Lisa Tarantino
@lisatarantino.bsky.social
Mom, yogi, and lover of green spaces. Global health and development wonk. Would rather be in the Adirondacks.
This is what happens when transition from donor support isn't managed. The US and our partners know how to minimize the suffering and make health systems stronger and more locally owned. It is time to course correct.
groundup.org.za/article/moza...
groundup.org.za/article/moza...
Mozambique: These are the children the United States left to die
Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
groundup.org.za
June 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is what happens when transition from donor support isn't managed. The US and our partners know how to minimize the suffering and make health systems stronger and more locally owned. It is time to course correct.
groundup.org.za/article/moza...
groundup.org.za/article/moza...
9 New Yorkers on a debate stage. Debating how to solve NYC problems with a passive-aggressive (f-g awesome) moderator. If you haven’t tuned in yet, grab a beer and saddle up.
June 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
9 New Yorkers on a debate stage. Debating how to solve NYC problems with a passive-aggressive (f-g awesome) moderator. If you haven’t tuned in yet, grab a beer and saddle up.
“And you thought Ukraine was easy? Ukraine is exceptional. Ukraine is unique. All the steamrollers of history have rolled over it. It has withstood every kind of trial. It is tempered by the highest degree. In today’s world, its value is beyond measure,” the SBU wrote, quoting…poet Lina Kostenko.
June 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“And you thought Ukraine was easy? Ukraine is exceptional. Ukraine is unique. All the steamrollers of history have rolled over it. It has withstood every kind of trial. It is tempered by the highest degree. In today’s world, its value is beyond measure,” the SBU wrote, quoting…poet Lina Kostenko.
YES! Good news at last. PS How I wish I were a filmmaker with the rights to this story!! Is there a Ukrainian Tom Cruise? 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️
⚡️The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported that the June 1 “Spider Web” drone operation caused approximately $7 billion in damages and disabled 34% of cruise missile carriers in key Russian airbases.
34% of Russian strategic missile carriers at main airfields damaged in Ukrainian drone operation, SBU reports
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) reported that the June 1 “Spider Web” drone operation caused approximately $7 billion in damages and disabled 34% of cruise missile carriers in key Russian airbase...
kyivindependent.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
YES! Good news at last. PS How I wish I were a filmmaker with the rights to this story!! Is there a Ukrainian Tom Cruise? 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️
Reposted by Lisa Tarantino
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Reposted by Lisa Tarantino
⚡️Protests erupt across Georgia in defiance of government's anti-EU stance.
Protests have now spread from Tbilisi to Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Telavi, Gurjaani, and other Georgian cities, sparked by the government's decision to postpone EU accession talks.
Protests have now spread from Tbilisi to Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Telavi, Gurjaani, and other Georgian cities, sparked by the government's decision to postpone EU accession talks.
Protests erupt across Georgia in defiance of government's anti-EU stance
Protests have now spread from Tbilisi to Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Telavi, Gurjaani, and other Georgian cities, sparked by the government's decision to postpone EU accession talks.
kyivindependent.com
November 30, 2024 at 8:11 PM
⚡️Protests erupt across Georgia in defiance of government's anti-EU stance.
Protests have now spread from Tbilisi to Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Telavi, Gurjaani, and other Georgian cities, sparked by the government's decision to postpone EU accession talks.
Protests have now spread from Tbilisi to Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Telavi, Gurjaani, and other Georgian cities, sparked by the government's decision to postpone EU accession talks.
Thank you to the brave @unesconow.bsky.social staff raising awareness of what the world is losing in Odesa.
UNESCO has condemned Russia's overnight strikes on Odesa's historic center overnight on Nov. 15, which damaged numerous architectural monuments, according to a statement on its official website.
UNESCO condemns recent Russian attack on historic center of Odesa
A UNESCO mission, led by Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, head of the UNESCO Office in Ukraine, arrived on Nov. 16 to inspect recently damaged cultural heritage sites. The organization has not yet released the...
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Thank you to the brave @unesconow.bsky.social staff raising awareness of what the world is losing in Odesa.