Podcasts about thl

Disinformaatio, infoähky, some-pahoinvointi, älypuhelimet ja dopamiinikoukku – monet tutkijat puhuvat sosiaalisen median ja uusien teknologioiden haittapuolista viitaten “informaatioympäristön” saastumiseen. Mutta voiko tästä kaikesta syyttää vain teknologiaa itseään? Tässä Tiedeykkösen jaksossa etsitään ratkaisuja informaatioryönän ja digiympäristön aiheuttaman pahoinvoinnin taltuttamiseksi. Panoksena on yksilöiden hyvinvoinnin lisäksi demokratian tulevaisuus. Haastateltavina jaksossa ovat informaatiosodankäyntiä tutkinut Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulun Aki-Mauri Huhtinen, informaatioympäristön ilmiöihin erikoistunut tutkija Alicia Wanless, sekä tutkimuspäällikkö Minttu Tikka (Käyttäytymisen ja viestinnän osaamiskeskus, THL).

Tito and Plyet aare joined by Lina and NhlNjFan1 to talk about THL and how you can learn core concepts as a beginning player.

Direct Talk J21 Iris OlssonYhteistyössä: https://finnandersson.com

Miksi Yhdysvallat ei painosta Venäjää rauhaan? Suurvaltojen presidenttien odotetaan keskustelevan puhelimitse tiistaina. Asettaako presidentti Trump painetta presidentti Putinille, jotta Ukrainassa saavutettaisiin kestävä rauha? Keskustelemassa toimitusjohtaja Charly Salonius-Pasternak Nordic West Officesta ja Ylen Venäjän kirjeenvaihtaja Heikki Heiskanen. Saksassa Bundestag eli parlamentti äänestää ns. velkajarrun löyhentämisestä. Millaiset mahdollisuudet mullistuksella on mennä läpi? Saksasta raportoi kirjeenvaihtaja Anna Karismo. Kuinka suomalaisten terveyttä on edistetty vuosien saatossa? Mikä on ollut valtion päämäärä terveyspalveluiden kuten terveyskeskusten kehittämisessä? Keskustelemassa Kristiina Patja sekä professori, THL:n entinen pääjohtaja Pekka Puska. Löytyykö suomalaisilta halua kesälomakauden siirtämiseen? Haastateltavana toimitusjohtaja Timo Lappi Matkailu- ja Ravintolapalvelut ry:stä. Juontajana Mira Stenström. Toimittajina Roosa Kajander ja Satu Heikkilä. Tuottajana Marija Skara.

THL julkaisee maanantaina laajan sosiaali- ja terveydenhuoltoa koskevan raportin. Miten sote-uudistus on mennyt tähän mennessä ja mihin pitäisi kiinnittää huomioon, että se saadaan maaliin? Näistä asioista keskustelemassa THL:n johtava asiantuntija Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen sekä SOSTE ry:n varapääsihteeri Anne Knaapi. Heikki Heiskasen pesti Ylen Venäjän-kirjeenvaihtajana on päättynyt. Mitä hän ajattelee Venäjän tilanteesta ja venäläisistä? Entä mitä hän on mieltä kotimaassaan saamastaan huomiosta? Puhe Euroopan oman ydinasepelotteen luomisesta käy kuumana. Mutta millaisia realistisia edellytyksiä sillä on ja mitä siitä voi seurata? Keskustelemassa turvallisuustutkimuksen yliopisto-opettaja Tapio Juntunen Tampereen yliopistolta sekä tutkija Jyri Lavikainen Ulkopoliittisesta instituutista. Ukrainan ja Yhdysvaltojen delegaatioiden on tarkoitus alkuviikosta kokoustaa Saudi-Arbiassa rauhanneuvotteluiden edistämisestä. Miten ukrainalaiset näkevät tilanteensa? Kiovasta raportoi toimittaja Maxim Fedorov. Juontajana Mira Stenström, toimittajina Satu Heikkilä ja Anssi Väisänen, tuottajana Marija Skara.

Lauantaikerhon vaalikevään toisessa jaksossa puhutaan sotesta: Onko järjestelmä todellisuudessa kriisissä ja jos on, johtuuko se soteuudistuksesta?Politiikan toimittajat Veera Paananen ja Milla Palkoaho saavat vieraakseen THL:n johtavan tutkijan Liina-Kaisa Tynkkysen, joka selittää, mistä kriisipuhe kumpuaa ja mitä sille voisi tehdä. Tynkkynen näkee tulevaisuudessa myös toivoa.Jaksossa pohditaan soten ja sen tulevaisuudennäkymien lisäksi aluevaltuutettujen valtaa: Onko valtiolta budjettinsa saavat hyvinvointialueet kuin lapsia karkkipäivänä, vai onko hyvinvointialueilla oikeastaan vielä vähemmän valinnanvaraa?

Taistelut Syyriassa puhkesivat, mitä siitä seuraa Lähi-idälle? Syyriassa kapinallisten joukot ovat ottaneet haltuunsa suuria osia Aleppon kaupungista ja maan hallinto on vastannut iskuilla yhteistyössä Venäjän kanssa. Keskustelemme studiossa siitä, mitä hyökkäys tarkoittaa Lähi-idän vakaudelle. Studiossa Ulkopoliittisen instituutin vanhempi tutkija Toni Alaranta ja Helsingin yliopiston väitöskirjatutkija Tiina Hyyppä. Georgiassa hallitusta vastustavat mielenosoitukset ovat levinneet jo pääkaupunki Tbilisin ulkopuolelle. Mielenosoittajat vastustavat hallituksen päätöstä lykätä neuvotteluja EU-jäsenyydestä. Toimittajamme Antti Kuronen raportoi. Naton ulkoministerit kokoontuvat tänään ja huomenna Brysselissä. Kokouksen yksi keskeisistä kysymyksista on Ukrainan tukeminen ja tilanne Yhdysvaltain vallanvaihdoksen jälkeen. Kokousta seuraa paikan päällä Nato-kirjeevaihtajamme Maria Stenroos Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos julkaisee tuoreet tiedot lasten ja nuorten lihavuudesta. Lasten ja nuorten ylipaino on huolestuttanut tutkijoita jo pitkään. Keväällä Suomessa aletaan tehdä systemaattisesti lasten ja nuorten lihavuusleikkauksia osassa Suomen yliopistosairaaloita. MIllainen ongelmat lasten ja nuorten ylipaino on ja millä tavoilla sitä voidaan hoitaa? Keskustelemassa kehittämispäällikkö Päivi Mäki THL:stä ja Turun yliopistollisen keskussairaalan ylilääkäri, professori Paulina Salminen. Teollisuusliiton organisoimat lakot käynnistyvät tiistaina. Ensimmäisenä päivänä lakot koskevat 24 toimipaikkaa eri puolilla Suomea. Toimittaja Jarmo Nuotio vierailee Kajaanissa Sartorius Biohitin tehtaalla toimipisteellä. Lähetyksen juontaa Atte Uusinoka, tuottajana Jaakko Parkkinen.

Demokraattien presidenttiehdokas Kamala Harris on pitänyt kampanjansa päätöspuheen. Juri von Bonsdorff raportoi Yhdysvalloista. Kun valta vaihtuu Yhdysvallaissa, vaikuttaako se suomalaisiin yrityksiin? Haastateltavana pääanalyytikko Jan von Gerich Nordeasta sekä pääanalyytikko Antti Saari OP-ryhmästä. Venäjän valtion omistamia kiinteistöjä takavarikoitiin. Mikä on venäläisten omistamien kiineistöjen tilanne Suomessa. Keskustelemassa julkisoikeuden professori Tomi Voutilainen Itä-Suomen yliopistosta sekä tutkiva toimittaja Jyri Hänninen Yleisradiosta. Syövätkö nuoret terveellisesti? THL:n ravitsemustutkimus on selvittänyt nuorten ruokailutottumuksia. Haastateltavana tutkimusprofessori Suvi Virtanen THL:stä. Juontajana Seija Vaaherkumpu. Toimittajina Tarja Oinonen ja Anna Nevalainen. Tuottajana Marija Skara.

Nykyihmisen aivoissa ja muissa elimissä on mikro- ja nanomuoveja. Muoveja löytyy jo istukasta ja pikkuvauvan kakkavaippoista. Onneksi kuitenkin suurin osa muovihitusista menee ihmisen ruuansulatuksen läpi vessan pönttöön. Suuria pitoisuuksia mikromuoveja saadaan ostereista ja muista simpukoista seka pullovesistä. Suomessa hanavesi on puhdasta muovin suhteen, mutta fleece-vaatteet ja muut keinokuitukankaat pölisevät täälläkin sisäilmaan mikromuovia. Muovien terveysvaikutuksista ihmiseen tiedetään toistaiseksi melko vähän, koska ala on uusi ja sitä on tutkittu vasta vähän aikaa. Mitä nano- ja mikromuovien lähteistä ja terveysaikutuksista tiedetään, siitä kertovat ekotoksikologian professori Jussi Kukkonen Itä-Suomen yliopistosta ja erikoistutkija Merja Korkalainen Terveyden -ja hyvinvoinnin laitokselta (THL). Toimittaja on Leena Mattila.

Podcastin kolmannessa jaksossa keskustellaan vastavalmistuneiden hoitajien työhyvinvoinnista. Vieraina jaksossa terveystieteiden tohtorit, yliopisto-opettaja Sanna Koskinen ja THL:n erikoistutkija Anu Kaihlanen. Jaksoa juontaa väitöskirjatutkija Hanna von Gerich. Podcastin tekstivastine: www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/podcast/hyvin-hoidettu

Rasismi on yhteiskunnallisesti merkittävä ongelma, ja sen vaikutukset voivat olla erittäin haitallisia niin yksilöille kuin yhteisöillekin. Rasismi voi olla joko tahallista tai tahatonta, mutta kun tiedostamme sen olemassaolon, voimme vaikuttaa omaan toimintaamme.Jaksossa keskustellaan rasismista meissä ja rasismin vaikutuksista sitä kokeviin. Psykologi Nina Lyytisen asiantuntijavieraana on Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen tutkimusprofessori ja Helsingin yliopiston psykologian dosentti Anu Castaneda. Anu on työskennellyt THL:lla 20 vuotta ja hän tutkii maahanmuuttoon ja kulttuuriseen moninaisuuten liittyviä terveys- ja hyvinvointikysymyksiä kuten rasismin vaikutuksia mielenterveyteen.Jaksossa käsitellään mm. seuraavia kysymyksiä: - Mitä rasismi on? - Mitä eri muotoja rasismiin liittyy? - Miten rasismi ilmenee Suomessa? - Millaisia psykologisia vaikutuksia rasismilla on? - Mitä meistä jokainen voi tehdä rasismin vähentämiseksi?Lisätietoja:Anu Castaneda Instagramissa ja LinkedIn:ssa.Anun jaksossa mainitsemia tutkimuksia: - Castaneda A & Kuusio H. Syrjintäkokemukset. Teoksessa: MoniSuomi-työryhmä (2023). MoniSuomi-tutkimuksen 2022–2023 perustulokset [verkkosivu]. Saatavana: thl.fi/monisuomi/tulokset - Ahmad A. Kokeellinen tutkimus etniseen alkuperään perustuvasta syrjinnästä suomalaisilla työmarkkinoilla. Teoksessa: Kazi V, Alitolppa-Niitamo A & Kaihovaara A (toim) (2019). Kotoutumisen kokonaiskatsaus 2019: Tutkimusartikkeleita kotoutumisesta. TEM oppaat ja muut julkaisut 2019:10. Helsinki: Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2023). Being Black in the EU – Experiences of people of African descent. - Rask S. & Castaneda A. Syrjintäkokemukset ja niiden yhteys hyvinvointiin ja kotoutumiseen ulkomaalaistaustaisessa väestössä. Teoksessa: Kazi V, Alitolppa-Niitamo A & Kaihovaara A (toim) (2019). Kotoutumisen kokonaiskatsaus 2019: Tutkimusartikkeleita kotoutumisesta. TEM oppaat ja muut julkaisut 2019:10. Helsinki: Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö.-----Haluatko antaa palautetta? Vinkata aiheita tai vieraita? Tee se täällä: psykopodiaa.fi/palaute tai suoraan Spotify-sovelluksessa, jos tätä sitä kautta kuuntelet.Jos pidit tästä jaksosta olisin kiitollinen, jos jaat sen somessa kavereillesi ja jos jätät arvion siinä palvelussa missä tätä kuunteletkin! Muista myös tilata Psykopodiaa, niin et missaa uusia jaksoja!Seuraa Psykopodiaa myös somessa:Facebookissa @PsykopodiaaInstragramissa @PsykopodiaaNina Lyytinen Twitterissa: @LyytinenNinaNina Lyytinen LinkedIn:ssa: @LyytinenNinaPsykopodiaa-podcastin verkkosivut: http://psykopodiaa.fiPsykodiaa-podcastin emännän, psykologi Nina Lyytisen verkkosivut: https://ninalyytinen.fi

Tuoreimpia tietoja Israelin ja Hizbollahin välisistä iskuista kertoo Beirutista Lähi-idän instituutin johtaja Susanne Dahlgren. Mikä on johtanut Israelin ja Hizbollahin välien kiristymiseen? Haastateltavana UPIn vanhempi tutkija Toni Alaranta ja sotataidon laitoksen johtaja eversti Pasi Hirvonen Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulusta. Mahtuuko turvakoteihin ja millaista apua sieltä kaivataan? Studiovieraana kehittämispäällikkö Tiina Muukkonen Ensi- ja turvakotien liitosta ja erikoistutkija Johanna Hietamäki THL:stä. Miten työikäisten ja pidempään eläkkeellä olleiden näkemykset eläkejärjestelmästä eroavat toisistaan? Haastateltavana Telan viestintä- ja yhteiskuntasuhdejohtaja Mikko Koskinen. Juontajana Atte Uusinoka. Lähetystä ovat valmistelleet Mikko Haapanen ja Justus Laitinen. Tuottajana Annette Blencowe. Korjaus: Toisin kuin lähetyksessä sanottiin, Pasi Hirvonsen sotilasarvo on eversti.

In this edition of Unfiltered Stories, HFS Executive Research Leader Melissa O'Brien discusses the value of the ecosystem in the travel, hospitality, and logistics industries with Hemal Shah, Global Head of Travel, Transportation, Hospitality & Logistics Business at Sutherland. You will learn: THL industry leaders must embrace their ecosystems and emerging technology to advance to the next horizon of differentiation and experience. Read the associated Horizons Report “HFS Horizons: Travel, Hospitality, and Logistics Service Providers, 2023” here: https://www.hfsresearch.com/research/hfs-horizons-travel-hospitality-and-logistics-service-providers-2023/

Join Ben and Rahul for their discussion with Jake and Tor, breaking down the recent 495 million Dollar verdict in a product liability case against Abbott Laboratories for pre-term infant formula that increases the risks for developing necrotizing enterocolitis. Hear how Jake and Tor navigated this difficult case and won this epic battle. About Jacob Plattenbergerhttps://www.torhoermanlaw.com/team/jake-plattenberger/Jacob Plattenberger has taken hundreds of depositions, argued in countless hearings, and tried over 35 cases to a jury.His experience in and out of the courtroom has made him a passionate advocate for those injured due to the negligence of others.Jake started his career trying cases at one of the busiest civil courthouses in the country – the Richard J. Daley Center in downtown Chicago.He started out doing insurance defense because he knew that afforded him the best opportunity to get courtroom experience.“When I was working on the defense side, I always knew that I was going to be a plaintiff's lawyer. I knew that being able and willing to try a case to a jury was a skill that I needed to have if I was going to be able to offer my clients the best legal representation. Insurance companies and corporate defendants need to believe you when you say you will take them to trial – they need to fear that.”This type of real trial experience is exceedingly rare in complex civil litigation and having seen it from the defense side gives Jake an added advantage.At TorHoerman Law, Jake manages our Chicago office where he leads trial teams in nationwide, complex litigations such as:Representing dozens of workers across the United States who were exposed to Diacetyl at work and now suffer lung diseaseeg. The Juul/E-cigarette LitigationThe Incretin Mimetics Products Liability Litigation, currently pending in the Southern District of California, where he was named to the Plaintiff's Steering CommitteeVarious Transvaginal Mesh multidistrict litigations that are currently pendingJake also maintains a personal injury practice in Chicago, representing people and their families who have been victims of catastrophic auto and truck accidents, products liability, maritime accidents, premises liability, and medical negligence.Jake believes that to successfully represent his clients, it is absolutely necessary to get personally involved.Jake's quote below perfectly reflects that belief! Notable Cases & ResultsIncretin Mimetics – Products Liability Litigation, MDL Case No. 13MD2452 AJB (MDD). Appointed to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee by Judge Battaglia in the MDL. The case is pending.JUUL E-Cigarettes – Products Liability Litigation, JCCP No. 5052. Appointed to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee by Judge Anne Jones in the JCCP. The case is pending.Diacetyl – Leads the Diacetyl litigation for TorHoerman Law. Previous settlements and verdicts have exceeded $5,000,000.00 to date. Litigation is currently ongoing.Actos Related Cases, MDL Case No. 11 L 10011, Et. Al. – Actively participated in managing the case for TorHoerman Law which resulted in a $2.4 billion settlement.Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents Litigation Case No. 279 and Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 1909 – Managed the cases for TorHoerman Law which resulted in a large, confidential settlement.Bus Accident – Handled a bus accident injury case in which an individual was thrown from a seat. Resulted in a $850,000.00 settlement.Auto Accident – Handled an auto accident injury case that resulted in a $650,000.00 settlement.Slip and Fall – Handled a slip and fall accident that occurred on a sightseeing boat in Chicago. Resulted in a $490,000.00 settlement. Personal LifeJake was born and raised in Chicago.He now lives in the Chicago suburbs, where his two young sons keep him busy.When he isn't working, Jake is a lifelong Bears and Cubs fan and loves participating in the (mostly) healthy rivalry between the Cubs and Cardinals fans at TorHoerman Law.   About Tor Hoermanhttps://www.torhoermanlaw.com/team/tor-hoerman/Tor Hoerman is a nationally recognized attorney who has served in the field for more than 25 years.He is most well-known as the founder of the personal injury law firm TorHoerman Law, LLC (THL). Early Life & EducationTor was born the youngest of four boys on July 16, 1969, in Bethesda, Maryland to Kirk and Greta Hoerman.With his father serving as a Captain in the Navy, Tor often moved towns during his childhood, eventually landing in the Chicago metropolitan area.In Chicago, Tor lived in the Great Lakes Naval Base and Lake Bluff before his family settled in Lake Forest, which is where he attended high school.Despite repeatedly switching homes, Tor made the most of his situation.In high school, he played football, basketball, and baseball, and he earned varsity letters in each of these sports.In addition to varsity recognition, he was recognized as an All-county athlete and awarded the Booster Club Athlete of the Year his senior year.Outside of sports, Tor coached little league baseball, served as a summer camp counselor, and worked as a summertime janitor at his former high school after graduating.Tor attended Depauw University and majored in Political Science.He played NCAA baseball and football at Depauw, and he was the captain of the baseball team.After graduating from Depauw in 1991, Tor enrolled in the Chicago-Kent College of Law.During law school, Tor bartended at a local bar and clerked for Kravolec, Jambois & Schwartz, LLC. Legal CareerAfter graduating from law school in 1995, Tor took on a job doing insurance defense at Bolero, Cart & Stone, LLC, where he worked reluctantly for a year and a half.One day at work, Tor received a phone call from Steve Jambois, his former employer throughout law school, asking if he wanted a job on the plaintiff's side of insurance law.Tor immediately accepted the job, kickstarting decades to come of fighting corporations on behalf of harmed individuals.Tor's Transition to Medical Malpractice LitigationTor returned to Kravolec, Jambois & Schwartz to fight on behalf of medical malpractice victims, which mostly consisted of high-intensity trial work in the Chicago courthouse.After seven years at the Jambois firm, Hoeman was recruited by the Simmons law firm, based in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, to start and lead a branch of the practice that focused on pharmaceutical litigation.Leading the Pharmaceutical Practice at Simmons Law FirmTor became a partner of what is now Simmons, Hanly, and Conroy and led the pharmaceutical practice for seven years.One of Tor most notable achievements while leading the practice was his work against Purdue Pharma and its reckless distribution of OxyContin.Tor was the first to file a case alleging Purdue Pharma's wrongdoing in distributing OxyContin and failing to adequately warn healthcare providers and the public of the risks of addiction.Achieving Justice Against Purdue PharmaHe led the litigation process and got Purdue Pharma to agree to a large settlement, which was distributed to thousands of accidental addicts.Tor took a step further to achieve justice in this case, assisting the Department of Justice in obtaining guilty pleas by Purdue Pharma representatives who had a direct role in contributing to the opioid epidemic. Founding TorHoerman LawHaving garnered success leading the pharmaceutical branch at the Simmons firm, Tor amicably decided to split from Simmons in 2009 and start his own pharmaceutical and personal injury practice called TorHoerman Law, LLC (THL).After negotiating the terms of the split, Tor struck a deal that allowed him to bring his entire staff from Simmons to his new practice, which summed up to more than 25 lawyers and staff members.Expansion and Success of THLTor opened offices in Edwardsville, IL; Clayton, MO; and Chicago, IL to kickstart operations; all three offices remain open today.In the time since opening THL, Tor and his team have litigated many pharmaceutical malpractice and personal injury cases.Notable Successes at THLTor's most notable successes while operating THL are perhaps co-leading the litigations against Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa and Takeda's Actos.Through intense research and vetting, Tor was able to find substantial evidence indicating Actos causes bladder cancer and Pradaxa causes internal bleeding.He then presented the evidence to the companies, which decided to settle the cases.Tor played a significant role in negotiating these settlements, which ended up being $650 million for Pradaxa and $2.4 billion for Actos.Tor has also had major success in several other product liability lawsuits, such as Zelnorm, Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents, and Incretin Mimetics.We've outlined these cases, a few other notable cases, and their correlating results in the section below.Recognition & AwardsHis successes with these cases and beyond earned him the distinction as a Top 25 Notable Alumni from the Chicago-Kent School of Law, which was awarded to him and 24 other lawyers out of the tens of thousands who have graduated from the school since its founding in 1888.Tor is also recognized as a Top 100 National Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers Organization. Notable Cases & ResultsPradaxa (Dabigatran Etexilate) – Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2385 – Appointed by Judge Herndon as national lead counsel in the MDL. After protracted litigation successfully negotiated a $650 million settlement.Actos Related Cases, MDL Case No. 11 L 10011, Et. Al. – Appointed by Judge Dooling as lead counsel in Cook County consolidated docket (over 4400 cases). After protracted litigation, he was one of four lead negotiators (along with Pete Flowers, Mark Lanier, and Andy Birchfield) on a $2.4 billion settlement.Incretin Mimetics Products Liability Litigation, MDL Case No. 13MD2452 AJB (MDD) – Appointed as lead counsel by Judge Battaglia in the MDL. The case is pending.OxyContin – Represented thousands of “accidental addicts”. After protracted litigation, he negotiated a large settlement and assisted the DOJ in obtaining guilty pleas by corporate representatives.Zelnorm Litigation., Case No. 280 – Appointed lead counsel in NJ state court consolidation, took the major depositions and negotiated a confidential settlement.Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents Litigation Case No. 279 and Products Liability Litigation MDL No. 1909 – Appointed by Judge Polster as both the state and federal liaison and lead counsel in the Cook County consolidated docket. He negotiated large, confidential, individual settlements. Involvement in the Legal CommunityIn addition to his litigation work, Tor is on the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyer Association and an Executive Board Member of the Mass Torts Trial Lawyer Association.He also attends national legal conferences on a yearly basis. Personal LifePersonally, Tor is the proud father of Casey, Kirsten and Quinn, and husband of Jessica.He tries to stay active, including still playing baseball.

Bruket av kokain har ökat i Finland, inte bara i de större städerna i södra Finland utan i hela landet. Den tidigare lyxdrogen har hittats av en allt brokigare användarskara. Vad är det som hänt och varför framstår just kokainet som så lockande i många missbrukares ögon? Ämnet behandlas med polisen Stephan Sundqvist, ungdomsarbetaren Tomas Luoto vid föreningen Stationens barn och Sanna Rönkä, specialsakkunnig på Institutet för hälsa och välfärd, THL. Debattledare är Ville Hupa. e-post: slaget@yle.fi E-post: slaget@yle.fi

Yhteiskunnasta ja kulttuurista kumpuaa kosolti paineita nuorten harteille. Under Pressure -tutkimushankeessa tarkastellaan nuorten kokemia paineita yhteiskunnallisena kysymyksenä. Tutkimushaastatteluissa osa on kertonut, että heidän on ollut vaikeaa tehdä päätöksiä esimerkiksi jatko-opinnoista. – Osa ei pystynyt tekemään päätöstä sillä hetkellä, kun se piti tehdä. Nuori voi lamaantua tässä tilanteessa ja jopa jäädä kotiin muutamaksi vuodeksi ennen kuin pääsee eteenpäin, kertoo Tampereen yliopiston nuorisotutkimuksen professori Päivi Honkatukia toimittaja Satu Kivelän haastattelussa. Syyt nuorten pahoinvoinnille ja mielenterveysongelmille voivat olla muun muassa yksinäisyydessä, köyhyydessä tai kouluväkivallassa. Tutkijat ovat havainneet, että nuorten mielenterveysongelmia lähestytään usein yksilökeskeisesti. – Jos nuori kokee koulussa yksinäisyyttä, ongelmaa saatetaan lähteä ratkomaan psykiatristen diagnoosien kautta, vaikka yksinäisyys on yhteisöllinen kysymys, sanoo Honkatukia. Toimittaja: Satu Kivelä Lukijat: Aapo Laakso ja Miika Lauriala Äänisuunnittelija: Juha Hjelm Musiikki: Epidemic Sound Tuottaja: Pertti Ylikojola Vastaava toimittaja: Ville Vilén Lähteet: Haru, Ylva (2019) Linnut Jokinen, Arja, Raitakari, Suvi, Ranta, Johanna (2022) Sosiaalityö yhteiskunnan marginaaleissa. Kela (2023) Mielenterveysongelmat veivät jo yli 100 000 suomalaista pitkälle sairauspoissaololle vuonna 2023 Kilpi, Eeva (2009) Noidanlukko. Sarja lapsuudesta. LuontoPortti: Varpunen Surekin, Sakari (2020) Maahanmuuttajataustaiset nuoret päätyvät Suomessa usein hoivatyöhön – Rasistista ohjailua vai kätevä reitti työelämään? Sihto, Tiina, Hokkila, Kirsi (2021) Nuoret hoivaajat – näkymättömästä näkyväksi? THL (2023) Katsaus: Syrjintä, kiusaaminen ja eriytyvät koulutuspolut haastavat ulkomaalaistaustaisten nuorten hyvinvointia THL Blogi (2023) Nuorten mielenterveysoireet ovat yleistyneet – tarvitsemme tehokkaita ratkaisuja Valtioneuvosto (2023) Katsaus ulkomaalaistaustaisten nuorten hyvinvointiin ilmestynyt Tuohela, Kirsi (2015) Köyhää, huumaavaa, epävarmaa: Nuoruuden kokemuksen historia

Hyvinvointialueiden määrä on jälleen noussut tapetille. Millainen poliittinen soppa tästä on syntymässä? Vieraina kansanedustajat Antti Kurvinen (kesk), Ilmari Nurminen (sdp) ja Maaret Castrén (kok). Ukraina jatkaa hyökkäystään Venäjän maaperällä. Kiovasta raportoi toimittaja Maxim Fedorov. Miltä näyttää leikkausten kohteena olevien sosiaali- ja terveysjärjestöjen tulevaisuus? Puhelimessa pääsihteeri Riitta Särkelä, Ensi- ja turvakotien liitto. Keskustelemassa tutkimusprof. Heikki Hiilamo, THL ja selvityshenkilö Mika Pyykkö, STM. Juontaja Mikko Haapanen, toimittajat Anna Lehmusvesi ja Lotta Lautala. Tuottaja Hanna Juuti.

Valtiovarainministeriön budjettiesityksestä ja syksyn työmarkkinanäkymistä keskustelemassa SAK:n pääekonomisti Ilkka Kaukoranta ja EK:n pääekonomisti Penna Urrila. Matkustaminen Venäjälle Viron kautta vaikeutuu entisestään: Viro aloittaa tänään täydet tullitarkastukset. Narvan rajanylityspaikalta raportoi Rain Kooli. Merihanhen ja kanadanhanhen metsästys alkaa pelloilta huomenna. Aikaistetulla metsästyksellä halutaan estää hanhiparvien aiheuttamia viljelyvahinkoja ja mahdollistaa riistavaran hyödyntäminen. Metsästyskauden alkamisesta kertoo Riistakeskuksen vs. riistapäällikkö Jörgen Hermansson. Syksyn tautitilanne: mikä kaataa työikäisiä petiin. Studiossa HUS:n infektioylilääkäri Asko Järvinen ja THL:n tartuntatautilääkäri Aino Nyqvist. Juontaja Atte Uusinoka, toimittajat Roosa Kajander, Seppo Kivimäki ja Mikko Haapanen. Tuottaja Anna-Maria Haarala.

Lähi-itä Hamas-johtajan murhan jälkeen. Ulkomaantoimittaja Antti Kuronen Tel Avivista, ulkoministeri Elina Valtonen ja vanhempi tutkija Toni Alaranta, Ulkopoliittinen instituutti. Kamala Harrisin ehdokkuus - kirjeenvaihtaja Iida Tikka, Washington. ' Koti on suomalaisnaisille edelleen vaaran paikka, vaikka naisten kokemasta väkivallasta ja estämisestä sovittiin kansainvälisellä sopimuksella jo kymmenen vuotta sitten. Keskustelemassa Johanna Hietamäki, erikoistutkija, THL ja Tommi Tolmunen, vastaava sosiaalityöntekijä, Pääkaupungin turvakoti ry. Koronatilanne pahenee, puhelimessa asiantuntijalääkäri Aino Nyqvist, THL. Ulkomaanlehtikatsaus Virosta - toimittajana Rain Kooli. Juontajana Mira Stenström, toimittajina Lotta Lautela, Roosa Kajander, Tommy Fränti ja Rasmus Montonen. Tuottaja Tarja Oinonen.

I gave this speech at New Canaan Town Hall on Memorial Day. I read it here for THL listeners, sharing stories which honor 7 local residents who died during the Vietnam War. Video recording of the speech is available on my site under Events tab.

Luonto-Suomessa selvitetään, minkälaisessa ympäristössä tällä hetkellä elämme. Pitääkö ympäristömyrkyistä olla huolissaan? Millaista vettä juomme ja ilmaa hengitämme? Vieläkö sienissä on jäämiä Tshernobylistä? Siirtyvätkö mikromuovit kaloista ihmiseen ja onko äidinmaito täysin puhdasta? Luonto-Suomen ympäristömyrkkyillassa kuulijoiden kysymyksiin vastaavat Suomen ympäristökeskuksen erikoistutkija Sari Kauppi sekä THL:n tutkimusprofessori Hannu Kiviranta. Ohjelman juontajina ovat Anna-Kaisa Brenner ja Juha Blomberg.

This week we're talking about the Berkshire Annual Meeting, China's gold purchases, a pulled pork on EHL (Emeco Holdings), SXE profit guidance update, Regression testing Price < Cons, Activists vs Karoon Energy (KAR), Austal (ASB) backers want Hanwha Group in the race, TRS is a 3PTL Sell, Apollo sinks THL, Morningstar valuations, banks doing large buybacks.

Joining Sasquatch tonight are Boris, Tiny and the THL / Tiny had his hotel room stolen by a naked man in a shower / Sasquatch and Tiny were surrounded by grey hair and replacement hips at a Judas Priest concert / Boris fell off a bucking bronco that wasn't even turned on / The THL has manky feet, we plan to sell them on 'Foot Finder' / Man vomits like a demon over his boyfriend / Listener pranks the Sasquatch / Davina replies to last weeks email! / All this and more on tonight's DHB Radio Show. 

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A short comparison of starting an effective giving organization vs. founding a direct delivery charity, published by Joey on January 11, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum. CE has recently started a new program to incubate Effective Giving Initiatives (EGIs). Although this is a sub-category of meta charities, I think it has some interesting and unique differences. I expect a decent percentage of people who are interested in the Effective Giving Incubation Program are also considering founding a charity unrelated to effective giving, so I wanted to write up a quick post comparing a few of the pros and cons of each - as I historically have had a chance to found both. A brief history About ten years back, I co-founded Charity Science (later renamed Charity Science Outreach) to raise money for effective charities that had extremely limited marketing and outreach. We used GiveWell and ACE recommendations, selecting AMF and THL specifically as the targets. We did several experiments, diligently keeping track of the results of our time spent and the results. After a couple of unsuccessful experiments (e.g., grant writing, which raised ~$50k in 12 FTE months), we hit some successes with peer-to-peer fundraising (e.g., supporting people donating funds for their birthdays). Depending on how aggressively you discount for counterfactuals, we raised a decent amount of money (in the several 100,000s). Although this was pretty successful, we pivoted to founding a direct charity where our comparative advantage was strongest and could bring the most impact and handed off the projects. Eight years ago, some of the same team members (and a few new ones) founded Charity Science Health. This was a direct implementation charity focused on vaccination reminders in North India. We got a GiveWell seed grant and became a reasonable-sized actor over the course of three years, reaching over a hundred thousand people with vaccination reminders at a very low cost per person (under $1). The trickiest part of this intervention was to (cost-effectively) get the right people to hear about the program, as the signup costs were about 70% of the entire program cost, and targeting was extremely important. A few interventions we tried did not work (mass media, government partnerships), and a few worked well (hospital partnerships, door-to-door surveys). This project eventually merged with Suvita after the founders left to run other projects (including Charity Entrepreneurship itself). In many ways, I feel starting an effective giving org was very useful for later starting a direct implementation charity, as many of the skills overlapped, and it was a less challenging project to get off the ground. In the rest of this post, I'd like to pull out the main takeaways that can be learned from these projects and would be cross-applicable to those considering both career options. Odds of success Founding any project carries a risk of failure. Failure in the case of an effective giving org would most commonly mean spending more than what gets raised for effective charities. Failure with a direct NGO can result in the people you are trying to help being harmed, making the stakes higher and there being more of a downside. In general, founding an Effective Giving Initiative I would expect to have higher odds of success. There are just more points of failure for a direct NGO. It could struggle with fundraising (an issue equally important in EGI) and implementation even if fundraising succeeds. In my view, this, among other factors, makes EGIs have higher odds of success than direct NGOs. Net impact The net impact is tricky to estimate, as the spread is considerable, even within pre-selected CE rounds. This also means that personal fit could overrule this factor. My current sense is that a direct charity has a higher...

We hear it all the time: "I eat eggs only from free-range chickens", or "It's OK, it's a cage-free chicken". Vicky Bond, President of The Humane League, is here to bust the myth of "happy hens" in modern farming. She also discusses the myth that the best way to improve the welfare of farmed animals is to convince everyone to stop using animal products altogether. (Technically it *is*, but it isn't realistic on a large scale at the moment.) Vicky is president of The Humane League, a global animal protection nonprofit that exists to end the abuse of animals raised for food. She is also a veterinarian and an animal welfare scientist who has spent more than a decade advocating for animals. Before becoming President of The Humane League (THL), Vicky led The Humane League United Kingdom as Managing Director. Under Vicky's leadership, both THL and THL UK have directly made an impact on the world's largest food corporations (including PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Compass, and Sodexo). THL and THL UK also work on policy to push for laws to end factory farming practices, including state bans like Prop 12 that ends cages for calves, laying hens, and mother pigs while they're pregnant.

Houston Lawyers have looked forward to receiving each new issue of the Houston Lawyer (THL) magazine for the past 60 years. This episode celebrates both the rich, engaging, and award-winning content from our authors and the lawyers and staff members who have been a part of this publication. 1. A Conversation with 1974-75 EIC Jim Perdue: A Seasoned Storyteller and Trial Trailblazer Jim Perdue of Perdue and Kidd is one of the earliest editors in chief of THL and a legal legend known for pioneering many modern evidentiary techniques who is often referred to as the "Father of Texas Courtroom Storytelling." He discusses his time as EIC and provides some great advice for younger lawyers. 2. Spotlight on Dustin Rynders, Award-Winning Author of "Supporting Adults with Disabilities to Avoid Unnecessary Guardianship" (Jan./Feb. 2018)Interviewer: Rachael Thompson of Winston & StrawnDustin Rynders, the Director of the Criminal Legal Program at Texas Civil Rights Project, discusses the substance of his 2018 article about Texas's law relating to adult guardianship and provides an update and practical examples such as the very-public Brittney Spears case. He also discusses his work with Texas Civil Rights Project and pro bono opportunities.3. Thank You, Round One4. A Conversation with 2011-12 EIC Tamara Stiner Toomer: A THL TrailblazerTamara Stiner Toomer of Johnsen Law is the first Black EIC of THL. She discusses her time as an editor and some of the important legal issues the bar journal covered in 2011-12. 5. Spotlight on Leigh Ganchan, Award-Winning Author of "Immigration & Naturalization Service Worksite Enforcement Operations Re-Emerge as National Security Priority" (2003)Interviewer: Anietie Akpan of Royal VopakLeigh Ganchan, a Shareholder at Ogletree Deakins, discusses her award-winning article from 2003, which covered shifting priorities on large workforce enforcement site operations post-9-11. She also provides an update on how the Government's priorities have shifted in the twenty years since she wrote the article. 6. Thank You, Round Two.7.   A Conversation with 2023-24 EIC Elizabeth Furlow Malpass: Our Current LeaderElizabeth Malpass discusses how and why she got involved with the Editorial Board, the positions she has held, some of the articles she has worked on, what we can expect in future issues this year, and how YOU can get involved. 8.  Thank You, Round Three.9. Working EIC Moms Making It Work: Not Superwoman, Not Perfect, But Everything Is FinePanelists:  Farrah Martinez, EIC 2017-18, Taunya Painter, EIC 2019-20, Brooksie Boutet, EIC 2022-23, Elizabeth Malpass, Current EICThe women on this segment have all served as editors in chief of THL while also working as lawyers and being moms. They discuss the broad topics in "Working Moms Making It Work," a 2018 article that Anna Archer wrote for THL that is part of a series of articles that won an award from the State Bar. The women frankly discuss how they manage so many responsibilities, noting that nobody is actually Superwoman and it is okay to not be perfect. In fact, sometimes cupcakes from H-E-B are just fine.  For full speaker bios, visit The Houston Lawyer (hba.org). To read The Houston Lawyer magazine, visit The Houston Lawyer_home. For more information about the Houston Bar Association, visit Houston Bar Association (hba.org).*The views expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the views of The Houston Lawyer Editorial Board or the Houston Bar Association.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Humane League - Room for More Funding & 2023 Impact, published by carolinemills on November 17, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. About The Humane League The Humane League (THL) exists to end the abuse of animals raised for food. THL is laser focused on the efforts that have the biggest impact for the greatest number of animals. We are distinguished from other animal welfare organizations by the effectiveness of our corporate campaigns, our unique role as the most aggressive campaigners, and our approach to multiplying our movement's impact globally through the Open Wing Alliance (OWA) and in the US through the Animal Policy Alliance (APA). Our scalable interventions have a proven track record of reducing farm animal suffering - according to a 2019 Rethink Priorities report, our corporate cage-free campaigns affect nine to 120 years of a hens life per dollar spent, and have a follow-through rate of 48%-84% (we've found up to 89% in recent years)[1]. We are proud to be recognized by Animal Charity Evaluators and Founders Pledge as one of the most effective animal protection charities in the world. "While we expect all of our evaluated charities to be excellent examples of effective advocacy, THL is exceptional even within that group. Giving to THL is an excellent opportunity to support initiatives that create the most positive change for animals." - Animal Charity Evaluators, 2023 THL evaluation report Our Strategy & 2023 Impact THL believes in focusing our collective energy where it will do the most good. Since chickens represent 90% of all land animals raised for food, any interventions we make for chickens have the greatest potential impact. And restrictive battery cages - small wire cages used to confine laying hens - are one of the worst sources of suffering for chickens. Ending the battery cage means ending the acute suffering of millions of birds. Holding companies accountable to their cage-free commitments. Thousands of companies around the world have pledged to transition to 100% cage-free, eliminating the practice of confining hens in tiny, barren battery cages. Now, THL is holding these companies accountable, ensuring they keep their promises. Globally, 89% of companies followed through on their 2022 cage-free pledge. And in the US and globally, THL pushed the companies falling behind on their commitments to follow through on their promise. In 2023, THL held 36 companies with global cage-free commitments accountable to reporting progress on their pledges. Companies like Kellogg's, PepsiCo, and Yum! Brands - the world's largest service restaurant company and the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell - began publicly reporting on their cage-free commitments. All of this is translating to real change on the ground, with 39.4% of the US egg-laying flock free from cages (over ~120 million hens), up from ~5% when THL began this work in 2014.[3] (Global data is currently unavailable) Progressing the cage-free movement globally. In addition to holding companies accountable for their existing commitments, THL is working to secure new cage-free commitments in key strategic areas around the world. Through the OWA, our coalition of nearly 100 member groups in 67 countries, THL is developing a global movement of effective animal advocates that conduct coordinated international and regional campaigns for layer hen and/or broiler chicken welfare. This year, the OWA pushed 103 global companies to pledge to rid their supply chains of cruel battery cages, including first cage-free commitments from corporations headquartered in Japan, the Middle East, Greece, Ukraine, Peru, Ecuador, South Africa, Argentina, South Korea, and Taiwan. Jollibee Foods Corporation, the largest and fastest-growing restaurant group in Asia, pledged to reform its global supply chain,...

Hey all, this week Tito talks to Ron Mexico about THL!

Viime aikoina Suomessa on keskusteltu rasismista. Keskustelun koko ja lämpötila paljasti rasismin olevan ajankohtainen aihe Suomessa, siitä huolimatta että moni kuvitteli tai toivoi sen olevan menneen maailman ilmiö. Halusimme tarjota mahdollisuuden keskustella aiheesta kiireettömästi ja kasvotusten, käydä läpi tärkeitä erimielisyyksiä, ja selvittää kuinka paljon yhteistä eri näkökulmien takana todella on. Tässä jaksossa meillä vieraili Kokoomuksen varavaltuutettu Seida Sohrabi ja THL tutkimuspäällikkö Shadia Rask. --- ▶️ Jaksot videon kera Youtubesta: http://www.youtube.com/c/Futucastpodcast

US debt ceiling hits the AORD; Doug Tynan uses A Checklist; Brettalator problems; Apollo is now THL; Using GPT to find companies with a qualified audit; Portfolio updates; Pulled pork on FPR; a refresher on operating cashflow v free cash flow; the correlation between VEA's share price and crude oil.

Edie is the Managing Director and a Solicitor at Advocates for Animals, the first UK law firm dedicated to animal protection.In this episode, we chat to Edie about representing The Humane League UK in the up and coming court case challenging DEFRA. The judicial review case will see Advocates for Animals argue that fast-growing chicken breeds are illegal under current animal welfare laws. We also talk through their enforcement work with Animal Equality, another first-of-its-kind case in the UK. Edie talks to us about how using the law to protect animals is a neglected area of work and why she wants to see more advocates utilising this tool as an effective tool for animal advocacy.Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Advocates for Animals websiteAnimal Law Foundation websiteEnforcement problem report in collaboration with Animal EqualityThe Humane League's legal battle against DEFRAGuardian article on THL's legal case against DEFRAIf you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

In this episode, we speak with Jim Carlisle, Managing Director of THL Partners, a private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies across financial technology and services, healthcare, and technology and business solutions. Jim is the Head of the Technology & Business Solutions vertical, the Automation Fund and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Leading a team to develop the firm's technology practice and build leadership in its automation theme, Jim contributes thought leadership to THL's Identified Sector Opportunity (ISO) platform and fosters a thriving culture through specialization and professional development opportunities. THL has raised more than $35 billion of equity capital, invested in over 170 companies and completed more than 600 add-on acquisitions representing an aggregate enterprise value at acquisition of over $250 billion. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to subscribe.

Listen in as THL's Jim Carlisle discusses the investments his firm has made in supply chain, and his outlook for the future. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock are hosts.

Tourism Holding Limited's CEO Grant Webster gave us an inside look at when we can expect electric motorhomes on the road, and why range anxiety is a big contributor to the slow take up. This clip is an extra from our episode 'We're Open! Tourism on the rebound - with THL'. Shared Lunch is brought to you by Sharesies, with BusinessDesk. If there are any companies, fund managers, or other special guests you'd like to see on Shared Lunch, flick us an email at sharedlunch@sharesies.co.nz to let us know. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time. Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not financial advice. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Shared Lunch is for a New Zealand audience.

Post lock-downs, tourism is seen as a great hope—a weapon against recession. But is the pace of the tourism recovery creating more issues? We chat to Tourism Holdings CEO Grant Webster about all the hot topics, like airline capacity and pricing, THL's expansion offshore, what a dividend payout might look like, and  when will the company be truly green? Hosted by Ella Somers from BusinessDesk. Apologies for any office background noise, this episode was recorded in the Sharesies boardroom in Auckland. For more or to watch this episode on youtube - check out http://linktr.ee/sharedlunch A conversation with experts, CEOs, and you. We talk to company leaders and an industry experts every week. Listen or watch over lunch or whenever you want to snack on what's happening in the economy, the markets, and the companies you invest in Brought to you by Sharesies, with BusinessDesk Appearance on Shared Lunch is not an endorsement by Sharesies of the views of the presenters, guests, or the entities they represent. Their views are their own. Shared Lunch is not financial advice. We recommend talking to a licensed financial adviser. You should review relevant product disclosure documents before deciding to invest. Investing involves risk. You might lose the money you start with. Content is current at the time. Shared Lunch is for a New Zealand audience.

As Head of the Financial Technology & Services vertical and member of the firm's Management Committee, Ganesh manages a large and diverse portfolio and works closely with the Strategic Resource Group to drive growth for the firm's portfolio companies. He also contributes thought leadership to THL's Identified Sector Opportunity (ISO) platform and fosters a thriving culture through mentorship and professional development. Ganesh is a Director of 11 businesses, including CARET, Dun & Bradstreet, AmeriLife Group and a board observer of Guaranteed Rate. His prior investments include Comdata, Optimal Blue, Nielsen, MoneyGram International, ServiceLink Holdings, Ten-X Commercial, Sedgwick, FIS and Ariel Re. Before joining the THL team, Ganesh worked at Morgan Stanley. In his spare time, he enjoys cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers and traveling to explore new cultures and cuisines.

Tommy gets a mystery envelope, THL discusses the Enoch Burke situation, while "the small things make sense & the big things don't" ...If you enjoy our Thursday podcasts why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, with all your Thursday THL episodes ad-free plus instant access to over 90 exclusive episodes? Join our gang and sign up HERE ...Want to get in touch with the podcast or listen back to all our past episodes? Do it via www.thlpod.com Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A new framing to replace "Welfarism vs. Abolitionism", published by Aidan Kankyoku on January 26, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Inspired by what seems like a recent détente between different factions in animal advocacy, I just posted this two-part article to paxfauna.org and wanted to share it here as well. It has more of a narrative form but I try to present a new way of thinking about these different roles in the movement. Hope you find it useful or at least enjoyable! Part 1: "Welfarism Vs. Abolitionism" Is Obsolete The Gist Animal advocates have been divided over pursuing more or less radical demands, leading to a conflict often framed as welfarism vs. abolitionism. This framing obscures the fact that all strategies used by animal advocates are incremental; we merely focus on different increments. Existing evidence does not support some of activists' most common concerns about incremental welfare campaigns. A more sophisticated view of the different roles necessary in a movement ecology can resolve these conflicts. An Innocent Question When I was in college, around 2016, my campus animal rights club hosted a talk by the local representative of The Humane League (THL). As she stood facing about two dozen college students interested in animal activism, she began her talk with a question: “What goal should animal activists pursue?” After several seconds of silence, I threw out an answer that reflected my background as an organizer with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE for short). DxE had a notorious flair for dramatic confrontations with the public, using disruptive protest to demand a complete dismantling of the legal systems abetting the exploitation of other animals for the benefit of humans. My answer, one of DxE's slogans, was shorthand for that: “Total animal liberation.” The THL rep (I'll call her Kristy since I haven't asked permission to use her name) endured an awkward silence waiting to see if anyone else would respond. Kristy had been working for THL about as long as I'd been organizing with DxE. Her job was to mobilize volunteers to support THL's signature tactics: handing out leaflets to the public about meatless diets, and pressuring corporations like Mcdonald's to set animal welfare standards for their supply chains. When she clicked to the next slide, the answer waiting there was, like mine, a reflection of her organization's ethos: “Reduce the greatest amount of suffering for the greatest number of animals we can.” Them's Fightin' Words For an outsider to the world of animal advocacy, these two answers would probably seem perfectly compatible. Yet from the moment they were spoken, room 217 of the Hellems Arts & Sciences building was filled with a palpable tension. A conflict much larger than us had asserted itself. The humans that make up both THL and DxE share the extremely uncommon view that farming animals is a grievous moral harm, and the even less common conviction to dedicate their lives to opposing it. Yet back in 2016, this didn't seem to be worth much. The relationship between the organizations was racked with mutual distrust, even disdain. And this malaise was merely a microcosm for a larger conflict among animal advocates, one that had been playing out for years in vicious comment threads across social media. To at least one side, this was known as the battle of welfarists vs. abolitionists. In a moment, I'll explain why I hope this dichotomy will finally be relegated to the dustbin of history. In fact, I believe it was as useless and misleading back then as it is now. But that's not what I thought at the time. As soon as Kristy's answer appeared on the screen, a familiar narrative was racing through my brain. I had labeled her a welfarist, and as fast as my neurons could fire, this label was joined by a series of harsh judgments. K...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: A new framing to replace "Welfarism vs. Abolitionism", published by Aidan Kankyoku on January 26, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Inspired by what seems like a recent détente between different factions in animal advocacy, I just posted this two-part article to paxfauna.org and wanted to share it here as well. It has more of a narrative form but I try to present a new way of thinking about these different roles in the movement. Hope you find it useful or at least enjoyable! Part 1: "Welfarism Vs. Abolitionism" Is Obsolete The Gist Animal advocates have been divided over pursuing more or less radical demands, leading to a conflict often framed as welfarism vs. abolitionism. This framing obscures the fact that all strategies used by animal advocates are incremental; we merely focus on different increments. Existing evidence does not support some of activists' most common concerns about incremental welfare campaigns. A more sophisticated view of the different roles necessary in a movement ecology can resolve these conflicts. An Innocent Question When I was in college, around 2016, my campus animal rights club hosted a talk by the local representative of The Humane League (THL). As she stood facing about two dozen college students interested in animal activism, she began her talk with a question: “What goal should animal activists pursue?” After several seconds of silence, I threw out an answer that reflected my background as an organizer with Direct Action Everywhere (DxE for short). DxE had a notorious flair for dramatic confrontations with the public, using disruptive protest to demand a complete dismantling of the legal systems abetting the exploitation of other animals for the benefit of humans. My answer, one of DxE's slogans, was shorthand for that: “Total animal liberation.” The THL rep (I'll call her Kristy since I haven't asked permission to use her name) endured an awkward silence waiting to see if anyone else would respond. Kristy had been working for THL about as long as I'd been organizing with DxE. Her job was to mobilize volunteers to support THL's signature tactics: handing out leaflets to the public about meatless diets, and pressuring corporations like Mcdonald's to set animal welfare standards for their supply chains. When she clicked to the next slide, the answer waiting there was, like mine, a reflection of her organization's ethos: “Reduce the greatest amount of suffering for the greatest number of animals we can.” Them's Fightin' Words For an outsider to the world of animal advocacy, these two answers would probably seem perfectly compatible. Yet from the moment they were spoken, room 217 of the Hellems Arts & Sciences building was filled with a palpable tension. A conflict much larger than us had asserted itself. The humans that make up both THL and DxE share the extremely uncommon view that farming animals is a grievous moral harm, and the even less common conviction to dedicate their lives to opposing it. Yet back in 2016, this didn't seem to be worth much. The relationship between the organizations was racked with mutual distrust, even disdain. And this malaise was merely a microcosm for a larger conflict among animal advocates, one that had been playing out for years in vicious comment threads across social media. To at least one side, this was known as the battle of welfarists vs. abolitionists. In a moment, I'll explain why I hope this dichotomy will finally be relegated to the dustbin of history. In fact, I believe it was as useless and misleading back then as it is now. But that's not what I thought at the time. As soon as Kristy's answer appeared on the screen, a familiar narrative was racing through my brain. I had labeled her a welfarist, and as fast as my neurons could fire, this label was joined by a series of harsh judgments. K...

Is the decision by Finland's public health authority THL to temporarily suspend its activity on Twitter a sign that trusted sources are losing the disinformation war? We also follow some feisty early exchanges in Finland's parliamentary election campaign and hear about life in Lapland during the polar night. This episode of All Points North was presented by Ronan Browne and Veronica Kontopoulou. The sound engineer was Anders Johansson. Let us know what you think via WhatsApp on +358 44 421 0909. 19 January 2023 / All Points North / Yle News

180 in the hen house, Hector travels to the kingdom and THL declare their love for Damien Dempsey...If you enjoy our Thursday podcasts why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, with all your Thursday THL episodes ad-free plus instant access to over 90 exclusive episodes? Join our gang and sign up HERE ...Want to get in touch with the podcast or listen back to all our past episodes? Do it via www.thlpod.com Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Against philanthropic diversification, published by Jack Malde on December 22, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. (Cross-posted from my substack The Ethical Economist: a blog covering Economics, Ethics and Effective Altruism.) Don't give to just one charity, there are so many good charities to give to! Also, what if the charity turns out to be ineffective? Then you just wasted all your money and did no good. Don't worry, there's a simple solution. Just give to multiple charities and spread risk! Thinking along these lines is natural. Whether it's risk aversion, or just an inherent desire to support multiple charities or causes, most of us diversify our philanthropic giving. If your goal is to do the most good however, you should fight this urge with all you've got. Diversification does make some sense, some of the time. If you're going to fill a charity's budget with your giving then any further giving should probably go elsewhere. But most of us are small donors. Our giving usually won't fill a budget, or hit diminishing returns. It certainly won't hit diminishing returns at the level of an entire cause area, unless perhaps you're a billionaire philanthropist, in which case well done you. When you're deciding where to give you likely have some idea of what the best option is. Maybe you want to help animals and are quite uncertain about how best to do so, but you lean towards thinking that giving to The Humane League (THL) to support their corporate campaigns is slightly better on the margin than giving to Faunalytics to support their research, even though you think there's a possibility either option is ineffective. In this case, you should give your full philanthropic budget to THL. Fight that urge to give to both charities to cover your back if you make the wrong choice. Giving to both charities reduces the risk of you doing no good. But, because you subjectively think that THL is slightly better than Faunalytics, it also reduces the amount of good you will actually do in expectation. If you think THL is the best, then why give to anything else? Giving to both means trading away expected good done to get more certainty that you yourself will have done some good. It's putting your own satisfaction ahead of the expected good of the world. Don't be that person. At this point you might push back and say that I haven't convincingly shown that there's anything wrong with being risk averse in this way. That is, risk averse with respect to the amount of good a particular individual does. Fair enough, so let me try something a bit more formal. A recent academic paper by Hilary Greaves, William MacAskill, Andreas Mogenson and Teruji Thomas explores the tension between “difference-making risk aversion” and benevolence. Consider the below. Outcome goodnessHeadsTailsDo nothing100Give to Charity A2010Give to Charity B10+x20+x A fair coin is to be flipped which determines the payoffs if we do nothing, give to Charity A, or give to Charity B. The coin essentially represents our current uncertainty. We do have a hunch that giving to Charity B is better. Charity B differs from Charity A in that, instead of a ½ probability of getting 20, Charity B involves a ½ probability of getting 20+x, and instead of a ½ probability of getting 10, Charity B involves a ½ probability of getting 10+x. Given this, it's clearly better to give to Charity B. In technical language we say that giving to Charity B stochastically dominates giving to Charity A. Now instead of ‘outcome goodness' let's consider the ‘difference made' of giving to either charity, relative to doing nothing (this is just some simple subtraction using the table above). Difference madeHeadsTailsDo nothing00Give to Charity A1010Give to Charity Bx20+x A key thing to notice is that an individual with ‘difference-making risk aversion...

Hector goes at it hard with the DIY, Laurita has a MRI in an odd place while THL discuss voluptuous words…If you enjoy our Thursday podcasts why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, with all your Thursday THL episodes ad-free plus instant access to over 80+ exclusive episodes? Join our gang and sign up HERE ...Want to get in touch with the podcast or listen back to all our past episodes? Do it via www.thlpod.com Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we speak with Joshua Nelson, Managing Director and Head of the Healthcare Group for Thomas H. Lee Partners also known as “THL”. In his role, Josh leads a dynamic team with  deep understanding of the healthcare space and operating experience. Josh was recognized by GrowthCap as a Top 25 Healthcare Investor of 2022. THL invests in middle market growth companies exclusively within selected Identified Sector Opportunities (ISOs) in three industry groups: Financial Technology & Services, Healthcare and Technology & Business Solutions.  Since 1974, the firm has raised more than $34 billion of equity capital and has invested in over 160 companies.  Josh is currently on the board of Adare Pharma Solutions, Agiliti Health, Inc., Autism Home Care Holdings, Inc., CSafe Global, Hospice Care, Intelligent Medical Objects, Nextech, Professional Physical Therapy (ProPT), Senior Home Care Holdings, Inc. and Smile Doctors.  I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.

As we're on our Summer holidays and to keep you going until we're back in The Hen House, we're sharing with you another special 'Best Of' THL episode. We have listened back to episodes 70 to 80 and have selected some magic moments for you to re-live along with one or two surprises!Still want more? Why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, ad-free plus instant access to 70 exclusive episodes? Sign up at https://www.thlpod.com If you enjoy the podcast the easiest way to help us spread the word is to leave a review! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt.

As we're on our Summer holidays and to keep you going until we're back in The Hen House, we're sharing with you another special 'Best Of' THL episode. We have listened back to episodes 60 to 70 and have selected some magic moments for you to re-live along with one or two surprises!Still want more? Why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, ad-free plus instant access to over 65+ exclusive episodes? Sign up at https://www.thlpod.com If you enjoy the podcast the easiest way to help us spread the word is to leave a review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt.

Best of THL Volume 6, Episodes 50 to 60As we're on our Summer holidays and to keep you going until we're back in The Hen House, we're sharing with you another special 'Best Of' THL episode. We have listened back to episodes 50 to 60 and have selected some magic moments for you to re-live along with one or two surprises!Still want more? Why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, ad-free plus instant access to over 65+ exclusive episodes? Sign up at https://www.thlpod.com If you enjoy the podcast the easiest way to help us spread the word is to leave a review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt.

As we're on our Summer holidays and to keep you going until we're back in The Hen House, we're sharing with you another special 'Best Of' THL episode. We have listened back to episodes 40 to 50 and have selected some magic moments for you to re-live!. Still want more? Why not become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, ad-free plus instant access to over 65+ exclusive episodes? Sign up at https://www.thlpod.com If you enjoy the podcast the easiest way to help us spread the word is to leave a review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt.

As we're nearing the end of our Easter holidays, to keep you going until we're back in The Hen House next week, we're sharing with you another special 'Best Of' THL episode. We have listened back to episodes 30 to 40 and have selected some magic moments for you to re-live!. Want to become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, ad-free plus instant access to over 50+ exclusive episodes? Sign up at https://www.thlpod.com. If you enjoy the podcast the easiest way to help us spread the word is to leave a review!. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt.

Hello and welcome to this special 'Best Of' THL episode. We have listened back to episodes 20 to 30 and have selected some magic moments for you to re-live!.Want to become a THL Member and get extra bonus episodes every Monday, ad-free plus instant access to over 45+ exclusive episodes? Sign up at https://www.thlpod.com.Follow The Tommy, Hector & Laurita Podcast on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you enjoy the podcast the easiest way to help us spread the word is to leave a review!. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-tommy-and-hector-podcast-with-laurita-blewitt.