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Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
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Yasm programming.dev Yasm@programming.dev
Joined: 2026-08-27
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Link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/30/nathan-cofnas-jason-arday-accuser-teaching-ban-research
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RestrictedAccount lemmy.world RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
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Cofnas has been accused of promoting pseudoscientific ideas of racial difference in his online writings, and was reportedly among bloggers recommended to the Palantir founder Peter Thiel by a “race science” researcher.
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pelespirit sh.itjust.works pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
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RestrictedAccount wrote:
Cofnas has been accused of promoting pseudoscientific ideas of racial difference in his online writings, and was reportedly among bloggers recommended to the Palantir founder Peter Thiel by a “race science” researcher.

Do they have a blocking mechanism for studies?
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resipsaloquitur lemmy.cafe resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2026-04-14
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“Research.”
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ranzispa mander.xyz ranzispa@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-10-18
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pelespirit wrote:
Do they have a blocking mechanism for studies?

They could not pay them a salary or cancel the contract. But a one year postdoc contract is quite cheap compared to an international dispute, I guess this means pretty much take this money, do whatever you want and don't ever talk to us again.
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StupidBrotherInLaw lemmy.world StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
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resipsaloquitur wrote:
“Research.”

My cat performed better research this morning, then scratched his litter over it.
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