China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds (Amy Hawkins/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/china-co2-emissions-flat-or-falling-for-past-18-months-analysis-finds
http://www.memeorandum.com/251111/p84#a251111p84
Dak Prescott gets unfairly harsh grade following Cowboys' Week 14 loss https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dak-prescott-unfairly-harsh-grade-dallas-cowboys-week-14-loss
A graduate student at the University of Oklahoma
is the latest in a growing list of college instructors to face disciplinary action
after being targeted by Turning Point USA,
the right-wing campus pressure group founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
Mel Curth, a trans psychology instructor who recently won the Department of Psychology’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award,
gave a zero to junior Samantha Fulnecky’s reaction paper for an assignment on “gender typicali…
QUERY: grad student journal
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Contention Vol. 7, Issue 1 Dear Colleague, The new issue of Contention has…
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Have you ever considered how profoundly music impacts our emotions? 🎶 In my view, classic movie soundtracks are unparalleled in evoking powerful feelings and breathing life into stories. They whisk us away, enhancing our connection to the narrative. I'm fascinated by those scores that strike a deep chord. Which soundtracks transport you to another realm? Share your favorites! #MovieSoundtracks #MusicMagic #EmotionalJourney
After fleeing the Taliban, they felt safe in America. A shooting in D.C. changed everything. (Robert Samuels/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/10/afghan-refugees-kansas-national-guard-shooting/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p20#a260111p20
A Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University:
“The Government of Canada could easily decide that it was going to use LinkedIn or Instagram or wherever it posts, and journalists would switch to following them there because they want to access what they’re saying,” he continued. “There was zero audience for Truth Social when
Trump created and started using it, but the audience went to the politician. Carney and his government could take a principled position by leaving X and its horrible spawn, Grok, and his audience of journalists and politicos would go with them.”
“Apparently, our political leaders simply choose not to.”
YES!! #Fediverse #SocialWeb #Mastodon
As always a huge thank you for the Senator's @… ongoing activism. It WILL happen. (and by it I mean, government going to the social web... Bluesky is just a temporary blip until it too goes fascist or we get some proper digital sovereignty laws in place.)
https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics/115861469408403689
Trump and Vance Are Fanning the Flames. Again. (David French/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/opinion/renee-good-trump-ice-minneapolis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DlA.7uXK.-xQy_r1QM3Cj&smid=bs-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p15#a260111p15
Congress' most unlikely ceasefire is falling apart (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/mike-johnson-hakeem-jeffries-trump-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p125#a260109p125
U.S. Forces Launch Operations to Seize Fleeing Oil Tanker (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-forces-launch-operation-to-seize-fleeing-oil-tanker-0d6443ab?st=crtxCJ&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p26#a260107p26