--------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ian Tickle <ianj...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025, 14:08 Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid To: Herbert J. Bernstein <yaya...@gmail.com>
I spell it 'polarisation' anyway (from Late Latin 'Stella Polaris' = 'Pole Star'). Cheers -- Ian On Tue, 11 Mar 2025, 20:00 Herbert J. Bernstein, <yaya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > When I got home today, Frances presented me with an article from the > NY Times which contained the attached list of words and the explanation, > "As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of "woke" > initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid, > according to a compilation of government documents." > For this audience in particular, please note that "Mx", "polarization", > "orientation", "status", "systemic". "discrimination", "equality", > "expression", "barriers", and "bias" are among the words to avoid. Care > should be > taken in writing proposals and reports since AIs may be used for screening > and they are' likely to miss explanatory context. > Regard, > Herbert > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
