P A Akullo

I’m passionate about the political economy of health, health systems + financing , and 🤔...I hope more 👀 🌍 🌾

[Anurag Shukla @Anuraag_Shukla]

John Maynard Keynes and the concept of a good life

[... @tamaranopper]

On losing the NBA Finals, Wemby said, “I couldn’t imagine a better motivation.” ❤️ Whatever it takes.

[Taste of Cinema @davidcinema]

Philosophical movies linger in our heads, make us think and sparkle debate. We present you The 18 Best Philosophical Movies of All Time: https://t.co/jNdV8A7VhL

[Vonnetta L. West @VonnettaLWest]

Toni Morrison and James Baldwin. Brilliant minds. Literary giants. Bold hearts. We are better because they existed.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

From today’s Times: ‘Researchers at the University of Cambridge said that regardless of “what or how we read”, sitting down with a book is linked to improved health and problem solving. Benefits include lowering stress and reducing the risk of dementia, and span all types of reading, from comic books to classic novels or hefty non-fiction tomes.’

[P A Akullo @imunderpatricia]

We are all in the same boat, all refugees from the past trying to find a home.

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

In a…fucking what?

[beck @unrivaled]

the best to do it. there will never be another.

[... @tamaranopper]

Like Octavia E. Butler wrote on her calendar, “Keep your word.”

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

One of literature laureate Toni Morrison's most impactful books, 'Beloved' starts with a dedication to "sixty million and more" – the Africans who died during the Atlantic slave trade. In the novel, Morrison takes an unflinching look at slavery's horrors and its lasting scars.

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame.

Late last evening I instructed our negotiators to return to Ottawa. We cannot accept what the U.S. has offered, and we will not give what they have asked. 

Canada will match the U.S.’ new tariffs dollar for dollar in order to protect Canadian workers, farmers, families, and businesses. We take this step confident that it is in the best interests of Canada. 

In the coming days, we will release the details of these new tariff measures, which will come into force the Tuesday after Labour Day.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

“we’ve recognized from the start that america has changed. we recognize that sometimes its signature is written in pencil.” - canada pm mark carney

[... @tamaranopper]

Octavia E. Butler said, “These novels are not prophetic. These novels are cautionary tales… The problems that I write about are problems that we can do something about. That’s why I write about them.”

“I hope they’re not prophecy because I don’t want to live in that world.”

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Giraffes have nowhere to hide during storms

[Fred Tee 🇺🇲 @TencicFred]

Delicious...

"Trump miscalculated badly. As a public service corp, BBC operates under royal charter that bars it from out-of-court settlements. It cannot cut a check to sweep away Trump’s claims. BBC is legally bound to fight until a verdict is reached."

https://t.co/KQEoGDqTYw

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

My course, "Hitler and Stalin Today," is available for free online. Through 10 lectures, I examine Nazi and Soviet responses to the new globalized world they shared, and what we should have learned from the 20th century.
Hosted by @munkschool @UofT
https://t.co/7WqZ8oz47v

[Steve @untilnextyear]

We're going to get a whole lot of "Let's not jump to conclusions" from people who have spent several weeks jumping to conclusions in a way that's left a man dead.

[... @tamaranopper]

During a lecture, Toni Morrison told her class at Princeton, “One of the general texts on the syllabus is Orlando Patterson’s Slavery and Social Death... He identifies three characteristics as integral to slave status: powerlessness, natal alienation, and dishonor.”

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Suicide has many causes but there are often common factors: humiliation, a sense of injustice, of being trapped.

I see people on here saying - harshly - that Jason Arday chose to end his life but suicide occurs when people feel they have no choices left. 1/8