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Dr. Annie Feighery

@afeighery.bsky.social
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Behavioral health scientist specializing in tech & infrastructure in international dev/aid. CEO of mWater & Solstice, the world's largest platform for managing water, sanitation, & health. mwater.co solsticeinstitute.com Mom of 3, partner of @jfeighery

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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."
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Mary Nasca @mnasca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Guinea-Bissau has one of the highest burdens of hepatitis B in the world, said Boghuma Titanji, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine at Emory University who studies vaccine misinformation in Africa. "Denying a proven vaccine to children at such high risk of hepatitis B is “unconscionable,”
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The fourth poorest country globally and the single highest extreme poverty rate in West Africa.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In my quest for minimalism, I have made a relaxing game of balance 🧘 Please try it and let me know what you think? It’s real quick, and I’m proud of this one.
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A quiet black-and-white nonogram that starts at two by two and eases up to fifteen.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Planned Flyover: Several F/A 18s will fly over the Verrazzano Bridge to the Mario Cuomo Bridge today 10/5 at 11:30 AM. Multilingual & ASL Link: on.nyc.gov/1kdjT4y.
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public-awareness-6 - NYCEM
ENGLISH A planned aircraft flyover is scheduled to take place in the area indicated on the corresponding e-mail, text message, or tweet. For specific location and timing information, please visit NYC.gov/notifynyc or call 3-1-1 (212-639-9675 for Video Relay Service, or TTY 212-504-4115).
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Planned Flyover: Several F/A 18s will fly over the Verrazzano Bridge to the Mario Cuomo Bridge today 10/5 at 11:30 AM. Multilingual & ASL Link: on.nyc.gov/1kdjT4y.
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public-awareness-6 - NYCEM
ENGLISH A planned aircraft flyover is scheduled to take place in the area indicated on the corresponding e-mail, text message, or tweet. For specific location and timing information, please visit NYC.gov/notifynyc or call 3-1-1 (212-639-9675 for Video Relay Service, or TTY 212-504-4115).
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
same...
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Semafor @semafor.com · 23/09/2026
While Washington can’t stop talking about AI doom scenarios and the public backlash to data centers, around the world, sentiment toward the fast-moving technology is much more nuanced. Read more from Morgan Chalfant: www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Adults worldwide feel more positive on AI, poll finds
In 34 out of 37 countries polled by Gallup, more adults express positive feelings about AI than do negative ones.
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Holly Bik @hollybik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My favorite news from the past week - Tyrannosaurus Rex was *warm blooded*!!! And they figured this out using isotopes from tooth enamel 🤯https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb7653?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.bsky.app%2F
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The body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex
Despite an extensive history of study, quantitative constraints on the thermophysiology of Tyrannosaurus rex remain limited. Here, we derive a thermodynamically based determination of T. rex body temp...
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI usage daily, weekly, monthly (& never) -- Gallup poll of 37 countries eg Ireland -- 25% daily, 18% weekly, 13% monthly, 45% none
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Folks re losing their minds over this as if it is either/or read whole papers vs interact with the product. My favorite word is 'and' :)
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026
"What is uniquely African about the African AI landscape? Is it because those working on it are from/based in the African continent? Because it focuses on African languages/datasets? Or does it adhere to distinctly African values?" @hellinanigatu.bsky.social aial.ie/blog/worksho...
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An Introspective Look at the African AI Landscape: An organizer’s reflection
Key takeaways from “An Introspective Look at the African AI Landscape” workshop at the 9th inaugural Deep Learning Indaba
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 11/09/2026
A game-changer for endometriosis: Scientists at Institut Pasteur discovered that menstrual blood contains biomarkers revealing the disease, enabling diagnosis without surgery. After 7-year waits, this is hope for millions. link.springer.com/article/10.1... @camilleberthelot.bsky.social
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Single-nucleus analysis of menstrual fluid highlights gene expression differences in epithelial cells of endometriosis donors - BMC Medicine
Background Endometriosis is a common complex gynecological condition that is difficult to efficiently diagnose and remains poorly understood. Menstrual fluid provides a non-invasive source of disease-...
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/09/2026
China only just missed the income cutoff to become a high-income country this year. In July every year, the World Bank sorts countries into income groups based on their per capita gross national income (GNI) in the previous year.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day — and we're less than 50 days from the midterms. The best time to check that your voter registration is up to date is right now. And remind your friends and family to do the same. This is absolutely vital. ⬇️ nationalvoterregistrationday.org
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National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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WNBA @wnba.com · 13/09/2026
2026 FIBA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS 🇺🇸🏆 The #USABWNT claim their fifth consecutive and 12th overall #FIBAWWC title.
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Christopher Whitaker @civicwhitaker.com · 13/09/2026
If the Speaker feels they don’t have enough expertise there’s a way to bring it back - The Office of Technology Assessment! www.liberalcurrents.com/congress-nee...
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Congress Needs Its Tech Experts Back
If Congress is to tackle issues from DOGE sabotage to AI to social media, it needs to resurrect its Office of Technology Assessment.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
same. I've been swapping with the Steelers game the whole time. Was a bit annoyed when their half times lined up.
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ysph.yale.edu/news-article... Single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1.04 trillion or 20% less than the system it would replace, according to new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Slowing down," then, doesn't necessarily mean literally slowing down AI production. It means making sure your testing environments are actually secure, that your agents have fail safes built in, and that admin access to critical systems isn't guarded by a plain text 4 letter password.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Also interesting: this is the article from 2025 that inspired the book www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This book looks really good, but I'm fascinated that the NYT Book Review on it last week was such a different telling.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Look at this fantastic bsky starter pack! Back in twitter days, we folks in international humanitarian aid had a great community. I miss it dearly, as much as I miss #epitwitter. It's so nice to see many of those faces here. Thanks for including me! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) @gmj-georgia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
1️⃣ Kenya's new manufacturing strategy addresses vaccine supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19 2️⃣ Local production capacity could serve East African Community memb… news.gmj.ge/briefs/takeaway-kenya-l…
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Takeaway: Kenya launches ambitious strategy to manufacture its own vaccines and health products
1️⃣ Kenya's new manufacturing strategy addresses vaccine supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by COVID-19 2️⃣ Local production capacity could serve East African Community memb…
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I got this book for my daughter and she has already made four or five recipes. I'm benefitting from her fresh loaves and bagels :) It's a beautiful book. I love the way the opening cover looks like a counter with flour on it.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/09/2026
At least 28 datasets have been deleted and another 338 modified across more than 60 federal agencies since Trump returned to office. Health data accounts for roughly 40% of what’s been affected. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In addition to being the most entertaining thread of the month, this is gold because it introduced me to so many badass women researchers!
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this thread!
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've had the pleasure of knowing several smokejumpers in my career. A lovely profile from the @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Art of Leaping Out of Planes to Fight Wildfires
Since the nineteen-forties, smokejumpers have been parachuting into remote parts of the U.S. to contain dangerous blazes.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
thinking of what it means to cut trees down instead of plant them. "The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.” ― Rabindranath Tagore
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton's 9to5 film was based on a grassroots organizing labor movement led by women www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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'A lost history': the US women who fought for better working conditions
PBS documentary on 9to5 shows how women’s organizing efforts in 1970s to better working conditions echos many of today’s social justice movements
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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 24/08/2026
zohran mamdani video essayist arc
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I do miss the old twitter relationship we had with our users sharing their experiences of a conference together. If you're on bsky and at #SIWI #worldwaterweek, please connect! We'll try to recreate our old communities here.
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Zimbabwe has enough problems without hadedas @shonatiger.hararereview.com · 23/08/2026
Greatly privileged to have been on the team for Coffee with Professor Felwine Sarr, whom I deeply admire. Published in the latest @thecontinent.org, which you can access here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/287…
Parts from four pages of The Continent arranged in a grid.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's release day for Nemesis! Ch 1 opens w/Vasiliy, sent to the US against his will and not having a very good first day. Ch 2 intros Octavia, a road weary ballerina in NYC who rose from orphanage to principal w/little more than a busted knee to show for it #booksky www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Brat...
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nemesis is out today! And just a dollar on Kindle for the opening! (or free on Kindle Unlimited) Read this if you like dark romance with badass women. Ballerina-turned-mafia #fridayreads #booksky www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Brat...
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Kurt Phillips @kurtphillipstx.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fresh books!
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nemesis is out today! And just a dollar on Kindle for the opening! (or free on Kindle Unlimited) Read this if you like dark romance with badass women. Ballerina-turned-mafia #fridayreads #booksky www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Brat...
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The HOBAR ebook is only $1.99 for a limited time! That’s a lot of creatures from beyond the reef, horror, crime, vengeance, murder, and magic for cheap! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...
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Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My package in @economist.com on contrails and the climate advantages of there being fewer of them 🧵 1st up: reporting on Operation Blue Skies, the big new Atlantic trial looking at reducing contrails by air-traffic-control tweaks. www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Contrail-free flying could help the climate
A trial over the Atlantic aims to show how
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is my daughter's second book, a dark romance/mafia adventure. I love it so much! Today, it's just a dollar on Kindle so go try it out!
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's release day for Nemesis! Ch 1 opens w/Vasiliy, sent to the US against his will and not having a very good first day. Ch 2 intros Octavia, a road weary ballerina in NYC who rose from orphanage to principal w/little more than a busted knee to show for it #booksky www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Brat...
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 20/08/2026
Fridtjof Nansen is remembered as a legend of polar exploration. In Ukraine, his name tells a very different story — one that continues more than a century later. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oof, that's a rough one. Good luck, dad!
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katjr @katjyr.myatproto.social · 19/08/2026
I have been struggling with something lately. I haven’t been able to put it into thoughts much less words, but sometime in the wee hours it occurred to me that duality is the answer. Be the child; be the mother. Put yourself to sleep, be patient with your fears, be patient with your own impatience.
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Dr. Annie Feighery @afeighery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
among other important details in this article, please note that AC units for the poor and unwell are life saving equipment equal to healthcare. They should not be made to unfairly pay for larger causes of global warming.
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