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chhavi.bsky.social
I'm on this podcast!
AI, Internet, vines, Fast fashion, landfills, fungi, bacteria, PFAS -- all in one episode!
soeptech.bsky.social Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast @soeptech.bsky.social · 6d
🌐 Twitter’s first engineer built Divine & Nostr: short videos, human-first, no AI slop, no algorithm tricks.
Creators own their content. The internet you remember — but better.
Also #funghitech dealing with waste textiles
💡 #OpenWeb #CreatorEconomy #SomewhereOnEarth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IHe...
🌍 Taking Back Control of the Internet & Turning Textile Waste Into Profit
YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
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December 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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soeptech.bsky.social
🌐 Twitter’s first engineer built Divine & Nostr: short videos, human-first, no AI slop, no algorithm tricks.
Creators own their content. The internet you remember — but better.
Also #funghitech dealing with waste textiles
💡 #OpenWeb #CreatorEconomy #SomewhereOnEarth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IHe...
🌍 Taking Back Control of the Internet & Turning Textile Waste Into Profit
YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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soeptech.bsky.social
#Poland is quietly becoming #Europe’s #tech powerhouse! 🌍 From AI-powered greenhouses 🌱 to #mobile IDs 📱 and #AI fertility apps ❤️, innovators are changing everyday life.

Hear their stories on Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast!

🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-N8...
Poland’s Tech Boom: AI Greenhouses, Mobile IDs & Virtual Fertility Clinics
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November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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chhavi.bsky.social
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
E.P.A. Set to Cancel Grants Aimed at Protecting Children From Toxic Chemicals (Gift Article)
The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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pulitzercenter.org
Despite financial troubles, Keru Dahifale hosted a feast.

“Otherwise, the goddess wouldn’t bless me and grant my wishes.”

Grantee Parth MN reveals how a temple in #Mohate, #India, exploits faith for commercial gain.

Story for People's Archive of Rural India (PARI). bit.ly/46jMxLQ
Superstition Reaps a Harvest of Gold in Mohate
A famous temple trust in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra state, buried golden instruments to “capture the minute energy waves from the universe to bless devotees.” It remains a popular pilgrimage spot. Being...
pulitzercenter.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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krittikaa.bsky.social
Since that NYT article is doing the rounds, here is a detailed report by PARI (People's Archive of Rural India) from 2022, which goes into the suffering behind the sugar on our tables.

Content note: health, descriptions of traumatic medical procedures

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‘It all started after my uterus was removed’
In Beed district, where a large numbers of female sugarcane workers underwent hysterectomies, women are silently coping with post-surgery anxiety, depression, physical ailments and strained marital re...
ruralindiaonline.org
July 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM
chhavi.bsky.social
Help Fadi Abu Odeh rebuild his family's security chuffed.org/project/1438...
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Help Fadi Abu Odeh rebuild his family's security
Hello, I'm abdul Haadi from Portugal. I'm opening this campaign on behalf of our brother Fadi and his Family, they wish to rebuild a security into Gaza, Palestine. Here is his presentation :"My name i...
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October 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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soeptech.bsky.social
🚀 New show out now!
1️⃣ Digital Ceasefires: What would it mean to protect human rights—not just on the ground, but online?
2️⃣ DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough: No billion-dollar compute. No hype-driven roadmap. Just pure, efficient innovation.
🎧 Full episode link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQ2...
Digital Ceasefires & DeepSeek’s Breakthrough: How Peace and Science Are Redefining Our Digital Fu...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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soeptech.bsky.social
🎉 100 episodes!

Somewhere on Earth has explored online abuse, AI privacy risks, and stories that impact millions.

💬 Which episode has been your favourite?

🎧 Listen to the milestone episode → www.youtube.com/@SomewhereOn...
#Podcast #100Episodes #DigitalRights #AI #LGBTQ
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast is a weekly #podcast that looks at #technology and how it impacts our daily lives. We're the former #bbc #worldservice #DigitalPlanet team and we tell the #...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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soeptech.bsky.social
🚗📲 In Brazil, GigU helps ride-hailing & delivery drivers decide which jobs are worth taking — boosting incomes & challenging industry giants.
🎧 Hear the story on Somewhere on Earth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzrv...
#DaniloLuiz #GigEconomy #WorkersRights #PositiveNews #Podcast #SomewhereOnEarth
GigU app boosts driver earnings as Danilo Luiz champions positive media in Brazil
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August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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copreshub.bsky.social
Ever asked yourself, “What exactly is the COP Resilience Hub?” We got you covered in under 60 seconds. 🌎🎬

🔗 Learn more: cop-resilience-hub.org

#COPResilienceHub #COP30 #RaceToResilience
June 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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soeptech.bsky.social
💍🤖 Can AI help plan your wedding? Yep—and it might just save your budget, guest list, and your sanity.

📺 Watch here → www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8FG...

#Bridechilla #SOEP #AIWedding #TechPodcast #WebSummit #ChatGPT #WeddingPlanning
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July 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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soeptech.bsky.social
🌊 Meta’s new undersea cable = 31,000 miles (!!)
Enough to stretch NYC→Sydney→NYC again
#TechMarvel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0b...
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July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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soeptech.bsky.social
Your data = the new gold. 💰 Brittany Kaiser (ex-Cambridge Analytica) says it's the most valuable asset on Earth, but individuals get nothing for it. Time for a change. Should YOU profit from YOUR data? 🤔 #DataRights #Privacy #BigTech #WebSummit
www.youtube.com/shorts/3gs4x...
Your Data: The New Gold?💰Shocking Truth from Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower! #dataprivacy
YouTube video by Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast
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June 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
chhavi.bsky.social
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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journalist.net
Fantastic opportunity for investigative journalists looking to dig deep or kick-start important leads.

Whether you’ve got a fully formed pitch or just the start of something big, this kind of support can make all the difference.

Definitely worth bookmarking!

#Journalism #Grants
gijn.org Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · Jun 12
📢 The Fund for Investigative Journalism is accepting proposals for both regular grants (up to $10,000 for full investigative stories) and seed grants for early reporting (up to $2,500).

Details & Deadlines ⬇️ https://twp.ai/9PThU1
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Apply for a Grant - The Fund for Investigative Journalism
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June 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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journalist.net
Stories about journalism and press freedom are more vital than ever. Looking forward to seeing the creative, bold, and deeply human work this year’s submissions bring to the screen.

Best of luck to all the storytellers hitting “submit”!

#PressPlayPrague
ecpmf.bsky.social European Centre for Press and Media Freedom @ecpmf.bsky.social · Jun 12
🎞️ Submissions are open for the 2025 Press Play Prague film festival! We invite filmmakers to submit short or feature-length documentaries that spotlight journalists, press freedom, or the state of the media.

Learn more here: filmfreeway.com/PressPlayPra...

#PressPlayPrague
June 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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soupmuse.bsky.social
To be clear, organizing does not mean you need to *become* a community organizer.

Find the organizers in your community! They’ll have actions you can support in small and big ways.

Together, we win.
April 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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soupmuse.bsky.social
A lot of these people are also paralyzed by shame/guilt.

Because if you fall into the individual consumption trap, nothing will ever be enough.

This used to be me. The answer is organizing.

www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/o...
April 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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lucidillusions.in
April 24th onwards. Much excite!
franzanth.bsky.social franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Apr 22
Our community science project begins in more or less 24 hours from now (depending on your time zone!)

If you're going out to spot your local wildlife, join our project here so your findings can be used for a lot of science stuff
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
chhavi.bsky.social
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
E.P.A. Set to Cancel Grants Aimed at Protecting Children From Toxic Chemicals (Gift Article)
The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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fleerultra.bsky.social
I'm like a broken record on this, but this stuff needs to be stopped right now and it's of paramount importance. we are staring into the abyss of ethnic cleansing and mass murder in not too long at all. this cannot be come the new normal.
mford.bsky.social Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · Apr 22
“Mr. Prada’s disappearance has created concerns that more immigrants have been deported to El Salvador than previously known. It also raises the question of whether some deportees may have been sent to other countries with no record of it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
An Immigrant Held in U.S. Custody ‘Has Simply Disappeared’
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April 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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bigissue.com
"It wasn’t just a place to live – it was a space where I felt able to be myself"

For British music icon Craig David, it all started with social housing. Now, he's returned to his childhood home with Shelter to call for more social rent homes 🏠 🏠 🏠

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April 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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outrider.org
Wildfires are spreading to places once thought safe. Research shows that 115 million Americans live in areas at risk, and the situation is getting worse. @gabriellecanon.bsky.social dives into the issue in @us.theguardian.com, showing how cities and suburbs are now prime targets.
Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not
Many of the suburbs and cities hit hardest in recent years were caught off-guard, and key stakeholders are racing to understand the dynamics that drive these fires
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April 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
chhavi.bsky.social
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/c...
By Redefining ‘Harm,’ Agencies Aim to End Longstanding Wildlife Protections (Gift Article)
Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM