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Elizabeth Pisani

Elizabeth Pisani

@elizabethpisani.ternyata.org

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Public health, Indonesia, things of beauty.

Elizabeth Pisani is a British-American epidemiologist, public health consultant, author and journalist. She is an academic researcher and the director of Ternyata Ltd., a public health consultancy based in London, UK. Her research investigates the ways in which politics, economics and culture influence public health. This has included markets for substandard and falsified medicines and HIV. Before this, Pisani was a journalist who worked as a correspondent for Reuters in several Asian countries. .. more

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 2d

EVENT: Join C20 for a special curator talk and tour of the new exhibition, Theo Crosby: 100 Lives at Osh Gallery - celebrating the visionary architect, designer, curator and artist.

🗓️ Tue 9 Dec 2025 - 6:30-8PM
📍 Osh Gallery, 46 Essex Road, London
🎟️ Tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10d

NEW

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump

A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

By me. Enjoy.

emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump

A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

emptycity.substack.com

Elizabeth Pisani @elizabethpisani.ternyata.org · 16d

Next up: No Pot Noodles anywhere.

No Context Brits @nocontextbritss.bsky.social · 16d

Elizabeth Pisani @elizabethpisani.ternyata.org · 17d

Bukan main! Aku sudah beli buku Leila Choudori 2 kali dalam 2 hari, karena yang pertama (beli baru di toko buku di Pontianak) ternyata bajakan.

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Suroor Alikhan @suroora.bsky.social · 22d

3 new posts on talkingaboutbookswomenstravel.review!
Elizabeth Pisani on Indonesia, Gwen Maka on cycling from Seattle to Costa Rica, and Lina Boegli on travelling the world on her own in 1892. All intrepid travellers! #travelbooks #travelbooksbywomen @elizabethpisani.ternyata.org

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 29d

President Prabowo appointed his brother, tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo, as leader of Indonesia’s delegation to the 30th UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, as Indonessia misses the deadline to submit its latest climate pledge ahead of the summit www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

Hashim to lead Indonesia’s delegation to COP30 climate summit - Society - The Jakarta Post

During a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Jakarta, President Prabowo Subianto apologized for missing the COP30 climate change conference in Brazil, but promised to send a ...

www.thejakartapost.com

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Heikki Wilenius @hw.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 29d

The Hippocratic License was just brought to my attention: https://firstdonoharm.dev/. I think it's a great idea, and I think we need a similar derivative license for Creative Commons.

#opensource #ethics

The Hippocratic License: An Ethical License for Open Source

The Hippocratic License (HL3) is an ethical source license that specifically prohibits the use of open source software to violate universal standards of human rights.

firstdonoharm.dev

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · Oct 21

There are 40+ species of ladybird in the UK - they help maintain healthy ecosystems in gardens and green spaces. Ladybirds need safe places to shelter and hibernate over winter, so avoid cutting back hollow stems and seed heads like teasels & sedums.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/lad...

Ladybird sheltering in a dead seed head. Image Geograph/Walter Baxter

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Daniel Drennan ElAwar @ibnsufiknits.bsky.social · Oct 20

Here is the Ravelry link for my free #AbolishICE beanie. Extensive notes cover all aspects of #knitting and refer to video tutorials; versions in cotton/wool fingering/sport. I appreciate any favorites there/here to boost the pattern! #knitsky #AbolishICE #NoKings 🧶

www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Abolish ICE Beanie pattern by Daniel Drennan ElAwar

My patterns are free. If you like my patterns and wish to further support my work, please visit my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ddelawar

www.ravelry.com

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quamed1.bsky.social @quamed1.bsky.social · Oct 17

The @WHO has issued a warning after detecting Diethylene Glycol (DEG) contamination in three oral liquid medicines, COLDRIF, Respifresh TR, and ReLife, linked to child fatalities in India.

Read more: quamed.org/who-medical-...

WHO Medical Alert: Contaminated Oral Medicines Identified in India - Quamed

The World Health Organization has issued a warning after detecting Diethylene Glycol (DEG) contamination in three oral liquid medicines, COLDRIF, Respifresh TR, and ReLife, linked to child fatalities ...

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Oct 2

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · Oct 1

After 5 years work, TESSA HUNKIN'S HACKNEY MOSAIC PROJECT is now published. We are including a complimentary copy of 'A Hoxton Childhood' (cover price £20) with all orders to UK addresses: spitalfieldslife.bigcartel.com

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · Oct 1

Propositioned outside my house at 8am by a guy who’d just left an all-night chemsex session. Dalston, you’ve still got it!

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Oct 1

L' @itmantwerp.bsky.social, en collaboration avec des partenaires européens, palestiniens et australiens, a mené une étude sur la disponibilité des #médicaments dans la bande de #Gaza: "La nouvelle recherche met en lumière l'ampleur d'une grave pénurie"

www.rtbf.be/article/des-...

Des chercheurs alertent sur la 'grave pénurie' de médicaments à Gaza - RTBF Actus

L'analyse, réalisée durant l'été, portait sur 25 médicaments essentiels dans 14 établissements de santé : trois...

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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · Oct 1

Successive Indonesian governments made vague promises that they failed to keep. Bedjo Untung of the 1965 Murder Victims Research Foundation said, “Not a single 1965 survivor or family could get a court decision to document what they had suffered” www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Indonesia’s Mass Killings 60 Years on Still Demand Justice

The 1965-66 massacres were among the darkest days in Indonesian history. Marxism and communism remain banned in the country and continue to be applied to target critics of the government.

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Raffaella Ravinetto @rravinetto.bsky.social · Sep 29

Most frameworks to assess #pharmaceutical #systems focus on national level, but many key functions, eg medicine distribution and use, are managed locally. We present a method to assess #local pharmaceutical systems & identify ways to improve their #performance.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · Sep 26

This only happens to you once

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Sep 18

Peter Salama Refugee MPH Scholarship @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

hopkinshumanitarianhealth.org/sites/defaul...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Sep 18

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

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NUS Press @nuspress.bsky.social · Sep 16

“[The author] has extremely interesting sections on coinage, the make-up of the trade (tea replaced porcelain and silk as the most profitable product) and a deep-dive into the commercial organization of Batavia…. the wealth of data makes it palpable and the details bring out nuance...”

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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · Sep 12

Mary Robinson is a load-bearing human being. We barely deserve her. #latelateshow

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Benjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Michigan announced today that all of its federal funding has been cancelled.

The announcement drips with disbelief and sadness, as you might imagine. The notion that the Center "doesn't advance American interests" is beyond inane.

I am sad and frankly, ashamed, to have to tell you that on Wednesday evening I received word from the US Department of Education that all the federal funding to the Center had been cancelled. Every other area studies center at U. Michigan and all of the SE Asian Studies National Resource Centers in the US received the same cancellation letter at the same time. In their own words, the administration decided that our programs, “‘are inconsistent with Administration priorities and do not advance American interests or values.’ As such, the Department has determined that continuation of the following programs is not in the best interest of the Federal Government.”

Perhaps there is one amongst you who agrees with this statement. I have not met that person. I have met many of you who have had your lives changed by the opportunity to learn Southeast Asian languages with the support of FLAS fellowships. Who were able to spend semesters in Ann Arbor on leave from your institutions in SE Asia, working with our fabulous library resources. Who conducted Master’s and PhD thesis research with support from the Center and from the Fulbright-Hays Grants. Who have enjoyed the Gamelan and Rondalla performances that cap our SE Asian music courses. The funds for these undertakings are now terminated.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Sep 12

Women Work Fewer Hours Than Men

By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! ---> #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! ----> patreon.com/barry

Panel 1
In the foreground, a middle-aged man types on his laptop. Behind him, a yelling child is calling to the man, while the child’s mother, holding an infant, shushes him. A caption shows us what the man is typing.
JUNIOR: Dad! Dad! DAD!
MOTHER: Junior, let your father work.
CAPTION: “The ‘wage gap’…”

Panel 2
Same scene. The boy has calmed down, and the mother is bringing him along by the shoulder as she exits. The mother looks exhausted, and the baby is pulling on her hair.
MOTHER: I’m going out – I have to meet with Junior’s teacher and do groceries and pick up your dry cleaning and…
CAPTION: “…mostly disappears….”

Panel 3
The mom has departed, but the man, still typing, turns his head to call out after her.
MAN: Oh, the nursing home left a message about my mother… Would you take care of that?
CAPTION: “…when you control for the fact…”

Panel 4
The man turns back to typing.
MAN (thought balloon): Hope she makes stew for dinner tonight.
CAPTION: “…that women work far fewer hours than men.”

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Marin Dacos @marind.bsky.social · Sep 8

L'université Clermont-Auvergne recrute un ou une chargée de projet pour conduire, assurer le déploiement et la mise en œuvre des activités du projet OSQuAR-UCA. Integrating Open Science into the Qualitative Research Assessment Reform at University Clermont – Auvergne, zenodo.org/records/1641..., p50

Offres d’emplois - Offres de recrutement d’agents titulaires et contractuels - Université Clermont Auvergne

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Dignity in Dying @dignityindying.org.uk · Sep 8

Dame Helen Mirren leads stars' pleas to Lords on assisted dying

Dame Helen Mirren leads stars' pleas to Lords on assisted dying

Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen are urging peers to 'show the world Britain can lead with empathy and courage' on assisted dying.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨New @WHO #SubstandardMedicine Alert - linked to deaths in #Argentina.
Six lots of injectable FENTANILO HLB (fentanyl citrate), used to manage severe pain, were linked to a fatal outbreak of drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Read more🔗 bit.ly/47IpdZx
#medswecantrust @celinecaillet.bsky.social

Medical Product Alert N°4/2025: Substandard (contaminated) FENTANILO HLB (fentanyl citrate)

Alert summaryThis WHO Medical Product Alert concerns six lots of substandard FENTANILO HLB (fentanyl citrate) detected in ArgentinaFentanyl citrate injections are opioid analgesics used to relieve…

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Carla Antonelli @carlaantonelli.bsky.social · Sep 6

Este domingo día 7 llega un eclipse lunar total visible en España, con una luna llena conocida como Luna de Sangre www.eldiario.es/1_bfde36?utm...

Este domingo llega un eclipse lunar total visible en España: cuándo y dónde ver la Luna de Sangre

El acontecimiento astronómico se apreciará este 7 de septiembre en distintos puntos del territorio nacional con diferentes niveles de visibilidad, variando la duración según la localización geográfica

www.eldiario.es

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Haunted Jukebox, with Rockin’ Rachel Roll @hauntedjukebox.bsky.social · Sep 4

Will do proper posts on this tomorrow, but when I said I bought as many records today as I could carry, I was not exaggerating.

#musicsky #vinyl #nowspinning

A whole lot of LPs (mostly rhythm & blues/rock’n’roll/doo-wop), nine CDs, and a handful of 45s spread across my floor.

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quamed1.bsky.social @quamed1.bsky.social · Sep 2

WHO Medical Product Alert

Substandard (contaminated) FENTANILO HLB (fentanyl citrate) has been detected in Argentina, linked to fatal bacterial infections.

Read more: quamed.org/who-medical-...

WHO Medical Product Alert - Quamed

Substandard (contaminated) FENTANILO HLB (fentanyl citrate) has been detected in Argentina, linked to fatal bacterial infections. Multiple lots are affected and subject to recall after contamination w...