Jess Markwood
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“One of the best things you can do to prepare for disaster is to bring your neighbors a basket of muffins” — and we are in a disaster
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the muffins that save the world
neighborliness as disaster-preparedness (recipes included)
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February 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“One of the best things you can do to prepare for disaster is to bring your neighbors a basket of muffins” — and we are in a disaster
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This is the first trial to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola disease from the Sudan species of the virus. It is also the first clinical trial of the vaccine during an outbreak. IAVI, the provider of the vaccine, conducted trials for safety and immunogenicity. bit.ly/3WLdFy1
February 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is the first trial to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola disease from the Sudan species of the virus. It is also the first clinical trial of the vaccine during an outbreak. IAVI, the provider of the vaccine, conducted trials for safety and immunogenicity. bit.ly/3WLdFy1
Our world is built on once-impossible dreams. What can we dream into existence today?
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tell 'em about the dream
the power to have dreams, the courage to live them
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February 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our world is built on once-impossible dreams. What can we dream into existence today?
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden suspension of almost all foreign aid with some humanitarian officials warning that people will die as a result.
Humanitarian officials warn people could die as a result of Trump’s foreign aid halt | CNN Politics
Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden suspension of almost all foreign aid with some humanitarian officials warning that...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden suspension of almost all foreign aid with some humanitarian officials warning that people will die as a result.
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DOOMERISM ISN'T A STRATEGY.
a woman is holding a red megaphone in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: a woman is holding a red megaphone in front of a crowd of people .
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January 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
DOOMERISM ISN'T A STRATEGY.
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i want to be exactly rich enough to buy a spacious, perfectly organized kitchen, where i’m not forced to stack all my pots and pans in a psychologically unmanageable way. and no richer
January 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
i want to be exactly rich enough to buy a spacious, perfectly organized kitchen, where i’m not forced to stack all my pots and pans in a psychologically unmanageable way. and no richer
Vicarious joy — if you’re planning on giving up, I wish you wouldn’t
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vicarious joy
if you're planning on giving up, i wish you wouldn't
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January 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Vicarious joy — if you’re planning on giving up, I wish you wouldn’t
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A question for President-elect Trump and his team as they prepare to cut funding for @UNFPA and re-impose the global gag rule: "Don't the lives of women and girls matter?" Here's what I found in the field: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
Opinion | Reproductive Health Is More Than Abortions (Gift Article)
Trump is likely to slash funding for women’s health organizations in the name of “protecting life” — but the result will be death.
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January 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A question for President-elect Trump and his team as they prepare to cut funding for @UNFPA and re-impose the global gag rule: "Don't the lives of women and girls matter?" Here's what I found in the field: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/o...
The moles & love that destroy our world — how we can live when we let go of being right
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the moles & love that destroy our world
my intention to dig up life in 2025
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January 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The moles & love that destroy our world — how we can live when we let go of being right
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The Maasai have been stewards of the Serengeti for centuries. Now they’re being evicted—by Dubai royals, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups, @mccrummen.bsky.social reports. Read one of our don't-miss stories of 2024:
‘This Will Finish Us’
How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland
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December 28, 2024 at 9:01 PM
The Maasai have been stewards of the Serengeti for centuries. Now they’re being evicted—by Dubai royals, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups, @mccrummen.bsky.social reports. Read one of our don't-miss stories of 2024: