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#Akademy2025 is happening in Berlin, Germany, and online from Saturday the 6th to Thursday the 11th of September.

Mark your calendars!

More details: akademy.kde.org/2025/

#KDE #FOSS #techevent #fossevent #linux

@akademy@lemmy.kde.social

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If you want to know why researchers from the #globalsouth are under-represented in scientific conferences, try going through the visa application process as one of them.

#conference #knowledgeexchange @academicchatter

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In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.

2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""

bbc.com/news/business-57724779

2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay."

cnn.com/2024/10/25/business/ic

2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."

wecb.fm/in-2019-iceland-approv

#news #labor #WorkersRights #FourDayWorkWeek #work #iceland

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