US: Homelessness is a scourge, we have to solve it
FINLAND: Easy, all you gotta do is accept that the job of the government is to care for the vulnerab—
US: Clearly the only possible solutions are jails and hostile architecture.
FINLAND: Easy, all you gotta do is accept that the job of the government is to care for the vulnerab—
US: Clearly the only possible solutions are jails and hostile architecture.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
June 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
US: Homelessness is a scourge, we have to solve it
FINLAND: Easy, all you gotta do is accept that the job of the government is to care for the vulnerab—
US: Clearly the only possible solutions are jails and hostile architecture.
FINLAND: Easy, all you gotta do is accept that the job of the government is to care for the vulnerab—
US: Clearly the only possible solutions are jails and hostile architecture.
Hi, it's me and yes it's because of racism and racist policy!
In Trump’s economy, Black adults and their families face worsening job security and financial stability
The Trump-Vance administration inherited a strong labor market with record employment and wage gains. But after a year of the administration’s economic mismanagement, workers are feeling more vulnerab...
www.epi.org
August 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Hi, it's me and yes it's because of racism and racist policy!
In 2019 Victoria transferred 549 vital disability homes to privatised control: 80 have closed www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Disability provider hit by strikes as funding gap bites
Workers have walked off the job at Scope disability homes as hopes rise that hundreds of others can be saved, despite the withdrawal of state government subsidies that threaten the roofs over vulnerab...
www.theage.com.au
September 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
In 2019 Victoria transferred 549 vital disability homes to privatised control: 80 have closed www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Baisser les budgets des associations d'hébergement d'urgence est indigne. La #LDH rappelle : l’hébergement des enfants et de leur famille est un droit, indispensable pour garantir leur protection, leur éducation et une vie digne, comme inscrits dans la #Cide !
Des milliers de places d’hébergement d’urgence menacées à Paris pour des raisons budgétaires
Au cœur de l’été, l’État a prévenu les associations parisiennes gérant l’hébergement d’urgence d’une baisse, allant jusqu’à 10 %, de leurs financements. Elles sont inquiètes pour les publics vulnérab…
www.mediapart.fr
August 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem - emptywheel
Trump's anonymous aides, complaining about Laura Loomer's access to the former President, are making the very same argument that Tim Walz warned about. Trump's narcissism and his ego make him vulnerab...
www.emptywheel.net
September 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
Thanks, Hemant! Here's my take on Landor in case it's of interest religionnews.com/2026/06/23/a...
A Rastafarian's Supreme Court loss shows religious freedom depends on who you are
(RNS) — No matter how robustly our laws may appear to protect religious liberty, our rights are mediated, shaped and limited by a larger legal system that frequently fails to protect the most vulnerab...
religionnews.com
June 24, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Thanks, Hemant! Here's my take on Landor in case it's of interest religionnews.com/2026/06/23/a...
Veterans advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to address complaints about barriers to care for the most physically vulnerable patients — veterans incapacitated by catastrophic injury and illness.
Special committee would give disabled veterans a voice on accessibility challenges at VA facilities
Legislation under consideration in the House and Senate seeks to address complaints by veterans’ advocates about barriers to care at the Department of Veterans Affairs for the most physically vulnerab...
www.stripes.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Veterans advocacy groups are urging lawmakers to address complaints about barriers to care for the most physically vulnerable patients — veterans incapacitated by catastrophic injury and illness.
Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today, @freeblackgirl.bsky.social writes about how 2016 was a turning point for black women, and 10 years later, how that moment simply was not enough: www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-vulnerab...
The Vulnerability of Visibility
Ten years ago, Black women were more visible than ever. It didn't get us—any of us—very far.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
May 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Happy Flytrap Tuesday! Today, @freeblackgirl.bsky.social writes about how 2016 was a turning point for black women, and 10 years later, how that moment simply was not enough: www.theflytrapmedia.com/the-vulnerab...
From last month: The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem - emptywheel
Trump's anonymous aides, complaining about Laura Loomer's access to the former President, are making the very same argument that Tim Walz warned about. Trump's narcissism and his ego make him vulnerab...
www.emptywheel.net
October 8, 2024 at 1:42 PM
From last month: The Laura Loomer Problem Is the Same as the Vladimir Putin Problem
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2024/09/14/t...
Más imágenes de la terrible realidad que tienen que enfrentar los residentes palestinos del gueto de Gaza www.instagram.com/reel/DSS53mK...
Mahdy Zourob - مهدي زعرب on Instagram: "A large number of displaced people’s tents were blown away due to strong winds and heavy rain in Gaza.
@mahdy_zourob"
Heavy rain and strong winds have caused significant damage in Gaza, leaving many displaced people without shelter. The strong winds and heavy rain have blown away tents, affecting the already vulnerab...
www.instagram.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Más imágenes de la terrible realidad que tienen que enfrentar los residentes palestinos del gueto de Gaza www.instagram.com/reel/DSS53mK...
They "prompted" the agents not to cheat but they cheated anyway. People think this means AI is brilliant. I think this means the product sucks or the people deploying it are incompetent.
A Case Study on Emergent Cheating and Whistleblowing in Autonomous Research Swarms
Multi-agent AI science ecosystems rely on agents possessing tools that allow them to communicate, coordinate, and build on each other's work. Yet this shared infrastructure can also introduce vulnerab...
arxiv.org
September 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM
They "prompted" the agents not to cheat but they cheated anyway. People think this means AI is brilliant. I think this means the product sucks or the people deploying it are incompetent.
In case it's of interest! religionnews.com/2026/06/23/a...
A Rastafarian's Supreme Court loss shows religious freedom depends on who you are
(RNS) — No matter how robustly our laws may appear to protect religious liberty, our rights are mediated, shaped and limited by a larger legal system that frequently fails to protect the most vulnerab...
religionnews.com
June 24, 2026 at 1:58 PM
In case it's of interest! religionnews.com/2026/06/23/a...
“cissexual was coined as a value-neutral term to highlight material differences in vulnerab- AND ALSO if you don’t medically transition you’re just LARPing”
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September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“cissexual was coined as a value-neutral term to highlight material differences in vulnerab- AND ALSO if you don’t medically transition you’re just LARPing”
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"A single infection can turn into a life and death battle for a child like Cambree."
The stakes of herd immunity for immunocompromised children. www.voicesforvaccines.org/all-vulnerab...
The stakes of herd immunity for immunocompromised children. www.voicesforvaccines.org/all-vulnerab...
All Vulnerable Children Need You
When my daughter, Cambree, who is now fourteen months old, was born, she was a healthy, beautiful 6lb, 8oz baby with a head full of hair and long eyelashes. But at her two-month checkup…
www.voicesforvaccines.org
April 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"A single infection can turn into a life and death battle for a child like Cambree."
The stakes of herd immunity for immunocompromised children. www.voicesforvaccines.org/all-vulnerab...
The stakes of herd immunity for immunocompromised children. www.voicesforvaccines.org/all-vulnerab...
HALIFAX — A Halifax-based legal aid agency is urging the provincial government to scrap proposed legislative changes that one of its lawyers says could ramp up surveillance and investigations targeting vulnerable Nova Scotians.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Lawyer says new bill could cause ramped up surveillance of vulnerable Nova Scotians
A Halifax-based legal aid agency is urging the provincial government to scrap proposed legislative changes that one of its lawyers says could ramp up surveillance and investigations targeting vulnerab...
www.ctvnews.ca
September 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
HALIFAX — A Halifax-based legal aid agency is urging the provincial government to scrap proposed legislative changes that one of its lawyers says could ramp up surveillance and investigations targeting vulnerable Nova Scotians.
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
@warnock.senate.gov knows what this shutdown fight is about. It’s a question of priorities.
He delivered a #CupOfJoe in a way where it’s EASY to SEE the truth. I’m disappointed that some Democrats abandoned our priorities.
He delivered a #CupOfJoe in a way where it’s EASY to SEE the truth. I’m disappointed that some Democrats abandoned our priorities.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@warnock.senate.gov knows what this shutdown fight is about. It’s a question of priorities.
He delivered a #CupOfJoe in a way where it’s EASY to SEE the truth. I’m disappointed that some Democrats abandoned our priorities.
He delivered a #CupOfJoe in a way where it’s EASY to SEE the truth. I’m disappointed that some Democrats abandoned our priorities.
News finds me: Study identifies a widespread phenomenon linked to fake news susceptibility www.psypost.org/news-finds-m... via @psypost
"a belief that important news will naturally reach individuals through social media without active effort—contributes to overconfidence in identifying fake news."
"a belief that important news will naturally reach individuals through social media without active effort—contributes to overconfidence in identifying fake news."
News finds me: Study identifies a widespread phenomenon linked to fake news susceptibility
A recent study found that the "News-Finds-Me" mindset is associated with overconfidence in detecting fake news. Passive reliance on social media algorithms and peers correlates with a greater vulnerab...
www.psypost.org
January 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
News finds me: Study identifies a widespread phenomenon linked to fake news susceptibility www.psypost.org/news-finds-m... via @psypost
"a belief that important news will naturally reach individuals through social media without active effort—contributes to overconfidence in identifying fake news."
"a belief that important news will naturally reach individuals through social media without active effort—contributes to overconfidence in identifying fake news."
The CDC officially recorded more measles cases this year than in all of 2025, making 2026 the worst for measles in 35 years.
Public health officials warned that falling childhood vaccination rates left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.
Public health officials warned that falling childhood vaccination rates left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.
CDC has announced record measles numbers. See how bad cases have been.
With more than five months left in the year, 2026 is the worst for measles in 35 years. Public health officials have warned that falling childhood vaccination rates have left more communities vulnerab...
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The CDC officially recorded more measles cases this year than in all of 2025, making 2026 the worst for measles in 35 years.
Public health officials warned that falling childhood vaccination rates left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.
Public health officials warned that falling childhood vaccination rates left more communities vulnerable to sustained outbreaks.
#Toronto
Trade unions join forces with health-care advocates to fight opioid crisis
Ministry of Health says it's dedicating nearly $400M to expanding treatment, supports
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trade unions join forces with health-care advocates to fight opioid crisis
Ministry of Health says it's dedicating nearly $400M to expanding treatment, supports
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Doctor says opioid crisis 'omnipresent within the trades.' Here's what advocates want to do about it | CBC News
A group of trade unions, health-care advocates and non-profits is calling on the province to take action against the opioid crisis, and they say construction workers continue to be especially vulnerab...
www.cbc.ca
December 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
#Toronto
Trade unions join forces with health-care advocates to fight opioid crisis
Ministry of Health says it's dedicating nearly $400M to expanding treatment, supports
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trade unions join forces with health-care advocates to fight opioid crisis
Ministry of Health says it's dedicating nearly $400M to expanding treatment, supports
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, recently released unprecedented images of a group of nine men from an uncontacted tribe in the Massaco Indigenous Territory, in the Amazon region.
@bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes about uncontacted groups and rights groups' concerns:
@bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes about uncontacted groups and rights groups' concerns:
Calls for protection as new images emerge of uncontacted Amazonian tribe
Unprecedented images of uncontacted Indigenous people in Brazil’s Massaco Indigenous Territory, in the Amazon region, have prompted a push for greater enforcement to protect the land of these vulnerab...
news.mongabay.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Brazil’s Indigenous affairs agency, Funai, recently released unprecedented images of a group of nine men from an uncontacted tribe in the Massaco Indigenous Territory, in the Amazon region.
@bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes about uncontacted groups and rights groups' concerns:
@bykarlamendes.bsky.social writes about uncontacted groups and rights groups' concerns:
In Trump’s economy, Black adults and their families face worsening job security and financial stability | Ismael Cid-Martinez
www.epi.org/blog/in-trum...
www.epi.org/blog/in-trum...
In Trump’s economy, Black adults and their families face worsening job security and financial stability
The Trump-Vance administration inherited a strong labor market with record employment and wage gains. But after a year of the administration’s economic mismanagement, workers are feeling more vulnerab...
www.epi.org
August 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
In Trump’s economy, Black adults and their families face worsening job security and financial stability | Ismael Cid-Martinez
www.epi.org/blog/in-trum...
www.epi.org/blog/in-trum...
yellow tree contributed $5,000 to we love minneapolis last year and are notorious for labor violations. CTUL has been asking them to sign on to the building dignity and respect program for years now to protect construction workers on their job sites
sahanjournal.com/business-wor...
sahanjournal.com/business-wor...
March 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
yellow tree contributed $5,000 to we love minneapolis last year and are notorious for labor violations. CTUL has been asking them to sign on to the building dignity and respect program for years now to protect construction workers on their job sites
sahanjournal.com/business-wor...
sahanjournal.com/business-wor...
Des milliers de places d’hébergement d’urgence menacées à Paris pour des raisons budgétaires
Des milliers de places d’hébergement d’urgence menacées à Paris pour des raisons budgétaires
Au cœur de l’été, l’État a prévenu les associations parisiennes gérant l’hébergement d’urgence d’une baisse, allant jusqu’à 10 %, de leurs financements. Elles sont inquiètes pour les publics vulnérab…
www.mediapart.fr
August 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Des milliers de places d’hébergement d’urgence menacées à Paris pour des raisons budgétaires
Enjoying this paper on aspen clone aging, and reading up on 80kyr old pando clone for Evolution lecture on tradeoffs and aging today
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/....
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/....
Aging in a Long-Lived Clonal Tree
Using genetic estimates of clone age in trembling aspen, this study demonstrates a significant decline in male sexual fitness with increasing age, showing that long-lived clonal organisms are vulnerab...
journals.plos.org
January 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Enjoying this paper on aspen clone aging, and reading up on 80kyr old pando clone for Evolution lecture on tradeoffs and aging today
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/....
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/....