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Can anyone explain to me why the recent @WhiteHouse summit on child hunger had no mention of #breastfeeding? The literal food designed for human children? That we make with our bodies while we eat Cheetos and watch Drag Race?

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In @POTUS speech he talks about investing in ā€œstartupsā€ and ā€œinnovation,ā€ but likeā€¦we already invented it? 50% of us carry the technology around in our boobs all day long. Itā€™s a sustainable, cost-effective solution staring us in the face.

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Iā€™m a social scientist so I get that the causes of child hunger are complex, and we need multiple solutions. But why are we ignoring this super obvious one?

ā€¦reastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11ā€¦

Good early nutrition can buffer children against stressors in later childhood. But alsoā€¦

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#MMTweet Weekly Review!
Political will is King, so how do we wrestle back the reigns in this country? Start with blasting neoliberal lies about the economy via #MMTruth, water the grassroots we need to win, by nurturing and growing, to keep the pressure where it belongs! The 1%!
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We've been gathering insight this year looking at societal trends of the present and future.

Check our socials every day in December for our #InsightAdventCalendar so you can learn about what is influencing the world around us, helping you identify the opportunities ahead! šŸŽ
1. The role of social media in #politics has got to the point that if you log onto your favourite social media site and scroll through your newsfeed for two to five minutes, there is a 93% chance you will see at least one political post. (@JCRED_SJU)

#InsightAdventCalendar
@JCRED_SJU 2. The planet could see a greater temperature increase in the next 50 years than it did in the last 6,000 years combined. This could place 1 of every 3 people alive outside the climate niche where humans can thrive. (@propublica)

#ClimateEmergency #InsightAdventCalendar
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1/ Heavy rains & flash floods - a thread on SG and the climate crisis Image
2/ there was a heavy rain warning today & I donā€™t think there are any flash floods today (tbh idk how to read @PUBsingapore ā€˜s flood risk tweet). But I wanted to talk bout flash floods today.
3/ heres a recap of flash floods this year: a June, Nov highlight reel. ImageImageImageImage
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The Chilean government has canceled the UN #COP25 climate summit that was supposed to take place this coming month due to ongoing protests there.

This is ironic given the situation...(1/2)
nature.com/articles/d4158ā€¦
If you didnā€™t know already: The Chilean people are protesting the flawed, neoliberal economic policies that have led to extreme inequality in the country. Those same kind of policies (around the šŸŒŽ) are fueling the #ClimateCrisis.

Inequality + Climate Crisis = #ClimateRefugees
What we need at this time is for governments to recognize and combat the #ClimateCrisis and ALL of its effects (environmental, social, economic) as well as its deeply rooted causes (greed, $$...etc.).
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