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In 2024-25, 50 on-air BBC journalists earned above £178K, up from 46 in 2023-24; Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce were the top-paid following Huw Edwards' exit (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/nick-r

Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce are top-paid BBC journalists after Huw Edwards exit
Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce are the highest-paid journalists at the BBC after the departure of Huw Edwards - BBC annual report for 2024/25.

Rich Lyons,
the University of California, Berkeley, chancellor,
challenged US House Republicanson Tuesday
as they questioned Lyons and leaders of Georgetown University and the City University of New York
in the latest hearing on antisemitism in higher education.
The committee accused the schools of failing to respond adequately to allegations of bias or discrimination,
however the university leaders said that disciplinary action had been taken where approp…

What happens when bees can’t buzz right? Nature starts falling apart #nature

What happens when bees can’t buzz right? Nature starts falling apart
High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, raising alarms for ecosystems and sparking ideas for pollination robots.

Welcome to Berlin Buzzwords 2025! 
Be sure not to miss our keynote speaker, @…, who will be giving a talk on „Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise," which commences at 9:35 am at stage Kesselhaus.
 
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Unpacking Digital Sovereignty: How to avoid fueling the nationalist rise
With the new ruling coalition of Trump, Musk and Big Tech, European digital sovereignty seems to be the widely accepted solution to break free from US companies that are used to threaten European governments. The EU is reviving industrial policy and is willing to invest a lot of money into digital sovereignty - but which problems exactly should it address, and what should be part of the solution? This talk shows that digital sovereignty is prone to open the door to a nationalist agenda which fa…

[PODCAST] Episode 308: The Campus Free Speech Panic: Who’s Fueling the Misinformation Machine?
https://pca.st/episode/a003e200-73bf-405f-9036-f96590459999
“Bradford Vivian is at Penn State. His latest book is Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in Am…

Einschränkung Bahnverkehr Zürich wegen Fahrleitungsstörung
Der Bahnverkehr auf der Strecke Zürich Oerlikon - Zürich HB ist zwischen Zürich Oerlikon und Zürich Hardbrücke eingeschränkt.
Der Grund dafür ist eine Fahrleitungsstörung.
Die Einschränkung dauert bis zirka 08:00.
Betroffen sind die Linien S, S15, S16 und S21.
Es sind Verspätungen, Ausfälle und Umleitungen zu erwarten.

Analyzing the Raiders' Rookie Class Following the Completion of Minicamp https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-pete-carroll-ashton-jeanty-jack-bech-john-spytek

Sources: senior BBC executives are considering charging US consumers for access to its journalism to boost revenues amid falling UK license fee incomes (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun

The Grand Canyon Lodge,
the only lodging inside the park at the North Rim,
was consumed by the flames,
park Superintendent Ed Keable told park residents, staff and others in a meeting Sunday morning.
https://bsky.app/profile/pbsnews.org/post/3lturjh5k2a2h…

An internal BBC review finds that documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, narrated by the child of a Hamas minister, breached an editorial rule on accuracy (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/07/bbc-gaza-how-to-survive-a-warzone-re…

BBC Review Finds ‘Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone’ Broke Accuracy Rule In “Serious” Editorial Failure
BBC publishes internal review into editorial failings on 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone,' which was narrated by the child of a Hamas minister.