Africa’s linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism (theconversation.com)
sharing it here because it mentioned SEA as another under-studied multilingual region, and we share the same issues:...
Trump’s violent rhetoric echoes the fascist commitment to a destructive and bloody rebirth of society (theconversation.com)
Highlights: Former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has regularly bordered on the incitement of violence. Lately, however, it has become even more violent. Yet both the press and the public have largely just shrugged their shoulders....
Supreme Court is increasingly putting Christians' First Amendment rights ahead of others' dignity and rights to equal protection (theconversation.com)
Analysis: DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history (theconversation.com)
Tactics used to censor the teaching of American history in Florida schools bear much in common with those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia and Poland....
Twitter is refusing to pay Google for cloud services. Here’s why it matters, and what the fallout could be for users (theconversation.com)
With the Twitter limits today, I think we are already seeing the fallout begin....
Biden’s labor report card: Historian gives ‘Union Joe’ a higher grade than any president since FDR (theconversation.com)
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth's climate is part-way through a 'termination-level transition' (theconversation.com)
The last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.
Sweden is joining NATO: what that means for the alliance and the war in Ukraine (theconversation.com)
All Nordic states are now members of the military alliance, bolstering key border regions with Russia.
Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline (theconversation.com)
Highlights: The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline....
Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)
The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.
Starfield is the latest game to be boycotted by conservatives. This time because of pronouns (theconversation.com)
Starfields is one of the biggest games of 2023 – but it’s joined other recent games like Baldurs Gate 3 in being boycotted by conservatives because of the way it interacts with gender.
Social media can in fact be made better: Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation (theconversation.com)
How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians – they now need to learn how to plan for safety and legally protect themselves (theconversation.com)
Why are so many climate records breaking all at once? (theconversation.com)
LGBTQ+ parents are being removed from their children’s birth certificates in Italy (theconversation.com)
Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here's what you need to know (theconversation.com)
Google is paving the way to serve you ads based directly on your browsing history, instead of cookies.
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
Ancient humans may have paused in Arabia for 30,000 years on their way out of Africa (theconversation.com)
Genetic evidence reveals a long, previously unknown period of adaptation to cold climates in the history of ancient human migrations across the globe.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities (theconversation.com)
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the world’s fossil fuel car fleet....
Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars (theconversation.com)
New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.
Russia's plan to relocate its Black Sea naval base from Crimea is priceless for Ukraine's morale (theconversation.com) Ukrainian
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble (theconversation.com)
The first comprehensive assessment of trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems reveals an urgent need to address climate change. The summary for policymakers can guide decision-makers.
The Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid (theconversation.com)
Why Trump's prosecution for keeping secret documents is lawful, constitutional, precedented, nonpartisan and merited (theconversation.com)
