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A wage for housework? India's sweeping experiment in paying women
In a village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a woman receives a small but steady sum each month - not wages, for she has no formal job, but an unconditional cash transfer from the government.
Premila Bhalavi says the money covers medicines, vegetables and her son's school fees. The sum, 1,500 rupees ($16: £12), may be small, but its effect - predictable income, a sense of control and a taste of independence - is anything but.
Her story is increasingly common. Across India, 118 million adult women in 12 states now receive unconditional cash transfers from their governments, making India the site of one of the world's largest and least-studied social-policy experiments.
Long accustomed to subsidising grain, fuel and rural jobs, India has stumbled into something more radical: paying adult women simply because they keep households running, bear the burden of unpaid care and form an electorate too large to ignore.
India cash transfers for women: Paying for unpaid household work
Some 118 million women in 12 Indian states receive unconditional cash transfers, one of the world’s largest experiments.Soutik Biswas (BBC News)
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Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web
For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.taggart-tech.com
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Progress in the (tech) art departament.
Rendered with 4xMSAA (no TAA etc.).
I found that Screen-Space Roughness limiter can introduce blocky artifacts. I suppose it's because derivatives work in quads (4 pixel groups).
It's probably content-specific but the effect is ON by default, and so you might have had stairsteppy artifacts and not known where do they come from.
This is Godot 4.5.1 stable on Arch Linux. Haven't tested in 4.6 beta yet.
@godotengine WDYT?
- unfa
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📙 Le nouveau numéro de Dimensions est sorti!
Dans cette édition, zoom sur les matières plastiques. Si elles ont permis d’énormes progrès, elles se heurtent aujourd’hui au défi de la pollution qu’elles engendrent.
Disponible gratuitement dans les caissettes à journaux du campus ou sur dimensions.epfl.ch
#epfl #plushtodon #plastique #pollution #environnement
Dimensions
Dimensions, une publication scientifique de référence, qui met en avant l’excellence de l’Ecole par le biais de dossiers approfondis, d’interviews, de portraits et d’actualités.EPFL
WOW! Facebook is testing limiting the number a links people can share without a Meta Verified subscription.
Some users will be limited to sharing just TWO links per month in organic posts, without a Mera Verified account!
Meta confirmed the following to me:
“This is a limited test to understand whether the ability to publish an increased volume of posts with links add additional value for Meta Verified subscribers.”
#Facebook
Monster-catching RPG 'EvoCreo' arrives on PC on January 7, 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mons…
Monster-catching RPG 'EvoCreo' arrives on PC on January 7, 2026
After amassing around 2.5 million downloads on mobile, the first EvoCreo is arriving on Steam with Linux support on January 7th, 2026.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
This holiday season, make a donation to a privacy organization ❄️ @torproject @eff @privacyint @noybeu @edri @EngageMedia @fight @openrightsgroup @calyxinstitute
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Support Privacy This Holiday Season
Now more than ever do they need our supportMonique Barrow (The Privacy Cloud 🔐☁️)
The Home Sweet Home update for Palworld with the ULTRAKILL crossover is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/the-…
The Home Sweet Home update for Palworld with the ULTRAKILL crossover is out now
Palworld just levelled up with a big new free Home Sweet Home update as Pocketpair work towards finishing up the game for a full release next year.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got a huge free Stories Untold upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/stal…
#Stalker2 #Gaming #PCGaming #FPS
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl just got a huge free Stories Untold upgrade
Stories Untold brings a whole lot new to the world of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl with hours of new content for you to play through.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
What it takes to run a sub 3:30 Marathon?
The last running plan that I finished this year was a 22 weeks Marathon plan, below are some stats:
Total distance: 1,388 km
Total time: 136:45:16
Strength training: 1,027 sets total
Fastest avg pace: 4:29 /km
Longest run (not race): 32 km
PBs: 5k @ 20:10
I finished the race strong in 3:29:38 as planned with 1.5% negative splits. I was very happy with how the entire race went, my fueling strategy, and everything in between 😀
I'm now chasing a sub 3 hrs PB. Do you think it's realistic?
What is your next race / running goal?
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The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+!
Negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027 have been concluded.
It will offer significant opportunities across education, training, sports, and youth, giving people the chance to connect across borders once again.
This follows the EU-UK Strategic Partnership agreed at the first ever Summit in May.
A step forward for youth, education, and cooperation, together again. 🤝
More: link.europa.eu/vf3vJk
Joint Statement by Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency Maroš Šef\u010Dovi\u010D and HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP
In May, the United Kingdom and the European Union held their first ever Summit and agreed to strengthen cooperation through a new strategic partnership. This partnership will make us more secure, willEuropean Commission - European Commission
Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua
Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans’ cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weavingPalm Oil Detectives
This terminal text editor will make you rethink your choice. 😼
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Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor for Linux
Rust-based editor combines fast performance with GUI-style shortcuts that just work.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
But fresy will be useful when I edit some multi files script
Enough people have taken this premise apart that I don't have to do a whole thread on it.
But I did want to point out this paragraph, that is one of the most Anti-African things I've read recently.
This long-termism and great replacement nonsense is seeping into brains and cooking them.
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We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
Scientific progress is slowing just as we need it most. New AI tools that speed up discovery could help restart productivity growth and make life more affordable.Bryan Walsh (Vox)
Actualización 2026 – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con #SoftwareLibre
anótense... ya hay más de 60 referencias...
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Actualización 2026 – Directorio de personas y colectivas que hacen diseño con Software Libre | Sursiendo
El directorio puede consultarse en este enlace. Regresamos un año más (¿ya sería tradición?) con la convocatoria para actualizar nuestro Directorio de…sursiendo (Sursiendo)
Vegan Palm Oil Free Christmas Recipes
Boycott palm oil this Christmas 🎅🎄 with 10 yummy, #palmoilfree and #Vegan #recipes 🦧🦏🐘🐒🐍 and your #health 🥦🍆 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4WildlifePalm Oil Detectives
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II to release in Spring 2026 gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/warh…
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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II to release in Spring 2026
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games has a release window now set for sometime in Spring 2026.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/open…
#OpenFodder #OpenSource #Retro #CannonFodder
Open Fodder, an open source port of the classic Cannon Fodder v2.0 released
Cannon Fodder is a retro action-strategy gem from 1993 that was originally released on my old love the Amiga, and the modern open source port just got upgraded.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
MicroProse announce a revival of the retro Geoff Crammond Racing series gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/micr…
#Racing #RetroGames #PCGaming #Gaming #GeoffCrammond
MicroProse announce a revival of the retro Geoff Crammond Racing series
First released in the '90s, the retro racing series designed by Geoff Crammond is making a return under new names with publisher MicroProse.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases (title corrected) gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/stea…
Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
Valve have released Steam Replay for 2025, showing off some interesting stats about your gaming and how it stacks up against everyone on Steam.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Now here's a song worth knowing about!
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Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/late…
#Steam #SteamOS #SteamDeck #Xbox
Latest Steam Deck update will warn you if an Xbox controller needs upgrading
Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta update that includes a useful tweak to its Xbox controller detection.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
this was a issue I had for a while when trying to connect controllers to my Steam Deck
I knew it was possible they just wouldn't appear in the Bluetooth menu or would freak out when connecting
Turns out they just needed a firmware update even though they where brand new
Thinking of using a Raspberry Pi as your daily driver? These Linux distro options might surprise you. 🖥️
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Your Raspberry Pi Can Be a Real Desktop (If You Pick the Right OS)
Here are the operating system choices when you want to use Raspberry Pi in a desktop setup.Abhishek Prakash (It's FOSS)
(First of all I think 4 years old is too early to get contact with computers, even with screens in general)
My 11 years old kid has local access (no web) to tons of material about science, drawing, programming... And he is always discovering new secrets or option there.
For sure raspberry pi is a good platform for scratch, laby, colobot... Using #debian 😀
Today's run, 6 x 1km Tempo with alternating pace averaging 4:15 /km
Let's go!
#running #bavariastatue #ruhmeshalle
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![LIST ALL THE INSTALLED PACKAGES
💡 You can list out all the installed packages on your Debian/Ubuntu System and save them in a file using this command :
dpkg --get-selections > package.txt
You can view all the packages saved in a file named "package.txt"
[Terminal screenshot showing output below]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1395226 "LIST ALL THE INSTALLED PACKAGES
💡 You can list out all the installed packages on your Debian/Ubuntu System and save them in a file using this command :
dpkg --get-selections > package.txt
You can view all the packages saved in a file named \"package.txt\"
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Very handy to include with incremental user backups or before doing a major version upgrade. This file can be used ad an input for dselect to restore your installed packages quickly.
You can also do something similar with pip (if you use python app packages too).
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Green Lie of “Sustainable” Aviation Biofuel
“Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a biofuel alternative to using fossil fuels for powering planes and cars. SAF is being aggressively marketed by multiple industries as a greener alt…Palm Oil Detectives
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Ok, I like the idea. I liked webrings on their day and I remember well why they failed. Some people just removed the core to get the trafic just for themselves.
I think Stumbleupon was better. I would rather recreate that concept, at least now.
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