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FrankPasquale, to random
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“Facts are irrelevant to the truth of the experience OpenAI sells, which is grounded in the fantasy of having someone you can always talk to and boss around without having to worry about managing their performance. The chatbot performs “assistance” in a way that makes its actually doing anything more and more beside the point”
https://robhorning.substack.com/p/empires-of-modern-passivity

NatureMC,
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@FrankPasquale Thank you for the link. A very interesting read about , and the of life. I like "experience of parasociality" as a description of this "society of the spectacle". In the future, we will have even greater problems with loneliness.

thejapantimes, to Japan
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About 30% of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship, a labor ministry survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/18/japan/society/sexual-harassment-student-interns-survey-japan/ #japan #society #sexualharassment #powerharassment #women039sissues #pregnancy #children #parenthood #surveys

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Lesbian couple answers the most common questions they get from strangers

https://www.upworthy.com/lesbian-moms-answer-commonly-asked-questions-rp

dhester, to blogging
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thejapantimes, to Japan
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On Thursday, Meta's oversight board began soliciting public opinions about a post criticizing PM Fumio Kishida on its Threads platform. The board is seeking opinions on how its political content policy impacts access to information and political speech. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/japan/society/meta-seeks-opinions-on-threads-post-rapping-kishida/ #japan #society #meta #apps #hatespeech #fumiokishida

thejapantimes, to Japan
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has launched an innovative initiative to recover phosphorus from sewage sludge for use as a raw material for agricultural fertilizer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/japan/society/tokyo-to-recycle-phosphorus-from-sewage-sludge/

thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus
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Redevelopment of a sprawling industrial estate in the heart of Bangkok has created green space with water-purifying wetlands, 8,000 new trees, sports courts, a dog-walking zone and a self-sustaining ecosystem. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/asia-pacific/society/bangkok-green-space/

ianRobinson, to history
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Used an Audible UK credit to get the audiobook edition of An African History of Africa:
From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/An-African-History-of-Africa-Audiobook/B0CKC7M1NZ

#History #Culture #Science #Society

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A doctor has described the situation at a field hospital that has become one of Gaza's main trauma centers as the most "catastrophic" he has ever seen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/world/society/gaza-trauma-center-supply-shortage/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Two bottles of potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide — fast-acting poisons — have gone missing from a laboratory at Osaka Metropolitan University. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/society/osakaunipoison/ #japan #society #osakametropolitanuniversity #osaka

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Poverty researcher Sherri Lawson Clark has been asking Americans for 25 years if they are poor.

Nobody ever replies ‘Yes, I’m poor’.

But there are tens of millions of Americans who the government defines as ‘poor’. Clark takes a look at how that’s measured and how the poverty rate has changed in the Trump and Biden administrations.
https://theconversation.com/why-some-people-receiving-federal-benefits-dont-consider-themselves-poor-even-though-poverty-rates-have-increased-since-the-covid-19-pandemic-224227

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Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country's climate change office said on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/asia-pacific/society/climate-change-bangkok-move/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Prime Minister Kishida announced that a new rule revoking permanent residence permits for tax evasion will target only malicious cases, and won't affect the vast majority of foreign permanent residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/society/kishida-defends-rule-to-revoke-permanent-residency/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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A panel including doctors and lawyers on Tuesday recognized 30 deaths as being indirectly caused by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/society/indirect-deaths-noto-earthquake/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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With bankruptcies and voluntary business closures showing no signs of slowing down, the tofu industry is striving to overcome surging soybean prices, escalating utility bills, and rising labor costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/society/tofu-shops-struggle-with-rising-costs/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Pasona plans to use cartilage conduction technology for headsets for staff and guide earphones for visitors in its exhibition at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/society/pasona-cartilage-conduction-technology/

br00t4c, to Georgia
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Protests as Georgia approves controversial 'foreign agent' law

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-69007465

thejapantimes, to Japan
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A total of 21,716 people in Japan died alone at home from January through March, nearly 80% of whom were 65 or older, the National Police Agency said in releasing an official tally on solitary deaths for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/14/japan/society/japan-solitary-deaths/

thejapantimes, to worldnews
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After watching their schools and universities be closed, damaged or destroyed in more than seven months of war, Gazans sheltering inside and outside the territory are doing what they can to restart some learning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/world/society/gazans-war-education-system/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Visitors who plan to climb Mount Fuji will be able to book their places online from May 20 and make an advance payment of the mandatory ¥2,000 ($13) climbing fee ahead of their ascent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/japan/society/mtfuji-web/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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The Iwaki City Coal and Fossil Museum in Fukushima Prefecture, known as a "treasure house" for fossils, is marking its 40th anniversary in October. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/japan/society/fukushima-fossil-museum/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Mount Ibuki, a 1,377-meter-high mountain straddling Shiga and Gifu prefectures, is on the verge of a crisis, as deer eat its plants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/japan/society/mount-ibuki-suffers-from-deer-damage/

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