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La (not) reforma política. Columna de Paula Escobar.
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"Fossil Fuels and Fake LTNs: Reform’s Five Biggest Climate Clangers Since Local Elections"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FossilFuels

Fossil Fuels and Fake LTNs: Reform’s Five Biggest Climate Clangers Since Local Elections
In the local elections on 1 May, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK took control of 10 councils and two regional mayoralties. The party vowed to scrap climate initiatives in the authorities, and has reportedly already set up an Elon Musk-inspired “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency) at Kent County Council in order to identify potential cuts to […]

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Support Good Law Project’s High Court case against Farage's Reform for ignoring voters who asked them what data they hold about them.
https://goodlawproject.org/s/c2e765

We’re suing Farage’s Reform in the High Court | Good Law Project
Update (25 March 2025): We’ve just filed a landmark legal claim against Reform UK at the High Court.

The New European rebrands as The New World, expands its coverage, and moves to a magazine format; the title made £2.6M in 2024 revenue and had 35K subscribers (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a9b5d243-d905-42c4-b62c-1f640175005a…

‘Remainer’ paper New European rebrands to push beyond Brexit roots
Title formed after 2016 UK vote is relaunching as The New World to reflect coverage of global politics and culture

A Reference Architecture for Gamified Cultural Heritage Applications Leveraging Generative AI and Augmented Reality
Federico Martusciello, Henry Muccini, Antonio Bucchiarone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04090

A Reference Architecture for Gamified Cultural Heritage Applications Leveraging Generative AI and Augmented Reality
The rapid advancement of Information and Communication Technologies is transforming Cultural Heritage access, experience, and preservation. However, many digital heritage applications lack interactivity, personalization, and adaptability, limiting user engagement and educational impact. This short paper presents a reference architecture for gamified cultural heritage applications leveraging generative AI and augmented reality. Gamification enhances motivation, artificial intelligence enables ad…

Welfare Reform: Consequences for the Children
Marianne Simonsen, Lars Skipper, Jeffrey A. Smith
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03927 https://

Welfare Reform: Consequences for the Children
This paper uses register-based data to analyze the consequences of a recent major Danish welfare reform for children's academic performance and well-being. In addition to work requirements, the reform brought about considerable reductions in welfare transfers. We implement a comparative event study that contrasts outcomes for individuals on welfare at the time of reform announcement before and after the implementation of the reform with the parallel development in outcomes for an uncontaminated…

❗ "Massey is the 13th councillor in Scotland, out of a total of 1,226, to have defected to Reform"
- I can't help wondering if Farage, who has access to large sums of right-wing American money, is PAYING those councillors to defect, literally BUYING THEM.

Gemini referencing real-life moments when prompted to write a birthday letter shows how effectively Google is leveraging user data to craft personalized content (Lila Shroff/The Atlantic)

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Buck Biloxi and the Fucks:
🎵 Streets of Rage
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https://rubberneckzine.bandcamp.com/track/buck-biloxi-the-fucks-streets-of-rage
https://open.spotify.com/track/7H11NG5KD0r3vrgUwCS2sq