Stained glass window at Frederiksborg Castle, located in Hillerød, Denmark, and built in the late 1500s and early 1600s in a Dutch Renaissance style. I took this photo while touring the place on 3 February 2010.

#Frederiksborg #Castles #Renaissance #Photos #FensterFriday #Denmark #InEnglish

Thanks to YouTube, the corporate term “content” now dominates the vocabulary for online media and is expanding into broader societal use. This reductionist term, which equates large, serious projects with your recent post about what you had for breakfast, has many downsides. This video argues that “content creation” is bad news for us all.

“Everything is content now.” Willems 2023. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAtbFwzZp6Y

#Media #ContentCreation #ContentCreators #YouTube #SocialMedia #InEnglish

The adtech-based corporatization of the Web has empowered an emotionally unintelligent, racist, sexist, ageist (etc.) and hypercapitalist tech industry that is fueling a global mental health crisis while profiting off disinformation and destabilizing democracies.

“The psychology of Silicon Valley. Ethical threats and emotional unintelligence in the tech industry.” Cook 2020. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27364-4

#Tech #Psychology #Society #SocialMedia @bookstodon #Bookstodon #InEnglish

The “age of criticism” in Western thought began with Immanuel Kant, who made critique something universal and central to humanity. We still live within this paradigm today, but it turns out critique has both positive and negative forms. This article discusses Kant’s notions and the limits and uses of critique altogether.

“What is critique? Critical turns in the Age of Criticism.” Raffnsøe 2023. https://doi.org/10.7146/ocps.v18i1.26261

#Critique #Criticism #ImmanuelKant #Philosophy #HistoryOfTHought #InEnglish

Language acquisition and learning are considered two different processes, but it’s important to note that they aren’t mutually exclusive and that a good learning process includes elements of both. This article nicely explains how that works.

“Languages are both acquired and learned, so conscious and unconscious effort is needed when picking up abnew one.” Vazquez-Calvo 2023. #TheConversation Europe. https://theconversation.com/languages-are-both-acquired-and-learned-so-conscious-and-unconscious-effort-is-needed-when-picking-up-a-new-one-210816

#LanguageLearning #LanguageDidactics #Languages #Linguistics #InEnglish

An informative and entertaining comparison between the “Manosphere” and Ken’s character development in the recent “Barbie” movie. The sense of entitlement, gendered power struggles, grievances, etc.

“Ken’s rights? Our research shows Barbie is surprisingly accurate on how ‘men’s rights activists’ are radicalised.” Nicholas 2023. @TheConversationUK. https://theconversation.com/kens-rights-our-research-shows-barbie-is-surprisingly-accurate-on-how-mens-rights-activists-are-radicalised-210273

#BarbieMovie #Barbie #Manosphere #MensRights #Feminism #WomensRights #GenderEquality #InEnglish

This video provides a thorough overview and personal opinions about the Wagner Group rebellion that happened in Russia on 23 June, taking us through the events of the rebellion, Prigozhin’s background, and reactions from various parts of Russian society.

“Military coup attempt in Russia and how people, government, and propaganda reacted to it.” Natasha’s Adventures 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAHFAx1dWj0

#WagnerGroup #WarInUkraine #UkraineWar #Russia #NatashasAdventures #InEnglish

“Weight obsession is ruining people’s health.” Stoll 2023. #SomeMoreNews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lToSQeerP38

#FatShaming #Obesity #ObesityEpidemic #WeightGain #WeightLoss #BodyMassIndex #BMI #InEnglish

My #Kbin #UI language has unexpectedly switched to #Polish over night. Now I’m having trouble finding the correct setting, as I don’t really understand the language… I found a “Preferred languages” settings (which was fortunately #InEnglish), but setting it doesn’t change anything. #Help

#Kbin'in #käyttöliittymä on hämmentävästi vaihtunut yön aikana minulla #puola'ksi 😜 Asetuksista löytyi "preferred languages” (#InEnglish) mutta sen asettaminen ei vaikuta käyttöliittymäkieleen mitenkään. #Apua

“The making of the deep submergence vehicle ‘Limiting Factor’.” Verola 2021. Caladan Oceanic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5j9oeZCm0

#Submersible #LimitingFactor #Engineering #ChallengerDeep #DeepSeaExploration #DeepSea #Exploration #InEnglish

“Extreme summer weather in a changing climate: is Europe prepared?” European Environment Agency 2023. https://discomap.eea.europa.eu/climatechange/

#Summer #ClimateChange #Europe #InEnglish

“Definitive dismissal of the actions brought by British citizens challenging the loss of their rights as EU citizens as a result of Brexit.” Court of Justice of the European Union 2023. PDF. https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2023-06/cp230101en.pdf

#Brexit #UnitedKingdom #UK #EuropeanCitizen #EuropeanCitizenship #EUCourt #EUCourtOfJustice #EuropeanPolitics #EuropeanUnion #EU #Europe #InEnglish

“Artificial Intelligence can replicate human creativity in two key ways, but falls apart when asked to produce something truly new.” Preece and Çelik 2023. #TheConversation #Europe. https://theconversation.com/ai-can-replicate-human-creativity-in-two-key-ways-but-falls-apart-when-asked-to-produce-something-truly-new-204437

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIvsHumans #GenerativeAI #AICreativity #InformationTechnology #Technology #Creativity #InEnglish

“Stop violence against women: @EU_Commission welcomes the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention.” European Commission 2023. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_23_2997

#IstanbulConvention #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #HumanRights #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanPolitics #Europe #InEnglish

“Study examines how reflecting on your values before opening your mouth makes for happier relationships.” University of Bath 2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-values-mouth-happier-relationships.html

#Psychology #Philosophy #Communication #SocialMedia #UniversityOfBath #InEnglish

“EU and Pfizer renegotiate controversial vaccine contract.” Martuscelli 2023. Politico. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-pfizer-renegotiate-coronavirus-vaccine-contract/

#COVID19 #Vaccines #Pfizer #EuropeanUnion #EU #InEnglish

“@EU_Commission secures agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer on the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.” European Commission 2023. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_2865

#Vaccines #COVID19 #EuropeanUnion #EU #InEnglish

Wondering Mastodon but still in Twitter. Twitteristä ihmettelemässä menoa täällä toisissa sfääreissä. #Finland #inEnglish or #Finnish #EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducationandCare

As many Québécois from my generation I learned English in grade school, where all teachers were nuns. Interestingly, my English teacher, sister Mildred, was American and most of the teaching material was US-made.

I still use American spelling and say "zee" instead of "zed", and "has ben" instead of "has bin" (pro tip: this is a way to distinguish Anglophone Canadians from Americans).

A story like this is very #quebecois, you know.

#inEnglish