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In Homa Bay, Kenya, a women led factory is making sanitary pads up to 60% cheaper, with packs from 50 shillings. It can produce 200 pads a minute, will donate pads to schools to help girls stay in class and aims to reach 430,000 women while growing from 17 workers to more than 200.

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A friendly reminder to celebrate the wins when you can. 👏

*The outcome of Brazil’s presidential election demonstrates that the far-right tide in Latin America is not inevitable* Oct 26, 2026 By Guillaume Long Senior policy analyst, Center for Economic and Policy Research #Elections cepr.net/publications...

What you fight, you feed. The right is very intentional about the vile they spread. They lie not to be believed but rather to be repeated. Congrats Brazil - may this and Serbia be a portent.

"amplify your people" is 100% the best strategy

"Listen to the fool's reproach; it is a kingly title." - William Blake

Fascists lose in Brazil, Serbia, and Hungary. Rising protests in Albania, France, and other European countries against billionaires and corruption. Very encouraging...

Hope is power. We can do it. 🌱✊️ #Brazil #Serbia #Democracy

Tonight Students Saved Democracy in Serbia. 🇷🇸 They won the election. The Student List movement unites youth, academics, and civic voices across Serbia. Grounded in anti-corruption reforms, democratic integrity, transparent governance, this movement brings hope to many. Vučić conceded defeat!

My reporting on the student movement in Serbia last summer. They kept at it, amazingly, for two years. And they won. snyder.substack.com/p/youth-prot...

Yay Serbia.......

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

WOOOHOOOO!! Serbia, now Brazil. Next? USA and Israel!

Serbia’s student-led movement has delivered a historic election upset, ending 14 years of rule by Aleksandar Vučić’s party. Millions celebrated across Serbia and Europe.

Sorry, but you've all massively undercounted. There are actually 108 kinds of Bluesky users. They are further subdivided into 36 Heavenly Stars & 72 Earthly Fiends.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Serbia's strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

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When a camera vendor didn't reply to a city's cancellation notice, one police chief decided on a refreshingly direct approach: he unplugged the cameras himself! 💡 Problem officially resolved. #LocalGovernment #CommunitySolutions

A liquid dentists paint onto cavities in seconds stopped decay in more than half of affected baby teeth in a trial of 830 children under six. Reapplied every six months, it could spare many children drilling, injections and anesthesia.

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Brazil just reminded the world that fascists can be defeated at the ballot box. Our turn comes November 3. Let’s make it fucking hurt.

California is testing an innovative 131-foot foldable solar canopy over an irrigation canal. This smart design generates clean power, reduces water evaporation, and folds back on rails for easy channel maintenance! #SolarTech #WaterSaving #Innovation 💧

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More than 5,000! *John Brown* is an example of violence as a moral necessity! lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/

Some people aren't going to like this, but: A functioning democracy doesn't have to accept the results of an election tainted, defrauded, and delegitimized by such obvious corruption. If necessary, clear out the conspirators and do the election again.

Here’s the editor of the Intercept Brazil as Lula tells the press that “something abominable is happening”

The governor of Bahia calls out the election sabotage, which has been reported in at least 10 states now, and demands extended voting hours. This is a shit show

This comes as the international voting results—Brazilians abroad—showed a strong swing toward Lula this morning

Lula has called for the arrest of two officials in connection with the election sabotage and asked to extend voting hours in places where the vote was suppressed

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Reports coming in that, in the city of Salvador, a far-right politician - the actual mayor - has reduced the fleets of available buses so that Lula voters can't get to the polling stations.

The Global South spent $235 billion on Chinese clean energy since 2024, accounting for over half of global solar and grid spending as renewable adoption accelerates.

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How one man became the unsung hero of the internet during a cyber-security scramble

Sodium-ion battery costs near parity with lithium and projected to drop further, removing a major obstacle to building renewable energy systems globally.

Magic mushroom compound psilocybin grows new brain connections within 24 hours and repairs circuits damaged by chronic stress in mice. Scientists found the brain rewiring runs on a different pathway than the trip itself, opening the door to fast-acting depression drugs without the hallucinations.

Breakthrough PTSD treatment achieves 68% remission rate in clinical trial

"Shoot first: Attack an opponent baselessly using language that will, in the future, apply better to the original attacker. Deflect later: When critics respond with evidence, the returning accusations appear to the passerby as merely tit-for-tat counters, regardless of the strength of the evidence."

"I can't show my face because I'm white." Then stop being white.

A thing to acknowledge when dealing with the fascist mentality is that they don't believe in fair play or treatment so whatever works for them is justified while whatever helps others is pointless or wrong.

racist white people will voice this psychotic victim mentality while nonwhite people are literally hunted by federal goon squads

India slashes cost of cancer drugs after court rules mark-ups are ‘extortion’ | Global development

Judge Blocks DHS Voter Intimidation Tactics, NAACP Mobilizes for Election Protection Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/35899144