The Intercept – From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University Crackdowns

Nov 182024
 

LAST WEEK, police at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland arrested four students on felony vandalism charges in relation to protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. The students were transferred to the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, jail, a detention facility subject to calls for closure over inhumane conditions, abuse by jail staff, and the use of solitary confinement. All four students were released from jail over the weekend. The arrests are part of the long arm of the crackdowns on campus protests that started in the spring and kept pace this fall. School officials had described the spray paint as “antisemitic.” A local news clip shows a wall spray-painted with the names of Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://theintercept.com/2024/11/18/gaza-protest-campus-palestine-exception/

 2024-11-18  No Responses »

Hackaday – Do You Dream in Color?

Nov 182024
 

According to the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, our language influences how we think and experience the world. That’s easy to imagine. Certainly our symbolism of mathematics influences how we calculate. Can you imagine doing moderately complex math with Roman numerals or without zero or negative numbers? But recently I was reminded that technological media also influences our perception of reality, and I have a Hackaday post to thank for it.
The post in question was about color TV. When I was a kid, most people had black and white TVs, although there were color sets. Even if you had a color set, many shows and movies were in black and white. Back then, many people still shot black and…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://hackaday.com/2024/11/18/do-you-dream-in-color/

 2024-11-18  No Responses »

The Onion – RFK Jr. Vows To Ban Soaps That Smell So Good You Eat A Little

Nov 182024
 

WASHINGTON—Promising to end what he has called a “war on public health” by the federal government, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services, vowed Monday to ban all soaps that smell so good you eat a little. “Big soap companies have been poisoning and deceiving American consumers for decades with these aromatic soaps that really, really convince you a small nibble might actually taste good,” said Kennedy, who promised to declassify all hidden government data about how soap scents like blackberry sage and summer citrus can entice you to lick a corner of the bar, even though it ultimately just tastes like soap. “Insiders have been peddling the…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-vows-to-ban-soaps-that-smell-so-good-you-eat-a-little/

 2024-11-18  No Responses »