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Foreign Policy

Putin Wants You to Think He’s an Anti-Woke Crusader

New research indicates that support for Putin is higher among U.S. Christian nationalists, who feel that “liberal democracy is infringing on their religious beliefs,” Northeastern University religion and anthropology professor Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, part of the research team, said.
Daily Mail

More than half a million teachers are keen to be armed in class to stop a mass shooter — but even more say guns make classrooms deadlier, poll says

There have been at least 25 mass killing incidents in the US so far in 2023, leaving at least 127 people dead, not including perpetrators who died, according to a database maintained by Northeastern University.
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What California’s Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed

The Ravidassia community’s relationship with Sikhism is “flexible and nuanced,” said Sasha Sabherwal, assistant professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Northeastern University.
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Gun store to close because sales may ‘cost more kids their lives,’ owner says

As of Friday morning, 26 mass killings involving guns and at least 131 deaths have been recorded so far this year, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. 
Quartz

Apparently Google isn’t responsible for the digital news echo chamber

Researchers from Stanford, Northeastern, and Rutgers universities tracked about 600 participants by having them install a web browser extension that followed their activity across the web during two periods: the run-up to the 2018 and 2020 US elections.
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Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

“We are now in a no-holds-barred battle for revenue, with many news companies, emboldened by the settlement in Australia, becoming quite vocal and aggressive in arguing this case,” said John Wihbey, journalism professor at Northeastern University.
NBC News

Foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants are often linked to sick workers, CDC finds

“It’s not just about a sick employee. It’s about when you have managers and district managers and store managers, etc., that aren’t following health department guidelines,” said Darin Detwiler, a Northeastern University food regulatory policy professor who wasn’t involved in the research.
Le Monde

Lonely parrots like to make video calls

The intelligence of parrots no longer needs to be proved. Neither do the subtleties of their social behaviors. They communicate, play, help each other and learn from each other. But with high capacity, comes high needs. “In the wild, they always live in groups, but in captivity they are often alone,” said Rebecca Kleinberger, a […]
News & Observer

Stanford team makes electronic skin that can sense touch

“If you pick up a glass of beer and you can’t sense that it’s not cold, then you won’t get the right taste,” said Ravinder Dahiya, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, who is also studying the use of flexible electronics to develop artificial skin.  
Toronto Sun

Grounded Generation from Vectara Defines a New Gold Standard for Generative AI Use for Business Data

This Board provides Vectara with counsel and expertise from tested veterans in the space, from companies and institutions including Databricks, Cloudera, Stanford University, and Northeastern University.
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If we’re not careful, AI recruitment could institutionalise discrimination

A study from Northeastern University in Boston and USC reported that Facebook advertised 85% of cashier jobs to women and showcased a taxi company’s vacancies to audiences that were 75% black. 
CBS Boston

What can be done about spate of summer gun violence?

“Fear of mass shootings is at an all-time high,” said Prof. James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist who’s been studying this type of violence for years. “It is an epidemic, an epidemic of fear.”