Karin Kanewske
kkanewske.bsky.social
Karin Kanewske
@kkanewske.bsky.social
Mentoring business founders in Africa means getting to know their business and helping them over hurdles. Some hurdles impacting investment are personal. Christine, an AgTech founder I know has a nephew Dennis who needs emergency medical support. We hope our global community can help via gofundme.
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND, WE ARE GOING TO THE WORLD CUP! #BelieveinScotland
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
She was the woman who redefined "man".
www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...

Famous last words

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
Watch Famous Last Words: Dr. Jane Goodall | Netflix Official Site
Dr. Jane Goodall connected humanity and nature in unprecedented ways. In this deeply personal interview, she shares her final message with the world.
www.netflix.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Powerful, moving recital of M. Rosen's poem. Time for this all to end- we must stop killing children.
‘Don’t Mention the Children’ | A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen
YouTube video by SaveTheChildren
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This program is a moving reminder for all humans about the impact of war and destruction of one another. There is no good guy or bad guy at the end of it...just the haunting aftermath that can impact generations. Please watch on BBC or PBS.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Atomic People
A film that explores the human cost of atomic bombs used in wartime.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.

I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Because strength isn't measured by what you can destroy, but by what you're willing to build. And you've proven.... you'd rather tear everything down than do any work to make anything better.

The rest of us will endure because..we rise or fall together."

husseinhallak.substack.com/p/the-choice...
June 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

Who knew Tolkien influenced tech bros so greatly?

Too bad they grew Mordor and not the Shire for humanity.
Why Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
😆
May 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"When I grow up I want to be just like you".
Great life insights from strong grandma!
At 95 years old, Catherine Kuehn became a world-record-holding powerlifter. The short documentary “Strong Grandma” follows her as she prepares for what may be her final competition.
Deadlifting in Your Nineties, in “Strong Grandma”
An elderly powerlifter trains for competition, in Cecilia Brown and Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s short documentary.
nyer.cm
May 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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At 95 years old, Catherine Kuehn became a world-record-holding powerlifter. The short documentary “Strong Grandma” follows her as she prepares for what may be her final competition.
Deadlifting in Your Nineties, in “Strong Grandma”
An elderly powerlifter trains for competition, in Cecilia Brown and Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s short documentary.
nyer.cm
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Leaders ...If you lose reality, you lose the rule of law. You lose democracy.
Hold the line to the standards of your industry’s ethics. Hold the line to what the Constitution says. The minute you step back, or voluntarily give up freedom, it is gone for good
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
www.theatlantic.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Have you read our statement on the UK aid cuts?

@adrianlovett.bsky.social of @onecampaign.bsky.social, Mike Podmore of STOPAIDS, @bensimms65.bsky.social of @globalhealthpart.bsky.social, Alison Marshall of Age International and Paul Sommerfeld of @tb-alert.bsky.social all quoted.

👉 bit.ly/41xiaz6
March 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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📢 Mike Podmore, CEO of STOPAIDS, on the UK Government cutting the aid budget to fund increased defence spending.
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
March 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
time.com/7258248/us-f...

Great impact story from Dr Jennifer Furin

Is our spirit of compassion truly absent? Is a sense of hope "from the American people" gone from and for the rest of the world?
A sense of abandonment, "from the American people."
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
“To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.
time.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/democracy-...

Great overview on how not to numb ourselves into the pull of inertia, watching the US demise. Fight it and "do something"
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
sherrilyn.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I can't even begin to explain how bad this for science and for America

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
February 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What a way to ruin an all- American cultural event and all of us who love the great, funny, good-spirited superbowl ads Elon.

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40 million dollars on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID
wasteful.

Tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID

youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8?...
Save Foreign Aid
YouTube video by friendsofUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Elon Musk is grifting the American taxpayers. I'm fighting back with the ELON MUSK Act to ban "Special Government Employees" like Musk from holding government contracts.

youtube.com/shorts/4lIr_...
Introducing the ELON MUSK Act
YouTube video by repmarkpocan
youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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What is happening America? Why is this being allowed to happen?
Is this what was voted for?
CDC Data Are Disappearing — The Atlantic
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow. January 31, 2025 Last night, scientists began to hear cryptic and foreboding warnings from colleagues: Go to the CDC...
apple.news
February 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Damning.
Caroline Kennedy reads her letter to Senators denouncing her “predator” cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
YouTube video by The Golden Circle
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM