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The Table System for Board Games by Filler Gaming The versatile table - designed by and for gamers to meet real needs - turn the milestone of owning one into a truly accessible reality.

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A formal letter dated April 11, 2025, from U.S. government agencies addressed to Dr. Alan M. Garber and Penny Pritzker of Harvard University. The letter, featuring logos from the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, and General Services Administration, expresses concerns about Harvard's failure to meet intellectual and civil rights expectations tied to federal funding. It proposes reforms as a basis for continuing financial support. Key provisions mentioned include governance and leadership reforms aimed at reducing influence from students and administrators focused on activism rather than scholarship.

Continuation of the letter detailing required reforms Harvard must implement by August 2025. These include: Merit-Based Hiring Reform to eliminate race, color, religion, sex, or national origin preferences. Merit-Based Admissions Reform to ensure objective, merit-based student selection with public data reporting. International Admissions Reform to prevent admitting students hostile to American values or involved in anti-Semitic behavior. Viewpoint Diversity in Admissions and Hiring requiring an external audit to ensure diversity of thought across all departments.

Further required reforms listed in the letter: Reforming Programs with Egregious Records of Antisemitism or Other Bias, including external audits and accountability for faculty violations. Discontinuation of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs and initiatives, with a requirement to show structural and personnel changes ensuring these programs are permanently ended.

Final section of the letter, outlining: Student Discipline Reform and Accountability, requiring Harvard to revise disciplinary policies to prevent disruptions and harassment, including specific measures such as banning student clubs promoting violence or antisemitism, banning face masks, and expelling students involved in certain protests. Whistleblower Reporting and Protections for those reporting noncompliance. Transparency and Monitoring involving federal audits, reporting of foreign funding sources, and compliance with immigration data requirements. The letter concludes with a call for immediate cooperation from Harvard to implement reforms and return to its core academic mission.

The Trump Administration sent Harvard a detailed list of extreme demands on Friday. It called for the dismantling of "DEI" Harvard centers, including a legal clinic, tha study human rights, and the surveillance of students political views.

Harvard has responded and rejected these demands.

A formal letter dated April 14, 2025, from law firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and King & Spalding, addressed to officials at the General Services Administration, Department of Health & Human Services, and Department of Education. The letter, written on behalf of Harvard University, responds to a government letter dated April 11, 2025. It emphasizes Harvard's commitment to combating antisemitism and outlines recent measures the university has taken, including policy reforms, disciplinary procedures, and enhanced diversity efforts. The letter criticizes the government’s demands as unconstitutional, infringing on academic freedom and the First Amendment.

Continuation of Harvard’s legal response, asserting that the federal government’s proposed terms exceed its lawful authority and violate university rights recognized by the Supreme Court. The letter argues that the demands would impose disruptive, unproven remedies and jeopardize critical federal research funding. It also stresses that the government’s terms would affect not just Harvard but also its affiliated medical and research institutions. Signed by attorneys William A. Burck and Robert K. Hur, the letter concludes that Harvard will not accept the government's terms as an agreement in principle but remains open to dialogue that respects legal boundaries.

Here is the response from Harvard's legal counsel to the Trump Administration.

My bunny Kiwi says: Stay hydrated!

Stay Hydrated! #Bunny

My make of the #3Dprint of the mechanical caterpillar #automaton, found at @printables.bsky.social: www.printables.com/model/892037...

Resistance … is futile!! 🐰🐇

BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel There was a very important development today, still only little noted in...

BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...

The porting of my "complete" public Twitter timeline via @blueark.app is underway...

Looks like of my 57,829 Tweets, it is going to copy over 21,300. Currently has done 3,304.

#GoingToTakeAWhile

a red squirrel character with golden eyes wearing a dark blue shirt with sleeves that go up to the elbows, and light blue shorts. she is holding a big pencil on her shoulder in front of a light green sketchbook with the caption, “Hmm, what to draw today…”

💝 the ideas & possibilities are endless~! ✏️✨

🚀🚀Staffel 11 geht los 🚀🚀 Alle einsteigen!

Never let them steal your childlike joy and wonder, you whimsical creatures 💖

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My lovely anthropomorphic Circle of Spires Druid Skunkette from a D&D campaign! Thank you so much for these lovely emotes, they are awesome! 💜🥰😍

Just pledged on Ice and Idols

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Just pledged on Moon Bunny - A Board Game Inspired by Moon Festival Folklore

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Screenshot from twitch of a raid

Screenshot of two characters from Final Fantasy 14 Online

Stream END!

Sent the herd to graze with @BerryMontBlanc_ cause she was drawing sanic!

Thank you to the raiders, subbers and everyone!

Next stream is with @elitekatt.bsky.social this Friday 7PM PST for some #FFXIV

Excited to be the 2,833rd 😻 on @BackerKit for Armello: Th... Check out Armello: The Board Game on BackerKit!

Excited to be the 2,833rd 😻 on @BackerKit for Armello: The Board Game. Thanks @KotCGames armello-board-game.backerkit.com/community_shares/5827316

Sadly I’m full of ideas, but can’t really design with CAD 😅

I think some kind of inline-buffer attached right under each connector of the RepBox would be perfect. Maybe even with a little latch that pushes the filament directly into the other tube, and that can be loosened while printing to make room for the filament loop. 🤔

My current printing corner after all planned updates: #Prusa #MK4 #MMU3, #Repbox, …

I’m not 100% satisfied with the filament buffer as it creates an unnecessary loop to the right.

Added a converter to switch the esp32-cam on/off with the printer. But the filament buffer collides with the Z-Acis now. Would like to attach it horizontally under the RepBox, but my CAD skills are … meh. Anyone know of a holder for the buffer I could use for this? /cc @Prusa3D

Later today I’m watching GPT-4 vs Starcraft II – Strategic Decision Making using Large Language Models, or „just sit back and watch GPT-4 destroy the Zerg“ at #Techorama. Wonder if it could even beat @LowkoTV 😆 #doubt

Next session at #techorama: The Boeing 737 MAX: When Humans and Technology Don't Mix

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Nach dem Veedelszoch in Köln-Porz … sammeln der Kamelle für den Rosenmontagszug in Düsseldorf! 😁😜🥳 #KölleAlaaf

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Huge thanks to 2WEI for all the music. I just couldn't get enough of 'Survivor' this year! #SpotifyWrapped open.spotify.com/artist/4SGDDnlwi5G42HTGz...

Thank you so much! But it should also give you happiness to know there’s a lot more coming and it’s all even so much better than B1. Won’t disappoint.