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The child boss in ‘Severance’ reveals a devastating truth about work and child-rearing in the 21st century As a child worker, Miss Huang might seem like an uncanny ghost of a bygone era of childhood. But she’s closer to a prophet, warning viewers about what a work-obsessed future holds.

As a scholar of childhood studies, I couldn't resist writing about Miss Huang--capitalism's perfect child. She is strange, sure, but no stranger than our growing impatience with the inefficiency of childhood. #Severance

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Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.

At UConn's Humanities Institute, we've been focusing on on the loneliness epidemic and Human Centered-AI. So I thought I'd bring both halves of my brain together and think about how relationships with AI companions are part of a larger shift in how we as a society are defining love.

Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes on New Meaning Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of defiance.

“Black History Month existed long before presidents endorsed it, and it will continue, even if presidents do not,” said Martha Jones, a professor of history and a presidential scholar at Johns Hopkins University.

Meals on Wheels America spox on OMB pause:

"the uncertainty right now is creating chaos for local Meals on Wheels providers not knowing whether they should be serving meals today. Which unfortunately means seniors will panic not knowing where their next meals will come from."

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