Thank you- indeed, this is the only one I saw- and a bunch of really good articles and reports. I’m getting in touch with Mars sa Drine to start with.

Is there anyone who is already looking into it with this angle? Who would be the best person/group to get in contact with to start looking at it in more detail?

Exactly the kind of project that should be used for research. As a case of how 'strategic' projects are both a reflection of politics and shape it.It is a familiar type with common patterns but I don't think they get to be seen or heard anywhere near to what they should.

Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest against government The collapse of a station canopy that killed 15 people has galvanised anger towards the government.

Does this not look like something that should have been breaking news internationally.

Rather than in the margins under the ‘meanwhile in the crazy balkans’ subsection.

Also looks like there was a few more there than the 325000.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth On the 20th anniversary of Never Let Me Go, the Nobel prize-winning novelist talks about the role of the author in a post-truth world – and why he’s ‘not a great writer of prose’

‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth

Is It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind. Robert Paxton thought the label was overused. But now he’s alarmed by what he sees in global politics — including Trumpism.

This is from October, so before the election. But this article by Elisabeth Zerofsky is good. This quote from Paxton is chilling: "The Trump phenomenon looks like it has a much more solid social base,' Paxton said. 'Which neither Hitler nor Mussolini would have had."

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/m...

The hidden history of women in European intelligence - EUROPP The popular image of female spies as glamorous femmes fatales obscures a far more interesting history, writes Helen Fry.

The hidden history of women in European intelligence blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Norwegian officials fear US may share its intel with Russia, local media reports - Euractiv "The allegations have no basis in reality at all. Norway has solid and good intelligence cooperation with the US," Nils Andreas Stensønes, head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service, responded on Thur...

www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants"

One author of 12 academic papers with 144 citations and an h-index of 12 is Larry the cat.

old friend inheritocracy is back.

Do people really use this system? I hope not but I suspect some do.

Forgive me for being unimaginative, but I just want an LLM that handles my email

this is an excellent overview of what's happening in Serbia now

Inside the student blockades in Serbia Over the past two months, students in Serbia have been at the forefront of nationwide protests and institutional occupations, bringing higher education in the country to a standstill. The protests hav...

Students in Serbia are at the forefront of nationwide protests and institutional occupations, which have brought higher education—and the whole country—to a halt.

I wrote a text explaining what it is all about, please read & share, thank you! 🤝

#students #highered #Serbia

Great piece in this letter, real shame it won't be read, or understood.

Student protests, Niš, Serbia

Student protests, Niš, Serbia, Students proclaiming the Students' Edict

Last night in Niš, #students proclaimed Students' Edict, comprising 8 articles: Freedom, State, Justice, Dignity, Knowledge, Solidarity, and Future.

After 18-hour city blockade, students cleaned up after themselves and left.

The fight continues, until demads are met.

Next stop: Belgrade, March 15

To achieve the rigor of specificity, more Americans—from elected officials to university administrators to citizens debating on social media—should “taboo” DEI, as well as diversity and equity and inclusion. Doing so would force us to better understand our own claims and to make them more legible.

Tiny Vance says to Zelenskyy that his tiny President demands that Zelenskyy look up to him.

Well, quite.

I always wanted to be a true hero and winner just like Professor Sackker so I was saddened to learn from this article that he doesn't exist.

Anyone who's ever been bullied will find this a disturbing watch - even completely disregarding the context of the meeting. The pattern is exactly the one that Kevin described only I would use other words than nice to for it. Despicable would be a better one.