The soft life: why millennials are quitting the rat race [_link]

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 2, 2024

On top of that, she had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which made working in an open-plan office with a strict 9-5 policy incredibly hard. Gardner, 42, works best in isolation, early in the morning and in the evening, and she didn't feel her workplace was prepared to accommodate that.

... form of early retirement ... wish her good luck with her choice.

Have a peaceful cultural summer

`Not even water?': Ramadan radio show demystifies Dutch Muslim life [_link]

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 2, 2024

Sevval makes radio during Ramadan: "This month is an opportunity to get closer to myself"

Have a peaceful cultural summer

It's official: A new Lancet Infectious Disease paper solidifies evidence of long-term viral persistence after #COVID-19.

Up to a quarter of people in the study harbored viral proteins indicative of persistent virus for up to 14 months after infection: [_link]

— Amy Proal, PhD (@microbeminded2) April 8, 2024

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Al momento il censimento dei dipartimenti di sicurezza, sotto la guida del ministro dell'Interno Matteo Piantedosi, hanno certificato l'esistenza di 53 moschee abusive, rispetto alle 30 censite dieci anni fa dall'Antiterrorismo, che in un dossier aveva rivelato come fossero almeno un centinaio le realtà di preghiera illegali da portare alla luce. L'intensificazione dei controlli e le indagini sempre più stringenti, grazie alle relazioni investigative degli 007, hanno portato ora a raddoppiare il numero dei centri culturali censiti, puntando i riflettori sulla galassia, rimasta per anni nell'ombra, di imam integralisti e predicatori di odio, disposti a tutto pur di portare avanti quella missione contro l'Occidente infedele, tentando di inculcare nelle menti dei più giovani e delle seconde generazioni la dottrina fondamentalista del martirio al grido di Allah akbar.

Bacini di illegalità che non possono più essere tollerati, di fronte agli attentati cruenti, scatenati nel cuore dell'Europa da jihadisti arrivati sui barconi a Lampedusa, o all'ultima tragica strage compiuta dall'Isis alla Crocus City Hall di Mosca, il 22 marzo scorso. L'allerta delle nostre forze dell'ordine è massima, come dimostra l'arresto del super terrorista del Tagikistan Ilkhomi Sayrakhmonzoda, fermato dai poliziotti della Digos non appena sbarcato a Fiumicino, lo scorso 8 aprile. E sono diverse le operazioni che hanno portato in manette islamici impegnati nel proselitismo, oltre ai servizi informativi che hanno permesso di sventare attentati nel nostro Paese. Perché gli approfondimenti dell'Antiterrorismo sono proiettati a 360 gradi e includono lo scandaglio a raggi X del dark web, le intercettazioni e perfino il controllo dei testi nelle moschee abusive.
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Today, on the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 1264, which strengthens Florida's education standards that require teaching on the dangers and evils of Communism.

"The truth will set us free," said Governor Ron DeSantis. "We will not allow our students to live in ignorance, nor be indoctrinated by Communist apologists in schools. To the contrary, we will ensure students in Florida are taught the truth about the evils and dangers of Communism."

"It is vitally important that every student learns about the dangers of Communism," said Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. "I know firsthand the evils that Communism brings, and I am proud to stand by Governor DeSantis as he signs this legislation to ensure Florida remains the bastion of freedom."
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"There's a violence problem among young people. Tackling the issue is one of my government's biggest priorities," [France PM Gabriel] Attal told a group of teenagers in uniform tracksuits as he visited the school.

When he asked the group whether they were happy to be there for the Easter holidays, which started on April 20 in the Nice region, most replied in the negative.

"My parents didn't convince me to go, they forced me," said one male student aged 14. Another boy seemed not to know who Attal was, asking the 35-year-old premier: "Are you the mayor or the prime minister?"

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"Me, I am the prime minister and the mayor, he is there," answered Attal, France's youngest ever prime minister, gesturing to Nice mayor Christian Estrosi. A third boy asked Attal what his job was and if he was rich, then what he thought of the French president.

"Macron's mean," the boy said looking at his feet, in comments caught on camera and broadcast on the BFMTV television channel.

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"The idea here is not to punish, but to prevent," he added. "The idea is to help you."
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Activities will include workshops on the values of the French Republic, learning the national anthem, and a trip to a nearby internment camp used by the Nazi-allied Vichy Regime during World War II. Attal has called for greater use of boarding schools to prevent youths from falling into delinquency.

"We have around 50,000 empty boarding places in France today, which is crazy when you think about it, even though we know that there are many parents who are overwhelmed and who could see an advantage in it," he told reporters on Monday.

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Attal said measures would include expanding compulsory school attendance to all the days of the week from 8am to 6pm for children of college age. He said parents needed to take more responsibility, warning that particularly disruptive children would have sanctions marked on their final grades.