Denika Karim

Dev't & conflict analyst passionate about empowering the most vulnerable. Tweets are my own. RT not endorsement.

[Denika Karim @DenikaKarim]

Today marks 4 years since my daughter finished 3 years of #chemotherapy for #leukemia. One year to go before she is considered #cancerfree. Getting vaccinated keeps children like her safe. Many thanks to those who vaccinate for the greater good. #childhoodcancer

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

As a survivor of internment camps, I can assure you that mask mandates are not comparable in the slightest.

[Laura Marston @Kidfears99]

Tomorrow is the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of insulin.

In 1921, insulin’s discoverers sold its patent for $1 so insulin would be affordable to all.

Today, a single vial of insulin that lasts me about a week is priced at $300+, only in the United States.

[Emina Ćerimović @EminaCerimovic]

12 people w. disabilities drowned in the floods in Germany, because they could not be evacuated in time!
This is not the 1st time ppl w. disabilities are left behind.
This is why they must be included in the planning of disaster risk reduction & climate preparedness strategies.

[matt blaze @mattblaze]

I guess we should retire the expression “avoid it like the plague”, given how little effort people seem to be willing to go to to avoid plagues.

[Denika Karim @DenikaKarim]

OMG YES

[Stanley Widianto @stanleywidianto]

Indonesia reported 54,517 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, shooting past the worst case scenario that the government had prepared for a while back.

[Denika Karim @DenikaKarim]

@UNCDFLoCAL brings a brilliant, feasible and sustainable mechanism to finance #climateadaptation - its not as expensive as you might think. #ClimateCrisis @UNCDF

[Siobhan @SiobhanFedelm]

At no point in history have women smeared hallucinogens on broomsticks and then shoved them up their vaginas and it shouldn't take a medieval historian (me) to tell you that. Think about splinters. Fuck's sake.

[Sophie McNeill @Sophiemcneill]

Our @hrw #Indonesia researcher in Jakarta @andreasharsono is trying to find an oxygen cannister for his wife who has Covid. Can anyone help?

[Tim Graham 🌻 [email protected] @timothyjgraham]

Sorry to interrupt your Covid scrolling, but Arctic Siberia is recording 48 degree Celsius ground surface temperatures and if you hate pandemics you’re gonna really hate climate apocalypse

https://t.co/kSg0VboSIk

[Lucas Brown Eyes @LucasBrownEyes]

A third school found the remains of Native children buried under their school.

Think about that. Hundreds of bodies of children are being found. That’d be massive news if it wasn’t Native kids. Where is the outrage? Where is the support? Why doesn’t anyone care?

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

"When glaciers retreat...pressure lifts and volcanic activity surges."

*Get Ready for More Volcanic Eruptions as the Planet Warms* https://t.co/2nb2aH94px

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

“The number of arsonists this summer [is] not higher than usual — the only thing that has changed is the disinformation campaign to elevate this as [a] key cause to explain the unprecedented bush fires.”
https://t.co/2Kd9Q6jLpJ

[#SDGchallenge @SDGchallenge]

We urgently need to reduce our consumption of plastic bottled water.

One million plastic bottles are sold every minute and only half are recycled.

#BottledWater #Water #SDG6 #DrinkTapWater

https://t.co/CMihZWJQe6

[Scribulatora @Scribulatora]

"And while Trump was tweeting about his own impeachment drama and polling figures on Saturday morning, Trudeau was talking to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani about deaths that never should have happened. Something is very wrong with this picture."
https://t.co/F5XTQdpb13

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

I flew to Hong Kong to release @HRW’s new World Report. This year it describes how the Chinese government is undermining the international human rights system. But the authorities just blocked my entrance to Hong Kong, illustrating the worsening problem. https://t.co/GRUaGh8QUb

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

'Climate change is bringing earlier springs, which may trigger drier summers'
https://t.co/2zvg7JyYB6

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

12 January 1944 | A transport of around 1,000 Jewish prisoners arrived at #Auschwitz. They were transferred from #Stutthof concentration camp. 254 people were registered in Auschwitz. The remaining group was murdered in a gas chamber. | @StutthofMuseum

[Paul Syvret @PSyvret]

Enough with this resilience and adapt to the “new normal” bullshit. Unless we drastically change our ways there is no new normal. The climate doesn’t magically stabilise - it just gets worse.