Masthash

#Global

Variety
56 minutes ago

Penélope Cruz Is a ‘Big Defender’ of Every Film Getting a Theatrical Release: Watching at Home Is ‘Not Sacred’
#Variety #Global #News #BAFTA #Ferrari #PenelopeCruz

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/penelope-cruz-films-should-theatrical-release-ferrari-1235821696/

Variety
2 hours ago

Indian Broadcasting Bill Consultation Process Will Be ‘Fair and Independent’ Says Country’s Top Regulator
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Avia #India #Regulation #Streaming

https://variety.com/2023/global/asia/india-broadcasting-bill-regulation-trai-1235821692/

Variety
3 hours ago

Streaming Video No Longer an Existential Threat to Linear or Pay-TV, Says Omdia Analyst: ‘Perversely, Advertising Keeps Creeping Into TV’
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #AsiaTVForumandMarket #Omdia #PayTV #Svod

https://variety.com/2023/tv/asia/svod-linear-tv-coexist-omdia-analyst-atf-1235821667/

Variety
4 hours ago

Korean Webtoons Still at the Beginning of Global Journey, Says Tapas’ Charlie Park: ‘The Conditions Are All in Place’
#Variety #Asia #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AsiaTelevisionForum #Tapas #Webtoons

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/korean-webtoons-global-journey-apas-charlie-park-1235821686/

Variety
4 hours ago

‘Men in the Sun,’ About Palestinian Refugees in Greece, Set to Close Financing at Red Sea Festival
#Variety #Global #News #MahdiFleifel #RedSeaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/men-in-the-sun-red-sea-film-festival-1235820254/

Variety
7 hours ago

Indian Women’s Cricket Team U.P. Warriorz Docuseries in the Works From Arlene Nelson, Victory Sports Media (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #ATF #Cricket #JaiKhanna #Women039sPremierLeague

https://variety.com/2023/tv/asia/up-warriorz-womens-cricket-league-series-1235820111/

Variety
7 hours ago
Variety
9 hours ago

Feng Xiaogang’s ‘If You Are the One 3’ Picked up by Fortissimo Ahead of China Release
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #FengXiaogang #IfYouAreTheOne #ShuQi

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/if-you-are-the-one-3-fortissimo-1235821535/

Variety
12 hours ago
Variety
13 hours ago

Beach House Pictures’ Donovan Chan Finds Positives in a Year of Turmoil in Asian TV Production: ‘If You’re in True Crime, It’s a Good Time to Be Alive’
#Variety #Asia #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AsiaTelevisionForum #BeachHousePictures #DonovanChan

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/beach-house-pictures-donovan-chan-finds-tv-turmoil-asia-1235818581/

اندرو آبی
14 hours ago

Brain Implant Sparks Remarkable Recovery in Patients With Severe Brain Injury

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:15:31

At 21 years old, a young woman’s life was turned upside down after suffering a blow to the head and severe brain injury during a devastating traffic accident. She’s been living with the consequences ever since, struggling to focus long enough to complete simple everyday tasks. Juggling multiple chores was nearly impossible. Her memory would […]

#SingularityHub #chronicles #technological #progress by #highlighting the #breakthroughs, #players, and #issues shaping the #future as well as #supporting a #global #community of #smart, #passionate, #action-oriented #people who want to #change the #world.

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singularityhub.com/?p=154771

Variety
16 hours ago

‘Kangaroo’ Set as First Feature for Cultivator Films, StudioCanal Australian Production Arm (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Production #Kangaroo #Studiocanal

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/kangaroo-cultivator-studiocanal-australian-production-1235820266/

Variety
19 hours ago

‘Wakhri,’ Inspired by ‘Brave Spirits’ Like Murdered Social Media Star Qandeel Baloch, Cleared by Censors for Release in Pakistan
#Variety #Global #News #IramParveenBilal #QandeelBaloch #RedSeaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/wakhri-one-of-a-kind-qandeel-baloch-censors-pakistan-1235820493/

Variety
20 hours ago
Red
20 hours ago

Jk. I'm sure a lot of other people are having this conversation with their dads right now too. But the fantasy that I'm special is so fun that every thought I have is framed within this meme format for at least a second before it transforms into something more useful. There's truth in it!

#meme #politics #finance #ResourceEfficiency #money #class #capitalism #anarchism #law #tech #wealth #faith #democracy #publicsector #tax #FOSS #justice #debt #recycling #global #banking #socialcontract #god

Variety
21 hours ago
Variety
22 hours ago

Baz Luhrmann on His ‘Method’ Process of Filmmaking, if He’ll Adapt ‘The Master and Margarita’ and What’s Next: I’ll Decide ‘By the End of the Year’
#Variety #Global #News #BazLuhrmann #RedSeaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/baz-luhrmann-method-process-master-margarita-red-sea-film-festival-1235820300/

Variety
22 hours ago

Director Karan Johar on Why He Won’t Make Hollywood Movies: ‘The World Needs to Wake Up to Indian Stories’
#Variety #Global #News #KaranJohar #RedSeaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/karan-johar-red-sea-film-festival-hollywood-movies-1235820276/

Variety
1 day ago

Saudi Director Meshal Al Jaser on Mixing Dating, Drugs and a Rabid Camel in Netflix’s ‘Naga’: ‘Every Good Story Is About a Character Making Bad Decisions’
#Variety #Festivals #Global #News #Naga #Netflix #RedSeaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/meshal-al-jaser-naga-netflix-saudi-woman-drugs-rabid-camel-1235820197/

Variety
1 day ago

Alternativa Film Project Marks Close of First Edition With Award Ceremony Feting Social-Impact Films From Central Asia
#Variety #Global #News #AlternativaFilmProject

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/alternativa-film-project-awards-1235820236/

nieebel
1 day ago

I have updated my "good country for fossil free world" list:
1. Denmark
4. Germany
6. Ireland
9. Austria
10. Cyprus
12. Australia
19. Spain
https://pad.hacc.space/green-hardware-ranking?view#Good-Countries

Includes recent #cop28 updates
#climateactiontracker #cop #climateclub #olafScholz #HighAmbitionCoalition #biodiversity #cop15 #global #methane #pledge #renewableEnergy #FATF

climate tracker map from dec 2023 - this was one of the sources to determine the custom good country rank
Variety
1 day ago
Variety
1 day ago

Korea Box Office: Political Thriller ‘12.12: The Day’ Enjoys $13 Million Second Weekend Haul
#Variety #Asia #BoxOffice #Global #News #1212TheDay #Korea #Monster

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/korea-box-office-12-12-the-day-second-weekend-1235820123/

Variety
1 day ago

Global Box Office: Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’ Is Worldwide Top Film, Ahead of ‘Napoleon,’ ‘Hunger Games’
#Variety #Asia #BoxOffice #Global #News #Animal #Beyoncé #Napoleon #RanbirKapoor

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/ranbir-kapoor-animal-napoleon-hunger-games-box-office-1235820070/

Variety
2 days ago
Variety
2 days ago
Variety
2 days ago
beSpacific
2 days ago

#Plants can’t be expected to do all the heavy lifting - Using realistic #ecological #modeling scientists found globe’s #vegetation could actually b taking on about 20% more of #CO2 humans have pumped into #atmosphere & will continue to do so through to the end of century. “What we found is that a well-established #climatemodel used to feed into #global #climateassessments predicts stronger sustained #carbonuptake until the end of #21stcentury https://newatlas.com/biology/plants-absorb-more-co2/

Variety
2 days ago
Variety
2 days ago

‘Silent Night’ Actor Joel Kinnaman on John Woo’s Wordless Thriller: ‘You Are Watching the Same Movie as Everyone Else as It Is Told Visually’
#Variety #Global #News #JoelKinnaman #JohnWoo #RedSeaFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/silent-night-joel-kinnaman-john-woo-1235819829/

Happy Sensational Sunday! The Cool Jazz Café weekend continues showcasing a combination of vintage favs and today's Hottest Smooth Jazz. Please drop by the Café while your host Dave Oz serves us those flavorsome grooves Today at 3pm - 5pm EST.
Cheers!🍹
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#DaveOz #cooljazz #CoolJazzCafe #contemporaryjazz #weekend #smoothjazzmusic #newmusic #arizona #Global #international #PhazesIntl #pulseintlradio
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Variety
2 days ago

Ala Eddine Slim’s ‘Agora’ Follows Three Missing People Who Mysteriously Return to a Remote Tunisian Town
#Variety #Global #News #AlaEddineSlim #MarrakechFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/ala-eddine-slims-agora-1235819694/

Variety
2 days ago

Andrey Zvyagintsev Will Tackle Oligarch Drama ‘Jupiter’ With New Creative Vision: ‘I’m Hoping to Start From Scratch’
#Variety #Festivals #Global #News #AndreyZvyagintsev #Jupiter #MarrakechFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/andrey-zvyagintsev-jupiter-rohmer-marrakech-russia-1235819636/

Variety
2 days ago

Nicolas Cage’s ‘Lord of War’ Sequel to Shoot in Morocco in 2024 With Top Line Producer Karim Debbagh (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #KarimDebbagh #LordOfWar #MarrakechFilmFestival #NicolasCage

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/nicolas-cage-lord-of-war-sequel-morocco-karim-debbagh-1235819624/

Phoenix.Serenity
5 days ago

#Asian #publishers want to counter #WesternMedia narrative as they take part in #Global #Initiative to encourage people to read #Palestinian #authors & #history.

#ReadPalestine started on Weds & runs to Dec. 5.

Created by #PublishersForPalestine, #global #solidarity #collective of more than 350 publishers calling for end to all violence against #Palestinians & for #TelAviv & allies to be held #accountable for #WarCrimes for #Israeli onslaught on #Gaza.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2417901

#Geopolitics

We’re happy to see that the first articles in our new #openaccess journal #Global #Environmental #Psychology are attracting so much interest.

Will the popular article by @AnaisVoski @GabrielleWong-Parodi & @NicoleArdoin reach 1000 views in the first month?

https://gep.psychopen.eu/index.php/gep/index

billboard
5 days ago

Ado’s ‘Show’ Logs Ninth Week Atop Japan Hot 100 as YOASOBI’s ‘Idol’ Returns to No. 2

Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ado-show-ninth-week-atop-japan-hot-100-1235518095/

#MusicNews #Japan #Global #BillboardJapan #Music #ChartBeat

Mike Honey
6 days ago

Here's the latest variant picture for the sub-lineages of BA.2.86.* "Pirola", at the "Global" level.

JN.1 has taken over as the dominant sub-lineage, benefitting from it's Spike:L455S mutation

The second chart uses a log scale, which helps clearly compare exponential growth rates.

#COVID19 #Global #BA_2_86 #Pirola
🧵

Variety
6 days ago

Sony Pictures Entertainment Teams With U.K. Newspaper The Guardian to Mine Journalism Content for Adaptation
#Variety #Global #News #SonyPicturesEntertainment #TheGuardian

https://variety.com/2023/global/global/sony-pictures-entertainment-guardian-deal-1235812349/

Manni_P :mastolove:
1 week ago

https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/westart/dokumentarfilm-bigger-than-us/wdr/Y3JpZDovL3dkci5kZS9CZWl0cmFnLWI3ZTZkMDRlLTY5YjAtNDc4MS05ZWRkLWIxYjc0MDk5YTAwMw
Der Dokumentarfilm "#BiggerThanUs" erzählt von sieben jungen Menschen, die für eine bessere #Zukunft kämpfen: für mehr soziale #Gerechtigkeit, das #Klima oder die #Seenotrettung

Sie sind jung und sie wollen etwas verändern 👯 #COP28
Menschen, die für eine bessere #Zukunft kämpfen.

Video verfügbar:
bis 11.02.2024

#Gesundheit #evangelisch #katholisch #Kirche #Missbrauch #letztegeneration #climate #fff #Greta #Luisa #fridaysforfuture #Papst #global #SPD #FDP #CSU #CDU

https://www.globaleslernen.de/de/bildungsangebote/multimediales/bigger-us

Melati Wijsen ist in ihrem Heimatland Indonesien bekannt für ihren Kampf gegen Plastikmüll auf der Insel Bali. In „Bigger Than Us“ begibt sie sich auf die Reise, um junge Aktivist*innen weltweit zu besuchen und ihren Kampf für eine bessere Welt kennen zu lernen. Die Jugendlichen berichten im Gespräch von ihrer Arbeit und nehmen Melati mit an die Orte ihres Aktivismus.

Die Themen treffen den Nerv der Zeit: Plastikverschmutzung, Frauenrechte, Recht auf Bildung, Seenotrettung, Klimanotstand, Meinungsfreiheit, Ernährungssicherheit. Sowohl die Betroffenheit als auch die Energie und Kraft der Protagonist*innen sind dabei deutlich zu spüren. Der Film entlässt die Zusehenden nicht nur mit einem Bewusstsein für die Krisen unseres Planeten, sondern auch mit der Gewissheit, dass jede*r etwas bewegen kann. 

Das didaktische Begleitmaterial bietet verschiedene Impulse an, um sowohl mit einzelnen Portraits, als auch mit dem gesamten Film im Unterricht zu arbeiten.
https://www.baobab.at/bigger-than-us/

Melati Wijsen ist in ihrem Heimatland Indonesien bekannt für ihren Kampf gegen Plastikmüll auf der Insel Bali. In „Bigger Than Us“ begibt sie sich auf die Reise, um junge Aktivist*innen weltweit zu besuchen und ihren Kampf für eine bessere Welt kennen zu lernen. Die Jugendlichen berichten im Gespräch von ihrer Arbeit und nehmen Melati mit an die Orte ihres Aktivismus.

Die Themen treffen den Nerv der Zeit: Plastikverschmutzung, Frauenrechte, Recht auf Bildung, Seenotrettung, Klimanotstand, Meinungsfreiheit, Ernährungssicherheit. Sowohl die Betroffenheit als auch die Energie und Kraft der Protagonist*innen sind dabei deutlich zu spüren. Der Film entlässt die Zusehenden nicht nur mit einem Bewusstsein für die Krisen unseres Planeten, sondern auch mit der Gewissheit, dass jede*r etwas bewegen kann.
Steven Saus [he/him]
1 week ago

From 16 Nov: Prison phone company leaked 600K users’ data and didn’t notify them, FTC says - Enlarge / A telephone in a prison.Getty Images Image Source Prison phone comp... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/prison-phone-company-leaked-600k-users-data-and-didnt-notify-them-ftc-says/ #data-breach #global-tel*link #policy #prison-phone-company

Categorical Imperative
1 week ago

#frieden #abrustung, #international #meinung #politik #friedenspolitik #verhandlung #globaler #westen #russland #ukraine #usa #waffenlieferungen #peace #disarmament #opinion #politics
#negotiations #global #west #russia #weapons

Die momentan deutlich erkennbare Demoralisierung im Land bewegt die USA und Co. offenbar dazu, ernsthaft über Verhandlungen mit Russland nachzudenken. Dafür spricht vor allem ein aktueller Bericht der BILD.

http://eurobrics.de/?module=articles&action=view&id=2292

Andrea Rehling
1 week ago

Now available online as an open access PDF #Global #Publics: Their #Power and Their Limits, 1870–1990 https://perspectivia.net/receive/pnet_mods_00006149

Mapologies
1 week ago

Day 27 "Dots". In the 27th Map 🗺️ of #30DayMapChallenge There are 175 world's #tripoints (where three countries meet), now you can see them in one single #map. Does your #country have it?

https://mapologies.com/tripoint/

#30daymapchallengequizz
#30MapChallenge #MapChallenge #mapologies #border #state #planet #global #star #dot #point

Map of the world's tripoints
Variety
1 week ago

Banijay Asia Continues Push Into Scripted Originals With ‘The Donkey Route,’ Reveals Unscripted Plans (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #BanijayAsia #DeepakDhar #Survivor #TemptationIsland

https://variety.com/2023/tv/asia/banijay-asia-donkey-route-deepak-dhar-1235808917/

Marko Popovic
1 week ago

Hd: #SLATE, #bERKShCB, #SecerBfw #NotHardWc #Global, including all involved and well informed associates, relatives up to fourth cousin, sorry if some names are repeated on the list, ugly but still :) This is not a money and influence story for those, just imagining things.
Jokingly joking times :) #NOT

@zutalorz🤕
1 week ago

YES there is terrible inequity in the world
YES there is horrendous suffering because of it
NO #israel is not the cause
and NO #hamas is not part of the solution
its a #global issue people!
and nobody has the answer
but #FundamentalistReligion is not helping anyone except their own leaders!

its a war of #ideas not of #territories

Variety
1 week ago
arthurgessler
2 weeks ago

Is it too late to keep #global #warming
below 1.5 °C? - The challenge in 7 charts:
Chances are rapidly disappearing to limit Earth’s #temperature rise to the globally agreed mark, but #researchers say there are some positive signs of progress.

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-03601-6/index.html

GregCocks
2 weeks ago

Interactive Map - The World As 1,000 People
--
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-people-in-the-world-1000-peop/ <-- shared technical article
--
“The world’s population has doubled in size over the last 50 years.
In 2022, we reached the mark of 8 billion living on Earth. According to UN estimates, by July 2023, all the people in the world numbered 8,045,311,447.
In this interactive map, [the authors] use population estimates from the United Nations Population Division to illustrate the world’s population as if the Earth had only 1,000 people..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartogram #world #global #population #infographic #representation #decline #populationhealth #populationgrowth #demographics #countries #Africa #Europe #China #India #USA #Nigeria #northamerica #southamerica #southasia #Asia

screen shot - table - top 10 countries by population, etc
graphic - map - the world's population as 1,000 people
graphic and maps - world's population by country - as parts of a whole
graphic / map - world's population - cartogram - redrawn by relative population size
Variety
2 weeks ago

Australia, India Look to Benefit From Newly Ratified Treaty, Filming Incentives (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #Australia #Coproduction #IFFI #India

https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/australia-india-film-treaty-benefits-1235807828/

Variety
2 weeks ago

John Travolta Says He Was Drawn to ‘The Shepherd’ Because ‘I Knew What It Felt Like to Absolutely Think You’re Going To Die’
#Variety #Global #News #AlfonsoCuaron #Disney #IainSoftley #JohnTravolta

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/john-travolta-pilot-the-shepherd-frederick-forsyth-1235806703/

Nando161
2 weeks ago

#Boycott:

#McDonalds
#starbucks
#disney

Plz you can always watch the shows on pirated sites and find better alternatives for burgers & coffee, nothing is more important than stopping a #genocide. It's a #global boycott.

Boycott: 

McDonald's 
starbucks
disney

Plz you can always watch the shows on pirated sites and find better alternatives for burgers & coffee, nothing is more important than stopping a genocide. It's a global boycott.
🙃 ɐıunp zsɐɯoʇ :idle:
2 weeks ago

Maybe something will finally change in the subject of meteorological forecasts! I’ve already written about it, but I’ll say it again. The scandal for me is that humanity is really developed, and we are not able to predict what the weather will be tomorrow...
———
Learning skillful medium-range #global #weather #forecasting | #Science #AI #Google #GraphCast #TDBNews
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi2336

Das sind die 10 wertvollsten Marken der Welt im Jahr 2023

Seit mittlerweile 24 Jahren stellt die Beraterfirma Interbrand die „Best Global Brands“ vor. In den Top 10 finden sich auch zwei deutsche Firmen.
👉 👀
https://t3n.de/news/10-wertvollsten-marken-der-welt-2023-1591100/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=referral
#Marken #Global

Post Growth Institute
2 weeks ago

More added to the #postgrowth #jobs board! Check out #opportunities to advance a world beyond #capitalism. Submit hirings via the form at the top. We are interested in adding more positions in the #Global #South as well!
https://linktr.ee/postgrowthjobs

#hiring #share #opportunity #wfh

Phoenix.Serenity
2 weeks ago

A coalition of more than 30 #environmental groups is urging #Canada to sign the #global #OceanConservation #treaty it pushed to bring about.

#HighSeasTreaty was finalized in March after more than a decade of negotiations, creating a #blueprint for #protecting #ocean #biodiversity & fair, #sustainable use of #MarineResources in #InternationalWaters.

#GovernmentOfCanada celebrated the treaty along with Canada’s efforts to secure agreement. But it hasn’t yet signed on.

https://vancouversun.com/news/national/canada-high-seas-treaty

GregCocks
2 weeks ago

Rivers & Mountains Of The World – Various Tchotchkes
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https://cognitive-surplus.com/search?q=river&type=product
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https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~291122~90062695:A-combined-view-of-the-principal-mo <-- version at David Rumsey Map collection site
--
[this is NOT an endorsement of this product]
It is a pleasure to see these old Victorian infographic maps as teaching aids on water bottles and other tchotchkes, I have always been fascinated by them and their place in geologic, geographic, cartographic history…
--
“Nowadays, detailed maps of any corner of the Earth are available for everyone. Detailed information about any geographical object on our planet can be got in just a few seconds. But two centuries ago, life was radically different. That’s why comparative infographic maps were viral in the 19th century, which allowed people to get information about the main geographical objects of our planet.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #teaching #teachingaids #Victorian #infographics #maps #history #learning #geology #geography #cartography #comparative #global #rivers #mountains

image - water bottle - Rivers & Mountains of the World infographic / map
image - Rivers & Mountains of the World infographic / map - Victorian, 1847
image - Rivers & Mountains of the World infographic / map - Victorian - another example
image - Rivers & Mountains of the World infographic / map - Victorian, 1847 - zoom of portion
@zutalorz🤕
2 weeks ago
@zutalorz🤕
2 weeks ago

A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari and Sam Harris "#Gaza & #Global Order"
#Oct7 #Israel #BigPicture #History
FREE LINK: https://samharris.org/episode/SE6AFAE5D73

screenshot all text
Nonilex
2 weeks ago

The Economist argues that Trump's #ForeignPolicy & #macroeconomic policies would have a significant negative impact on the #world as a whole. #Trump would almost certainly make moves to gut #NATO. And he may very well pursue another package of tax cuts for the wealthy as he did in 2017, which would spike #inflation & drag down #global #economic #markets.

However, the Economist warns that the greatest danger Trump presents is in "his own country."

#authoritarianism #MafiaState #extremism #Vote

Pneuma Solutions
3 weeks ago

Hello, world!
We're going #global! At Pneuma Solutions, we strive to provide the best in accessible technology and services to all persons, and we're expanding our market to truly cater to our international crowd. This means a localized website, new documentation infrastructure allowing for multilingual manuals, and much more! Starting today, you can follow:
@pneumasolutions_es
@pneumasolutions_fr
@pneumasolutions_it
@pneumasolutions_sv
and
@pneumasolutions_de
to get our news in your native language.
More languages will be added as they become available.
https://pneumasolutions.com/pneuma-solutions-is-going-global/
#accessibility #inclusivity #international

katch wreck
3 weeks ago

"Inspired by what some have called a #polycrisis, we explore whether the human trajectory of increasing complexity and influence on the #Earth system could become a form of trap for #humanity. Based on an adaptation of the evolutionary traps concept to a global human context, we present results from a participatory mapping. We identify 14 traps and categorize them as either #global, #technology or #structural traps."

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2022.0261

Alberto Chimal
4 weeks ago

"We still badly need reliable, real-time #information about #global conflicts on a platform with the reach that #Twitter once had. But #X won’t ever again be that platform."
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/08/twitter-news-global-conflicts-00123806
#article #disinformation #misinformation

MetaFilter
4 weeks ago

'Phunniemee' asked about cultures that don't eat breakfast. 'Jane the Brown' provided a deliciously enlightening answer that covers technology, logistics, and history.

https://ask.metafilter.com/376395/The-Most-Important-Meal-of-the-Day#5348287

#breakfast #cooking #culture #global #history #meals #askmetafilter #bestofmetafilter

Longreads
1 month ago

"African countries have a vital resource that aging societies are losing: a youthful population brimming with energy, ideas and creativity that will shape their future, and the world's."

For #NewYorkTimes, Declan Walsh reports on Africa's "youthquake": https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/28/world/africa/africa-youth-population.html

#Longreads #Africa #Nairobi #Lagos #Population #Youth #Global #Culture

rameshgupta
1 month ago

@baruch @SteveThompson

Yes, #pragmatism is the antidote to #passion. The difference between Queen of #Jordan’s pragmatism and #US pragmatism is that

1. #Rania is showing pragmatism to save her own skin and protect Jordan.

2. #US trying to stave off #global conflict involving BOTH #MiddleEast & #Russia ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111363947885583498

#Iran is nexus ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111363947885583498
Both Cabinet secretaries #Austin and #Blinken said conflicts in #Gaza & #Ukraine are interconnected ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111352305821082802

DoomsdaysCW
1 month ago

How criminalisation is being used to silence #ClimateActivists across the world

Guardian investigation finds growing number of countries passing #AntiProtest laws as part of playbook of tactics to intimidate people peacefully raising the alarm

“Criminalisation is the most common tactic used against #HumanRights defenders, because it’s so easy and has such a big impact.”

Nina Lakhani, Damien Gayle and Matthew Taylor
Thu 12 Oct 2023 07.00 EDT

"As #wildfires and #ExtremeTmperatures rage across the planet, sea temperature records tumble and polar glaciers disappear, the scale and speed of the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. Scientific experts are unanimous that there needs to be an urgent clampdown on fossil fuel production, a major boost in renewable energy and support for communities to rapidly move towards a fairer, healthier and sustainable low-carbon future.

"Many governments, however, seem to have different priorities. According to climate experts, senior figures at the UN and grassroots advocates contacted by the Guardian, some political leaders and law enforcement agencies around the world are instead launching a fierce crackdown on people trying to peacefully raise the alarm.

"'These defenders are basically trying to #SaveThePlanet, and in doing so save #humanity,' said Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on #HumanRights defenders. 'These are people we should be protecting, but are seen by #governments and #corporations as a threat to be neutralised. In the end it’s about power and #economics.'

"#Climate and #EnvironmentalJustice groups report a significant increase in draconian, and often arbitrary, charges for peaceful protesters as part of what they claim is a playbook of tactics to vilify, discredit, intimidate and silence activists.

"The Guardian has also found striking similarities in the way governments from #Canada and the #US to #Guatemala and #Chile, from #India and #Tanzania to the #UK, #Europe and #Australia, are cracking down on activists trying to protect the planet.

"The legal contexts vary, but the charges – such as #subversion, illicit association, terrorism and tax evasion – are often vague and time-consuming to disprove, while a growing number of countries, including the US and UK, have passed controversial anti-protest laws ostensibly intended to protect national security or so-called critical infrastructure such as #FossilFuel #pipelines.

"The systematic criminalisation of environmental defenders is not new. Natural resources on #Indigenous land have long been exploited, driving big profits for some but also fuelling violence and inequality.

"Experts say the Marlin mine in Guatemala was one of the earliest documented cases of a transnational #corporation – and its state allies – weaponising the legal system against environmental defenders. Since then, the Inter American Commission on Human Rights has repeatedly condemned what it describes as the alarming rise in the misuse of criminal justice systems against environmental, land and other human rights defenders across #LatinAmerica.

"'Criminalising defenders encourages collective stigma and sends off an intimidating message,' the IACHR said last year.

"According to Lawlor, this criminalisation of environmental #protestors has since become a #global phenomenon, and is now the most common tactic used to silence and discredit defenders.

"'At its core it’s about maintaining the #PowerStructures in place. This is true regardless of whether it’s a #dictatorship, #democracy or a corrupt #NarcoState, and regardless of the state’s professed commitment to human rights, protecting the environment and combating #ClimateChange.' she said.

"'Smearing defenders as lawbreakers or anti-development distracts from the cause and changes the narrative … What’s clear is that states learn from each other.'

"#ClimateActivism is well and truly back. Paolo Gerbaudo, an academic at King’s College London who studies social movements, said that before the 2008 financial crash, the climate emergency felt like 'the challenge of our time'. But it 'largely slipped off the social and political agenda” as activists such as #Occupy turned their attention to opposing #austerity policies and pushing for global economic reforms.

"As scientific warnings grew ever more dire during the 2010s, there was a deepening feeling that traditional environmental campaigning was failing, and that politicians were not delivering – with potentially catastrophic consequences.

"It was into this context that more #DirectAction, and more #radical environmental protest groups emerged. Over the past five years, the UK has been not only at the forefront of these new forms of non-violent activism, but also novel means of silencing it."

Full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/how-criminalisation-is-being-used-to-silence-climate-activists-across-the-world

#ClimateJustice #ClimateActivism #AntiProtestLaws #BigOil #Corruption #Lobbyists

Walter Menteth
1 month ago

We urgently need UN peace keeping forces in #Gaza & the #WestBank to stop the #genocide the world is witness to.
This is what the UN was in part set up to do.
The complict #US, #UK & #EU would not be part, but their leaders are in a tiny self interested #Global minority. Let the rest of the world accept the need & act.

Variety
1 month ago

Brian Cox Jumped at Starring in ‘007: Road to a Million’: ‘I’ve Always Wanted to Play a Bond Villain’
#Variety #Global #News #BrianCox #JamesBond #MGM #PrimeVideo

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/brian-cox-007-road-to-a-million-amazon-prime-video-bond-villain-1235777740/

PunkNotWar
1 month ago

#Antimilitarismus ist eine #frage der #Haltung. Im 5. Teil meiner #punkrock #lyrik #lesung "Make #Punk not #War" ging es um eben diese. Jeder folgende #song sollte mit gutem Beispiel vorangehen.

Ape, #Beck & Brinkmann - #Global 2001
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tKwSb6PsoP4

#Captain #Sperrmüll - Aufstand der #Kälber
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kphGj7KTM1s

Dödelhaie - #radikal
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=NitlscOACAI

Wizo - Eine #Revolution für #Frieden, #Freiheit & #Anarchie
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7E9cRRAy_dY

GregCocks
1 month ago

See [NASA’s] SWOT Mission’s Unprecedented View of Global Sea Levels
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https://www.nasa.gov/missions/swot/see-swot-missions-unprecedented-view-of-global-sea-levels/ <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/obIkUQtSJgk?si=Lim-RjLmOALDSt6i <-- video animation
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https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/ <-- project home page
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Animation Details: “This animation shows global sea level data collected by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite from July 26 to Aug. 16. Red and orange indicate higher-than-average ocean heights, while blue represents lower-than-average heights…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #global #animation #model #modeling #SLR #sealevel #sealevelrise #climatechange #radar #hydrospatial #SurfaceWaterandOceanTopography #SWOT #satellite #interferometer #seasurface #height #coast #coastal #visualisation #surfacewater #river #waterbodies #lakes #oceans #marine
@nasa

Animation Details: “This animation shows global sea level data collected by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite from July 26 to Aug. 16. Red and orange indicate higher-than-average ocean heights, while blue represents lower-than-average heights…”
Steven Saus [he/him]
1 month ago

From 29 Oct: Don’t Let the Green Energy Transition Become a New Colonialism - In a fit of madness, or just plain desperation, you’ve enrolled in a get-rich-quick scheme. All you... https://www.fairobserver.com/business/dont-let-the-green-energy-transition-become-a-new-colonialism/ #business #climate-change #climate-change-news #colonialism #consumption #fossil-fuels #global-north #global-south #green-economy #green-energy-transition #resources

billboard
1 month ago
Dr. Alexandre Santerne 🌍
1 month ago

Well, with the on-going El Niño, 2023 is in good tracks to reach +1.4°C so 1kg CO2 would melt only 12kg glacier ice…

This doesn’t mean the situation is better, just that there are less glaciers available to melt.

This is already pretty clear on the glacier in the French Alps called La Mer des Glaces (see below).

If only we would be close to completely #StopOil & #fossilfuels

Animation: Max Romey

#climate #ClimateChange #climatecrisis #Global

The Mer des Glaces glacier in the French Alps over 34 years.
Sampath Pāṇini ®
1 month ago

As an #Indian-#American, married into a large, loving #Mexican family, exposed to diverse friends and colleagues in global metropolises like #Chicago, #SãoPaulo, and New York City, I felt this vibe.

I think this is effectively synthesizing that “the global vibes had personal impacts” or the “#global became #personal”.

https://open.substack.com/pub/ribbonfarmstudio/p/a-whole-new-cope?r=4hxgy&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Nonilex
2 months ago

#China’s top leader, #Xi Jinping, used a Beijing-led conference of ldrs from mostly #DevelopingCountries on Wed to showcase his ambitions to reshape the #global order, as the world grapples w/a #war in #Ukraine & a #crisis in #Gaza. He cast his country as an alternative to the leadership of the #UnitedStates. And he gave a prominent role to #Putin, underscoring how central their relationship is to Xi’s vision.

#geopolitics #democracy #autocracy #Russia

Variety
2 months ago

Kevin Spacey Performs Shakespeare Monologue, Gets Standing Ovation at Oxford Lecture on ‘Cancel Culture’
#Variety #Global #News #KevinSpacey

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/kevin-spacey-oxford-lecture-shakespeare-cancel-culture-1235758731/

Ricardo Harvin
2 months ago

"The bulk of the problem is still long-haul #flights, but until we can #fly on cleaner #fuels, we can start cutting #emissions where we can."

#Goverment policies and inter-cooperation are key to enabling Everything, Everywhere, All at Once solutions to mitigate #ClimateChange at every level, from hyper-local, to #national, to #international and, ultimately, #global.

https://youtu.be/NDs5baOoxao?si=ZHw4uWnp-epFXhns

Peace Out Art :noverify:
2 months ago

This is the best up to date AQI map I’ve found so far. The EPA models suck here in Maine. This one is global and shows real-time air quality levels.
🔥💨

#AQI #AirQuality #Maine #Global #Canada #USA #WildfireSmoke #Wildfire
https://aqicn.org/map/world/

RiffReporter
2 months ago

„Deutschland verursacht doch nur zwei Prozent der weltweiten CO2-Emissionen – wenn wir die einsparen, retten wir nicht die Welt!“ – Ein beliebtes Argument gegen den Klimaschutz. Wie man es entkräftet und was die zwei Prozent bedeuten (€): @christianschwaegerl https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/deutschland-nur-zwei-prozent-weltweite-co2-emissionen-stimmt-das-was-steckt-dahinter

#Klimaschutz #global #Deutschland #CO2 #Emissionen

ripley
2 months ago
Ruby Central
3 months ago

Hey Rubyists! 📢 @rubyconfth is happening in Bangkok, Oct 6-7th, and tickets are available NOW! 18 tech talks in a single track over two days, so don't miss a chance to catch your favorite topics and speakers. | https://rubyconfth.com/ 🎟️

#ruby #rubyists #global 🌏

Elaine Anderson
3 months ago

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/08/31/doug-ford-greenbelt-housing-minister-steve-clark/ I believe the reporters asking hard-hitting questions were Colin DMello, Global and Siobhan Morris, CTV. Keep it up! #FordCrimeFamily #DougFord #HousingMinister #GreenbeltScandal #Onpoli #Global #CTV

GregCocks
3 months ago

Reappraisal Of Linkages Between Concepts And Ideas In Geography And The ‘Puranas’ [seven Dwipas]
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https://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/127964 <-- shared paper
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“Knowledge of Geography had been enlightened in ‘Puranas’ and number of eminent thinkers or scholars studied in this respect. But instead of these there are still remain some corner to be discussed. Among these ‘Puranas’ most popular ‘Puranas’, written in ‘Devnagari’ language or Sanskrit, are ‘Brahma Purana’, ‘Padma Purana’, ‘Vishnu Purana’, and ‘Shiva Purana’. This paper seeks to explore the relevance of Geographical concepts and ideas as described by the ancient sages in India. For this purpose the authors are go through the ‘Puranas’ to search about the aforesaid fact...:
#GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #ancienttexts #hindu #hinduism #hindutradition #spirituality #spiritualism #puranas #dwipas #India #ancienthistory #scriptures #global #world

GregCocks
4 months ago

Mapping – Possible Nuclear Weapons Deployment Effects
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/ <-- NukeMap
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https://nuclearsecrecy.com/missilemap/ <-- MissileMap
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https://alexwellerstein.com/ <-- author/creator’s biography
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[note that I have NOT dug into the veracity of these spatial analyses, and these are considered emergency planning & response tools , as well as for informing the general public]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #destruction #military #nuclearweapons #atomicbomb #ICBM #model #modeling #nuke #NukeMap #MissileMap #gischat #UI #interface #war #attack #nuclearstrike #geointelligence #roguestates #terrorism #publicinformation
#AlexWellerstein

Till Kuhlbrodt
4 months ago

The man who visited every country in the #world – without boarding a #plane
Took him 10 years!
Take-home message: “We are far more similar than anyone would ever believe. But we are so quick to see the differences.”
#human #global #travel #notflying

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/aug/16/take-the-high-road-the-man-who-visited-every-country-in-the-world-without-boarding-a-plane

Ricardo Harvin
4 months ago

"...we will probably* need in the future...to have everything we can get..."

#SmallWindTurbines and #SolarPanels, a winning #global #power solution?

*definitely, and immediately

https://youtu.be/MrmASjNexdc