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Africa agriculture Baha'i China development environment food ict4d justice L10n language policy research rural security systems. JHU, MSU. RPCV. PhD.
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Editorial: Learn COVID pandemic lessons — before it’s too late. Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public weariness and irresponsible politics are hampering an effective response to global infectious-disease outbreaks. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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“End racism” is still on my playing field. www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n... And at the other side, “Humankind is one.”

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Altho never employed by #USAID, I was connected with USAID projects in one capacity or another over the years. This agency was no more perfect than any other, but had many positives & many good people (US & HCN). Definitely not "evil." The way it & its people are being treated now is unconscionable.

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Curious doings on @bsky.app ? Two accounts I followed - one of an author/podcaster & the other a contemporary composer - responded to my follows with DMs thanking me. That's appreciated But then, each of those accounts later disappeared. This is just n=2, but I wondered what's happening?

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Dignity Eloquence Integrity

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Does the president of the US actually have the authority to unilaterally change geographic names, outside of use by the Executive branch and Federal agencies that fall under it?

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In iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence is now turned on by default. Here’s how to disable it.

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Iran: nouvelle vague d'arrestations au sein de la minorité religieuse bahaïe

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I appreciate Brad Porter's analysis of problems with #humaoid #robots. In particular: "Biomimicry isn’t the right approach. Humanoid robots aren’t the right design solution for most production tasks." medium.com/@bp_64302/th... What design possibilities are we missing by focusing on the human form?

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Many social researchers and public health experts have stopped commenting on the apathy, complacency and poor management of COVID. Here’s some references to the recent work of scholars who are still keeping up the fight simplysociology.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/r...

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Need to vary our perspectives.

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