I really enjoy this journalistic genre. Its got economics, current events, comparative politics, and little slices of how people live. Please make this a menu regular @BBCWorld
bbc.co.uk/news/world-6252067… – at Oslo, Norway
Hate doing this, but...
Gun Ban = Broad. Structural. Challenges white supremacy culture. Unlikely this decade. Possible but long term.
$1000 tax on AR-15s + National Gun Buyback = Specific. Nuanced. Marginal. Disrupts a pattern in mass shootings. Feasible w/ this admin. – at Oslo, Norway
Really digging the Euphoria-level lighting at this pirate-themed restaurant/bowling alley in the pickle capital of Europe.
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We #StandWithUkraine️
The HISP Centre at the University of Oslo (UiO) joins the Rector of UiO in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, and we want to do what we can to help.
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I post this regularly, and many express surprise.
This is the current childhood immunization schedule. Many childhood vaccines are three+ doses, sometimes a booster.
This is one reason why, unlike earlier centuries, we don't have cemeteries full of children. We've forgotten.
friends ask "how did get the Wordle in 2 again", they never ask "why do you have 0 chill" or "why can't you just have fun like a normal person"
I was today years old when I learned USAID is Irish for "use" (ùsàid), as in "a bhainfidh úsáid as seo i ndáiríre" for "Who will really use this?" and
"ar úsáid tú prátaí?" for "Did you use potatoes?"
In the next months thousands of Afghan refugees will be welcomed across the US. Where will they find their countrymen who took a similar voyage? Where are local resources for Dari speakers? Worth exploring where 42k Afghan refugees resettled over the past 30 years. #rstats 🧵
ALT chlorpleth map of us counties by concentration of afghan refugee resettlements from 1980-2018. Highlighted San Diego, Fremont, Phoenix, Houston, Decatur, Alexandria, New York. Line graph of resettlement over time below.
But network effects may lead to stronger Afghan communities of care in these areas, and their prior experiences might help policymakers and neighbors to make the new arrivals feel a little more at home.
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