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🟥 GYLA says the prison administration will finally allow Mzia Amaglobeli to have eye tests at a clinic she selected.

Her eyesight has sharply worsened during 11 months of unlawful detention. GYLA recently published her medical history:

➡️https://batumelebi.ge/articles-in-english/598217/

#FreeMzia
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
TVNZ+
www.tvnz.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
John Cowan in NZ is such a civilised interviewer. Interesting questions, easy to listen to.

Real Life With John Cowan: Qiulae Wong - Leader of The Opportunity Party

Episode webpage: omny.fm/shows/real-l...

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Qiulae Wong - Leader of The Opportunity Party - Real Life With John Cowan
Qiulae has built her career on pursuing better ways to do business and now brings that drive to politics. Raised in One Tree Hill, Auckland, she studied law and politics before working in human rights...
omny.fm
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women
Exclusive: ‘Man box’ stereotype of appearing tough and believing in rigid gender roles linked to likelihood of committing acts of abuse, new report finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women
Exclusive: ‘Man box’ stereotype of appearing tough and believing in rigid gender roles linked to likelihood of committing acts of abuse, new report finds
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Day 9 at #COP30🇧🇷

President Lula is at COP30 to accelerate a final deal. As the newly released Climate Analytics findings show - we can reduce the rise of temperatures almost 1 degree by implementing previous COP goals.

@FletcherSchool
@policy_climate
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Day 10 at #COP30🇧🇷

The text that dropped this morning fell short of what’s needed to address the climate crisis. The legacy of Belém hangs in the balance as countries take part in the final hours of negotiations.

@FletcherSchool
@policy_climate
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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New Zealand

"We do want to express our deep concern that we could not reach consensus on highlighting the role of the IPCC as the source of the best available science, or…on this being, the past 11 years have been the warmest on record and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events."
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Please stop what you are doing and go listen to Melinda Cooper on @thedigradio.bsky.social you will thank me later open.spotify.com/episode/3gAL...
Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
open.spotify.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#localbodyelectionsnz
If voting is a form of communicating, what are saying?
October 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Look at this massive parking lot in China, all covered in solar and equipped with EV chargers. Utterly dwarfing anything like it in the US, AFAIK. english.news.cn/20250918/85a...
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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The goal is to lower mobility demand to effectively reduce congestion, enhance productivity, improve health, and restore both human and physical environmental outcomes.
October 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Need a break from talk of DOGE and broken escalators?

We've got you covered!

Catch up on ep.7 of our democracy podcast, featuring Prof. Maija Setälä talking short-termism, climate assemblies, and more!

#democracy #citizenengagement #publicparticipation #policychange #longtermthinking
September 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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„If adequately connected to the key democratic processes, and electoral competition in particular, forums for citizen deliberation can also play their part in countering affective polarisation“, Maija Setälä and @delibnet.bsky.social find.

#CitizensAssembly
Can Deliberative Democracy Provide Remedies for Affective Polarisation? - Maija Setälä, Ian O’Flynn, 2024
This article revisits the problems of electoral democracy, especially affective polarisation, from the perspective of the theory of deliberative democracy. Some...
journals.sagepub.com
December 20, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS
Do you need a comprehensive introduction to deliberative mini-publics? Kimmo Grönlund and Maija Setälä have you covered. Their chapter focuses on both internal (e.g. participation) and external aspects of DMPs (e.g. participants‘ views) www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o...
December 7, 2024 at 4:39 AM
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How do we move away from "short-termism" & look for long-term solutions to democracy's biggest problems?

We tackle that & more with Maija Setala, Prof of Poli Sci at @uniturku.bsky.social, co-PI of @erc.europa.eu Synergy project ADDI & co-PI of INVEST hub @invest-flagship.bsky.social

Listen now!
September 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Staggering statistic reported by Dr Karaitiana Taiuru ...
Not one of the 78 kiwi Local Government Councils have addressed Māori Data Governance or Sovereignty
#TooHardBasket

#LIANZA2025
September 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
September 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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ex-BBC Karishma Patel @karishmapatel.bsky.social:

“It's time we talk about how news orgs like the BBC weaponise the concept of "bias" against minoritised journalists, like those reporting on the ground in #Gaza.”

Would Geeta Guru-Murthy question her brother @krishgm.bsky.social’s independence?
August 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM