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Women ages 18 to 29 are increasingly rejecting exclusive heterosexuality and describing their sexual orientation in other ways.

https://theconversation.com/feminisms-legacy-sees-college-women-embracing-more-diverse-sexuality-159023

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared victory in the general election, even though his party lost seats to a stronger-than-expected opposition.

What did Modi get wrong? For one, his party miscalculated voters' priorities.

"It failed to realize that in a country where only 11.3% of children get adequate nutrition, Hindu pride cannot be eaten – ultimately, it’s the price of potatoes and other essentials that matter."

https://theconversation.com/modis-narrow-win-suggests-indian-voters-saw-through-religious-rhetoric-opting-instead-to-curtail-his-political-power-231547

#News #BreakingNews #IndianElections

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70 years after the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board, one of its most significant side effects − the large-scale loss of Black teachers − continues to affect America’s schools.
Before Brown, Black teachers were 35% to 50% of the teacher workforce in segregated states.
Today, Black people account for just 6.7% of America’s public K-12 teachers.
https://theconversation.com/how-black-teachers-lost-when-civil-rights-won-in-brown-v-board-229687
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TheConversationUS, to Colorado
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White-nose syndrome is sending bat populations in toward a major decline that could cause ecological disruptions across the state. And even if they do recover, rebuilding populations takes a long time 🦇

https://theconversation.com/bats-in-colorado-face-fight-against-deadly-fungus-that-causes-white-nose-syndrome-227276

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Growing the #space #economy benefits life on Earth, too

https://theconversation.com/us-participation-in-space-has-benefits-at-home-and-abroad-reaping-them-all-will-require-collaboration-226278

TheConversationUS, to history
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We want you to know the name Alice Ball. She was the first woman and first African American to earn a master’s degree in science from the College of Hawaii.

Ball remarkably developed a treatment for leprosy, but she passed away shortly after.

Arthur Dean, chair of the College of Hawaii’s chemistry department, took over the project, and renamed Ball’s method to the “Dean Method,” never crediting Ball for her work.

https://theconversation.com/a-young-black-scientist-discovered-a-pivotal-leprosy-treatment-in-the-1920s-but-an-older-colleague-took-the-credit-224922
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Every year before the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre of democracy protesters, #China cracks down on online criticism.

This year, there are two new twists to Beijing’s cyber-operations: a reorganization of the military unit responsible for #cyberwarfare, and an increasing reliance on outsourcing to private sector hackers.
https://theconversation.com/china-turns-to-private-hackers-as-it-cracks-down-on-online-activists-on-tiananmen-square-anniversary-230510
#News #hacking #June4

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Mexico has elected its first female president – but that victory is unlikely to end the long battle for women’s rights there
https://theconversation.com/mexico-elects-first-female-president-but-will-that-improve-the-lot-of-countrys-women-231461

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Telling kids to be kind isn’t enough – adolescents learn empathy from watching adults with it, and from experiencing it

https://theconversation.com/a-25-year-study-reveals-how-empathy-is-passed-from-parents-to-teens-to-their-future-children-229780

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The idea that seeing or talking about LGBTQ+ themes in books poses a threat to children or society goes back to medieval times.

Records of queer people and their lives from the Middle Ages are more plentiful than many people realize, but writings about the history were censored by religious leaders.

https://theconversation.com/dont-say-gay-rules-and-book-bans-might-have-felt-familiar-in-medieval-europe-but-queer-themes-in-literature-survived-nonetheless-228974
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TheConversationUS, to ai
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“I find the idea of uninvited chatbots answering questions in Facebook groups to be dystopian for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that online communities are for people....”

“Right now, many companies are wielding generative AI as a hammer, and as a result, everything looks like a nail.”

By researcher @cfiesler
https://theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-are-intruding-into-online-communities-where-people-are-trying-to-connect-with-other-humans-229473

TheConversationUS, to news
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At a time of rising authoritarianism, and when U.S. politics seem mired in chaos, it’s worth looking back at how societies centuries ago defined bad governance:
https://theconversation.com/medieval-europe-was-far-from-democratic-but-that-didnt-mean-tyrants-got-a-free-pass-227214
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TheConversationUS, to queer
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Parents can be better advocates and avoid common missteps when a child identifies as trans or nonbinary by first recognizing the child’s bravery and explicitly reminding them they’re loved

https://theconversation.com/how-parents-can-support-a-child-who-comes-out-as-trans-by-conquering-their-own-fears-following-their-childs-lead-and-tolerating-ambiguity-158275

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TheConversationUS, to environment
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“Addressing modern environmental crises requires an understanding of deep history – not just written human records, but also ancient connections between humans and the natural world.”

More from an archaeologist who studies long-term human interactions with nature:

https://theconversation.com/humans-have-been-altering-nature-for-thousands-of-years-to-shape-a-sustainable-future-its-important-to-understand-that-deep-history-226106

TheConversationUS, to Health
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Most people who use tobacco start in childhood – and tobacco marketers are keeping it that way.

Online advertising featuring bright colors, cartoon figures and promotions by social media influencers entice adolescents to try tobacco, especially in the new form of vapes and e-cigarettes, and in countries where cigarette advertising to kids hasn’t been banned (and sadly, these tactics continue to work all too well).

https://theconversation.com/millions-of-current-smokers-became-addicted-when-they-were-teens-and-nicotine-marketing-targets-adolescents-today-just-as-it-did-decades-ago-230935
#health #WorldNoTobaccoDay

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It’s not just poverty that is making so many young Hondurans – ages 16 to 29 – migrate north to the U.S.

Some people might think that if someone is comfortable financially or established with resources in their home country, they’d be less likely to leave. In this case, there’s a direct correlation between Hondurans with social and economic resources and a desire to migrate
https://theconversation.com/young-hondurans-desire-to-migrate-is-influenced-by-factors-beyond-poverty-and-violence-227843

TheConversationUS, (edited ) to news
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! It's time for our weekly .

Here's today's 1st question: Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts on Thursday. The New York jury apparently did not buy the defense's description of witness Michael Cohen as what?

Check your answer and take the full quiz here: https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-u-s-weekly-news-quiz-189437

TheConversationUS, to journalism
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It might be a bit late to get Friday going today, but here's our pick for the day:

Donald is a non-New Yorker’s idea of a New Yorker: “a well-done steak guy in a bagels-and-lox, or slice-of-pizza, or arroz con pollo or soup dumplings town.”

In a tribal city, Donald Trump belonged to none of the tribes
https://theconversation.com/12-new-yorkers-convicted-trump-but-he-never-fully-fit-in-to-new-york-city-148303
(cc @NewsDesk @gbhnews @TexasObserver @thexylom @gbhnews @ProPublica @themarkup @thetyee)

TheConversationUS, to Christianity
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An important early Christian document, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up for auction in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of Bible and non-Biblical texts.

It was discovered around the same time as the Dead Sea Scrolls, but with significantly less fanfare
https://theconversation.com/an-ancient-manuscript-up-for-sale-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-history-of-early-christianity-228679
#Christianity #Bible

TheConversationUS, (edited ) to history
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Today is the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history – and one that continues to haunt Americans.

One of them is Gregory Fairchild, whose grandfather was caught up in it, and whose family history personally inspires his work.

(From 2021): https://theconversation.com/100-years-after-the-tulsa-race-massacre-lessons-from-my-grandfather-161391

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TheConversationUS, to Health
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Yes, you love your pets and yes, they are good for you – but it's okay to acknowledge for your own mental health that pets can create stress and that some animals are more work than others.
PS: that doesn’t mean it’s ok to take that dog out and shoot it
https://theconversation.com/pets-give-companionship-cuddles-and-joy-and-also-unavoidable-stresses-227112

TheConversationUS, (edited ) to random
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Today's conviction of Trump won’t end the legal case, which could quickly be appealed and possibly rise to the level of the US Supreme Court.
It's a historic conviction, no doubt.
But practically speaking, the verdict means only that Trump can't possess a firearm – like all other felons.
A felony conviction won’t keep him from running or serving as president.
A law professor explains a few other key points:
https://theconversation.com/trump-found-guilty-5-key-aspects-of-the-trial-explained-by-a-law-professor-231236

TheConversationUS,
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@barney Thank you. We have corrected the oversimplification in our post.

TheConversationUS,
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@WmShakesp3are Partly true. But we have amended the post: https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/may/23/ask-politifact-could-trump-lose-his-voting-rights/

TheConversationUS,
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@TNLNYC Thank you. We have corrected the post (the article is correct)

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