I am honored to co-supervise the PhD thesis of Francesca Ciulla.

Francesca’s research investigates how design can support the development of digital cultural archives for small communities, in particular the Arbëresh community in Sicily.

I look forward to following the insights the research will bring to the transdisciplinary field of visual exploration of cultural heritage.

#culturalHeritage #dataviz #digitalhumanities #communities

Excited for #JCON EUROPE 2026? See Dominika Tasarz at #JCON2026 in Cologne talking about 'The JUG-gle is Real: What #Java User Groups Can Teach Us About Growing #OpenSource Communities'

Open source #communities don’t grow by #magic - they …

🎟️ 2026.europe.jcon.one/tickets
Free for #JUG members

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/10/why-independent-bookshops-strike-fear-in-the-heart-of-germanys-culture-tsar. "This year, for the first time, three #bookshops disappeared from the jury’s list... The #ministry of #culture deleted them, due to ''information [from]... the #domestic #intelligence agency'... A quick look at the three bookshops is telling: they are #antifascist, they are proud of it & they are institutions in their #communities."

Critical safeguards that protect our #communities from chemical emergencies and disasters are under attack. We need to tell the #EPA not to take these critical safeguards away from our #families. https://click.everyaction.com/k/126991089/606613398/200399498?ms=email&sourceid=1048759&utm_source=crm&utm_medium=email&utm_term=action&utm_campaign=2603_Action_RMPRollback_EPA&utm_content=HTMLBodyLink1&contactdata=c5YviF/stwZQO01MRhQVAqEJU51QVmRJGmQCGuMJUePUC+2qp+2fbjoEevxDlT7ROMKpIheRBpsqdZ/E8Tm41dSYGproDjhEJnPNHfjKmMKpu0xEfA5zEeEoGhlCvNea13b+j3uT1SUP9YPwV+ZBOg==&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNRUovMS84MDk2MSIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICJiNTM1MmNhMy0wODFjLWYxMTEtYTY5YS0wMDBkM2ExZjBhOTciLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogIm1pbG8uZGlkZUBob3RtYWlsLmNvbSINCn0%3D&hmac=Ml7lbyHiXUa4FknjRIaGRbHALzi_u51k8Re3yAA5PZ0=&emci=2ff5449c-081c-f111-a69a-000d3a1f0a97&emdi=b5352ca3-081c-f111-a69a-000d3a1f0a97&ceid=3678654

Please sign on today to call on #Congress to support my new resolution to Defund the #Oligarchs and Fund Our #Communities. https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm3-inXg7XQKmpx2SINKyl6WQz_vkJ3ZJKcUzkkSwqwfKGeA77vOoOShpp-YonFcsjiP5yD_objAFsWX6e_LysP13wqEM5N9UhIN2VXsYdV22dGhiak8puIcrXNm7NH11i-jb3084Hw8Pt2gInaKogfJlJ9OGJ433AmeYQJ5IihsMjDaCidDek-32-ShFyxVo8ciAhzBOVoKzDmBw9wZkXp6IPCURld5AwPKMylOruRMH64PQ6RlWP9Dsdf1dclNYyaGzQ-gMDzemlxV9i4o8G_cZuc5aRc64wk5bINvlcT0vKsoo5XgpVXSaN55NCsjd02gV2x0cjKxn-DZMfgmwZwOzepd7cU1FMimwf56Symnv6t08x6NeYV14NhYdr8kFlcLKojLMmI4brMmcpaMYuEB2Ez26iD44oaQzZH3OpEO3-x-hEY19wnwd_bIFC6srIEZrtPb8eN-0tJvxQWDIJCxGRLh75FUGOv8SjAgVmkq4FpN3nBp56CVm2XRj73q0AmYMOFxiiU_uJE_qTn2HyUb0Jym6TtgEZhmUG6c451q1vixatSHbGVEkYv19wRIhgww/4os/_A6tckArTzWGqbZj8mlRYw/h0/h001.4CLWlAaI82cvY5xTWTU5dIbb9g0zv4PeS0za-rHEGww

Definition of anti-Muslim hate will not harm free speech, says Steve Reed https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/09/definition-of-anti-muslim-hate-will-not-harm-free-speech-says-steve-reed #Islamophobia #SteveReed #Communities #Islam #Religion #Labour #Politics #UkNews

When we invest in women’s stability, through #childcare, #housing, workplace #equality, and community care, #families, #communities, and #society all gain.

This #InternationalWomensDay, CPC‑CG’s research highlights the need for policies and structural support that expand reproductive freedom, ease gendered care pressures, and prepare #care systems for changing #family structures resulting from #demographic change.

Read the full story: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=776

#IWD2026 #GiveToGain #Population

Labour to set up new extremism whistleblowing service for university staff https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/09/labour-to-set-up-new-extremism-whistleblowing-service-for-university-staff #Communities #UkNews #Universities #Charities #Society #SocialExclusion #Labour #SteveReed #FarRight #Politics

A historic number of women are serving their communities as chief
AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak recently shared on her social media that history has been made with a record number of 164 chiefs who are female across the country. CBC Indigenous spoke with two current and one former chief to learn why they serve.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/historic-number-women-chief-9.7117868?cmp=rss

A historic number of women are serving their communities as chief
AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak recently shared on her social media that history has been made with a record number of 164 chiefs who are female across the country. CBC Indigenous spoke with two current and one former chief to learn why they serve.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/historic-number-women-chief-9.7117868?cmp=rss

A historic number of women are serving their communities as chief
AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak recently shared on her social media that history has been made with a record number of 164 chiefs who are female across the country. CBC Indigenous spoke with two current and one former chief to learn why they serve.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/historic-number-women-chief-9.7117868?cmp=rss

Resilience, change and remembering 'whose shoulders we're standing on' celebrated at Hamilton women's awards
Nine women received awards on Thursday night for their work in the Hamilton and Halton communities.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/women-of-distinction-ywca-2026-9.7117732?cmp=rss

Crossover fanfiction between certain #Lemmy #communities feel impossible.

Lemmy.world's /c/petrats (pet rats) with /c/superbowl (superb owls) for example.

I'm definitely sided with the latter. I just saw a post with a cute #mouse pet and couldn't help but to imagine it being mercilessly chased, lifted to the skies and devoured all the way to its bare carcass by a cuter, majestic Little #owl... Oh, I'd love to watch this situation (enviously for the mouse, I should confess), as the helpless, wingless and laughable mouse becomes her lunch while he dangles from her talons, above a high tree twig where he couldn't even dream getting to on its own miserable limbs. The mouse is fated to become her lunch, as Mother Nature wants him to be. For me, this is a source of happiness: I'd surely watch this gory scene, quietly so not to disturb the owl, with overwhelming awe.

Reclaiming humanity post Bondi attack

Michael Visontay explores the deep roots of Jewish life in Bondi, and the impact of loss on this close-knit community.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-08/healing-after-bondi-massacre/106410434

#Communities #TerroristAttacks #Judaism #Grief

The hidden histories around us
#Hidden #histories surround us every day, quietly woven into the #streets we walk, the #buildings we pass, and the #communities we live in. Exploring hidden histories helps us understand the world more deeply, with greater #compassion and #awareness.
https://juskosave.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-hidden-histories-around-us.html

Wet Saturday triggers rainfall warning west of Ottawa
Late-winter thunderstorms and matching melting snow could puddle up communities such as Bancroft, Pembroke and Perth on Saturday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rain-weather-forecast-warning-pembroke-bancroft-9.7117522?cmp=rss

Wayne County communities remember, honor 3 women police say were killed by a stranger

https://misryoum.com/us/today/wayne-county-communities-remember-honor-3-women-police/

LYMAN, Wayne County — Neighbors placed ribbons around communities from Loa to Torrey Thursday as they honored and remembered three women who investigators said died at the hands of a stranger.Police apprehended 22-year-old Ivan Miller of Blakesburg, Iowa, in Colorado...

#Wayne #County #communities #remember #honor #women #police #say #were #killed #stranger #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

Alberta outlines 16 new school projects in rural communities and smaller cities
The province announced details Thursday about the locations of 16 new school projects promised in Alberta's smaller cities and rural communities as part of the provincial budget.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-school-projects-rural-alberta-9.7116084?cmp=rss

Alberta outlines 16 new school projects in rural communities and smaller cities
The province announced details Thursday about the locations of 16 new school projects promised in Alberta's smaller cities and rural communities as part of the provincial budget.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-school-projects-rural-alberta-9.7116084?cmp=rss

I have made the choice to leave Discord. With all of the privacy issues revolving around Discord currently plus the Age verification stuff, it is just a bit ridiculous.

I have already peaced out on Ring already as I posted about on my site.

Leaving Discord though is a bit more complicated though. There a quite a bit of communities I am a part of (cybersecurity, tech, etc.) that are on Discord. Not sure if they are going to be moving somewhere else, probably not.

I am wondering if any of my cybersecurity and tech friends know of other places out there on the webs where communities are. IRC? Others? That I can hope on over to?

Any suggestions?

Pls feel free to boost this for maximum help! Thanks.

#cybersecurity #infosec #tech #community #communities #discord