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I've started the (likely slow) transition over to BlueSky. Same handle there.
Nothing can replace the Twitter of Old, but this new iteration isn't it.
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Joeva Rock
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Joeva Rock
@joevarock
anthropologist thinking about food & agriculture, changing climates, and the politics of development
Brooklyn, NY Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Call for applications -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- due date 10 April 2026 -- funding available for imaginative, daring, and unruly scholarship and praxis, including scholar-activism, workshops, and much more antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-the…
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“Crispr was the AI of 2018 ...There’s huge expectations. Then it takes longer and costs more money.”
forbesafrica.com/current-affair…
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For scholars working at the intersection of food, environment and health, this is a great opportunity. Montpellier is a major hub in France for Global South research. I received this fellowship in 2021 and had a wonderful experience
makit.edu.umontpellier.fr/en/calls-for-a…
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'Just holding a Doritos bag': Student handcuffed after AI system mistook bag of chips for weapon wbaltv.com/article/studen…
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KALRO has applied to commercialize genetically modified cassava in Kenya
businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/com…
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Judge says U.S. trying to do "end-run" around legal protections with deportations to Ghana
cbsnews.com/news/judge-say…
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Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals deported from the United States and 14 have already arrived in the country, President John Dramani Mahama told reporters late Wednesday. reuters.com/world/africa/g…
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Burkina Faso suspends Target Malaria bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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After a seven-year hiatus, the Department of Anthropology at American University is excited to announce that the Public Anthropology Conference is back!
Call for Papers: pubanthcon.com/call-for-parti…
Registration: pubanthcon.com/registration
Deadline: Sept. 8th 2025.
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The Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth
fortune.com/2025/08/07/bil…
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More very bad news for researchers in the US. New executive order:
▪️pauses new federal funding
▪️places political appointees at federal agencies
▪️requires grants to "advance the President’s policy priorities"
▪️allows cancelation of active grants
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…
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Great insight from @marionnestle on why moving the USDA out of Washington DC is bad for the agency and those it serves:
foodpolitics.com/2025/07/the-pr…
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Trump signed executive orders on Wednesday which, of many things, "bars the U.S. government from buying, using or promoting A.I. models that contradict the views of the president or his supporters"
#PoliticsofAI
nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/…
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In a WhatsApp chat with Trump officials, Marc Andreesen advocated for the destruction of the NSF: “Raze it to the ground and start over.”
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
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Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows nytimes.com/2025/07/10/sci…
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"There are other ways that governments can raise money for development[....]: plugging holes like illicit financial flows; runaway debt service; under-taxing the wealthy; taxing only a small portion of residents; and the flight of local capital to friendlier places"
The Continent@thecontinent_
All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 205 of The Continent. Even before USAID went “into the wood chipper,” rich countries were already retreating from aid. Now some want to tap pensions to fill the gap. Get your copy here: bit.ly/205_TC
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The State Department's "rebranding initiative" is unsurprisingly dishonest and misleading, given that a majority of the logos included in this tweet are not US programs.
Department of State@StateDept
Today marks the first day of the State Department's America First foreign assistance rebranding initiative, led by @SecRubio. Consistent branding will ensure contributions made by the the United States will be immediately recognized as American. "The redesign is very simple, and that was to recenter and re-anchor the visual identity of American efforts overseas in the American flag," - Darren Beattie, Acting Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy.
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Aid cuts spark a rethink of African food systems rooted in agroecology
devex.com/news/aid-cuts-…
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In an essay outlining why she is resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress, Alondra Nelson writes that "DOGE [has] by fiat the authority to give thumbs up or down to [NSF] grant applications"
time.com/7285045/resign…
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