@sclif3124.bsky.social
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At UNICEF-supported early childhood centers across #Guatemala, every smile, every touch, every warm word helps shape a child’s brain for life.
How Affection Impacts Early Childhood Development in Guatemala
UNICEF supports caregivers in Guatemala with skills that turn talking, hugging and play into powerful tools for early childhood development.
www.unicefusa.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
At UNICEF-supported early childhood centers across #Guatemala, every smile, every touch, every warm word helps shape a child’s brain for life.
dominic dyer on X: "Well done Italy https://t.co/5jHn8sUNbJ" / X
Well done Italy https://t.co/5jHn8sUNbJ
x.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023.
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023.
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
tinyurl.com/22q6kp7d
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No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023. Provided to all state primary school children in London, these meals have saved families an estimated £500 per child per year:
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
No such thing as a free lunch? What about 100 million free lunches? That's how many London’s free-school-meals programme has officially delivered since its launch in 2023. Provided to all state primary school children in London, these meals have saved families an estimated £500 per child per year:
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“I could not contain the joy of people in the room”. Words from one of the 80 recipients to receive a share of $250 million awarded by Melinda French Gates to organisations that provide health care for women across the world.
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“I could not contain the joy of people in the room”. Words from one of the 80 recipients to receive a share of $250 million awarded by Melinda French Gates to organisations that provide health care for women across the world.
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
tinyurl.com/2ytmgzbm
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137303 is a prime number, but 137294 is the number of community health workers that will be primed for deployment throughout Tanzania by 2028 under a new scheme that aims to close the gap created by previously informal, under-resourced care.
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
137303 is a prime number, but 137294 is the number of community health workers that will be primed for deployment throughout Tanzania by 2028 under a new scheme that aims to close the gap created by previously informal, under-resourced care.
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
tinyurl.com/27bfp83u
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Message to the Mad King:
US farmers say a $12 billion bailout won't cover the $40 billion in losses due to Trump's tariffs and trade disputes.
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/12-b...
US farmers say a $12 billion bailout won't cover the $40 billion in losses due to Trump's tariffs and trade disputes.
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/12-b...
$12 Billion Farm Aid Package Not Enough, Farm Leaders Say - Farm Policy News
U.S. farmers facing steep losses this year welcomed President Donald Trump's $12 billion aid package announced on Monday, but said they would need more than that to fully offset low crop prices and lo...
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Message to the Mad King:
US farmers say a $12 billion bailout won't cover the $40 billion in losses due to Trump's tariffs and trade disputes.
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/12-b...
US farmers say a $12 billion bailout won't cover the $40 billion in losses due to Trump's tariffs and trade disputes.
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/12/12-b...
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NEW – ‘Cali Fund’ aiming to raise billions for nature receives first donation – of just $1,000 | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
‘Cali Fund’ aiming to raise billions for nature receives first donation – of just $1,000 - Carbon Brief
A major biodiversity fund – which could generate billions of dollars annually for conservation – received its first donation of just $1,000 in November.
www.carbonbrief.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
NEW – ‘Cali Fund’ aiming to raise billions for nature receives first donation – of just $1,000 | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
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A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US
A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US
The discovery could reshape the clean energy supply chain.
dlvr.it
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US
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😮The FDA has approved the first gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening immune disorder called Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS).
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
FDA approves first gene therapy for rare immune disorder
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved the first gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening immune disorder.
www.reuters.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
😮The FDA has approved the first gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening immune disorder called Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS).
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
🧬The therapy takes the patient's own blood stem cells and genetically modifies them to include functional copies of the WAS gene.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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🌳Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala have announced Latin America's second-largest nature reserve.
December 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🌳Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala have announced Latin America's second-largest nature reserve.
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A mind-blowing photo from Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 on Feb. 1-2, 2010: the Mystic Mountain, located in the Carina Nebula, 7,500 light-years away. #Hubble #astrophotography
Link for more info and photos: go.nasa.gov/44n4DLG
Link for more info and photos: go.nasa.gov/44n4DLG
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A mind-blowing photo from Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 on Feb. 1-2, 2010: the Mystic Mountain, located in the Carina Nebula, 7,500 light-years away. #Hubble #astrophotography
Link for more info and photos: go.nasa.gov/44n4DLG
Link for more info and photos: go.nasa.gov/44n4DLG
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😎3 Things That Went Right This Week😎
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
😎3 Things That Went Right This Week😎
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
🇵🇱The world’s second-largest fur producer, Poland, will phase out fur farms.
🦷Mercury will be phased out of dental fillings worldwide by 2034.
🇨🇱Chile is the latest country to ban smartphone use during class.
theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-un...
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My favorite read of the day, from Keith Alexander at Bloomberg Law. Full of fabulous details -- including that the jury included a professional, stand-up comedian >
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
Jurors in Sandwich Thrower Case Found Charges ‘Bunch of Baloney’
Two of the 12 jurors who found the accused DC sandwich thrower not guilty of assaulting a federal officer discuss why the case didn’t hold up.
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My favorite read of the day, from Keith Alexander at Bloomberg Law. Full of fabulous details -- including that the jury included a professional, stand-up comedian >
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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It may not come as shock that US federal science has suffered an unprecedented assault this year. But let's counter that with some reassuring news: the US National Science Foundation has sustained roughly $8.17 billion in research commitments in 2025, matching 2024 levels.
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It may not come as shock that US federal science has suffered an unprecedented assault this year. But let's counter that with some reassuring news: the US National Science Foundation has sustained roughly $8.17 billion in research commitments in 2025, matching 2024 levels.
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
tinyurl.com/23w7fvla
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What do you get if you cross 3 million tons of dirt from a train tunnel excavation with a dried up saltwater marsh that's been sinking for 400 years? A hugely successful bird refuge, of course! (One which held nearly 40,000 birds last winter)
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What do you get if you cross 3 million tons of dirt from a train tunnel excavation with a dried up saltwater marsh that's been sinking for 400 years? A hugely successful bird refuge, of course! (One which held nearly 40,000 birds last winter)
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
tinyurl.com/23n7jyxe
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Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read the story behind this stat here: reasonstobecheerful.world/tattoo-remov...
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories. Read the story behind this stat here: reasonstobecheerful.world/tattoo-remov...