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Shocking new research shows conventional measures of pandemic preparedness don’t work in the real world as inequality undermines countries ability to fight pandemics. 💻 bsky.app/profile/benp... Headlines from Japan, Nigeria, South Africa, & Bahrain that illustrate media coverage around the world.

AFP: Inequality best predicts how nations handle pandemics: study Economic inequality is the clearest way to predict how countries fare in a pandemic, a high-profile panel said, calling for a rethink in how governments prepare for the next global health crisis 🗞️ www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Failing to tackle inequality puts countries in pandemic danger, new research shows New England Journal of Medicine piece @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social 📖 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Background data 📖 www.inequalitycouncil.org/wp-content/u...

Love everything about this conversation between the new Prime Minister and a care home resident who didn’t realise he was.

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This politician in Canada used ChatGPT to write his speech and then just directly read out loud the AI prompt without realising it, announcing to legislators “Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points." Glorious!

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Wall Street Journal having a normal one again 😐

When countries face an extraordinary emergency, other countries have a role in support. Strengthening cooperation isn’t about dividing the world into “donors” & “recipients” - it’s about building a system to which everyone contributes & from which everyone benefits. Watch Canada thank Mexico:

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This is such a clear and beautifully put summary of the absurdity of neoliberal smears on collective action, and how the public good secures a decent life for everyone.

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120 millionaires say “tax us!”

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piracy (noun):

When you forget to mute your mic on Teams

Canadian shade lmao

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Universal healthcare gets teeth, the hole in the ozone layer is closing, and a righteous victory at the World Cup. Welcome back to the Public Good News, delivered in just two minutes

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This has been like the Escape to Victory movie

democracy (noun)

Astroturf “nationalists” across Europe funded by a foreign power.

Global media fame for one of Britain’s rising political stars. Japanese news reports that he is more popular than Farage. You won’t need subtitles for this.

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This post by the EU is so obviously untrue, because genocide denial is happening now in plain sight at the highest levels, that the only explanation I can think of is that a smart social media officer, furious at this moral failure, created this post as a way to call them out.