Update: 270 professors have signed the social sciences/humanities letter to bring back standardized tests across the University of California Strong showing from the following fields: -Economics -Political Science -Sociology -Psychology -Business

RIP Cleve, founder of @MATLAB nytimes.com/2026/06/11/scien…

Berkeley math professor: “Today, the more successful a public high school is at preparing its students, the lower its graduates' chances of getting into top UC campuses like Berkeley and San Diego.” Berkeley admitted 45% of applicants from a high school where nearly 94% of “students failed to meet the state standards in mathematics.” It admitted less than 14% of applicants from a school where “nearly 100 percent of its students in AP Calculus BC pass the national exam with a perfect score of 5.”

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💯 KOSA may feel like a convenient solution right now, but age verification treads dangerously close to violating “Need to Know” & “Principle of Least Privilege” which have been core tenets of cybersecurity. While well intended, mission creep can easily slide into real threat.

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"Unfortunately, grades are now an ineffective or even misleading tool for communicating readiness and a student’s academic performance." Great report by @neetu_arnold on the erosion of academic standards in universities and what states can to address this.

The IRGC version of a gender reveal party?

"Constable Pinizzotto went through a door in a building where an eight-year-old boy was killed in his bed ten months earlier, in a city where a jail official survived a hit allegedly arranged with help from inside his own justice system, in a country where a Hells Angel took a contract from Tehran and a former provincial politician learned from an American court filing — not a Canadian one — that a cartel had her home address and a price on her head. The marketplace that connects those facts is open for business, and its clients — cartel and state alike — have learned that in Canada, the price of violence is low and the prosecution of enterprises is rare. Until Parliament changes that calculation, Canada remains, as The Bureau has reported citing former U.S. State Department and U.S. intelligence official David Luna, a “safe zone” for the worst threat networks in the world."

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We’re one bad deal away from the era of online government censorship. The White House and Congress are negotiating away your rights as we speak. FIRE urges lawmakers to reject any deal that includes the Kids Online Safety Act, the NO FAKES Act, and age verification requirements.

Introducing your Artemis III crew: NASA astronauts @AstroKomrade, @Astro_AndreD, and Frank Rubio and @ESA astronaut @Astro_Luca.

Eight in ten law professors say a liberal would be a good fit at their law school… but fewer than half say the same about a conservative. New data from our survey of law school faculty raises a broader question: How do different viewpoints fit within legal education?

US Navy load slinging timeline cleanse. The largest warship ever built, the USS Gerald R. Ford, needs to stay well supplied.

The unabated desire to answer every random question posted on this site.

"Does it matter how a man behaves toward the women within his reach?" remains one of the most revolutionary questions in politics, across lines of party and ideology.

RT @ScottGottliebMD: China's new rules require approval before Chinese tech is transferred overseas. But U.S. drug tech is open for Chinese…

Insane story from NYC:

Written law for the win.

.@SenatorBanks is 🎯 to ask whether it serves U.S. interests for our top leaders to support a CCP-controlled university EXPLICITLY known for: 1) Developing/indigenizing US tech to modernize China's military (to defeat our military) 2) Teaching Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism