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“These are signs of the times, not to be hidden by purple mantles or black cassocks. They do not signify that tomorrow a miracle will occur. They do show that, within the ruling classes themselves, the foreboding is emerging that the present society is no solid crystal, but an organism capable of change, and constantly engaged in a process of change.
I welcome every opinion based on scientific criticism. As to the prejudices of so-called public opinion, to which I have never made concessions, now, as ever, my maxim is that of the great Florentine: 'Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.”
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CMU to increase free speech "by any force necessary"
A core pillar of our democracy and liberty has always been the right to freedom of expression. The Founding Fathers famously freed speech from its shackles of Europeanism with the signing of the 1st amendment (unfreed slaves notwithstanding).
Carrying on this tradition, CMU president Farnam Jahanian announced, “CMU is firmly committed to raising free speech on campus by 110% in the next 2 years.” The announcement comes shortly after controversy over CMU banning students from painting the Fence with any part of their bodies except the buttocks, a decision critics condemned as encouraging “Fence-sitting.”
After acknowledging the rightful …
KGB "Scav Hunt" data trains AI to assist in ground invasion
A campus event named ‘Scav Hunt’ by the KGB, a student organization, has come under fire after data from the venue was allegedly used to train an AI model, rumoured to potentially assist in a ground invasion of Doherty Hall.
While event-goers reported being "mildly amused” and unsuspicious, likely due to the KGB's historically luddite and, frankly, backwater attitude regarding generative AI, students were shocked to discover that the seemingly innocuous body cams given to all participants had taken a detailed record of their activities and the labyrinthine interior of Doherty Hall.
This is particularly alarming news as …