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Rachel (she/they)

@crossroadsview.bsky.social
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Online Trust & Safety person, Humanitarian. Passport stamp enthusiast. Reclaiming my sense of Hope. More sincere than snarky. aviewfromthecrossroads.substack.com

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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I saw a substack talking about posting aid stories from the field, so I decided to write this one out. My first few months of the COVID pandemic, up near the Sudanese border.
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COVID Times in South Sudan
“People are dying,” my colleague said.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Я люблю Харків The kind of book I want on my coffee table in my future tiny house. dom-publishers.com/products/kha... (Found in www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...)
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Kharkiv
Architectural Guide Ievgeniia Gubkina Today Kharkiv’s unfortunate geographical position on the eastern edge of Europe makes it a frequent target for the Russian army’s relentless shelling and airstrik...
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Currently Reading Why refugee-led organisations are key to the humanitarian reset
thenewhumanitarian.org
Why refugee-led organisations are key to the humanitarian reset
Refugees and refugee-led organisations need to be front and centre of funding decisions, as well as policy design and programme implementation.
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Plan International @planglobal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Plan International has scaled up its humanitarian response to meet the needs of children and families impacted by the earthquake in #Myanmar. Urgent funding is now required to scale up our response, before the monsoon season hits plan-international.org/news/2025/04...
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Myanmar relief efforts scaled up ten days on - Plan International
Plan International has scaled up its humanitarian response to meet the needs of children and families impacted by the earthquake in Myanmar.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A message from the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies speaks out about the horrific murders of #IFRC staff at the hands of the IDF in Gaza #humanitarianaid #gaza #notatarget www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain
My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds, says IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
From some days ago, but will be more and more relevant from @wired.com - Why gutting USAID will hurt America
wired.com
Why Gutting USAID Will Hurt America
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Proud & relieved to see large scale #handsoff protests happening around the US today. As a US citizen abroad in a place where protesting could get me into trouble, I’m reminded of the rights that cannot be taken for granted.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This #caturday, i shamelessly post my friend’s cat, lounging on my bag.
A grey tabby cat side-smiling while lounging on a brown fabric bag
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Say goodbye to vanilla. Chocolate is next
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
What in the Elizabeth Holmes is this? #microplastics #electivemedical #cleanmybloodboo
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 28/03/2025
🚨 ALL #USAID personnel worldwide just received a global blanket RIF notice. 1/🧵
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Timothy McCown Reynolds @timothymagick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I want what Cap wants:
Captain America wants YOU to PUNCH NAZIS. 
“Punch Every Goddamn One”
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Road closed due to weather in northern Georgia 🇬🇪
Snowy mountains and a road between in which traffic is stopped on one side.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release. www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I read this piece about my friend Sook Jin Jo and wanted to share it, because her work is amazing and one of the reasons I love this style of #art. #artsky whitehotmagazine.com/articles/jo-...
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Sook Jin Jo: Sacred Space, Reclaimed Material
Korean installation artist is creating a bold new type of sacred space using reclaimed materials and a syncretist sensibility
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
So if you ever did a #23andMe test, might want to get in there and delete your #data. #dataprivacy #DNARights #yourinfotothehighestbidder
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A whirling dervish being teargassed. #EyesOnIstanbul
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A huge anti-Erdoğan protest tonight in Istanbul, defying a four day national ban on protests, to denounce the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. "Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This Caturday, I present Century in the free box. Miss my little buddy every day.
A black and white longhair tuxedo cat looking to the right.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 22/03/2025
"While the U.S. scrambles to remember what “foreign policy” even means, China’s been building chalkboards."
medium.com
Schooled in Sabotage: Washington Has Abandoned the World’s Classrooms
In Nakuru, Kenya, a little girl named Amina sits in a half-functioning classroom, flipping through a book printed when Obama was still in office. It’s missing pages. She shares it with four other…
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/03/2025
Trump’s meddling in domestic Ukrainian politics has backfired spectacularly, making Zelensky a symbol of resistance (again), write Olena Yermakova and Alex Fynn of KI Insights in their op-ed.
kyivindependent.com
Trump’s push for regime change in Ukraine has only boosted Zelensky
The debate over Ukraine’s elections and future leadership is intensifying. With peace talks gaining momentum, calls for elections are growing louder, and both the Russian and American sides are questi...
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
It’s fish doorbell season! visdeurbel.nl/en/
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The Fish Doorbell — The Fish Doorbell
Did you spot a fish? Press the Fish Doorbell! This alerts our lock operator to let the fish through. The Fish Doorbell is in Utrecht, NL.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Once again, Teen Vogue at the forefront of what’s what.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Judge Roberts finally realized “First they came” is coming for his crew next.
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Highlights: Judge Seeks to Rein In Musk as Chief Justice Rebukes Impeachment Threats
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I hope this passes. I rarely return to the US, myself, but this will help a lot of people trying get to their final definition domestically.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
It’s #Caturday again - met this fella in a cafe in Tbilisi.
A tabby and white cat curled up on a velveteen red chair
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This travel ban draft list indicates there will likely be some reciprocal travel bans against US passports. Also noting that many of the flat-out “ban” counties include several of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
nytimes.com
Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries (Gift Article)
A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This is utter madness - USIP isn’t even (part of) a government agency! the DOGE idiots can’t even conduct a basic internet search.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
@aoc.bsky.social run for senate and boot out Chuck. Remember #WheresMitch? Replace that with #WherewasChuck?
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
My old area office in Northeast Nigeria is closing due to the destruction of USAID, so I’m doing the only thing I think I can do right now, and leaving former direct reports (and the supply chain team, since I worked with all of them so directly) LinkedIn references. 😔
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Post a picture of when your pet was little
An orange kitten sitting in a pool triangle on a ledge, facing left and watching the humans play the game
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
The Trump administration likely violated separation of powers by withholding nearly $2 billion in Congress-approved foreign aid funds, a U.S. district judge ruled. #SaveUSAID
wapo.st
‘Unlawful’ suspension of USAID funding likely violated Constitution, judge says
The Trump administration likely violated separation of powers by withholding nearly $2 billion in Congress-approved foreign aid funds, a U.S. district judge ruled.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Haven’t followed this issue in awhile: Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant
theguardian.com
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant
Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called ‘war on drugs’, which rights groups say left 30,000 people dead
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Something I've had to get used to again, is anticipating when news podcasts would play Trump speaking so I can fast forward through it. My visceral reaction to hearing Trump speak is that i simultaneously want to vomit and punch someone - so it's for the best I don't hear him.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This heckin adorable doggo decided we were friends promptly upon arrival at the coworking space. 100/10 will get a monthly pass here in order to hang out more #dogsofbluesky
A corgi lying down next to a backpack on a wooden floor.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
When the food basket was halved during Covid, 5 kids in a family in the camp I managed in South Sudan went looking for wild foods, ate some mushrooms they found, and 3 of them died. These kinds of cuts can be a death sentence.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
U.S. African Development Foundation denies entry to DOGE
washingtonpost.com
Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building
The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Understanding that there is a strategy and that the work matters (as it always has) is fundamental, clearly.
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rogerweisman.bsky.social @rogerweisman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
If you don’t know the answer, just scream Brian Eno. It works for the New York Times crossword puzzle.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I am going to a #pubquiz. Been years since I’ve been to one. Let’s see how rusty I am.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
At least staff can get final paychecks and vendors can be paid. #saveUSAID wapo.st/43iTdc7
wapo.st
Divided Supreme Court says judge can force Trump administration to pay foreign aid
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order to restart nearly $2 billion in USAID payments for work that has already been done.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Since I'm novice at it, I can say I'm chuffed to finally figure out how to borrow a library book on my kindle ☺️ #divestfromAmazon
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Follow the crypto and see where it goes... #corruption #speculation
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life:
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Kiva - Join Rachel on Kiva
Support women, entrepreneurs, students and refugees around the world with as little as $25 on Kiva. 100% of your loans go to support borrowers.
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
So moving the fentanyl operation to the US would remove the tariffs…
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Rachel (she/they) @crossroadsview.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
@jlowcock.bsky.social don’t know if it’s your website I found for the Skype Number alternatives post, but if so, thank you - I’m struggling to find an alternative while living overseas with no intention of coming back to the US right now. 🙏
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