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Ellen
@ellenleafy.bsky.social
· Feb 6
Logging into my international development job when no one even knows if the sector is going to exist in a few months
ANOTHER Central Asian restaurant opening in London… plov is going to be the next trend after Korean cuisine, mark my words
February 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
ANOTHER Central Asian restaurant opening in London… plov is going to be the next trend after Korean cuisine, mark my words
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Family of BBC charity worker killed in Kenya seek answers after coroner’s ruling
Family of BBC charity worker killed in Kenya seek answers after coroner’s ruling
Inquest concludes that Kate Mitchell, whose body was found in hotel room in Nairobi in 2021, was unlawfully killed
The family of a British BBC charity worker murdered in Nairobi more than three years ago have said they are still seeking information…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Family of BBC charity worker killed in Kenya seek answers after coroner’s ruling
The invasion of short-form video has gone too far… how do they got reels on LinkedIn now??
February 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The invasion of short-form video has gone too far… how do they got reels on LinkedIn now??
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The team at Unlock Aid have launched an emergency fund to help the most impactful frontline operations affected by the foreign aid freeze to resume their lifesaving work.
Share and consider donating:
Share and consider donating:
Foreign Aid Bridge Fund
The U.S. foreign aid freeze has put millions of lives at risk. You can help. We are raising an emergency fund to enable high-impact organizations to get back to work to prevent unnecessary harm and di...
www.foreignaidbridgefund.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The team at Unlock Aid have launched an emergency fund to help the most impactful frontline operations affected by the foreign aid freeze to resume their lifesaving work.
Share and consider donating:
Share and consider donating:
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A historic graphic of corruption.
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A historic graphic of corruption.
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.
(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
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I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.
February 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I'm hearing a lot from the media NGO sector about the impact of USAID cuts. A lot of small investigative media organisations across the globe are facing imminent closure as the funding they've budget for has vanished overnight, and the funder community has no capacity to absorb the shock.
Logging into my international development job when no one even knows if the sector is going to exist in a few months
February 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Logging into my international development job when no one even knows if the sector is going to exist in a few months
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USAID website straight up does not work anymore
February 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
USAID website straight up does not work anymore
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I asked DeepSeek three questions:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
January 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I asked DeepSeek three questions:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
- How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims?
- Is Taiwan part of China?
- What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s?
Here are DeepSeek's answers:
After the stop-work order on all foreign aid (except to Israel…), I think it’s time to put together a tracker of how many deaths Trump’s policies will be responsible for during the next 4 years
January 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
After the stop-work order on all foreign aid (except to Israel…), I think it’s time to put together a tracker of how many deaths Trump’s policies will be responsible for during the next 4 years
We could have let Jimmy Carter keep his peanut farm, all things considered
Elon Musk’s six major conflicts of interest with the federal government
Elon Musk’s six major conflicts of interest with the federal government
As co-chair of Trump’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’, the world’s richest man is likely to get richer
The Federal Advisory Committee Act says in plain language that an advisory committee – as Elon Musk proposes the “Department of Government…
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:52 PM
We could have let Jimmy Carter keep his peanut farm, all things considered
A useful litmus test (as made particularly evident below): is it described with American onlinespeak? If yes, it’s probably a made-up problem
December 8, 2024 at 8:03 AM
A useful litmus test (as made particularly evident below): is it described with American onlinespeak? If yes, it’s probably a made-up problem
You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 AM
You may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
Central line vs. Elizabeth line
November 28, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Central line vs. Elizabeth line
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yeah well I'm not recognising the legitimacy of that haircut, so where does that leave us
BREAKING: “PM” Kobakhidze states Georgia will not consider opening EU accession talks or receive any grants and loans from the EU until the end of 2028. This is in response to the European Parliament not recognizing the legitimacy of the elections in Georgia.
November 28, 2024 at 2:53 PM
yeah well I'm not recognising the legitimacy of that haircut, so where does that leave us
Have there been *any* elections that have gone well this year? Not just-barely-saved-from-fascism results, but genuinely heartening results?
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll
https://www.ft.com/content/bf290387-5f4e-4afc-ac37-0d1c2827cc47
https://www.ft.com/content/bf290387-5f4e-4afc-ac37-0d1c2827cc47
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll
First-round victory of Călin Georgescu shakes political establishment
www.ft.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Have there been *any* elections that have gone well this year? Not just-barely-saved-from-fascism results, but genuinely heartening results?
You know how kids that learn Latin in school only ever pick up phrases like “the general killed the slave in battle” and nothing actually useful? That’s me with Russian and war terms at this point
November 22, 2024 at 9:13 AM
You know how kids that learn Latin in school only ever pick up phrases like “the general killed the slave in battle” and nothing actually useful? That’s me with Russian and war terms at this point
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Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇
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One thousand days of full-scale war on Ukraine.
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM
One thousand days of full-scale war on Ukraine.
Hello Bluesky :)
I am aware my legacy mutuals from the other place are mainly Russia/Eastern Europe nerds, but I regret to announce I have very few cogent thoughts in my brain related to the region these days except for silent screaming
I am aware my legacy mutuals from the other place are mainly Russia/Eastern Europe nerds, but I regret to announce I have very few cogent thoughts in my brain related to the region these days except for silent screaming
November 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Hello Bluesky :)
I am aware my legacy mutuals from the other place are mainly Russia/Eastern Europe nerds, but I regret to announce I have very few cogent thoughts in my brain related to the region these days except for silent screaming
I am aware my legacy mutuals from the other place are mainly Russia/Eastern Europe nerds, but I regret to announce I have very few cogent thoughts in my brain related to the region these days except for silent screaming