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COVID Times in South Sudan “People are dying,” my colleague said.

I saw a substack talking about posting aid stories from the field, so I decided to write this one out. My first few months of the COVID pandemic, up near the Sudanese border.

Kharkiv Architectural Guide Ievgeniia Gubkina Today Kharkiv’s unfortunate geographical position on the eastern edge of Europe makes it a frequent target for the Russian army’s relentless shelling and airstrik...

Я люблю Харків
The kind of book I want on my coffee table in my future tiny house.

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(Found in www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...)

Why refugee-led organisations are key to the humanitarian reset Refugees and refugee-led organisations need to be front and centre of funding decisions, as well as policy design and programme implementation.

Currently Reading Why refugee-led organisations are key to the humanitarian reset

Myanmar relief efforts scaled up ten days on - Plan International Plan International has scaled up its humanitarian response to meet the needs of children and families impacted by the earthquake in Myanmar.

Plan International has scaled up its humanitarian response to meet the needs of children and families impacted by the earthquake in #Myanmar.
Urgent funding is now required to scale up our response, before the monsoon season hits
plan-international.org/news/2025/04...

Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds, says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain

A message from the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies speaks out about the horrific murders of #IFRC staff at the hands of the IDF in Gaza
#humanitarianaid #gaza #notatarget

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Why Gutting USAID Will Hurt America

From some days ago, but will be more and more relevant from @wired.com - Why gutting USAID will hurt America

Oh no! This is the first I’m seeing of this - thank you for posting! 🥺

Proud & relieved to see large scale #handsoff protests happening around the US today. As a US citizen abroad in a place where protesting could get me into trouble, I’m reminded of the rights that cannot be taken for granted.

A grey tabby cat side-smiling while lounging on a brown fabric bag

This #caturday, i shamelessly post my friend’s cat, lounging on my bag.

Say goodbye to vanilla. Chocolate is next

What in the Elizabeth Holmes is this? #microplastics #electivemedical #cleanmybloodboo

Stephen Miller is an underworld demon.

🚨 ALL #USAID personnel worldwide just received a global blanket RIF notice. 1/🧵

This is disgusting

This kind of question could start a revolution.

Captain America wants YOU to PUNCH NAZIS. “Punch Every Goddamn One”

I want what Cap wants:

Snowy mountains and a road between in which traffic is stopped on one side.

Road closed due to weather in northern Georgia 🇬🇪

Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois

Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.

www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Sobering, but from the vantage point of those of us who have read about history & authoritarian regimes, not completely implausible

See my post about the hypocrisy of Rubio ☺️

Sook Jin Jo: Sacred Space, Reclaimed Material Korean installation artist is creating a bold new type of sacred space using reclaimed materials and a syncretist sensibility

I read this piece about my friend Sook Jin Jo and wanted to share it, because her work is amazing and one of the reasons I love this style of #art. #artsky

whitehotmagazine.com/articles/jo-...

So if you ever did a #23andMe test, might want to get in there and delete your #data. #dataprivacy #DNARights #yourinfotothehighestbidder

A whirling dervish being teargassed. #EyesOnIstanbul

A huge anti-Erdoğan protest tonight in Istanbul, defying a four day national ban on protests, to denounce the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

"Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.

A black and white longhair tuxedo cat looking to the right.

This Caturday, I present Century in the free box. Miss my little buddy every day.

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I want to like your post as a thank you for saying it but the topic is so egregious that all I can do is respond.

Schooled in Sabotage: Washington Has Abandoned the World’s Classrooms In Nakuru, Kenya, a little girl named Amina sits in a half-functioning classroom, flipping through a book printed when Obama was still in office. It’s missing pages. She shares it with four other…

"While the U.S. scrambles to remember what “foreign policy” even means, China’s been building chalkboards."