#diversity — Public Fediverse posts

🌈Grateful to add a new image to the #Rainbow collection.
These images remind us of the many ways love & care are lived out among us.
What inspires you to act with kindness towards others?
#Dignity #Diversity #Pride #LGBT🌈
#UCCan #CreativeCommons #ShineOn
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2496511297027755&type=3

Master Gardener’s commitment enriches historically underserved communities https://www.allforgardening.com/1934308/master-gardeners-commitment-enriches-historically-underserved-communities/ #diversity #gardening #GardeningOregon #MasterGardener #oregon #portland

@helenkennedy.com Fun fact: #Diversity helps companies avoid dumb mistakes. Maybe #Target will learn if they get clobbered enough times.

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NOW PLAYING == Code Switch 8/24/26: Trump is demanding English — while defunding ESL https://youtu.be/owenqPEE6AE?si=TWxrku54-lbVA91X#news #npr #commentary #BlackMastodon #CodeSwitch #uspol #politics #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #SupportPublicMedia #diversity #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/117152036831158084

#news #arts #left #commentary #radio

NOW PLAYING == Code Switch 8/24/26: Trump is demanding English — while defunding ESL

https://youtu.be/owenqPEE6AE?si=TWxrku54-lbVA91X

#news #npr #commentary #BlackMastodon #CodeSwitch #uspol #politics #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #SupportPublicMedia #diversity #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Availability of Cashless Payment Services for Children in Japan Grows

The number of cashless payment services for children in Japan is growing and already parents have the means to check their kids’ spending history and balances using digital means, according to a news article by Jiji Press.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news article of Jiji Press. Some parts in boldface…

Cashless payment services for children are increasingly available in Japan, allowing parents to check their children’s balances and spending history through an app to prevent excessive spending.

They are also attracting attention as a financial education tool that helps children learn how to manage their allowances and spend money systematically as Japan becomes increasingly cashless.

In July, Seven Bank began offering a prepaid card and a dedicated app for children aged 6 or older. Parents can load their children’s allowance onto the card via the app and review their spending history.

Notifications are sent whenever the card is used. The app has a feature to send money to children as a reward for achieving goals, such as completing chores.

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? What is your opinion about having more cashless payment services for children? Do you think the said services will help them become more financially literate and also more disciplined on handling their money?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Over 1,000 Communist Rebels and Supporters in the Philippines Neutralized As of August 13

Over a thousand rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA) and their supporters were neutralized as of August 13, according to a news article of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) citing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Neutralized refers to the surrender, capture, or killing of enemy troops.

To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news article of the PNA. Some parts in boldface…

The government’s campaign against communist insurgents is gaining momentum as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported neutralizing 1,045 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and their supporters during operations conducted from Jan. 1 to Aug. 13 this year.

Of the total, 935 surrendered, 38 were arrested, and 72 were killed in various military operations, AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said in a media interview late Tuesday.

“A total of 661 firearms and 255 anti-personnel mines were either seized or surrendered, and 38 encampments were seized (in the same period),” she said.

Neutralized is a military term that refers to the surrender, capture, or killing of enemy troops.

“The numbers give us an indication of the operational situation, but we should look beyond the numbers. The more significant story is that 935 CTG (communist terrorist group) members and supporters chose to surrender,” Padilla pointed out.

In 2025, the military said it neutralized around 2,018 NPA members and their supporters. The bulk of whom were surrenderers, at 1,798, while 93 were arrested and 127 were killed.

Let me end this post by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this recent development? Are you thankful to the AFP for neutralizing over a thousand Communist rebels and supporters as of mid-August? Are you convinced that there are still many millions of young Filipinos who took sides with the Leftist rebels? Do you think Democrats and/or the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) from the United States are secretly supporting Communist rebels here in the Philippines?

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#UniMainz zum 8. Mal in Folge mit TOTAL E-QUALITY-Prädikat für #Chancengleichheit und #Diversity ausgezeichnet: Jury würdigt nachhaltige Chancengleichheitsstrategie und vielfältige Maßnahmen für eine diskriminierungsfreie und chancengerechte Universität 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/jgu-zum-achten-mal-in-folge-mit-total-e-quality-praedikat-fuer-chancengleichheit-und-diversity-ausgezeichnet/

⚽ Sport is for everyone. So is Wikipedia.

The contest Wiki Loves Sport, organised by the user group WikiDonne and sponsored by Wikimedia CH, runs from 1 August to 4 October 2026. This 8th edition aims to improve and extend content on diversity in sport.

Wikimedians from any language within the Wikimedia projects are encouraged to participate.

More information:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Sport_2026

Poster’s attribution: Maria-beatrice-wk, CC BY-SA 4.0

#Wikimedia #Sport #Wikipedia #Diversity

The Three‑Point Clarity Framework

https://jayleebenjamin.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/the-three-point-clarity-framework/

Mach's Grün - Vielfalt / Diversität
Kommunalwahl 2026 in Niedersachsen

Und mehr Details zum Wahlprogramm der Grünen auf Langeoog... https://www.
langeoog-gruene.de/wp2026

#Kommunalwahl2026 #KW26 #Langeoog #DieGrünen #Niedersachsen #MachsGrün #Vielfalt #Diversität #Diversity

Quelle: Grüne Zeiten - Für grüne Politik in Niedersachsen

Facebook: The End of “You Didn’t Ask for This” Advertising

https://jayleebenjamin.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/facebook-the-end-of-you-didnt-ask-for-this-advertising/

PRESS RELEASE: PARADE 2026

PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION, STRONG COMMUNITY & AROUND 400,000 PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

The fifth #RaveThePlanet Parade concluded as scheduled on SAT, August 15 2026 with no significant disruptions. Under the motto “IMAGINE LOVE” people from Berlin, across Germany & countries around the world came together on Str. des 17. Juni to demonstrate for the protection of #technoculture & for #peace #freedom #diversity #respect & #socialcohesion

➡️ https://www.ravetheplanet.com/en/rave-the-planet-parade-2026-press-release-review/

Resharing what a former student of mine wrote on LinkedIn here, because I am glad that our work @[email protected] in #anthropology seems to pay off. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #DEI is a practice, not a policy !

Modell258: Chiara Sabadin is a researcher in Mathematics Education, with a focus in Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) in Mathematics and founder and co-lead of the Women in Mathematics group of the University of Regensburg.

https://modellansatz.de/dei-in-math

#Mathematics #DEI #diversity #equality #inclusion

Join KBtL Attendees in a round of getting to know each other, speed-meeting style, but with a twist. KBtL will host two of these events over the course of the weekend, with no EA on either. Registration opens 1-September, are you excited?

#kinksky #conference #meetup #powerexchange #diversity

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#consent #kinksky #conference #virtual #diversity

A study that analyzed both genetic diversity and language structure diversity within grid cells across the entire globe (for several gridding approaches) found an inverse relationship: greater genetic diversity was associated with lower language diversity and vice-versa. More contact and migration is associated with greater genetic diversity but more commonalities of language.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-surprising-link-between-human-genes-and-language/

Original paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2526762123

#Science #Language #Diversity

@b Instead what we find consistently is the tyranny of low cost, where absent some exogenous pressure (regulations, occasionally lawsuits, competition regulation), one or a small number of high-volume, low-cost production centres come to dominate an industry.

I've looked into this a bit, and noticed that interestingly it's the goods and services which are most ephemeral which end up most concentrated, again, absent other factors.

Publishing. Cinema. Music. Banking. Software. Geopolitical hegemony. Advertising. Social media. Increasingly manufacturing, especially anything with microchips.

Many of those are associated with specific locations: New York, Hollywood, Nashville, New York, Silicon Valley, Washington, DC., Taiwan.

Though there may be exceptions. Taking cinema (you could also look at banking): Hollywood is the global capital, but there are regional centres as well: Bollywood, China, and within Europe fairly strong traditions in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, etc. What gives?

Language and culture. Hollywood translates well, but not specifically to other cultures. Bollywood with all its flamboyant ridiculousness caters specifically to Indian tastes. Similar trends have emerged in Japanese, Chinese, Persian, Spanish, and other cultures (widely-used language groups favour this). There are natural cleavage lines.

Banking has a similar split largely due to regulatory regimes. In the US, banking centralisation followed lifting of restrictions on cross-state banking (banks were previously restricted to a single state). Rather than fostering diversity, of course, that promoted monopolisation. And if you look at banking systems, @briankrebs has pointed out that there is a single-digit set of 3--4 vendors for those systems.

Similar software concentrations in ERP (enterprise resource planning): SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and a bunch of also-rans., or in healthcare with EMR/EHR (electronic medical/health records), with Epic dominating the US.

If you want diversity you've got to regulate, probably with differentiation on a regional basis, to get it, AND break up monopolies.

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#FreeMarkets #Capitalism #ConsumerChoice #Diversity #Monopoly

Oh, look! The New York Times graces us with an "interactive map" 🤦‍♂️—because what the internet really needed was another way to see how *diverse* Americans pretend to be. Just make sure your #JavaScript is on and ads are off, or it's back to the Stone Age with you! 😂🗺️
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/01/us/america-ancestry-census-data-map.html #NewYorkTimes #InteractiveMap #Diversity #InternetHumor #StoneAge #HackerNews #ngated