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Sundar Pichai faced a walkout at his Stanford commencement speech, as 100 students left amid chants of "Free, free Palestine" over Google's ties with Israel (Zain Khan/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/06/14/us-ne…

Protest at Stanford University graduation as Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stage
Videos circulating on social media showed more than 100 students leaving their seats at Stanford Stadium.

It's No Wonder Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers (Molly Jong-Fast/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/graduation-speakers-ai-college-commencement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.Jeaz.7DS0B8WN4AKV&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260605/p15#a260605p15

“The problem isn’t woke; the problem is work. It’s a lack of social mobility. It’s that college may no longer elevate a graduate to the middle class. It’s that nobody even bothers to pretend that a house, a good job and the ability to start a family are at all guaranteed.”
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Opinion | It’s No Wonder Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers
Companies are trying to automate graduates’ futures away. No wonder they’re furious.

Part of the Communications Act 2003 has come into force.
As a member of the public I'm confused as to why these laws don't automatically sunset if left unactivated. Certainly after more than 20 years, and significant changes in the makeup of Parliament.
(This change is just about classifying significant events, eg, sporting events.)

Outside the AI bubble, a backlash has been brewing for some time
— and not only among students booing pro-AI commencement speakers.
Just 10 percent of Americans say they're thrilled about the future of AI, a Pew poll found in March;
that same month, some 80 percent of registered U.S. voters in an NBC poll said neither Democrats nor Republicans are doing a good job on the AI front.
That number also appears in an April survey of white-collar workers:
80 per…

The AI vibe shift is real: Why the backlash is growing
As 'tokenmaxxing' dies out, Silicon Valley is having second thoughts.

A good even deeper look at Eric Schmidt's commencement speech that got booed.
#tech

The kids aren't OK... and they are not afraid to say so!
#AI #University #Jobs
https://apnews.com/article/ai-college-commencement-anxiety-boo-35aec9bac660eaeb05c5b8d392db2cac?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Watch live: Trump delivers Coast Guard Academy commencement speech (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/video-clips/5886860-watch-live-donald-trump-coast-guard-academy-commencement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260520/p39#a260520p39

Eric Schmidt faced loud boos during his University of Arizona commencement speech while discussing "rational" fears over the impact of AI and automation on jobs (Lauren Edmonds/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/students-b

Arizona students boo former Google CEO Eric Schmidt as he talks about AI during graduation speech
Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO, faced jeers and boos during a commencement address at the University of Arizona's graduation ceremony on Friday.

'Good Looking Men', the Iran War and DéjŠ Vu at Trump's Coast Guard Speech (Shawn McCreesh/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/trump-commencement-address-iran-coast-guard.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260520/p118#a260520p118