I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... My latest Substack post is about the importance of building public trust in the sharing of health data for research - and explains why I’ve changed my mind about trusting Palantir

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Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

In the office, catching up on the work I couldn't do yesterday because my 4-year-old decided I had to witness a 3-hour concert of half-mumbled songs under the glitter ball her Auntie bought her for Christmas

Pray for me

I'm going to have a lot of photo ammunition for her 18th birthday 🤣.

Everyone should be sharing this story about the Amnesty International report because yes many of us have long acknowledged that it’s a genocide but there are still people who need the validation of a report from an org like Amnesty to believe it’s true zeteo.com/p/amnesty-co...

Dear @keirstarmer2.bsky.social,

Please move the laws around political & campaign financing to the top of your list

Or…

Expect 1 term that ends in handing power of this country to a foreign billionaire proxy PM and his little puppet

Yours,

The people of this country paying attention.

How to survive the next 4 years from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Ok. This is interesting for so many of my interrelated projects....

It's official, Elon cooked the algorithm to push far right accounts to boost Trump in mid July. eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/

At around about 33minutes in, harriet harman gives the most eloquent explanation of how and why our relationship with institutions has changed, and the key to rebuilding trust. This is why I love podcasts - space to explore beyond clickbaity rage-baiting topics. open.spotify.com/episode/6sZR...

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