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Lisa Ann Richey

@brandaid-world.bsky.social

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What can I do to 'help'? #Politics #Africa #Humanitarianism #Aid #Writer Professor of Globalization, Copenhagen Business School. http://lisaannrichey.com She/her

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Jan 13

Actually Bob, there are other ways to work towards solving global hunger: let's start w/paid labour. @lseblogs.bsky.social @jolittler.bsky.social @danbrockington.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @theguardian.com @stefanoponte.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

Do they know it’s payday?

Instead of being passive receivers of donations, it's time Ethiopians were paid for their work in the global compassion industry

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · 1d

This is how we diss in Scandiland 🥰 what a great choice Nobel committee! María Corina Machado, Venezuela Opposition Leader, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

María Corina Machado, Venezuela Opposition Leader, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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Somdeep Sen @somdeepsen.bsky.social · 4d

In this piece for @aljazeera.com #AJOpinion - in response to Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan - I present a “10-point plan for Israel”: aje.io/slic0q

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

🏅 🇻🇪 The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
➡️ u.afp.com/Sm6x

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · 4d

Another pod cast from our good colleague and Head of @diis.dk - give him a listen 🎧

Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania @ehtz.bsky.social · 5d

🎙🇹🇿 How can academic research influence real-world decisions? Find out the answer to this and other questions in our newest #EHTZ #Podcast episode with Peter Kragelund.

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#12 | Disseminating Research: Turning Insights into Policy & Practice

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · 13d

‘Americans are more likely to pray for prosperity than to march for better pay. ‘ The ‘tradwife’ fantasy - on.ft.com/3ILexyY via @FT

The ‘tradwife’ fantasy

Economic stress is one reason traditional gender roles have a political and emotional allure

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 18d

Climate change refers to long-term temperature & weather shifts, which can occur naturally but have been mainly driven by human activity since the 1800s.

Follow the #ClimateSummit as countries discuss the future of our planet and get the latest facts: www.un.org/en/climatech...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18d

"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”

Bowing down to a bully never works.

And we can’t become numb to this corruption in plain sight.

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 18d

Strategy is too often an idealised version of the university at odds with the lived experience of those who work there. Good strategy has to start with the problems and it has to be grounded in the reality of the university. It’s education, not spin.

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Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania @ehtz.bsky.social · 19d

🎙🇹🇿 How does gender shape humanitarian action? Find out the answer to this and other questions in our newest #EHTZ #Podcast episode with Mary Rusimbi.

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#11 | Feminist Humanitarianism: Gender, Care, and Everyday Giving

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

"The Times is unlikely to sacrifice its journalistic credibility because of a laughably tenuous lawsuit and a few mean social media posts. But if Trump wants to let the paper’s team of top-notch First Amendment lawyers depose Mark Burnett, who are we to complain?" — @lizdye.bsky.social

Trump tries to stick up The New York Times with a water gun

The lawsuit is beyond parody, even by Trump's standards.

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Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania @ehtz.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎙🇹🇿 Who deserves help—and who decides? Find out the answers to these and other questions in our newest #EHTZ #Podcast episode with Prof. Mogens Kamp Justesen and Dr. Innocent Pantaleo.

open.spotify.com/episode/2GD4...
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#10 | Surveying Deservingness: Insights and Lessons from Tanzania

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 5

His brain is so badly broken that he really thinks rebranding the Department of Defense would've led to outright victories in Korea and Vietnam.

He's hawking the Pentagon like it's Trump Steaks. Probably going to place a glossy ad in Sharper Image next.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

Trump: "We could've won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct, or wokey."

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Sep 5

politiken.dk/del/vputdhAE... 🍉🍉🍉

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've never had a book dedicated to me before-- surprisingly emotional moment for me and a book I have been reading its whole life 😍 @stefanoponte.bsky.social

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Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania @ehtz.bsky.social · Aug 5

📣 Our EHTZ policy briefs are now available in Kiswahili! They explore how Tanzanians respond to crises long before formal aid arrives. Read and download them on our website: www.everydayhumanitarianismintanzania.org/reports
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 25

KILMAR IN BALTIMORE: “Never lose hope. Promise me you’ll continue fight for freedom — not just for me, for everybody.”

He was just taken into ICE custody.

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Aug 26

Y’all still wanna holiday in the USA 🇺🇸? Go here 😊

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Aug 25

BREAKING: Workers at Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks just won their union elections.

They are the first national parks to unionize in several years.

Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Aug 26

Yep 🩷

suzette sommer @suzette.bsky.social · Aug 25

I love this guy. 💙 Common sense!! Big picture!!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 25

Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"

Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is what authoritarianism looks like 😡

Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · Aug 26

For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 12

I love this trolling of Mango Mussolini. 🤣

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Aug 13

Talking Head

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Lisa Ann Richey @brandaid-world.bsky.social · Aug 13

I just received an email that included this line 'As part of middle-management with responsibilities for research, education and administration. . ' and now I am ☠️ Shrivelled up like a prune. All creative possibility evaporated from my being.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Aug 11

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.

If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is

(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · Aug 11

The President's attempt to federalize the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and deploy the National Guard on the streets of our nation's capital is an abuse of power.

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