I don’t thnk that’s why it’s been banned... > On 12 Mar 2025, at 17:09, Ian Tickle <ianj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > --------- 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 >
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