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This week I am elsewhere on the African continent working with universities on the future of teaching, research & academic publishing in the era of AI. Universities have spent decades asking students to remember information. Useless exercise! Now we have AI & it remembers almost everything. Now university academics can no longer ask: “What do students know?” They must ask: “What can students do with what they know that AI cannot?” That single question may reshape how we teach, assess, research & publish over the next decade. I’d be interested to hear how others think universities should respond.

@FabAcademic This kind of "teaching" (s. Pic) has been wrong long before AI. Pouring information like through a funnel into a student's brain furthers no knowledge let alone wisdom. Teachers must guide students how to learn, acquire knowledge and, most of all, understand what they're learning

"I strongly believe that antisemitism and Jewish chauvinism can only be fought simultaneously." Dr. Israel Shahak, Professor of Chemistry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem (*1933-+2001)

@klausfenn @IMVErlangen Den Angriffsfall gab es mehrmals, den Angriff nach außen.

@IMVErlangen Jedenfalls in den letzten 150 Jahren gab es keinen Angriff von außen, also keinen Verteidigungsfall.

Latürnich. Krieg ist Frieden(ssicherung). #Ponsonby & #Orwell lassen grüßen.

This doctor has been detained without trial for well over a year. As we know from our own history of apartheid South Africa, it is one of the worst violations of human rights…

@poegoog @brettherron @meganshead Simple. Housing, just as education and health, should not be (private) commodoties, i.e. dictated by market prices. However, as long as "the free market" is the god that a society/government is praying and sacrificing to, this cannot happen.

@brettherron @meganshead Please give us the solution to affordable housing It’s one thing criticising - another Tilly having a viable solution - which you don’t have So your words amount to sizzle /fizzle /dribble

GOOD slams Cape Town over affordable housing after ConCourt Tafelberg ruling iol.co.za/news/politics/…

1000 Days .And we're still here, a thousand days of war on Gaza, a thousand day of destruction, loss, waiting, and pain that never stops. Throughout these days, my journalism wasn't just about reporting news or documenting a scene, it was a journey

#Tafelberg #ConCourt #SpatialJustice @ConCourtSA: Unanimous judgment: @CityofCT & @WesternCapeGov City of Cape Town remains divided. The matter is about full access to the City about “Right to the City”. Location is not a peripheral to housing access. State bears a burden to align with Constitutional transformation. City had failed to provide any housing in well located areas. No justification for City’s policies lacking geographical location considerations. No justification for failing to provide housing in Sea Point. City cannot use land value as a basis for denying access to housing. (Helen Zille told me “using high value land for affordable housing was over subsidizing the poor”) City and Province has failed in their constitutional duties to provide well located affordable housing and to address spatial apartheid. VICTORY! Disposal of Tafelberg School site by WC Government was unlawful. @ReclaimCT @NdifunaUkwazi 👏👏👏

URGENT! For any country where (from Italy to Thailand or Brazil) possible war criminals go on holiday and R&R. 🇮🇱 soldiers must be investigated, evidence assessed, and responsibility determined through DUE PROCESS. This is not incitement to commit violence. It is accountability.

Our new discussion document asks South Africa to stop hunting a visible enemy. Unemployment and poverty were not brought by our African brothers and sisters. They are ours to confront, together. Read it here: tinyurl.com/3w2dfs3c

3 judges with the International Criminal Court filed a lawsuit in a US federal court against Trump and his administration, challenging the sanctions against them and calling it a "financial death penalty." The judges bringing the lawsuit are: - Kimberly Prost (Canada) - Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda) - Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou (Benin) Trump placed sanctions on the judges over their judicial decisions regarding investigations into war crimes by Israel and the US. The judges argue that the sanctions are extrajudicial measures meant to punish and coerce them. They say the restrictions cut them off from banking, online platforms, travel booking, and sometimes health insurance. This should be much bigger news.

Colonial structures carried into the 21st century by Western powers to exploit African minerals. What is the AU's position on this blatant neo-colonialism? @maggsnaidu @ClaysonMonyela german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail…

Ukraine is extremely corrupt, and Zelensky could not remain in power without the billions in "aid" money sent by European leaders to keep the war going. Ukrainians want an immediate negotiated end to the war, not to be kidnapped and sent to the front. Our tax money buys a proxy.

The sharpest critics of the elves have been such themselves. #MKParty @maggsnaidu

Washing dirty (private) laundry in public. #mkparty It seems to be in the DNA of this party.

@WorkElizab Sleepless nights.. (Heinrich Heine)

Can you name one thing Germany gave to the world.

@bozwy 👎

👉🏼 Unterstützst DU den Beitritt der Ukraine 🇺🇦 zur EU 🇪🇺? Simpel: Ja 👍 oder Nein 👎

Government must act ahead of 30 June mob deadline and assert rule of law #Echobox=1781592422" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

On the morning of May 29, 1982, Romy Schneider was found dead in her Paris apartment. She was 43 years old. On the table there was an unfinished letter, a photograph of her son, and the script of her latest film. The official cause of death was cardiac arrest. But those who had been close to her during her final months knew that her life had been marked by a series of events that had deeply affected her. Romy Schneider was born in Vienna on September 23, 1938, under the name Rosemarie Magdalena Albach. The daughter of two well-known actors of German cinema at the time, she spent her childhood between the turmoil of war, her parents’ separation, and a fame that would arrive very early in life. She was still a teenager when she became an international star by portraying Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Sissi trilogy. That role made her famous throughout Europe. But that popularity eventually became a cage. Romy wanted to be recognized as a complete actress and not merely as the face of a romantic princess. For this reason, she left the film industry that had made her famous and moved to France. It was there that she met Alain Delon. Their love story began in the late 1950s and immediately attracted media attention. They were young, beautiful, and famous. For many, they represented the perfect couple of European cinema. Reality was more complicated. After several years, their relationship ended, but the bond between them was never completely broken. Delon remained one of the most important people in her life. Meanwhile, Romy built an extraordinary career. She worked with some of Europe’s greatest directors and became one of the most respected actresses of her generation. But her private life was often marked by hardship. Then came the greatest tragedy of all. In July 1981, her son David, who was 14 years old, died in a domestic accident. The boy suffered fatal injuries while trying to climb over a gate. For Romy, it was a devastating blow. People close to her said that from that moment on, something changed forever. She continued to work and tried to move forward, but the pain of losing her son remained a constant presence in her life. Less than a year later came her own death. The news shocked France, Germany, Austria, and much of Europe. Thousands of people mourned an actress who had accompanied entire generations through cinema. Among those most deeply affected was Alain Delon. When he learned of her death, he was profoundly shaken. In the days that followed, he wrote a public letter dedicated to Romy that was read by millions of people and helped reveal the bond that, despite time and separation, had remained between them. Today, Romy Schneider is still remembered as one of the greatest European actresses of the twentieth century. Not only because of the success of Sissi or her extraordinary career. But also because of the strength with which she faced a life that, behind the fame and applause, was often far more difficult than the public ever imagined.