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States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment
“Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 states impose restrictions on assistance programs and several others weigh such changes.”
🔬 Rare diseases affect millions across Europe.
But #EUfunded collaborative research is advancing diagnosis and developing new therapies.
With @ERDERA_org, Pan-European collaboration is turning scientific knowledge into real impact for patients: link.europa.eu/wXqYkw
Today marks four years since Russia’s full scale invasion of/ war on the Ukraine.
Rest in power ✊🏽
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84
Agreed 💯 percent 🎯
Interesting.
“The number of ‘Gypsy or Traveller’ students taking a degree course at university recorded by officials has risen from 105 in 2019/20 to 2,535 in 2023/24 […]: [an] exponential rise […] largely driven by Roma students, an investigation by the Travellers Times can reveal.”
Wow
The Committee of Ministers has waived the immunity of former Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland following a request from the Norwegian authorities to pursue proceedings relating to allegations of aggravated corruption linked to documents released by US authorities in the Epstein criminal case.
It's been over five years since my book Queer Roma was published. I've had a chance to think about some of the concepts emanating from the lived experiences of LGBTIQ Roma through the lens of #privacy and #sensitive #personalinformation. Here's a snapshot.
It's been over five years since my book Queer Roma was published. I've had a chance to think about some of the concepts emanating from the lived experiences of LGBTIQ Roma through the lens of #privacy and #sensitive #personalinformation. Here's a snapshot.
“The U.S. Government intends to force visitors to submit their digital history and DNA as the price of entry. With this much data AI tools will likely be deployed to unlock details of your life for border and immigration agencies.”
The Trump Administration wants your DNA and social media
Zdá se, že implementace řešení segregace ve školští, o kterém se dost intenzivně mluvilo již koncem devadesátek a v první polovině nultých let, je na dosah. Tedy alespoň v některých lokalitách ČR.
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Man Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
Breaking: After Winning the Nobel Prize, Trump wins Wimbledon Women’s Singles
Today marks 57 years since Jan Palach, a 20-year-old Czech university student, set himself alight in the centre of Prague in protest against the August 1968 Soviet occupation by Warsaw Pact troops. His funeral turned into a mass demonstration against the USSR's crushing of the Prague Spring reforms
In Brazil, Romani people living in peripheral areas fight for recognition of their identities
Official statistics estimate that Brazil has between 800,000 and a million Roma.
Under the UN Charter, a nation may not use force on the sovereign territory of another country without its consent, a self-defense rationale, or the authorisation of the UN Security Council.
This is the new Czech minister for regional development, former mayor of Bilina:
Czech mayor makes openly racist statement that her town just wants "white" refugees from Ukraine, not children and women of Romani origin.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
(toasting everyone with a gin and tonic with a prickly pear/opuntia fruit)
Born Tomáš Straussler in Czechoslovakia, he was not yet two years old when his Jewish parents fled the Nazi invasion of 1939 for Singapore.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
“Billionaire populist Andrej Babiš insists he will meet legal obligations before taking office but does not explain how.”
‘Trumpist’ Czech PM-elect refuses to sell business empire amid conflict-of-interest row
If you haven’t seen Luca Guadagnino’s 2024 film “Queer” yet, I highly recommend it
The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago.
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Very fitting. I do see the LinkedIn effect a lot.
Moc hezký rozhovor o umění se dívat s mou sestrou Vendulou Fremlovou. Dejte si ho.
Rest in power (via @hrc.org)
Human Rights Campaign Mourns, Honors, Remembers Black Trans Icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Czech media release archive of ultra-right politician’s deleted social media posts including his praising of a Romani infant almost being burned to death by neo-Nazis in 2009
Btw, Mr Turek is still an MEP, @europarl.europa.eu
Thank Goddess the Nobel peace prize hasn’t gone to [you know who]. It’s too early to see what the long term effects of the Gaza deal is going to be
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
“The story opens with a 35-year-old woman, Aline Berger, waiting in Paris for her train home to Brussels. To pass the time, she’s reading Virginia Woolf’s classic “Orlando” about a man who wakes up in the body of a woman. The book inspires an idea: What if Aline were to change genders herself?”
