SINGAPORE
A political leader uses social media to spread misinformation and hate. Followers are spurred to violence. People are killed.
It is a toxic brew that has surfaced repeatedly across the world in Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Brazil and now the United States.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube banned President Trump from their platforms for inciting last week’s deadly mob attack on the Capitol. But in other countries, social media giants have been far slower to shut down misinformation and hate speech, often failing to remove inflammatory posts and accounts even after they’ve contributed to lynchings, pogroms, extrajudicial killings or ethnic cleansing.
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If you are sick and plan to exercise this cold and flu season, experts say to use your head – and recognize the body’s warnings signs.
It’s especially important to take precautions this winter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Consulting a doctor always is a good idea if there are any questions about symptoms or whether to quarantine or isolate.
But in general, physical activity isn’t necessarily a no-no for a milder illness like a simple head cold.
“The typical rule of thumb that a lot of practitioners and exercise physiologists like to stick to is that if symptoms are above the neck, it’s OK to get out there and do some exercise,” said Amanda Paluch, assistant professor at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Research reveals new details into how myosin transduces energy
A team of biophysicists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Penn State College of Medicine set out to tackle the long-standing question about the nature of force generation by myosin, the molecular motor responsible for muscle contraction and many other cellular processes. The key question they addressed - one of the most controversial topics in the field - was: how does myosin convert chemical energy, in the form of ATP, into mechanical work?
The answer revealed new details into how myosin, the engine of muscle and related motor proteins, transduces energy.
State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier first began working with students to advance campus sexual assault legislation after touring colleges with her daughter, then a high school junior, in 2013.
Farley-Bouvier, D-Pittsfield, recalled learning at the time that an estimated one in five women experience sexual assault while in college, most of them in their first two years.
The legislation, which seeks to curb such violence on Massachusettsâ college campuses, was first advocated for and written by college students and survivors in 2014. On Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker signed it into law.
âMy daughter has long since graduated from high school and graduated from college ⦠but it is my hope that other peopleâs daughters can benefit from this bill,â Farley-Bouvier said, praising studentsâ advocacy.
Academics Sanchez, Bracey to discuss impact of Black studies
In honor of Black History Month, the University of Maine Black Student Union and the University of Maine Alumni Association will welcome Sonia Sanchez and John Bracey to discuss the relevance and impact of Black Studies in 21st century higher education at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 over Zoom.
Register for the free, public event at tinyurl.com/BlackStudies21. âBlack Studies in 21st Century Higher Educationâ also will be livestreamed on the UMaine Alumni YouTube channel.
Sanchez and Bracey were among the intellectuals who initiated the movement for Black studies in the 1970s. Reflecting on their decades-long commitment to, and work toward, racial justice in academic and community spaces, they will discuss the present moment of âracial reckoning,â as it has been dubbed in the media.