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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' LifeMartha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own. #Books #Culture #Robots #Texas 2024-11-26T03:00:00-0800 WIRED Meghan Herbst 3,000 words Rated 2024-12-02T22:06:48-0800 - sethherr
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The Missionary in the KitchenI longed for purpose, meaning, the sense of being found. Then, one summer, I sort of was, Clare Sestanovich writes. #College #Religion 2024-06-01T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Clare Sestanovich 2,000 words Rated 2024-06-05T21:09:42-0700 - sethherr
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At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s ResignationProfessors at the University of Pennsylvania have begun to organize, fearing what they view as a plan by the billionaire Marc Rowan to upend academic freedom. #College 2024-01-29T09:20:18-0800 The New York Times Stephanie Saul ($) 2,000 words Rated 2024-01-29T19:12:22-0800 - sethherr
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‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. CrusadeThe backlash against “wokeism” has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook — and grievances — behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign. #College #Texas 2024-01-20T13:35:53-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Confessore ($) 7,000 words Rated 2024-01-22T18:03:33-0800 - sethherr
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Opinion | What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic SpeechThe proper response to censorship is not more censorship. #Censorship #College #Harvard 2023-12-10T06:00:05-0800 The New York Times David French ($) 2,000 words Rated 2023-12-10T15:08:15-0800 - sethherr
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Opinion | Here’s How Houston Is Fighting Homelessness — and WinningHouston demonstrates what should be obvious: that a wealthy society doesn’t have to accept as inevitable throngs of people sleeping on sidewalks. #Dallas #Homelessness #Housing #Jobs #Mental Health #Real Estate #Urban Planning 2023-11-22T16:00:19-0800 The New York Times Nicholas Kristof, Rahim Fortune ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-24T08:15:09-0800 - sethherr
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The Harvard Professor and the BloggersWhen Francesca Gino, a rising academic star, was accused of falsifying data — about how to stop dishonesty — it didn’t just torch her career. It inflamed a crisis in behavioral science. #College #Lawsuit #Sociology 2023-09-30T02:01:18-0700 The New York Times Noam Scheiber ($) 4,000 words Rated 2023-10-05T16:38:46-0700 - sethherr
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The End of Progressive Elitism?The Ivy League’s theory of legitimacy is under attack from two directions. #Ivy League #Joe Biden 2023-08-12T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Reihan Salam ($) 3,000 words Rated 2023-08-13T11:56:40-0700 - sethherr |
Maybe the problem is that Harvard existsAn unhinged polemic #Ivy League 2023-08-10T09:01:32-0700 Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 2,000 words Rated 2023-08-11T07:30:21-0700 - sethherr
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The Talk: Accused of PlagiarismIn an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College 2023-06-03T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words Rated 2023-06-04T07:23:39-0700 - sethherr
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