Reposted by MicaellaOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 20/04/2026In a world that often feels deeply polarized, it is rare to find a topic where almost everyone agrees. The treatment of farm animals is one of them. Surveys across many countries show that a strong majority of people, regardless of their diet, oppose common practices in animal agriculture. 49733
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Ok so I was wrong. But they were also wrong. It is obviously Zohran Mamdani. 120
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Ah man, rugby is such a silly dangerous game but look at this. I love women. I love rugby. I love the Black Ferns. www.instagram.com/reel/DPKYzC8...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 010
Reposted by Micaella‘Dr’ Dorothy Koomson @dorothykoomson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Not the Ghana Must Go bag being appropriated and sold for $3000. 🙃 I just…🤷🏾♀️ 47012
Reposted by Micaellaemmie malone 🏳️⚧️ @emmiemalone.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I’ve been training my whole life for this moment 1341071
Reposted by MicaellaJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I could try to describe Helen Zille to my UK followers but it would be impossible. Watch this interview from today instead, which captures why she is so formidable and insufferable at the same time, and why so many South Africans struggle with her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5k5...youtube.comHelen Zille DROPS BOMBSHELLS on Anele and the Club | Full Fiery Debate!YouTube video by 947 Joburg 131
Reposted by MicaellaHannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025He would like everyone to know that his outdoor feline friends kill far more birds than wind turbines. 612211
Reposted by MicaellaBlue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air." 6640121189
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Attempts to import US culture wars to South Africa are doomed to fail, because we are a very different country (!!!) www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...dailymaverick.co.zaCharlie Kirk may have fans in SA — but his views carry no meaning hereAttempts to import US culture wars to South Africa are doomed to fail, because we are a very different country. 000
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Making peppermint crisp tart for the first time That’s what two amazing springboks performances in one day will do to you 000
Reposted by MicaellaKeegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 22/08/2025The IDF's internal figures suggest that the overwhelming majority of the people it has killed in Gaza were civilians. 143
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Well. I hope this marks the start of the Wallabies’ return to being a great rugby nation. 110
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Yuppiechef email I received this morning, and a sweater I saw with my sister over the weekend. Probably not proof but! One must consider the lobster! 110
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Please all spare a thought for the poor high school debating coaches whose children are watching this and taking notes 010
Reposted by MicaellaMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2025BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed. 604122379687
Reposted by MicaellaPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Israel has killed 240+ journalists. People who'd cover a strike that killed their kids and go on to cover the next strike, in the pursuit of convincing the world to act, of the hope of tomorrow being different. How many more murders will it take for the mainstream media's cowardly fever to break?zeteo.comBREAKING: Israel Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-SharifJournalists in Gaza continue to be murdered in record numbers, while Western media outlets and reporters show little or no outrage. 7936458
Reposted by MicaellaLee Crawfurd @handle.invalid · 25/06/2025"It’s hard to overstate the value of prioritizing solutions ... IRC estimates shifting spending to highly cost-effective programs could be equivalent to increasing humanitarian funding by $1 to $4 billion—the same ballpark as the cuts the White House is proposing for 2026." ssir.org/articles/ent...ssir.orgWe Just Lost $54 Billion. Now What? (SSIR)How humanitarian organizations can use cost evidence to survive global aid's "Great Depression" and scale what works to save more lives. 121
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Just received reviewer comments on a chapter of my thesis I submitted for publication in October That means, it officially took longer for a chapter to be reviewed than it did for me to pick a topic, get clearance, conduct fieldwork, write the thesis, submit it, and have it graded 😂 Academia man. 020
Reposted by MicaellaJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 09/06/2025And this is why she has more Tonys than anyone else in history. 111
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 08/06/20256 hours of Comrades this morning 6 hours of tennis this evening To quote Bruce Fordyce this morning “the paint is nowhere near dry and it is very exciting” 020
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Surely red clay and yellow balls should make Roland Garos the chíc’est of the opens? Why are these boys wearing bottle green and prison stripes? 000
Reposted by Micaellasecondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 03/06/2025Flock Names [Comic Panel Thread - Part 1 of 8] The thread below illustrates varied bird species names and the fun names given to their flock, alongside suggestions on what to call duos of those birds. Read the full version in scroll format here: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/cr... 161440441
Reposted by MicaellaDevi Pillay @devipillay.co.za · 21/05/2025Really missing SA Twitter right now 121
Reposted by MicaellaSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 11/04/2025I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities. It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --scientificdiscovery.devWe don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfoldThis month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities. 1431461
Reposted by MicaellaFrances Lorenz @franceslorenz.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I like effective altruism, cool idea imo 2412
Reposted by MicaellaChris Bennett @chrisbennettedu.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work. Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed. 13443207
Reposted by MicaellaRafa Sales Ross @rafiews.com · 02/03/2025One could say they are… Holding space 0154
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The reason they don’t let you take photos at UK passport control is that there’s a simple sign with huge writing reading Cameras ✅ Souvenirs ✅ Cocaine ❌ and it’s important all people are allowed the simple pleasure of seeing it in person 010
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The fact that he claims neither of the titles aside, Elon Musk being billed as an EA and a South African has been Awful for my brand 120
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I can’t stop thinking about Trump trying to declare human rights abuses against Afrikaners in SA and *AFRIFORUM* making a public statement saying “we literally do not know what they’re on about” 010
Reposted by MicaellaJosh Budlender @joshbudlender.bsky.social · 08/02/2025There are a million more things one could show here. The claim is so factually absurd it would be never-ending. South Africa has many serious challenges. But the idea that persecution of whites is one of them is just pure fantasy, laughable if it weren't so grotesque... 061
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 08/02/2025A goal of mine for this year was not to follow American politics or other news not relevant to me It would be great if American politics could hold up its end of the deal by not being relevant to me 010
Reposted by MicaellaJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 08/02/2025This is batshit. An executive order from the President of the United States that sounds exactly like that rant your racist uncle goes on at a braai. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govAddressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South AfricaBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 101
Reposted by MicaellaDustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 02/02/2025One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now. 387169374706
Micaella @mixrogers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Just broke out a Solow Growth model in my professional work I think I owe my macro lecturer an apology 020
Reposted by Micaellamatt @mattxiv.bsky.social · 29/01/2025stopping the flow of HIV drugs to poor countries and demanding that foreign doctors stop distributing the meds already sitting in their clinics is so evil it is hard to wrap my head around. one day when when this is all history i will struggle to forgive anyone who voted for him 252684326
Reposted by MicaellaAnt Stanley @iamstan.dev · 28/01/2025South Africa is the largest recipient of PEPFAR support and funding. This stop on funding will kill people here. 122
Reposted by MicaellaJon Shaffer @jonshaffer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This will kill so many people living with HIV who depend on PEPFAR programs to stay on their HIV treatment driving further HIV drug resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...nytimes.comTrump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment WorldwidePepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days. 43859465
Reposted by Micaella𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.eurosky.social · 15/01/2025one group of people were "brutally ripped from their homes" and "murdered", the other "lost their lives". one gets "security and stability", the other to be "viable". one people is viewed as fully human, the other not; revealed a thousand different ways every day 05125
Reposted by MicaellaCSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Applications are open for the Graduate Applications International Network (GAIN) programme 2025! Information sharing, mentoring & financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics & related fields. ➡️ Apply: gain-network.net/participants 🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025gain-network.netApply to GAIN — GAINWe are looking for extremely motivated individuals who aim to apply to graduate programs at top institutions worldwide and eventually pursue a PhD in economics and other social sciences. We strongly e... 025
Reposted by MicaellaMatt🔸 @spacedoutmatt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I really loved the 80k podcast episode with Sarah Eustis-Guthrie on the Maternal Health Initiative! Here are three examples from it that show why I think that EA isn't just common sense/business as usual: 1113
Reposted by MicaellaMax Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Back in 1996, 88% of all eggs in the UK were laid by hens kept in cages. In the latest data this is down to 28%. A big win in improving animal welfare. 622532