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Edwin Sodi’s not-so-happy home

Today at 06:22 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Embattled tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi is under fresh financial pressure as he risks losing his apartment in an upmarket Johannesburg suburb over levies that are nearly two years in arrears.

Education

I’m out of a job after issues at the schools I worked for. Is it my fault? | Annalisa Barbieri

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

It feels as if your work and your identity are fused. You’ll get through this, but you may have to use this time to consider other careers

I’ve been a teacher for more than 20 years and loved it. I had promotions every couple of years and was happily making my way up the ladder. This year, however, I was made redundant because of restructuring and this has thrown me into a feeling of complete...

Education

A federal program has helped Native Hawaiian medical students for 35 years. It’s now being sued for discrimination

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Do No Harm, a conservative group, wants the scholarship, which has helped islands’ underserved communities, declared unconstitutional

Doctors and health experts in Hawaii say a decades-old federal program meant to support Native Hawaiians through medical school and better serve some of the islands’ most underserved communities is under attack after a conservative group filed suit.

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Entertainment

City slicking in a Land Rover Defender 110

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Citizen

The Defender 4×4 line-up is now more distinctive and ready for adventure than ever, thanks to upgraded finishes, design and technology enhancements.

Science/Tech

Is AI Cannibalizing Human Intelligence? A Neuroscientist’s Way to Stop It

Today at 06:34 AM, via Slashdot

The AI industry is largely failing to ask a key design question, argues theoretical neuroscientist/cognitive scientist Vivienne Ming. Are their AI products building human capacity or consuming it? In the Wall Street Journal Ming shares her experiment about which group performed best at predicting real-world events (compared to forecasters on prediction market Polymarket) — AI, human, or...

Science/Tech

Trump Fires All 24 Members of America’s National Science Board

Today at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

America’s National Science Board (NSB) “was established in 1950 to guide the governance of the National Science Foundation,” writes the Washington Post, “in an unusual structure within the federal government that echoes the setup of a company board in the private sector. It helps guide an agency that operates Antarctic research stations, telescopes, a fleet of research vessels and supports...

Science/Tech

Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Isn’t Working. Half Their Teens Still Have Access, Survey Finds

Today at 01:09 AM, via Slashdot

After Australia banned social media for users younger than 16, teenagers “immediately worked to circumvent the restrictions,” reports Fortune:14-year-old in New South Wales, toldThe Washington Post in December 2025, justbefore the implementation of the ban, she planned to use her mother’sface ID to log in to Snapchatand .In a Reddit thread on ways to bypass the ban, one user suggestedusing a...