#society
The Sunday Essay: Take your trauma on holiday with you. | By Jazial Crossley
#society #thebestof #thesundayessay
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/23-09-2023/the-sunday-essay-take-your-trauma-on-holiday-with-you?utm_source=mastodon
And that's not even getting into the legions of said bullies who, in addition to being illiterate, are also racist bigots with truly vile worldviews, letting their degenerate flag fly with utter shamelessness. This is the quality of population I'm forced to live with... 😑
It's really astonishing how many people are arrogant enough to think they have some right to bully me but also obviously can't even read...or is it won't even read? After all, if you speak English fluently you should be able to readily comprehend everything I write. 🤔
Climate snaps routine.
We expect worse, yet change shocks.
Change is worse than worse.
#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #climate #change #ClimateChange #psychology #sociology #society
Some notes on that...
I often quote the late Prof. Amar Bose, founder of the Bose corporation, from something I heard him say at a lecture to the MIT Enterprise Forum decades ago. He spoke of about the frustration sales people at audio stores expressed about the need to set up Bose equipment differently than other sound equipment. They wanted it to be the same. He said they had to evolve the expression "Better implies different." He explained that one of the characteristics of betterness is that it meant doing something different, breaking routine.
It occurred to me today that this applies in the reverse direction, too. It may seem obvious but we behave as a society as if it's not: We expect Climate Change to make things worse, but we expect those "things" to be the same. We expect to still grow up, go to school, go to stores, chat with friends, go to movies, vacation, travel. And yet Climate Change will create fundamental obstacles that may make these things not just harder but perhaps not possible. Perhaps far sooner than we think. Look at how much a simple thing like Covid affected things, and then multiply that enormously.
In effect, worse implies different.
I don't think we're prepared.
TheGuardian: Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/22/eliminate-malaria-once-and-for-all-or-it-will-come-back-stronger-un-warned #WorldHealthOrganization #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Medicalresearch #UnitedNations #Climatecrisis #Globalhealth #GuineaBissau #Environment #Worldnews #Malaria #Science #Society #Africa #Health
Gravy Train to Oligarchy:
Historian Nancy MacLean explains that Virginia’s white elite and the pro-corporate president of the University of Virginia, Colgate #Darden, who had married into the #DuPont family, found James #Buchanan’s ideas to be spot on.
In nurturing a new intelligentsia to commit to his values, Buchanan stated that he needed a “#gravy #train,” and with backers like Charles #Koch and conservative foundations like the #Scaife Family Charitable Trusts, others hopped aboard.
#Money, Buchanan knew, can be a persuasive tool in academia. His circle of influence began to widen.
MacLean observes that the #Virginia #school, as Buchanan’s brand of economic and political thinking is known, is a kind of cousin to the better-known, market-oriented #Chicago and #Austrian schools — proponents of all three were members of the #Mont #Pelerin #Society, an international neoliberal organization which included Milton #Friedman and Friedrich #Hayek.
But the Virginia school’s focus and career missions were distinct. In an interview with the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), MacLean described Friedman and Buchanan as yin and yang:
“Friedman was this genial, personable character who loved to be in the limelight and made a sunny case for the free market and the freedom to choose and so forth.
"Buchanan was the dark side of this: he thought, ok, fine, they can make a case for the free market, but everybody knows that free markets have externalities and other problems. So he wanted to keep people from believing that government could be the alternative to those problems.”
The Virginia school also differs from other economic schools in a marked reliance on #abstract #theory rather than #mathematics or empirical #evidence.
That a Nobel Prize was awarded in 1986 to an economist who so determinedly bucked the academic trends of his day was nothing short of stunning, MacLean observes. But, then, it was the peak of the #Reagan era, an administration several Buchanan students joined.
Buchanan’s school focused on *public choice theory*, later adding constitutional economics and the new field of law and economics to its core research and advocacy.
The economist saw that his vision would never come to fruition by focusing on *who rules. It was much better to focus on the rules themselves, and that required a “#constitutional #revolution.”
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533763/democracy-in-chains-by-nancy-maclean/9781101980972/
In the 15yrs since, the #Koch network has left a deep imprint on #American #society. Its advocacy is credited w/helping stamp-out #Republican support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew #bipartisan concern.The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #Trump #TaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs & their #donors & the upcoming #SCOTUS term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for yrs: overturning a major #legal #precedent known as #Chevron.
Villagers in some of the most isolated areas hit by Morocco's earthquake are still living in makeshift tents and relying on donkeys to bring vital supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/15/world/society/isolated-morocco-survivors-forgotten/?utm_content=buffera919f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #morocco #earthquakes
Christians have long sought to separate themselves from mainstream society. Unfortunately, their narrative of separation has not evolved beyond fighting the #government. Western governments have become adept at governing people who hold these views, ironically, by co-opting their narrative and redirecting their #frustration inward, towards themselves and their #society.
Fact Check: All Lakes Are NOT Man-Made https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/09/fact-check-not-all-lakes-are-man-made.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #FactCheck #Science #Society
The U.N. has said that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya's flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/15/world/society/libya-flood-casualties/?utm_content=buffer7e042&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #libya #floods #un
Hmm too hard to blame myself... I know, it's not my fault, it's the fault of the #evil!
TheGuardian: Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/22/eliminate-malaria-once-and-for-all-or-it-will-come-back-stronger-un-warned #WorldHealthOrganization #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Medicalresearch #UnitedNations #Climatecrisis #Globalhealth #GuineaBissau #Environment #Worldnews #Malaria #Science #Society #Africa #Health
Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed ⏳
"According to a new survey, most Americans would prefer to live in a simpler era before everyone was obsessed with screens and social media, and this sentiment is especially strong among older millennials & Gen Xers"
https://fastcompany.com/90909279/gen-xers-and-older-millennials-really-just-want-to-go-back-in-time-to-before-the-internet-existed
#internet #connectivity #socialmedia #society #technology #millennials
Libyans from across the fragmented country have driven through old front lines, regardless of bitter enmities, to deliver aid to flood-stricken Derna this week, putting aside years of conflict between their divided leaders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/15/world/society/libyans-flood-aid/?utm_content=buffer74c65&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #libya #floods
Я просто оставлю это здесь. Какие эмоции...
@ru @rf #пятыйалимент #общество #алики #алиментноерабство #society
Aiming to tackle the severe shortages of taxi, bus and truck drivers, Japan is planning to expand the existing visa framework for specified skilled workers to attract foreign nationals in the transporting and logistics industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/14/japan/society/taxi-truck-drivers-visa/?utm_content=buffer1cefd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #cars #driving #mlit #visas #foreignworkers
Time magazine has selected from Japan Rina Gonoi, a former Ground Self-Defense Force member who exposed a culture of sexual abuse within the service, and lawmaker Arfiya Eri, a former U.N. official of Uyghur descent, among this year's 100 emerging world leaders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/14/japan/society/sdf-assault-victim/?utm_content=bufferee4dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #rinagonoi #arfiyaeri #time #sdf #sexcrimes
Johnny & Associates has announced that it will not receive management fees for advertisements and television appearances by the talent agency’s performers for a year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/14/japan/society/johnnys-business-work-free/?utm_content=buffer318fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #johnnyassociates #childabuse #advertising #sexcrimes #johnnykitagawa
"These unsung heroes teach us valuable lessons about resourcefulness, recycling, and the innate human spirit to make the most out of what others might consider worthless."
A chronicle of the historical significance of waste collectors across cultures, emphasizing their crucial role in early waste management, recycling, and their enduring impact on society.
https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/09/20/ode-to-the-rag-and-bone-man/ - via @feedle
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#goodnews #positivenews #goodreads #longreads #urbanism #society
As two dams collapsed and stormwaters tore through the streets of the Libyan city of Derna, carrying bodies and buildings with them. One survivor describes how she made it out alive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/14/world/society/libyan-flood-survivor-after-dams-burst/?utm_content=buffer985b2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #floods #libya
Nozomi bullet train services will no longer offer nonreserved seats during peak holidays periods, operators JR Central and JR West have said, in an effort to respond to congestion and long waits on platforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/14/japan/society/bullet-train-non-reserved-seats/?utm_content=bufferfdb01&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #rail #bullettrains #shinkansen #jr #tourism
Autostraddle: Also.Also.Also: Sha’Carri Richardson and the History of Respectability Politics Used Against Black Women in Sports https://www.autostraddle.com/shacarri-richardson-racism-in-sports/ #Dykes #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #Podcast #Society+Culture #also.also.also #linkroundup #regular
#UFC #fighter #MarvinVettori gets #slammed #hard for asking whether #men can be #bisexual. He doesn't think so, "But he thinks about it in the middle of the night!"
#BiErasure is a real #problem in the #LGBTQ+ #community, and #society at large.
#Women #Bisexuals #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #InternalizedHomophobia #Biphobia
#Violation Of #Sikh #ReligiousCode, Alleges #SAD(A) & #DalKhalsa On #SameSexMarriage At #BathindaGurudwara.
— They can either #prove to the #world their #religion can #evolve
or #society should consign it to the #DustbinOfHistory.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Religion #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed."
— Herman Melville
#capitalism #socialism #society #economics #politics #ethics
Some are accidentally saying "Generation AI" instead of "Generative AI". Now that's a deep philosophical slip of the tongue. #GenerativeAI #AI #technology #society
With many roads still blocked by landslides, some Moroccan villagers loaded donkeys with supplies to take to remote areas inaccessible by vehicle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/14/world/society/morocco-quake-survivors-supplies/?utm_content=buffer84e40&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #morocco #earthquakes
Johnny & Associates has announced that it will not receive management fees for advertisements and television appearances by the talent agency’s performers for a year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/13/japan/society/johnnys-business-work-free/?utm_content=buffercf3fc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #johnnyassociates #childabuse #advertising #sexcrimes #johnnykitagawa
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/everyones-thinking-it/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Identity #Religion
“Generic #Communism designates a #free #associative #egalitarian #society where the activity of #polymorph #workers is not governed by regulations and technical or social articulations but is managed by the #collective power of #needs. In such a society, the #State is dissolved as a separate instance from public coercion. #Politics – much as it voices the interests of social groups and covets at the conquest of power – is de facto dissolved.
Thus, the purpose of #Communist politics aims at its own disappearance in the modality of the end of the form separated from the State in general, even if it concerns a State that declares itself #democratic."- Alain #Badiou - Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of #Democracy (https://www.lacan.com/conceptsym.htm)
What is the #communist hypothesis? In its generic sense, given in its
canonic Manifesto, ‘communist’ means, first, that the logic of #class—the
fundamental #subordination of #labour to a dominant class, the arrangement
that has persisted since Antiquity—is not inevitable; it can be
overcome. The communist hypothesis is that a different #collective
organization is practicable, one that will eliminate the #inequality of
#wealth and even the division of labour. The #private appropriation of
massive fortunes and their transmission by inheritance will disappear.
The existence of a #coercive #state, separate from #civil #society, will no
longer appear a necessity: a long process of reorganization based on a
#free #association of #producers will see it withering away.
‘#Communism’ as such denotes only this very general set of intellectual
representations. It is what Kant called an Idea, with a regulatory
function, rather than a programme. It is foolish to call such communist
principles #utopian; in the sense that I have defined them here they are
intellectual patterns, always actualized in a different fashion. As a
pure Idea of #equality, the communist hypothesis has no doubt existed
since the beginnings of the state. As soon as mass action opposes #state
#coercion in the name of #egalitarian #justice, rudiments or fragments of
the hypothesis start to appear. Popular #revolts—the #slaves led by
#Spartacus, the #peasants led by #Müntzer—might be identified as practical
examples of this ‘communist invariant’. With the French Revolution, the
communist hypothesis then inaugurates the epoch of political modernity.
Alain #Badiou-Bibliography/The Communist Hypothesis/Lacan Dot Com
Listening to Sean Carroll (Episode 250 | Brendan Nyhan on Navigating the Information Ecosystem): https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023/09/18/250-brendan-nyhan-on-navigating-the-information-ecosystem/
I use information theory sometimes in my physics papers, but I wonder if there should be an academic discipline called "misinformation theory"?
🎙️ ✨ A new episode has been published on @ITSPmagazine
Show: Redefining Society With @Marcociappelli
Episode: Episode ONE Of A New Series: ONE Connected Planet | A Redefining Society Podcast Series With Recurring Guests
Guest: Deborah Thomson, Allison A. Sakara, Maurice Ramirez
Podcast format: Audio & Video
Enjoy!
A series of catastrophic events this year has left many tourists in a conundrum over how best to respond. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/13/world/society/earthquake-morocco-tourists-ethics-travel/?utm_content=buffer1eacb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #earthquakes #morocco #tourism #travel
Thanks to Yoel, I just read /the/ scariest article describing the continuing #enshitification of our #online lives, and learned how far its encroached on our real-life lives and our #society. It's not a pretty story. But it is one that everyone should read.
This truly is terrifying.
Thank you for sharing your story, Yoel. I'm sure it wasn't pleasant to relive those awful days for your work. It is much appreciated.
Never feeling fully secure. Feeling susceptible to changing gusts of wind. Ever conscious and hyper sensitive to the continuing erosion of the soil around you…
https://mindcreatesmeaning.com/theres-an-anxiety-in-having-your-roots-exposed/
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#Psychology #Society #Community #EarlyDevelopment #Environment
Diversity fuels prosperity in cities, but where do people from diverse backgrounds meet? A study now indicates that locations offering a range of rare shops and services may hold the key. #science #society #culture #diversity #prosperity https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230918105058.htm
Here's another Sadler's Lectures podcast episode on Plato's Republic book 2, where Glaucon presents a position on justice he doesn't himself buy into but many other people do
https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/plato-republic-book-2-the-origin-and-nature-of-justice
#Podcast #Plato #Justice #Injustice #Philosophy #Society #Politics #SelfInterest
More than 5,000 people were killed in Libya after torrential rains caused two dams to burst near the coastal city of Derna, destroying much of the city and carrying entire neighborhoods into the sea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/13/world/society/libya-flood-disaster-worsens/?utm_content=buffer3485d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #libya #floods
Many survivors of Morocco's earthquake struggled in makeshift shelters after a fourth night in the open while the death toll rose above 2,900. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/13/world/society/morocco-earthquake-aid-frustration-mounts/?utm_content=buffer02103&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #morocco #earthquakes
possibly the best thing I watched recently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_Euf_CBbs #CollectiveIllusion #Psychology #Society
The Tsushima Municipal Assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture has approved a request calling on the city to conduct a preliminary survey to gauge its suitability to host an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/12/japan/society/japan-nuclear-waste-disposal/?utm_content=bufferc022d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #nuclearwaste #nuclearpower #nagasaki #tsushima
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. You are a young Russian woman living in the late 19th century, where a successful romance seems quite impossible for the obliviously wealthy; you try to break the mold but the mold wins. 4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
"Using photography to document indigenous people of Malaya afflicted by diseases, the young doctor would go on to amass a collection of almost 40,000 photos, 400 audio recordings and 25 hours of film footage from around South-east Asia.
The work also captured various facets of Singapore in its nascent years before and after Independence."
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2023/09/ivan-polunin-singapore/index.html
“We have to continue working to ensure that #women & #girls enjoy #EqualRights & #equal participation in their #society; that #indigenous groups, #racial, #ethnic, #religious #minorities, people w/ #disabilities do not have their potential stifled by systemic #discrimination, that the #LGBTQI+ people are not prosecuted or targeted w/ #violence because of who they are. These #rights are part of our shared #humanity.
Dark money: The backstory of Alabama's redistricting defiance
APR’s reporting shows the extent to which Alabama’s calculation to #defy the #Supreme #Court was made not simply by state legislators in Alabama but has been driven by nationally connected political operatives at the center of the well-documented right-wing effort to reshape the composition and jurisprudence of the Supreme Court and to overturn the remaining key protections established by the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Despite the organization’s claims that it does not take positions on policies or nominations, former President Donald Trump famously stated that #Leonard #Leo’s #Federalist #Society had “picked” his judges, and all six Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices “were seated with major help from Leonard Leo,” who has come to be known as the “hidden architect of the Supreme Court.”
With few exceptions, the justices Leo has ushered to the bench have reliably voted to permit the partisan gerrymanders and strict restrictions on voting access that have proliferated in recent years from red-state legislatures, which themselves work in tandem with — and sometimes under the direction of — Leo’s dark money groups. https://www.alreporter.com/2023/09/16/dark-money-the-backstory-of-alabamas-redistricting-defiance/
Lots of interesting insights in this poll, including on nationwide attitudes to gender-affirming care (only 29% of Republicans think their party should focus on it) and gun control (82% of Americans want to restrict access in domestic abuse cases). #Society https://19thnews.org/polling/2023/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/towards-connection/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Camping #Caravanning #Places #Travel
@kottke I think you would be interested in a book that came recently to mind: Anne Wilson Schaef's When Society Becomes an Adddict.
I read it shortly after it was published in 1988, and at the time it was eye-opening about the problems in the company in which I worked. But in rereading it now, it has a much broader reach.
Here are inexpensive copies:
Carl Sagan - A Way of Thinking
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking."
#capitalism only makes the world a better place, when there is a clear overlap between financial incentives and the common good. If there is a conflict between profit and societal benefit, the #market can stifle process. The way in which we develop drugs is such an example. We do not develop the #drugs that have the biggest impact on #humanhealth. We develop the drugs that make the most money. And as a #society, we all lose out together in the end.
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-irish-in-perth/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Identity #Local #Stories #Places #Travel #Irish #Perth
At the Tip of the Javelin: #Sport, #Capital, and the #FarRight.
#Capitalist #scarcity and #precarity in #sport makes it a useful tool for shaping the kind of #society that the #antitrans #farright desires, while the #segregated nature of modern #sport is used to create #narratives about who #deserves this #victory.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/deadass/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Comedy #Interviews #Chats
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-clarity-conference/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Philosophy
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/conversations-with-richard-fidler/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Society #Culture #Commentary #Conversations #PersonalStories
When rich people convince themselves that they are rich because they’re smart – instead of lucky and ruthless – they tend to misapply their talents to areas far beyond their knowledge or expertise. They also tend to socialize with other elites who have myopic views of humanity. It’s the most dangerous and powerful of echo chambers.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/12/elon-musk-spacex-twitter-x-russia-ukraine
"It's full of racists and trolls but that's where the people are, so I posted it there. Then someone commented somethibg awful and it all got taken down".
Said someone who posted a climate related event announcement on a community Facebook page.
Corporate Social Media is a failure and a danger.
#dumpZuck #dumpMusk #DeleteFacebook #society #democracy #community #PortAlberni
In the absence of a national policy on free school lunches, some municipalities in Japan have begun to take the lead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/03/japan/society/free-school-lunches-suginami/?utm_content=buffer95054&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #children #food #education #schools #suginami
Intelligence test.
Can our society pass?
1. Don't change climate.
#haiku #senryu #poem #SmallPoems #climate #society #democracy #sustainability
1/ #BrainCommunication is a #nonprofit #APC-based #OpenACcess #society journal from #OUP. Here it explains how it spends its APC income.
https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/5/5/fcad220/7256007
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People need to realise you can't change a trans person's gender identity. No matter how much society, parents or family try to force it. No matter how much trans people damage their own mental health by trying to erase their own gender identity, it's impossible. Do you think trans people don't try to change it themselves? We learn, eventually, the hard way, it isn't possible.
Russia has outlawed the work of Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature, branding them and dozens of other groups "undesirable." Teen eco-activists are now taking on the fight for the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/09/01/world/society/russia-eco-activists-fight/?utm_content=buffere40ca&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #russia #environment #waste #pollution
🆕 If you care about public services you will want to know this
Cathryn Jones argues for a new economic paradigm, where public spending is an investment and the economy isn't examined akin to household finances
thinktanki.social is a #Mastodon community that is interested in high-quality conversations concerning India.
You are welcome to sign up or move to this server.
#India #PublicPolicy #Economics #Society #Technology #Science
Why do some people get so easily influenced by what "popular" people on the internet are saying!?
It seems those people don't have a will on their own. Even if that "popular" person has experience in some topic, don't let that drown out your own inner voice about that topic! You are on to something! Trust your #intuition!
(Of course this doesn't mean you shouldn't be open-minded to other people's perspectives and willing to learn from others.)
His fixation grew Mon, when #Musk threatened to sue the group — initially for $4B, & subsequently up to $22B — claiming the org’s criticism of his #management of #X has led to a 60% drop in #advertising #revenue. In 1 post, he said the #ADL was “trying to kill this platform.”
It all began in Nov when the ADL called on #advertisers to pause their #spending on the site “until it becomes clear whether #Twitter remains committed to being a safe place for advertisers as well as #society overall.”
Videos show hate speech attacks against Muslim women in Turkey | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
A government subcommittee proposed legal revisions that would allow for joint parental custody of children after divorce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/30/japan/society/joint-custody-divorce/?utm_content=bufferbda11&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #parenthood #divorce #justiceministry #children #domesticviolence
As much as I like the idea of using an AirBnB for freelance work, I dislike the concept of living on a block/street with such places.
Constantly wondering who the next people will be, whether they'll be quiet and helpful or noisy and annoying, is quite unsettling.
Also, hotels are regulated with H&S standards, which I doubt are enforced with Vrbo and AirBnB.
From 06 Sep: Stages Of Grief At The Brink Of The Apocalypse - “Not interested in scarin’ anybody, but people with good sense are afraid of a man with nothin’ to lose.“ -- Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants https://ideatrash.net/2023/09/stages-of-grief-at-the-brink-of-the-apocalypse.html #politics #social-justice #society #climate #climate-change #environment #fossil-fuels #global-warming
The for-hire electric scooters that have become ubiquitous in Paris and other cities worldwide will be banned in the French capital on Sept. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/29/world/society/e-scooters-around-the-world/?utm_content=bufferb7cca&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #electricvehicles #electricscooters
The Ars Electronica Festival 2023 has started! In the following days we will take you with us on a journey through Europe's largest festival for #art, #technology and #society. Stay tuned! #arselectronica23 #whoownsthetruth https://ars.electronica.art/who-owns-the-truth/en/
One thing I learned from this story is that forced sterilization of inmates has still been widespread in the 21st century in America. Ghoulish. #Society https://19thnews.org/2023/09/california-forced-sterilization-incarceration-reparations/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
Child gun deaths in the United States hit a record high of 4,752 in 2021, according to a new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/28/world/society/us-children-gun-deaths-record-2021/?utm_content=buffer46ee2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #us #guns #massshooting #children
@malwaretech based on research & practice of #2000 #Watt #Society https://www.2000watt.swiss/english.html & https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society you can see how Swiss are approaching this…
It turns out that if you give homeless people money as assistance, it really helps them. This is something society should do. #Society https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2222103120?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
New edition of our book is out! #Business & #Society: Critical Introduction from @BloomsburyBooks
https://bloomsbury.com/ca/business-and-society-9781350357068/
#economy #sociology #politics #geography #politicaleconomy #economics
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Meet The Taiwanese Buddhists Head-Banging To Enlightenment Through Death Metal
Death metal is considered the most soulless music of all. But the Taipei-based Buddhist death metal band Dharma is proving otherwise. Their music may also even be a secret weapon in the island's stand-off with China.
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/dharma-band-buddhism
The thing i find the most upsetting:
If more people got #mentalhealth help, and had the basics (food, shelter and medical)
We wouldnt have to have huge #prisons filled with people with #mental #disabilities
Prevention.
Get people the help they fucking need. The system is fucking over #autistic ; #bipolar ; #schizophrenia ; #personalitydisorders and LOTS of other treatable #disabled people
So unhelpful and counterproductive for the #society people actually want to create
You know that there is something wrong with our #EconomicSystem and #society when #repairability and #modularity become a feature instead of a liability.
I really liked this #StrongTowns article about bringing back a "rail culture" in the #usa.
"Anyone who has seen Union Station knows that we do, in fact, have a history and knowledge as to how to build grand transportation of the sort that once connected a nation."
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/7/7/envisioning-a-rail-culture-for-the-us
#train #rail #railroad #publictransport #transportation #culture #society #urbanism
Sweden's leaders are also borrowing from the old Cold War strategy to steel the country’s 10 million people for the possibility of psychological warfare waged by the Soviet Union. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/14/world/society/sweden-misinformation-war-not-neutral/?utm_content=buffer8a720&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #society #sweden #russiaukrainewar #nato #cybersecurity #fakenews
Philosopher: Mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations https://humanities.ku.dk/news/2023/philosopher-mindfulness-rests-on-dubious-philosophical-foundations/ #Philosophy #Society #Culture #Mindfulness #Research #Academia #Academic #Academics #University #Copenhagen @philosophy
Study highlights impact of demographics on AI training https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/08/17/study-highlights-impact-demographics-ai-training/ #ai #ethics #society #research #news #tech #technology
Not everyone realizes how close our democracy is to failing here in the US, yet we are at a make-or-break moment where we can still do something about it 🧵
Fueled by white nationalist doctrines and playbooks, GOP leaders at federal and state levels are encouraging and stoking violence, voter suppression, and treason...
https://federate.social/@marcelias@mas.to/110883359132617715
#Workplaces #Culture #Economics #Organizing #Society #Democracy
Private schools in Osaka Prefecture have voiced opposition to the prefectural government's proposal to make high school education free of charge without exception. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/12/japan/society/osaka-free-education-controversy/?utm_content=buffera9990&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #osaka #students #schools #highschools #hirofumiyoshimura
This... this *hit,* and Occam (along with what I know of sociology and economics and such) all track wit h this insight as well.
There are so many stories like this one. There should never be another. And yet, we've rolled back the clock at the behest of religious extremists, so there will be many more. This cannot go on. #Society https://time.com/6303701/a-rape-in-mississippi/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
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LIVING COLOUR's VERNON REID: 'The Most Dangerous Person In Any Room Is The Person That Other People Are Willing To Listen To'
#LivingColour #VernonReid #DangerousPerson #Listen #Society #PowerOfPersuasion #InformedCitizens #Empowerment
@ProPublica scaling #society sure is tricky #business
#anthropocene #capitalism #democracy #postagrarian #existentialchallengeaccepted
"[T]he National Library Board’s (NLB) Accessible Membership for people with disabilities [...] was launched at the beginning of 2023.
[...]
Members enjoy a longer borrowing and renewal period of 42 days – instead of 21 days – and free reservation of items, which cost $1.57 per item for other patrons."
For years, the platform formerly known as Twitter has been the most popular for Japan’s municipalities to use when sending out natural disaster warnings. That might not be the case anymore. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/2023/08/09/society/japan-prefectures-x-diasaster-warnings/?utm_content=buffera606b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #twitter #x #socialmedia #typhoons #kumamoto #okinawa #kagoshima
Happy #FollowFriday!
My name is Dmitry, and I’m software engineer. About 3 months ago, I quit my job due to burnout, sold most of my possessions, and flew one way to Central America.
There, I work on my mental health, my body, and #solopreneur my way to a sustainable online business.
I share my journey on this platform, together with words of wisdom on #society, #philosophy, and #selfimprovement.
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Hey, sounds like my middle school experience! This is important for me to understand as a parent, and it's important for schools to adapt to as de facto caregivers. These dynamics should be corrected for, not accepted. #Society https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/perils-middle-school-study.php?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
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Newton, Hannah, Misery to Mirth: Recovery from Illness in Early Modern England (Oxford, 2018; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 July 2018), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779025.001.0001, accessed 8 Aug. 2023. #OpenAccess #OA #History #Histodon #Histodons #EarlyModern #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #England #Medicine #Society #Culture #Academia #Academic #Academics @earlymodern @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (33)
Observing traditional social media, it seems that "we" are all becoming our own promotional advertisements on a daily basis.
Many people now live solely for self-promotion and get upset when it doesn't happen. What an interesting society we have today!
#SocialMedia #SelfPromotion #Reflections #SocialNetworks #Twitter #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok #Society
A prominent writer platformed by the New York Times and Washington Post, and championed by major figures in tech, including by Marc Andreessen and the CEO of Substack, turns out to be an actual white supremacist. #Society https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
‘I cried with anger’: the trials and torment when travelling with blindness
‘Help’ ranges from being accused of faking it to being offered a wheelchair. That’s why society needs to be educated about the nuances of sight loss.
Only one country has applied to design and construct a national pavilion for the Osaka Expo, which is now less than one year and nine months from its start date of April 13, 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/07/31/japan/society/osaka-expo-first-pavilion-application/?utm_content=buffer96790&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #osaka #2025osakaexpo #southkorea #hirofumiyoshimura