Chinese Qur’an written by a woman calligrapher, Amatullah Nur-ul-Ilm, daughter of Rashid. 1050 AH / 1640 CE. The city of Khanbaliq, predecessor to modern Beijing.

Morocco just activated the #NoorAtlas Mega Complex — a 20,000-megawatt #solar installation across 45,000 hectares of Saharan plateau. It's capable of generating up to 160 MW, making the first stage alone one of the world's biggest solar thermal power plants unfccc.int/es/node/21533 #ActOnClimate

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

Fantastic news, throwing phones away when the battery dies is quite ridiculous. We don't need super thin phones, we need phones we can repair.

Amos Ferguson (Bahamian | 1920-2009). The Sleeping Family (1986, Enamel Painting On Paperboard).

"Stop the Arms Trade, War is Terrorism" Mural seen in Cardiff, Wales

DENMARK AND FRANCE 🇩🇰🇫🇷 bans all Microsoft products from all public offices. The phaseout is expected to be completed before autumn 2026. Their products are being replaced with customer versions of Linux and LibreOffice. This is digital sovereignty being taken back

A very happy St George's Day, to all who celebrate.

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Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history. Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes. But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year. Trickle down hoax.

I now need a password, a dual authentication app, and a biometric log in to get into half the things I use at work. Meanwhile, IT can't explain why copilot keeps turning itself back on. What are we doing?

Every time I read an academic who has interesting things to say on issues of morality, and whom I might quote, I have to search them to see if they've been forced to resign because of harassment, sexual misconduct, or similar. That's twice now.

I would have liked to be a tiny creature lounging under these pretty inkcaps today 🍄

Great Question, Winona.......

Abortion bans kill pregnant people because abortion is healthcare.

'After current sexuality and gender studies majors and graduate students complete their teach-outs, “no degree-culminating student research within the TTU System will be permitted to center on SOGI topics,” the memo states.' 2/2

'Texas Tech University’s plans to phase out and eventually close all programs “centered on” sexual orientation and gender identity also prohibit students from creating “degree-culminating” research or theses on such topics, according to a recent memo from university leadership.' Very chilling. 1/2

This is a well-documented pattern in medical research and reflects systemic gender bias in pain assessment and treatment.👇

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

The pursuit of money, where you're chasing more despite having enough to last several lifetimes, should be categorised as a mental illness.

...says the man with the highest net worth on this rock spinning through the void.

I think we should all start blogs again. Or online journals, even. That was a nice time. Just writing a few paragraphs about your day (don't forget to list the sad song you're listening to!) and maybe your friends will leave a comment. Then you go and read theirs and comment. It was fun.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Every now and then, if you’re feeling down, just have a look at this little fellow & everything is instantly better. 🕰️C2-3rd AD 🏛️📷National Archaeological Museum, Madrid

horse #scribble

I’ve helped many library patrons over the years with provincial or federal forms for disability, immigration, tenancy, and other complex things that seem designed to make people fail. It’s so incredibly frustrating and I want to shapeshift from librarian to legal advocate.

New brief: Diaspora engagement for health system resilience in #Nepal: policy framework, engagement pathways, contributions & a way forward 🔗https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/resources/diaspora-nepal-health-brief/ @herdintl.bsky.social @ighd.bsky.social

Min Aung Hlaing's transition from coup leader to civilian president is part of an orchestrated strategy to consolidate the military’s grip on power and gain international legitimacy that eluded it while ruling by decree www.independent.co.uk/asia/southea...

Wassily Kandinsky (1932)

“There is nothing that can be done about the millions of preventable deaths resulting from the closure of USAID until 2029” is neither scientifically true nor politically true. It is a policy choice, and the values it reflects are why USAID could be cut down so easily in the first place

wild!

We are organising and running this event. Please do come along and learn from academics at the cutting edge of health systems research from around the world!

one thing about me i love a dictionary

Instead of asking chatgpt, why not ask a librarian? You'll get real answers and they won't tell you to kill yourself.

Here's the thing about USAID: it was illegally dismantled, but it's still... supposed to exist. And we can either fix things, or we can... accept a future where the richest country in history hordes its unlimited wealth and lets people starve everywhere? This is, like, actually under our control

Exactly 💯

NEW ON THE ETHICS SITE 📚 Language and geographical bias exclude non-English and non-indexed African research from global health evidence. Expanded searches often uncover many overlooked studies. Read more here: ethicsresource.ringsgenderresearch.org/resource/lan... #ResearchEquity #Scicomms

Artwork by Angela Smyth, contemporary artist #WomensArt

New blog is now live! The WHO GLASS 2025 report shows real progress on gender in AMR surveillance, but disaggregated data is still largely absent from pathogen analyses. Without it, we can't see who's most at risk. Read more here: gearupaction.org/reflexivity-... #AMR

I was reading a great book today and it said something along the lines of, "it's okay to neglect your responsibilities if it saves your life because if you die the responsibilities are still there. You aren't." Just wanted to share. Take care of yourself. #booksky #mentalhealth

To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

New blog from GEAR Up! The WHO GLASS 2025 report shows real progress on gender in AMR surveillance, but disaggregated data is still largely absent from pathogen analyses. Without it, we can't see who's most at risk. Read more here: gearupaction.org/reflexivity-... #AMR

I need to write. So, I am, of course, finding anything else to do instead.

France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux France is ditching US software for homegrown alternatives of Google Docs, Microsoft Office, Zoom, and Telegram Libre Office is very good. www.techspot.com/news/112032-...

Setting out three scenarios for the war, in the worst-case – involving six weeks of major disruption to oil and gas production and eight months of lingering higher costs – as many as 32.5 million people globally would fall into poverty www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

If Orban is ousted, Hungary also becomes a test case for what policies work to undo authoritarian entrenchment in state institutions. Provides many lessons for us here if/when Trump's faction loses control.

Fantastic

Foreign aid dropped 23% in 2024 - the largest drop on record. Humanitarian aid was down 36% 26 of the 34 OECD donors cut aid. Many redirected it too Ukraine received almost twice as much humanitarian aid as the 44 least-developed countries put together www.thenewhumanitarian.org/maps-and-gra...