"In the 1980s, the federal government contributed three-quarters or more of the sector’s funding. Now, it’s about 40 per cent."

Ooof depressing article on Australian academia from this weekend :(

https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-kind-of-monster-why-does-everyone-hate-universities-20250626-p5mann.html

Dragged off by ICE in front of her kids. No warrant. Neighbors thought it was a kidnapping. Her kids cried: “Don’t let go!” “I can’t lose my mom!”

ICE came back — took her anyway — then admitted they got the wrong person. “Blatantly unconstitutional” to detain someone without reasonable suspicion — LA County officials. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ice-agents-detain-mother-in-pasadena-in-front-of-children-without-a-warrant/ #press

Analysis: "It's a Killing Field': Israeli soldiers ordered to shoot unarmed Gazan civilians waiting at so-called "aid" hubs.

"IDF officers & soldiers say they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present" rather than using non-lethal crowd control measures.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-deliberately-at-unarmed-gazans-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid/00000197-ad8e-de01-a39f-ffbe33780000

#IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #GazaGenocide #GHFKillingSites #USPol #EuroPol .

Israel will forever be known as the state that intentionally starved children to death.

Imagine future generations of Israelis having that as their national history.

Imagine future generations of Americans and Europeans knowing their own national history was one of complicity.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/29/at-least-66-children-dead-of-malnutrition-in-gaza-as-israel-tightens-siege

#starvation #genocide #gaza #warcrimes

Douglas Adams has Sam Altman’s number in 1979:

The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes”