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Engineer Book Offers New Take on Biblical Red Sea Crossing
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Jeffrey Donlin’s book A Highway in the Midst argues for a miraculous formation of dry ground during the Red Sea crossing, reinterpreting the Hebrew term Chomah to emphasize a defensive barrier rather than a vertical wall and challenging traditional readings of the Exodus. Drawing on engineering analysis and linguistic study, the work invites reevaluation of the miracle and its description.
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An engineer breaking down the dry ground formation adds practical detail that makes the event feel less like pure legend.
African diaspora teens relearn ancestral languages to reconnect with grandparents
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— Sep 6, 2026
A renaissance is underway for Africa’s languages, driven by diaspora reconnecting with roots and online learning, with examples like a Lagos game show where English is a loss and a Canadian teen learning Shona to talk with Zimbabwean grandparents, supported by platforms such as ZimbOriginal. Experts note Africa hosts 1,500–3,000 languages spoken by over a billion people, creating new business and tech opportunities as linguistic heritage moves into commerce and education through social media, storytelling, and online courses.
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Love that game show idea, penalizing English is clever way to force people back into their mother tongue for fun instead of guilt.
Elite University Stood By While Professor ‘Publicly Harassed’ Jewish Student, Lawsuit Alleges
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— Jun 25, 2025
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) allegedly failed repeatedly to discipline a professor who harassed Jewish and Israeli students, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. A tenured linguistics professor at the…
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FCC Commissioner Trolls Time-Wasting Dem By Showing Off His Own Linguistic Skills
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— Feb 28, 2025
Republican Commissioner Nathan Simington of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repeated his remarks in Romanian Thursday in a jab at Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez during the agency’s monthly open…
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Microsoft Director Warned The Public Would See AI Training As ‘Astonishing Theft,’ Unsealed Filing Shows
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Professor: Asking Black Students to Write Using Standard English is ‘Anti-Black Linguistic Racism’
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— Dec 9, 2023
Expecting black students to write standard English that their teachers understand is racist, according to a University of Michigan professor. April Baker-Bell believes that “traditional approaches to language education…
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