his attendance at the commemoration in Mullaghbawn in south Armagh, spoke of his father's murder during the Troubles as he stressed the importance of remembering lost loved ones.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Sinn Fein cannot ride two horses' when it comes to NI's troubled past Martin

Sinn Fein cannot ride two horses when it comes to Northern Ireland's troubled past, the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister has said.Micheal Martin said he supports asking questions of British Army or police actions, but said on the other hand that Sinn Fein isn't really doing anything to secure answers around the actions of the Provisional IRA.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

UK and Irish governments must halt summer drift over Stormont impasse'

The UK and Irish governments must act together to ensure the DUP does not head off on its summer holidays with Stormont powersharing still in limbo, a former Sinn Fein minister has warned.Conor Murphy was commenting after meeting with Irish deputy premier Micheal Martin in Belfast.The DUP is blocking the devolved institutions in Belfast in protest at post-Brexit trading arrangements, and the party has insisted it will not return to Stormont until it secures further legislative assurances from the UK Government around sovereignty and trade.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Northern Ireland underfunding is blackmail bid to restore Stormont', peers told

Northern Ireland is being underfunded by design in a blackmail bid to restore Stormont, Parliament has been told.Speaking at Westminster, DUP peer Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown said there was a nod and wink that cash would follow if his party was to end its powersharing boycott and the money tree will magically blossom again.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 16, 2022.Patrick Semansky/AP In a major victory for Native American rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld key provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law enacted 45 years ago to remedy decades of past government abuse.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Supreme Court rejects challenges to law that governs tribal adoptions

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected challenges to a federal law that prioritizes the placement of Native American children with Native families or tribes in child custody proceedings.The law was passed in 1978 to protect tribal sovereignty after Congress documented the alarmingly high number of children with Native American ancestry being placed with non-Native families or institutions in state child welfare and private adoption proceedings.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Missouri Governor Says Execution Will Proceed After Jurors Waver on Death Sentence

Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said on Monday that he would not intervene to stop the execution of Michael Tisius, a 42-year-old who murdered two jail guards in 2000.In a clemency petition sent to Mr. Parson last month, several jurors who had voted to sentence Mr. Tisius to death said they now believe life imprisonment was appropriate.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

The GRE Test Is Cut in Half: Two Hours and Done

The GRE, the nearly four-hour marathon of a test that has been the bane of many aspiring graduate students, is being cut in half.It will now take less than two hours.The Educational Testing Service, the nonprofit organization that owns and administers the test, announced the changes Wednesday, tacitly acknowledging the test's declining importance in graduate school admissions.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

SCOTUS Requests Response in CareDx Eligibility Petition Following Michel/ Duffy Brief

"[The] split [on patent eligibility law] produces intolerable uncertainty for businesses, with the Executive Branch issuing meritorious patents like the three patents at issue here, only to have the courts invalidate them."- Michel/Duffy brief
Last week, retired U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Chief Judge Paul Michel and law professor John F. Duffy filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of CareDx, Inc. and the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.
ipwatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

New Deadline for USPTO's RFC on Establishing Community Outreach and Regional Offices - ipwatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law

"To foster and expand a 'vibrant and inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem supported by intellectual property across the United States,' the USPTO is asking stakeholders to weigh in on 16 total questions in its RFC."The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

ITIF Releases Report Pushing Back on 'Progressive Anti-IP' Claims

"If the administration and Congress are concerned about U.S. competitiveness, they need to push back." - ITIF
Earlier this week, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report that offers a rebuttal to nine claims it identifies with the "anti-IP progressive orthodoxy."
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

New Deadline for USPTO's RFC on Establishing Community Outreach and Regional Offices

"To foster and expand a 'vibrant and inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem supported by intellectual property across the United States,' the USPTO is asking stakeholders to weigh in on 16 total questions in its RFC."The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday republished its Request for Comments (RFC) on the establishment of an additional USPTO Regional Office in the southeast region and four new community outreach offices.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
California

Independent reform group recommends expanding L.A. City Council to 25 members

(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

For the past half-year, a small group of leading scholars has been quietly meeting to envision a less broken version of Los Angeles city government.The L.A. Governance Reform Project is an academic supergroup of sorts, with members from institutions across the region.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

How is the King connected to the farm schools where children suffered abuse?

The King's connection to the Fairbridge farm schools where British children suffered physical and sexual abuse is in the spotlight again after administrators for his charity informed survivors they would receive a tiny portion of the compensation pay-out they were promised.Here, the PA news agency looks at the connection of Charles and his charity, the Prince's Trust, to the organisation which sent hundreds of thousands of British children to its colonies where they experienced physical and sexual abuse: What is the King's connection to Fairbridge?
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Nottingham suspect stole van from victim and drove it at people, say police

Jump to content Sign up to our newslettersSubscribe News Sports Voices Culture Lifestyle Travel Premium Close Police prepare to raid Nottingham property following 'major incident' The suspect in the Nottingham attacks is believed to have killed a man in his 50s and stole his van, before using it to drive at people in the city centre, police said.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

EU Commission proposes common ethics body for all EU officials in wake of corruption scandal

The European Union's executive arm proposed Thursday to create an ethics body that would set up common rules of conduct for institutions after the 27-nation bloc was rocked last year by a cash-for-influence scandal.European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen supported its creation when she took office back in 2019, and her services stepped up action after the so-called Qatargate scandal shattered the EU Parliament.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

MP calls for new legal right to visit loved ones in hospital or living care

Proposals to enshrine into law hospital and care home visiting rights have been raised in Parliament by a Labour MP.Dan Carden said the care of a loved one should not be an optional extra but is an absolutely central part of dignified care as he introduced his Care Supporters Bill to the Commons.He told MPs about the dangerous hangover from Covid restrictions and criticised the lack of urgency from the Government to change things.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Royal Mint 50p coin celebrates 75 years of the NHS

A collectable 50p celebrating 75 years of the NHS has been released by the Royal Mint.All net proceeds from the sale of the individual collectable 50p will be donated to NHS Charities Together, an organisation that provides support to NHS staff, patients, and communities, the Mint said.The Royal Mint has estimated that this figure could amount up to 225,000.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Protesters storm Kathleen Stock talk at Oxford Union

LGBT+ activists stormed a talk with feminist Kathleen Stock at the Oxford Union before one of them glued themselves to the floor on Tuesday.Hundreds of chanting protesters marched towards the 200-year old debating society where they blared music including Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made For Walking as Prof Stock arrived.
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

Institutional SFR market poised for a rebound

On another front, Zelman & Associates, per news reports, estimates that institutional investors as of yearend 2022 had dedicated some $110 billion to acquire or build SFR homes, a sign there is still plenty of money available for dealmaking ahead.Brandon Lwowski, director of research at proptech firm HouseCanary, said the slowdown in SFR home purchases by large investors started to show up in the third quarter of last year and escalated from there into the first quarter of 2023.
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

Federal agencies seek input on proposed AVM credibility, integrity rule

Six federal agencies have requested comment from the public on a newly-proposed rule that is designed to ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations.The proposed rule would also implement quality control standards that govern the use of automated valuation models (AVMs) used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers in valuing real estate collateral securing mortgage loans.
www.housingwire.com
10 months ago
Real estate

California Senate OKs bill for affordable housing on nonprofit-owned land

The California State Senate passed a bill this week that would permit the construction of affordable housing units on land owned by faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges, even if local zoning ordinances and laws would normally prevent construction.The bill, introduced last December by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), is designed to reduce barriers faced by nonprofit organizations, churches, synagogues and mosques for constructing multifamily housing units on their properties.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Books

The Catholic Church profited from slavery 'The 272' explains how

The Catholic Church was involved in the Atlantic slave trade and owned 272 slaves in the 18th century, according to a new report from Georgetown University.
The report provides new detail about the role of Catholic leaders in the slave trade and their involvement in the lives of the enslaved people they owned in the United States.
The report calls on the Catholic Church to take meaningful steps to address the legacy of slavery, including reparations and meaningful memorialization efforts. [ more ]
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Books

A Georgia school district's book bans may have caused a hostile environment, feds say

1. Georgia school districts have recently banned books from their libraries, which has sparked concerns about students’ access to diverse perspectives and ideas.
2. The American Library Association and other organizations have declared that the book bans create a hostile learning environment and are a violation of students’ First Amendment rights.
Harvard Business Review
10 months ago
Business

A Game Plan for Funding Carbon Offsets

In September 2015, a curator from Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library traveled to Amsterdam to collect the previous 12 years' worth of interest on a bond issued on May 15, 1648.At the bond's issuance, the borrower, an autonomous Dutch water authority, had promised to pay the holder interest in perpetuity.
Harvard Business Review
10 months ago
Business

How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine

Are the best days of telemedicine already behind us?We don't think they are, although the concern is understandable given that the end of the public health emergency sunsetted many pandemic-related telemedicine regulations.But we believe that the next level of virtual care can only be reached if we bring more elements of the clinic to the patient.
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

Adobe partners with V&A amd MoMA to support diverse voices in the arts

We need to talk about a problem in the arts.There are not enough opportunities for creatives from diverse backgrounds.It's a problem Adobe and the V&A in London (and MoMA in New York) are aiming to solve with a 'multi-year (and multi-million dollar)' residency programme to give underrepresented, emerging creatives a platform to get noticed and support the next generation of artists.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Girls

Girls to the Front!

YOUNG AND RESTLESS: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions, by Mattie Kahn American girls are in crisis on that much we can all agree.In a 2021 study of young women's mental health, a vast number of respondents between ages 12 and 19 answered that they had felt persistently sad or hopeless; rates of sexual assault and violence in the same population are alarmingly high.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Worldwide, Trump's Latest Legal Woes Draw Outrage, and Shrugs

As details emerged from the indictment charging former President Donald J. Trump with mishandling classified documents, global reaction ranged from strategic silence to unbridled outrage, with room in between for world-weary shrugs, wild conspiracy theories and ominous predictions of American decline.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

MPs to examine how well UK ministers understand devolution

An inquiry to determine how well the UK Government understands and considers devolution has been launched by a Westminster committee.The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will seek to examine how UK ministers have progressed with building on the devolution capability and how it is embedded within policymaking.
Design Milk
10 months ago
Design

DWR + Knoll Textiles' Nick Cave Collection Gives Back

In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it collaboration moment, Design Within Reach (DWR) partnered with Knoll Textiles to showcase limited-edition Knoll chairs upholstered in fabrics from the Nick Cave Collection in celebration of NYCxDesign 2023.The 12 pieces were on display at DWR's Greene Street location for a week last month before being auctioned off through Wright auction house to their lucky new owners.
IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
10 months ago
Intellectual property law

Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum: Highlighting the Lost Stories of American Innovation

"The African American experience is full of innovators who have done creative and productive things, but there was no pathway to patents." - James Howard, Executive Director, Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum
Some of the earliest chapters in the story of U.S. innovation have been written by Black Americans who not only advanced the state of industry in our country, but also fought to ensure that they were credited for what they achieved.
Eater
10 months ago
Food & drink

Why, Exactly, Do We Love Old Restaurants?

We were driving home from Sedona, Arizona, to Los Angeles.There were blue skies and snow-capped red mountains; I'd like to think we were listening to Willie Nelson, but it was probably Haim.We stopped in Quartzite, Arizona, (population: 2,358) at a roadside antiques store that was more of a tent than a building, where we bought a very affordable and cumbersome glass punch bowl with a dozen tiny glass cups and a heavy glass ladle.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Eat, Pray, Love' Author Pulls New Book Set in Russia

The best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert said Monday that she had indefinitely delayed the publication of her upcoming book after she was criticized online for writing a novel set in Russia.The move comes as publishers and institutions struggle with how to handle Russian art and literature as the war in Ukraine rages on.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power

At the final sundown before the first round of voting in the toughest election of his two-decade rule, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey visited Hagia Sophia for evening prayers and to remind his voters of just what he had delivered.For nearly a millennium the domed cathedral had been the epicenter of Orthodox Christianity.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Netanyahu Budget Shores Up Coalition, but May Risk His Economic Legacy

For decades, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has been a champion of free-market economic doctrine.As finance minister 20 years ago, Mr. Netanyahu was praised by Milton Friedman, the godfather of neoliberal economics, as he cut welfare payments, curbed government spending, sped up privatization and promoted the country's feted tech industry.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

1 woman's search for justice uncovers 14 more alleged victims of teacher abuse | CBC News

WARNING: This article contains details of abuse It all started with just one woman.Anne-Marie Robinson said she was 16 when her 29-year-old high school music teacher served her alcohol and she ended up in his bed on an out-of-town band trip in 1977.Over the next year, she says the teacher groomed and manipulated her into many more sexual encounters: in cars, at school and on other trips.
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

Students walk out over York Catholic board decision not to fly Pride flag | CBC News

Dozens of York Catholic District School Board students staged a class walkout Thursday to protest its decision not to raise the Pride flag at its education centre.The walkout comes after the trustees voted last week against flying the flag outside the board's main office this month.In the months leading up to the decision, advocates and critics clashed over the issue, with police having been called to meetings several times.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Gender

How did NHS body get the law so badly wrong over its rules on same-sex care? | Sonia Sodha

Patients are supposed to be at the heart of everything the NHS does.This is considered such an important principle that, a decade ago, the fledgling NHS constitution was rewritten after the mid-Staffs scandal, in which so many patients died, to make clear it should frame every aspect of NHS work.Yet, last week, the NHS Confederation, the membership body for NHS providers, published guidance that appears to cut this ethos adrift.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Girls

Hannah Gadsby's Picasso Show Was Meant to Ignite Debate. And It Did.

Some reviews were scathing, dismissing the exhibition on Picasso and feminism co-organized by the Australian comic Hannah Gadsby as weak in scholarship, thin on significant works of art and knee-jerk in its politics.Don't Go, blared a headline on the website Hellgate, while the Guardian asked, Is Hannah Gadsby's Picasso exhibition really that bad?
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Law

4 things to think about when it comes to the politics of Trump's indictment

Former President Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa.Charlie Neibergall/AP That a former president is facing federal charges would be a big deal unto itself.It has never happened in this country before.But add to that, charges dropping while said former president is running and leading in the primary to get his old job back, and you have something truly unusual and extraordinary.
Washington Post
10 months ago
DC food

Drag legend Jason Barnes keeps pushing the craft forward as Pussy Noir

Jason Barnes as Pussy Noir.(Cassidy Duhon)According to family legend, Jason Barnes was born a performer - literally."My dad's story of my birth always somehow involved jazz hands when he tells it," Barnes says."I was always a performer, and I knew it was something I wanted to do as soon as I could make information in my brain."
BBC News
10 months ago
UK politics

UK to host global AI 'safety measure' summit in autumn

The government says the UK will host a global artificial intelligence (AI) summit this autumn to evaluate the technology's "most significant risks".There has been a slew of dire warnings about the potentially existential threat AI poses to humanity.Regulators worldwide are scrambling to devise new rules to contain that risk.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Sunak putting tackling illegal migration top of the agenda' at European summit

Rishi Sunak is seeking to put tackling illegal migration top of the international agenda at a gathering of European leaders in Moldova.The Prime Minister is stressing the need for collaboration on the global issue at a meeting of the European Political Community.While there, he is expected to announce the start of negotiations on a new returns agreement with Moldova to allow the UK to send Moldovans found to be in violation of immigration law back to their home country.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Sunak to warn illegal migration part of unprecedented threat' to Europe's borders

Rishi Sunak will warn European leaders the continent is facing unprecedented threats at our borders as he calls for greater cooperation on illegal migration.Security must be Europe's top priority, he will argue on Thursday, as he unveils a new partnership with Bulgaria to crack down on criminal gangs.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Illegal migration top of the agenda as Sunak attends European summit

Rishi Sunak is set to use a gathering of European leaders to urge cross-continental co-operation to tackle illegal migration.The Prime Minister will join fellow leaders in Moldova for a meeting of the European Political Community, where he is expected to stress the need to address the issue.While there, he is expected to announce the start of negotiations on a new returns agreement with Moldova to allow the UK to return foreign nationals who have been found to be in violation of immigration law.
Los Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Renters dominate California - but they are struggling to survive

(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Evelyn Arceo holds down a full-time job as a baker at Universal Studios Hollywood, earning $19 an hour.But even when she gets a few hours of overtime at the theme park, the single mother of four can barely afford the rent of her one-bedroom apartment in Panorama City.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Dining

The Full List of the 2023 James Beard Chef and Restaurant Award Winners

The James Beard Foundation presented its coveted culinary awards for 2023 in Chicago on Monday night, with the top awards going to Rob Rubba of Oyster Oyster in Washington, D.C., as outstanding chef and to Friday Saturday Sunday in Philadelphia as outstanding restaurant.Reflecting the awards' growing clout, Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago and Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois appeared live onstage, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a video, praised the soft power of culinary diplomacy, citing the Beard-award-winning chef Edward Lee's Maryland crab cakes with gochujang vinaigrette, which were served at a recent state dinner.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
Education

Opinion | Please Don't Call My Job a Calling

Last month, in an interview about Warner Bros. Discovery's $50 million streaming profit in the first quarter of 2023, the company's chief executive, David Zaslav, told CNBC that he believed the Writers Guild of America strike would ultimately end because of a love for the business and a love for working.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
NYC music

Kaija Saariaho's Luminous Music Was a Personal Invitation

The history of classical music is a history of creators of distinct originality.Its evolution has always happened through the work of visionary individuals and their ability to expand our understanding of the world through their works.These artists widen our horizons, invent, search, open doors and create paths for others.
Acm
10 months ago
Digital life

The Race to Make AI Smaller, Smarter

The BabyLM Challenge, organized by computer scientists at institutions including Johns Hopkins University and Switzerland's ETH Zurich, is aimed at creating more accessible, intuitive language models, in stark contrast to the race for ever-larger language models undertaken by big tech companies.The goal is to produce a mini-language model using datasets less than one-ten-thousandth the size used by most advanced large language models.
www.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
East Bay (California)

Why are homeowners moving to Sacramento?

Finding the perfect location to settle down and purchase a new construction home is an exciting yet sometimes challenging decision in any homeowner's life.While the Bay Area has long been a popular choice for some homeowners in California, the vibrant city of Sacramento has been steadily drawing attention to potential buyers over recent years.
Mission Local
10 months ago
Mission District

A summer cultural feast in the Mission

"Everyone loves being in the Mission," says Andrew Wood, executive director of the San Francisco International Arts Festival.After three years of pandemic programming, the SFIAF presents its latest incarnation June 3-18, bringing dance, theater, music and performance art to venues around the neighborhood.
www.npr.org
10 months ago
Tech industry

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry.Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers.LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images Facebook and Instagram will block all news articles in California if state lawmakers pass a bill meant to funnel money from the tech platforms to media organizations, a Meta spokesman threatened on Wednesday.
Speckyboy Design Magazine
10 months ago
Graphic design

25 Best Free Resume Templates for Figma in 2023

Let's face it: today's job market is tougher than ever.We work in a competitive global landscape, and it can be difficult to stand out!That's where a powerful and striking resume design comes in.But hiring managers may see hundreds of resumes.How can you help ensure that yours gets noticed?Resume templates for Figma are a great starting point.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Trans rights protester glues themselves to floor at Kathleen Stock's Oxford talk

A trans rights protester who glued themselves to the floor during a talk by gender-critical feminist Kathleen Stock has been removed by police.Four police officers spent around 10 minutes attempting to remove the activist, who was one of around 200 protesters to gather at the Oxford Union on Tuesday in opposition to Professor Stock's appearance following remarks in her book Material Girls, in which she outlined views perceived by some as trans-exclusionary.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

One Small Union Is Stoking Much of the Militant New Graduate Worker Organizing

Members of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition and their supporters picket outside the chemistry building while striking for union recognition in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 19, 2022.Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images The past two years have seen a fresh wave of graduate worker militancy marked by bold strikes, new organizing drives and whopping union election victories.
Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

The Fight for Abolition Is International

Women march against police-perpetrated violence in Paris, France, on May 7, 2023.Andrea Savorani Neri / NurPhoto via Getty Images In the summer of 2020, at the onset of a deadly pandemic, George Floyd's murder propelled unprecedented numbers of people across the globe to take to the streets.From Australia to India, from Johannesburg to Saskatoon, demands reverberated to defund police and invest in safer communities.
BBC Sport
10 months ago
Soccer (FIFA)

'Celebration born from failure - Everton need big changes'

By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at Goodison Park


Last updated on .From the section Everton
Everton's fans basked briefly in their annual celebration of Premier League survival before the wider crisis engulfing one of English football's great old institutions burst to the surface at a highly charged Goodison Park.
Sun Sentinel
10 months ago
Miami

Shocked by 'horrific' stories of kids housed in nursing homes, judge tells Florida: Fix it

On the day Dr. Mary Ehlenbach toured the Kidz Korner nursing home for children with complex medical needs, she encountered a little boy confined to one of two cribs in a large room.The boy appeared excited to see visitors, and when a caregiver lowered a railing to his crib, he bolted."He made a run for it," Ehlenbach, medical director of the Pediatric Complex Care Program at the University of Wisconsin, testified at a recent trial.
www.dezeen.com
10 months ago
Design

Five undergraduate design degrees on Dezeen Courses

Dezeen Courses: interested in studying design?We've rounded up five undergraduate design programmes at institutions based in the UK, Italy, Spain and Australia.The courses offer students theoretical and practical skills in multidisciplinary design, covering product design, furniture design, industrial design and multimedia, which equip them for careers in various fields of design.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Nashville Parents Can Have Say in Case Over Shooter's Writings, Judge Rules

Parents from about 100 families will be allowed to formally argue against the release of journals and writings left behind by the assailant who killed six people at a Christian school in Nashville in March, a judge said on Wednesday.After journalists, a gun-rights organization and lawmakers sued to force the release of hundreds of pages of journals and writings left by the shooter, the parents of the three 9-year-olds killed and nearly all of their surviving classmates, as well as the school and adjoining church, had asked in a hearing on Monday to join the case and argue against their publication.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Academics have more generous' benefits than other professionals report

University academics have more generous working conditions in a number of areas compared to professionals in other sectors, a report suggests.Academics have a number of job-related benefits particularly around their pensions, sick pay, annual leave and access to sabbaticals, according to the paper by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) think tank.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Covid-linked compensation bid by students against university reaches High Court

A compensation bid by Covid-19 pandemic-hit students seeking to recover some of their eye-watering tuition fees after feeling cheated by their educational experience at one of London's leading universities has reached the High Court.Nearly 1,000 current and former students are bringing a claim against University College London (UCL), with thousands more wanting to join the legal action, alleging the university breached their tuition contracts.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Sunak: Uncontrolled migration leads to unmanageable pressure on housing, schools

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said net migration must be controlled or it could lead to unmanageable pressures on housing, schools and hospitals in many of our communities.Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Sunak said: We can't have uncontrolled legal migration when it is too high and too fast, it can make it difficult for communities to integrate new arrivals.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

UK universities may be hit financially by ban on overseas student families

British universities could be hit financially if overseas students are deterred from studying in the UK as a result of new immigration rules, leaders in the higher education sector have warned.The Government's decision to ban overseas students apart from postgraduates on research programmes from obtaining visas for their dependants, could be damaging, a union leader has said.
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