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We’ve Long Known That Music Eases Pain. Now, Science Is Proving It.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/how-music-eases-pain/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=muz4now/magazine/music

We've Long Known That Music Eases Pain. Now, Science Is Proving It.
Listening to music can be a welcome distraction. But for people suffering from a wide range of medical conditions, its effects go much deeper.

Nationwide "Hands Off!" 50501 protests against Trump continues for second weekend
https://eu.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/04/19/protest-resist-trump-rally-photos/83173515007/
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Nationwide "Hands Off!" 50501 protests against Trump continues for second weekend
Nationwide protests were held Saturday, with thousands of demonstrators rallying against the actions of President Donald Trump's administration.

Quanta Magazine authors Janna Levin and Steven Strogatz strike up a conversation with Ellie Pavlick (Research Scientist at Google Deep Mind) about the differences and similarities between the way people understand language, what NLP algorithms do, and the fact that such conversations more often than not shed light into more than Linguistics' computational side.
"Will AI Ever Understand Language Like Humans?"

Will AI Ever Understand Language Like Humans? | Quanta Magazine
AI may sound like a human, but that doesn’t mean that AI learns like a human. In this episode, Ellie Pavlick explains why understanding how LLMs can process language could unlock deeper insights into both AI and the human mind.

Absolut geniale Grafik! Artikel- Illustration von #theatlantic
#trump :
"Americas Mad King"

Two years ago at #CSUN I learned about what became my favorite browser extension, BeeLine Reader. I've been a subscriber ever since.
It's easy to set up on desktop, but has been some struggle to get working on Android. But this week I discovered it works with Microsoft's Edge Canary mobile browser, which has experimental support for extensions. Instructions are here:

David Brooks: "What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal"
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It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power."
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Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

#harvard Very nice comments at the #nytimes who mend wrath with high literacy:
"Trump and the ignorant like him have always wanted (...) As they rest in the shallow, dirty bathwater of their reactionary, time-worn bigotries, misconceptions, and lies they tell to explain their bitterness a…

Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.

#harvard
https://www.theindex.media/harvard-didnt-blink-the-fight-starts-here/
say it how it is, call

Harvard Didn’t Blink. The Fight Starts Here.
Harvard stood its ground. Now every university faces a choice: comply or resist.

Jetzt Mitunterzeichnen gegen den Normalisierungskurs von Jens Spahn gegen die AfD:
https://aktion.campact.de/s/afd/lc

Mach jetzt mit: Keine Macht für die AfD im Bundestag!
Friedrich Merz (CDU) will der rechtsextremen AfD wichtige Chefposten überlassen. Das muss die SPD verhindern.

Trumps Regime nicht "Faschismus" nennen ist Realitätsverweigerung - Volksverpetzer
https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/trumps-faschismus-nennen/

Trumps Regime nicht "Faschismus" nennen ist Realitätsverweigerung
Unter Experten ist die Debatte, ob Trumps Bewegung "Faschismus" ist, inzwischen vorbei. Unsere Medien sollten die Dinge beim Namen nennen. Die Historikerin Annika Brockschmidt listet etliche Kennzeichen von Faschismus auf, und wie sie auf Trump zutreffen.