Wednesday, October 21, 2026
The stakes are high, because A.I. is the first technology in a long time that can favor the little guy. For most of the last century, size was destiny. A big company could afford an IT department, in-house lawyers, a finance team and analysts poring over its data, and the corner store could not.
Afrikaners, it should be noted, have a long history of supporting and implementing white supremacy. It was Afrikaners who led the South African government after World War II, when it created a formal system of racial apartheid.
Before becoming a photo of a scowling politician, paper has a complicated history. Somewhere there were trees — or recycled fibers that began as trees. There was harvesting, transportation, pulping, washing, processing and papermaking. There was lots of water. There was energy. There were chemicals involved in processing, bleaching and coating. There were huge vats of ink. There was printing and cutting and bundling.
While national headlines have focused on federal funding cuts and demands for compliance of elite private research universities, we shouldn’t lose sight of local impacts. All institutions rely on federal support for research and student aid. Those demands were accompanied by unsupported claims or selective evidence of institutional wrongdoing that do not follow the federal government’s own guidelines for regulatory action.
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District Board of Education will host a presentation on artificial intelligence and technology use in classrooms later this month, following up on a discussion Tuesday about balancing digital learning with traditional instruction and addressing parents’ concerns.
The Life Enrichment Senior Center will celebrate two longtime contributors to the Oyster Bay community at its annual La Dolce Vita Gala, honoring 96-year-old member Filomena Ladisa and the Italian-American Citizens Club of Oyster Bay for their dedication to helping others.
The Locust Valley Central School District Board of Education voted Wednesday to authorize legal action against social media companies as part of a nationwide effort by school districts seeking compensation for the impact of social media on schools.
