crazy how many south and southeast asian languages still have words 'firangi', 'farang', etc meaning 'westerner' of medieval origin that derive from 'frankish' via arabic and persian

The greatest to ever do it

We have updated our cost-effectiveness analysis! According to our updated model, it costs less than $5 to avert one DALY-equivalent through our programs, in expectation. Read to find out more: leadelimination.org/how-cost-effec…

#GenderJobs : SVRI is looking for a Research Director to guide work on research & capacity building on VAW and VAC in LMICs:

* Ph.D. + 10 years exp
* Remote or based in Pretoria or Cape Town
* Salary: 80k - 90k USD

Due: June 16th

svri.org/careers/svri-r…

#NairobiTheGreenAndGreyCity

Our children need green spaces! The message is loud and clear.

We have an exciting PhD course on experiences of (in)dignity coming up in October 24 at RUC in Denmark featuring Michele Lamont, ofer sharone and sabina pultz. Pls repost. DM if you want to know more.
events.ruc.dk/experiencesofi…

It’s fascinating how un-impacted this data series is by basically anything

#RequestForPartners | IDinsight's Dignity Initiative is looking for implementing partners to co-create a research study that evaluates what works to promote Dignity in development programs.

Our Dignity team is seeking a values-aligned, data-driven, and dynamic implementation

The University of Oxford is to vote on making all its peer-reviewed research “open access” – meaning anyone can read it without paying the high fees demanded by journal publishers. Congregation will vote on 11 June on a proposal to release research under Creative Commons terms.

Any suggestions for a work of art that depicts uncertainty in some way? Could depict someone in a situation of uncertainty, or could be a more abstract representation

oh nothing much, just crying openly over this reply from nick cave to an atheist whose sick friend asked him to pray for him. theredhandfiles.com/detached-mysel…

🇵🇸 moby dickgirl When two croque madames talk about something that isn't a croque monsieur, that's what we call passing the Bechamel test.

Sorry, just couldn't resist an opportunity to tell one of my favorite jokes.

Half of families lose up to 25% of their benefit each month (in some cases 30%) paying back loans to cover the first 5 weeks of Universal Credit when no benefit is paid.
That makes the DWP the biggest debt collector in the country.

750k families will eventually be affected by the 2-child limit, 145,800 kids have been pushed into temporary accommodation by freezing rent support.
Almost half of children in families with 3 or more kids are in poverty…

The assault since 2010 has been relentless.
In 2010, child benefit was frozen (it’s now worth 20% less); then the inflation link for benefits went, the benefit cap was introduced, the family premium scrapped, working-age benefits frozen, the 2-child limit brought in...

Sophy Ridge They held a serious case review into my first labour. I wasn't invited to contribute.

🔔A revised version of “The Behaviour Change Technique Ontology: Transforming the Behaviour Change Technique Taxonomy v1” has now been published!🔔

🔗Link to article & responses to reviewers: wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-308

There’s a story today that I really want talk about.
The Birth Trauma Inquiry – by a cross party group of MPs – has called for a national plan to improve maternity care, after speaking to 1,300 women and finding “shockingly poor quality” in how we look after women giving birth.

A thread on why research skills gained at university level can be life-saving: 18 years ago my mum told me she’d seen a tick on her arm. I was studying for my PhD in York while she was five hours south of me. A week later she said a bulls-eye rash had emerged around the bite.