Public Domain Image Archive4d ago

Bookplate of Charles Davies Sherborn (1890).

Source: Wellcome Collection

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1a77d087-57af-4a8f-96db-27ffb49f954a

#victorian #books #scholars #flora #instruments #art #publicdomain

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦5d ago
“Three prominent #U.S. #scholars are moving to the #UniversityofToronto, as the school embarks on a wave of talent attraction spurred in part by upheaval in the #postsecondary sector in the United States.” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...

U of T hires three top U.S. sc...
U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, announces $24-million recruitment plan

University plans to bring on 100 postdoctoral fellows across a range of disciplines over two years

The Globe and Mail
Fedi.Garden 🌱Nov 2

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Stephen SekulaOct 17

From the Marketplace Podcast: how international library loans are getting caught up in all the tariff confusion.

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/10/15/international-library-loans-are-getting-caught-in-the-tariff-confusion#international-library-loans-are-caught-in-tariff-confusion

#library #scholars

International library loans are caught in tariff confusion

“[Librarians], in some cases, are shipping books with the understanding that they might not get them back on a normal timetable,” said Emanuel Maiberg, co-founder and journalist at 404 Media.

The Christian Science MonitorSep 10

Chinese students and scholars have long made up the largest foreign scientific community in America, a major talent pool. The Trump administration has not made them feel welcome; can Beijing tempt them to return home? #china #students #scholars #emmigration

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0910/China-U.S.-research-science?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR WORLD @what-just-happened-in-your-world-csmonitor

Facing uncertain future in US, Chinese scholars ponder a return home

The Trump administration's anti-immigrant stance has made Chinese scholars and students feel unwelcome in the U.S. Can Beijing persuade them to return home to work?

The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science MonitorSep 10
Chinese students and scholars have long made up the largest foreign scientific community in America, a major talent pool. The Trump administration has not made them feel welcome; can Beijing tempt them to return home? #china #students #scholars #emmigration https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0910/China-U.S.-research-science
Facing uncertain future in US, Chinese scholars ponder a return home

The Trump administration's anti-immigrant stance has made Chinese scholars and students feel unwelcome in the U.S. Can Beijing persuade them to return home to work?

The Christian Science Monitor
Show threadJoseph Lim Sep 6

🧐Why I filter NYT:

NYT Buries News Tt Experts on #Genocide Say #Israel Is Committing It
"declaration by “te world’s biggest academic assoc'n of genocide #scholars” (Reuters), was widely seen as significant news. Prominent US media sources like CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, NPR, AP, Time & Newsweek published stories on te #IAGS resolut'n.. But NYT, which has repeatedly come under fire for its bias against #Palestinians dur'g Israel’s 2-yr-long rampage in #Gaza, buried te news"
https://fair.org/home/nyt-buries-news-that-experts-on-genocide-say-israel-is-committing-it/

NYT Buries News That Experts on Genocide Say Israel Is Committing It

A declaration by genocide scholars that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza was widely seen as significant news--but not by the New York Times.

FAIR
Joseph Lim Sep 2
#Israel is committing #genocide in #Gaza, scholars' association says
🧐"The #world's leading genocide #scholars' #association has passed a #resolution saying tt te #legal #criteria hv been met to #establish Israel is committ'g genocide in Gaza.. 86% of those who voted among te 500-member International Association of Genocide Scholars backed te resolution.. The resolution also states tt te #Hamas #attack on Israel tt precipitated te #war constituted #international #crimes"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3096868/israel-is-committinggenocidein-gaza-scholars-association-says
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John Griogair BellJul 1

“If a famous painting changed owners, if a precious manuscript was sold at auction, if an old palace burned down, if the bearer of an aristocratic name was involved in a scandal, the readers of many thousands of feature articles at once learned the facts. What is more, on that same day or by the next day at the latest they received an additional dose of anecdotal, historical, psychological, erotic, and other stuff on the catchword of the moment.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/07/01/if-a-famous-painting-changed-owners-if-a-precious-manuscript-was-sold-at-auction-if-an-old-palace-burned-down-if-the-bearer-of-an-aristocratic-name-was-involved-in-a-scandal-the-readers-of-many/

#additionalDose #anecdotal #aristocraticName #atTheLatest #bearer #book #burnedDown #catchword #changedOwners #ClassicAmericanLiterature #ClassicLiteratureFiction #Classics #erotic #facts #famousPainting #featureArticles #games #GamesFiction #GermanLiterature #germany #hermannHesse #historical #involvedInAScandal #learned #literaryFiction #magisterLudi #manyThousands #moment #nextDay #oldPalace #otherStuff #preciousManuscript #psychological #quote #readers #received #sameDay #Scholars #ScholarsGermanyFiction #soldAtAuction #TheGlassBeadGame