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Joeva Rock

@joevarock

anthropologist thinking about food & agriculture, changing climates, and the politics of development

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"Yes, African states must build independent systems. But the real issue isn’t just the loss of money, it’s the legacy that money has left behind. For decades, foreign aid ... depoliticized poverty and institutionalized dependency." africasacountry.com/2025/04/as-aid…

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Bill Gates announces the closure of the Gates Foundation on December 31, 2045. The GF was never designed to be like the Rockefeller or Ford Foundation, both of which have lasted long beyond their founders. This is one of the things that makes the GF particularly complex.

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The Department of Education has cancelled 2025 Fulbright-Hays grants. Devastating news for students and faculty alike! insidehighered.com/news/global/st…

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In an essay outlining why she is resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress, Alondra Nelson writes that "DOGE [has] by fiat the authority to give thumbs up or down to [NSF] grant applications" time.com/7285045/resign…

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The State Department's "rebranding initiative" is unsurprisingly dishonest and misleading, given that a majority of the logos included in this tweet are not US programs.

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"There are other ways that governments can raise money for development[....]: plugging holes like illicit financial flows; runaway debt service; under-taxing the wealthy; taxing only a small portion of residents; and the flight of local capital to friendlier places"

"There are other ways that governments can raise money for development[....]: plugging holes like illicit financial flows; runaway debt service; under-taxing the wealthy; taxing only a small portion of residents; and the flight of local capital to friendlier places"
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In a WhatsApp chat with Trump officials, Marc Andreesen advocated for the destruction of the NSF: “Raze it to the ground and start over.” washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

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Trump signed executive orders on Wednesday which, of many things, "bars the U.S. government from buying, using or promoting A.I. models that contradict the views of the president or his supporters" #PoliticsofAI nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/…

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Great insight from Marion Nestle on why moving the USDA out of Washington DC is bad for the agency and those it serves: foodpolitics.com/2025/07/the-pr…

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More very bad news for researchers in the US. New executive order: ▪️pauses new federal funding ▪️places political appointees at federal agencies ▪️requires grants to "advance the President’s policy priorities" ▪️allows cancelation of active grants arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…

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The Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth fortune.com/2025/08/07/bil…

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After a seven-year hiatus, the Department of Anthropology at American University is excited to announce that the Public Anthropology Conference is back! Call for Papers: pubanthcon.com/call-for-parti… Registration: pubanthcon.com/registration Deadline: Sept. 8th 2025.

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Ghana has agreed to accept West African nationals deported from the United States and 14 have already arrived in the country, President John Dramani Mahama told reporters late Wednesday. reuters.com/world/africa/g…

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Judge says U.S. trying to do "end-run" around legal protections with deportations to Ghana cbsnews.com/news/judge-say…

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'Just holding a Doritos bag': Student handcuffed after AI system mistook bag of chips for weapon wbaltv.com/article/studen…