André Blackman

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“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST). For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents’ school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming. Thank you for your service”

USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

@charlesgaba.com is a hero and downloaded CDC’s entire website. A small group of us has come together to preserve this critical resource and make it accessible to the scientific community.

More to come. These data are public and they are ours. Deletion disobedience is one way to fight back.

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I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash last night.

Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer and aspiring legal scholar.

I hope you’ll read about her work and the causes she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.

What an immense loss

Tripling down on community this year. It’s what fills my cup and energizes me. I had an epiphany the other day that might be a game changer. Stay tuned…

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Fostering Collaboration Through Communications (SSIR) Taking the lead on social and environmental challenges starts with communications strategies that bring people together.

Telling + Showing + Asking = How to build community through #communications || @daphnedavismoore.bsky.social and Stephanie Cornell of @waltonfamilyfdn.bsky.social contribute their good thinking and experience to our series produced in partnership with @ssireview.bsky.social — read it online now!

Sylvie!! So excited to reconnect over here. Let’s catch up soon? I see you’ve been up to amazing things as usual 😄

Check me out talking about why #asynchronoustelemedicine may be better than synchronous
(TLDR, you get unlimited time with your doctor vs synchronous has the doctor see someone every 15 minutes) start at 2:31
www.nyse.com/insights/fut...
Thanks NYSE!

Are there lists of social impact/impact investing folks & orgs I can follow here?

Right there with you 😳😳😳

I still have a very, very old copy of Huck Finn from a library sale back when I was around 12! Definitely checking this out.

Sleigh Ride 🎶 by TLC is absolutely required listening during the holidays.

I think I’m slowly becoming a morning person again…☀️☕️

Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024 Nearly half of U.S. teens (46%) say they're on the internet almost constantly. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used by teens.

www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

An N of 1 | Matt Wallaert | Substack Daily explorations at the intersection of work and human behavior. Recent topics how title inflation is killing meaningful work, why we should research our "certainties", and choosing a job based on t...

Excited about the launch of @mattwallaert.com’s newsletter digging into work x human behavior — get plugged in: mattwallaert.substack.com 👇🏾

Color blind: Why Portugal has no idea how bad racial disparities are Other countries in Europe, most notably the U.K. and Ireland, are starting to collect racial data and employ it in efforts to combat racism. The UN has asked Portugal to do so as well.

My story on Portugal's low-cost health success story is getting a lot of attention this week, but please also read this related piece on how a country long tied to the African nations it colonized struggles to address racial health disparities, or even measure them. www.statnews.com/2024/12/10/r...

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Mentorship originally occurred in the context of mutual work but now more often takes the form of conversation. Consider reintroducing shared activities to provide a better context for implicit mentorship.

Mentorship originally occurred in the context of mutual work but now more often takes the form of conversation.

Consider reintroducing shared activities to provide a better context for implicit mentorship.

mattwallaert.substack.com/p/mentorship...

I love it! Thanks so much for posting (and excited to follow you over here now! Feels like the OG Twitter days).

Sigh…

And yet it begs the question…hard for what/who? Still working the way it was designed to work, I think.

I want to go back to the precise moment when I was a little girl and learned to begin and end sentences with "I'm sorry" so I can tell the child I used to be that apologies are for making amends when you do something wrong. Not for making yourself so small that you're invisible. Yes, you will catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but make yourself all honey and those same flies will devour you. - Nikita Gill

“apologies
are for making amends when you do something wrong.
Not for making yourself so small that you're invisible.
Yes, you will catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but make yourself all honey and those same flies will devour you.”
—Nikita Gill

Whewwwwww! Now this is a word.

Whew…

Needed this news. Off to Trader Joe’s!

@halle.blue

Many organizations for women in tech and other under-represented groups have shut down the past few years like Women Who Code and Girls In Tech. One of the reasons cited is lack of funds

If you are able to, please donate to organizations that support underrepresented people in tech 🧵

First — thanks for sharing this Veni! Secondly, glad to see you’re here 🙏🏾🎉