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[ March 25, 2025] CFP for publication or other deadline: null https://philevents.org/event/show/125826

Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Body (Special Issue of Christian Bioethics)
Submissions are invited for a special issue of Christian Bioethics on the theme: “Parenthood, Eugenics, and the Body.” Theme Description: There are a plurality of views of what it means to be a parent. There are a plurality of categories of parenthood as well: biological, genetic, adoptive, etc. This issue will examine the nature of parenthood from perspectives within the Christian faiths. Contributors may explore what it means to be a parent from a Christian perspective, how Christian stan…

Älä osta mitään -päivä!
Luontoliiton "Älä osta mitään -päivää vietetään joka vuosi kiitospäivän jälkeisenä perjantaina, samana päivänä kuin mustaa perjantaita eli Black Fridayta.
Teemapäivän tarkoituksena on haastaa pohtimaan kulutuspäätöksiä ja niiden vaikutusta ympäristöön.
Vuoden 2024 Älä osta mitään -päivää vietetään perjantaina 29.11.
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Älä osta mitään - Luontoliitto
Luontoliiton Älä osta mitään -päivää vietetään joka vuosi kiitospäivän jälkeisenä perjantaina, samana päivänä kuin mustaa perjantaita eli Black Fridayta. Teemapäivän tarkoituksena on haastaa pohtimaan kulutuspäätöksiä ja niiden vaikutusta ympäristöön.

One obvious reason this could be the case, despite the stimulus impact of the war, is that a lot of dotcoms / tech companies are highly sensitive to the stock market, VC funding, etc.
IOW, revenue from the stock market & VC funding suddenly disappeared, leaving them at the mercy of high rate loans, due to the historically high Russian central bank key rate.
And so, huge swathes of high tech are at risk of debt spirals and ever-increasing rates on loans.

So, #chopin dropped this new waltz, and it's pretty dramatic. Nice! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfse_wSUmw&t=67s

Almost noticed this too late, and I would’ve been greatly upset if I had missed it: Voting for the #Latin Word of the Year 2024 has started, with candidates curated from the new (“newly discovered”?!) words added to the Thesaurus linguae Latinae! Make sure y’all vote!!
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Vantaalaisesta joutomaasta viherkeitaaksi #Vantaa #luonto #ympäristö

Vantaalaisesta joutomaasta viherkeitaaksi
Vantaan Vehkalanmäki on vanha maanläjityspaikka, jossa vielä viisi vuotta sitten kasvoi lähinnä pusikkoa ja haitallisia vieraslajeja. Ennallistamalla alueesta on onnistuttu saamaan monimuotoinen…

The ruble has lost 1/3rd of its value vs. the yuan, but if you factor in OTHER extra costs...
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China strongly limits Russian access to tech in mech. engineering, aviation, and microelectronics.
"...they openly tell us: if you want to get some technologies, buy the product as a whole. We say: no, at best we need components that we'll replace soon. They tell us: we understand this, but aren't going to do it at normal prices. Here is double the price - please.&…

КамАЗ пожаловался на нежелание китайцев делиться технологиями и надеется на возвращение западных партнеров
Российский бизнес, как и власти, надеется на скорое возвращение западных компаний и инвесторов, ушедших из страны после начала полномасштабной войны.

This situation actually reminds me a bit of the dotcom bubble collapse in the late '90s / early '00s, with slight differences.
Declining stocks & VC led to a bunch of startups initially being unable to obtain additional funding. To make matters worse, ad demand started falling, leading to lower revenues for ad-based internet services.
In this case, a decline of ad demand is trailing dotcom revenue shortages. I suspect currency & stock weakness & a slowing econ…