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Duolingo Introduces ‘Kamala Harris’ As Its Newest Language buff.ly/apNdODA
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“It’s the only class I took at Harvard where people would call each other out for not having done the reading.”
Harvard students are lining up to take Hum 10:
“Applications (essays required) shot up 40% this fall with 180 incoming freshmen vying for 90 spots.”
“The class is definitely not for padding the GPA. Students read a hefty book a week and write regular essays. There is no pass/fail option. Digital devices are verboten, and attendance is taken in every lecture (pink slips for those who arrive late).”
“In their applications and in interviews, students expressed the urge to be forced to tackle classics they otherwise wouldn’t read, the need to combat frayed attention spans and the desire for an antidote to The Machine. Several mentioned with disdain that people who aren’t in the class wondered why they didn’t ‘just Chat the books,’ i.e., use AI.”
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Here is a precis of the article:
- Funding for the Julyardi Aboriginal Corporation has gone from hundreds of thousands to $30m.
- It has no direction, purpose or accountability
- It has federal government contract for child protection and early education, employment, family violence
- As problems increase, funding increases, despite the failure of previous increases
- A recently resigned director says he has 'no idea' how the money is spent
- The board members are not trained and have no expertise in anything
- The board members are self-appointed, with no general election. As such, they simply re-elect themselves.
#AuditNow
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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on New Plymouth District Council to rein in spending after the Council’s payroll grew nearly twice as fast as its headcount.
Taxpayers’ Union local government spokesman Josh Van Veen said:
"The Council’s draft Annual Report shows salaries, wages and related entitlements increased 5.5 percent to $64.6 million, while headcount rose just three percent, from 820 to 845. Meanwhile, national wage inflation sits at two percent."
"New Plymouth’s employment bill has jumped another $3.35 million in a single year. That is equivalent to the entire annual rates bills of 914 households."
"With payroll growing nearly twice as fast as headcount, ratepayers deserve to know what is driving the increase and what they are getting for it."
"Ratepayers cannot keep being treated as a bottomless source of funding for an ever-growing payroll. Before asking households for more, Council needs to justify where staffing costs are necessary and make cuts where they are not."
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Even the Guardian is now flirting with plagiarism denial
This narrative might get me murdered by a deranged Arday supporter, but the silver lining is that the left-wing establishment has never been so discredited
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Incredible wild weather near Rakaia today, captured on video by local farmer Tommy Glanville from his tractor.
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Rural Women NZ may soon be adding the definition of 'woman' - i.e. adult human female - to their constitution. Emmy Maxwell has been the driving force behind this. Now, all that's needed is for members of Rural Women NZ to vote for it at the upcoming AGM.
If this motion gets passed, then it will be ground-breaking. RWNZ may possibly be the only women's organisation in New Zealand that officially recognises women as being more than just anyone who says they are one.
Subscribe to Emmy's new Substack account to stay up to date with her writings about rural life.
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Kirsty Elson who creates small scilptures by upcycling driftwood and other found materials #WomensArt
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This @Harvard class is characterized as “brutal” because students are required “to read a hefty book a week.”
That was what literally all my English classes at @Columbia required 25 years ago.
Oh, and students are required to show up.
Where have standards gone?
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"I don't understand the term "biological men."
My God, how long will Australians put up with this?
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I've had endless abuse and threats about this image, and I now feel obliged to respond. @damekatydenise_ was seated during the interview because of security reasons. She is firmly committed to fighting chair poverty, and is asking for privacy and respect: nitter.gq/damekatydenise_/status…
You asked in your thousands for another interview; I’m pleased to say that I sat down today with the lesbian world’s answer to Michael Parkinson, @bindelj - Julie touched on many tender areas including my childhood, politics, health care, my celebrity career, Christmas & of course my ex P.A!
Lawyer up @jk_rowling, lawyer up!
Coming soon! 👀🍿
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