An app called Historical Figures Chat garnered attention this week as people chatted with AI manifestations of deceased people like Henry Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson and Heinrich Himmler and received a lot of very troubling responses.
Minnesota school board elections face a coordinated push by critics of Critical Race Theory, vaccines and masks theuptake.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theuptake.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Conservative media outlets and thinktanks have ignited a groundswell of fear and anger about Critical Race Theory, vaccines and mask mandates in schools. In Minnesota, these concerns have been ignited in private Facebook groups and at rallies around the state. With school board elections on the horizon, progressive candidates have tried to push back on misinformation while elevating their desires for inclusive school environments.
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Inside Higher Ed, I am still ruminating over last week s events at the Capitol. I had planned to write and publish a blog post about productivity last week, but I have to confess that my well-laid plans for the first week of 2021 were shot to hell when I spent several hours doom scrolling on Wednesday afternoon.
After reading Matt Reed’s (aka Dean Dad’s) plea to “write it down,” in reference to the ongoing events that included last week’s attack on the Capitol, I decided to do just that.