FLEMISH ACCOUNT. A losing, or bad account.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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No Buffer, Only Scroll: What It Means to Stay Digitally Connected in Egypt Today https://www.byteseu.com/1219854/ #Alexandria #Buzz #Cairo #culture #Culture&Lifestyle #Egypt #EgyptianWomen #egyptians #Gaza #Israel #Life&Society #MiddleEast #Palestine #Politics #society
Sam Altman: AI will cause job losses and national security threats https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/sam-altman-ai-cause-job-losses-national-security-threats/ #ethics #society #jobs #careers #government #security #ai #tech #news #technology
AI News · Sam Altman: AI will cause job losses and national security threatsOpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, warned of total job losses from AI and how national security is being rewritten.
The industry ministry is working to promote cooperation between private firms and local governments to ensure a stable supply of nursing care and elderly support services as demand increases in the graying country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/society/nursing-care-public-private-cooperation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nursingcare #localgovernment #elderly
The Japan Times · As Japan grays, government looks to aid public-private cooperation in nursing care
More than 100 aid organizations have warned that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza ahead of the U.S. top envoy's visit to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and an aid corridor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/world/society/ngos-mass-starvation-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #hunger #food #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times · More than 100 aid groups warn of 'mass starvation' spreading across Gaza
FALLEN AWAY FROM A HORSE LOAD TO A CART LOAD. A saying on one grown fat.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Greece presents strict migration bill at EU informal meeting https://www.byteseu.com/1218628/ #Greece #HumanRights #INDEPTH #legislation #Migration #Politics #society
From grifter to guru: Hannah Ingram-Moore’s TikTok reinvention is an inspiration to us all | Claire Cohen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/22/grifter-guru-hannah-ingram-moore-tiktok-reinvention-inspiration-all #CaptainTomMoore #Regulators #Charities #Society #UKnews
The Guardian · From grifter to guru: Hannah Ingram-Moore’s TikTok reinvention is an inspiration to us all
Ahmed Raza is invisible in the eyes of his government, unable to study or work because, like millions of other Pakistanis, he lacks identification papers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/society/without-papers-millions-pakistanis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #pakistan
The Japan Times · Without papers: Ghost lives of millions of Pakistanis
Hypothetical question: Imagine someone discovers a "formula of the #universe" – a single, coherent #theory that explains the #BigBang, #quantumphysics, and the origin of #life from first principles.
What do you think would be the next logical step? What would be the consequences – for the person themselves, for our #society, and for #technology?
Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/21/rise-autism-diagnoses-neurodiversity #Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder #Neurodiversity #Society #Autism #UKnews #Health
The Guardian · Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news
GAD-SO. An exclamation said to be derived from the Italian word cazzo.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Everyone knows how it ends.
But no one ever asked what came after.
Two old rivals meet again. Not to race. Not to win. Just to rest.
Maybe the finish line was never the point at all.
Read the full reflection here:
https://www.clickworlddaily.com/2025/07/what-finish-line-never-told-either-of.html
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www.clickworlddaily.comWhat the Finish Line Never Told Either of ThemA timeless fable reimagined. What happens after the race ends, and what neither winner nor loser ever said out loud.
She couldn’t have a cat — so she talked to a chatbot instead. In Japan, AI companions are filling the silence of loneliness, but not without risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/society/japan-ai-chatbot-loneliness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ai #mentalhealth #chatgpt #loneliness #dementia
The Japan Times · The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
The issue with people passing #university with almost nothing but #ai does show us something interesting, and useful actually -
If you can pass with no effort, what was the point of the degree at all?
Couldn't you have done the job without the degree if you essentially learned nothing?
You paid to get a piece of paper that tells people you're allowed to do something. It's extortion, not an #education.
"Pay all this money, then maybe you can be a teacher,".
From corner office to crossroads: navigating purpose and identity after retirement | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/21/from-corner-office-to-crossroads-navigating-purpose-and-identity-after-retirement #Mentalhealth #Work&careers #Society #Ageing
The Guardian · From corner office to crossroads: navigating purpose and identity after retirement
Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/20/learning-disabled-people-book-winterbourne-view #Learningdisability #VirginiaWoolf #Disability #Society #UKnews #Books
The Guardian · Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past
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Is it possible that while we are fiercely opposed to #AI and how this highly disruptive technology is just introduced everywhere in #society without a second thought (ignoring all the voices that advocate responsible use) ..
Is it possible that maybe with decentralized #SocialWeb technology with semantically meaningful #machine-readable services, we are creating the tech that'll bring AI up to our skin, into our very pores?
Is social web merely #technology?
From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always seems just out of reach – and the reason isn’t only political | Simon Tisdall https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/20/gaza-ukraine-peace-out-of-reach #Israel-Gazawar #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Society #Russia
The Guardian · From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always seems just out of reach – and the reason isn’t only political
No one deserves this fate, even if they are the author of their own degradation
More, it's a cautionary tale for us all about the future of #society and #AI and its caustic effects on #mentalHealth
Even if this particular canary in the coal mine chose to place themselves into their predicament with enthusiasm, and is funding it
"A Prominent #OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a #ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say"
Futurism · An OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Having a ChatGPT-Induced Mental Health Crisis