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A Russian university just changed its expulsion policy so that one missed assignment can get you kicked out. Students say it's not about grades — it's about funneling the expelled directly into drone warfare units. https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/04/06/moscow-university-tightens-expulsion-rules-as-students-allege-military-recruitment-drive

Moscow university tightens expulsion rules as students allege military recruitment drive

Russia’s Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics, and Automation (MIREA) has changed its student expulsion policy, students at the university told the Russian Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti. Under the new rules, students with even a single outstanding academic debt face expulsion. Previously, students were not expelled until they had accumulated five or more unresolved course failures. All outstanding academic debts must be cleared by April 15.

Meduza

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mhoye 19h ago

A picture of Margaret Hamilton, programmer for the Apollo space program, standing next to not one single microsoft error message or bluetooth problem.

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Barbara Monaco 17h ago

Senator calls for investigation into reports that Hegseth removed more than a dozen women and people of color from military promotion list.
#hegseth
#departmentofdefense
#whitesupremacy https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gilibrand-calls-information-reports-hegseth-withholding-promotions-rcna266955

Gillibrand calls for information after reports of Hegseth withholding the promotions

A prominent Democrat senator on the panel which oversees the Pentagon is requesting additional information from the Defense Department following reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is withholding the promotions of several Black and female senior officers.

NBC News

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Women Forward 18h ago

So much for free speech...
#Trump

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Cassandra is only carbon now 21h ago

So, since the "the fediverse needs to be open to new ideas" canard is going around again, let's just be clear. AI is not a new idea, it's the oldest idea in the tech industry.

It's the idea that capital can embrace, extend, and extinguish computing, the idea that industry is more important than labor, that the climate crisis is an externality not worth worrying about. AI is the idea that stocks matter more than people.

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Fantastic short video explaining Trump as a pro wrestler who his followers love and understand that he is fake. They love the spectacle and chaos regardless of how it destroys their life.

https://youtube.com/shorts/QCSvjMozC7A?si=2PHl05UflkBKRthd

They don’t care that he lies to them #duet #trumpsupporters #maga #psychology #fake #kfabe #sick

YouTube

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Science Scholar 3d ago

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Drug Rewires the Brain Instead of Just Clearing Plaques https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-alzheimers-drug-rewires-the-brain-instead-of-just-clearing-plaques/ #science

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Drug Rewires the Brain Instead of Just Clearing Plaques

An experimental drug is showing promise by targeting Alzheimer’s disease at the level of gene regulation.

SciTechDaily

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 1d ago

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116353202984140183

The GOP could impeach and remove Donald Trump from office in literally one day.
The House could pass articles of impeachment in hours. The Senate makes its own rules for the impeachment trial; they could simply make the rules, "Read the articles of impeachment out loud, then vote on them."
They know he has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. They don't need to see any more evidence or testimony.
Every Republican in Congress is culpable for everything Trump has done.
#politics #USPol

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