Valedictorian's speech cut after unscripted immigration comment
The unscripted message referenced people "suffering in Palestine" and "families being torn apart by ICE." A school official cut off the student.
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People Speak 20% Less Than They Used To
A long-term trend has changed how people interact every day. Most of us never noticed it happening.
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[2606.01264] A 1000-hour EEG-EMG-audio dataset of Japanese speech production
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.01264: A 1000-hour EEG-EMG-audio dataset of Japanese speech production
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[2509.14789] Acoustic Simulation Framework for Multi-channel Replay Speech Detection
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2509.14789: Acoustic Simulation Framework for Multi-channel Replay Speech Detection
[2605.30792] OpenSTBench: Beyond Semantic Evaluation for Speech Translation
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.30792: OpenSTBench: Beyond Semantic Evaluation for Speech Translation
Citing John 3:16 now a criminal act in the UK
A pastor in the U.K. was recently convicted for quoting John 3:16, arguably the most recognizable and often cited Bible verse.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Deus vs. Machina
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation's Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Appl...
Brain Study Overturns Long-Held Beliefs About How Humans Learn Speech
Scientists have discovered that the brain’s sensory systems play a much larger role in speech learning than previously believed.
Hate Speech at a High School
In my last post on the VC, I would like to say a bit about so-called "hate speech" (which I...