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"How a Teaching-Focused Institution Approaches AI Literacy"
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/future-of-work/2025/ai-literacy-at-a-teaching-focused-institution
"At the Institute of Inner-City …

Les présidents français et les lettres : quand la littérature gouvernait https://lvsl.fr/les-presidents-francais-et-les-lettres/
C'est malheureusement toujours vrai. Dans un monde de plus en plus technologique, je trouve que c'est *vraiment* dommage.
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Les présidents français et les lettres : quand la littérature gouvernait
Emmanuel Macron n'est pas le premier à mobiliser la sphère littéraire dans son exercice du pouvoir, que ce soit du point de vue de sa relation aux écrivains ou de la mise en scène de sa culture littéraire. En fait, il ne fait que tenter de se placer dans le sillage d'une tradition française du leader lettré que d'autres ont façonnée avant lui.

PBS leaders meet in Amarillo to discuss future funding following federal funding cuts : Amarillo Tribune https://amarillotribune.org/2025/08/06/pbs-leaders-meet-in-amarillo-to-discuss-future-funding-following-federal-fun…

PBS leaders meet in Amarillo to discuss future funding following federal funding cuts
Leaders from all 10 Texas Public Broadcasting Stations from across the state met at Amarillo College on Wednesday as Panhandle PBS began its annual two-day meeting, which will run through Thursday.

President Trump announces 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, starting August 1 (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/trump-tariffs-trade-letters-japan.html

Trump announces steep tariffs on five more countries starting Aug. 1
The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed.

Republican leaders clash on emergency troop pay vote (Mia McCarthy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/07/congress/republican-leaders-clash-troop-pay-00596522
http://www.memeorandum.com/251007/p99#a251007p99

Cowboys DL coach praises leadership of Micah Parsons during contract dispute https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-dl-coach-praises-leadership-micah-parsons-during-contract-dispute

“Trump has a child’s understanding of the world and is driven by ego and whatever impulses come into his weak mind. It’s causing the U.S. economy to burn as he pursues trade and economic policies that are completely unworkable and destroys U.S. leadership on the global stage. And he’s doing a lot of it to distract from the Epstein files.”
Trump discovers rejection on the world stage — because of his 'weak mind': analysis - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-international-leaders/

Update: Ukrainian, Slovak leaders disagree over Russian pipeline attacks at top-level meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/05/update-ukrainian-slovak-leaders-disagree.html

Tell Me Without Telling Me: Two-Way Prediction of Visualization Literacy and Visual Attention
Minsuk Chang, Yao Wang, Huichen Will Wang, Yuanhong Zhou, Andreas Bulling, Cindy Xiong Bearfield
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03713

Tell Me Without Telling Me: Two-Way Prediction of Visualization Literacy and Visual Attention
Accounting for individual differences can improve the effectiveness of visualization design. While the role of visual attention in visualization interpretation is well recognized, existing work often overlooks how this behavior varies based on visual literacy levels. Based on data from a 235-participant user study covering three visualization tests (mini-VLAT, CALVI, and SGL), we show that distinct attention patterns in visual data exploration can correlate with participants' literacy levels: W…

Police arrested over 40 people outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City
as hundreds gathered for a peaceful action led by Jewish leaders
calling for the end to Israel’s starvation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Democracy Now! was at the demonstration and spoke to some of the protesters,
including Motaz Azaiza, renowned photojournalist from Gaza,
and Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, who was arrested.
“We’re here to say, ‘Let Gaza live,’ to risk everyt…

“End the Starvation”: Jewish Rabbis & Allies Outside NY Trump Hotel Call for U.S. to Stop Arming Israel
Police arrested over 40 people outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City as hundreds gathered for a peaceful action led by Jewish leaders calling for the end to Israel’s starvation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Democracy Now! was at the demonstration and spoke to some of the protesters, including Motaz Azaiza, renowned photojournalist from Gaza, and Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, who was arrested. “We’re here to say, 'Let Gaza live,' to risk everything to say, 'Never again,'” says …