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#france #israel #palestine : #gaza / #warcrimes / #icc / #repression / #culture / #science / #university / #dissent

„Renowned sociologist Eva Illouz has been disqualified from receiving the Israel Prize, the country’s top cultural award, over her past support for a petition asking the International Criminal Court to investigate possible war crimes in Gaza, in a move critics say is indicative of the government’s efforts to muzzle academia and silence dissent.“
france24.com/en/middle-east/20

FRANCE 24 · French-Israeli academic Eva Illouz denied top prize over ‘anti-Israel ideology’By Benjamin DODMAN

Sunday 7 April 1963

The Labour Party’s plans for a “University of the Air” have taken a big stride towards becoming effective. However, a national TV university will only be possible when the government sanctions a fourth channel devoted to education. This channel could be run through a joint project between the BBC and ITA.

Following #Trump's playbook eh?

Four foreign activists face #deportation from #Germany after Berlin #university sit-in

Story by Tamsin Paternoster, April 4, 2025

Excerpt: "The university's general students' committee said in October that the university had failed to 'capture the complexity of events.' The committee alleges that the police presence on-site was 'excessive' and that the law enforcement responded violently to the protesters in the broader context of suppressing similar demonstrations."

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#Fascism #USPol #WorldPol #GermanyPol #SuppressingDissent #CriminalizingDissent

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"You have to understand that everything #Trump is doing is in service of #stayinginpowerforever. He is trying to destroy our #democracy.
That's why he is going #lawfirm by lawfirm, #university by university, to try to bully them into pledging #loyalty to him.
The #tariffs are going to be used to do the same thing to #privateindustry."
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy
#handsoff

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Another #SadlyRoboticMetaphor! "Your AI Wise Professor is of Course… A Robot with a Book"

And of course, ALL professors wear ties.

This is the featured image chosen to align with a Venture Beat “piece” (I can’t use “article” or “news item: as there are so many ads on the screen I can barely read the text) called:

OpenAI just made ChatGPT Plus free for millions of college students — and it’s a brilliant competitive move against Anthropic

OpenAI has made its […]

Check out the sadness sadlyrobotic.cogdogblog.com/me and maybe share another you have seen sadlyrobotic.cogdogblog.com/sh

In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals

Records show that a fraction of the school’s athletes are complying with a state law requiring them to disclose endorsements. In the wild west of college sports, Illinois’ flagship university says the rules are losing relevance.
propublica.org/article/univers

ProPublicaIn An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals
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British veteran anti-Zionist and anti-racist campaigner, Tony Greenstein, at his most excoriating best!

“New York University is the latest Corporate University to Prostitute Itself To the Trump Administration”

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“NYU Cancelled a Talk by Dr Joanne Liu of Doctors Without Borders Because They Feared She Would Mention the US Sponsored Genocide in Gaza”

azvsas.blogspot.comNew York University is the latest Corporate University to Prostitute Itself To the Trump Administration
#Press#NYU#Acadenic

Anytime and Anywhere I see someone wearing a #WestVirginia #University shirt (heck, any WV shirt), I walk right up to them, face-to-face and say....

'Cue Country Roads.

While this might seem bizarre to most, to West Virginians and #Appalachians, this usually gets you a free drink. 😉

Worked twice when I was in #NewOrleans.

If you know, you know. #Appalachia

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