David Abrahamson

Environmental, land rights and livelihoods work in Myanmar 2013-2020. In China 2001-2011 working in the nonprofit and CSR sectors.

[David Abrahamson @davidabraham]

Ann Skeet @leaderethics on the WH-tech AI agreement "Perhaps imperfect and incomplete, this agreement should nevertheless be celebrated for providing leadership that elected officials, industry leaders, and private citizens have been asking for." https://t.co/F49vHPCxZd

[David Abrahamson @davidabraham]

The @carnegiecouncil 's Global Ethics Day is coming Oct 18. The team at WEO has arranged a great event and I'm looking forward to hearing these speakers! Including Simon Longstaff from @ethics_centre and Walter Fluker from @BU_Tweets https://t.co/GmSG3mtXg2

[Sigurdur Nordal @essenviews]

Taylor Swift call to action drives 13,000 people every 30 minutes to voter registration site.

“I’ve heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are. Make sure you’re ready to use them in our elections this year!” she wrote https://t.co/g1oMwAX9lH

[ABC News Live @ABCNewsLive]

"This is actually the most civically engaged generation in American history."

After Taylor Swift encourages her fans to vote, President of NextGen America @cristinanextgen explains youth excitement around voting on Voter Registration Day.

[David Abrahamson @davidabraham]

@deboyama You even see a poster for a lost bike on a telephone pole in your neighborhood? Like that, but the bike cost $400,000,000 and can blow up a town.

[David Abrahamson @davidabraham]

For the past few months I've been an advisor to the World Ethics Organization (WEO) and am looking forward to our event October 18 for Global Ethics Day. Stay tune for more info or sign up to grab a spot (free) https://t.co/EJySd9y0qa #GlobalEthicsDay #EthicsEmpowered

[Walter Earl Fluker @WalterEarFluker]

I was honored to participate in Leadership Weekend alongside some incredible leaders. My Intersession Workshop was titled "Ethical Leadership in Local Communities." ⛪️ 🙏🏾

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

Donald Trump has been indicted on 34 counts. for those of you keeping score at home, that's 34 more counts than Hunter Biden has

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Did you know Sesame Street was originally created for black and brown inner city kids?

A THREAD

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

In lockdown, people in the West discovered an age-old Chinese condiment https://t.co/K8yhKmpDBy

[Ibna Mattuta @swahiligal]

What makes the earthquakes in Turkey one of the worst disaster of the century?

A basic explanation for those who still don't fully understand

[Erin C. O'Reilly 🌐 @ecoreilles]

@miblogestublog My nightmare last night was perhaps the Chinese lazy spy balloons are shooting out fungus spores re: #TheLastofUs... Let's get the #2023 bingo cards updated.

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

BP just announced that it will join Shell in slowing its transition to clean energy.

The company plans to use record profits from 2022 to invest an additional $8 billion in fossil fuels.

BP also plans to aim for 20% carbon reductions by 2030 vs. its original 40% target.

[Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP]

Mitt Romney on Santos:

Q: "You just said, ‘you don’t belong here’?"

Romney: "Yeah."

Q: "Why did you say that?"

Romney: "I didn’t expect he’d be standing there trying to shake hands with every senator and the president of the United States."

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

SHOCKING: Ron DeSantis has BANNED the teaching of AP African American Studies in Florida.

Florida has gone from Don’t Say Gay to Don’t Say Black.

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Stunning visuals show how wildlife is disappearing around the world, in the oceans and on land. Humans are taking over too much of the planet and climate change make survival harder. Read more: #COP15 https://t.co/NN0icgyHWp

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

⚫️Seven years ago on this day, the #ParisAgreement on climate change was adopted.

Since then (and until December 2021) over 1000 land & #EnvironmentalDefenders from around the world have been murdered, our global data shows.

Here are their names.

[Eric Fish @ericfish85]

Like many protests that have taken various forms in China in the past ~20 years, those unfolding now…
1. Should erode the idea that young Chinese (who tend to drive these movements) have largely been pacified by the CCP or made blindly supportive of it...