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Routine AI assistance hits skills of health experts performing colonoscopies Study comes amid rapid adoption of the fast-developing technology

Hard to know how much weight to put on this single observational study but it is suggestive of keeping a close eye on the impact of using AI assistants on human ability
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Two broadly defined area studies academic #jobs at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague):

"The ideal candidate will employ comparative methodologies and actively engage in disciplinary debates within area studies on critical current events from a comparative perspective"

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Heute in der FAZ:

Mein Text zur Mythenbildung rund um die Kufiya, die in Deutschland seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 Aufschwung erhalten hat.

www.faz.net/aktuell/wiss...

excerpt from a Financial Times article showing that Trump FED appointee Stephen Miran wants to decrease the independence of the US central bank

the FT read Miran (Trump's appointee to the FED) so i didn't have to, and i read the FT so you don't have to. Miran's proposals for FED "independence" substantively:

www.ft.com/content/cc45...
free link with registration.

Still photograph of Judith Butler, wearing a black jacket and shirt, and looking into the camera. On the right of the image, white text is displayed saying: "10-Minute Talks / Gender as framework / with Judith Butler FBA

“Gender studies as a discipline…is defined by a set of debates and problematics.” In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvH...

The research for this article was kindly supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk & the @liverpooluni.bsky.social undergraduate research scheme.

I love to go to Chat GPT 5 with its alleged “PhD level expertise” and an ask it about my MA thesis work and see that it really cannot do that level of academic work whatever. It can do a SIMULACRUM of that work, which might fool you if you did not have any expertise.

AI policy and guidelines - Joe McVeigh.docx You are strictly prohibited from using Generative AI (GenAI) or Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Grok, for research or writing assignments. Any submitted wor...

Unfortunately, my policy on AI has grown by quite a few sources over the last year. Here it is for anyone who wants to adopt or adapt it for their courses. And if you have ideas, I'm all ears.

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Kurz vorm Verlust der Glaubwürdigkeit Die deutsche Regierung muss getreu dem Grundgesetz gegenüber Israel mit dem Völkerrecht handeln.

In unserem heutigen Gastbeitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social schreiben @janwilkens.bsky.social und ich warum die Luftbrücke ein Ablenkungsmanöver ist und warum Merz & Wadephul die Forderungen aus der @spdfraktion.de umsetzten sollten.
#ceasefirenow #stoparmingisrael

New article with Alice Hooper in @mideastpolicy.bsky.social: Gulf investment across the Arab states has skyrocketed. Did this create a transnational pan-Arab corporate elite? We analyse board interlocks to find out & consider possible political effects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New article with Alice Hooper in @mideastpolicy.bsky.social: Gulf investment across the Arab states has skyrocketed. Did this create a transnational pan-Arab corporate elite? We analyse board interlocks to find out & consider possible political effects. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I live in Britain; I grew up in Israel. It’s painful to say, but we need real UK sanctions to save Gaza | Yair Wallach Symbolic gestures and empty statements are no longer enough. In Israel’s globalised economy, here’s what will shift public opinion, says says senior lecturer in Israeli studies Yair Wallach

By continuing business as usual, Israel’s international partners are allowing the Israeli government to continue with its genocidal campaign with no consequences beyond symbolic gestures of disapproval and statements.
The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"B’Tselem warns that Israel is already replicating its patterns of destruction and annihilation, currently being implemented in Gaza, in the West Bank as well – albeit on a smaller scale – and that there is a real risk the genocide will spread beyond the Gaza Strip." www.btselem.org/press_releas...

📢 Do you have experience in office/financial admin, event planning, and knowledge of #MiddleEast studies?

We're hiring a Centre Administrator to run our events, support visiting appointments and coordinate a range of research activities.

Apply by 24 August: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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The Economic Statecraft of the Gulf Arab States This book is a study of a shift in the politics and finance of development from one centered in the institutions and ideas of the post-World War II global polit…

Yup. Karen Young called it "economic statecraft", which is right. Depending on what "investment" entails, the effects go beyond just foreign policy and include the workings of Gulf capital in Hanieh's sense. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/economic-...

Saudi Arabia Pledges to Invest More Than $6 Billion in Syria

Saudi Arabia pledges to invest more than $6 billion in Syria. This pledge follows a $7 billion electricity sector deal signed by the govt w/Qatar in May. Both Saudi & Qatar also jointly repaid Syria's $15.5 million debt to the WB, enabling it to qualify for loans needed for reconstruction.

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Saudi Arabia pledges to invest billions of dollars in Syria Gulf kingdom’s support is expected to create thousands of jobs as conflict-ravaged country seeks to rebuild

Here we go: Saudi Arabia pledges to invest billions of dollars in Syria. I'm curious about 1) timing and 2) what this investment actually consists of. on.ft.com/4o6hnyq

📣 Postdoc vacancy! I am looking for a qualitative postdoc (3 years, 100%) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement, 85%) and my project #SYREALITY (Syrian Imaginations of Europe meet Reality, 15%) starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

"One guest turned to me and said, ‘This feels like a wedding—and I love it.’ That simple, powerful comment filled me with pride—not just for what we created, but for what our city stands for." - LAAF Trustee, Taher Qassim

Full @liverpoolecho.co.uk article:

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/wha...

As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. With supplies now totally depleted, human...

Angesichts der akuten Hungersnot in #Gaza schlagen wir mit mehr als 100 NGOs Alarm: Nicht nur die Bevölkerung (ver-)hungert oder riskiert, bei der Verteilung von Lebensmitteln erschossen zu werden. Auch Helfer*innen und Kolleg*innen leiden Hunger und Not. #Israel muss die Blockade sofort beenden!

I just updated this with links to, among others, @thomaspiketty.bsky.social and Gastón Nievas' fantastic World Historical Balance of Payments Database and Müller et al.'s brand new Global Macro Database.

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

My NYT op-ed this morning
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

The letter in full.

Download the brochure for Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2025!

Link below

Bemerkenswert klarer Brief zur deutschen Israelpolitik von mehreren ehemaligen 🇩🇪 Botschafter*innen an Merz & Wadephul.
#stoparmingisrael #ceasefirenow
live0.zeit.de/pdf/appell.pdf

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.

“Oxfam and over 170 other NGOs operating in Gaza call for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation), revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade.”

www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

Nominations open for the International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize 2025- International Political Economy (IPEG) | BISA - International Political Economy (IPEG) Working Group

The deadline to submit your @ipegbisa.bsky.social Book Prize 2025 nominations is TODAY at 5pm! 💵

Make sure you get them in before the deadline - read more about the prize below 👇
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