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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 18m

Well, I do think every country should play to its strengths but I wasnt expecting Labour to locate growth on our ability to get smashed, bladdered, sloshed, totally blotto, pickled, Brahms and Lizst, etc but maybe this was always where the 2020s were heading.

Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 23h

When I talk to women friends my age in the UK, HRT is so commonplace that if someone isn't taking it, it's like "wow, she's raw-dogging her menopause with just soy milk and magnesium." Whereas in Finland my doctor seems to think its acceptable to say she won't see me again until I've lost weight.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 1d

Textbook example of someone saying that being called out for racism is worse than the racism they expressed. In this case, according to Jenrick, calling out racism causes terrorism. It's an upside down, gaslit world.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 1d

A sad and beautiful piece, it leaves me thinking "we must make Europe safe for Jewish people."

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Reposted by Essi Lindstedt

Prof Prachi Srivastava @prachisrivas.bsky.social · 1d

More than a third of countries spend more on financing their external debt commitments than funding their education systems.

Debt repayments to international financial institutions (IFIs), primarily, the IMF, override life opportunities for millions of children and young people.

Devex @devex.com · 2d

With nearly half of the world's population living in countries prioritizing debt over essential services, the global financial system is under immense pressure to evolve in the face of today's challenges.

Redesigning development finance for a new era

www.devex.com

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 2d

The last line is also ridiculous, you can’t just “make the choice to become a UK citizen”, it takes time and costs money, and more and more of both with this mad auction of migrant rights they’ve got going on between the parties.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 2d

Oh and the wean was playing Eurovision anthems and running around the corridor shouting "tutta l'Italia!" and other such nonsense. I raised him well but forgot to specify that Eurovision has a time and a place.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 2d

I was presenting to a global call and had got my lighting set up all alright, even brushed my hair, looking proper professional, at which point the cat decides to run around behind me catching imaginary mice. So cat 1, Essi nil in our house today.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 3d

This is nice to hear. I have been marking the anniversary of my Dad's death this last week and wishing I had got into jazz - it was the soundtrack of my life from ages 3 to 18 so I sort of rebelled. But maybe others can listen to it for me! And most of all, congrats on the PhD finishing touches.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 5d

I thought of asking you about it. I was thinking of writing to Robinson about it, I guess the investigations board is inter-college so the more who take an interest the better?

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 5d

This is crazy, what is CU thinking? He was clearly proposing racial discrimination, which is against the law. My college wasn't Emma, but I wonder if it's worth me writing to them and saying this is awful.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 6d

Hard pass.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 8d

God, yes, it's awful. I started a habit of continuing to stand on the zebra crossing after the child had crossed, with my arms folded, staring at the car. Just hold them up for a few seconds. I don't really recommend it, just sympathising, they are enraging.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 12d

I just… what even is this.

Kristof Decoster @kristofdecoster.bsky.social · 12d

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s.... Ffs sake.

Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority

Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule

www.theguardian.com

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 14d

Frankly at this stage I am inclined to vote for anyone, of any party, who could plausibly promise to get
threats of violence out of politics. From Aaron Banks interview with Anna Gross in @financialtimes.com

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 14d

Great article to read in the run up to the UN High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases tomorrow - the link between diseases like diabetes, environments, and power... #UNGA #HLM4 #NCDs

Reuters @reuters.com · 15d

Conditions on Ebeye are harsh – diabetes is rampant and fish in the waters around this tiny Pacific island of 10,000 people are contaminated. Many of Ebeye’s residents work on a nearby US military base that's critical to America’s security reut.rs/4gziuDi

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah but no.

Devex @devex.com · 15d

Former USAID Administrator Mark Green urged the development community to re-engage, warning that redesign must not become “retreat,” and stressing their expertise is vital to shaping the future of U.S. foreign aid.

Mark Green urges aid community to re-engage as US resets assistance

www.devex.com

Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

Supikoira though. Eating my garden.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

Ghastly selfie at UNGA 2 years ago but my reminder to self is that 2 yrs ago we got good language agreed on universal health coverage. A lot has changed since then but it will continue to change in the next two years and more, and we are not powerless outside America.

Awkward selfies of Essi in main hall in UN main hall, 2023. Looking pleased about something someone just said back then.

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

This is very much in the bucket of ”I’m glad someone else watched it so I don’t have to”. Spending my time on positive things instead.

Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

Damn, that's Tory coded?

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

10/10 I don't really have a 10th point but just a slight sadness - that this has been a terrible year for global health, and seeing my own thread just reminds me that I didn't even EXPECT it to mention maternal mortality, non-communicable diseases. It's not really health, it's just politics.

Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

9/10 I'm interested in what the Lancet article authors review this. I think some budgets and country agreements would have to be agreed before they have anything to model, but will it actually reduce expected mortality again, or collapse under the weight of its own contradictions?

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

8/10 Where is country co-investment to come from? Tax revenues, or if deb repayments are greater than tax, then other donors? Will other donors agree to work to an "America First" strategy? E.g. will the EU agree to invest global health funds for an America First strategy in sub-Saharan Africa?

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Essi Lindstedt @essi-lindstedt.bsky.social · 15d

7/10 Taking together the express wish to promote US health commodities and trade, including "regulatory alignment" with the FDA, plus the mode of past USAID programmes such as "food for work", health watchdogs should be watching out for more commodity dumping.

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