Yolanda Walsh
@yolandawalsh.bsky.social
Healthcare Improvement Advisor | Critical Care Nurse Specialist | Interested in all things healthcare, current affairs, and the environment.
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Today is #YouthDay in South Africa. It's a sombre reminder of the travesty of apartheid when hundreds of children were killed in the Soweto uprisings. But it is also a reminder of the power of protests. Just thrilled to see the protest marches in the Hague and across the US
June 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Today is #YouthDay in South Africa. It's a sombre reminder of the travesty of apartheid when hundreds of children were killed in the Soweto uprisings. But it is also a reminder of the power of protests. Just thrilled to see the protest marches in the Hague and across the US
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Women have had the right to choose to end their pregnancies for 30 years in South Africa — and government facilities that offer the service do it for free. Here’s what is (still) driving so many of them to unsafe providers.
BHEKISISA: From stigma to scams: Unpacking the crisis of unsafe abortions in South Africa
www.dailymaverick.co.za
May 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Women have had the right to choose to end their pregnancies for 30 years in South Africa — and government facilities that offer the service do it for free. Here’s what is (still) driving so many of them to unsafe providers.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Earnestness is good. Caring about the future is good. Believing that a better world is possible is good.
March 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Earnestness is good. Caring about the future is good. Believing that a better world is possible is good.
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Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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map of countries most affected by us cuts to health aid:
March 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
map of countries most affected by us cuts to health aid:
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🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
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This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities.
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods.
I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration.
1/16
If only it stayed fiction...
March 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If only it stayed fiction...
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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Five years on and we’re still going round and round with whether Covid is airborne. There’s no scientific doubt. Denial broke us.
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.
healthydebate.ca
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Five years on and we’re still going round and round with whether Covid is airborne. There’s no scientific doubt. Denial broke us.
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to
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Prime Minister Trudeau's last days as P.M.
Thanks for everything Mr. Trudeau 👍
Thanks for everything Mr. Trudeau 👍
March 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Prime Minister Trudeau's last days as P.M.
Thanks for everything Mr. Trudeau 👍
Thanks for everything Mr. Trudeau 👍
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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After years of falsely claiming that MMR vaccines cause autism, RFK Jr. has published a new op-ed on Fox’s website encouraging people to get the vaccine amid a measles outbreak that has already resulted in the death of a school-aged child.
March 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
After years of falsely claiming that MMR vaccines cause autism, RFK Jr. has published a new op-ed on Fox’s website encouraging people to get the vaccine amid a measles outbreak that has already resulted in the death of a school-aged child.
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#SNL Cold Open!
Elon Musk (Mike Myers) interrupts a heated meeting with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), JD Vance (Bowen Yang), Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernández) and Ukraine President Zelensky (Mikey Day).
Elon Musk (Mike Myers) interrupts a heated meeting with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), JD Vance (Bowen Yang), Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernández) and Ukraine President Zelensky (Mikey Day).
Elon Musk Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#SNL Cold Open!
Elon Musk (Mike Myers) interrupts a heated meeting with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), JD Vance (Bowen Yang), Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernández) and Ukraine President Zelensky (Mikey Day).
Elon Musk (Mike Myers) interrupts a heated meeting with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), JD Vance (Bowen Yang), Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernández) and Ukraine President Zelensky (Mikey Day).
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This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.
March 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Zelensky's people are currently struggling with the bottom rung of #Maslow hierarchy of human needs because of aggression by a foreign power (or several).
Anyone see 'Wearing a suit' on here?
Thought not.
His priorities were clear.
He was the only statesman in that room.
#Zelensky #Leadership
Anyone see 'Wearing a suit' on here?
Thought not.
His priorities were clear.
He was the only statesman in that room.
#Zelensky #Leadership
March 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Zelensky's people are currently struggling with the bottom rung of #Maslow hierarchy of human needs because of aggression by a foreign power (or several).
Anyone see 'Wearing a suit' on here?
Thought not.
His priorities were clear.
He was the only statesman in that room.
#Zelensky #Leadership
Anyone see 'Wearing a suit' on here?
Thought not.
His priorities were clear.
He was the only statesman in that room.
#Zelensky #Leadership
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Following the re-election of Donald Trump this year, Mark Zuckerberg has called for more 'masculine energy' in the workplace, while eliminating some safeguards against hate speech across his apps www.ft.com/content/6bad...
February 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Following the re-election of Donald Trump this year, Mark Zuckerberg has called for more 'masculine energy' in the workplace, while eliminating some safeguards against hate speech across his apps www.ft.com/content/6bad...
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Donald Trump's inner circle: All the President's South African men
YouTube video by Daily Maverick
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
February 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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When we take part in unproductive meetings, the effect isn't just the immediate impact of wasted time. The effect can go on for hours. It's called a "meeting hangover": a period of diminished focus, motivation or productivity following a bad meeting. hbr.org/2025/02/the-.... V brentreed.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
When we take part in unproductive meetings, the effect isn't just the immediate impact of wasted time. The effect can go on for hours. It's called a "meeting hangover": a period of diminished focus, motivation or productivity following a bad meeting. hbr.org/2025/02/the-.... V brentreed.bsky.social