June is Pride Month in many parts of the world. It commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City that amplified an already growing social movement to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans rights. After police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, members of the queer and trans communities and neighbourhood allies took to the streets in protest for six days. Pride Month reminds us of where we’ve come from, what progress has been made and is an opportunity to take stock of the struggles that remain. Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ sentiments Since Pride Month last year, Canada…
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Sinn Fein representative Chris MacManus was eliminated from the running in Midlands-North-West as the party claimed his running mate had a “fighting chance” of reclaiming the seat, while the Green’s Grace O’Sullivan was excluded from the running in Ireland South.Both had sat as MEPs in the Left grouping within the Parliament.Meanwhile in Ireland South, Fianna Fail’s Billy Kelleher was re-elected as an MEP, calling it a “crowning” moment.He celebrated with his family, colleagues and Tanaiste Micheal Martin, who said the party was hopeful of clinching a second seat in the South constituency.Occurring after the re-election of Barry Andrews in Dublin,…
The European Commission has taken the first concrete steps towards establishing a new network of European venture capital investors ready to co-invest in Europe’s most innovative deep-tech companies, together with the European Innovation Council Fund. On 12 June, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Iliana Ivanova brought together a group of forward-thinking investors to discuss this new form of collaboration. The proposed investor network would have the power to boost the European deep-tech innovation landscape by strengthening the investor base and fostering cooperation between investors.Commissioner Ivanova said:”By joining forces towards a shared vision for Europe’s competitiveness, we can unlock…
X remains more of a news destination than other sites, but the vast majority of users on all four are seeing news-related content A Facebook livestream of a naturalization ceremony held at New York City’s Public Library for the Performing Arts in on April 28, 2021. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Knight Foundation is a social investor committed…
A former contestant on TV reality show “Farmer Wants a Wife,” who went on to marry the dairy farmer she met on the program, is set to become the next agriculture minister in the Netherlands government as far-right populist leader Geert Wilders fills cabinet posts in his four-party coalition. Femke Wiersma, a 39-year-old regional official in Friesland, is a founding member of the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) — a protest party launched in 2019 that turned Dutch politics on its head when it came from nowhere to win provincial elections in March 2023. The BBB will fill the top two jobs…
TikTok is an increasingly popular source of news for Americans – particularly young adults. A 2023 Pew Research Center study found that 14% of all U.S. adults say they regularly get news on the video-based platform. Among TikTok users, the share regularly getting news there is growing. And the vast majority of adult TikTok news consumers are under age 50, including 44% who are 18 to 29. But TikTok’s future in the United States is uncertain. ByteDance, the platform’s China-based owner, is facing an order from the U.S. government to either divest from TikTok or be banned in the country.…
The experiences and views of each site’s users – from how much political content they see to the platforms’ impact on democracy Pew Research Center illustration The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Knight Foundation is a social investor committed to supporting informed and engaged communities. Learn more > Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how TikTok users, X (formerly Twitter) users,…
TikTok has grown in popularity in recent years, attracting users with short-form videos ranging from viral dances to product reviews to mental health stories. It’s also grown as a place for news – particularly among young people. And politicians and activists alike have used the platform to engage with issues they care about. To learn more about the political environment on TikTok, we asked U.S. users about their experiences and views. Here are the key findings: Entertainment is the main draw. Almost all TikTok users (95%) say they go on the platform because it’s entertaining. In contrast, only 36% say…
To develop eco-friendly electronics such as sensors and circuit boards, Dr Valerio Beni is following the paper trail – literally.An expert in green chemistry at Swedish research institute RISE, Beni has switched his focus to wood from pulp in a bid to make consumer electronic devices that have no carbon footprint and are easier to recycle. In the woodworkHe and his colleagues discovered that producing pulp and turning it into paper for a new generation of electronics required burning too much energy for the effort to be as environmentally friendly as they had hoped.‘So we thought, why don’t we take a…
Spicy foods taste spicy because they contain a family of compounds called capsaicinoids. Capsaicin is the major culprit. It’s found in chillies, jalapeños, cayenne pepper, and is even the active ingredient in pepper spray. Capsaicin doesn’t actually physically heat up your mouth. The burning sensation comes from receptors in the mouth reacting to capsaicin and sending a signal to the brain that something is very hot. That’s why the “hot” chilli sensation feels so real – we even respond by sweating. To alleviate the heat, you need to remove the capsaicin from your mouth. So why doesn’t drinking water help…