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Martin D.B. Brown
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Pinned
On the 'whiff of Munich'
Or smell, historical 'lessons', and policy.

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Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"I think they're smoking crack over there because they like the flavour..."
Burn GIF
ALT: Burn GIF
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Blimey, they've started with the Xmas films already??
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nods
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
Schools across Southern California are facing steeper enrollment declines as Trump immigration enforcement actions discourage or prevent students from enrolling.
www.latimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just had to click on this... A spicy story of everyday rowdy werewolves humping a lot

Someone's getting this in their stocking
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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The Great Russian Spirit.
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There are always new challenges in lecturing to new cohorts of students in tertiary education; and yes post-lockdown groups and AI have been a struggle.
Not really sure anything fundamental has changed and will freely admit I was a terrible first year undergrade who really had no idea at all.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Ben Hania’s film, ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is released in France this week. Read her latest interview:
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism
Wolfgang Streeck

Streeck, W. (2024). A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism. European Journal of Social Theory, 28(1), 40-47. doi.org/10.1177/1368... (Original work published 2025)
A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism - Wolfgang Streeck, 2025
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Catherine Leroy, Un aller simple pour le Vietnam (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2025; #skystorians, #photography) : exb.fr/fr/home/674-...
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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We keep adjusting our goalposts, trying to meet students where they're at--but for some, that place is a kind of non-place, where they don't complete any work or engage with the class, but still receive a high grade. Emails are ignored. They can't meet a deadline or keep an appointment.
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Nothing new per say, but just underlines the utter absurdity of it all

www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Aftershock: The War on Terror
www.lrb.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Aah... the Dearlove delusion
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Adrian Horton, ‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo? (@theguardian.com; #skystorians) www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo?
A controversial Netflix documentary follows an investigation into the truth behind one of the most important wartime photos ever taken
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The problem is, it wasn't
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Not givin' a *uck and fighting the filth!
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university

Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region

Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.

Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Let's have a peek at the Torygasp...the whiff of amyl nitrate and pegging in the morning
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM