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  1. Tragic: Against so much effort they undertook in the past few decades toward building autonomy and self-determination, the US Peace Corps regresses to techno-colonialist high-pressure American AI salespeople.

    web.archive.org/web/2026022604

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PeaceCorps #USpol

  2. Tragic: Against so much effort they undertook in the past few decades toward building autonomy and self-determination, the US Peace Corps regresses to techno-colonialist high-pressure American AI salespeople.

    web.archive.org/web/2026022604

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PeaceCorps #USpol

  3. Tragic: Against so much effort they undertook in the past few decades toward building autonomy and self-determination, the US Peace Corps regresses to techno-colonialist high-pressure American AI salespeople.

    web.archive.org/web/2026022604

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PeaceCorps #USpol

  4. Tragic: Against so much effort they undertook in the past few decades toward building autonomy and self-determination, the US Peace Corps regresses to techno-colonialist high-pressure American AI salespeople.

    web.archive.org/web/2026022604

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PeaceCorps #USpol

  5. Tragic: Against so much effort they undertook in the past few decades toward building autonomy and self-determination, the US Peace Corps regresses to techno-colonialist high-pressure American AI salespeople.

    web.archive.org/web/2026022604

    #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PeaceCorps #USpol

  6. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ Alan Kent Haruf ✧

    Alan Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. As a young man Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years ...

    #PeaceCorps #Colorado #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Har

  7. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ Alan Kent Haruf ✧

    Alan Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. As a young man Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years ...

    #PeaceCorps #Colorado #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Har

  8. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ Alan Kent Haruf ✧

    Alan Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. As a young man Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years ...

    #PeaceCorps #Colorado #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Har

  9. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ Alan Kent Haruf ✧

    Alan Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. As a young man Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years ...

    #PeaceCorps #Colorado #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Har

  10. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

    ✧ Alan Kent Haruf ✧

    Alan Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. As a young man Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years ...

    #PeaceCorps #Colorado #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Har

  11. Rest of World: U.S. plans Peace Corps-style “Tech Corps” to counter China’s AI exports. “The U.S. government is planning to send ‘Tech Corps’ volunteers abroad to promote the adoption of American artificial intelligence, as Washington competes with China for global AI dominance. The program was announced on Friday, as part of the Peace Corps, a decades-old program that sends volunteers […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/21/rest-of-world-u-s-plans-peace-corps-style-tech-corps-to-counter-chinas-ai-exports/
  12. Rest of World: U.S. plans Peace Corps-style “Tech Corps” to counter China’s AI exports. “The U.S. government is planning to send ‘Tech Corps’ volunteers abroad to promote the adoption of American artificial intelligence, as Washington competes with China for global AI dominance. The program was announced on Friday, as part of the Peace Corps, a decades-old program that sends volunteers […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/21/rest-of-world-u-s-plans-peace-corps-style-tech-corps-to-counter-chinas-ai-exports/
  13. Rest of World: U.S. plans Peace Corps-style “Tech Corps” to counter China’s AI exports. “The U.S. government is planning to send ‘Tech Corps’ volunteers abroad to promote the adoption of American artificial intelligence, as Washington competes with China for global AI dominance. The program was announced on Friday, as part of the Peace Corps, a decades-old program that sends volunteers […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/21/rest-of-world-u-s-plans-peace-corps-style-tech-corps-to-counter-chinas-ai-exports/
  14. Rest of World: U.S. plans Peace Corps-style “Tech Corps” to counter China’s AI exports. “The U.S. government is planning to send ‘Tech Corps’ volunteers abroad to promote the adoption of American artificial intelligence, as Washington competes with China for global AI dominance. The program was announced on Friday, as part of the Peace Corps, a decades-old program that sends volunteers […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/21/rest-of-world-u-s-plans-peace-corps-style-tech-corps-to-counter-chinas-ai-exports/
  15. Peace Corps/Madagascar has it's first ever Malagasy-American volunteer.

    I try to make the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremonies, but I missed this one.

    via xitter @orangeactu

    #PeaceCorps #PeaceCorpsMadagascar #Africa #Madagascar #Malagasy #HalfHeartedFanatic

  16. Peace Corps/Madagascar has it's first ever Malagasy-American volunteer.

    I try to make the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremonies, but I missed this one.

    via xitter @orangeactu

    #PeaceCorps #PeaceCorpsMadagascar #Africa #Madagascar #Malagasy #HalfHeartedFanatic

  17. Ted Johnson @HalfHeartedFanatic ·

    Peace Corps/Madagascar has it's first ever Malagasy-American volunteer.

    I try to make the Peace Corps swearing-in ceremonies, but I missed this one.

    via xitter @orangeactu

  18. Do you enjoy learning about far away lands and cultures? Do you have recurring dreams of pooping your pants in front of a foreign president? Have you ever begged neighbors for water to survive? Derek Lowstuter captures these realities of living and working abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia in Fiddler on the Roof of Africa. "It's a wonderful read!"
    #awardwinning #nonfiction #Ethiopia #peacecorps #books
    amazon.com/Fiddler-Roof-Africa

  19. Do you enjoy learning about far away lands and cultures? Do you have recurring dreams of pooping your pants in front of a foreign president? Have you ever begged neighbors for water to survive? Derek Lowstuter captures these realities of living and working abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia in Fiddler on the Roof of Africa. "It's a wonderful read!"
    #awardwinning #nonfiction #Ethiopia #peacecorps #books
    amazon.com/Fiddler-Roof-Africa

  20. Do you enjoy learning about far away lands and cultures? Do you have recurring dreams of pooping your pants in front of a foreign president? Have you ever begged neighbors for water to survive? Derek Lowstuter captures these realities of living and working abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia in Fiddler on the Roof of Africa. "It's a wonderful read!"
    #awardwinning #nonfiction #Ethiopia #peacecorps #books
    amazon.com/Fiddler-Roof-Africa

  21. Do you enjoy learning about far away lands and cultures? Do you have recurring dreams of pooping your pants in front of a foreign president? Have you ever begged neighbors for water to survive? Derek Lowstuter captures these realities of living and working abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia in Fiddler on the Roof of Africa. "It's a wonderful read!"
    #awardwinning #nonfiction #Ethiopia #peacecorps #books
    amazon.com/Fiddler-Roof-Africa

  22. Do you enjoy learning about far away lands and cultures? Do you have recurring dreams of pooping your pants in front of a foreign president? Have you ever begged neighbors for water to survive? Derek Lowstuter captures these realities of living and working abroad as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia in Fiddler on the Roof of Africa. "It's a wonderful read!"
    #awardwinning #nonfiction #Ethiopia #peacecorps #books
    amazon.com/Fiddler-Roof-Africa

  23. The report likens China’s spending to what the #US did when it expanded the #PeaceCorps & gave help to #InternationalStudents seeking to study at its #colleges & #universities.

    #China is using its #diplomatic levers across Global South nations to paint the #UnitedStates as an unreliable partner,” the report concluded.

    #Trump #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol #TrumpIsWeak

  24. The report likens China’s spending to what the #US did when it expanded the #PeaceCorps & gave help to #InternationalStudents seeking to study at its #colleges & #universities.

    #China is using its #diplomatic levers across Global South nations to paint the #UnitedStates as an unreliable partner,” the report concluded.

    #Trump #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol #TrumpIsWeak

  25. The report likens China’s spending to what the #US did when it expanded the #PeaceCorps & gave help to #InternationalStudents seeking to study at its #colleges & #universities.

    #China is using its #diplomatic levers across Global South nations to paint the #UnitedStates as an unreliable partner,” the report concluded.

    #Trump #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol #TrumpIsWeak

  26. The report likens China’s spending to what the #US did when it expanded the #PeaceCorps & gave help to #InternationalStudents seeking to study at its #colleges & #universities.

    #China is using its #diplomatic levers across Global South nations to paint the #UnitedStates as an unreliable partner,” the report concluded.

    #Trump #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol #TrumpIsWeak

  27. The report likens China’s spending to what the #US did when it expanded the #PeaceCorps & gave help to #InternationalStudents seeking to study at its #colleges & #universities.

    #China is using its #diplomatic levers across Global South nations to paint the #UnitedStates as an unreliable partner,” the report concluded.

    #Trump #SoftPower #geopolitics #USpol #TrumpIsWeak

  28. The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.

  29. The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.

  30. The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.

  31. The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.

  32. The #PeaceCorps could be gutted under the Trump administration. With USAID slashed and reports of cuts ahead, the future of the iconic program of American “soft power” is in doubt.

  33. The Peace Corps may face major cuts as part of the Trump administration’s broader reduction of U.S. foreign aid programs.

    With USAID already significantly scaled back, Peace Corps staff reductions and restructuring are raising concerns about the future of this iconic agency.

    The #PeaceCorps has long served as a tool of “soft power,” boosting the U.S.’s global image through volunteer work in over 60 countries.
    theconversation.com/peace-corp

    #USPolitics #Politics #Aid

  34. The Peace Corps may face major cuts as part of the Trump administration’s broader reduction of U.S. foreign aid programs.

    With USAID already significantly scaled back, Peace Corps staff reductions and restructuring are raising concerns about the future of this iconic agency.

    The #PeaceCorps has long served as a tool of “soft power,” boosting the U.S.’s global image through volunteer work in over 60 countries.
    theconversation.com/peace-corp

    #USPolitics #Politics #Aid

  35. The Peace Corps may face major cuts as part of the Trump administration’s broader reduction of U.S. foreign aid programs.

    With USAID already significantly scaled back, Peace Corps staff reductions and restructuring are raising concerns about the future of this iconic agency.

    The #PeaceCorps has long served as a tool of “soft power,” boosting the U.S.’s global image through volunteer work in over 60 countries.
    theconversation.com/peace-corp

    #USPolitics #Politics #Aid

  36. The Peace Corps may face major cuts as part of the Trump administration’s broader reduction of U.S. foreign aid programs.

    With USAID already significantly scaled back, Peace Corps staff reductions and restructuring are raising concerns about the future of this iconic agency.

    The #PeaceCorps has long served as a tool of “soft power,” boosting the U.S.’s global image through volunteer work in over 60 countries.
    theconversation.com/peace-corp

    #USPolitics #Politics #Aid

  37. The Peace Corps may face major cuts as part of the Trump administration’s broader reduction of U.S. foreign aid programs.

    With USAID already significantly scaled back, Peace Corps staff reductions and restructuring are raising concerns about the future of this iconic agency.

    The #PeaceCorps has long served as a tool of “soft power,” boosting the U.S.’s global image through volunteer work in over 60 countries.
    theconversation.com/peace-corp

    #USPolitics #Politics #Aid