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Submission + - UCLA prof suspended for refusing lenient grading for black students 1

An anonymous reader writes: Judge rules against UCLA prof suspended after refusing lenient grading for black students

Key Takeaways

* A judge ruled against UCLA lecturer Gordon Klein, who was suspended after refusing to grade black students leniently in the wake of George Floyd's death, siding with UCLA on every issue

* Klein sought $13 million in damages, alleging his suspension harmed his expert witness consulting practice, but the judge ruled Klein's own actions contributed to the harm and UCLA acted reasonably

* The judge's ruling allows UCLA to maintain its administrative decisions during a public controversy, finding no violation of Klein's academic freedom, and Klein's legal team has appealed the decision based on what they claim are significant oversights in the ruling

Comment Job advertisements should have to be online (Score 1) 72

One of the H1B requirements is that the open jobs must be advertised in the US for a certain amount of time without qualified candidate responses before they can go to an H-1B. The Hiring companies game the system by advertising the jobs in small town newspapers and require applications be filed via the USPS.

Any new system needs to mandate that jobs be posted on top 20 online job sites.

Submission + - Paramount shuts down MTV's global music channels ending 44 year era (msn.com)

schwit1 writes: MTV is preparing to shut down its remaining global music-focused television channels by the end of 2025, bringing a close to a 44-year chapter in television and music history. Channels dedicated to nonstop music and live performance programming — including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, and MTV Live — are set to go dark, while the main entertainment-focused MTV channels will continue operating.

Launched in 1981, MTV revolutionized how audiences experienced music by transforming songs into visual storytelling and reshaping the music industry. While the network later shifted toward reality and entertainment programming, its music-only channels preserved the original MTV format for decades.

Submission + - University of Oklahoma removes instructor after grading dispute on gender essay (nbcnews.com)

SchroedingersCat writes: Oklahoma instructor who gave student a zero on gender essay barred from teaching duties.

The assignment asked students to write a 650-word "reaction paper" to a scholarly article about gender expectations in society. The student wrote in her essay that the scholarly article bothered her, and she described how God created men and women differently. The instructor, who is transgender, gave the student a failing grade because her “paper ... does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive”. The student appealed the grade and filed a claim of religious discrimination.

The school released a statement on Monday: "Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant’s prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant’s own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper. The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the University."

Comment Re:National security: Obscures radars-Sweden (Score 2) 133

Last year, Sweden blocked the construction of new wind farms over concerns they could interfere with military radar, amid heightened tensions between the European Union and Russia. But experts have noted the design of wind farms can be adjusted to account for the issue, and it’s something US government officials have been aware of for decades.

Submission + - Court rules Musk's $56 billion Tesla pay package must be restored (cnbc.com)

schwit1 writes: Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO pay package from Tesla, worth some $56 billion when it vested, must be restored, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled Friday.

“We reverse the Court of Chancery’s rescission remedy and award $1 in nominal damages,” the judges wrote in their opinion.

In the decision, the Delaware Supreme Court judges said a lower court’s decision to cancel Musk’s 2018 pay plan was too extreme a remedy and that the lower court did not give Tesla a chance to say what a fair compensation ought to be.

The decision on the appeal in this case, known as Tornetta v. Musk, likely ends the yearslong fight over Musk’s record-setting compensation.

Musk’s net worth is currently estimated at around $679.4 billion, according to the Forbes Real Time Billionaires List.

Submission + - James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole (space.com) 1

schwit1 writes: Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 million times larger than the sun, rocketing through space at a staggering 2.2 million miles per hour (1,000 kilometers per second).

That not only makes this the first confirmed runaway supermassive black hole, but this object is also one of the fastest-moving bodies ever detected, rocketing through its home, a pair of galaxies named the "Cosmic Owl," at 3,000 times the speed of sound at sea level here on Earth. If that isn't astounding enough, the black hole is pushing forward a literal galaxy-sized "bow-shock" of matter in front of it, while simultaneously dragging a 200,000 light-year-long tail behind it, within which gas is accumulating and triggering star formation.

Comment What about the upside? (Score -1) 48

Warmer climate means land will become farmable further north, higher CO2 will mean greater agricultural yields and less severe forest fires, glacial melt will free up more water for agriculture and consumption, and real estate will become attractive in northern latitudes.

Climate change solves the water, housing, food, and air quality problems.

Submission + - Isaacman confirmed for NASA head (politico.com)

schwit1 writes: The Senate on Wednesday approved Jared Isaacman for the top job at NASA — an unprecedented comeback after President Donald Trump yanked his nomination this spring.

Trump renominated Isaacman for NASA administrator in November, after pulling his original nomination in May. He cited Isaacman’s relationship with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, with whom Trump had just had a falling out, as the rationale for his decision.

Isaacman’s surprise rebound followed months of political jockeying and help from high-profile figures in Trump’s orbit.

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