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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 5h

Why young women are having facelifts. A new kind of customer is being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Why young women are having facelifts: ‘I couldn’t even open my eyes. That’s how swollen I was’

A new kind of customer is being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques. Many are much younger than ever b...

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 5h

Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language
Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish. restofworld.org/2025/malawi-...

Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language

Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish.

restofworld.org

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 5h

The metaverse is rewriting the rules of who can be a K-pop star
In an industry studded with megastars like BTS and Blackpink, virtual idols are building powerful new fandoms even while their true identities remain obscured. restofworld.org/2025/metaver...

The metaverse is rewriting the rules of who can be a K-pop star

In an industry studded with megastars like BTS and Blackpink, virtual idols are building powerful new fandoms even while their true identities remain obscured.

restofworld.org

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 14h

16 charts that explain the AI boom
www.understandingai.org/p/16-charts-...

16 charts that explain the AI boom

It’s one of the largest investment booms in the post-war era.

www.understandingai.org

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 15h

You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
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You Are Not a Parrot

And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 16h

www.tiktok.com/@rootsofgree...

Πως γίνεται η ΣΩΣΤΗ αναδάσωση 🌳στα πολιτισμένα κράτη 🇪🇺 • Επιλογή σωστού είδους δέντρου ανάλογα με το έδαφος και το μικροκλίμα • Χρήση ντόπιων ειδών για καλύτερη προσαρμογή • Κατάλληλη εποχή φύτευσης ...

TikTok video by Roots of Greece

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 17h

Summer holidays in Greece may never be the same again. Here’s why www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Summer holidays in Greece may never be the same again. Here’s why

From Santorini to Corfu, Greece is changing and how we visit will need to change with it. Rich Booth asks what the future holds for the country and for the tourists still planning to go

www.independent.co.uk

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 17h

«Kαρμανιόλα» το 65% των τμημάτων του δικτύου ποδηλατοδρόμων της Θεσσαλονίκης - Η συγκέντρωση δεδομένων πραγματοποιήθηκε με τη χρήση της εφαρμογής «Lane Patrol»
www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita...

«Kαρμανιόλα» το 65% των τμημάτων του δικτύου ποδηλατοδρόμων της Θεσσαλονίκης

Ελλάδα - «Kαρμανιόλα» το 65% των τμημάτων του δικτύου ποδηλατοδρόμων της Θεσσαλονίκης

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 17h

Αλέξανδρος Δημητρακόπουλος: Ο Έλληνας πρέσβης στην Ουκρανία μας ξεναγεί στην «κανονικότητα του κινδύνου» www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita...

Αλέξανδρος Δημητρακόπουλος: Ο Έλληνας πρέσβης στην Ουκρανία μας ξεναγεί στην «κανονικότητα του κινδύνου»

Κόσμος - Ουκρανία: Συνέντευξη του Έλληνα πρέσβη στην Ουκρανία Αλέξανδρου Δημητρακόπουλου

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 19h

Redefining Visual Journalism: Alexandre Calderón Speaks on Creativity, Data, and Trust newspaperdesign.org/2025/10/27/r...

Redefining Visual Journalism: Alexandre Calderón Speaks on Creativity, Data, and Trust - News Paper Design

Alexandre Calderón, Graphic Editor at El Financiero, Mexico, speaks with TK Sajeev Kumar, Editorial Director of NewspaperDesign.org, about the creative process behind developing infographics and data ...

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 22h

Neanderthals could be brought back within 20 years — but is it a good idea? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Neanderthals could be brought back within 20 years — but is it a good idea?

With today's technology, we cannot bring back Neanderthals. But even if future advances allow it, should we?

www.livescience.com

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

“We now risk facing something that many of us might not survive.” Participants of the Pride celebrationbeyond the Arctic Circle — on what it’s like to be a queer person in today’s Russia www.thebarentsobserver.com/democracy-an...

“We now risk facing something that many of us might not survive.” Participants of the Pride celebrationbeyond the Arctic Circle — on what it’s like to be a queer person in today’s Russia

KIRKENES: At the Barents Pride celebration freedom coexists with strict security protocols. Queer people from Russia travel to the event through third countries, cover their faces, and are reluctant t...

www.thebarentsobserver.com

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

Less is more: Academic publishing needs ‘radical change,’ Cambridge press report concludes retractionwatch.com/2025/10/21/l...

Less is more: Academic publishing needs ‘radical change,’ Cambridge press report concludes

Academic publishing needs “renewed focus and collective action” to embrace new approaches and ensure the future of the industry, concludes a report from Cambridge University Press, released last we…

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Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 1d

Stunning satellite imagery of Hurricane Melissa tonight.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

For science to be truly open and at the service of society, knowledge must no longer be solely in the hands of an oligopoly.
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The mirage of Open Access: articles free of charge for citizens are strangling universities

For science to be truly open and at the service of society, knowledge must no longer be solely in the hands of an oligopoly.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

Why The Manosphere Clicked For Young Men - A Visual Guide (The Guardian) www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive

The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words

www.theguardian.com

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

“As a society, we need to weigh whether the potential gains in AI capabilities from training on chat data are worth the considerable loss of consumer privacy...so that user privacy isn’t an afterthought” hai.stanford.edu/news/be-care...

Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot | Stanford HAI

A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

"But object recognition is only a first step. AI also must understand the function of the parts of an object—to know a spout from a handle, or the blade of a bread knife from that of a butter knife." hai.stanford.edu/news/saw-swo...

Saw, Sword, or Shovel: AI Spots Functional Similarities Between Disparate Objects | Stanford HAI

With a new computer vision model that recognizes the real-world utility of objects in images, researchers at Stanford look to push the boundaries of robotics and AI.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

Η Ιστορία των λειψάνων του Αγίου Δημητρίου www.agioskosmas-stuttgart.de/istoria-leip...

Η Ιστορία των λειψάνων του Αγίου Δημητρίου

www.agioskosmas-stuttgart.de

Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 1d

Corina Allen: She Made Sure That Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public [Lost Science is an ongoing series of accounts from scientists who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

She Made Sure That Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 2d

Have the Nerve Not to Be Nice: Challenge Norms, Confront Discomfort, and Push for Transformation
www.porchlightbooks.com/blogs/change...

Have the Nerve Not to Be Nice: Challenge Norms, Confront Discomfort, and Push for Transformation

Amira Barger was raised, like most of us, believing that being nice was a good thing. She has discovered that there is a price to being nice, and that this cost is borne not just by us, but by society...

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 2d

AI Dataset for Detecting Nudity Contained Child Sexual Abuse Images www.404media.co/ai-dataset-f...

AI Dataset for Detecting Nudity Contained Child Sexual Abuse Images

The Canadian Centre for Child Protection found more than 120 images of identified or known victims of CSAM in the dataset.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 2d

Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains
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Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains

Caffeine has been found in more than 50% of samples of 258 rivers in 104 countries.

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 2d

Ιστορίες Παλιάς Θεσσαλονίκης: Ο άγνωστος παραθαλάσσιος μητροπολιτικός ναός του Αγίου Δημητρίου www.voria.gr/article/isto...

Ιστορίες Παλιάς Θεσσαλονίκης: Ο άγνωστος παραθαλάσσιος μητροπολιτικός ναός του Αγίου Δημητρίου

Η μικρή εκκλησία με τα 12 μακρόστενα παράθυρα έγινε στάχτη στην πυρκαγιά του 1890 και στα αποκαΐδια θάφτηκε η ιστορία της Φιλικής Εταιρείας στη Θεσσαλονίκη

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Evlambia Angelou @evlambiaangelou.bsky.social · 2d

"The numbers are a reminder of how much money book banning—perennially and statistically unpopular with the vast majority of American adults—is wasting taxpayer money." - bookriot.com/book-challen...

Book Challenges Are Financial Strains on Libraries—That's The Point: Book Censorship News, October 18, 2024

If censors can't get the books removed that they've created a moral panic around, then they'll bankrupt public institutions.

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