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Won't solve the visa issue, here's hoping Pochettino becomes our Minnoti "Long-haired and left-leaning, Menotti was, as Esquire magazine once said, “the embodiment of everything the junta opposed.'” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Job Opp: We're seeking TikTok creators (8K-25K followers) to create engaging content promoting films, media projects, and mission-driven organizations. $2,000/month for 2 months. www.littlebigworld.co/jobs/tiktok-...

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Thierry Henry is the Keanu Reeves of soccer. Everyone loves him, class act. Love this moment for him and Waterman.

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"one of the greatest tricks of international development was to allow us to see ourselves as only receivers of aid and never the contributors or co-funders." - Eshban Kwesiga speaks about the erasure of community contributions to development

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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones. Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.

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A film about the borderland between Colombia and Venezuela, homeland of el Pueblo Wayúu. “Aquí somos bendecidos por la gasolina, pero malditos por el fuego." “Here we are blessed by gasoline, but cursed by fire.” Hope to see this film in the US soon. semilladeldesierto.com

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There is an epidemic of low-paying digital sweat shops in Africa--driven by social media, AI and digital content. This is a sad story about a Teleperformance employee via @thecontinent.org #digital #sweatshop #livingwage #worklifebalance #humanity #Africa

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March 3, 1970 Happy St. Patrick's Day

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"remember every colony can fall 🔥” - Kneecap Happy Saint Patrick's Day! 🍀

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Unconfirmed report: Freddie Mercury has been reincarnated as Villarreal goalkeeper Diego Conde.

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As an Ambassador and a Sherpa for the Grand Bargain, Michael Köhler and Nadine Saba approach aid reform from different perspectives. Can they find ways to make power shift? Our new podcast is out now ⬇️

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"Power Shift is an experiment in dialogue that puts decision-makers in aid & philanthropy & those affected by their decisions in honest, one-on-one conversations about the aid sector’s inequalities." @newhumanitarian.bsky.social @linasrivastava.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...

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“Investing in such cultural institutions and artists is not just about fostering a vibrant artistic landscape, it is a crucial step toward national healing and growth” Not all Bright Stars play basketball 🇸🇸

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WE WANT THE FUNK! Premieres April 08, 2025 on @pbs.org Directed by Stanley Nelson & Nicole London Featuring: "James Brown's dynamism, the extraterrestrial funk of George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, transformed girl group Labelle, and Fela Kuti's Afrobeat" and more. www.pbs.org/independentl...

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Kenya: "Following recent aid freezes and budget cuts for humanitarian assistance... the impact on our country's ability to host refugees and asylum seekers which number over 800,000 people, has been sudden and severe," the CS [Cabinet Sec] noted." www.kenyans.co.ke/news/109572-...

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$5,000-50,000 grants for media makers and journalists. Deadline: March 24th "We are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; we define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being" ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/m...

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everything is so shitty, read this story about a genuinely good man who saw he had an opportunity to save millions of lives and threw himself into doing so. the world is full of heroes like him.

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good advice. while you wait for them to do that, you can subscribe to citationneeded.news

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Unverified reports that two peaceful protesters in Kakuma Refugee Camp were killed by police today while protesting the reduction in food aid and cash assistance (to buy food locally). One of the reported dead was just a kid. Shot in the stomach. www.tv47.digital/refugees-at-...

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From Youth Voices of Kakuma on X: "Without Water, No Life" Refugee women in Kakuma protested today over a 3-week water shortage, dwindling food supplies & concerns about cultural identity in integration programs. Demands: ✅ Clean water restoration ✅ Fair food distribution ✅ Inclusivity

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From @dropsitenews.com over on X. Trump admin cancelling aid led to "a temporary freeze of approximately $700 million already allocated to the agency, with $300 million directly impacting UNHCR operations."

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"Thousands of refugees at Kakuma Refugee Camp on Monday March 3, 2025 took to the streets in protest, demanding urgent action over severe food and water shortage." [result of] recent reductions in humanitarian aid, largely due to funding cuts from the United States" www.tv47.digital/refugees-at-...

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From Kanere News Reflector, a grassroots refugee news organization in Kakuma Refugee camp: March 3, 2025 -Thousands of refugees were protesting outside the main entrance of the UN High Commissioner's Sub-Office in #Kakuma, Kenya, demanding urgent relief. more in Alt text and image below.

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Fundraising has made me feel this way soo many times. I'm not religious exactly, but the story of the Widow's Offering always gave me a boost of fortitude in those moments. I don't have big reach, but if you see this, kick this amazing soul some cash: thurmanperryfoundation.org/donate/

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I joined over 400 Americans in Germany in 2002 on a Fulbright. The program is bilateral & funded reciprocally - we pay, they pay. We go and equally interesting Germans come. I even had a visa option to stay & work, a legacy of the 1948 airlift. We are hurting ourselves & our friends with this BS

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"I lead a support group for kids 8 to 13 called There Are Trans Kids Among Us. We just hop on a Zoom call and play Among Us for two hours and chat, mostly about the game." - Noella, 13 Being heroes for each other. Just wish more people would stand up so they didn't have to be so strong so young.

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Excellent, detailed storytelling by Molly Conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social about the Trump administration throwing the US government's support behind a far-right myth of "white genocide" in South Africa.

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I've never seen Barney, but I can't wait to see this.

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“In his ruling from the bench, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead said the president’s actions amounted to a “nullification of congressional will,” arguing the president does not have “limitless” authority over refugee admissions.”

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Job Opp Tent: "helping refugees connect to jobs with the world's largest employers" Dir Communications, Americas Sr Project Manager Corporate Talent Acquisition, UK Low-Code Developer, Strategic Initiatives Product Manager, Strategic Initiatives Product Marketing Manager www.tent.org/careers/

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An opportunity for displaced youth in Garissa Kenya to help their peers get scholarships for university. If you know any young people in Dadaab, please share.

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A sure fire way to produce 100,000 Keef Girgos...

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A free version of Word, but it only works in Times Square.

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psyched for the return, but I'm going to miss Keef Girgo. That name just kicks ass.

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Possession is the motivation Hangin' up the whole damn nation Just the way her voice interacts with the bass Roberta Flack performing Compared to What live in 1970 on Voice of America's Groovy Girl radio show broadcast in Africa and hosted by Yvonne Barclay. RIP youtu.be/QBIDD7Em5Co?...

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"Stop treating small organizations as pilot projects... Give them transformational funding—unrestricted, multi-year grants that let them build infrastructure, expand their work, & sustain their impact." Great analysis and recommendations. 🙏 @jameskass.bsky.social www.kalw.org/kalw-speaks/...

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"the ‘solo si es si’ (‘only yes means yes’) legislation came into force in Spain in 2022. It states sexual consent must be affirmed by acts that “clearly express the will of the person”; it cannot be assumed by default or through silence." Gràcies Jenni for setting a loud precedent for consent!

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🔊 The #USAID funding freeze highlights the worrying effects of aid dependency in #Haiti – one of its largest recipients. But in our new podcast, @obianyadike.bsky.social asks Isabelle Clérié: Is Haiti better off without aid?

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Souleymane Cissé (1940-2025) RIP to an absolute great. You can watch Yeelen (1987) on Kanopy or Amazon. A masterpiece. A great piece by @tambay.bsky.social on Cissé's significance as an artist and impact as an advocate and mentor. akoroko.com/souleymane-c...

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Over 200 Native programs and grants have been impacted by the federal funding freeze, which includes Justice, Education, Housing, agriculture, health & more. www.mvskokemedia.com/over-200-nat...

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"They were stripped of their passports and most of their cellphones, they said, and then locked in a hotel, barred from seeing lawyers and told they would soon be sent to a makeshift camp near the Panamanian jungle."

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