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01.03.2026 19:44 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@busbyj2.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
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01.03.2026 19:44 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dybul - There could be opportunities for cost efficiencies if countries are allowed to manage their own data and systems.
01.03.2026 17:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our only offer set to African countries has been aid. They would prefer investment. We had parallel data and procurement systems from PEPFAR, GAVI, and Global Fund.
01.03.2026 17:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We made progress over last 25 years but haven't really moved towards country ownership but have tortured countries with competing systems from donors.
01.03.2026 17:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Other countries were folding in developing assistance into Ministries of Foreign Affairs.
01.03.2026 17:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That was before the United States took action as other states were cutting aid dramatically.
01.03.2026 17:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Dybul - OECD says that overseas development assistance dropped by 50% over the last five years.
01.03.2026 17:46 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Elon Musk as the world's richest man has imposed these costs on the world's poorest people.
01.03.2026 17:45 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Natsios - justifying humanitarian aid solely on national security grounds is morally bankrupt and outrageous.
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Alludes to this report that humanitarian aid to 7 countries will be cut because Trump admin doesn't think support for health in the national interest including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Bollyky - 97% decline in US global health assistance to Bangladesh.
01.03.2026 17:37 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Natsios - Global health supply chain disrupted which allowed US, UN agencies, to procure medications at low cost. Data collection from USAID also shut down for novel diseases.
01.03.2026 17:36 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Natsios - Catholic Relief Services laid off half their staff. World Vision in Africa laid off 3000 staff, throwing all of these people into poverty from being middle class professionals.
01.03.2026 17:34 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Natsios - 60 USAID missions lost with thousands of local staff.
01.03.2026 17:30 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0By 2030, academic estimates worry about as 14 million excess deaths as a result of these global health cuts.
01.03.2026 17:27 β π 6 π 6 π¬ 1 π 121% decline over past year in spending on global health assistance with 67% decline in US alone.
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Watching this now.
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Up to 8 review requests for the year this far.
01.03.2026 16:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Umm.
01.03.2026 15:26 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Have to admire the bangers but Spurs in relegation fight and possibly winning the Champions League is not what I would have expected this season...
01.03.2026 14:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great π§΅ with many links to what political science research & history can tell us about FIRCs:
28.02.2026 21:59 β π 79 π 40 π¬ 0 π 1Wouldn't want a little war to get in the way of a golf weekend.
28.02.2026 15:26 β π 4360 π 1111 π¬ 189 π 36Breaking: China's official statistics report a 0.3% drop in CO2 emissions from energy&industry in 2025, the third time that annual emissions have fallen this century and the first fall predominantly driven by clean energy growth. π§΅
28.02.2026 06:07 β π 238 π 64 π¬ 3 π 8This is brilliant.
28.02.2026 04:29 β π 16 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0This is absolute lunacy. Military officers in my phd program at Georgetown contributed to the program as well as receiving from it.
28.02.2026 03:56 β π 120 π 17 π¬ 5 π 0Banger. open.spotify.com/track/5TaNnF...
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ππThe Real Reason Anthropic Wants Guardrails
AI is too powerful and too new to be set free from human oversight.
By Thomas Wright @theatlantic.com
February 27, 2026, 11:16 AM ET
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Insane potential desecration of a national treasure. www.marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-02...
27.02.2026 23:58 β π 39 π 29 π¬ 2 π 1The "RFK Jr Curve"
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