Are governments putting evidence into education policy? ✏️ New analysis finds more national education plans are reflecting @geeap.bsky.social's "Smart Buys," including structured pedagogy and targeted instruction, an encouraging sign that research is reaching policy discussions. go.cgdev.org/4wYzJFP

Are Developing Countries Tackling the Learning Crisis with What Works?

Here we present a new analysis of national government education sector plans from 134 countries spanning nearly three decades (2000–2025), which we refer to throughout as “education plans”. We see clear evidence of a growth in mentions of structured ped...

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Vil du lese en tekst om Elon Musk som _ikke_ har berøringsanganst for det faktum at han er en høyreekstremist? Da har du flaks, for jeg har skrevet den! Les, lik, del og bekjemp fascismen!

Etter 22. juli

Anders Behring Breivik har sonet isolert i femten år. Likevel er ideene hans mer utbredt enn noen gang.

dagsavisen.no

I will keep reminding you what the Ukrainian city of Toretsk looks like after being destroyed by Russia. I will keep reminding you that Russia is a terrorist state.

‘Slaveeier-opprøret’ på godt norsk. The danger of rhetorical abstraction lies not only in its distortion of the past, but also in its pre-emptive justification for future assaults on democratic life. Vi må snakke sant, og presist, om historien. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

nytimes.com

“Nationwide, some 1.5 million children have lost food stamps under Trump’s crackdown over the last year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...

Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.

nytimes.com

Even Fifa cropped him out

Japan is setting up its first centralised intelligence agency since WWII, the National Intelligence Bureau, to coordinate intelligence, counter espionage, and respond to national security threats, CNN reports. It could pave the way for a foreign intelligence agency like MI6.

Når det er salg på skolestart-supplies FØR skolestart, da skjønner du at du bli fucket av kapitalismen på en eller annen måte…

Tread in one of the world’s poorest countries, and tragic consequences from the end of USAID emerge. Register to learn why estimating the human cost is not simple, however

How many people are dying as a result of USAID’s demise?

Fewer than academics imagine, but more than Elon Musk will admit

bit.ly

Jo mer fossil energi vi brenner, jo mer brann får vi. www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/vr9...

Analyse: Klimaendringene gir opp mot 20 ganger økt risiko for massive skogbranner

Menneskeskapte klimaendringer har kraftig økt sannsynligheten for værforholdene som har drevet frem skogbrannene vi har sett i Sør-Europa den siste tiden.

aftenposten.no

I'm interested in finding and potentially supporting people who are interested in doing long-form writing on the big efforts in global health: Gavi, Global Fund, PEPFAR, etc. If this is you or someone you know, please make yourself known!

I consider this book an invaluable general history of African societies, with a particular emphasis on the coastal societies and pushing against the idea that either slave trade or imperialism defines Africa or how Africans should see themselves. 10/10. www.penguin.co.uk/books/455231...

An African History of Africa

Discover the ground-breaking, must-read history of Africa, the Sunday Times bestseller charting the epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from the perspectives of Africans themselv...

penguin.co.uk

📣 Join our team as a Research Fellow @j-pal.bsky.social: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/rese... cc @wwhglobaled.bsky.social

Research Fellow - J-PAL South Asia | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

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Hell on Earth. www.severe-weather.eu/global-weath...

Europe's Heat Dome Furnace Returns: Brutal 40+ °C Record Heatwave Builds Into August

The Heat Dome is forecast to bring a historic 4th heatwave across Europe, as the peak holiday season emerges over the Mediterranean. Heat Furnace delivers 40+ °C.

severe-weather.eu

With Ryan Enos. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/27/o...

Yale shouldn’t cut a deal with Trump - The Boston Globe

Yale should resist rather than negotiate away its independence.

bostonglobe.com

hvis noen som kjenner noen som var på Schous plass trikkeholdeplass ca kl 21:30 nå på lørdag er jeg interessert i å komme i kontakt med dem. jeg har vært på politihuset og levert anmeldelse på sjåføren som kjørte på meg med vilje, søker vitner. hadde uheldigvis ikke med gopro, fordi "skulle bare".

Adorno: “The premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again. Every debate about the ideals of education is trivial and inconsequential compared to this single ideal: never again Auschwitz."

Jepp, at folk ikke forstår (eller ikke vil forstå) stokastiske prosesser kommer til å gi meg magesår!

Eivind Trædal@eivindtraedal.bsky.social · 2w ago

I møte med ekstreme skogbranner i Europa har klimafornekterne endelig stukket fingeren i jorda og innsett at de må bli skogbrannfornektere også. Har Ørten folk i kommentarfeltet mitt hver uke som insisterer på at varmt og tørt vær ikke har NOE med skogbrann å gjøre. Det må være pyromaner!

Leaning toward terrible

Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am a middle-aged adult with a PhD but I can't read "groundbreaking" books that are being "devoured" without checking in with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social - is it brilliant or terrible? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In celebration of "How to Win a Trade War" being available on Kindle for 99p today, have a song I wrote, called "The UK's trade identity crisis" Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...

I mars 2024 omtalte Aftenposten meg som ekstrem fordi jeg mente at politikerne ikke skal sette mål for antall aborter i Norge, og at må være opp til den enkelte kvinne. I juni 2026 omtalte Aftenposten deltakerne på Norgesdemokratenes massedeportasjonskonferanse for «omstridte gjester».

DOGE promised to cut waste. Instead, USAID workers are paying the price with their livelihoods ... and, for many, their safety. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Thousands desperately turn to sex work after DOGE killed USAID

They’ve been forced into highly dangerous sex work after the agency was killed by the Trump team.

dailykos.com

Proud to see the launch of the Global Advisory Panel on Skills. Looking forward to working with partners to build the evidence on what works to strengthen skills, raise incomes, and reduce poverty. @cgdev.org

Center for Global Development@cgdev.org · 2w ago

There are now hundreds of studies on skills programs in low- and middle-income countries—but more evidence doesn't always mean clearer answers. The new Global Advisory Panel on Skills (GAPS) aims to identify which interventions work best, for whom, and at what scale. cgdev.org/GAPS

As aid budgets shrink, @rglenner.bsky.social and Dean Karlan argue it's time to radically simplify aid. Focus on a small number of interventions rigorously proven to work, deliver them at scale, and avoid layering projects with multiple untested objectives. go.cgdev.org/3RPtsN6

We Advised Different Governments on Aid Spending. Now We’re Calling for Radical Simplification

Smarter aid won’t undo the damage of cuts. Improving service delivery won’t solve the macroeconomic constraints to inclusive growth. But if we focus on what works and keep it simple, we can still make...

cgdev.org

An expansion of the world-economic prosperous core countries from 900 million to 1.3 billion and of peripheral as share of core per capita income from 12% to 24% between 1990 and 2023 were absolutely wonderful things to see. But for the past decade, the relative income gap between core and... 1/

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

The useful idiot at the top isn't the one who won't fight. It's the one who fights half the time and calls it principle. Link to full piece, which has been doing really well--if you like it, give it a share, send it to someone you like (or don't like :).) kylesaunders.substack.com/p/are-libera...

Are "Liberals" Useful Idiots for the World to Come?

On tolerance, its counterfeits, and the enforcement clause everyone seems to have forgotten...

kylesaunders.substack.com

German broadcast. Nailed it

burde ikke være lov med dronebilder når alt du har å vise til rundt arenaen er dette hellscapet her