Tristan Eagling

The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le... Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

It’s amazing what people get away with

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i also loved it , you are not alone.

The future of foreign aid is in the future We need to fight hard to save what we can in the present

The future of foreign aid is in the PRESENT. If we surrender today, tomorrow’s models won’t matter. Share the facts, hold the line. More here: open.substack.com/pub/niawag/p...

Great, travel friendly #boardgame for two players (with the option to expand to 4 in case you met people in the bar\ have mini adults ). Highly recommend #seasalt&paper

I have always loved A , although a nightmare to google .

Giving cash simply works When low-income families receive cash with no strings attached, their lives improve in measurable ways.

💵 Giving cash simply works: www.povertyactionlab.org/evidence-eff...

lived there for 2.5 years . recommend alchemist (night )and unseen cinema's roof top bar (day). You can get Uber everywhere . Go to the national park super early in the morning.

Small Acts of Resistance: How Courage, Tenacity, and In… Remarkable, mischievous, inspiring—the eighty-odd stori…

www.goodreads.com/book/show/91...

When did you visit them ?

Two-thirds of global heating caused by richest 10%, study suggests Paper in Nature Climate Change journal reveals major role wealthy emitters play in driving climate extremes

This reminds me of a quote by R.H.Tawney, the famous British economist.

'What thoughtful rich people call the problem of poverty, thoughtful poor people with equal justice call the problem of riches.'

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

*if you're reding this you're likely in the richest 10%

please can someone post the original clip!

Earth Day is every day. 🌎

Arsenic and Old Rice: Climate Change Will Make Staple Food More Dangerous Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.

A study out yesterday finds that climate change will add a bunch of arsenic to more than half the world's staple food.

This is both unsurprising and concerning , thanks for highlighting .

#Senegal: Fortification of wheat flour with iron, refined edible oil with #vitaminA & salt with #iodine is mandated to address #micronutrient deficiencies, but quality gaps remain & further action is needed to realize the potential of #fortification for public health: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd... #health

Front cover of Titans of Industrial Agriculture depicting a horse drawn 19th century harvesting machine.

Loved @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social's book on the history of Big Ag. I wish I could have read it at the start of my career.

Don't be put off by the cover there's loads about our contemporary food system too, and to quote Pearl S Buck 'If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday' 📚💙

On the plus side dollar weakness lowers the value of dollar-denominated debt, which would alleviate some fiscal constraints for highly indebted economies in Africa . (Would love an actual economist to confirm if that’s true )

Me and Sophie saw them last year. Blow me away , all killer no filler .

Am I reading that right that the US has completely stopped funding FAO.

This makes sense, as a Brit had not considered that

What’s the big risk associated with genetic data ?

🚨 Investment in agricultural R&D is declining, yet it will cost $1.3 trillion/year to help the world’s diet-poor afford healthy food.

Join us at #N4GParis to find scalable solutions!

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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

Trump just reversed course on two key U.S. climate pledges By pulling out of two global climate finance programs, the United States has increased challenges for vulnerable countries.

The US pulled out of a board overseeing the “loss & damage” fund for vulnerable countries hit by climate disasters; and the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) that'd help several large developing countries move away from fossil fuels, particularly coal. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Will it be on kobo ?

Think Change episode 65: what are the costs and impacts of shutting down USAID? Experts assess what the freeze means for the global development sector and communities dependent on US aid, and what should come next.

Worth a listen for anyone in or adjacent to global development at this turbulent time. @odi.global odi.org/en/insights/...

Cliffhanger finish, parfait!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=QLcK... Every ! Second ! Of this is perfection #musicsky

Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?