
Ran a little poll while we still have twitter

Heads up inequality peeps. Applications now open for Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme. Fully-funded fellowship for mid-career policymakers, activists, practitioners, and researchers. Application deadline 12 January 2023.
UK government announcement that aid funding is again open to Oxfam. Next question â should we take it?
If Adam Sharp leaves twitter (or twitter leaves us all), Iâll miss his superb translations of popular sayings:
‘Expressions about being unattractive from around the world
5. Ugly enough to make an onion cry (Spain)
4. As ugly as a salad (Bulgaria)
3. A face that stops clocks (Japan)
2. Uglier than a car seen from below (Colombia)
1. So ugly theyâd scare a buzzard off a gut pile (US South)
International phrases about getting annoyed with someone
5. Youâre putting a pea up my nose (Finland)
4. Youâre pulling me out of my watermelons (Romania)
3. Youâre making my mustard rise up (Peru)
2. Youâre getting on my cookie (Germany)
1. Youâre making me Croatian (Austria)’
When trying to convince people of the value of aid, itâs all about the narrative. ââAmong all forms of evidence tested, anecdotal evidence performs bestâ. At least thatâs what the quantitative evidence says đ ht Ryan Briggs
Great lesson on sentence structure. Ht Nathan Baugh

Reporter v baby elephant. Report gave it his best shot, but elephant wins in the end. Lovely.