mrroberts at KillBaitOct 17

The changing social attitudes towards sweat and its acceptance

This article explores how societal perceptions of sweat have evolved from being a taboo subject to becoming increasingly accepted and openly discussed. It highlights how public figures like Alan Carr, Emma Stone, and Adele have openly talked about their sweating issues, helping to normalize this nat... [More info]

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayJul 9

Record numbers of patients are waiting for organ donations while families not only opt out of organ donation, but sometimes over-ride the expressed wishes of their deceased family member.

Willingness to donate one's organs after death always seems to me to be one last act of empathy & compassion we can enact... so might the resistance to posthumous organ donation reveal something more widely about (real) social levels of empathy & compassion?

#health #SocialAttitudes

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/09/number-of-patients-in-uk-waiting-for-lifesaving-organ-transplant-at-record-high

Number of patients in UK waiting for lifesaving organ transplant at record high

More than 8,000 people, including almost 300 children, are on waiting list, as NHS sees sharp drop in donors

The Guardian
A.StringerJun 20

"This is the general and vague encouragement of hostile and lethal acts against groups and individuals by instigators using #communicationsnetworks. Such #promotionofharm is usually not precise enough to be caught by the #laws against incitement of #offences against the person. There is what one calls “#plausibledeniability”.

#socialmedia
#terrorism
#onlineterrorism
#hatecrime
#policychange
#socialvalues
#socialattitudes
#politicalviolence
#lawfedi
#USpol
#UKpol

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/70248/the-law-is-powerless-against-stochastic-political-violence

The law is powerless against stochastic political violence

The misuse of media power to promote harm needs a cultural, not a legal, solution

iamBullivantJan 26, 2024

John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times: "A new global gender divide is emerging - Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching"

This can't be good news for social cohesion in those counties. 🙄

But it is interesting that both young men and women have become more liberal in the UK since 2010. Not good news for the Tories. Which is 👍.

https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998?shareType=nongift

#SocialAttitudes #SouthKorea #USA #UK #JohnBurn-Murdoch, #FinancialTimes

A new global gender divide is emerging

Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching

Andii אַנדִֽיMar 29, 2023
"The latest survey found that the majority of the UK public are now in agreement with so-called ‘woke’ sentiments, as the balance of public opinion shifts in favour of an inclusive outlook on racial equality, immigration and sexual identity... people believing immigration was ‘bad for the economy’ halved from 42 per cent to 20 per cent in the decade to 2021. Those saying it was good rose from 21 per cent to 50 per cent"
https://www.positive.news/society/how-the-uk-became-more-liberal-despite-the-culture-wars/
#UK #socialattitudes
How the UK became more liberal, despite the culture wars

Despite attempts from some quarters to roll back liberal values, the UK has become one of the world’s most progressive nations

Positive News
Andii אַנדִֽיNov 17, 2022
"... people who have a lot of money must be smart otherwise they would be poor, right? ...We must begin recognizing that the rich are no more special than we are, and wealth is not a blue checkmark of competence or virtue... if we can do that, then perhaps we can also begin to understand that if God’s community does indeed belong to the poor, as Jesus said ...
https://sojo.net/articles/can-elon-musk-fit-through-eye-needle
#SocialAttitudes #Christian
Can Elon Musk Fit Through the Eye of a Needle?

It’s clear that Jesus’ relationship with wealth was adversarial; we ignore his exhortations against wealth at our own peril.

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