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Got a background in tech? App development and/or data? Looking to make a difference? 🧐
Registration is now open for Tigerthon, an exciting new technology hackathon seeking solutions to track and tackle tiger-related crime. 🐅
Full details here ➡️ tigerthon.com
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My friend Ken Banks (@kiwanja) is publishing a memoir on his work on FrontlineSMS, a critical piece of infrastructure for activism and organizing globally. I just supported his Kickstarter for the book and hope you might too: kickstarter.com/projects/kiw…
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I've done many podcasts, but this rates among the best produced and most fun. If you're interested in #careers with #purpose, we cover a lot of ground as I share the good and the bad from 20 years working in the social and tech sectors. Hope you enjoy it.
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Remembering a little piece of software I started writing exactly 15 years ago this week - and all the amazing things thousands of people in hundreds of countries ended up doing with it. #ICT4D #globaldev #grateful
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If you see a job advert in #ICT4D, #globaldev or whatever you want to call it hiring for a role covering Africa, Asia, South America (or wherever) but based in London, Paris, DC (or wherever) - ask them why they're not hiring local talent. And don't apply. theguardian.com/global-devel…
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This is incredible. Who on earth at Fox News thought this graphic might be a 'good thing' to do? Just when you thought they couldn't stoop any lower, they stoop lower. America won't mend until they're shut down. Period.
#FoxNewsisRacist #BlackLivesMatter
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So @RioTinto's 'Sustainability' page says they "work hard to leave a lasting, positive legacy everywhere we work". So how does that square with destroying a 46,000 year old Aboriginal site to expand an iron ore mine?
I pity anyone working in CSR at places like this. Shocking. 😡
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Do people drink more in hard times? Psychological theories suggest that alcohol consumption increases during recessions as a response to the stresses of economic downturns. Read a free chapter to learn more: bit.ly/2WDFidJ
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Fiji‘s barter system as Covid-19 hits economy, leveraging Facebook theguardian.com/world/2020/m…
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That Jeff Bezos is set to become the first TRILLIONAIRE because Amazon is doing so well during a global pandemic that’s forcing mom & pop shops to fail—is a great reason to #shoplocal and #supportsmallbusiness in your community.
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Due to uncertainly around COVID-19, we've had to make the difficult decision to delay the launch of our 2020 Digital Identity Fellowship Programme. You can read more here. yoti.com/blog/postponing-lau… #digitalidentity #Fellowships #COVIDー19
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Community raffles are supporting small businesses in their darkest hour – and the idea is catching on
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The current tech community response to #COVID19 reminds me a lot of the early work we did around disease monitoring, disaster response, emergencies and more at FrontlineSMS. This @NatGeoEducation Biology textbook feature on our work with malaria is a fond reminder of those days.
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The money needed to help here may be huge, but it's only a fraction of what's being spent by the larger developed countries on supporting their own people. The number of people in poorer countries on the edge is staggering, and a huge worry. 😔
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Wouldn't it be incredible if the UK had the vision, the ambition, the foresight, the bravery, the political will - and the balls - to attempt anything like this? This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to hit reset on a totally broken system. #COVID19 #HitReset
This is remarkable: 170 Dutch academics put together a 5-point manifesto for economic change after the C19 crisis, building on #degrowth principles. It has gone viral in Dutch media. In this thread I'll summarize the points in English. trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-natuur…
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Some of our members were able to respect social distancing and help an isolating elder get some daylight into her back window. ‘Now I can sit on the step with my morning cuppa’ We will be back! #wellbeing #COVID19 #timebanking #PhysicalDistanceSocialConnections
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We're all still in #CoronavirusLockdown, so I might as well continue to offer free copies of my first book, The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator.
Rated 4.8/5 on Amazon it features ten stories of inspiring people who have made the world a better place.
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