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University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines threatened to call the police on a Jewish woman for emailing criticism of the school’s response to anti-Semitism, the same week he said freedom of speech meant he couldn’t stop an anti-Israel group from reserving a campus quad on the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack, according to emails obtained by The Daily Wire. The emails show that on August 24, Pines emailed the woman — the mother of a student, who had never emailed the president — asking her to halt all communications with members of the school’s anti-Semitism task force, lest he “pursu[e] further action, including, without limitation, seeking the assistance of our University of Maryland Police Department.” On August 28, Pines replied to another Maryland resident who expressed concern about the university granting Students For Justice in Palestine (SJP) a reservation to take over nine acres in the center of campus for an October 7 event, similar to one held on the second day of school honoring Palestinian “martyrs.” In the email, Pines defended the group, saying it “simply wanted to exercise their first amendment and free speech right to honor those Palestinian lives that have been lost as a result of this conflict.” Pines in the email echoed SJP’s false claim that “approximately 150,000 lives [have been] lost during this conflict.” Even Hamas estimates the total number killed to be 40,000. A day after Pines defended SJP’s planned event, The Daily Wire reported that the president had approved the event over the objections of the campus rabbi, who conveyed the concerns of Jewish parents and students to Pines. On September 1, the University System of Maryland intervened, prohibiting all student groups from hosting events on October 7. The same day, Pines sent an email to the university community suggesting the planned SJP event was cancelled to ensure the “safety” of the protesters, even though he acknowledged that “UMPD has assured me that there is no immediate or active threat to prompt this assessment.” His email did not describe why the October 7 date was significant except to say that it was the “upcoming one-year anniversary of October 7, 2023.” The University of Maryland was one of several American schools whose campuses were wracked with anti-Semitism in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that left more than 1,200 dead. In response, Pines announce the creation of a task force dedicated to fighting both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia — though there was no evidence of rampant Islamophobia on campus. The task force included a number of anti-Israel voices, including co-chair Shibley Telhami, who has accused Israelis of poisoning Arabs’ drinking water and smashing children’s toys, among other claims. Pines’s task force also excluded some pro-Israel voices who were nominated, such as Gilad Chen, a Jewish professor, and Jeffrey Herf, a Holocaust expert. All of this led one Jewish mother of a University of Maryland student to reach out to the task force, pressing it for information about its actions and raising concerns about its composition and asking where the boundaries of acceptable anti-Israel activity would be drawn. After becoming frustrated by a lack of information, she eventually called attention to Telhami’s social media posts and said “It’s LUDICROUS that someone who holds hateful views towards Israel (only democracy in the Middle East) and Jews is Chair of a Task Force on antisemitism!!!!  Would you have a KKK member on this Taskforce?” The Daily Wire is withholding the names of the parent, and the other Maryland resident who contacted Pines. The parent told The Daily Wire that “the hypocrisy of it all is shocking,” and that Pines’s missive only proved the “double standard” that she and other Jewish community members pressed him about. “There was nothing [harmful in my emails], it was literally begging for accountability,” she said. “You established a task force and announced it, and now we’re just asking who’s on it, what’s it doing and when is it being rolled out?” Pines, who did not respond to a request for comment, did not address the parent’s questions. Rather, he went on the attack, the emails show. “It has come to my attention that you have recently sent several emails to certain members of our leadership team and faculty, as well as to the co-chairs of the UMD Joint Presidential-University Senate Task Force on Antisemitism and Islamophobia,” Pines wrote. “It is our view that those communications contain INAPPROPRIATE remarks and UNFOUNDED accusations, and otherwise reflect unacceptable behavior by any member of our community.” “Immediately cease and refrain from sending any further communications to any members of the Task Force in connection with their work,” Pines added. Please know that should you fail to comply with this request, we will consider pursuing further action, including, without limitation, seeking the assistance of our University of Maryland Police Department (UMPD).” Meanwhile, Pines’s email to the other resident–which he also fired off after that resident suggested that Pines, who is black, would have a different standard for speech aimed at blacks compared to speech aimed at Jews– seemed to contain “inaccurate” claims of its own. Pines claimed that SJP “have both publicly and on social media condemned the horrific attack by Hamas that happened last fall on October 7, 2024 [sic].” The Daily Wire reviewed the University of Maryland SJP chapter’s Instagram posts dating back to the terrorist attack and found none condemning Hamas or the terrorist attack. The group posted nothing on October 7, and the next day posted a “demand” that the university boycott and divest from Israel. It subsequently called the Israeli army “war criminals” using a “charade of self-defense” and demanded “Hands off Rahah Now,” referring to the location where Hamas was keeping an American hostage, who it later killed. In a “statement of views,” the SJP chapter said in July that “UMD SJP unequivocally states that the Zionist state of Israel has no right to exist,” and that Palestinians have “the right to resist.” “SJP unequivocally stands by international law as it outlaws the indiscriminate killing of civilians and establishes the right of Palestinians to carry out armed struggle,” the group wrote this week on Instagram.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by UMD SJP (@umd_sjp) “UMD SJP will NOT back down to threat by Zionists. We will remain committed to advocating for Palestine and we will still find ways to honor the martyrs of this genocide and mark one year of resistance! WE WILL NOT STOP,” it added soon after. “We honor the lives of all martyrs of this genocide,” it said, saying “over 186,000 Palestinians [sic] have been brutally murdered by the Zionist entity within the past year.”

When this cat mom heard her pet’s adorable meows, she had no idea the animal was trying to warn her about the bat in the house! Alex thought that the kitty was just feeling especially chatty, so she decided to start filming. However, she eventually realized that the cat, Azula, had her eyes fixed on something in the room. There was also a growing sense of urgency in her meows. Mom followed the kitty’s line of sight, and, sure enough, there was an intruder hanging from the ceiling fan! It turns out that the cat had been meowing at a stray bat who had made themself comfortable in the lighting fixture. Alex caught some incredible close-up footage of the flying critter’s little face. Be aware that there is some NSFW language in the video below. @palwpfiction Just in time for Halloween. All of us have been vaccinated for rabies. #cattok #catsoftiktok #cats #cat #snowshoecat #bat #halloween #halloweentok #animalsoftiktok ♬ Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell “Started recording Azula because I thought her meows were cute, then I saw what she was talking about,” wrote the cat mom in her video. In order to satisfy the kitty’s curiosity, the woman’s partner carried Azula a little closer to the ceiling fan. This cat got a good look at the bat she’d been meowing at before Dad finally got down to business. Cute as the winged creature was, they were still wild. Both Alex and her partner knew they had to find a way to set the animal free. Getting this bat out of the house ended up being easier than they expected. Cautiously, the man approached the bat with a plastic garbage bag, hoping to capture them. However, the critter got startled and flew away — right out the door! How convenient was that? Of course, one of the biggest worries when dealing with bats is rabies. So, everyone in the house got vaccinated, just in case. Screengrab from TikTok “Just in time for Halloween,” Alex joked in her caption. “All of us have been vaccinated for rabies.” Phew, what an adventure! Most of the time, there’s no reason to be afraid of bats. However, it’s always important to get vaccinated for rabies if you find one inside your house. We’re glad no one in this situation (including the bat) got hurt! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Cat Mom Starts Recording Silly Talkative Feline… Then Realizes Why She’s Meowing! appeared first on InspireMore.

It’s that time of year when the mornings are starting to get a little cooler. The sound of school buses and the return of heavy traffic in the morning signify what we all know: it’s September. For many people, especially those under 18, September means the return to school. But it’s not just kids; it’s teachers, college students, and many more. Of course, for the majority of people who only get a week or two off of work throughout the year, September doesn’t mean all that much. Yet, in the minds of artists, September signifies the start of fall — The post 10 Perfect September Songs That Span Many Genres appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

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Scientists believe that some potentially habitable planets are tidally locked, with one side permanently facing their star. This means one hemisphere experiences eternal daylight, while the other is in perpetual darkness. Research on Earth’s organisms living in sun-deprived environments shows that the absence of sunlight doesn’t hinder life. Such creatures offer a glimpse into what alien life without a circadian rhythm might look like, according to Marie Cohen from the Open University in the UK. Researchers estimate that our Milky Way galaxy, which contains between 100 and 400 billion stars, hosts billions of potentially habitable planets. Around 70% of the stars in the Milky Way are red dwarfs, and about 40% of them have at least one planet orbiting within their habitable zone. This means these planets could potentially have liquid water on their surface, increasing the chances of life. However, rocky planets orbiting red dwarfs differ from Earth. Red dwarfs are cooler than the Sun, so their planets orbit closer, experiencing stronger gravitational forces. As a result, many of these planets are tidally locked, with one side always facing their star, similar to how the Moon always shows the same face to Earth. Unlike Earth, these planets would have no traditional day-night cycle or seasonal changes. On Earth, life is deeply influenced by circadian rhythms, which are attuned to the alternation of day and night. These rhythms regulate biochemistry, body temperature, cell regeneration, behavior, and more. Cohen suggests it’s still unclear how crucial periods of rest, like sleep, are for life. It’s possible that organisms evolving without cyclical time might not need rest, functioning continuously. On Earth, many organisms in sunless environments synchronize their biorhythms with non-light cues, such as temperature, humidity, or chemical changes. Some species even possess internal circadian clocks adapted to daily and seasonal shifts. What Could Alien Life Look Like? Cohen notes that recent studies suggest rocky planets orbiting red dwarfs may experience cycles that simulate days and seasons. Simulations indicate that the contrast between the eternally lit and dark sides of these planets likely creates fast-moving winds and atmospheric waves. If these planets harbor water, the day side could generate dense cloud formations with frequent lightning storms. The interaction between winds, clouds, and atmospheric waves could trigger climate shifts, resulting in temperature and humidity cycles. These cycles could last anywhere from tens to hundreds of Earth days, though they would not align with the planet’s rotation period. Even as the star remains stationary in the planet’s sky, environmental conditions would change. Life on these planets may develop biorhythms in sync with these environmental cycles, or evolution could come up with more unusual adaptations. For instance, aliens living on the day side might migrate to the night side for sleep and recovery. This glimpse into alien evolution highlights how life might adapt to the unique environments of tidally locked planets, where traditional day-night cycles are absent. The post The Impact of Constant Day or Night on Alien Evolution appeared first on Anomalien.com.