Poppy by Mary Delany (1700-1788), English artist, known for her botanical flower collages or 'paper-mosaicks' #WomensArt

Will be in London 4th-10th July and Oxford 10th-12th July. Looking forward to the day of exploration on narratives that we are organising with ODI on 6th July. “Building Narratives for Change: where culture strategy meets policy” odi.org/en/events/bu...

It’s kind of handy when they present themselves so plainly. No one looking can miss the message.

It’s kind of handy when they present themselves so plainly. No one looking can miss the message.

Brazilians to get the weekend, Spain rejects xenophobia, Californian billionaires panic, New York shows how government is done, and the truth is revealed about whether people really are selfish. Welcome to the Public Good News.

Good news, at last ☺️. Thank you @benphillips76.bsky.social 🙏

Great stuff

Brazilians to get the weekend, Spain rejects xenophobia, Californian billionaires panic, New York shows how government is done, and the truth is revealed about whether people really are selfish. Welcome to the Public Good News.

Timor-Leste has announced that it will become the third Co-Chair of the Coalition of Governments on Global Public Investment, joining Colombia and Senegal in providing political leadership to the growing international initiative. gpigovernments.org

Will be in London 4th-10th July and Oxford 10th-12th July. Looking forward to the day of exploration on narratives that we are organising with ODI on 6th July. “Building Narratives for Change: where culture strategy meets policy” odi.org/en/events/bu...

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Wonderful to have Timor-Leste take up the role of co-chair of the Coalition of Governments on Global Public Investment, a growing group of over 30 countries are hard at work redesigning international cooperation. More on the leaders here www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/glob...

Wonderful to have Timor-Leste take up the role of co-chair of the Coalition of Governments on Global Public Investment, a growing group of over 30 countries are hard at work redesigning international cooperation. More on the leaders here www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/glob...

At #APD26, our Member José Ramos-Horta announced that Timor-Leste is joining the @gpigovernments.bsky.social as Co-Chair for Asia. A significant step towards strengthening international cooperation. 👇

Together with Colombia and Senegal, this means the Global Public Investment initiative is now co-chaired by representatives from all three regions of the Global South. #GlobalPublicGoods #GlobalPublicInvestment #ClubdeMadrid @gpigovernments.bsky.social

My piece for IPS News: Global South Leaders Redesigning International Cooperation 🗞️➡️ www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/glob...

Nice. "This triptych of unworkable ideas – keep trying to restore the old order, accept managed decline or hand over to the private sector – dominates much of the attention in the Global North." Exactly.

"The fallout from the sudden collapse of the old system of financing international cooperation has been disastrous, unleashing a wave of harm and leaving the world more vulnerable to shocks and less able to respond to them. The wreckage is plain to see. The issue is what to do next." 1/3

@benphillips76.bsky.social argues in this piece from IPS that unworkable ideas dominates much of the attention in the Global North: restore the old order (where North dominates), accept managed decline or hand over to the private sector 2/3

He notes a growing group of Global South governments have been hard at work shaping a solution for the financing of shared global challenges

A duet with J D Vance, a shocking new opinion poll, and a plan to transform international cooperation. The latest epidode of Public Good News tells three stories on the power of multilateralism in just two and a half minutes. 📺 ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ph...

My piece for IPS News: Global South Leaders Redesigning International Cooperation 🗞️➡️ www.ipsnews.net/2026/06/glob...

A duet with J D Vance, a shocking new opinion poll, and a plan to transform international cooperation. The latest epidode of Public Good News tells three stories on the power of multilateralism in just two and a half minutes. 📺 ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ph...

Equality is a prerequisite for effective international cooperation. Global challenges require systems where all countries have a voice, a stake, and a role to play according to their means. gpigovernments.org

More funding alone is not enough. As Colombia's Foreign Minister, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy, notes, global resources must also be governed through more representative and effective frameworks. gpigovernments.org

there is no floor

there is no floor

People! Stop drinking so much water! With each sip you are limiting AI’s potential!

People! Stop drinking so much water! With each sip you are limiting AI’s potential!

The work of contemporary Montreal artist Dominique Fortin #WomensArt #Monday

These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.

These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.

Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist from Canada, known for her artworks which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt

The only honest answer to “How could the US have avoided this humiliating end to the war?” is “By not starting it.” Ascribing the failure to mere character, tactics or to “letting down the opposition” is a fantasy to set up the next war. Never listen to the pro-war lobby again.

What did the US get out of the agreement? They got out of the war.

What did the US get out of the agreement? They got out of the war.

The only honest answer to “How could the US have avoided this humiliating end to the war?” is “By not starting it.” Ascribing the failure to mere character, tactics or to “letting down the opposition” is a fantasy to set up the next war. Never listen to the pro-war lobby again.

Prime Business Africa: Colombia, Kenya, Others Form New Bloc to Overhaul Global Finance Architecture www.primebusiness.africa/colombia-ken...

Prime Business Africa: Colombia, Kenya, Others Form New Bloc to Overhaul Global Finance Architecture www.primebusiness.africa/colombia-ken...

My favourite joke: A man driving home gets a phone call from his wife. "Be careful! The radio just said that there's a maniac racing down the wrong side the road!” "It’s even worse than that,” he replies. “There’s *hundreds* of maniacs racing down the wrong side of the road!"

My favourite joke: A man driving home gets a phone call from his wife. "Be careful! The radio just said that there's a maniac racing down the wrong side the road!” "It’s even worse than that,” he replies. “There’s *hundreds* of maniacs racing down the wrong side of the road!"

Bill Evans - piano Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bass Alan Dawson - drums "Beautiful Love" #SML #sheetmusic #Noten #partituras #spartiti 乐谱 樂譜 sheetmusiclibrary.website

Idea for a TV series about a deranged emperor sent to the future, in which Persian children get mercilessly slaughtered by his legions & the empire’s children get left famished by hoarding patricians, while the emperor holds (rigged) fights at the palace.

Idea for a TV series about a deranged emperor sent to the future, in which Persian children get mercilessly slaughtered by his legions & the empire’s children get left famished by hoarding patricians, while the emperor holds (rigged) fights at the palace.

Helen Poremba, textile artist living and working in rural Northumberland, UK who creates with free-motion embroidery, she ‘draws’ with a stitched line and ‘paints’ with a whole range of recycled fabrics #WomensArt

There’s a nefarious genius to the mantra that we must sledgehammer social spending because we must splurge on military spending. *Both* are lies (we don’t have to go on an arms buying spree & if we want to do so we could tax the rich). But put both lies *together*? Works a charm!

There’s a nefarious genius to the mantra that we must sledgehammer social spending because we must splurge on military spending. *Both* are lies (we don’t have to go on an arms buying spree & if we want to do so we could tax the rich). But put both lies *together*? Works a charm!

Plato’s allegory of the cave, 2026:

Plato’s allegory of the cave, 2026: