Top 12 Largest US Stadiums (all College Football) from Above | Cinematic 4K Virtual Flyover Tour [ UrbanRoamers ]

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? [ NYTimes ]

The flava:

I could feel her looking at me. Her body slung in adolescent impertinence against the front passenger seat door, shoulders turned so she could face me fully. Usually when I picked up my daughter, Najya, from middle school, she’d tumble into the car and bombard me with the day’s escapades, chattering nonstop about her friend group or complaints about an annoying teacher or her wonder at the test she’d aced despite thinking she’d failed it. But not this day.

“Did you know my school was bad like this when you decided to put me here?” she asked.

My hands tightened on the steering wheel as I worked to keep my face neutral, buying a few moments to gather my thoughts. . . .      

The article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html

The Case for College [ The Atlantic ]

IISc Professor's Warning: AI Is Making Intelligence Cheap [ Perfology Clips ]

https://eecs.iisc.ac.in/people/prathosh-a-p/

An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. [ NYTimes ]

The flava:

The worries that artificial intelligence is degrading education have been building for months. Students are using it for everything, including cheating, and a recent report out of M.I.T. said it is triggering “cognitive surrender.”

Many university leaders are embracing A.I. with enthusiasm anyway.

As A.I. leaders warn about the dangers of their own technology, the dissonance between the optimism of university leaders and the fears of many students and professors may increase. Professors and students are often in a bind about what they should do: Use more A.I. to stay relevant, or dial back to preserve learning and thinking?

While some politicians and A.I. leaders are warning about possible doomsday scenarios for humanity as A.I. models advance, many campus leaders are focused on the existential threat the technology poses to universities. . . .     

The article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/universities-ai-warnings-enthusiasm.html

Back to School: Reed College Reactor [ Atlas Obscura ]

16 former University of Michigan hockey players allege sexual abuse, hazing in federal lawsuit [ WDIV ]

Pregame - Texas State vs. Texas - 9/5/2026 - The University of Texas Longhorn Band

Ex-Anthropic insider tells CNN how AI could kill all humans by 2030 [ CNN ]

Reader's Comment on "I’m Furious. This TV Show Understands Why."

"I've told this story before. At St. Olaf College, in 1979, a group of us freshmen women, who were just getting to know each other and our school, sat around our older RA's room, and she talked to us bluntly about sexual violence and being safe. Then, one of my new college friends suddenly started crying and shared what had happened to her just before her sophomore year of high school. And one by one, after that, we all went around in a circle and shared our experiences. Turns out that in our group of 20 or so privileged 18 year old white girls, each one of us of had already experienced being groped, followed, cat-called, propositioned, raped, chased, punched, choked, bitten or otherwise assaulted by a man or men.  That evening, each one of us sat, shocked, mouths open, hearing each others' stories. We each thought such things had only happened to us. And none of us had spoken up, except maybe to a friend. Fast forward to today. One of my daughters recently worked as a therapist in a domestic abuse sanctuary, helping women who came to them for treatment and healing. Ladies, there's a reason the show is called Furious. Things have not changed much since 1979. If anything, it has gotten worse. Much worse. We all need to be much, much angrier."

--Eva Lockhart, Minneapolis

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/opinion/furious-tv-show-epstein.html#permid=153913322