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Bytes Europe<p>Local governments push back on plans to largely automate legal name changes | News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1184597/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1184597/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AssociationOfEstonianCitiesAndMunicipalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssociationOfEstonianCitiesAndMunicipalities</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MinistryOfTheInterior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinistryOfTheInterior</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NamesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NamesAct</span></a></p>
bok<p>We know names like Jordan and Taylor have moved from the male column to the female. On an older scale, names like Leslie and Meredith did. </p><p>But is it possible for <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> to move in the other direction? Because I just finished a 1931 novel in which the female lead was named Daryl. </p><p>That's not a Top 1000 name for either boys or girls, but I'd say it's much more common for boys, Daryl Hannah notwithstanding.</p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Japan is the only country in the world that legally requires married couples to share the same family name — and that creates considerable problems for scientists, according to a survey of more than 7,500 researchers in the country.</p><p>The survey found that the naming law created confusion for researchers when obtaining patents, academic qualifications and applying for research grants..."</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02081-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-02081-0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>families</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a></p>
Molly<p>What are you devices (laptops, phones, servers, etc.) named after? My theme is greek mythology: gods, heros and monsters.<br>My PiHole is named after argus, the all-seeing giant. My laptop that I often took on journeys is named odysseus. The home server is named herakles, because of all the different tasks it fulfils.</p><p>I also heard of someone using place names of famous disasters like Chernobyl, Hindenburg or Deepeater Horizion.</p><p>What‘s your theme?</p><p>Boosts appreciated.</p><p><a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/naming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>naming</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/hostname" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hostname</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>server</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> <a href="https://toot.kif.rocks/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2191308/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2191308/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Health NZ names next chief executive after Margie Apa resignation <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/after" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>after</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/APA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/appointing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appointing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bramley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bramley</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Chief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chief</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dayle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dayle</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/earlier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earlier</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Executive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/former" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>former</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/handing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/head" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>head</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/margie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>margie</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/next" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>next</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/permanently" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permanently</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/reins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reins</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/resignation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resignation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/resigned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resigned</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stepped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stepped</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/temporarily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>temporarily</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/this" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>this</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/waitemat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waitemat</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/when" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>when</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>year</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zealand</span></a></p>
coulmont<p>"The Effect of World War I on Naming Patterns" <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2025.27" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2025.27</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> We present here a method to systematically study variations in name popularity during an event of interest and quantify its “total” effect on naming patterns.… with a Shiny companion website <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a></p>
b-rain<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a></p>
Radio Zoo 📻 Kyiv Broadcasting<p>Чернетка в закритій signal-групі для обізнаних (тільки за запрошенням <a href="https://tinyurl.com/radio-zoo-chat" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/radio-zoo-chat</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/RBON" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBON</span></a> <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua/tags/base" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>base</span></a> (не пройшла самоцензуру, через те, що ми пообіцяли ніколи його не згадувати) [Операція Ribbon]</p>
coulmont<p>The Effect of World War I on Naming Patterns: A Systematic Exploration <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-science-history/article/effect-of-world-war-i-on-naming-patterns-a-systematic-exploration/D03481F59D75FD5673E457A874FAC5AC" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/core/journals/so</span><span class="invisible">cial-science-history/article/effect-of-world-war-i-on-naming-patterns-a-systematic-exploration/D03481F59D75FD5673E457A874FAC5AC</span></a> …We present here a method to systematically study variations in name popularity during an event of interest and quantify its “total” effect on naming patterns.… with a Shiny companion website <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a></p>
Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1295378/whats-in-a-name-with-new-guidelines-the-japanese-government-wants-to-know/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1295378/whats-in-</span><span class="invisible">a-name-with-new-guidelines-the-japanese-government-wants-to-know/</span></a> What’s in a name? With new guidelines, the Japanese government wants to know. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FamilyRegistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyRegistry</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japanese</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JapaneseNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/kanji" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kanji</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Names</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/nihongo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nihongo</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/parenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parenthood</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/vocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vocabulary</span></a> 振り仮名 (Furigana), the small Japanese 仮名 (kana, letters) you see over kanji that help clarify 漢字の読み方 (kanji no yomikata, how to read the kanji), are currently drawing a lot of attention. As the 改正戸籍法 (kaisei koseki hō, Revised Family Register Act) c…</p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://convo.casa/@Furthering" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Furthering</span></a></span> One of my "advantages" was that I worked in a horticultural company when I was young and later for a specialised publisher for a long time, so I rarely heard the local names.<br>But it is precisely these native names that tell us stories about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/culturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culturalHeritage</span></a> and how people lived with the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>. We need <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> to talk to them, even if we invent them: <a href="https://www.cronenburg.net/sweet-lady-violet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cronenburg.net/sweet-lady-viol</span><span class="invisible">et/</span></a></p>
michael<p>at one point on my recent travels, I looked out of my train window to find out where we stopped, and instantly learned something about my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/familyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familyHistory</span></a>: <a href="https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/05/an-origin-story.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/05/an-origin-story.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zeuzheim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zeuzheim</span></a></p>
axadle<p>Sudan’s Army Leader Names Ex-UN Official Idris as New Prime Minister <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>army</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExUN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExUN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Idris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leader</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minister</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/official" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>official</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sudans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudans</span></a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/ymb6j42x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/ymb6j42x</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai on Monday submitted to parliament a bill aimed at giving legal validity to maiden names. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/19/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-no-kai-bill-maiden-names/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">19/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-no-kai-bill-maiden-names/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nipponishinnokai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nipponishinnokai</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Geospatial Services / Gateway – USDA NRCS [open data]<br>--<br><a href="https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &lt;-- shared link to USDA NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/portal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/download" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>download</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatialdata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/earthobservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earthobservation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NRCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRCS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ISDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISDA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FarmServiceAgenct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarmServiceAgenct</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RuralDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuralDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedservice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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axadle<p>Gabon’s New Leader Names Two Vice Presidents in Government Shake-Up <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gabons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gabons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leader</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShakeUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShakeUp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vice</span></a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/29sajsgh" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/29sajsgh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Nearly 30% of people in de facto marriages in Japan have not filed for marriage registration because they or their partners do not want to change their surnames, a survey found. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/06/japan/de-facto-marriages-surveys/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/</span><span class="invisible">06/japan/de-facto-marriages-surveys/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/familyregistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familyregistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/familylaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familylaw</span></a></p>
Kat O’Brien<p>A colleague sent this from Ávila. Since people in Spanish-speaking countries usually think my name is Kate and I spelled it wrong (it’s Kat, like 😸 but with a K), I’m going with I have a street named after me 😅<br>Actually a famous Irish novelist and playwright, I’ll have to earn my own street name, spelled as my name is.<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a bill to the Lower House that would&nbsp;allow married couples to have different surnames, in the first act of what’s set to be a long debate. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/politics/cdp-separate-surname-bill/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">30/japan/politics/cdp-separate-surname-bill/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women039sissues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women039sissues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/familyregistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familyregistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/familylaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familylaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nipponishinnokai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nipponishinnokai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dpp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dpp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ldp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ldp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/komeito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>komeito</span></a></p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@myerman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>myerman</span></a></span> </p><p>Wow. A truly powerful account. </p><p>Names matter. </p><p>Individiual histories matter. </p><p>Class and race aggression take place through individual acts of violence, and through biographical series of such acts. Each individual person calls on us to recognise them.</p><p>This article by Martha Sandweiss is very moving. Thank you for the link.</p><p>Sophie Mousseau, we remember your life. We remember your name. It is you we see in this photograph.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SophieMousseau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SophieMousseau</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FortLaramie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortLaramie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MarthaSandweiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarthaSandweiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/names" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>names</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a></p>