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Skye Grove

@skyegrove.bsky.social

Public health and social behaviour science enthusiast. Photographer. Social democrat. Believer in the power of the collective. Endlessly curious about the world we live in. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Oh wonderful.

24.07.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A blurry cell phone pic of a barred owl sitting on a branch in twilight

A blurry cell phone pic of a barred owl sitting on a branch in twilight

The world breaks my heart every day in multiple ways, but also a bluebird alerted me to a barred owl this evening

23.07.2025 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8207    πŸ” 511    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 16
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Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.

Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

05.03.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8169    πŸ” 2339    πŸ’¬ 672    πŸ“Œ 1070

US organizations took it to court but there is an army of local organizations behind them. That’s who we are in the development sector. In times like this, we pull together for the sake of our clients and patients.

06.03.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cape Town of hearts. I also give you life in the Cradle of Humankind. As far from Jozi as Hout Bay is from the City Bowl.

06.03.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What is the risk from stoppin… | GroundUp locationrepublishphonemailprintsearchtwitterfacebookrssyoutubecopyrightmenucrosswhatsappsharehomecreative-commons GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.

β€œThe clinic that I used to get my HIV medicine from has closed. What risks do I face from stopping my HIV medication?”

groundup.org.za/qanda/1052/

Via @groundup.org.za

06.03.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Gutting FDA Won't Make America Healthy The administration's deregulatory approach poses a threat to health and safety

From my amazing @Yale colleagues @reshmagar.bsky.social and Joe Ross: Gutting FDA Won't Make America Healthy www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

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Learners at 287 South African public schools only have access to pit toilets. 174 of those schools are in the Eastern Cape. The Department of Basic Education had an initial target of supplying all schools with appropriate sanitation by the end of 2016. https://theoutlier.co.za/charts/chart/88628

13.01.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

18.02.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 67392    πŸ” 17439    πŸ’¬ 1852    πŸ“Œ 745
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Opinion | When β€˜Just Asking Questions’ About Science Turns Into 300,000 Dead We have to go toe-to-toe with this administration and resist its attacks on public health.

Thank you @gregggonsalves.bsky.social: "Yes, sometimes you persist & you fight β€œthe long defeat.” As health justice champion @partnersinhealth.bsky.social Paul Farmer said, you don’t turn back on those who have most to lose. And sometimes, just sometimes, you win." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

16.02.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And exhale….

10.02.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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