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11 Jul 2023 2 minute read 4 comments Debesh Choudhury
I'm still living happily after 5+ years of no full-time job because of the gifts that I have acquired from life. Those are invaluable due to their impacts on my everyday grindings. (1) Adopting GNU/Linux and Open Source Software. It implies quit...
8 Jul 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Vladan Lausevic
-It is nothing new; similar tragedies occurred 2013, around 10 years ago regarding the tragedy near the island of Lessbos. Lessons still need to be learned. - “Strong borders” are = dangerous and insecure borders. Because it is about making it hard...
30 Jun 2023 5 minute read 8 comments Allen Taylor
Canada is making history and not in a good way. In May, the country north of the largest internet user base passed a new law known as Bill C-11. It's also being referred to as the Online Streaming Act. But what is it? Bill C-11 is an amendment to Can...
25 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Since the introduction of ChatGPT, new discussions about artificial intelligence and human rights have been taking place in debates worldwide. One recent article via Open Rights highlights this. According to the article, AI applications like ChatGPT...
25 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
A recent study conducted in the UK has found that patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) experience sustained improvements in their symptoms when using cannabis products. The study, published in Psychopharmacology, examined the safety and e...
21 Jun 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
In a recent interview, Francis Fukuyama discussed the state of the world after two and a half years of the Covid-19 pandemic. He noted that the pandemic had had less impact than expected, with the war in Ukraine having longer-lasting effects and more...
21 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
In his essay "Why I Am Not a Conservative," F.A. Hayek distinguishes between conservatives and classical liberals. He argues that conservatives fear change and distrust the new, relying on a higher authority to oversee change. In contrast, classical...
20 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Latin America is home to approximately 18.4 million refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people, accounting for about 20% of the global total. However, the dominant narratives about migration focus on Latin America as a region from whic...
18 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
The issue of migration remains a prominent topic on the political agenda as millions of people worldwide flee various circumstances. Two years ago, it was argued that the global benefits of open borders and free movement of people outweigh the disadv...
18 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
LGBTQIA+ has been widely used to encompass diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, but its expanding and under-defined nature makes it unsuitable for international human rights discourse. An alternative term, SOGIESC (sexual orientation, g...
