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    Apr 20, 2021
    "When Harvard’s total admitted freshmen class is 1400 people, and they have an endowment that is the GDP of El Salvador, they’re not a nonprofit, they’re a hedge fund educating the children of their investors." @profgalloway Full convo on #highered: bit.ly/2Qhqh0Z
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    Sep 21, 2021
    A digitized collection of the Freedmen’s Bureau and Freedman’s Bank archives - consisting of 3.5 million records of previously enslaved Black people - has now been made available for free on Ancestry.com. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/di…
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    Ancestry - Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
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    Aug 24, 2021
    *Oprah voice* "You get a tree!"🌲👈 "You get a tree!"👉🌳 "YOU get a tree!"🌲👈 England has planted 9 million trees, the biggest forest of its kind in 1,000 years, over old coal mines and quarries, which are now repurposed as parks and nature reserves. euronews.com/green/2021/08/…
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    Aug 5, 2022
    Oct. 19, 1903 - @nytimes published an article that said "to build a flying machine would require the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanics for 1-10 million years." Dec. 17, 1903 - The Wright brothers achieved man’s first flight.
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    Why do we so consistently underestimate progress?
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    Jan 15, 2023
    After the shenanigans in Congress last week, we're revisiting our chat with Congressman @RepSwalwell and former Governor of Kansas @DrJeffColyer about what goes on in politics when the cameras turn off. Listen to the full conversation: theprogressnetwork.org/podcast/bipart…
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    Dec 16, 2022
    2022 was a year of human rights victories, conservation wins, big milestones in global health & development, & an unprecedented acceleration in the clean energy transition. We've put together a list w/@future_crunch of 99 stories that you may have missed🧵 futurecrunch.com/goodnews2022/
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    Dec 12, 2022
    A thirteen year old with leukemia now has no detectable cancer cells after becoming the 1st person to receive a treatment that involves a new kind of CRISPR called base editing. The result still needs to be monitored over the next few months, say doctors.
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    Experimental CRISPR technique has promise against aggressive leukaemia
    From newscientist.com
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    Feb 16, 2023
    A little girl with metachromatic leukodystrophy, a genetic condition that causes catastrophic damage to the nervous system and organs, is now disease free thanks to a new gene therapy. “This is a huge moment of hope for parents."
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    Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS
    From theguardian.com
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    Aug 16, 2022
    🎉Please welcome our newest member, @ruthbenghiat! Ben-Ghiat is a historian who writes about authoritarianism, democracy protection, and propaganda. She is a professor of history and Italian studies at @nyuniversity. 🧵
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    Sep 30, 2022
    Seven years ago, third of the population of Malawi suffered from trachoma. Last week, the @WHO reported the country has eliminated the disease completely!🥳🎉
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    Malawi Claims Victory Over Trachoma
    From voaafrica.com
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    Sep 22, 2021
    The whitest paint in the world has been created at Purdue University. When painted on 1,000-square-ft rooftops, it could cool buildings by up to 10 kilowatts, which is more powerful than a lot of air conditioners. We call it: Turbo Sunscreen.😎😎😎
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    Scientists created the world's whitest paint. It could eliminate the need for air conditioning.
    From usatoday.com
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Pop the champagne!🍾 The Great Barrier Reef is spawning! "It is gratifying to see the reef give birth. It's a strong demonstration that its ecological functions are intact and working after being in a recovery phase for more than 18 months."
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    Australia's Barrier Reef erupts in color as corals spawn
    Australia's Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes in 2016, 2017 and last year.
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    Aug 21, 2021
    It’s time to have tough, but necessary, conversations with your friends and family about climate change. Worried they'll tune you out? Climate scientist, @KHayhoe, has got you covered. #IPCCReport #ClimateEmergency
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    How To Talk About Climate Change So People Will Listen - Chatelaine
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    Jul 5, 2021
    Daily Dose of Progress: - The problem: $100-$240 billion lost each year due to tax avoidance. - The fix? A global minimum corporate tax rate, which would reduce the incentive for big companies to shift their profits to low-tax countries. Possibly coming 2023. #progressdaily
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