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Showing posts with label lifting people up from poverty. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 8, 2025

Bill Gates announces end of Gates Foundation and decries Elon Musk for Doge cuts; The Guardian, May 8, 2025

Anna Betts , The Guardian; Bill Gates announces end of Gates Foundation and decries Elon Musk for Doge cuts

"“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” Gates said."

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Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information.Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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