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South Africa

Safety operation conducted in Mthatha

Yesterday at 18:33 PM, via SABC News

The King Sabatha Dalindyebo Local Municipality has also intensified its safety and security measures

World

2024: The year of global elections

Today at 00:55 AM, via NPR

Billions of people around the world voted in elections across more than 60 countries this past year. The results provide an assessment of the state of electoral democracy on a global level.

Education

The Observer view on Labour’s plans to reform education | Observer editorial

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via The Guardian

The government needs to go further on pay and workload if it is to retain high-quality teachers in schools

Great teaching is the most powerful lever schools have to improve children’s education, according to the Education Endowment Foundation. So, how the education system recruits, trains, retains and supports teachers is one of the most important questions for politicians and policymakers...

Education

‘We need a total culture change’: the UK teacher told to work 60-hour week or leave after having baby

Yesterday at 18:29 PM, via The Guardian

Deputy head Vickie Johnson asked for a switch to part-time employment to balance work with parenthood but hit a brick wall that is causing problems in many schools

UK teachers should be allowed to work from home, education secretary says

Vickie Johnson was a deputy headteacher at a small primary school in Greater Manchester working exhausting 60-hour weeks when she became pregnant with her son....

Education

UK teachers should be allowed to work from home, education secretary says

Yesterday at 18:29 PM, via The Guardian

Bridget Phillipson insists move to marking and class preparation out of school would help stem retention crisis

‘We need a total culture change’: the teacher told to work 60-hour week or leave after having baby

All state school teachers should given the right to work away from the classroom on lesson preparation, marking and pupil assessment to stem a growing retention crisis in the profession,...

Lifestyle

Mardi Gras, Mama Mia and Starry Nights-themed festive feasts

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Times Live

A Mardi Gras Masquerade inspired menu complete with a street food station, lavish festive buffets inspired by Vincent van Gogh, a sophisticated Greek style feast and high-end festive dishes concocted by private chefs are part of the swanky Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations South Africa’s wealthy will be indulging in.

Science/Tech

Luigi Mangione’s Ghost Gun Was Only Partially 3D-Printed

Today at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

“More than a decade after the advent of the 3D-printed gun as an icon of libertarianism and a gun control nightmare, police say one of those homemade plastic weapons has now been found in the hands of perhaps the world’s most high-profile alleged killer,” Wired wrote this month:For the community of DIY gunsmiths who have spent years honing those printable firearm models, in fact, the handgun...

Science/Tech

US Life Expectancy Rose to 78.4 years in 2023 – Highest Level Since Pandemic

Today at 01:02 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from NBC News:U.S. life expectancy rose last year, hitting its highest level since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, released Thursday, found that life expectancy at birth was 78.4 years in 2023. That’s a significant rise — nearly a full year — from the life...

Science/Tech

T2 Linux SDE 24.12 ‘Sky’s the Limit!’ Released With 37 ISOs For 25 CPU ISAs

Today at 00:02 AM, via Slashdot

Berlin-based T2 Linux developer René Rebe is also long-time Slashdot reader ReneR — and popped by with a special announcement for the holidays:The T2 Linux team has unveiled T2 Linux SDE 24.12, codenamed “Sky’s the Limit!”, delivering a massive update for this highly portable source-based Linux distribution… With 3,280 package updates, 206 new features, and the ability to boot on systems...

Science/Tech

Voyager 1 Signals from Interstellar Space Detected by Amateur Astronomers on 1950s Telescope

Yesterday at 23:02 PM, via Slashdot

“Voyager 1 is currently exploring interstellar space at a distance of 15.5 billion miles (24.9 billion kilometers) away from Earth,” writes Gizmodo. And yet a team of amateur astronomers in the Netherlands was able to receive Voyager’s signals on a 1950s telescope designed to detect weak, low-frequency emissions from deep space: NASA uses the [Earth-based] Deep Space Network (DSN) to...