Every time I have to deal with VFS Global for biometrics I become so livid for Global South colleagues who have to deal with these people much more frequently than I do.
Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez
@devoncantwell.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Copenhagen studying urban climate governance. uOttawa, Utah, and Kansas alum. Fulbright 🇻🇳 alum. First Gen. 🇺🇸 living in 🇩🇰
I'm reviewing some literature for an upcoming piece I'm writing with a collaborator and it is WILD to me how much we make generalizations about training in all of political science based on what "top 25" American political science programs do.
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My husband: “So the worm in RFK Jr’s brain definitely told him to cut the CDC Foodnet surveillance of Cyclospora cayetanensis, right?”
CAN'T MAKE IT UP: ICE deported a man to Mexico in violation of a court order in Nov., acknowledged the error and returned him to the U.S. Then they deported him to El Salvador, in violation of court-ordered torture protection. He's currently imprisoned. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Air conditioner discourse? How about air purifier discourse. You need one, more or less per room, and you need to change the filters a lot. Future civilizations should find a geological layer of disgusting gray filters
Also sorry y’all but Threads has the OG Twitter juice on this today.
The ghost of Margaret Thatcher during the World Cup semifinals
Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.
So apparently it would be "too expensive" for Canada to enjoy the very cheapest form of power in all of human history, and must stay firmly tied to the sunsetting far more expensive form of power that's cooking the globe into a hellscape. 12/ www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now...
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.
carbonbrief.org
When Carney calls the Trudeau Climate Target "well intentioned and suited for the times it was made," he's saying that being the very worst performer among all industrial nations is being "well intentioned" & still growing rather than shrinking emissions is "well suited" to the climate crisis. 8/
Also it’s a huge f*ck you to this US administration every round that CV stays in
Todd in the Shadows@shadowtodd.bsky.social · last mo.I don't care how big a Messi fan you are, it is incumbent on all of us to root for Cape Verde to dump out Argentina before the Round of 16. It would be the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of the sport
I don't care how big a Messi fan you are, it is incumbent on all of us to root for Cape Verde to dump out Argentina before the Round of 16. It would be the greatest thing that ever happened in the history of the sport
holy SHIT inject that goal into my veins that is how you fucking do it
They need to make a statue of this Cabo Verde goalie
I need Cape Verde to do this for me. Come oooon. lol
Heatwave deaths of older people should not be tolerated. Lack of European mobilization feels like a form of 'necropolitics' bsky.app/profile/70sb...
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · last mo.Imagine if hundreds of people died in an extreme hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many people. They are an extraordinary silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear.
I didn't plan this, but I'm arriving in Bogotá for fieldwork tomorrow a few hours before the kick off for the Colombia v Ghana game!
"In my judgment, that plan was not sustainable over the long term..." As a Canadian environmental scientist focused on climate impacts, I have a very different opinion on what is sustainable over the long term, @mark-carney.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive.
cbc.ca
My friend just texted me "no goal is offsides on stolen land" 😭😭😭
Wake up honey - new Catholic Church schism has dropped
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.WELCOME TO SCHISM WATCH 2026 WITH CLAIRE