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New Atlas: Saudi Arabia opens world’s longest driverless transit system. Comment: Tourism in Ireland – the Greens are gone apart from 1 but that does not stop other politicians thinks with lateral/global thought function. What can be learned from this? Former Tourism Ireland, Niall Gibbons moved to Tourism in Saudi Arabia. Gibbons has been hired by Neom Tourism, an agency set up by Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, to promote a new smart city on the Red Sea coast.

Show Search https://bb51c8730607fab3b2be23f5b90fffde.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Architecture Saudi Arabia opens world’s longest driverless transit system By Adam Williams December 02, 2024 Zaha Hadid Architects’ KAFD Metro Station, pictured, is a key station in Saudi Arabia’s new Riyadh Metro, which is hailed as the world’s … Continue reading

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The Guardian – article more than months old. ‘Alarming’ surge in mental ill health among young people in face of ‘unprecedented’ challenges, experts warn. Quote: While mental ill-health accounts for at least 45% of the overall burden of disease in people aged 10 to 24, only 2% of global health budgets are devoted to mental healthcare, the report found. Another quote; a stark warning. One 23-year-old who advises Orygen on its youth strategies, who only wanted to be identified as Li, said that she was first exposed to pornography online when she was just 12 and this had a lasting and devastating impact on her self-esteem and body image.

Mental health  This article is more than 3 months old ‘Alarming’ surge in mental ill health among young people in face of ‘unprecedented’ challenges, experts warn This article is more than 3 months old Insecure employment, climate crisis and social media … Continue reading

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Source: Invisible People: Housing Advocates Brace for Battle Against Trump’s Anti-Homelessness Agenda

Housing Advocates Brace for Battle Against Trump’s Anti-Homelessness Agenda By Robert Davis | November 18, 2024 | Criminalization | HUD Housing advocates across the nation are preparing to resist potential policies from a second Trump administration that threaten to dismantle Housing First initiatives and increase … Continue reading

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ALJAZEERA: Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH?

EXPLAINER News| Donald Trump Who is Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s anti-lockdown pick to head the NIH? Bhattacharya would lead the National Institutes of Health, the primary agency in the US for public health research. By Sarah Shamim Published On 27 Nov 2024 … Continue reading

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Fast Company: How does Elon Musk define ‘efficiency’? We asked his former employees. Quote from article: “While he successfully defeated a legal challenge that would have cost him $500 million or more for unlawfully denying Twitter staff severance payments they thought they were owed, he did have to pay an Irish Twitter employee $580,000 for being fired for not replying to an email asking to remain with the company.”

11-18-2024 TECH 11-18-2024 TECH How does Elon Musk define ‘efficiency’? We asked his former employees The head of the new Department of Government Efficiency has been tasked with minimizing bureaucratic waste. Those who worked under Musk say his past efforts … Continue reading

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The Guardian: “…Its presence has raised fresh concerns about the security of the interconnector cables that run between Ireland and the UK carrying global internet traffic from huge datacentres operated by tech companies including Google and Microsoft, which have their EU headquarters sited in Ireland…”

Support the Guardian Espionage Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea Yantar intelligence ship was seen operating drones in an area containing subsea energy and internet infrastructure Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin Sat 16 Nov 2024 … Continue reading

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RIA: Dame Louise Richardson and Richard English “Britishness and Irishness”.

4,387 views Nov 4, 2024 The Royal Irish Academy and the University of Notre Dame launched the Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South (ARINS) initiative with a view to generating authoritative, independent and non-partisan research and analysis on a … Continue reading

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The Guardian: COP29 and Azerbaijan???

A ‘Cop of peace’? How can authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan possibly host that? Greta Thunberg The ‘theme’ chosen for Cop29 must be some kind of dark joke. This summit, like those before it, is a mere act of greenwashing Mon … Continue reading

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BBC News: Royal estates ‘receive millions from public bodies and charities’. Comment: Charities buoy up the state provision of services but being exempt from tax they are adding to their own wealth. Charities are essential but Governance is equally important. The extent of spread is immense in relation to the Royal Family as seen from this piece from below “Their contracts with public bodies are said to include a £37 million agreement between the Duchy of Cornwall and the Ministry of Justice to lease Dartmoor Prison, and a £11.4 million deal between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and the Duchy of Lancaster to rent a London warehouse over 15 years.”

Royal estates ‘receive millions from public bodies and charities’ 14 hours ago 3rd November 2024 Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News Details about the Royal Family’s finances including rent received from the NHS, schools and the armed forces have been revealed … Continue reading

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Wion: China is now monitoring couples’ ‘right time’ to conceive a baby and pregnancy. But why?

China is now monitoring couples’ ‘right time’ to conceive a baby and pregnancy. But why? Beijing, China Edited By: PrishaUpdated: Oct 30, 2024, 06:10 PM IST Representative image of a pregnant woman. Photograph:(Others) Follow Us Story highlights According to the officials, the national … Continue reading

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