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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

APA member Andrew Janiak and APA Eastern Division past president Christia Mercer are quoted in this piece about the 10th anniversary of Project Vox, which spotlights the contributions of female philosophers to the field.

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Lost and Found: Bringing History’s Female Philosophers to the Forefront | Duke Today

For a decade, Duke's Project Vox has elevated the roles of women whose impact on philosophy has been hidden or buried

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/02/2025

How did a drug rooted, like many, in seed money from the U.S. government — that is, American taxpayers — and spurred by the grassroots fundraising of desperate parents, end up with a $2 million per dose price tag? Your weekend longread:

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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices…

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 16/02/2025

Across Africa, a growing number of people are struggling to meet their most basic needs. See Afrobarometer's latest survey in this week’s issue.

Afrobarometer: More people are going without the basics - and more often

The prospect of dramatic cuts in United
States international development assistance comes just as evidence is emerging from Afrobarometer’s on-the-ground data collection that the need for assistance continues to grow: Across Africa, lived poverty is surging.

The average rate of “going without” five basic life necessities at least once during
the previous year is now the highest ever
recorded by Afrobarometer since it began
its surveys in 1999.

Across 30 countries surveyed consistently for the past decade, experiences of shortages have risen significantly on all five essentials: to 57% of all respondents for food (up by 13 percentage points compared to 2014/2015), to 55% for clean water (+9
points), to 64% for medical care (+15 points), to 49% for cooking fuel (+12 points), and to 81% for a cash income (+7 points).

Overall, nine in 10 respondents report having faced at least one of these five forms of material deprivation in the previous year.

Even more troubling is the growing intensity of deprivation in most surveyed countries: One in four Africans (24%) now report frequent shortages, or severe lived poverty.

#LivedPoverty #VoicesAfrica

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

January price hikes are just the beginning. Pharma companies are lobbying to strip away cost controls, meaning even higher prices ahead. Congress must stop this. Read more here: bit.ly/4gu5A86

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Big Pharma hikes prices of 250 drugs in January

Several large drugmakers, including Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi, increased the list prices of their drugs this month.

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Scroll @scroll.in · 15/02/2025

"This collection highlights violation, subjugation and unfettered patriarchy." Anchita Ghatak reviews 'Our Stories, Our Struggle: Violence and the Lives of Women, edited by Mitali Chakravarty and Ratnottama Sengupta.' scroll.in/article/1079... #BookReview #Literature #ViolenceAgainstWomen

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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪 In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach! Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵

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A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria

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boldbeloveds.bsky.social @boldbeloveds.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Wise advice for these troubled times from Sociologist Jennifer Walter

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Starsky @owyheesmoke.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

With thanks to Emily Pearl: Wise and important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it: "As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal. 1/5

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Rajat Khosla @khosla.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

In @plosglobalpublichealth.org we reflect how conflicts leave indelible marks on societies, yet their effects are neither evenly distributed nor universally endured, with women, newborns, and children being among the most vulnerable. Need for urgent action journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

“I have a very simple recipe that I’ve been using for years now. Make sure that you know your numbers, that’s important. Be sure to have a strategy, and an implementation plan. Then, do your monitoring.” bhekisisa.org/article/prof...

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Yogan Pillay, SA’s healthcare’s insider outsider - Bhekisisa

Yogan Pillay has worked under every health minister since 1994, making him the ultimate healthcare insider. Now he’s an outsider, but one with tremendous influence. Sean Christie visited him at home i...

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Peter Hotez writes on how to counter the next wave of anti-vaccine activism in @plosglobalpublichealth.org 🧪 journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The outdated, elite-dominated international charity sector needs to hand over the money and power to those in the global south for whom aid is intended - Halima Begum @oxfamgb.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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‘It’s about solidarity, not charity’: the Oxfam chief seeking to decolonise the aid sector

Halima Begum outlines her vision for what she sees as a ‘broken model’, with more power over spending given directly to the affected communities

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats” @michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...

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A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer

Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

"Access to essential medicines remains a global challenge. Medicines consistently display high prices, low affordability, and poor availability" Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...

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Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia

The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Alex's deadline is Saturday. If you've ever shared an 'oh no' comic - especially if you shared this doctored one with a fourth panel added! rude! - then chuck them a quick donation for their horrible, horrible legal battle.

an oh no comic showing a crowd telling blobs "you do not fit in here" then the blobs make their own space, then the crowd complain that they are being excluded and the blobs say 'oh no'. the extra fourth panel shows the crowd in with th eblobs saying 'you do not fit in here'.

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

OK so: 1. I am moving my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, as of today, due to the pro-Nazi stance of Substack founders. 2. This has been a very scary process 3. If you'd like to support me going forward and get tons of nice emails about sandwiches, click here: buttondown.email/theswordandt...

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

If you want creators to leave substack you HAVE TO follow them to new platforms and ensure they don’t lose their livelihood. They’re making brave choices and it’s your responsibility to support them through it. Follow Talia to Buttondown!!

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demon core vidal @regretagarbo.rip · 02/01/2024

please read kairi's thread (and also please *report* his account/any actionable posts) twitter never took action despite the restraining order. i need shit to be different here.

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