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• The death of my friend inspired me to follow my standup dreams

  30-03-2025 14:00
  
  For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she neededThere’s nothing funny about your co-worker being assassinated. But it was the death of my beloved colleague and friend Hisham al-Hashimi that led me into the world of standup comedy. I knew it would trash my hard-won career in international security, but I didn’t care any more.Hisham had run a workshop with me in Iraq six months prior to his death, and I’d taken everything so se
  
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• First Therapy Chatbot Trial Suggests AI Can Provide "Gold-Standard" Care

  30-03-2025 10:10 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthResearchers conducted the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced clinically significant improvements in their symptoms over eight weeks, according to new results. Users engaged with the software, known as Therabot, through a smartphone app and reported that interactions were comparable to working with a mental-health professional.
  
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• Columbia University President Steps Down Amid Trump's Crackdown

  30-03-2025 10:10 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - AmericasColumbia University's interim president has resigned her role just one week after the Ivy League university agreed to change several policies to satisfy demands from the Trump administration. Katrina Armstrong had led the university since August, after the previous president resigned over her handling of protests against Israel's military operation in Gaza. Columbia has drawn ire from Donald Trump, who claims that it's been too tolerant of...
  
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