Nancy Groves
@nancygroves.bsky.social
United Nations digital communicator, currently at UNEP in Kenya
"The U.S. is weeks away from losing its @who.int measles elimination status because a Texas-born strain has continued to circulate across multiple states since January."
One of many scary notes in this daily @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com recap. whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/11/20/d...
One of many scary notes in this daily @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com recap. whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/11/20/d...
Day 1766
“Ignored.”
whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"The U.S. is weeks away from losing its @who.int measles elimination status because a Texas-born strain has continued to circulate across multiple states since January."
One of many scary notes in this daily @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com recap. whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/11/20/d...
One of many scary notes in this daily @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com recap. whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/11/20/d...
"A handful of nations have already reached — or come close to — the 100% renewables mark, including Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Costa Rica, Kenya, Bhutan, and Paraguay." Some good news to keep in mind as #COP30 continues. theprogressplaybook.com/2024/10/14/t...
These countries are leading the way to 100% renewable electricity
Explore the countries making strides toward 100% renewable electricity with innovative solutions and sustainable energy systems.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"A handful of nations have already reached — or come close to — the 100% renewables mark, including Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Costa Rica, Kenya, Bhutan, and Paraguay." Some good news to keep in mind as #COP30 continues. theprogressplaybook.com/2024/10/14/t...
I loved having this around growing up. As a midwestern child, it made me feel connected to the larger world.
Farewell, Farmers Almanac. www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
Farewell, Farmers Almanac. www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
A Fond Farewell
After more than 200 years of sharing wit and wisdom, the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be our last edition. But our story stays alive in you.
www.farmersalmanac.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I loved having this around growing up. As a midwestern child, it made me feel connected to the larger world.
Farewell, Farmers Almanac. www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
Farewell, Farmers Almanac. www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
A list of global souvenirs, including upcycled animal art from Kenya made from discarded flip flops: www.afar.com/magazine/16-...
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A list of global souvenirs, including upcycled animal art from Kenya made from discarded flip flops: www.afar.com/magazine/16-...
Kids need nutrition and health care, but now parents can instead spend their money on "...a skin-care brand for children. Rini, a name derived from a Korean word for 'child,' calls itself 'a new kid-first brand where skincare and play meet innovation.'” www.thecut.com/article/shay...
Shay Mitchell Is Launching Skin Care for 3-Year-Olds
The sheet masks look like animal faces.
www.thecut.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Kids need nutrition and health care, but now parents can instead spend their money on "...a skin-care brand for children. Rini, a name derived from a Korean word for 'child,' calls itself 'a new kid-first brand where skincare and play meet innovation.'” www.thecut.com/article/shay...
My opinion: anyone who clones a dog should pay a shelter or rescue group to have 100 dogs sterilized. How frivolous. people.com/tom-brady-cl...
Tom Brady Reveals His Dog Junie Was Cloned from Beloved Pet Lua, Who Died in 2023
Tom Brady's dog Junie is a clone of his dog Lua, who died in 2023, he announced Nov. 4, 2025. Colossal Biosciences, which Brady is an investor in, cloned the pit bull mix using a blood sample collecte...
people.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My opinion: anyone who clones a dog should pay a shelter or rescue group to have 100 dogs sterilized. How frivolous. people.com/tom-brady-cl...
Some good old-fashioned analysis. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Pivots, Trolls, and Blog Rolls
Reflections on 25 years of digital media.
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Some good old-fashioned analysis. talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25
Another setback for librarians who are on the front lines of fighting mis-and disinformation.
Baker & Taylor had been in the book business just short of 200 years.
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Baker & Taylor had been in the book business just short of 200 years.
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Another setback for librarians who are on the front lines of fighting mis-and disinformation.
Baker & Taylor had been in the book business just short of 200 years.
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Baker & Taylor had been in the book business just short of 200 years.
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Last chance to apply for this GRID-Arendal travel grant for journalists to attend UNEA-7 in Nairobi in December: www.grida.no/activities/2...
Deadline is 13 October.
Deadline is 13 October.
GRID-Arendal: Turn Negotiations into Narratives: Journalists Covering UNEA-7
Why UNEA Matters for JournalistsAt the heart of global environmental diplomacy lies Nairobi - home to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the stage for the United Nations Environment A...
www.grida.no
October 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Last chance to apply for this GRID-Arendal travel grant for journalists to attend UNEA-7 in Nairobi in December: www.grida.no/activities/2...
Deadline is 13 October.
Deadline is 13 October.
🔆 This UNU & UNFCCC Early Career Climate Fellowship offers young people from developing countries a unique opportunity to start their careers at the interface of international climate policy and research. See: unu.edu/vie/our-work...
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
🔆 This UNU & UNFCCC Early Career Climate Fellowship offers young people from developing countries a unique opportunity to start their careers at the interface of international climate policy and research. See: unu.edu/vie/our-work...
The Department of Justice removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States." - @404media.co article. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Department of Justice removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States." - @404media.co article. www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
There is still time to make money saving decisions for your home -- and to help protect the planet at the same time. homes.rewiringamerica.org/save?utm_sou...
Your guide to using the home energy tax credits before they're gone
Save on better appliances before the year ends. Help for all your tax credit and installation questions.
homes.rewiringamerica.org
September 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
There is still time to make money saving decisions for your home -- and to help protect the planet at the same time. homes.rewiringamerica.org/save?utm_sou...
Last day to apply for this @pulitzercenter.org fellowship for covering work to #SaveOurOcean pulitzercenter.org/blog/journal...
Journalism That Goes Deep: Applications Open for Ocean Reporting Fellowships
Image Applications are now open to join the third cohort of the Ocean Reporting Network (ORN), a fellowship program that gives professional journalists the opportunity to spend up to a year working on...
pulitzercenter.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Last day to apply for this @pulitzercenter.org fellowship for covering work to #SaveOurOcean pulitzercenter.org/blog/journal...
Always excellent work from @carbonbrief.org. interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar
Carbon Brief factchecks 16 of the most common myths about solar power
interactive.carbonbrief.org
September 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Always excellent work from @carbonbrief.org. interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
This @pulitzercenter.org article details the wide-ranging impacts of the cruel loss of USAID support. It's not just health. It's the jobs and training, too. pulitzercenter.org/stories/us-h...
U.S. Helped Beat Back Malaria in Guinea. Now, the Disease Is Set To Soar
Guinea—One morning in mid-June, a 10-year-old boy named Mohamed Camara was lying on a bed in a health center in the small Guinean town of Tamita, wearing bright blue shorts and an army-style T-shirt.....
pulitzercenter.org
August 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This @pulitzercenter.org article details the wide-ranging impacts of the cruel loss of USAID support. It's not just health. It's the jobs and training, too. pulitzercenter.org/stories/us-h...
"More hype than help." www.cjr.org/analysis/i-t...
I Tested How Well AI Tools Work for Journalism
Some tools were sufficient for summarizing meetings. For research, the results were a disaster.
www.cjr.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"More hype than help." www.cjr.org/analysis/i-t...
Contrast this with the over 2 billion who don't have access to clean water. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/b...
A British restaurant is launching the UK’s first water menu | CNN Business
La Popote, a French-style restaurant in northern England, is taking a bold step to cater for discerning non-drinkers by offering an entire menu of bottled water.
edition.cnn.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Contrast this with the over 2 billion who don't have access to clean water. edition.cnn.com/2025/08/19/b...
Wednesday's #PlasticsTreaty plenary was riveting, with passionate interventions on human rights, pollution impacts, and more. Such a good watch for people interested in multilateralism and diplomacy. Helpful recap here: enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
Daily report for 13 August 2025
enb.iisd.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Wednesday's #PlasticsTreaty plenary was riveting, with passionate interventions on human rights, pollution impacts, and more. Such a good watch for people interested in multilateralism and diplomacy. Helpful recap here: enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...
Scary stats here on the impacts of plastic pollution and forever chemicals as work towards a #PlasticsTreaty resume in Geneva this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Opinion | You Are Contaminated
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Scary stats here on the impacts of plastic pollution and forever chemicals as work towards a #PlasticsTreaty resume in Geneva this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Lovely tribute to Kennedy Odede, Kenyan community organizer honoured for the 2025 UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize. africarenewal.un.org/en/magazine/...
From Kibera to the world: Kennedy Odede wins 2025 UN Mandela Prize | Africa Renewal
africarenewal.un.org
August 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Lovely tribute to Kennedy Odede, Kenyan community organizer honoured for the 2025 UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize. africarenewal.un.org/en/magazine/...
Reposted by Nancy Groves
OCHA provides critical support in conflict & disaster zones. In warzones, it coordinates info that helps streamline NGO response & deconfliction (so aid orgs didn't get targeted as hostile). The network through which search & rescue teams deploy internationally to earthquakes & floods is under OCHA.
this is all horrible. alongside devastating blows to PBS and NPR, this bill totally ends US funding to key UN bodies that do frontline work, including UNICEF & OCHA, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Completely eliminates US contributions—previously the US was the key funder.
NEWS: Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress
House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213.
The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48.
With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO.
This now goes to Trump for his signature.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House gives final passage by a vote of 216-213.
The Senate passed it yesterday 51-48.
With Republican votes only. Democrats all voted NO.
This now goes to Trump for his signature.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
OCHA provides critical support in conflict & disaster zones. In warzones, it coordinates info that helps streamline NGO response & deconfliction (so aid orgs didn't get targeted as hostile). The network through which search & rescue teams deploy internationally to earthquakes & floods is under OCHA.
Celebrating Mass in “what we might call a natural cathedral" -- Pope Leo XIV. apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass' using new rite
Pope Leo XIV is praying for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor.”
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Celebrating Mass in “what we might call a natural cathedral" -- Pope Leo XIV. apnews.com/article/pope...
New "TechPlomacy Connective," placing Nairobi at the center of global conversations on tech diplomacy & ethical AI governance (launched in Kenya this week) is seen as "a major step in aligning digital innovation with diplomacy, ethics, and inclusive development" www.citizen.digital/news/kenya-u...
Kenya unveils TechPlomacy Connective to lead global AI governance
Kenya has launched the TechPlomacy Connective, a bold initiative placing Nairobi at the center of global conversations on technology diplomacy and ethical AI governance.
www.citizen.digital
July 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
New "TechPlomacy Connective," placing Nairobi at the center of global conversations on tech diplomacy & ethical AI governance (launched in Kenya this week) is seen as "a major step in aligning digital innovation with diplomacy, ethics, and inclusive development" www.citizen.digital/news/kenya-u...
Reposted by Nancy Groves
Exclusive: Trump officials have indefinitely suspended work on a crucial tool to predict extreme rainfall frequency, a move that experts said will make the country more vulnerable to storms supercharged by climate change.
NOAA was developing a way to predict extreme rainfall — until Trump officials stopped it
The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Exclusive: Trump officials have indefinitely suspended work on a crucial tool to predict extreme rainfall frequency, a move that experts said will make the country more vulnerable to storms supercharged by climate change.
"I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life" -- Mandy Patinkin on one of his favourite movie lines.
The perspective of this couple is so needed. What a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/m...
The perspective of this couple is so needed. What a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/m...
The Grody-Patinkin Family Is a Mess. People Love It.
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life" -- Mandy Patinkin on one of his favourite movie lines.
The perspective of this couple is so needed. What a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/m...
The perspective of this couple is so needed. What a great read. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/m...