Adam
@adammb.bsky.social
UoS (MSc Sustainable Development), AuDHD, frogs, dogs, hedgehogs.
Sport, the great equaliser, bringing communities and cultures together, breaking barriers.
India's blind women cricketers chase history at first T20 World Cup
Most players come from underprivileged, rural backgrounds and learned the sport in the last few years.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Sport, the great equaliser, bringing communities and cultures together, breaking barriers.
@jackadamovicdavies.bsky.social contributed to this investigative article on the guy behind Prince Group... but who's behind him? Is the latest CCP corruption purge related to this?
Chen Zhi: The mysterious figure accused of masterminding a $14bn crypto scam
The Cambodian national is charged with running scam compounds that stole from people all over the world.
www.bbc.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
@jackadamovicdavies.bsky.social contributed to this investigative article on the guy behind Prince Group... but who's behind him? Is the latest CCP corruption purge related to this?
But this, the unashamed depravity of the regime, should not be ignored.
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
But this, the unashamed depravity of the regime, should not be ignored.
Because amazing things needs to be seen/heard.
Attenborough: the amazing Lyre Bird sings like a chainsaw! Now in high quality | BBC Earth
YouTube video by BBC Earth
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Because amazing things needs to be seen/heard.
Spaces for people to be people, to interact, exist, participate in the society we live in without pressure to perform, pay or live up to standards we set ourselves - or have set for us - are incredibly important. Informal interactions really help to congeal the social glue in my everyday life.
The Seoul 'convenience stores' fighting loneliness
From comforting bowls of ramen to company, these stores are South Korea's latest effort to fight loneliness.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Spaces for people to be people, to interact, exist, participate in the society we live in without pressure to perform, pay or live up to standards we set ourselves - or have set for us - are incredibly important. Informal interactions really help to congeal the social glue in my everyday life.
This march to Gaza is taking place now in Egypt; passports have been taken, some returned (to the wrong people); phones and laptops seized, some returned, some not. Egypt is not on the right side of this. They have employed local thugs to beat and terrorise peaceful marchers.
URGENT: Canadian physician @yipengge.bsky.social,who is marching to the Rafah crossing to break the siege, just told me he and many others — including Canadians — are being held up at a checkpoint between Egypt and Ismailia.
Everyone’s passport has been taken and they aren’t being allowed to cross.
Everyone’s passport has been taken and they aren’t being allowed to cross.
June 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This march to Gaza is taking place now in Egypt; passports have been taken, some returned (to the wrong people); phones and laptops seized, some returned, some not. Egypt is not on the right side of this. They have employed local thugs to beat and terrorise peaceful marchers.
Sleep, exercise, eating well, all good things, but this is one of the more concerning issues for myself on the spectrum. ASD peeps have lower life expectancies and have to take more care about these things.
Noise: The invisible killer in all our lives
The BBC's James Gallagher investigates the invisible killer all around us.
www.bbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Sleep, exercise, eating well, all good things, but this is one of the more concerning issues for myself on the spectrum. ASD peeps have lower life expectancies and have to take more care about these things.
Behind closed doors 'diplomacy' out in the open. Wow.
Watch angry exchange between Trump and Zelensky at White House
The US president accused the Ukrainian leader of being disrespectful in a tense meeting in the Oval Office.
www.bbc.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Behind closed doors 'diplomacy' out in the open. Wow.
In step with the US, Labour is taking from foreign aid and funding the war machine, reducing from 0.5% to 0.3%, making it eight times less than the funding will be for "defence".
Thousands of children die each day in the Global South due to waterborne diseases.
steps-centre.org/project/mani...
Thousands of children die each day in the Global South due to waterborne diseases.
steps-centre.org/project/mani...
Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto - STEPS Centre
In 1970 a radical document called The Sussex Manifesto helped shape modern thinking on science and technology for development. Forty years on, what kind of science and technology for development...
steps-centre.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
In step with the US, Labour is taking from foreign aid and funding the war machine, reducing from 0.5% to 0.3%, making it eight times less than the funding will be for "defence".
Thousands of children die each day in the Global South due to waterborne diseases.
steps-centre.org/project/mani...
Thousands of children die each day in the Global South due to waterborne diseases.
steps-centre.org/project/mani...
Well there we go.
Germany’s Far-Right Comeback | NYT Opinion
YouTube video by The New York Times
www.youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Well there we go.
Taking influence from @cantlonlab.bsky.social's "Science Homecoming" post (re: sciencehomecoming.com).
What can we do to promote science, knowledge and democracy without being shy (since that went out the window) about what we know?
What can we do to promote science, knowledge and democracy without being shy (since that went out the window) about what we know?
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Taking influence from @cantlonlab.bsky.social's "Science Homecoming" post (re: sciencehomecoming.com).
What can we do to promote science, knowledge and democracy without being shy (since that went out the window) about what we know?
What can we do to promote science, knowledge and democracy without being shy (since that went out the window) about what we know?
Because shutting USAID means you are murdering children thanks to decades-old unexploded munitions you didn't clear up.
February 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Because shutting USAID means you are murdering children thanks to decades-old unexploded munitions you didn't clear up.
Remarkable they managed to get in and interview him; the openness of politics and the flow of information in the modern age is certainly a sight to behold.
📺 Premiering on YouTube today at 4:30 UK time! youtu.be/KaB3ke4SHKE?si=WXL5D_VpGft4w39U
February 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Remarkable they managed to get in and interview him; the openness of politics and the flow of information in the modern age is certainly a sight to behold.
Blood on their hands.
US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Blood on their hands.
Riot in School. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
February 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Riot in School. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Atlantis Metal Bar. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
February 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Atlantis Metal Bar. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Phare. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
February 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Phare. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
@aoc.bsky.social giving some easy-to-digest and punchy details about whadafak is going on.
AOC 02/03/2025 IG Live
YouTube video by Jayden Marie
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
@aoc.bsky.social giving some easy-to-digest and punchy details about whadafak is going on.
The "90-day review" was just softening up for this load of bullshit. The US is no longer a reliable country, who is? Who is going to take up the slack/mantle? Who actually can? There is a huge vacuum which will cause many thousands (if not millions) of deaths.
Elon Musk says he and Trump are shutting down USAID
Musk announced the planned closure of the foreign assistance agency early Monday morning on social media.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The "90-day review" was just softening up for this load of bullshit. The US is no longer a reliable country, who is? Who is going to take up the slack/mantle? Who actually can? There is a huge vacuum which will cause many thousands (if not millions) of deaths.
Scary stuff. USAID (covered in the last article I posted, DM for access if you don't have NYT access) is essential for so many projects around the world. People involved in operations can be targeted by regimes if their data is exposed, although a regime is now trying to access their data so...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
edition.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Scary stuff. USAID (covered in the last article I posted, DM for access if you don't have NYT access) is essential for so many projects around the world. People involved in operations can be targeted by regimes if their data is exposed, although a regime is now trying to access their data so...
Petulant executive orders and a complete disregard for human life shows how racist he is. The deaths will be on his hands. Do something or this will get much much worse.
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Petulant executive orders and a complete disregard for human life shows how racist he is. The deaths will be on his hands. Do something or this will get much much worse.
Those eyes. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
February 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Those eyes. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Centre for Khmer Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
January 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Centre for Khmer Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
