Humanities and social science educators must embrace ChatGPT (for now). Here’s why

Read More It opened up for mainstream use in late November 2022 and it has already sparked a huge debate in the research and higher education space. This is ChatGPT, accessible (mostly) for free on its website and other interfaces.  The application is an example of areas of artificial intelligence (AI) including natural language processing […]

Irish family reveal six-year legal battle in Qatar over daughter’s severe injuries

Read More A Birmingham family have revealed the distress they have endured in a six-year legal battle in Qatar to gain compensation for the severe injuries experienced by their youngest daughter when they lived in the Gulf state. Elizabeth Soffe, now eight, received life-threatening burns as a baby in a fire at her family’s villa […]

Tyre Nichols video worse than Rodney King footage, Memphis police chief says

Read More The chief of the Memphis police warned on Friday morning that the video of officers beating Tyre Nichols is “perhaps worse” than the infamous footage of Rodney King being attacked by police in Los Angeles more than 30 years ago. The police department intends to release the video to the public on Friday […]

Blaine Holt to Newsmax: Careful in Ukraine or Risk WWIII

In an interview with Newsmax, retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt said the stakes in Ukraine are “much higher” than in previous conflicts such as Vietnam and Afghanistan, as there is always the danger of “World War III.”

Caso Cospito, la Cassazione anticipa l’udienza al 7 marzo

Read More È stata anticipata di un mese e mezzo, al 7 marzo, l’udienza in Cassazione per Alfredo Cospito. L’anarchico al 41 bis e in sciopero della fame da più di tre mesi nel carcere di Sassari ha presentato ricorso contro la decisione del Tribunale di Sorveglianza di Roma che ha respinto un reclamo contro l’applicazione […]

Oprah Winfrey is the gift that keeps on giving

Read More There are many high profile talk show hosts, billionaire philanthropists and Oscar-nominated actresses, but few come close to Oprah Winfrey. Upon reaching her 69th birthday, the media mogul’s generosity shows no signs of slowing down. She is the gift that keeps on giving.  The Oprah Winfrey Show ran for 25 years until 2011, […]

Abused in academia: A cautionary tale

Read More Between December 2016 and December 2019, I was a postdoctoral fellow at a university that shall remain nameless. I was recruited to work on a project researching the “institutional culture” of the university itself, commissioned by the deputy vice-chancellor: academic (DVC).  I was placed in the university’s institutional research unit. I understood the […]

Alan Cumming hands back his OBE citing the ‘toxicity of empire’

Read More We tend to receive things on our birthdays, but on his 58th Alan Cumming has given something back: the OBE he was awarded in 2009. In a post on Instagram, the Scottish actor talked about how he had recently “opened his eyes” to the “toxicity” of the British Empire. He said his soul-searching […]