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New zine drop on geoz.one! "Glitch Infrastructures, Walking on a Mosaic of Failures" takes a closer look at a series of sidewalks in Medellín, Colombia, and introduces the concept of glitch infrastructures.

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Trump thinks Ukraine owes the US a substantial slice of its vast mineral resources in exchange for military support during Kyiv's war with Russia. Ukrainian Pres Zelensky has rejected Trump's demands. BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what the US President wants+whether he's likely to get it

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change in the population of europe by 2100 w/ migration vs without:

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"A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century" #OpenAccess www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Environmental challenges require collective action for people and our shared planet. Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social reflects on UNEP’s work in 2024 calling for greater action to address the #ClimateCrisis and more. See: www.unep.org/annualreport...

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Taking a break from BlueSky - if X was toxic and stressful Blue Sky is becoming a self righteous echo-chamber, though there are a few sensible voices here for sure. Will just quietly follow and not engage for fear of being maligned or marginalized for slightly nuanced views from orthodoxy

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Important effort! Hope to be there in DC for this

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Wondering if there is any pathway for sensible conversation between Musk and @michaelemann.bsky.social and other on science funding given the Penn alumni connection for Musk and Trump?

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How can we aim for #sciencediplomacy in the current political climate? Any hope ? Some thoughts following today’s report release from @aaas.org and @royalsociety.org cc: @deepseadawn.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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African deserves more credit for trying to wean themselves off foreign aid - my thoughts for @forbes.com cc: @petergleick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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#China has diversified its exports away from the United States - remarkably in past few years - less interdependence is not good for conflict resolution

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Birthright citizenship is rare - my country of origin # Pakistan is only country in Asia which offers it

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The Trump Executive Order on the World Health Organization prompted me to write this piece to hopefully drive some common-sense consensus on understanding viruses www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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Why is @billgatess.bsky.social silent on US withdrawal from @who.int - Gates gave $800 million to WHO in 2022-23. World's richest country can spend $500 billion on foreign wars per year and can't spend $500 million (0.1 % of that) to help eradicate diseases? Is this "American Greatness"?

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This highlighted text quotation from Carl Sagan's phenomenal book The Demon Haunted World was so prescient in 1995 cc: @jenbiddle.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social

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Withdrawal from WHO is probably worst of Trump's litany of executive orders. However, I am confident this will not actually happen as he hinted towards the end of his pronouncement. Likely a bargaining shock treatment. The tech tycoons know the value of WHO and will likely convince him otherwise.

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Some thoughts on how to consider our adaptive future in the #climatecrisis (anchor painting for article is Maxfield Parish's "Dream Castle in the Sky" (1908) cc: @katharinehayhoe.com communities.springernature.com/posts/the-ro...

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As #ElonMusk escalates his appalling attacks on #Wikipedia revisiting my article from 5 years ago which argued that the organization deserves a @nobelprize.bsky.social saleemhali.medium.com/wikipedia-de...

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The provocative statements from Trump on #Greenland prompted me to write this article following recent fieldwork there on an NSF project cc: @petergleick.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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Trump’s assertion that #Greenland must become part of USA is enormously insulting to the Greenlanders but less so to Denmark even though they might show superficial indignation. We are doing a major NSF project on mining / infrastructure impacts there - stay tuned for more

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At #GEFCouncil68, the Global Environment Facility announced $99.8 million in funding for @unep.org to address some of our most pressing environmental challenges. This funding will not only help protect the environment, but also support communities around the world. www.unep.org/gef/news-and...

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So has everyone and every media outlet stopped taking about the Germany Christmas market attack already because he’s not a Muslim but is a rabid Zionist and Nazi supporter?

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Can the gold standard and #cryptocurrency bring forth more sustainable outcomes for the planet? Check out my latest for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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Geneva trip this week spanned spectrum of topics covered in my book #EarthlyOrder - visited #CERN - investigating #naturalorder and then presented at @unctad.bsky.social forum - linking natural systems to political order 🔭🇺🇳

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Watching the @nobelprize.bsky.social lecture in economics online and pleased to see Simon Johnson from my doctoral alma mater MIT citing important studies on the role of extractive institutions dating back to colonialism on persistent poverty cc: @ianbremmer.com

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Chinese "ban" on metal exports for high technology makes idea of a Minerals Trust from my #TEDTalk even more necessary for #circulareconomy and preventing less efficient and environmentally damaging mines cc: @ianbremmer.com @katharinehayhoe.com @kmoneill.bsky.social www.ted.com/talks/saleem...

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As #JoeBiden visits #Angola revisiting my article on US relations with the country. I had an opportunity to visit #Luanda some years ago and have advised a student from there, Dr. Jandira Morais recently to doctoral completion cc: @ianbremmer.com @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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The #COP29 meetings mark an important first step to ensure that environmental factors in #Afghanistan remain a tentative means of engagement with the #Taliban. Ultimately, all engagement must seek to galvanize further social change in their policies as well. www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

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