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Steven Youngblood

@peacejournalism.bsky.social

East-West Center project coordinator; Center for Global Peace Journalism founder; Peace Journalist magazine editor; 27 year professor; media development professional

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Steven Youngblood@peacejournalism.bsky.social · last yr.

These myopic cuts threaten democracy, and American standing, across the globe. www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/usaid-j...

USAID journalism funds to disappear ‘potentially for good’, study warns - Alliance magazine

USAID cuts have wreaked havoc on media and journalism. So much so, ‘the vast majority of this funding will disappear – potentially for good,’ from 2025 and beyond.  That’s the stark warning from a fir...

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The Last Mile with USAID@thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · last yr.

They aren’t just dismantling an agency—they’re dismantling lives. A USAID officer breaks the silence on the lies, the collapse, and the betrayal of America’s moral engine. This is what sabotage looks like from the inside. 👇 thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com/p/they-came-...

They Came for Us: A Dispatch from the Wreckage of USAID

A Foreign Service Officer Speaks Out on the Collapse of America’s Moral Engine—and What It Means to Be Left Behind

thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com

ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID. The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On

In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and…

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Ankit Panda@nktpnd.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · last yr.

This is Tuna. You have once again taken him to the vet instead of the park. Fool him once, shame on you. Fool him twice, even more shame on you. 13/10 (IG: tunathekahuna)

a brown and white bulldog puppy sits on a counter. the computer monitor, pamphlets and model of an animal skull in the background tell us he's in a vet's office. the puppy is hunched over and begrudgingly looking over at you with an expression of disdain.
Human Rights Watch@hrw.org · last yr.

At least 12 civilians are reported killed and 90 injured following Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv. These were among the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian capital since July 2024.

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · last yr.

Really good point. These are cuts to research into cures for cancer and Alzheimer’s. And Trump is doing them to corrupt universities and end free speech and free thought. They want to force in conservative ideas that have lost in a free marketplace, and use cancer money to do that

Ben Verdi@benverdi.bsky.social · last yr.

I do wish big-time media orgs would stop taking the bait of calling these cuts to "Brown" or "Harvard." These are cuts to alzheimers research, maternal health research, antiviral coronavirus innovations, not "insert school here." They are cuts to our medical future and scientific livelihood.