At a restaurant/bar in Almaty, Kazakhstan, with my husband and a guy across the bar was staring him down. Turns out they'd lived on the same street in a small town in Central New York 30 years earlier as grade schoolers.
“One year after the Trump administration dismantled the Voice of America, the United States is confronting the consequences of relinquishing one of its most enduring instruments of soft power.” (1/8)
Buddhist monks walking through Arlington, being greeted by people holding lilies.
The crowd was calm, and patient, and kind, and enormous. What a beautiful experience.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip97... Good explainer by Tangle News.
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
a “Space Force”, if you will
New explainer from Tangle. youtu.be/cvbYA7Qq9pM?...
"The real value of State Department staff is their ability to speak truth to power, offer unvarnished analysis, and keep U.S. diplomacy steady no matter who's in the White House." www.newsweek.com/american-dip...
View of a lake with wildflowers and trees in front and a far shore with tiny houses visible.
IG post from the American Foreign Service Association says: Leaked memos, denouncements, and confusion. This only serves to demoralize our workforce and undermine U.S. diplomacy.
What an utterly ridiculous, unworkable plan this would be.
Scenes from today's clap-out at USAID.
2/2 These people (and their family members!) serve in some of the hardest places you can imagine, and their work, though often unnoticed, has saved countless lives in the United States and across the globe. They deserve many, many thanks for their service to our nation.
1/2 For those outside the USG who didn't know about USAID before this week, this article sheds some light on its history and mission. I am crushed to see what is happening to my friends and colleagues at USAID, who have been abandoned by their own government.
2/2 These people (and their family members!) serve in some of the hardest places you can imagine, and their work, though often unnoticed, has saved countless lives in the United States and across the globe. They deserve many, many thanks for their service to our nation.
