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Lantern Slide - Boat on Wairoa River, New Zealand

Lantern slide of boat on the Wairoa River, North Auckland Peninsula, New Zealand.

One of a set of over 420 lantern slides, used by lecturer Walter S. Binks, a popular psychology and vocational guidance lecturer based in Melbourne, Victoria. Binks gave lectures throughout Australia in the 1930s and 1940s. Binks advertised his lectures as associa...
Museums Victoria via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/38027049/source

#Boats #Psychology #Rivers #LanternSlides #History #Medicine #PublicLife #Environments #Natural #Riverscapes #LanternSlide

Dreckige Wäsche – Wer entscheidet, was privat bleiben soll, wenn Menschen über erlebtes Unrecht sprechen?
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/dreckige-wasche
#Sprache #Öffentlichkeit
Dirty Laundry – Who decides what should stay private when people speak about harm they have experienced?
👉 https://whisper7.substack.com/p/dirty-laundry
#Language #PublicLife

NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip steps back from public life for serious health concerns https://www.rawchili.com/5105878/ #alabama #appearance #boogity #BroadcastBooth #fame #FamerDarrellWaltrip #FoxSports #LucrativeSideHustle #nascar #NascarHall #personality #PublicLife #SeriousHealthConcern #sport #waltrip #WVTM

PewDiePie Ends Japan Family Vlogs to Protect Son’s Privacy

HighlightsPewDiePie has ended his family vlogs after around four and a half yearsHis final video, Thank You and Goodbye, comes as son Björn gets olderThe YouTuber wants Björn to decide for himself whether he wants a public life PewDiePie has said goodbye to one of the most perso…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #family #news #PewDiePie #Privacy #publiclife
https://www.alojapan.com/1543357/pewdiepie-ends-japan-family-vlogs-to-protect-sons-privacy/

https://www.alojapan.com/1543357/pewdiepie-ends-japan-family-vlogs-to-protect-sons-privacy/ PewDiePie Ends Japan Family Vlogs to Protect Son’s Privacy #family #Japan #JapanNews #news #PewDiePie #Privacy #PublicLife HighlightsPewDiePie has ended his family vlogs after around four and a half yearsHis final video, Thank You and Goodbye, comes as son Björn gets olderThe YouTuber wants Björn to decide for himself whether he wants a public life PewDiePie has said goodbye to one of the most personal chapters of his YouTube career. The Swed

Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A P Abubacker Musliyar has clarified his recent controversial remarks on women in public life. Speaking at an event in Thrissur, he rejected claims that women are relegated to second-class status, highlighting his institution's efforts in educating female students and asserting that respect for women remains central to his stance. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/it-is-incorrect-to-say-we-give-a-second-class-status-to-women-kanthapuram-jvr3tt8b?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Kanthapuram #WomenRights #KeralaNews #SunniLeader #PublicLife

https://www.europesays.com/africa/358103/ Rethinking Muslim women’s roles in Nigeria as FOMWAN clocks 40 #FOMWAN #Nigeria #NigerianSupremeCouncilForIslamicAffairs(NSCIA) #ProphetMuhammad(SAW) #PublicLife

Lantern Slide - Battlecruisers, HM Ships Repulse & Hood, circa 1923

Part of a collection of magic lantern slides relating to British naval history originating from the St John's Home for Boys. These slides were produced in Melbourne after the First World War with images from books and other sources. They are believed to have been used to illustrate lectures to the children in St John's Homes. Several of the slid...
Museums Victoria via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/38026806/source

#AustralianMilitaryForces #Children #CommunityOrganisations #LanternSlides #NavalVessels #Orphanages #Wars #Warships #WorldWarIi #History #Home #PublicLife #Childhood #WaterTransport #SteamPower #NavalVesselsBritish #LanternSlide #Museum

Not long left to apply for this great programme. Please share with anyone who might be interested.

#Wales #publiclife

https://epev.cymru/about/joining/

We know enough to be worried. We understand enough to see the pattern. We care enough to be affected.

But we do not have enough power to feel agency.

Our new essay is about that gap: between awareness and agency, information and orientation, witnessing and repair.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/private-burden-public-collapse?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #DigitalCulture #NewsFatigue #SystemsThinking #Sensemaking #MentalHealth #PublicLife #MediaLiteracy #InformationOverload #EmotionalArchitecture #Resilience

Reclusive Heiress Re-emerges Amidst Shifting Fortunes and Personal Realignments

Athina Onassis, heir to $2.7 billion, seen at Barcelona Bridal Week in April 2026. What does this mean for her fortune and personal life?

#AthinaOnassis, #Heiress, #BarcelonaBridalWeek, #PublicLife, #OnassisFortune

https://newsletter.tf/athina-onassis-public-appearances-april-2026/

Athina Onassis, the $2.7 billion heiress, has been seen in public more often in early 2026, including at Barcelona Bridal Week. This is a change from her usual private life.

#AthinaOnassis, #Heiress, #BarcelonaBridalWeek, #PublicLife, #OnassisFortune
https://newsletter.tf/athina-onassis-public-appearances-april-2026/

A promise can circulate beautifully before anyone asks what design would make it real.

That gap between moral language and material consequence is where public trust begins to thin.

This piece is about coherence as leadership: keeping words, responsibility, and reality in the same frame.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/coherence-is-a-form-of-leadership?r=6l8ed8

#Coherence #Leadership #CivicIntelligence #PublicLife #Democracy #Accountability #Participation #InstitutionalTrust #SystemsThinking #Redefine

Participation, dignity, care, transparency, inclusion, voice — the language is everywhere. But what happens when the words remain, while the structures meant to carry them grow thinner, vaguer, or harder to answer for?

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/coherence-is-a-form-of-leadership?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Coherence #Leadership #Democracy #PublicLife #PublicDiscourse #Accountability #Meaning #CivicCulture #InstitutionalTrust #PoliticalCulture #SocialChange #SystemsThinking #Ethics #CivicLeadership

For a long time, we treated the emotional and the civic as separate.
One personal. One political.
But that line is breaking.
What people feel is no longer just shaping how they engage with democracy.
It is shaping the conditions under which engagement unfolds: how attention holds, how risk is perceived, how much complexity someone can stay with.
Not at the margins, but at the core.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/behind-the-work-observations-from?r=6l8ed8

#Democracy #CivicEducation #EmotionalIntelligence #PublicLife #SystemsThinking #EU

VIJAYAWADA: Public life would be impacted as 14 trade unions have called a nationwide general strike on Thursday. They are seeking repeal of the ...

The organisers expect support from the agricultural, rural and informal sector workers, employees and teachers as also staff of central and state public sector undertakings.#Publiclife #LabourCodes #oldpensionscheme #NationalEducationPolicy
Nationwide General Strike To Impact Public Life Today

VIJAYAWADA: Public life would be impacted as 14 trade unions have called a nationwide general strike on Thursday. They are seeking repeal of the four ...

The organisers expect support from the agricultural, rural and informal sector workers, employees and teachers as also staff of central and state public sector undertakings.#Publiclife #LabourCodes #oldpensionscheme #NationalEducationPolicy
Nationwide General Strike To Impact Public Life Today

“Everything in #publiclife has already ceased to be #narrative and no longer follows a thread, but instead spreads out as an infinitely interwoven surface.”’ - #RobertMusil, The Man Without Qualities

Silence in public life is never neutral. It always chooses a side. #CivicDuty #PublicLife #Responsibility #Leadership #Citizenship #Democracy #Accountability #Ethics #PublicAffairs
https://stayingalive.in/thought-of-the-day/silence-has-a-cost.html

#Ironic that a country created in large part by an assemblage of #Enlightenment #intellectuals has its #institutions and #publiclife so thoroughly degraded by an especially virulent expression of #anti-intellectualism. #US

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

That which thou are ashamed to do in the Sight of Men for the Turpitude of it; thou shouldest be more ashamed to do in the Sight of the Angels, and even of God himself, when thou art alone.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2324 (1727)

More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #embarrassment #privatelife #publiclife #shame #sin

Kate Middleton makes rare and candid comments about her cancer battle

Kate Middleton spoke out about the difficulty of navigating life after her cancer journey.…
#RoyalFamilies #Royal #Royals #Europe #Europa #EU #BritishRoyalFamily #cancerbattle #catherine #CatherineMiddleton #Catherine'sRose #ColchesterHospital #katemiddleton #princeofwales #princewilliam #princessofwales #publiclife #Remission #RoyalFamily #RoyalMarsdenCancerCharity #Treatment #William
https://www.europesays.com/2213004/

Learning from #Brno, CZ

exchanging thoughts on #jangehl #publicspace #publiclife in #walkable cities at café parq with a colleague - while see it all happen on moravské námēstí.

the park from 2023 at was redesigned by #consequenceformaarchitects with landscape architect #karinstandler

The 'Equal Power, Equal Voice' Mentoring Programme is now open for applications. The programme aimes to get more 'Black, Asian and ethnic minority people, women, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people in decision making positions in Wales'

#Wales #leadership #publiclife #equality #diversity

https://epev.cymru/

I wrote a new post in my newsletter.

Some thoughts on the simple act of sitting, watching, and what it reveals about cities, strangers, and how we connect.

Give it a read here: https://buttondown.com/natera/archive/to-sit-down/
#publiclife #publicspace #people

A quotation from Aristotle

For of course it is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
 
[οὐ γὰρ ἴσως ταὐτὸν ἀνδρί τ᾽ ἀγαθῷ εἶναι καὶ πολίτῃ παντί.]

Aristotle (384-322 BC) Greek philosopher
Nicomachean Ethics [Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια], Book 5, ch. 2 (5.2.11) / 1130b.29 (c. 325 BC) [tr. Thomson (1953)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/aristotle/74914/

#quote #quotes #quotation #Aristotle #citizen #citizenship #civicduty #civicvirtue #duty #good #goodperson #government #publiclife #regime #society #virtue

Christmas trees in Kyiv Ukraine’s grand central square, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Heartbreaking. Infuriating. Unforgivable. #christmas  #Ukraine #Kyiv #war #warcrimes #PublicLife #genocide #Russia #Putin

Christmas trees in Kyiv Ukraine’s grand central square, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Heartbreaking. Infuriating. Unforgivable. #christmas  #Ukraine #Kyiv #war #warcrimes #PublicLife #genocide #Russia #Putin

Succession fight over #RupertMurdoch’s #media #empire

#FoxNews has been a pernicious influence in #US #publiclife. It has promoted #extreme #rightwing #policies, cultivated #hatred of #immigrants, indulged #racists, targeted #minorities, and in general been on the wrong side of almost every major #socialissue.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2024/09/28/succession-fight-over-rupert-murdochs-media-empire/

The notion of “moral formation” may sound like it belongs in some 19th century handbook. Is the absence of such training what ails American public life? Are we emphasizing self auctualization without regard for the welfare of those around us?

#DavidBrooks makes the case for a new focus on #morailty and #morals which is increasingly absent in our educational institutions and our public dialogue

#philosophy #PublicLife
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/09/us-culture-moral-education-formation/674765/

#Arizona's #Democratic #Governor #KatieHobbs #vetoes 13 #RepublicanParty #bills including one that sought to #erase #trans #folks from #publiclife.

“As I have said time and again, I will not #sign #legislation that #attacks Arizonans," declared Gov Hobbs.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/arizona-governor-vetoes-bill-seeking-to-erase-trans-folks-from-public-life/

8 in 10 #Americans Say #Religion Is Losing Influence in #PublicLife

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/03/15/8-in-10-americans-say-religion-is-losing-influence-in-public-life/

Revealed: legal fears over #MichaelGove’s new definition of ‘#extremism’

The communities secretary wants ‘trailblazer’ government departments to pilot a scheme to ban individuals and groups deemed extremist from #PublicLife
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/09/revealed-legal-fears-over-michael-gove-definition-extremism
#ToryPoliciesInAction #authoritarianism [Who 'deems'?]

#TERF #KathleenParker #Normalizes #Extremism for the #WashingtonPost.

The #Conservative #columnist wants you to believe that #forcing #trans #people out of #publiclife is not only #acceptable, but #inevitable.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Fascism #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/kathleen-parker-normalizes-extremism-in-the-washington-post

He’s The #Trans #Son Of An #AntiTrans #Influencer. It’s His Turn To #Speak.

#RentonSinclair’s #mother is #TaniaJoyGibson, a former #MissIllinois who wants to #force #trans people out of #publiclife. That’s exactly what makes her a #risingstar in #MAGA #World.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Illinois #Conservatives #Fascism #Extremism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-son-of-anti-trans-influencer-tania-joy-gibson-speaks-out_n_649d7449e4b028e6472f1700

#Transgender #Adults #Missourians fear #RepublicanParty will attempt to ban #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare for adults in the state.

I think their #endgoal, which they have openly stated, is genocide, the #elimination of #transgender #people from #Missouri and from #publiclife”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Missouri #Healthcare #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2023-05-25/transgender-missourians-fear-adult-gender-affirming-care-restrictions-are-coming

Randwick Council in Sydney has started construction a new pedestrian plaza on Waratah Avenue!

https://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/about-us/news/news-items/2023/may/more-space-for-people-works-commence-on-waratah-avenue-plaza

#waratahavenue #randwick #publicspace #publiclife #betterstreets #urbanism #pedestrians

"City and state should join forces to give Sydney the public square it deserves " - Sydney Morning Herald

SMH editorial comes out in favour of a town Square for Sydney’s CBD.

> Central Sydney has many great things going for it – the harbour, Hyde Park, the new-look George Street and fresh energy – but what it still lacks is a proper meeting place; a public square.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/city-and-state-should-join-forces-to-give-sydney-the-public-square-it-deserves-20230510-p5d77w.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20230511163205/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/city-and-state-should-join-forces-to-give-sydney-the-public-square-it-deserves-20230510-p5d77w.html

#smh #sydney #cityofsydney #nsw #australia #publicspace #publiclife #urbanism

#Ohio #bills #mirror #nationwide #RepublicanParty #Genocide targeting of #transgender #rights.

The spate of #genocidal #laws is a result of a #nationally #coordinated #Hate #campaign between the Republican Party, right-wing politicians, religious groups, and anti-LGBTQ hate groups. The campaign of hate aims to eliminate the #transgender #community from #publiclife

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Ohio #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/03/31/ohio-legislation-trans-youths-rights

@mike This is an issue across the US. We now have commercial shopping malls trying to claim they are our third space rather than having societies with robust non-commercial community places. See, for instance, https://news.yahoo.com/cranstons-garden-city-center-turning-100346173.html #gardencitycenter #cranston #rhodeisland #publiclife #commercialism