#knowledge-sharing

[educationday]

Accelerate progress in fostering lifelong learning and the achievement of the SDGs of the Education 2030 Agenda – particularly SDG 4: Quality Education, and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

 

As the majority of the world's population increasingly resides in urban areas, cities play a critical role in ensuring the right to education and lifelong learning for all. They are instrumental in promoting lifelong learning by connecting educational, training, and cultural institutions; engaging diverse stakeholders such as government, civil society and businesses; and creating environments where citizens can apply their learning to everyday life through personal learning journeys.

In South-East Asia, rapid urbanization and socio-economic transformation are creating an urgent need for lifelong learning to empower citizens to navigate the complexities of the twenty-first century. These challenges range from climate change to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). Consequently, there is growing momentum for cities to lead efforts in addressing inequalities and expanding access to lifelong learning. This is evidenced by the addition of 11 South-East Asian cities to the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) in February 2024. Seven of these cities – from China, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam – will be recognized during a special awards ceremony at the conference’s opening plenary.

Conference objectives

Strengthen the capacity of South-East Asian cities through knowledge-sharing among UNESCO Learning Cities in South-East Asia and ASEAN+3 countries (ASEAN Member States plus Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea)

Identify and disseminate good practices in government policies and innovative initiatives that advance Learning Cities at both national and local levels in the South-East Asian context

Enhance the capacity of the Thai Learning City Network to foster collaboration regionally

Establish a sustainable platform for ongoing dialogue and partnerships among UNESCO Learning Cities and other cities promoting lifelong learning in South-East Asia

Expected outcomes

Learning Cities in South-East and East Asia will implement innovative and sustainable actions to promote lifelong learning for all through the Learning City approach

Establishment of an ASEAN Regional Learning City Network to foster mutual collaboration in building vibrant learning societies

ASEAN+3 Regional Conference on Learning Cities

[crabussy]

hi gang. reminder that we are some of the best sweaters in the animal kingdom (second only to equines) allowing us to stay cool and keep moving in hot weather. we have 10 times the density of sweat glands compared to other great apes.

we are ALSO insanely good at smelling rain (specifically geosmin, found in the soil and activated by rain) with the ability to smell 10 parts per trillion. this is speculated to have helped our ancestors survive!

we ALSO have absolutely batshit diets compared to most other animals. caffeine and chocolate are completely toxic to most animals but we can eat it without even feeling sick. even avocados are severely toxic to many animals to the point where it can be fatal to eat, but humans love it!!!

we are ALSO the best endurance runners ON EARTH out of ANY other species. we beat horses in endurance running. you know, the animals that gradually evolved away most of their toes in order to be the best runners?? yeahhh.

and to top it all off. our lifespan is unusually long for our species' weight/mass. typically, the bigger a species is, the longer its average lifespan (e.g. weasels live for 1-2 years, whales can live over 200) but we're very small for how long our average lifespan is. big cats like tigers live around 14-15 years, brown bears 25 years, yet here we are expected to live around 75-85 years. that is NUTS.

humans as a species are so extremely cool. it's not just our intellect that makes us amazing. we may not be the fastest or the strongest in the animal kingdom but we're super cool in many other ways. next time you sweat you can go wow!!! humans are so cool I'm able to keep moving because of my absolutely insane number of sweat glands! thank you evolution!

[dreamsteddie]

Steve and Eddie who kind of flop in life and end up poor, living in a trailer in a different small town living quiet lives of no import.

The kids, Robin, Nancy, and Johnathan all seem to take the small handful of opportunities offered to them by the government in the aftermath of the Upsidedown to take off and make something of their lives. They're off writing headlines, making news, and living their lives to the best of their abilities, but Steve and Eddie find themselves stuck.

Steve stayed in Hawkins until the kids graduated and left for college. By then Nancy, Johnathan, and Robin are all in their second or third years of college. John and Nancy have their own apartment in New York together and don't reach out all that often, only seeing the rest of the Hawkins crew on Holidays and some vacations. Robin is flourishing at an all-women's college in Maine and has a partner and a cat and plans for graduate school brewing. She's always saying Steve can come out and join her whenever he's ready, but when the time comes it feels like he would just be trying to insert himself in the middle of a life he doesn't know how to fit into, so he turns to Eddie instead.

Eddie is permanently disabled in a number of ways following the events of season four. He struggles with chronic pain, has breathing issues due to the loss of part of his right lung, and lost enough muscle mass in his left leg that walking will never be easy or done without the use of a walker or arm bar crutches. The doctors said he recovered as well as he could have. The kids said he would get better with time. Wayne said it didn't matter if he never got better, he could do anything he set his mind to.

Steve is the only person who tells him the truth.

Steve tells him that it sucks. Tells him that it will probably always hurt. Doesn't give him false hope when he's trying to grieve the loss of the life he wanted to live. The goals he wanted to reach. When he falls deeper and deeper into himself, stuck in the muck of depression, Steve is the only person he lets in. The kids try their best but their lives are moving fast, and taking care of someone like Eddie is exhausting, no matter what they try to say. Eventually, everyone but Dustin gives up on reaching out, the younger boy showing up every Sunday to try and get Eddie out of the house. He always leaves disappointed.

When Steve asks him if he wants to use what's left of their partly government payouts and Steve's equally meager Family Video savings to buy a truly shitty trailer in a town an hour and a half south of Hawkins in the fall of 1990, it feels like the first boon he's been given in almost five years. He'll never be who he could have been if he had ignored Chrissy that day in 86', but he's always thought maybe he could be more than a ghost between Wayne's walls if he could just get out of this god-forsaken town full of people who know too much and too little of what's happened to him.

They get the trailer, pack what little they have, let Wayne hug them close, and leave.

Steve has already transferred to their new town's Family Video, moving up to claim the dubious honor of being the opening manager. Mostly he just unlocks the door, signs into the computer, and makes sure nothing catches fire. Eddie hoped that moving would miraculously make him fit to enter back into the world, but he spends most of his days with a blanket on the front porch, watching people pass by. He does, though, finally accept that he needs to apply for disability to help Steve keep the lights on and the water hot. That last little bit of hope that he could be what he used to be dies, but he's learning to be content with what he does have. He starts taking a walk, just ten minutes around the loop of the trailer park saying hi and trading polite nods with his fellow residents. He's not ok, but he's starting to build a new community of people not too different from himself.

The new trailer only has one bedroom. Eddie sleeps on a fold-out mattress in the living room. It had been a major argument when they first moved in with Steve insisting that Eddie needed the bed. Eddie argued that it wasn't fair for him to take the room when Steve was the one working 40 hours a week to keep them afloat. In the end, Eddie was the more stubborn of the two. It helps that Eddie has absolutely no qualms about crawling into bed with Steve on the nights when the couch bed really won't cut it for his aching body. Steve never questions it, just shuffles over a little and lets the other man in.

Steve doesn't question a lot of stuff.

He doesn't question when all their effects are shared between them with no effort to distinguish between yours and mine, Eddie's and Steve's. He doesn't question it four months in when Eddie starts to get his feet under him and decides to take up cooking, always trying his best to have everything done just as Steve walks through the door. He doesn't question when a good chunk of Eddie's first disability check goes to buying Steve a sturdy, if not very fashionable, new watch for his birthday since his old one went bust almost a year ago.

He doesn't question it when Eddie holds his hand for the first time under the stars hanging above their front porch.

He doesn't question it when Eddie introduces him to one of his new neighbor friends with a hand resting comfortably on his lower back

He doesn't question it when Eddie starts sleeping in the bedroom every night.

Or makes him box mix cupcakes for Valentine's Day.

Or kisses him for the first time on the couch that's never a bed unless they want to spend the day binge-watching bargain bin films.

Because really, isn't this how it was always going to go? Wasn't this exactly what Steve was asking for when he asked Eddie to skip town with him?

Isn't this what Eddie was hoping for when he said yes?

[pebblegalaxy]

The Power of Blogging: Connecting, Inspiring, and Creating Impact #blogchatterhalfmarathon

Why do you blog? Why do I blog? This question dives into the depths of my purpose and passion, unraveling the reasons that drive me to harness the power of words and share my thoughts with the world. Blogging is not simply an indulgence or a mere exercise of self-expression; it is a profound medium through which I can connect, inspire, educate, and contribute to a global community. First and…

[worldfullofash]

The only mansplainer i’ll allow

[mushrooms-and-blooms]

PRECIOUS!!!! THEM!!!! LOVE THEM!!!!

[phantobats]

My favorite headcanon is that Bruce manages to match all of his kids in their hobbies and encourages their pursuit of them.

Dick teaches him any acrobatic moves he hadn't known before and Bruce eventually becomes his spotter, allowing him to try tricks and routines that allow his body to go all out, knowing that someone is there to catch him if he falls.

Jason picks up his love for reading by spending time in the library inside the manor with Bruce. He introduces him to some of his favorite books and their nights are spent with Bruce reading out a few pages before Jason falls asleep. The mornings are then used to discuss the book and its topics, refining Jason's literacy and ability to analyze information and knowledge.

Tim is encouraged by Bruce to keep up his photography ventures, just by his side. He shows him prime and secret spots during their quieter moments on patrol, contently listening to Tim explain his process. He even gifts Tim his father's old camera, fixing it up so that Tim can use it for more experimental shots.

Bruce picked up the skill of drawing from his mother and Damian seems to share the same talent. Together they practice different art styles until Damian finds the one that feels the most natural, adding museum visits to their studies as they allow Damian to get better educated about different art epochs.

As a Wayne it is important to have knowledge of ballroom dancing, so when Cassandra shows an interest in dancing, her and Bruce try out different ballroom dances. Bruce also makes sure to attend each of her performances, showering her with praise afterwards.

[justaz]

im not a fan of modern merthur but the idea of them meeting in modern times and introducing themselves to each other and them laughing and bonding over their names being connected to the myth of king arthur and camelot is just so cute

[gravygranola]

so I found out about the recovery suit and quickly became a little obsessed

[ohitslen]

Living together.

The snail video if you are interested :)

[shkika]

you don't see characters too often where they have such unabashed love for themselves and their physical forms, and that love isn't seen as a bad thing or as being self-centered,,, especially when that love is a focus of the character. it's really refreshing to see that with w1.

Thank you. Aah I wholeheartedly agree and I'm very happy it comes across!

I sometimes like to joke to myself that this au is kind of like a parody of the Narcissus mythos down to the rejection of divine love. But here actually he's based. And the 'tragedy' of the og myth being that Narcissus can't be with himself or like marry himself is translated through the idea that, despite wanting to spend time with each other, W1 always lacks it.

The inherent nature of how they work means that once fuels runs out. So does their time.

[trashvinnie]

inspired by @where-does-the-heart-lie and given courage by @wolf-eared-fangirl and their own wonderful rendition of the asl kpop au.

i got inspired a whole lot by the notes and artworks from whery but also tried to make it my own by making it increasingly impossible realistically. one of those it’s a fanfic and i can make anything possible vibes.

all of these are just concept notes and ideas i was able to keep down for the past what? two months or so? there are a lot more wips and ideas, and i wanted to see if there was anyone who wanted to bump brains with me or was willing to indulge seeing my messy thoughts/notes.

i made law important because i am obsessed with not only asl but him too. no escape from the brain worms, really. even if he doesn’t really pop up in a lot of my current wips for this au…

i should make storyboards but my brain has latched to grps like exo or atz for like. clothes inspo. i have multiple concert wips that needed me to make an entire fake asl concert setlist so that was fun, considering how i ended up adding eng and jp songs… i cannot contain myself and have been repeatedly editing everything I have on this for months ,,,

[pebblegalaxy]

Catalyzing Change: Empowering Minds and Inspiring Transformation through Words on my Blog

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I sat there, staring at the blank screen before me, contemplating the profound question that lay at the heart of my purpose: What change, big or small, would I like my blog to make in the world? It was a question that stirred something deep within me, igniting a fire that had long been smoldering in my soul. As I pondered…

[jstor]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN JSTOR! Thank you for being a wonderful source o knowledge and also being on tumblr AND participating in boops!!!!