Nancy Wong
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· Nov 23
Started a list of #UNagencies and their spokespeople and ambassadors on @bsky.app ⤵️ follow them and share the starter pack or comment and tag accounts that need to be added!
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A CSIRO study has found 39% less plastic pollution in and around Australian coastal cities over ten years. It also found more places with no rubbish at all.
Good news, beach lovers: our research found 39% less plastic waste around Australian coastal cities than a decade ago
theconversation.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Gaza health ministry says 1,163 killed since Israel resumed strikes - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-ministry-says-1163-killed-israel-resumed-strikes
Gaza health ministry says 1,163 killed since Israel resumed strikes
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<p>According to the ministry's statement, the figure includes 97 people killed in the past 24 hours. It also reported that the overall death toll had reached 50,523 since the war began on 7 October, 2023. </p>
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April 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Gaza health ministry says 1,163 killed since Israel resumed strikes - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-ministry-says-1163-killed-israel-resumed-strikes
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#HongKong: Our teams completed a project for people experiencing homelessness. We initiated a model of social-medical partnerships with local NGOs to deliver patient-centred care. Teams provided regular health screenings, health promotion sessions, and psychosocial support.
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tinyurl.com/ycxhbpns
MSF completes healthcare project for people experiencing homelessness in Hong Kong | MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided free basic healthcare to communities of people who are experiencing homelessness in Hong Kong’s Yau Tsim Mong and Shum Shui Po districts between August 2023 and...
tinyurl.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#HongKong: Our teams completed a project for people experiencing homelessness. We initiated a model of social-medical partnerships with local NGOs to deliver patient-centred care. Teams provided regular health screenings, health promotion sessions, and psychosocial support.
tinyurl.com/ycxhbpns
tinyurl.com/ycxhbpns
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Aviation is a small but significant contributor to global emissions. It’s predicted to grow at 4% per year, unless urgent action is taken now.
Five ways to make aviation more sustainable right now
Aviation is a small but significant contributor to global emissions. It’s predicted to grow at 4% per year, unless urgent action is taken now.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Aviation is a small but significant contributor to global emissions. It’s predicted to grow at 4% per year, unless urgent action is taken now.
Desperately clinging onto my New Year’s resolution of keeping fit and trying to do it as fast as possible. 🏃🏻♀️
January 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Desperately clinging onto my New Year’s resolution of keeping fit and trying to do it as fast as possible. 🏃🏻♀️
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In the 1970s, jeans weren’t considered presidential. Then came President Jimmy Carter.
Carter, who died on Sunday, would prove to be an Oval Office trendsetter. Nearly all the presidents who followed him were captured wearing jeans while in office.
Carter, who died on Sunday, would prove to be an Oval Office trendsetter. Nearly all the presidents who followed him were captured wearing jeans while in office.
Jimmy Carter Made Jeans Presidential
He projected authenticity not just through his actions, but also with his uniform.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM
In the 1970s, jeans weren’t considered presidential. Then came President Jimmy Carter.
Carter, who died on Sunday, would prove to be an Oval Office trendsetter. Nearly all the presidents who followed him were captured wearing jeans while in office.
Carter, who died on Sunday, would prove to be an Oval Office trendsetter. Nearly all the presidents who followed him were captured wearing jeans while in office.
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We repeat: stop attacks on hospitals. People in Gaza need access to health care. Humanitarians need access to provide health aid. Ceasefire!
December 30, 2024 at 7:42 AM
We repeat: stop attacks on hospitals. People in Gaza need access to health care. Humanitarians need access to provide health aid. Ceasefire!
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The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses deep concern over fate of Palestinian patients and medical staff detained by the Israeli army after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid, as it continues its deadly attacks on besieged Gaza.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/pqvldc
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/pqvldc
December 29, 2024 at 1:22 PM
The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses deep concern over fate of Palestinian patients and medical staff detained by the Israeli army after Kamal Adwan Hospital raid, as it continues its deadly attacks on besieged Gaza.
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/pqvldc
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/pqvldc
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Update from Dr Tedros, the Director-General of WHO.
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
December 28, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Update from Dr Tedros, the Director-General of WHO.
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and everyone who has wished me well during the ordeal in the past few days.
I'm especially grateful to the colleagues and airport staff, who were selfless as they tried to protect me.
#Yemen
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The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, described Gaza as "the most dangerous place on earth right now."
He said “Dying hungry and in pain” is an increasingly likely outcome for children, mothers, aid workers, and teachers alike.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
He said “Dying hungry and in pain” is an increasingly likely outcome for children, mothers, aid workers, and teachers alike.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
‘Dying hungry and in pain’: An increasingly likely outcome in Gaza
The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, issued a harrowing update on the dire situation in the enclave on Thursday, describing it as "the most dangerous place on eart...
news.un.org
December 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, described Gaza as "the most dangerous place on earth right now."
He said “Dying hungry and in pain” is an increasingly likely outcome for children, mothers, aid workers, and teachers alike.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
He said “Dying hungry and in pain” is an increasingly likely outcome for children, mothers, aid workers, and teachers alike.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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Car attack at German Christmas market kills at least two, leaves scores injured - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/car-attack-german-christmas-market-leaves-dead-scores-injured
Car attack at German Christmas market kills at least two, leaves scores injured
A Saudi-born man has been arrested for an attack that left at least 60 people injured after a car ploughed into a crowd at a German Christmas market
www.middleeasteye.net
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Car attack at German Christmas market kills at least two, leaves scores injured - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/car-attack-german-christmas-market-leaves-dead-scores-injured
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Today is #HumanRightsDay.
You have the right to information about your diagnosis & proposed treatments, & you must be asked for informed consent.
You have the right to ask questions and obtain timely & accurate information about your health care so you can make informed choices. bit.ly/2SIDWxd
You have the right to information about your diagnosis & proposed treatments, & you must be asked for informed consent.
You have the right to ask questions and obtain timely & accurate information about your health care so you can make informed choices. bit.ly/2SIDWxd
December 10, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Today is #HumanRightsDay.
You have the right to information about your diagnosis & proposed treatments, & you must be asked for informed consent.
You have the right to ask questions and obtain timely & accurate information about your health care so you can make informed choices. bit.ly/2SIDWxd
You have the right to information about your diagnosis & proposed treatments, & you must be asked for informed consent.
You have the right to ask questions and obtain timely & accurate information about your health care so you can make informed choices. bit.ly/2SIDWxd
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Doctors Without Borders is reiterating its urgent calls for the protection of civilians and for an immediate and sustained #ceasefire.
Nowhere is safe in #Gaza and no one is spared.
Nowhere is safe in #Gaza and no one is spared.
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Doctors Without Borders is reiterating its urgent calls for the protection of civilians and for an immediate and sustained #ceasefire.
Nowhere is safe in #Gaza and no one is spared.
Nowhere is safe in #Gaza and no one is spared.
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“Brain rot” has been named 2024 Word of the Year by the Oxford University Press.
Oxford’s Word of the Year Is ‘Brain Rot’
A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included “lore,” “demure” and “slop.”
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
“Brain rot” has been named 2024 Word of the Year by the Oxford University Press.
Asking for consent is like asking if someone wants a cup of tea. ☕️🫖 Want a simple way to explain consent — watch below👇
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youtu.be/pZwvrxVavnQ?...
Tea and Consent
YouTube video by Thames Valley Police
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December 1, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Asking for consent is like asking if someone wants a cup of tea. ☕️🫖 Want a simple way to explain consent — watch below👇
youtu.be/pZwvrxVavnQ?...
youtu.be/pZwvrxVavnQ?...
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Cerebral palsy should be reframed as “the most common lifelong physical disability,” instead of a childhood disorder, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation argues in a recent perspective article for the New England Journal of Medicine.
Why one expert says it’s time to redefine cerebral palsy
Focusing on early detection and prevention has skewed awareness of the permanent nature of the disability, a health expert writes.
wapo.st
November 30, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Cerebral palsy should be reframed as “the most common lifelong physical disability,” instead of a childhood disorder, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation argues in a recent perspective article for the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Organic waste makes up approximately 20% & is the fastest-growing anthropogenic source of methane emissions!
At COP29, +50 countries (and counting!) have signed onto the Reducing Organic Waste Declaration, committing to tackling methane emissions in upcoming NDC 3.0.
cop29.az/storage/1135...
At COP29, +50 countries (and counting!) have signed onto the Reducing Organic Waste Declaration, committing to tackling methane emissions in upcoming NDC 3.0.
cop29.az/storage/1135...
November 29, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Organic waste makes up approximately 20% & is the fastest-growing anthropogenic source of methane emissions!
At COP29, +50 countries (and counting!) have signed onto the Reducing Organic Waste Declaration, committing to tackling methane emissions in upcoming NDC 3.0.
cop29.az/storage/1135...
At COP29, +50 countries (and counting!) have signed onto the Reducing Organic Waste Declaration, committing to tackling methane emissions in upcoming NDC 3.0.
cop29.az/storage/1135...
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Breaking News: British lawmakers voted to allow assisted dying for terminally ill patients in England and Wales under strict conditions, opening the way to a landmark change in the law.
UK Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Assisted Dying After Emotional Debate
In a landmark decision on Friday, Parliament voted in favor of allowing assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales.
nyti.ms
November 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Breaking News: British lawmakers voted to allow assisted dying for terminally ill patients in England and Wales under strict conditions, opening the way to a landmark change in the law.
Get your geek on 🤓 #lovescience #geekischic
Jet lag: your metabolism recovers quicker than your brain – new study
Jet lag: your metabolism recovers quicker than your brain – new study
Your brain’s clock struggles to catch up from jet lag, but your metabolism adjusts much quicker.
dlvr.it
November 30, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Get your geek on 🤓 #lovescience #geekischic
Deals on #blackfriday and #cybermonday can be helpful to some who can’t afford necessities but for those who sit in the privileged camp — take a stand and boycott purchases during this period. #activism #circulareconomy
Curtains as suits. Tablecloths as trousers. Jeans as vests.
On #BlackFriday, #CyberMonday— and all year—put an end to overconsumption. Upcycled fashion & circular solutions can reduce pollution, but buying only what’s needed can help limit waste.
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
On #BlackFriday, #CyberMonday— and all year—put an end to overconsumption. Upcycled fashion & circular solutions can reduce pollution, but buying only what’s needed can help limit waste.
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 30, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Deals on #blackfriday and #cybermonday can be helpful to some who can’t afford necessities but for those who sit in the privileged camp — take a stand and boycott purchases during this period. #activism #circulareconomy
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"Reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased shockingly by 50% last year... and women and girls accounted for 95% of those cases," said Shabia Mantou of @unhcr.org.
Estimates are that 90% of women and girls moving along the Mediterranean route are raped.
www.unhcr.ca/news/unhcr-w...
Estimates are that 90% of women and girls moving along the Mediterranean route are raped.
www.unhcr.ca/news/unhcr-w...
UNHCR warns of devastating spike in risk of gender-based violence for women and girls forced to flee
Across the world, more than 60 million women and girls who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high risks of gender-based violence. While gender-based violence remains one of the most pervasive h...
www.unhcr.ca
November 29, 2024 at 6:15 PM
"Reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased shockingly by 50% last year... and women and girls accounted for 95% of those cases," said Shabia Mantou of @unhcr.org.
Estimates are that 90% of women and girls moving along the Mediterranean route are raped.
www.unhcr.ca/news/unhcr-w...
Estimates are that 90% of women and girls moving along the Mediterranean route are raped.
www.unhcr.ca/news/unhcr-w...
Ooof… one day!
This 360° video shows what it looks like on top of Mount Everest on a clear day.
November 30, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Ooof… one day!
Here’s to hope ☺️
A few reefs on the Great Barrier Reef have been largely untouched by bleaching. We found upwellings of cold water are protecting them – for now
Cool water from the deep could protect pockets of the Great Barrier Reef into the 2080s
A few reefs on the Great Barrier Reef have been largely untouched by bleaching. We found upwellings of cold water are protecting them – for now
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Here’s to hope ☺️
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The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is finally stopping airstrikes that claimed lives and livelihood. Now there is hope for an end to immense pain and suffering.
We remain on the ground with life-saving shelter, supplies and services as displaced people rebuild their lives.
We remain on the ground with life-saving shelter, supplies and services as displaced people rebuild their lives.
November 27, 2024 at 4:24 PM
The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is finally stopping airstrikes that claimed lives and livelihood. Now there is hope for an end to immense pain and suffering.
We remain on the ground with life-saving shelter, supplies and services as displaced people rebuild their lives.
We remain on the ground with life-saving shelter, supplies and services as displaced people rebuild their lives.