I met people from all over the world who were working to serve their countries and fellow citizens and make the world a better place. I really wonder how those people are doing now, and what they think about how we're doing.
Captain Awkward
@captainawkward.bsky.social
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Advice blogger, soon-to-be-author. You may remember me as CAwkward on that other site, but I have reclaimed my full title and powers! Here to make new internets to push the bad internets down.
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My first job out of college in 1996-1997 was arranging USAID-funded study tours/job shadowing/internships/mentoring/long-term academic study for government officials and community leaders from "emerging democracies" to come to the United States, meet their counterparts, and observe how things work.
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All tube food is good food.
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👀 Keep us posted. May this be a @karnythia.bsky.social -level neighbor drama story when all is told.
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Daniel Jason Mendoza Striped Tiger keeps trying to hunt the string cheese as I eat it. The People’s Churu.
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Every time I feel discouraged about the value of my work in the midst of all of this, I remember that if education did not matter, they would not be attacking it so hard. If humanities and the sciences did not matter, they would not be attacking it so hard.
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That black pearl strand is calling meeeeeee
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i put my pants on just like everyone else, only in the event of potential social interaction
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I didn’t encounter her work until adulthood, but I like what I’ve read! What’s your favorite?
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