Christy Delafield

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Global comms at FHI 360, opinions mine. Having worked for 15+ years in humanitarian aid and global dev I love to chat crisis recovery, ethical storytelling, trauma, growth and more.
Past lives: Mercy Corps, Syrian Coalition, Internat’l programs for US state legislatures, democracy + governance work.
Christy DelafieldDec 30, 2022

What are your end-of-year rituals? I’m not talking about aspirational resolutions here - what do you do that works for you, serves you well, helps you take stock and celebrate or plan and be excited about the year to come?

Tell me about your smoke detector battery replacement wins and your worthwhile new year’s walks and your quirky personal spreadsheets and all that is fun and fulfilling. #newyear #resolutions #nye

Christy DelafieldDec 25, 2022
One of these dogs like to sit on the other. #mastodog #dogsofmastodon #Dogs
Christy DelafieldDec 19, 2022
My cousin is an atmospheric scientist. He just came back from #Antarctica where he said he saw Thwaits glacier, the “doomsday glacier”. It’s the last season scientists will be able to study it directly because it’s too unstable. When it detaches it is capable of raising sea levels 3-4 feet. #climate
Christy DelafieldDec 4, 2022
Rocky KistnerDec 4, 2022
The oil industry's smoking gun 1968 report now fuels lawsuits against the industry: "science around climate change was clear, it was abundant, and that the best indications were that the risks were really substantial.”https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-lawsuits-oil-industry-research #climate #climatechange
How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits

For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. But two papers discovered in libraries are now playing a key role in lawsuits aimed at holding oil companies accountable for climate change.

Yale E360
Christy DelafieldNov 30, 2022
Apoorva MandavilliNov 29, 2022

Imagine a single dose of vaccine that prepares your body to fight every known strain of influenza — a so-called universal flu vaccine that could protect the country against future pandemics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/health/universal-flu-vaccine.html

One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?

Scientists have tested in animals a vaccine that may protect against 20 strains of influenza, helping to prevent another pandemic.

Christy DelafieldNov 27, 2022
This guy. #caturday
Christy DelafieldNov 23, 2022
When you want to sit on the ottoman but someone else got there first #Dogs #pitbull #mastodogs #puppy
Christy DelafieldNov 19, 2022
“One worker who wanted to resign said she had spent two days looking for her manager, whose identity she no longer knew because so many people had quit in the days beforehand. After finally finding her direct supervisor, she tendered her resignation. The next day, her supervisor also quit.”
#twitter https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/technology/elon-musk-twitter-workers-quit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave

Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter’s underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.

The New York Times
Christy DelafieldNov 19, 2022
My toddler nephew has speech apraxia so producing words verbally is tough. I’m loving learning #signlanguage to give us a shared language and more ways for him to communicate his needs.
Christy DelafieldNov 19, 2022
Yesterday found the #toddler nephew sitting w/an open milk jug in the hallway. One pup has milk lid in his mouth. Other pup is licking top of milk container. 2 yo when asked who did this signs “dog” as if the pups got a gallon of milk out of the fridge + closed the door again by themselves.