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A federal judge on Friday indefinitely paused Donald Trump's bid to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students as the U.S. president said a "deal" with the Ivy League school was in the works. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/21/world/crime-legal/us-foreign-students-harvard-ban-blocked/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #harvarduniversity #universities #censorship #us #donaldtrump #uscourts

U.S. judge blocks Trump ban on foreign students at Harvard

A federal judge gas indefinitely paused Donald Trump's bid to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students as the U.S. president said a 'deal' with the school was in the works.

The Japan Times

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Gabe Ortíz 21h ago

“Bishop Pham, himself a Vietnamese refugee as a child, said ICE agents were ‘standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the … agents kind of scattered and went away. No wonder people come in fear.’” https://timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06/20/ice-agents-scatter-as-sd-bishop-pham-other-clergy-visit-immigration-court/ #WorldRefugeeDay

ICE agents scatter as SD Bishop Pham, other clergy visit immigration court

"Our presence made a difference," one priest said, quoting an immigration lawyer saying their client was given more time to prepare for another hearing.

Times of San Diego

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Larry Garfield 1d ago

Priorities...

#GenAI #LLM #AI #ClimateChange

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Another Angry Woman 10h ago

legit 10/10 display and curation practices here

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kim_harding ✅11h ago

'Scotland's railway needs private sector to profit' says former UK Government transport minister in Tony Blair's government
https://web.archive.org/web/20250621091910/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24898128.scotlands-railway-needs-private-sector-profit/

Odd how no one is arguing that the road network should be run at a profit, why not? Surely, it is "childish and counter-productive" for them to be in full public ownership, by the same logic...

'Scotland's railway needs private sector to profit'

A former transport minister who described nationalisation as 'childish' has urged the Scottish Government to be 'open minded' with private sector…

The Herald

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Bread and Circuses 9h ago

Of course I would prefer no cars at all, but this is certainly an improvement…

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Helen Czerski 7h ago

I'll be speaking at the Wealden Literary Festival in East Sussex tomorrow (Sunday 22nd) and at Somerset House in London at 1pm on Wednesday 25th. Come along and share the ocean love!

https://wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk/programme/helen-scales-helen-czerski-the-ocean-of-today/

https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/john-darlington-in-conversation-with-helen-czerski-presented-by-world-monuments-fund-and-english-heritage

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Council Estate Media 5h ago

We truly live in upside-down world

https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/splashing-paint-on-a-plane-is-terrorism

Splashing paint on a plane is terrorism and killing 20,000-plus children is self-defence

Welcome to upside-down world

Council Estate Media

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Σειληνός (Seilēnós)3h ago

“I was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question.”
— Vice Piece of Shit J.D. Vance, quoted by The Hill, referring to Sen. Alex Padilla (R-CA) as “Jose.”

What is it with these MAGAt shitheels and their fake macho bullshit? Everyone knows he's Thiel's bumboy.