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• White House Says It Will Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses

  30-10-2023 17:46
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsThe Israel-Hamas war—waged half a world away—is inflaming campuses in the U.S. In response, the Biden administration on Monday announced measures to combat the sharp rise in antisemitism on college campuses, pledging to send dozens of cybersecurity experts to help schools assess antisemitic and Islamophobic threats. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security are also helping track hate-related rhetoric, which includes rising...
  
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• Anger can lead to better results when tackling tricky tasks – study

  30-10-2023 17:12
  
  Texas A&M University researchers say findings suggest using negative emotions as tools can be effectiveThey say you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. But when it comes to tackling a tricky task, researchers have found that getting angry can also be a powerful motivator.The experiments suggest people who are angry perform better on a set of challenging tasks than those who are emotionally neutral. Continue reading...
  
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• Antisemitic Mob Storms Russian Airport in Search of Jews

  30-10-2023 15:15
  Source: BBC News - EuropeIsrael has urged Russia to protect all citizens after a large mob shouting antisemitic slogans stormed a Dagestan airport. The angry crowd of hundreds ran through the airport in Makhachkala seeking Jews arriving from Tel Aviv. Many in the crowd shouted anti-Jewish messages, while others chanted "Allahu Akbar"—God is greatest—and waved Palestinian flags. Some of the crowd then ran onto the runway and surrounded aircraft before being arrested...
  
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• Blank review – author held hostage by AI as near-future thriller enters Misery territory

  30-10-2023 14:00
  
  There’s some inspired direction as Misery meets Ex Machina in this sci-fi psychological thriller In what has the distinctively zoned-out vibe of another lockdown-born project, Natalie Kennedy’s sci-fi psychological thriller sees Clare Rivers (Rachel Shelley), an author with writer’s block, sign up for a deluxe writing retreat operated entirely by AI. Sealed hermetically into her unit by a virus that corrupts the system, she can’t leave until she has produced a book, makin
  
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