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  1. "A new #study claims that individuals possessing higher levels of the personality trait openness are less prone to #antisemitic attitudes, and that this relationship is partially mediated by interpersonal contact with #Jewish individuals. This is based on #research -published in the August issue of #PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.

    #TaliaMorstead and #AnitaDeLongis from the Department of #Psychology at the #University of #BritishColumbia conducted the study. The #researchers set out to explore the #psychosocial mechanisms underlying antisemitic attitudes, noting that “#antisemitism is an enduring phenomenon with parallels to other forms of #prejudice yet demonstrates a distinctive capacity to adapt in rhetorical form to the prevailing #sociocultural context."

    jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis

  2. "A new #study claims that individuals possessing higher levels of the personality trait openness are less prone to #antisemitic attitudes, and that this relationship is partially mediated by interpersonal contact with #Jewish individuals. This is based on #research -published in the August issue of #PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.

    #TaliaMorstead and #AnitaDeLongis from the Department of #Psychology at the #University of #BritishColumbia conducted the study. The #researchers set out to explore the #psychosocial mechanisms underlying antisemitic attitudes, noting that “#antisemitism is an enduring phenomenon with parallels to other forms of #prejudice yet demonstrates a distinctive capacity to adapt in rhetorical form to the prevailing #sociocultural context."

    jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis

  3. "A new #study claims that individuals possessing higher levels of the personality trait openness are less prone to #antisemitic attitudes, and that this relationship is partially mediated by interpersonal contact with #Jewish individuals. This is based on #research -published in the August issue of #PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.

    #TaliaMorstead and #AnitaDeLongis from the Department of #Psychology at the #University of #BritishColumbia conducted the study. The #researchers set out to explore the #psychosocial mechanisms underlying antisemitic attitudes, noting that “#antisemitism is an enduring phenomenon with parallels to other forms of #prejudice yet demonstrates a distinctive capacity to adapt in rhetorical form to the prevailing #sociocultural context."

    jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis

  4. "A new #study claims that individuals possessing higher levels of the personality trait openness are less prone to #antisemitic attitudes, and that this relationship is partially mediated by interpersonal contact with #Jewish individuals. This is based on #research -published in the August issue of #PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.

    #TaliaMorstead and #AnitaDeLongis from the Department of #Psychology at the #University of #BritishColumbia conducted the study. The #researchers set out to explore the #psychosocial mechanisms underlying antisemitic attitudes, noting that “#antisemitism is an enduring phenomenon with parallels to other forms of #prejudice yet demonstrates a distinctive capacity to adapt in rhetorical form to the prevailing #sociocultural context."

    jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis

  5. "A new #study claims that individuals possessing higher levels of the personality trait openness are less prone to #antisemitic attitudes, and that this relationship is partially mediated by interpersonal contact with #Jewish individuals. This is based on #research -published in the August issue of #PersonalityandIndividualDifferences.

    #TaliaMorstead and #AnitaDeLongis from the Department of #Psychology at the #University of #BritishColumbia conducted the study. The #researchers set out to explore the #psychosocial mechanisms underlying antisemitic attitudes, noting that “#antisemitism is an enduring phenomenon with parallels to other forms of #prejudice yet demonstrates a distinctive capacity to adapt in rhetorical form to the prevailing #sociocultural context."

    jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitis

  6. Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
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    doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-004 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
    “When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
    They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
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    “In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
    #sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration

  7. Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-004 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
    “When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
    They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
    --
    “In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
    #sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration

  8. Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-004 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
    “When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
    They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
    --
    “In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
    #sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration

  9. Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-004 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
    “When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
    They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
    --
    “In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
    #sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration

  10. Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
    --
    doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-004 <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
    “When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
    They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
    --
    “In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”

  11. @benpate @bengo

    Interesting paper, thanks. I just made an analogy to how road networks evolve over time, and what that means for the #social environment. This against the backdrop of my long blog article about #ActivityPub fediverse #evolution.

    social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    Social experience design examines the #SocioCultural ecosystem that emerges by the #technology landscape and is determined by the shape of our #tech that it must grown on. Think like organic moss, that is able to take a foothold in the nooks and crannies of slick aluminium roofs. #SocialWeb is a forest.

    An observation is that we generally severely underestimate the impact of "adding an extra online channel, so now we can be social remotely". This way of perceiving social totally misses how everything is different online, and at the same time that many things should / can be very similar to how we do offline #SocialNetworking for ages. Increasing social bandwidth on the wire.

    coding.social/blog/reimagine-s

    #SX #SocialCoding

  12. @benpate @bengo

    Interesting paper, thanks. I just made an analogy to how road networks evolve over time, and what that means for the #social environment. This against the backdrop of my long blog article about #ActivityPub fediverse #evolution.

    social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    Social experience design examines the #SocioCultural ecosystem that emerges by the #technology landscape and is determined by the shape of our #tech that it must grown on. Think like organic moss, that is able to take a foothold in the nooks and crannies of slick aluminium roofs. #SocialWeb is a forest.

    An observation is that we generally severely underestimate the impact of "adding an extra online channel, so now we can be social remotely". This way of perceiving social totally misses how everything is different online, and at the same time that many things should / can be very similar to how we do offline #SocialNetworking for ages. Increasing social bandwidth on the wire.

    coding.social/blog/reimagine-s

    #SX #SocialCoding

  13. @benpate @bengo

    Interesting paper, thanks. I just made an analogy to how road networks evolve over time, and what that means for the #social environment. This against the backdrop of my long blog article about #ActivityPub fediverse #evolution.

    social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    Social experience design examines the #SocioCultural ecosystem that emerges by the #technology landscape and is determined by the shape of our #tech that it must grown on. Think like organic moss, that is able to take a foothold in the nooks and crannies of slick aluminium roofs. #SocialWeb is a forest.

    An observation is that we generally severely underestimate the impact of "adding an extra online channel, so now we can be social remotely". This way of perceiving social totally misses how everything is different online, and at the same time that many things should / can be very similar to how we do offline #SocialNetworking for ages. Increasing social bandwidth on the wire.

    coding.social/blog/reimagine-s

    #SX #SocialCoding

  14. @benpate @bengo

    Interesting paper, thanks. I just made an analogy to how road networks evolve over time, and what that means for the #social environment. This against the backdrop of my long blog article about #ActivityPub fediverse #evolution.

    social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    Social experience design examines the #SocioCultural ecosystem that emerges by the #technology landscape and is determined by the shape of our #tech that it must grown on. Think like organic moss, that is able to take a foothold in the nooks and crannies of slick aluminium roofs. #SocialWeb is a forest.

    An observation is that we generally severely underestimate the impact of "adding an extra online channel, so now we can be social remotely". This way of perceiving social totally misses how everything is different online, and at the same time that many things should / can be very similar to how we do offline #SocialNetworking for ages. Increasing social bandwidth on the wire.

    coding.social/blog/reimagine-s

    #SX #SocialCoding

  15. @benpate @bengo

    Interesting paper, thanks. I just made an analogy to how road networks evolve over time, and what that means for the #social environment. This against the backdrop of my long blog article about #ActivityPub fediverse #evolution.

    social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    Social experience design examines the #SocioCultural ecosystem that emerges by the #technology landscape and is determined by the shape of our #tech that it must grown on. Think like organic moss, that is able to take a foothold in the nooks and crannies of slick aluminium roofs. #SocialWeb is a forest.

    An observation is that we generally severely underestimate the impact of "adding an extra online channel, so now we can be social remotely". This way of perceiving social totally misses how everything is different online, and at the same time that many things should / can be very similar to how we do offline #SocialNetworking for ages. Increasing social bandwidth on the wire.

    coding.social/blog/reimagine-s

    #SX #SocialCoding

  16. Our Language Center and HFF Munich run the #DIVERSITY film series, showcasing #internationalfilms to discuss #sociocultural topics across languages and contexts. On January 15, the documentary "The Making of a Japanese" will be screened: go.tum.de/743002

    📷E.Kaminski

  17. Our Language Center and HFF Munich run the #DIVERSITY film series, showcasing #internationalfilms to discuss #sociocultural topics across languages and contexts. On January 15, the documentary "The Making of a Japanese" will be screened: go.tum.de/743002

    📷E.Kaminski

  18. Our Language Center and HFF Munich run the #DIVERSITY film series, showcasing #internationalfilms to discuss #sociocultural topics across languages and contexts. On January 15, the documentary "The Making of a Japanese" will be screened: go.tum.de/743002

    📷E.Kaminski

  19. Our Language Center and HFF Munich run the #DIVERSITY film series, showcasing #internationalfilms to discuss #sociocultural topics across languages and contexts. On January 15, the documentary "The Making of a Japanese" will be screened: go.tum.de/743002

    📷E.Kaminski

  20. Our Language Center and HFF Munich run the #DIVERSITY film series, showcasing #internationalfilms to discuss #sociocultural topics across languages and contexts. On January 15, the documentary "The Making of a Japanese" will be screened: go.tum.de/743002

    📷E.Kaminski

  21. The human brain is embedded in the body, and the body embedded in a complex personal and social environment. Join the #SFU Institute for #Neuroscience and #Neurotechnology #SocioCultural workshop May 15 to discuss socio-cultural challenges in neuroscience and identify collaborative paths forward. Register: eventbrite.ca/e/inn-challenge- #SFUScience #SFUINN

  22. The human brain is embedded in the body, and the body embedded in a complex personal and social environment. Join the #SFU Institute for #Neuroscience and #Neurotechnology #SocioCultural workshop May 15 to discuss socio-cultural challenges in neuroscience and identify collaborative paths forward. Register: eventbrite.ca/e/inn-challenge- #SFUScience #SFUINN

  23. The human brain is embedded in the body, and the body embedded in a complex personal and social environment. Join the #SFU Institute for #Neuroscience and #Neurotechnology #SocioCultural workshop May 15 to discuss socio-cultural challenges in neuroscience and identify collaborative paths forward. Register: eventbrite.ca/e/inn-challenge- #SFUScience #SFUINN

  24. "Four years after the #EATLancet landmark report, it is clear that the #food system transition relies on the local implementation of #global targets... To this end, food systems #research should embrace the local #nature of the biophysical (#health, #environment) and #social dimensions (#sociocultural, #economy) and the #accountability of #foodsystem actors from the micro to the macro level"

    @philosophy #ethics #bioethics #foodethics #nutrition #Sustainability
    pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219

  25. "Four years after the #EATLancet landmark report, it is clear that the #food system transition relies on the local implementation of #global targets... To this end, food systems #research should embrace the local #nature of the biophysical (#health, #environment) and #social dimensions (#sociocultural, #economy) and the #accountability of #foodsystem actors from the micro to the macro level"

    @philosophy #ethics #bioethics #foodethics #nutrition #Sustainability
    pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219

  26. "Four years after the #EATLancet landmark report, it is clear that the #food system transition relies on the local implementation of #global targets... To this end, food systems #research should embrace the local #nature of the biophysical (#health, #environment) and #social dimensions (#sociocultural, #economy) and the #accountability of #foodsystem actors from the micro to the macro level"

    @philosophy #ethics #bioethics #foodethics #nutrition #Sustainability
    pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219

  27. "Four years after the #EATLancet landmark report, it is clear that the #food system transition relies on the local implementation of #global targets... To this end, food systems #research should embrace the local #nature of the biophysical (#health, #environment) and #social dimensions (#sociocultural, #economy) and the #accountability of #foodsystem actors from the micro to the macro level"

    @philosophy #ethics #bioethics #foodethics #nutrition #Sustainability
    pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219

  28. "Four years after the #EATLancet landmark report, it is clear that the #food system transition relies on the local implementation of #global targets... To this end, food systems #research should embrace the local #nature of the biophysical (#health, #environment) and #social dimensions (#sociocultural, #economy) and the #accountability of #foodsystem actors from the micro to the macro level"

    @philosophy #ethics #bioethics #foodethics #nutrition #Sustainability
    pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2219