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Ukrainian students to protest Navalny widow's appearance at Edinburgh literary festival over her Ukraine views: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/20/ukrainian-students-to-protest-navalny.html

Studien: KI senkt Produktivität von Programmierern / Ostdeutsche skeptisch
Betriebe in Ostdeutschland setzen KI weniger ein als westdeutsche Unternehmen. Das muss kein Nachteil sein, weil KI die Produktivität auch senken kann.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have requested information on the University of Chicago’s admissions practices and international students, according to bond issuance documents.
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Feds issue 'information requests' on University of Chicago international students, admissions practices
In the more than 200 pages of documents dated July 11, the university wrote that the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security had issued information requests regarding “admissions practices and international students.”

The death of the student essay - and the future of cognition https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-of-the-student-essayand "Next year, my courses will be assessed with in-person exams";

The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.

How to put a positive spin on xenophobia.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-rebounds-as-a-top-choice-for-international-students-new-survey-finds/article_0c9e94c0-81d2-4a…

Canada rebounds as a top choice for international students, new survey finds
According to ApplyBoard, Canada rose to second place among six countries for students intending to go abroad as an “open, safe and welcoming” place.

Finally…
https://news.sky.com/story/mahmoud-khalil-us-student-detained-by-immigration-officials-over-pro-palestinian-protests-released-13386603

Mahmoud Khalil: US student detained by immigration officials over pro-Palestinian protests released

What a gigantic gaping asshole. https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-vows-to-challenge-nyc-school-policy-on-trans-students-bathroom-rights

Mayor Adams vows to challenge NYC school policy on trans students’ bathroom rights
State officials say denying access would break the law as civil rights groups and political rivals condemn the mayor’s remarks.

sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.
This network has 126 nodes and 28561 edges.
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Good " morning after FarmAid"
At 92, Willie Nelson
At 84, Bob Dylan
At 79, Neil Young
https://www.startribune.com/live-farm-aid-40-kicks-off-at-huntington-bank-stadium-in-minneapolis/601475512

Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan perform at Farm Aid 40
The Farm Aid founder and his friends closed out the night at Huntington Bank Stadium.

Oil pumping stations in Volgograd and Samara stop work after Ukrainian drone attack, SBU source says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/20/oil-pumping-stations-in-volgograd.html