Katrina Abatis
@katrina-abatis.bsky.social
Senior Program Officer Mediation Support Team, CSS ETH Zurich. Social media skeptic, happier with a book ;) All views my own.
Headline masks the best quote from Kim Leadbeater: "You’ve got to remember: those voices who are sowing the division are in the minority, and it doesn’t always feel like it". Impressive woman 💛
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoDivision in UK probably worse now than in run-up to Brexit, says Kim Leadbeater
Happy to be able to discuss the very interesting input of Cobus van Staden at the #China #GlobalSouth Project with GCSP's Nico Luchsinger: www.gcsp.ch/multimedia/r...
GCSP Podcast | ReCentered Episode 3: Cobus van Staden on China, Africa, and the Global South
Explore how Africa and the Global South experience the current global shifts – and the role China plays in them.
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The art of the possible: the Nottingham art gallery being run by citizens’ assembly
The art of the possible: the Nottingham art gallery being run by citizens’ assembly
New Art Exchange believes it is first cultural institution in world to hand permanent leadership to the community
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Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored
Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored
Across the world, women at the heart of their communities are leading the struggle to protect their culture, land and way of life
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"Conflict, like fire, is inevitable and can be invaluable. The question is whether leaders are willing to stage it on their own terms or endure it on nature’s"🔥🔥Love this metaphor❤️🔥
Peter T Coleman@petertcoleman1.bsky.social · last yr.Learn to lean into conflict. Why Embracing Conflict Now Can Prevent Catastrophe Later greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other | Alexander Hurst
Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other | Alexander Hurst
It’s tempting to scoff, but don’t dismiss the data. Modern man’s failure to forge real, meaningful friendships is bad for everyone, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
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An article that sets out the issues fairly & bluntly ..
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams
The hibakusha from Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and all nuclear weapons survivors are entrusting us with their stories.We must ensure their memories do not fade. By holding their memory, we carry their fight forward. #NihonHidankyo #NuclearBan #CranesOfMemory app.sosha.ai/s/lomogaO5
I'm quoted in this piece. In short: do not use ChatGPT or any generative AI as a “therapist.” It’s not sentient. It doesn’t care. It may even lead people toward harm. And nothing shared is protected by HIPAA or real privacy standards; it's fodder for the machine. www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture...
AI is transforming how we communicate in relationships
‘All I wanted was to feel seen, heard and understood by him, but instead, he was sending me a robot’s questions’
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“The difficulty...is the fact that institutions are still subject to dealing day-to-day with extremely complex and often polarising issues on campus and where the bounds of what may be lawful free speech are constantly being tested,” : how about trying dialogue techniques & getting facilitators 🤔
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.English universities barred from enforcing blanket bans on student protests
New #Mediation Support Network Discussion Points hot off the press 🔥 - learn more about self-determination conflicts and what needs to be considered in their resolution: css.ethz.ch/en/publicati... @berghoffnd.bsky.social @swisspeace.bsky.social @swisspeacehr.bsky.social
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
Columbia at a crossroads: Embracing conflict-intelligent leadership
As a Columbia faculty member for 30 years, I have never witnessed our community as fraught and fractured as it is today. In the shadow of the war in Gaza, campus protests and counterprotests have turn...
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Jay Graber, the C.E.O. of Bluesky, wants to liberate social media from the “self-styled tech monarch.” @chaykak.bsky.social reports on Graber’s quest to build better digital town squares.
Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media
X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.
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‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models Authors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence. Novelists Kate Mosse and Tracy Chevalier as well as poet and former Royal Society of Literature chair Daljit Nagra will be among those in attendance outside the company’s King’s Cross office. Continue reading...
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"In this era of social isolation and political polarisation we need to find ways to bring people around the table again – doing so is critical for our individual and collective wellbeing."
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Covid ‘benevolence bump’ endures as acts of kindness 10% higher than before 2020
Eighty years since the Tokyo firebombing, survivors are still awaiting recognition
Eighty years since the Tokyo firebombing, survivors are still awaiting recognition
More people were killed in the 1945 attack than the atomic bombing of Nagasaki a few months later, but there is no national memorial, accurate death toll or compensation for survivors
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"AI being used not to manipulate or control but to help us better understand the delicate social dynamics that allow human beings to live together in #peace": interesting blog 👍
Check out the free @ethzurich.bsky.social MAS Mediation and Peace Processes 🎥 of a #mediation process with Zaza Elsheikh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0uk... For more #teachingmaterials, visit: mas-mediation.ethz.ch/tools/the-fi...
"New Neighbor"/ Zaza Elsheikh - Enacted Documentary Illustrating The Five Phase Model of Mediation
YouTube video by MAS ETH MPP
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Cross-party initiatives are what I argued for in my paper: css.ethz.ch/content/dam/... I hope that the engagement will be well considered and genuine.
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y agoCross-party body will seek to rebuild UK community cohesion after riots
This week, consider reaching out to estranged friends and family and taking a walk together. It matters. startswith.us/2024/03/20/6...
6 Steps for Mending a Politically Strained Relationship - Starts With Us
Have political tensions hurt your relationship with a friend, family member, colleague, or acquaintance? Are you angry at them, or are they angry at you? Or both? You’re not alone. Nearly one in five ...
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New #Manics 🎶 as always tapping into the Zeitgeist - the erosion of meaning “People ruin paintings, faces for the view / People destroy the truth.” Amazing 😍 youtu.be/V9VfV9pk9No
Manic Street Preachers - People Ruin Paintings (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO
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