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‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light
‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly side
With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’: With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light
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"A name that says nothing at all can make people care more."
Antonis Stamatogiannakis writes about how “meaningless” names can actually make business and branding sense. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Antonis Stamatogiannakis writes about how “meaningless” names can actually make business and branding sense. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
When Nonsense Names Make Business Sense | IE Insights
Brand names without inherent meaning can spark curiosity and engagement, boosting consumer interest and investment, writes Antonis Stamatogiannakis.
www.ie.edu
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"A name that says nothing at all can make people care more."
Antonis Stamatogiannakis writes about how “meaningless” names can actually make business and branding sense. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
Antonis Stamatogiannakis writes about how “meaningless” names can actually make business and branding sense. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
The European Commission imposed a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.43 billion) antitrust fine on Google for favoring its own services in September. Google announces changes and says it will appeal the fine.
Google proposes adtech changes to avoid breakup after EU fine
Google on Friday announced changes to its advertising services to avert the risk of a breakup, two months after Brussels hit the US giant with a massive fine.
techxplore.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The European Commission imposed a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.43 billion) antitrust fine on Google for favoring its own services in September. Google announces changes and says it will appeal the fine.
Researchers surveyed more than 4,300 people to build the first large-scale inventory of everyday risky choices and found the biggest struggles are job-related decisions (like quitting or starting a role), followed by health, financial, and social choices.
The Hidden Risks You Make Every Day - Neuroscience News
Researchers surveyed more than 4,300 people to create the first large-scale inventory of modern real-life risky choices, revealing which decisions people actually struggle with in daily life.
neurosciencenews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Researchers surveyed more than 4,300 people to build the first large-scale inventory of everyday risky choices and found the biggest struggles are job-related decisions (like quitting or starting a role), followed by health, financial, and social choices.
Most parents accept AI-generated illustrations in children's books if the text is written by humans and the images are vetted by educators, librarians, or experts, though some parents and children worry that inaccurate or misleading pictures could promote unsafe behavior or misrepresent reality.
How parents and kids really feel about AI-generated images in children's books
A new study finds that while some parents are opposed to the use of AI-generated images in children's stories, most are willing to accept these images if the text is human-authored and the images have...
phys.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Most parents accept AI-generated illustrations in children's books if the text is written by humans and the images are vetted by educators, librarians, or experts, though some parents and children worry that inaccurate or misleading pictures could promote unsafe behavior or misrepresent reality.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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We are delighted to announce the formation of The Ecological Law and Justice Group. The Group provides a focal point for the School's outstanding research and teaching in areas related to the environment.
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We are delighted to announce the formation of The Ecological Law and Justice Group. The Group provides a focal point for the School's outstanding research and teaching in areas related to the environment.
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
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Centre’s narrow elections victory in #Netherlands offers universities a breather from cuts. What happens next hinges on populist framing of science as just another opinion, write Jo Ritzen @unumerit.bsky.social & Job Zomerplaag @maastrichtu.bsky.social
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Dutch vote gave universities a reprieve. Will they use it?
The outcome of the recent elections in the Netherlands offers universities breathing space from threatened cuts but reveals a challenge facing many un...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Centre’s narrow elections victory in #Netherlands offers universities a breather from cuts. What happens next hinges on populist framing of science as just another opinion, write Jo Ritzen @unumerit.bsky.social & Job Zomerplaag @maastrichtu.bsky.social
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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In "why I don't buy in-house estimates of energy expenditure". It's like trusting tobacco companies to report on lung cancer.
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.
The biggest owner of datacentres in the world, Amazon dwarfs competitors Microsoft and Google and is planning a huge increase in capacity as part of a push into artificial intelligence. The Seattle firm operates hundreds of active facilities, with many more in development despite concerns over how much water is being used to cool their vast arrays of circuitry. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In "why I don't buy in-house estimates of energy expenditure". It's like trusting tobacco companies to report on lung cancer.
“I find myself wondering what [the world] is going to look like and I don’t have any idea. This is a time of chaos … We grow through life always thinking there’s something better ahead. And for the first time in my life, I’m not sure there is,” says Betty Reid Soskin.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“I find myself wondering what [the world] is going to look like and I don’t have any idea. This is a time of chaos … We grow through life always thinking there’s something better ahead. And for the first time in my life, I’m not sure there is,” says Betty Reid Soskin.
#EU countries have agreed to fast-track talks on an electricity trading agreement with the #U.K. — in a major win for Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset.
UK scores Brexit win as EU fast-tracks electricity trading talks
The breakthrough comes after days of wrangling in Brussels over the extent to which London might be expected to pay for access to the EU’s single market.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Amid pessimism about COP30, global biodiversity governance stands out as a ray of hope for environmental diplomacy.
✍ @frabitz.bsky.social @simonbeaudoin.bsky.social, Christian Prip, Theresa Jedd, Guilherme de Queiroz Stein @etsioumani.bsky.social & Ina Lehmann blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍ @frabitz.bsky.social @simonbeaudoin.bsky.social, Christian Prip, Theresa Jedd, Guilherme de Queiroz Stein @etsioumani.bsky.social & Ina Lehmann blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Global biodiversity governance offers a ray of hope for environmental diplomacy - EUROPP
Amid pessimism about COP30, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework offers a rare source of optimism for environmental diplomacy.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Amid pessimism about COP30, global biodiversity governance stands out as a ray of hope for environmental diplomacy.
✍ @frabitz.bsky.social @simonbeaudoin.bsky.social, Christian Prip, Theresa Jedd, Guilherme de Queiroz Stein @etsioumani.bsky.social & Ina Lehmann blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍ @frabitz.bsky.social @simonbeaudoin.bsky.social, Christian Prip, Theresa Jedd, Guilherme de Queiroz Stein @etsioumani.bsky.social & Ina Lehmann blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Puro desalento durante a pandemia : estação de metrô deserta em horário de pico, tempo fechado e piso molhado. Em P&B para aumentar o drama.
Pure despondency during the pandemic: a deserted subway station during rush hour, overcast weather, and wet floors. In black and white to enhance the drama.
Pure despondency during the pandemic: a deserted subway station during rush hour, overcast weather, and wet floors. In black and white to enhance the drama.
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Puro desalento durante a pandemia : estação de metrô deserta em horário de pico, tempo fechado e piso molhado. Em P&B para aumentar o drama.
Pure despondency during the pandemic: a deserted subway station during rush hour, overcast weather, and wet floors. In black and white to enhance the drama.
Pure despondency during the pandemic: a deserted subway station during rush hour, overcast weather, and wet floors. In black and white to enhance the drama.
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Brewing wool 😊
Researchers extracted proteins from spent beer-brewing yeast and spun them into strong textile fibers that avoid the environmental impact of petroleum-based polymers, and the ethical as well as land- and water-use concerns of cotton and wool. cen.acs.org/materials/Br... #chemsky 🧪
Brewing waste: The solution to sustainable fashion?
Biodegradable fibers spun from yeast protein avoid the resource use and pollution of cotton, wool, and polyester
cen.acs.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Brewing wool 😊
Top European ministers will travel to Ukraine next month in a show of support for the country’s application to join the #EU, a move that comes as allies work around delays caused by opposition from Hungary.
Ukraine will host EU summit to unblock membership bid
Diplomats are looking at ways to move Kyiv’s application forward despite Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s veto.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Top European ministers will travel to Ukraine next month in a show of support for the country’s application to join the #EU, a move that comes as allies work around delays caused by opposition from Hungary.
New evidence may resolve Serpent Mountain’s archaeological puzzle
Peru's Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past
No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. First used as a market, the Inca then repurposed it for tax collection.
www.sciencenews.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
New evidence may resolve Serpent Mountain’s archaeological puzzle
Betty Reid Soskin was 92 when she first went viral and became, in effect, a rock star of the National Park Service. She was the oldest full-time national park ranger in the US – this was back in 2013; she’d become a ranger at 85...
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Betty Reid Soskin was 92 when she first went viral and became, in effect, a rock star of the National Park Service. She was the oldest full-time national park ranger in the US – this was back in 2013; she’d become a ranger at 85...
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon
AI can transform all areas of our lives – even boiling a bag of frozen veg
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Give peas a chance – even AI peas: the Stephen Collins cartoon www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Oh my goodness! This says *so* much! Love it
Why women land top jobs in struggling organizations—they may just be better in a crisis
Why women land top jobs in struggling organizations—they may just be better in a crisis
Women are increasingly occupying top leadership roles across organizations, political parties and even nations. This may seem unequivocally like a good thing. Yet, many of these roles are undertaken i...
phys.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Why women land top jobs in struggling organizations—they may just be better in a crisis
‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting | #Health & #Wellbeing | #Europe
‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting
Daily swims, power naps and five meals a day – not tips from the latest hit wellbeing podcast, but longstanding traditions that have kept generations healthy in Iceland, Ukraine, France and more …
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting | #Health & #Wellbeing | #Europe
Quitting your job in your 30s with no solid plan is generally considered poor decision-making. Doing it because you watched The Big Lebowski is probably even worse. But... [Keep reading ⮛] #culture
My cultural awakening: The Big Lebowski inspired me to embrace unemployment
The Dude’s relaxed attitude towards the pressures of life helped me realise it was better to be jobless than stuck in one I hated
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Quitting your job in your 30s with no solid plan is generally considered poor decision-making. Doing it because you watched The Big Lebowski is probably even worse. But... [Keep reading ⮛] #culture
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