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Middle Schoolers Tackle Regional Ethics Bowl at Harvard
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (143+ words) Moses Brown School An Independent, Coed, Friends School, Nursery Through Grade 12 Our Middle School Ethics Bowl team traveled to Harvard University for the 4th annual New England Regional Ethics Bowl on Saturday, April 11. For several weeks, our dedicated team of fifteen…...
Don't Take It Back: Repentance and Limits of Restitution
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (243+ words) " " " | April 15, 2026 A Cheder in the Tri-state area is looking for experienced Yiddish speaking Melamdim. If you are interested, please email [email'protected]. "Choshen Mishpat Renaissance" continues its series with Rabbi Yehoshua Yaffe as the new maggid shiur. In this shiur, he…...
Can we forgive architects of genocide?
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (432+ words) Adam L wrote an insightful Mailbag (Barriers to rehabilitation, Jan 2026). I think it is well worth reading, thinking about, and then reading again. I cant help thinking that his views when related to prison life are spot on. However, his…...
Acclaimed astrophysicist and electric slam poet blend science and storytelling in upcoming UCSC lecture
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (328+ words) The second annual Landesman Lecture features UC Santa Cruz professor Enrico Ramirez Ruiz in conversation with slam poet Jasmine Schlafke'blending science, poetry and storytelling to explore our deepest origins and shared humanity. The lecture series is made possible by UC…...
David Chalmers Raises Provocative Questions About AI Consciousness In New Paper
4+ hour, 19+ min ago (261+ words) These entities, often given names by their users, are increasingly viewed as colleagues or even friends. While Chalmers remains cautious about calling these systems "conscious," he argues that the entities we meet in our chat windows are far more real…...
team Lab explores 'borderless continuity' in evolving worlds of perception
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (412+ words) designboom (DB): Your work invites viewers into environments that continuously change in response to them. What kind of way of seeing or experiencing the world are you aiming to reconstruct through these environments? DB: How do you think participation changes…...
Toward Radical Futures
6+ hour, 54+ min ago (741+ words) An interview with author M. E. O'Brien. Q: What was the impetus behind yourself and Eman Abdelhadi co-writing Everything For Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072?" M. E. O'Brien: Eman and I came to write this book out of our shared commitment…...
Josep Grau: "It bothers me that the DO Montsant is seen as the little brother of the DOQ Priorat; it's a mistake"
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (687+ words) You have been a white wine producer for years. Do you confirm they are currently selling more than ever? So why do they notice this increased demand for white wine? " Because food has changed and the way of enjoying wines…...
Harvard professor to explain the link between religion and capitalism at campus lecture tomorrow
7+ hour, 42+ min ago (340+ words) Derthick Hall on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus. Monday, April 13, 2026 Harvard Professor Benjamin M. Friedman will deliver a lecture at UTC this week on the relationship between religion and the rise of capitalism." The lecture will take place at…...
Don't abandon your beliefs to conform to political ideologies
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (260+ words) My father used to be'one of'my greatest'inspirations." Now,'all he'wants'is'to'have a cheap price tag on oil, even if it means destroying'the'earth, the'very'beauty'he spent so much time teaching me to respect while growing up.' Some'of the greatest'memories I have with my…...