If visitors are willing to spend that kind of money to dress up like a favorite artist, that’s because today’s art-loving public finds as much inspiration in creators’ personas as in the works they create. - The New York Times
Their findings reveal a “level of infrastructure that is just mind-boggling,” said Dr. Timothy Beach, a professor of geography at the University of Texas at Austin who wasn’t involved in the research. - The Wall Street Journal
"In an open letter to the Tate's board of trustees, a controversial politician in the United Kingdom denounced Tate Britain's decision to invite a drag queen to perform to a children's group next month. Conservative party life peer Emma Nicholson described (event) as both 'propaganda' and 'nonsense on stilts.'" - ARTnews
Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI claimed the anonymous plaintiffs didn't have standing, and that "GitHub's Copilot system, which suggests lines of code for programmers, made fair use of the source code." - Reuters
Will the actor really face jail time? Should he? Thing is, "it is in the common understanding that guns are dangerous and are in fact designed to cause death." That makes the Rust shooting different from other workplace accidents. - Slate
Even when it doesn't break under hordes of Taylor Swift fans, it's intensely, ridiculously, unbelievably bad. "In the best-case scenario, customers would feed money into the system and receive their tickets without much hassle. That’s not the reality." - The Atlantic
Despite its appeal, there is simply no credible evidence to support the idea that attending to learning styles actually supports learning, regardless of how well-intentioned the teacher might be. To paraphrase the physicist Wolfgang Pauli, not only is it not right, it’s not even wrong. - Aeon
Leaders see science as essential to national prosperity, well-being and, of course, competitiveness. So, is research fit for the challenge of advancing, refining or critiquing these goals? Not exactly. And it won’t be until there is fundamental reform to the gateway to a research career: PhD training. - Nature
"While the UK and the European Union have released more specific guidelines around AI development, such as the Digital Single Market Directive and the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act, the US is currently lacking regulations or legislation around what is already proving to be a disruptive technology." - ARTnews
"Our reporting, in partnership with NBC News, has found that a small group of institutions and government bodies has played an outsized role in the law's failure. Ten institutions hold about half of the Native American remains that have not been returned to tribes." - ProPublica
"The latest controversy in Florida education policies began this month, when the DeSantis administration said a pilot Advanced Placement course on Black history would not be approved by the state Department of Education because it violated state law and 'lacks educational value.'" - Washington Post
"What does it say that the Black women who did everything the institution asks of them — luxury dinners, private academy screenings, meet-and-greets, splashy television spots and magazine profiles — are ignored when someone who did everything outside of the system is rewarded?" - Los Angeles Times
That long campaign was by climate activists, one of whom said, "What we are witnessing is a seismic shift, a near wholesale rejection across the arts of BP's brand and the climate-wrecking business it represents." - BBC
"On Tuesday, during an all-faculty staff meeting at the Saint Paul, Minnesota-based private liberal arts college, 92 full-time professors voted in favor of officially requesting Fayneese Miller's resignation. … Miller is not subject to action based on the faculty letter, which is addressed to the school's board of trustees." - ARTnews
