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Microsoft President Warns Orwell’s ‘1984’ Reality ‘Could Come to Pass’ in 2024 Without AI Controls

Since its release in 1949, George Orwell’s famous “1984” novel has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian science fiction, even going so far as coining the terms “thought police” and “doublethink,” among others. The book focuses on the consequences…

28 May, 2021

COMMUNITY

The Aristotle Menu: Eat Like an Ancient Greek Philosopher

According to Aristotle, the world was based on five building elements, earth, fire, water, air, and ether. Gastronomy professor Giorgos Palisidis built what he calls the “Aristotelian menu”, based on foods and ingredients of northern Greece, the birthplace of the great philosopher.…

3 August, 2020

COMMUNITY·HEALTH

Yoga incompatible for Orthodox Christians

The Orthodox Church of Greece has announced yoga as “absolutely incompatible” with Christianity and not a “kind of exercise” since “yoga is a fundamental part of the religion of Hinduism.” The Synodal Committee under Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and all Greece,…

16 June, 2020

COMMUNITY

3XY Radio Hellas and the Fronditha Care 2020 Radiothon. Heartwarming generosity amid virus panic

The local Greek Australian community has dug deep despite the current uncertain climate to make sure our elderly don’t get left behind. Fronditha Care’s biennial Radiothon went ahead on Saturday and Sunday 21-22 March at the aged care provider’s Mulgrave offices, raising…

23 March, 2020

COMMUNITY

ANTIPODES FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS!

Over the weekend, 100,000 people descended onto Lonsdale Street for Australia’s largest Greek Street party and celebration of all things Greek, the 2020 Antipodes Festival. Organised by the Greek Community of Melbourne, the Festival featured a record number (over 90) of food,…

4 March, 2020

COMMUNITY·WORLD

A Global Catastrophe: “260 Million Christians Experience High Levels of Persecution”

Dictatorial paranoia continues to make North Korea (#1) the worst nation. “If North Korean Christians are discovered, they are deported to labor camps as political criminals or even killed on the spot.” — World Watch List 2020, Open Doors. Otherwise, as has…

7 February, 2020

HEALTH

8 rules we can learn from the Greek Diet and Lifestyle

The Greeks have given the world many gifts, ranging from politics to science as well as architecture. The Greeks have been drivers of so many important fields that are still so relevant today. While all of those things are wonderful in their…

16 November, 2019

COMMUNITY

The Generosity of Merimna’s kind hearted women is no Surprise

Cloudy skies and low temperatures did not deter members and friends of Merimna Pontion Kyrion of Oceania attend the annul Christmas party, which this year was held at the Sofitel Melbourne. On arrival, guests enjoyed a glass of bubbly, followed by an…

15 November, 2019

AUSTRALIA·COMMUNITY

Studying Greek at Latrobe University is important for our Future

“Studying a Bachelor of Arts and Majoring in Modern Greek Studies at La Trobe University is a rewarding and fulfilling degree, providing its students endless possibilities both in Australia and Greece”. Understanding and communicating in another language is one of the most…

8 August, 2019

WORLD

List of massacres during the greek Genocide in Turkey

Source: http://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/overview/documentation/331-list-of-massacres?fbclid=IwAR0-U2yRFG8MRkmVf1FynEERqZsNSvXUq0bz_Xz_7GdgHW8YLsDiPYKHX40 Credits to Greek Genocide Resource Center The Greek Genocide involved the persecution of native Greeks living in the Ottoman Empire. While deportation to the arid interior of Turkey was the more effective way to liquidate Greek communities en masse, small…

27 July, 2019

COMMUNITY·The News Weekly·WORLD

Are you ready for a worse dystopia than 1984?

It has been a lonely concern with the dire economic implications of robotics, but now Clarity Press has provided us with some company by publishing The Artificial Intelligence Contagion by David Barnhizer and Daniel Barnhizer. It is telling as to the irrelevance…

25 May, 2019

COMMUNITY·GREECE·WORLD

Ancient Greek migrants built the famous Stonehenge, DNA reveals

Britons who built the famous Stonehenge were product of ancient wave of migrant farmers, that is of Greeks from Asia Minor, DNA tests have revealed. Ancient skeletons have revealed that the arrival of population from the eastern Mediterranean Sea replaced the local…

23 April, 2019

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