Patrick L
@pnleahy.bsky.social
Intellectual. Depressant. Existentialist. Thinker. International Education. 🏳️🌈🇨🇮🇬🇧🇨🇵🇱🇧🇮🇳
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The no. of #Indianstudents pursuing higher studies abroad declined for the 1st time in 3 years, according to latest Indian government data, @shuriahn.bsky.social reports
#studyabroad #internationalstudents
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#studyabroad #internationalstudents
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Indian students abroad: Numbers fall after three-year surge
The number of Indian students pursuing higher studies abroad has declined for the first time in three years, according to Indian government data, poin...
www.universityworldnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The no. of #Indianstudents pursuing higher studies abroad declined for the 1st time in 3 years, according to latest Indian government data, @shuriahn.bsky.social reports
#studyabroad #internationalstudents
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#studyabroad #internationalstudents
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This is disturbing.
The announcement of a new accreditor didn’t offer many specifics — including about how the organization would work, when it might be operational, and whether the campuses in participating university systems would even seek accreditation from the new commission. chroni.cl/45EJuxW
6 State University Systems Are Partnering to Create a New Accreditor. Most Details Are TBD.
The announcement, made Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, comes after President Trump’s executive order took aim at streamlining the accreditation process.
chroni.cl
June 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is disturbing.
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From Marquette to the Motor City, communities big and small prepare to rally for queer visibility during Pride.
Pride Across Michigan: Over 40 Fests Ready to Roll
Michigan's Pride season is set to meet the moment in a year marked by growing political attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, with more than 40 celebrations scheduled
pridesource.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
From Marquette to the Motor City, communities big and small prepare to rally for queer visibility during Pride.
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A study on using AI in writing found that many students did worse with unstructured AI use. So telling students “you can use AI” is probably not a good idea if it doesn’t come with targeted instruction. chroni.cl/3ZlSwvE
Can AI Improve Creative Writing? A Small Study Investigates.
An experiment sheds light on the process of creative writing and how AI can help or hinder.
chroni.cl
May 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A study on using AI in writing found that many students did worse with unstructured AI use. So telling students “you can use AI” is probably not a good idea if it doesn’t come with targeted instruction. chroni.cl/3ZlSwvE
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WTH man? Real World bro also serving as Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife's flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it's safe to fly in and out of Newark.
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Changed His Wife's Flight to Avoid Newark Airport
Would you let your family fly out of Newark?
gizmodo.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
WTH man? Real World bro also serving as Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife's flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it's safe to fly in and out of Newark.
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
@paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
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Nothing says “land of the free” like interrogating citizens over their podcast playlists at the border. www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
May 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nothing says “land of the free” like interrogating citizens over their podcast playlists at the border. www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
Wtf? Step down if you can't do your job.
As Newark Liberty International Airport struggled with technological disruptions and staffing shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned on Sunday that more U.S. airports could face similar disruptions this summer.
Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wtf? Step down if you can't do your job.
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Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
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Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
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Teacher Appreciation Week celebrates educators—but it also highlights the challenges they face. Despite attacks on public education, communities know the value of teachers and our public schools.
On Teacher Appreciation Week, union leaders say teachers are underpaid and under attack
The presidents of the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers say the political climate has added to age-old money problems for teachers, such as underfunded schools.
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May 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Teacher Appreciation Week celebrates educators—but it also highlights the challenges they face. Despite attacks on public education, communities know the value of teachers and our public schools.
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“the moment when the regime begins to really earn money is also often the moment when they really feel the need to crack down on civil liberties."
- @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
- @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
www.theatlantic.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“the moment when the regime begins to really earn money is also often the moment when they really feel the need to crack down on civil liberties."
- @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
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- @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
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The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of LGBTQ people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times.
Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
Nearly half of the N.I.H. grants canceled through early May — together worth more than $800 million — addressed the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of LGBTQ people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times.
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Murdoch once enjoyed kingmaker status in Aussie politics. No longer.
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Australia fought back against Murdoch. Your turn, America.
What's the future of the aging mogul's global empire? Look to the place where it all began.
www.motherjones.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Murdoch once enjoyed kingmaker status in Aussie politics. No longer.
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Public schools welcome every student—no matter their background or beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court is considering whether states can fund religious charter schools with public dollars. The outcome could impact how public funds are used in education.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Landscape for Charter and Religious Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 30 will take up the much-debated case of a Roman Catholic charter school in Oklahoma.
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May 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Public schools welcome every student—no matter their background or beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court is considering whether states can fund religious charter schools with public dollars. The outcome could impact how public funds are used in education.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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Emmanuel Macron va lancer une convention citoyenne sur les temps de vacances et les horaires scolaires
Emmanuel Macron va lancer une convention citoyenne sur les temps de vacances et les horaires scolaires
Le président de la République a annoncé, vendredi dans « Le Parisien », que l’opération commencerait en juin et s’étalerait jusqu’à l’automne, voire la fin 2025.
www.lemonde.fr
May 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Emmanuel Macron va lancer une convention citoyenne sur les temps de vacances et les horaires scolaires
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In the six months after a controversial law in Indiana established a complaints systems for students to use against professors, less than two dozen complaints were filed. chroni.cl/42GFzyI
Indiana Required Colleges to Accept Complaints Against Instructors. Here’s How Many They Got.
Less than two dozen complaints were submitted in the six months after a controversial law was enacted last year. But its influence has been felt in other ways.
chroni.cl
May 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In the six months after a controversial law in Indiana established a complaints systems for students to use against professors, less than two dozen complaints were filed. chroni.cl/42GFzyI
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« Le pape François était l’anti-Trump »
« Le pape François était l’anti-Trump »
Proche de Jorge Mario Bergoglio, le fondateur du mouvement catholique Sant’Egidio, Andrea Riccardi, se dit « pessimiste » quant à l’avenir de l’héritage du pontife argentin, avant l’ouverture du conclave, mercredi.
www.lemonde.fr
May 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
« Le pape François était l’anti-Trump »
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Reporters sans frontières alerte sur une « dégradation inquiétante de la liberté de la presse aux Etats-Unis » depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche
Reporters sans frontières alerte sur une « dégradation inquiétante de la liberté de la presse aux Etats-Unis » depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche
Dans son classement annuel par pays publié vendredi, RSF place les Etats-Unis en 57e position, en perte de deux places. L’administration Trump « a politisé les institutions, réduit le soutien aux médias indépendants et marginalisé les journalistes », soumis à une « hostilité croissante », relève l’ONG.
www.lemonde.fr
May 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Reporters sans frontières alerte sur une « dégradation inquiétante de la liberté de la presse aux Etats-Unis » depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche
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« Les ménages européens sont prêts à se passer des marques américaines, emblématiques du trumpisme »
« Les ménages européens sont prêts à se passer des marques américaines, emblématiques du trumpisme »
Selon une étude de la Banque centrale européenne, les consommateurs du Vieux Continent se montrent « très désireux d’acheter des alternatives aux produits ou services américains ». Un phénomène nouveau, analyse Isabelle Chaperon, journaliste économique au « Monde ».
www.lemonde.fr
May 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
« Les ménages européens sont prêts à se passer des marques américaines, emblématiques du trumpisme »
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China updated its list of approved undergrad majors, fast-tracking some amid new economic stresses caused by Trump’s #Tariffs. They include regional country studies to help develop markets to replace the US, Amber Wang reports from Beijing
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Tariff crisis speeds up approval of new ‘strategic’ courses
China’s annual catalogue of approved undergraduate majors in universities and colleges, routinely updated last week by the Ministry of Education, fo...
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May 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
China updated its list of approved undergrad majors, fast-tracking some amid new economic stresses caused by Trump’s #Tariffs. They include regional country studies to help develop markets to replace the US, Amber Wang reports from Beijing
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NEW: The president's executive order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. to.pbs.org/44UvK1B
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS."
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May 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
NEW: The president's executive order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. to.pbs.org/44UvK1B
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In recent years, hospital systems have been buying up medical practices at a rapid pace. Now, patients getting routine medical care are being hit with high costs and unexpected hospital fees — even if they never visited a hospital.
Why patients are getting hit with surprise hospital fees for routine medical care
In recent years, hospital systems have been buying up medical practices at a rapid pace. Now, patients getting routine medical care are being hit with high costs and unexpected hospital fees — even…
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May 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In recent years, hospital systems have been buying up medical practices at a rapid pace. Now, patients getting routine medical care are being hit with high costs and unexpected hospital fees — even if they never visited a hospital.
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La justice européenne interdit les « passeports dorés » destinés aux investisseurs extracommunautaires
La justice européenne interdit les « passeports dorés » destinés aux investisseurs extracommunautaires
Mardi 29 avril, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a jugé illégal le programme de « citoyenneté par investissement » mis en place par Malte. La « commercialisation » du statut de citoyen est incompatible avec la « conception fondamentale de la citoyenneté de l’Union européenne ».
www.lemonde.fr
April 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
La justice européenne interdit les « passeports dorés » destinés aux investisseurs extracommunautaires
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news: The Trump administration tried to fire several board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. They sued to stop it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings
The media organization said that the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
news: The Trump administration tried to fire several board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. They sued to stop it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...