Tuesday's papers: Finland's foreign vote, Nokia vs Amazon and illegal outhouses
Many foreign residents in Finland are clueless about their right to vote, Hufvudstadsbladet reports.
TABBY. An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name; or else from a tabby cat, old maids being often compared to cats. To drive Tab; to go out on a party of pleasure with a wife and family.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Social networks already lean left or right—AI models are following the same path https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpusJEWn-A&t=789s - AI #LLM #society
New blood test checks for Alzheimer’s and assesses progression, study says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/31/new-blood-test-checks-alzheimers-assesses-progression #Medicalresearch #Mentalhealth #Alzheimer's #Worldnews #Dementia #Science #Society #Health #UKnews
→ How I Went Undercover to Expose America’s Nazis
https://thewalrus.ca/how-i-went-undercover-to-expose-americas-nazis/
“I think #accelerationism is the most dangerous and overlooked threat facing us today. […] [I]t has never had such a widespread following in the white #supremacist community. […] What they do believe is #society will eventually #collapse, either on its own or from a man-made event, and their goal is to speed that up by sowing #chaos and #political tensions. To accelerate it.”
Kae Tempest - Europe Is Lost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxrCDvJ8LI
Massacres, massacres, massacres/new shoes
Ghettoised children murdered in broad daylight
By those employed to protect them
Live porn streamed to your pre-teen's bedrooms
Glass ceiling, no headroom
Half a generation live beneath the breadline
Oh, but it's happy hour on the high street
ADDLE PLOT. A spoil-sport, a mar-all.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Science fiction may help foster a sense of global solidarity by evoking awe, study finds
In the 1970s, a group of female students at Tohoku University began demanding the university provide free menstrual products in restrooms. They were met with ridicule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/society/japan-gender-equality-movement-menstruation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #women039sissues #menstruation #health #students #tohokuuniversity
"Data2Action exists to make emerging technology work harder for humanity, enabling us to co-create a healthier, fairer and more sustainable world for all. [...]
We’re recruiting *13 funded doctoral fellows from Europe and beyond* to work collaboratively across a range of interconnected cutting-edge research and development projects."
#HorizonEurope #UKResearchAndInnovation #UKRI #MarieCurie #MSCA #DoctoralNetwork #PhD #DataScience #Data2Action #SocialInnovation #SocialImpact #LivingLabs #CoCreation #Collaboration #Transdisciplinary #Dissemination #Communication #NetworkBuilding #CommonGood #AI #CuttingEdge
#Technology #Humanity #Health #Fairness #Sustainability #SustainableWorld #PublicGood #SocialPioneers #ArtificalIntelligence
#SectoralExperts #Society #RealWorldSolutions #ClimateChange #SocialJustice #Democracy #Aging #People #Planet
#new #writings #ebooks #Bible #Torah #Koran #Gospels #evolution #society #psychology #sociology #domination #money #education #womenrights #epub #Kobo #Amazonkindle
“Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who hast not made me a woman”.
What to make of this Birkat Cohanim (Jewish priestly blessing) ?
Perhaps reading "Homo juchremanensis"* will give you an idea ?
*e-pub/kindle
Great CACM article about UK's Horizon Post Office scandal #Software #QA #Validation #Verification #Society https://cacm.acm.org/news/how-software-bugs-led-to-one-of-the-greatest-miscarriages-of-justice-in-british-history/
Many needy households in Japan are considering reducing their living expenses to cover the necessary spending for their children enrolling in junior or senior high school in April, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/society/needy-households-school-preparation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #surveys #poverty #children #aid
Tags: #Philosophy #Justice #Society #Cambodia #Demons
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/resilient-relations_deangelo-darcie
TO CUTTY-EYE. To look out of the corners of one's eyes, to leer, to look askance. The cull cutty-eyed at us; the fellow looked suspicious at us.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Nouveau
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nouveau/
There is a story that has been repeating itself for centuries, each time dressed in new words and new faces, a narrative that the masses have always found easy to believe.
#discrimination #populism #minorities #immigration #politics #society #europe #lgbtq_plus #europeanunion #humanrights #community #humanrightsmatter
https://officinaprogetti.org/en/a-story-we-must-stop-telling/
