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During the National Socialist period Hahn became close friends with Max von Laue (figure 6). The friendship was more personal than collegial – Laue, a theoretical physicist, and Hahn, a radiochemist, never understood much of each others’ work – but they shared an aversion to the Hitler regime. In the early years Laue spoke out publicly against the regime; later he helped whom he could and channeled his anger into letters to his son Theodor in America101 and to Meitner in Sweden.102 Hahn was always more cautious, but it seems that the experiences and outlook of the two men were much the same. Many colleagues abroad regarded them as the only German scientists they could trust.
The Politics of Memory: Otto Hahn and the Third Reich
Ruth Lewin Sime
When research stays a trade secret, public safety suffers. Not a single field study on moderation or online harassment has ever been replicated in 40 years of research. It’s hard to know if Lampe’s moderation research applies anywhere other than early 2000s Slashdot. It took 10 years for others to ask similar questions, and their findings seem to point in an [opposite](http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.1429) [direction](http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.00680).
A toxic web: what the Victorians can teach us about online abuse
J Nathan Matias
And not everyone was so supportive. Two authors, both white males who write about foreign cultures, shared stories of being the victims of bias. One author lamented that his book about Kabul had been unfairly panned by a “Pakistani woman” who, he claimed, was not qualified to review his book. The other writer talked about how his sister’s film was unfairly judged for not having any black people in it, and it was a black organization’s protest that effectively shut her film down. They asserted that my book had done well, that the reviews had been good. The message was clear: Stop complaining.
What Happened in Brisbane | New Republic
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