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A man casts his vote in Melbourne as polling centres open in Australia's federal election. MELBOURNE - Polls opened in Australia's federal election Saturday, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison fighting for another three-year term that would extend a decade of conservative rule. Long queues formed in several stations, as Morrison -- behind in pre-election polls -- accused his rival Anthony Albanese of "hubris" in predicting a centre-left Labor win. "You can't get ahead of yourself," said Morrison, in a last pre-election pitch to voters. Albanese has predicted the race will be "close" and promised Australians "some honesty in politics" after Morrison's high-spin style. People are "over" soundbites, Albanese said, on the eve of the vote, promising to transform Australia's resistance to tackling climate change. "Give Labor a crack. We have plans for this country," he said. "We have plans to embrace the opportunities that are there from acting on climate change." Morrison has … [Read more...] about Polls open in bitterly fought Australian election

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In light of the recent release of the U.S. Department of Labor’s April 2022 jobs report, it seemed like an appropriate time to do another deep dive into the numbers. Last time , in response to January’s report indicating that men had surged over a million jobs while women endured a net job loss, we tried to look at what happened and why, concluding with a sober prediction: that the pattern we could observe over the pandemic— where women’s employment numbers stagnated during surging numbers of Covid-19, cases while men’s tended to only slow down— was likely to continue without intervention. A drum I’ve been beating since the earliest months is that, far from this author’s most fanciful and optimistic hopes, the pandemic would disproportionately impact women, and it would do so in ways that reified traditional gender roles. We saw this anecdotally in those first months as women were increasingly reporting that they were being … [Read more...] about The She-Cession By The Numbers, Part 2

“Magic 12” in the May 2022 senatorial polls. INQUIRER graphics MANILA, Philippines — Twelve newly-elected senators – a mix of neophytes, returning, and reelectionists – would be entering the Senate halls by June 30. Their vows were to fulfill their campaign promises as they call on the people to band together following one of the country’s most polarizing elections in recent history. All twelve winning senatorial bets were present at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. The senators-elect were joined by their families as commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) raised their hands, marking their win in the senatorial race official. Fulfilling campaign promises, pushing advocacy The first one proclaimed was returning senator Jinggoy Estrada who placed 12th in the elections after garnering over 15.1 million votes. He said he would fulfill his campaign promise of restoring lost jobs to Filipinos. “Asahan ninyo, sa loob ng anim na taon, … [Read more...] about Proclaimed senators vow to fulfill campaign promises, call for unity

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dr. Tendü Yoğurtçu, CTO, Precisely , directs the company's technology strategy and innovation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tenduyogurtcu/ The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are "the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all." The SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to "address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice." There are 17 SDGs. Each acknowledges that action in one area will affect outcomes in others . For example, "ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address a range of social needs including education, health, social protection and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection." The fourth and fifth … [Read more...] about The Role Of STEM Education In Achieving Gender Equality

(CNN) The bloodshed over Easter weekend was emblematic of the alarming and unabated surge in gun violence in the United States. From New York to Pennsylvania to Florida, from Nevada to California to Oregon, eight people were killed and dozens injured during at least 10 mass shootings last weekend alone. The violence added to the year's growing toll of mass shootings in the US, which stood at 154 as of Sunday morning, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive and CNN define a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter. 2 house parties, an Easter fete and a mall were among the sites of at least 10 weekend US mass shootings The Easter weekend carnage included two teenagers who were gunned down at a packed party in Pittsburgh early Sunday when, police said, multiple shooters unloaded more than 90 rounds. Some partygoers -- many of them underage -- suffered cuts and broken bones from jumping out … [Read more...] about The gun violence epidemic feels hopeless. These five experts have possible solutions

SAN FRANCISCO: A toxic cesspool. A lifeline. A finger on the world’s pulse. Twitter is all these things and more to its over 229 million users around the world – politicians, journalists, activists, celebrities, weirdos and normies, cat and dog lovers and just about anyone else with an Internet connection. For Elon Musk, its ultimate troll and perhaps most prolific user whose buyout of the company is on increasingly shaky ground, Twitter is a “de facto town square” in dire need of a libertarian makeover. Whether and how the takeover will happen, at this stage in the game, is anyone’s guess. On May 13, Musk announced that the deal is “on hold”, then tweeted that he was still “committed” to it. On Tuesday, the billionaire Tesla CEO said he’d reverse the platform’s ban of former US President Donald Trump if his purchase goes through but also voiced support for a new European Union law aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content. Twitter’s current CEO, meanwhile, fired … [Read more...] about As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin At age 47, when she was first diagnosed with osteoarthritis, actress Jennie Garth was in disbelief. During my interview* with the active designer and decorator who catapulted to stardom as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210 , Garth responded incredulously to her medical team: “You’re reading [the imaging] wrong. Arthritis is for old people. I’m not old yet!” It wasn’t long before the 2007 Dancing with the Stars semi-finalist – like 32.5 million other U.S. adults diagnosed with osteoarthritis (OA) – learned the truth about the most common form of arthritis in the nation. Five years after her diagnosis, the mother of three daughters is going public with her OA experience (including initial misperceptions), in hopes of raising awareness of this debilitating disease so others will no longer suffer in silence. She is also partnering with Voltaren gel for arthritis pain and helping to launch CareWalks , an initiative to … [Read more...] about Jennie Garth’s Experience With Osteoarthritis

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin From NFTs to token sales and memes, there is no shortage of hype around crypto. Beneath this noise, though, Chicago has been hard at work creating a premier crypto and Web3 ecosystem driven by purposeful public and private leadership. Building on the momentum of being recognized as one of the country’s leading innovation hubs last year, Chicago is uniting the Midwest as the gateway to some of the world’s most cutting-edge innovation in this sector. In addition to homegrown talent, many crypto companies have chosen to locate significant parts of their teams in the Windy City. Chicago is home to over 70+ crypto and Web3 industry innovators, such as Galaxy, Gemini, Stripe, PayPal, and most recently, FTX. Although my firm, HPA , has expertise in this sector and has invested in firms such as Stacked , an investment platform enabling smart crypto investing for everyone, and Glidera, which was acquired by cryptocurrency … [Read more...] about 20 Top Innovators Building The Chicago Crypto And Web3 Ecosystem

'Machinehood' is set in 2095. (Representational image) It’s 2095. We’ve entered an age where we’ve achieved seamless integration of artificial intelligences (AIs) with human lives. It’s not only impossible but also foolish to do anything without them. AI-based bots are our personal agents. The news comes with an accuracy rating and there are pills to keep us heal quickly. The pandemic years are a reality of the past. Everything is great until Machinehood – a terrorist group that thinks they’re fighting for an equitable and dignified life for all forms of intelligences (humans, animals, and, yes, even AIs!) – strikes. They’ve given a one-week ultimatum to the human species to apply their “Machinehood Manifesto”. This unsettles the whole world. However, in particular, Machinehood has wreaked havoc in the life Welga Ramirez, whose job is to guard and protect pills manufacturers. This, in nutshell, is the believable yet fascinating world of S.B. Divya’s Machinehood … [Read more...] about ‘Writing nonbinary characters should become less awkward for writers’: S.B. Divya

After 13 grueling years of political debate, Congress passed a bill that enabled some of the largest infrastructure spending in U.S. history—an almost 20% increase over the annual federal public works budget. advertisement The spending created clean energy, jobs, addressed environmental issues (while creating others), and ultimately, while backstopped by Congress, paid for itself. If this sounds too good to be true—it isn’t—because this happened in 1928. The spending was for the Hoover Dam. And while there were other projects part of the “infrastructure stimulus” of that era, this iconic project is a great representation of the good and bad of a meaningful infrastructure spend. Over the past 10 years, infrastructure has become an outsized and unrequited topic—it has featured prominently in presidential campaigns, has been the subject of many (mostly unpassed) bills and hundreds of conferences, and marketed in at least a dozen “Infrastructure Weeks.” Will it be said … [Read more...] about Infrastructure 2021: Delivering more sustainable and equitable infrastructure