“What keeps me going now is the excitement of the clients who receive the service and the sad faces of those clients who need the services and cannot get them.” Joseph Mbari Ngugi shared these words on May 30, 2023, capturing the profound empathy and dedication that defined his life’s work.

In Germany, as of 31 December 204, according to the Central Register of Foreigners, more than 14 million people of the 83.6 Million residents are foreigners.

I started writing here for a few clear reasons, back in 2022. In the first instance, I thought substack could function as a kind of repository for posterity. I had a few archival pieces I’d written for close friends that were sitting in my dropbox, and merited some kind of appropriately scaled, low cost outlet. By putting them here, I would have a URL I could give the rare person who might be interested.

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A Revista Argumentos acabou de lançar um dossiê sobre Michel Foucault, cujo tema é “Vidas Infames e Insubmissas“, com diversos artigos incríveis. Contribuo com o artigo “Medicina mental e medicina orgânica no jovem Foucault:...

Introduction In scientific blogging, references and citations are essential. Unfortunately, Hugo’s support for citations is limited, see e.g. this discourse . So here’s a workflow for spacemacs that works for me. Editing Export to org with org-ref-export Export to hugo compatible markdown Workflow Editing I write my posts in spacemacs org-mode.

We’re once more looking to grow our editorial team at JOSS! Since our launch in May 2016, our existing editorial team has handled over 5000 submissions (over 3000 published at the time of writing, almost 500 under review) and the demand from the community continues to be strong. JOSS now consistently publishes 40-45 papers per month, and this is gradually increasing.

This is the July issue of the monthly newsletter from the Rogue Scholar science blog archive. The newsletter reports on new blogs that have joined the platform, important technical updates in Rogue Scholar infrastructure, community updates, and other news relevant to Rogue Scholar users. Blogs added to Rogue Scholar Thirteen blogs have been added in July, making it one of the busiest months yet for Rogue Scholar. Welcome everybody!

TLDR/Summary Two critical government consultations The New Zealand government has called for submissions on drafts of two major plans pertaining to national infrastructure and fuel security. The NZ Infrastructure Commission and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) have asked how we can future-proof the systems that keep our country running. Our non-partisan independent … Continue reading "Building Real Resilience: Our Submissions on NZ’s Fuel and Infrastructure Plans"

Of prisons and paywalls

Une vague de bitume Là où vit Paul, une forêt se réveillait tous les matins avec un vent calme dans les branches, les encouragements des oiseaux et le doux son de l’eau qui coulait dans les veines de la terre gardant les poumons sylvicoles bien hydratés. Une foule de créatures habitait cet endroit d’une beauté à en faire pleurer les écureuils. Hélas, on a jeté un sort pétrifiant à cette forêt.